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finn;'i
stnd
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m.+st
MOt
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v.r ne leci
hearing. 37
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the two-edged fword
of
the fpirit, which
\vi11
pearce
and
make way for
it
felfe
to-
enter,
and
e
will
build
a
Iodging for
it
felfe
to
dwell
in
it
is
not'nnelie
a
light
to
guide thole
that
fee,
buta
precious
eiefalue
to give fight vnto thole who
Were
borne blind
;
it
is
not
onelie the
heauenlie deaw which
maketh
Godsgraces
to
Irring
in vs,but
alfo
that
diuine
feed
which
giuéth
-the'n
being
and
rooting
in
our
hearts;
it
is
not
otzelie
the
foode
of
our foules
to
preferue
and
increafe
that flrength
which wee
alreadie haue,
but
allo
that im-
mortali
feede
by which we
are
firfi
begotten
vnto
God
and
borne
again
who
before
were dead
in
our
fnnes,and that
cx-
cellent
"phyfcke
ofour
foules
by whichthey
are
purged from
their
corruptions-and- reflored vnto health, which before
were deadly
ficke in
fin
;
it
maketh
vs
firfl
to
will
that which
is
good,and
then further to
delire
it;
it giueth
vs
life
ho
be-
fore
were dead
in
our
fnnes,
and then
this
lige
;
it
begets
and
begins faith and
fané
&ification-and all
other
gra-
ces
in vs;
and
-bbeing
begotten
and
begun it flrengtheneth
and
increafeth them
:
and
therefore let
not
Satan diffwade
vs
from
the hearing
of
Gods
word;becaufe
ofour
finnes,
vn-.
worthine4fe and
vii
fitncfhe;
for
as
it
is a
notable
meanes
or,-
dained ofGod-
forthe
increafing
ofgrace
where
it
already
is
fo
isitnö
leffe
effe&luall
for the
begetting
ofgrace
where
it
neuer
was.
There
is
no
wife
man-
that
will negle&his
trade
and liue
idly becaufe bee
is
poore,
but rather
this will mooue
him
to
be-more painful!
therein,as
being
the meanes
wherby
he
may
become rich;neither doe
men
refufe all
nourifhtnent,
becaufe
they
haue
emptie and
hungry flomacks,but
-do
more
earneflly
defire
mcate
that
they-
may
be filled and fatisfied;
yea euen
thofe whole flomackes
are
weak
do
not
altogether
refufe
their foode,
but
Bate
fomething to
fharpen
their
acs
petite,
anal:
by
little
and
little
in
vfing
their
flomackes
they
get
flomacks:letvs follow thé like praclife,
&,when
wee
per-
ceiue our beggerlineife
in
Gods
graces,let
vs
more
carnally
labour
after
this heauenly-
treafure and precious pearle,
that
we
maybe
made
rich;
when wee
feele
our
emptineffe
of
all
vertue and goodneffe,
Iet
vs
more
eagerly
hunger after
this
fpirituall Manna-that wee may
bee
filled
and
fatished
;
when