Burroughes - Houston-Packer Collection BS1265.6.C43 B8 1649

r 83 A gracious fpirit, would much prevaile with God for bl: íii?g. Sixtly,thts fpirit is fit for any fervice, any emplo:ii God cals irr to ; it is vc(fel of mercy , fitted for the Ma(lers ufe ; Many honourable fervices God hat h tobe done in theworld ; men of ordinary common fpirits,are nor fit for them ; ifthey would be let about therm,. they would fpoi.le the work, and difho- ndur God in it, If a man have a choice piece of work, he will not employ one that hate not ability to reach to it ; hee knows the work would faille and it would bee hi difgrace. When God would ir>p'oy forne about building his Tabernacle , he fils them fit ft with his Spirit; fQ he faith of Be7,aliel, and L holiab If a man beemployed in govern., ment , he had need be a man in whom the f pirir of God is, as Pharaoh f1P con- cerning 7efiph,Gens 4.!.38 When God chofe S4rrl tor government, he gave him another (pint, fo that he was another man: WhenGod hath a pig-ce of work to doe ofhigrì effeem, beyond Sands reach , he loot5 out for another ,,who had a more excellent fpirit then Saul, and

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