410 The Evil of Evils, Or the reafon oftin; yea, a bond-flave to thy Lulls : this the Spirit difcovering, and making the Soul fenfible ofthis bondage, is that which . caufeth this denomination to the Spirit of God, to be called theSpirit of Bondage. Now for the to attribute that to foolifh melancholly con- ceits, that is one of the efpecial works of the HOLY GHOST intheSOUL, and is the Spirit of Bondage : Is not this Blaf- phemits againft God ? This is Gods work, and it is a workofGods glory; for all theworks of God be his glory; and that which the Spirit of God glories in,as that work proper tohim, thou faiefi it is but folly, and melancholly conceits, and the like; is not this blafphemie and re- proach to the Spirit God ? Certainly it is no o- ther but reproach and blafphemy againft the Holy Ghoff, inattributing the trouble ofconfci- ence to thefe conceits. 2 Nay further, it is a great degree towards the unpardonable fin, ifye do it out ofmalice andJ¿nowledg, by it you come to the unpardonable fn : Take for that this one place of Scripture , Mark 3. compare the 22. verle with the 24, 3a. Verte 22. when Chriftcaft out Devils, the Text faith of theScribs and Pharifees that came from ieru- falem, that they Paid, he hath Belzebub; and by the Prince oftheDevils, calls he out Devils : they attributed the work ofChrifis calling out Devils, to the poweroftheDevil ; he calls out Devils by the Devil. But now it was by the Finger ofGod : well, Chrifi calls them to him, and Paid, How canSatan call out Satan ? There he con-
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