Roan. 8. if. Matk,you cannot clefpife the gifts or graces of any that are fincere, but by interpreta- tion,you judg the Spirit,and defpife the Spirit, as it is Paid of the poor in Prov. 17. A'Box of precious Oinpneo , Or Sixthly, They rob the Spirit of all the honour and glory that is due unto him for that bleffed work of grace and holy- nefs that he has formed up in their hearts ; 0 what a grief and difhonour muff it.be to the holy Spirit, that when he ,hath put forth a power in mens hearts, equivalent to that by which the world was created, and by which-Chrift was rai- fed from the dead, to find it overlookt, and not at all ac, knowledged. Spiriou faitigs eft res delicata, the Holy Spi- rit is a very tender thing, , but do thefe poor doubting Souls carry it tenderly to him, furely no. Dear Chriflians, the. flanding Law of Heaven is, ,Qtench not the Spirit, r Thef. 5. 19. Now if the word Spirit is not here- taken effentially, for the three perfons in Trinity, nor yet metonymically, for the fruits of the fpirit, but Hypollatically, for the Third per- fon' in Trinity, (as come conce We) then you mull remember that you may grieve and quench the Spirit, 1. Not only by your enormities, lfd. 63. to.' Z. Nor only by refufing the Cordials and comforts that he brings to your doors ; yea- that he puts to your mouths, Pfai. 77. 2. 3. Nor only by flighting and defpifing his gracious aetings in others, Alf 2. 13. 4. Nor only by Fathering thofe fins and vanities upon him, that are only the Rats arid fruits of Satan and your own hearts. Bat alfo in the fifth place, by misjudging and mifcalling the precious Grace that he has wrought in your Souls, as by judging and calling your Faith fancy, your fin- cerity hypocrifie, your WIfdorn folly, your light darknefs, your zeal wild-fire, &c. Now 0 Sirs, will you make Con- fcience, yea much Confcience of Quenching the Spirit in the four firf+ refpeas, and will you make no C?nfcience of ttenching the Spirit in this fifth and fall refpea ? ' 0 how can this be ! 0 why fhould this be? Bit, Seventhly, They keep Grace at a ,very great under, for how can Grace fpring, and thrive, and flourifh, and increafe in the foul, when the foul is fall of ,daily fears and doubts, that the root of the matter is not in it, or that the root is ;fill unfound, or that the work that is pafl,upon it, is not a work in *power, or that cis not a fpecial and peculiar work, but
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