I Cor. 6.L9.. The Spiritual life) and In-being andhefball teachye all things ; and he will_Pew unto ye things to come, verfe the 13. But the Habits of grace cannot teach a man, and thew him things to come. And what fluff he teach ? verfe the i3. Whatfoever he (hall hear, that be Pall fPeak This is the Comforter, this is the Spirit. Now the Habits of grace does not thus (peak, and hear, and therefore certainly, the Spirit ofChrift is in the hearts of Gods people , and in the hearts of Feleevers ; it's more than thebare Habit ofgrace, thegifts and the gracesof the Spirit. And to this purpofe it's clearly fpoken by the Apo file, in the 8. chapter of the Epiftle to the Romans, and the i 1. verfe, But ifthe Spirit ofHim that raifedup 7eftis from the dead, dwell bijou : He that raifid up Cbrifi from the dead, fhall al co quickenyour mortal bodies, by His Spirit that drrellab in you. This fpirit cannot be meant Habitual grace. But if the Spirit ofHim that railed up Jefus from the dead, dwell in you. So that plainly then, in a Spiritual, and Mitli- cal way, Chrift is in each Beleever by his Spirit : and this Chrift in a Beleever, is not the Gift, and the Graces of the Spirit, but Chrift Himfelf by his Spirit. This I confeffe riles high ; but herein I am not alone : divers School-men, and Fathers; and of our own Divines con- curring with me. The Reverend Mr. Perkins, it was his fpeech, That the Perfon ofa Beleever, is united to the Perfonof Clwi ft. But I (hall give you the words of an E. minent Preacher, that is now in Heaven, as we have them in the Works that he bath left. Saies he, It bath been a great Difpute among the School-men, Whether a Beleever does receive the holy Ghoft it Self, or only the Gifts and Graces of the holyChoi} : But (tales he) it is a Quetlion, where there, needs be no Quettion ; and Difpute, where there needs no Difpute : for the Scripture is clear, That we do not only receive the Gifts and the Graces ofthe holy Ghott, but the holy Ghoft it Self, for are we not faid to'be, the Temple ofthe holy Ghoft ? and this Pets out the abundant Kindnefs, and Goodnefs ofGod : As (faies he yet) it is more Kindnefs to give a man Fruit and the Tree, than to give
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