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Höwvemily
loom
whether
we be
indired
tbith
Gods.'
jpirit.
in
his
owne bowels
can
doubt that the combatants
blue
their
refidence
in
him
?
In
a
word, it
is
only
this
fpirit which
refiraineth
vs
from the euill,
which naturally
wee
loue,
and
prouoketh
vs
to
imbrace
that good,
which through natural'
corruption
we
lathe
and
abhorre
:
if
therefore
fin
grow
vn-
pleafant
voto
vs,
and vertue and
true
godlineffe
delightful',
we may
be
affured
that
this
is
the worke
ofGods
fpirit
dwel-
ling
in
vs.Would
we
then be
affured
that
we
are
induedwith
the
Spirit
ofGod
?why then
let
vs
confider
ifour
eyes
blin
ded
with ignorance
are
inlightned
in any
good
meafure,
with
the
knowledge
of
Gods.
truth;
if
our
foules
polluted
with
the
filth
offinne,are purged
in
Tome
fort
from our cor-
ruptions
;
if
our cold
hearts
are
inflamed
with the
zeale
of
Gods
glorie and the
loue
of
our
brethren
;
if
our heartsmore
hard
than
adamant,
and more
inflexible
than
fleele,
are
fof
tenedand
made obfequious
to Gods will;
and
ifthe
other
members
ofour
body,which
were benummed and
as
it
were-
taken
with
a
-dead
palfie,
bee made nimble and
a
&iue
in
the
workes ofholineffe and righteoufneffe;ifwé
feele a
fight
and
combatebetweene the
flefh
and the Spirit,the
one
flriuing
to
leade
vs
captiue
vnto
fin,
the
other
refitting and drawing,
vs
out
of
this captiuitie;
ifthe
fins
which
heretofore
we
haue
loued,bee now lothfome
vnto
vs
and
the venues which
wee-
haue abhorred be
delightful'
and
pleafant;
-and
then
we may
affure
our
felues
that it
is"the
light ofGods
fpirit
which
hath
fhined
vpon
vs,
it
is
this heauenly
water
which
bath
wafhed;
vs,it
is
this diuine
fire
which
bath
inflamedvs,
it
is
this
pre
-
cious
oyle
that
hath
mollified
and foftned vs,it
is
this cham-
pion
of
the
Lord
of
hofls
which maketh warre
againfl
our
traiterous
flefli,
and fubdueth the
lufts
thereof;
in
a
word,
it
can
be
nothing but Gods
fpirit, which
makes
vs
hate
that
finne
which naturally
wee
fo
dearely
loue,and
to loue vertue
and godlineffe which
by nature
is
lothfome and
bitter
vn-
to
vs.
4,sell,5,
And thus
it
is
manifeft
that
wee
maybe
affured
that
wee"
haue
Gods
fpirit,
by the ordinarie
fruites
thereof
in
euerie
faithful! man.
Now
let
vs
confider
how
wee
may
know the
zeílimony
ofGods
fpirit,witnefíìng
in
our
hearts
that
we
are
eleaed
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