Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BV824 .B65 1634

·' t ~------~-------... 184 ·7he Sair.ztJ ' no power or part bath it full pm·ver and 4bf01ute perfection of far.tctificarion, nor c~n have in this life; yet every power and part in every rrue Chri~ fiian bath itspart and meafure of fancrificat-ion, by this happy and bloly change-: He is changed whol– ly) univerfally, in hisfpiritJfouleand bod;. ' • In his fpirit : that is, in his ; 1. Underfranding : This before being at the , bef\ butgildedover, and guided wirh 1ome.glim .. merings, and generalllight of Divine notions and apprehenfions of Heaven, but ftutfed with much ·· pride, prophanenetfe, vaine-glory and vanity, is . now inlighrnedwithadeare in-fight into themy– fte-ryof godlinetfe, and with that particular faving knowledge ~which is attendedwithhumility and l1ofineffe. - .. 2. Judgement: This which before beingwhol– ly potfeft with errour, crookedneffe and perverf– ne!fe, was wont toput darl{11ej[efor light,andlightfot ·rlark.,_11e{[e, fantl:ification for fingulariiy, zeale for preeifeneffe, and holinetfe for hypocricy, to j1t[lifie tbewit:~d, ttfld co~tdem1Je .thtt juft; is nowfurnilhed with fpiricuall difcretion, to·guide himfelf:e in rhe right path, amid infinite crooked-wayes ofvariiry I an-d in1q•Jity, and with the ,fpirit of difcerning, 1 that he can difcover the power ofgrace in orher -men-; fo .rhat no longer he accountsf~mctificarion precifenefl'e, or-that which they call good-fellow~ fhip fir fOr aCh.rilHan. · · . 3· Memory : This which before-was water, to ·receive, and enrerraine)and marhle,-roreraineand · keepe the fruicldfe impreffionsofvanity and folly, · but \ :----------------------------------~-----

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