Cbr.3,1. Pfa,y 41,1. 2. RO VERBS. Chap. I. mailers, Sinne and Satan , will permit him . Now the Lord is theSpr'rit, andwherethe Spirit ofthe Lord is, there it liber- ty :.Which moucd the Prophet to pray fo carnally , that God woad tiablrfhhimwrth hisfree. Spirit. Confolation to them vpon whom this celelliall and di. nine gift is be(}owed : it is an infallible euidenceof Gods kindnclíe and fauour , fuch as hee (hewed) to nonebut his ovine : for by the fame they are begotten and made his own; He that era without it was his enemy, is now bypotTefíìng ()fit become his childe : and the better he loueth any of his children,the more abundance of his grace lice giueth vnto them : and therefore, becaufe Ie(us Chrit is abfolutely, and infinitely, the be(l and drarefl ofall bis fonnes , hce hath moll abundantly replcnilhed him, with the fulneifie of his Spirit : for teflification ofhis loue, Behold, faith he, mySer- ;rant, Iwillflay vpon him : mine EleE7 in whommyjoule delgh. teth, Ihaueput mySpirit vpon him. Gorgeous apparrell,de- licate fare , funfptuous houfes_, cofly furniture, beauty, ffrength, parentageand the like, mullall (land backe, and glue place to the Spirit,and what is wealth vnto it, although thy treafures were squall with Salomon! ? Or,what were pre- ferment anddignity íf thoucoulde(1 arifc to the heightof Salomon! glory Oh , then vie it well,and cherifb it : make it thy guide to be directed by it : let it command , and be in fubiedtion to it . Grime it not with lulls, pride, hypocri(e, enuy, bitternetfe, lewd fpeeches, negligence in the feruices ofGod , or any manner ofprofaneneae . If thouwouldefl haue it dwell cheerefully in thee, and thy heart be made cheerefull by it;. Employ: it continually, and vie the helpe thereof at all times, in fighting again(' thy corruptions : in working godly griete , in making thyprayers for thee : in framing thy cares toattention : in applying thewordito thy heart : in (lirring-thee vp to obedience : that hateth idlenes, and is made fad when men will not take profit by ir, and is bell pkeafed,when it bath moil bulinetle. Terrour for them that arewholy carnal!, and altogether fltfhly, ofwhat cthteor nature, or complexion foeuer they are
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