206 A gracious [phit, Therefore in the work offanáification, where it is true, though it be never fo weak, yet there is this perfedìon, that th r: are all graces in it ; but where there is onely a fweet nature w iere there is onely fomrmorall work upon the fpirit, thereareonely form particu- lar excellencies ; Thealoft Moral! man that ever lived , hath had fomeWay of evil!, that his ft irit h?th runout unto. 4 Where there are true f,iirituaall excellencies, there is an impulfe of heart, a ftrong: bentoffpirit, in follow. ingafter theLord ; there is fucha po. j werfull impreflionof divine truths up- I on the foul ,as preffes it on * ith t rcngrh in Gods wags, fo that it cannot eahly be hindered, as the Prophetfaith, E/zy 8. u. That the Lord fpaketohim wzdh a ftrong hand , that he fhould no , walk in the wayof the people ; fucsi a fpirit bath not onely drfres me h fome y and f wifhes, to that which is good; bu,gos on bound in the spirit , as Saint Paul fayes of himfelf; The love ofChrrfl con- .11rains him ; there isapower of godli- neffe where it is true. When Eliahhad raft hisMantle upon EliJha, the fpirit of Ekingwas prat to follow him,¡Kin. 19.19,20.
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