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On
the
Excellenoyof
the
So`kl,
of
hope hash
t
difficulty in
it,
as
well
as
any
grace
whatfoe
ver;
now
all
people
almoft
finde an
eafinefs
in that; bur
here the Scripture
makes
it
to
flee
the
glory
of
the
Holy
Ghoft, to ra
fe hopes
in
any
creature;
therefore
thoe
hopes
that
arife
from
a
root
of nature,
that
are
not
wrought
by
an Almighty power of the
Holy
Ghoft in the
heart,
rauf}
bee rafed down.
-
--
Do but put
your
fouls
cc/this queffion
I
have hopes
ro
bee
Paved,
but Lord,
how,
are they
wrought
?
what power
of
the
Holy
Ghoft
hash
been
in
my
heart
to
raife there
hopes
?
;
Suppofe
there
were
no Holy
Ghbße
(as.
they laid in the
4
7t,
that
they had
not
fo
much
as
heard
whether
there
were
any
Holy
Ghofl
or
no)
yet
might not
I°
have
fuch
:
a
hope
as
I have
in
Gods
mercy
?
,Oh the
hope
will
bring
to
falvation
is
fuch
a
hope
as is
raifed
by
the
power
of
the
Holy Ghoft.
-
--
Now
if
our
hopes
bee railed
by
the power of
the
Holy
Ghoft,
then
they will have much
of
the
Holy
Ghofl.in them,
and futable
to
your hopes,
fo
doth;the
Holy
Ghoft
come
into
your
hearts,
and dwell
in
your
hearts, and
if it
comes
in
and dwells in
your
hearts,
then
it
doth
inlighten
your
hearts,
it
cloth
a61
and guide
your,
you
are lead
by,
the
Holy
Ghoft
in
your way;
Now,
can
you
fay,
that
in
the.courfe
of
your
lives, it
is
the
Holy Ghoft that,
guides you,
that
you
are carried
on
by the Holy Ghoft,
and
not
by
your
own fpirits
;
Iris
true, the belt
of
all may bee
aé}ed by
their
own
fpirits,
in
fame time
of
temptation,
but
for the
courfe
of
their lives
they
are
aged
and guided
by the
Holy Ghoft,
their lives
are
filch, as
thofe
that
live
by
them
may
fay,
here
is
one
that
is a6}ed,and
guided
by
the
Holy
Ghoft;
Now,
can
you fay
fo? certainly
if
you have
true
hopes for falvation,
it
is
raifed by
the
Holy Ghoft, and if
it
bee railed
by
the Holy Ghoft,
it
cloth
,att
your
lives
in
the
waies
of
holinefs.
Thirdly,
Thofe
hopes
muff
bee
rafed
down
that
are not
lively
hopes,
and purging
hopes,
I
will put
them
both toge-
ther.
-
--
That
are
not
lively,
that
you have
in
t
Pet.
t.
3.
.8leffsd
bee
the God
and
Father
of ear LordYefsu
Chriff,
which,
aceording to
hi
;
04410
.
mercy
bath
begotten
Again
eento
t
lively