1111111.111.1=olliriali con that with quickeneffe, and receives it with joy : (andyet fo finablewalkingwith God. 7 0 doth the ftony ground, iiii4ttb. i 3.2o.) VVhofoever is able to difclaime groffe antics, gives every man his due, fafleth, prayeth, and giveth almes : (and yet fo did the Pharifee. LtikI8.1 I.I z.Nattb.6. .)whotoever is ill ightned, talks of theheavenly gift, &c. (and yet filch may afterward fall away irrecoverably, Heb.6. &c.) is Pure enough to be laved at laft. But I, may the deluded Pharife, and formal' Profeffor fay, finde andPeek all,or moft,or manyof thefe in my felfe:(For what any unregenerate man bathheretofore attained, it is not impollible, but that any now, or hereafter, may attaine the fame.) Therefore doth he conclude falfely out of Satans Sophi- flry, I am fafe enough for falvation. And in all this, Satan, left hefhould be wanting to his, la- bours by a lying refemblance, to imitate the worke of the holy Ghoft, in the hearts of the faithful!. For that which the Devil!, putting on the glory of an Angell of light, puts up- on his followers in thiS kind falfely and gronndleffely ; That the bleffed Spirit performes to thofe, who are true of heart truely, and upon good ground. For it is not theVniverfality, and excellency of all natu- ran, civil!, meerely moral!, politicke, and learned endow. tnents, and ftifficiencies : but above and betides all thefe, a fitpernaturall, heavenly, and fpeciall workeof the Spirit, fan- ectifying them all for Gods glorious fervice. It is not a bare taske of holy duties, religious exercifes, pretence at the or- dinances outwardly performed : but the foule, as it were, of faving grace, animating and informing them with fpirituall life, reverent heartineffe,and fruitful! improvement. It is not the glitteringblaze of a vifible forward profeffion of Reli- gion : but the power of godlineffe, and fincere praaite of workes of fuftice, mercy and truth. It is not a general' parti- cipationof the Spirit, the Spirit onely of illumination, or lar- geft fpeculative comprehenfions of facred knowledge;but an bumble, fruitfull,experim entail skill, anddexterity in the my- ftery ofChrill and ofwalking humblywithour God;which X cloth
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