2o The Prefoee. eaLs.u. ofthe fpirit are Ioue, ioy, peace, &c. Then trie thy fclfe in .. . thefc things; not tohaue beautie and llrength (for aBull or · · a Lion is firouger than a man, and many other beaAs too) but to haue patience, and gentlenes, and a moderate fpirit ro adorne thyminde,thefe be fure fignesofGods fpirit.Alfe .,1J:om.8.t). the holy GhoGmakes vs able to crieAb!JA father; it makes vs able to :breat·he out our reque!ls vntoGod,and to powre out out fupp.hcatioos before the mofi high: if we haue this ·fpirit of prayer, then it is plaine the holyGholl isours. So t,hat)ifGod theFather haue regeneratedvs, and Chrillhaue ·kille-dour finnes,and the holyGhofi haue madevs atbamed of them,and to confeffe them,likewifc ifit worke in vs loue 1 t.ll!d patience,and moderationQfour affecHons,andmakevs able to pray vnto God, thenqod is ourGod, and this will make vs obey: but ifthis be lhaken, all is lhaken, for this ia ,the foundation ofall obedience. . rButmenwilLfay they "hauea fait·h, and beleeue in God : which ifthey had, 1 it wouldbring forth obedience, and ha Ye ·workes. Forhow-can theychufe but obey God,iftheyhold ·this.fure,that <?iod loueth and regardeth them,aadwiUgiue .them a reward for euery .good thing diat they doe? And this euery .one mufl performe .that will fay, God is my -God. t·Yft. s. And :here is to.be reprooued the iniuriousdealingofthe PapHls: who,as themfelues are iullly debarred from the af– furance ofGods mercie, becaufe they reH on their owne merit-s, fo would they depriuc all others of the ·comfort of perfeuerance,makin.g :this a.certainepoint oftheirreligion~ that no man Hands certaine offaluation:andby this meanes ·they hinder men from cheerefull obed-ien~, and cut off all ;found thankfu]nes. which lr111lht thee tJIIt ofthe l•wJ f1{ 'Egypt,oHt DjththoHfoDflJ1wd4gr. NOw he.proues himfelfto be theirGod, becaure he had , done fowonderfuU things for them, in theirmaruci.. lous deliuerance,that though Pharaohandall Eoypt was .a– ·,gainct them,and (which was worfl ofall) their ;WllC; vnbe....· ·liefc,yet.qodbrakethroughall and fct t.hem .~e~! :· .~.{-
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