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Pow
the
mgty
know
whether
we
be indaied
with Cods
fpirit.
2
r
5
this
earneft
and pawne,to
affure vs
that
hee will performe his
promife and
bargaine.
But
here
the tempter obie6leth,
that
we
cannot know and
§.Sea.4,
difcerne
whether
we haue
the
fpirit
ofGod,vnleffe
it
fhould
That
we may
bring forth
in
vs Tome
extraordinarie
cfle
s :
and
though it
drf
errie
Gods
fhould
bee
granted that
wee were
indued
therewith,yt
eats
thereof.
cannot
difcerne
the tefiimonie
thereof
from
our
(Mlle
thoughts,vnleffe
it
be
by
fome fpeciall re.uelation.To
the
firft
I
anfvti
ere,that though
many lulled
afleepe
with
carnali
fecu-
ritie,
doe
vainclie drea :ne
that
they
haue
Gods
Spirit,and
fo
are
deluded with their
ovine
phantaf
es;
yet this
hindreth
not,
but that
hee
who
bath
the
Spirit
of
God
indeede,may
certaincliebee
affured
that
it
dwclleth
in him
;
for
it
fealeth
in
vs
the
aflürance
of
Gods
couenant, and who
can receive
x.Cor.s.zt.
this
feale
and
not
feele
the
impreflîon
?
it
is
an
earnef,
and
vvho
receiuing
an
earneft
cannot know whether
be
hath
re-
ceiued
it
?
for otherwife
how
can
it
affure
vs
of
our bargaine,
ifofit
felfe
we haue no
affurance
?
it
is a
pawne
of
Gods
?oue
and
our faluation, and
who hauing
a
pawne
in
his
cut
sodie
cánot know
that
he poffeffeth
it
?it is a
heavenly
Iight
which
doth
illuminate our
vnderfandings,
which were blind and
Eph.
1:17.13.
ignorant
in
the knowledge
ofGods truth,
and
who
can
not
difcernebetweene blindneffe
and
fght,Iight.and
darkneffe
?
it
is a
water which purgeth
vs
from
our corruption, and who
Efa44.3
that
is
thus wafhed and clenfed,
can
doubt that
this
water
Ezech.r6.9.
bath touched
him?
it
is
a fire
which
inflameth
our
cold
fro
-
Idatth.
;.r
r.
fen
hearts
with a.zeale-ofGods glorie,
and loue
ofour
bre-
Aft.2,3
thren,and how
can
fire
which
is
carried in
our brcalts
be hid-
den
from
vs
?
it
is
a
precious oylc which tnollifieth our i.Ioh.z.to.i7.
bard
"Ionic
hearts,
and maketh them
flexible
and pliable
to
Gods will, which before
were
fo
fiffe
and
obdurate
that
they would rather haue
broken then bowed to obedience;
it
fuppleth
alfo
our
fife
nints
and maketh them
aefitte
and
nimble in
theworkes
of
holineffè, and righteoufueffe,
and
who
finding thofe
frange
alterations
in himfelfe,
may
not
bee
affured
that
he
is
annointed
with
this oile
?it
is
the
Lords champion fighting
in
vs
againit
the flefh,
and
fhb-
Ga1.s47.;
cluing
the
lulls
thereof, and who feeling this inteftine
warte
P4
in