128 The firft Sign PART III. Another Thing which is a full Proof that the Seal of the Spirit is no Revelation of any Fa& by immediate Suggeftion, but is Grace it felf " is the Life of the Spirit of Jefus in you ? Where is the Oil " in your Vefí'el ? Truly I look for the Bridegroom ; but I sc regard not that ; neither are others to regard it, in Way of sc Evidence. Then I fay the chief Evidence is deftroyed in the 46 Churches. I have known many that have had Affurances ; " yet never faw them prove right, 'till it witneffed this was " here. What fhould be the Caufes of this, and that Men " fhould make Bluffers in the Churches becaufe of this, as tho' cc it was building on Works ? In feveral Men they are feveral. " z. An Aptnefs to out-run the Truth, and to fall from one " Extream to another- - -. 2. The Apoftacy of eminent Pro-. <c feffors, who have been deceived in their evidencing thus. - -- {' 3. Corrupt Experience. - -- ¢. A Heart that never felt the cc Bitternefs and Bondage of Sin, as the greatefl Evil ". Page 215, 216. " The Peace, and Joy, andAfiurance of thatGlory, cc which Eye never faw, in the Saints, 'tis from the Witnefs of " the Spirit of Glory ; not only becaufe that God is their God, " but becaufe they are his People. 'Tis I fay from the Wit- " nefs of God in his Word ; not from themfelves, nor from cc Man only, that they approve me ; nor from Dreams, and 64 diabolical Breathings ; but from the Spirit of God ; he brings cc Tidings of it; and from fuch a Spirit (that you may know cc it) that not only fhews you God is your God, and fo you re- joice, becaufe of this ; for thus 'tis with many a carnalHeart, « and he bath Peace, being in Horror, from this, the Lord loves " me ; but he makes you to rejoice, becaufe you are theLord's cc People, becaufe he bath changed yourHeart : Now thePeace cc is found, and Joy is right And here I would try the Peace 44 of any Man ". Part II. p. 168, 169. " All the Heirs of cc the Promifes, as Heirs that have Legacies left them, they go cc to the Will of the deceafed Father; and that Comforts, that cc they hold to, that is fure; fuch an one (hall have it, if his cc Name be there. But if one (hall fay, fuch a One bath pro- " mifed me fuch Lands ; is it in his Will ? No ; but fince he cc died, as I was taking a Pipe, he came to me : Oh be not cc deceived ! " Again in his Sound Believer there is a long Difcourfa of San6tifica- tion as the chief Evidence of Juftification from p. 22 r, for many Pages following, I fhall tranfcribe but a very fmail Part of it. " Tell me, how you will know that you are juftified. You 4 will
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