a deiceandapreciocssfpirit. fenhble ofthewant of this true fpiritu- ali excellency , and lie dow:i be'otc God & (jetted, and htirxtbled in the fight thereof. SccoHdlg, be much in the company of the go,. l v, When S.cu l was among t0. e Piophe s , the Spirit of God c:mc upon him , and he began to prophefie too. Elijah told El1Jha, :that ifhe were withhimwhenhewas taken up,then he fhoula tpji it corneupon h;m; when iol e E1:has kept lofe to him, and would by nomeans leavehis company. By being much in thecompany of the godly,you wit come to fee formbeams of the excellency of their fpir its Thine out toyou, w ercby you will fee that your fpirits are nut like theirs; that they. are in ahappi:r condition thenyou;that they are men in a nearer reference to God then you; youwill loon difcern, that furelytheworld is mìflakenin there m n. Thirdly, frequent the ordinancesof God, where reSpit it ufes to beathe' fet your fouls before the work ofGods Spirit : The Spirit breathes where it li- fteth,therefore it mutt beattendedupon P 3. in 213
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