' ;o~ . of" de4d ReligJ,n1 senclernefs and a Chrillians f9nfibleneffe d~fcovers it felf in thefe t't'~ fcniiblel'leife things : both of ~urh 1. .11 rtal AnahMrty feeling of the Weight of finne, ~tnd ~tll _watltd a t .e the terrible c~nfequenu sf it: Even as the childe, as foon as remc Yj ever it cometh into the world, begins with tears, becaufe of • its indigency; fo it is ·here, As foo'n as ever any _fpiritu'a( lif~ is infufed into the heart, the firft difcoveries of it irehy figbs and groaAs, till it be a Mofes delivered from thcfe waters, by rhe lo~e of God pardoning finne. Da-vids Petitions are full u. of life, becaufe of the fenfiblenefTe and affectionate tender– ndfe in him•. Thus MdrJ Magdalen manifeficd the life /of grace by thofe ftre.ams of teats that' runne from her. Not that all tearsargqe the life of grace, no more then all water " . is fwect. The water of the fea is not, that of the clouds fa],. l_ililg from heaven,is ; The extremity of our miferies and cala· mities may ma·keus weep and cry in a very fenfible manner, 'but this argueth only a natural life~ n<>t a fpirituallife. Ifwe– are fenfible ofth~evil of finne, of the wrath and difpleafure of God, and do-tenderly mourn, becaufe God is thus offen- ··– dtd, ~hen he is a living fpring within us, from whence thde waters fiow. - Int~e next plac.e alfoThere mufl be nfenjiblem{fe of the remedy,~ungringand thirfting ll{ter Chrift, IU newhorn babes dt– firing this milk.._, 1 Pet. l, 2. Thus agd thus only are our duties , a·nd graces living, when they come from fuch tender appre– hct'lfions asd fenfiblendfe with it, and one duty performed'' from fuch a principle, is worth ten thoufands babied over without any fpiritual motion and feeling at all. 4 . Fourthly, Then u our 'Religion t~nd our kolJ duties fl owing T hen is O\lt from life, When the Spirit of Goddoth mev1and l\?or~ inm, and Reli~ion, and upon m : For eo pray or hear in our own firengtb and abiti– holy. iduties ties, though never fo e.x:ccllent, is as infuffident, as Samfon, f.~Wlflt fromh whenhis hair is cut off. No man 6/tn f ay' that refus u Chrift,. ~p~~i; ofn do: but bJ the ~pirit of God. Hence AEl.~· The Spirit ·of Go'~ i!' tlotb move and fire andm1ght) \Vtndes, denoteth that tt onty ~akcs the Mtm· w.ork in u,s. fiery a lively Mi.niftery, and bearing a lively hearing. Thus R,m,.8, The Spirit of God is that which mGrtijinhfin, which helps oHr infirmities in p_rd-Jen~ ~n~ ~~rk~ _thofe 'tmuttirable groans.
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