306 The twelfth Sign PART M. what is externals or the Motion and Anion of the Body, without in- cluding any thing elfe, having no Refpea to any Aim or Intention of the Agent, or any An of his Underfanding or Will. For confider Men's Actions fo, and they are no more good Works or Acts of Obe- dience, than the regular Motions of a Clock ; nor are they confider'd as the Actions of the Men, or any human Actions at all. The Ac- tions of the Bcdy, taken thus, are neither As of Obedience, nor Difobedience any more than the Motions of the Body in a Convul- fion.But theObedience &Fruit that is fpoken of,is theObedience &Fruit of theMan ; and therefore not only theAns of theBody,but theObedi- ence of the Soul, confining in the Acts and PraEIice of the Soul. Not that I fuppofe that when the Scripture fpeaks, in this Cafe of gracious Works and Fruit and Practice, that in thefe Expreflions is included all inward Piety and Holinefs of Heart, both Principle and Exercife, both Spirit and Praaice : Becaufe then, in thefe Things being given as Signs of a gracious Principle in the Heart, the fame Thing would be given as a Sign of it felf, and there would be noDifinction between Root and Fruit. But only the gracious Exercife, and holy Act of the Soul is meant, and given as the Sign of the holy Principle, and good Efate. Neither is every Kind of inward Exercife of Grace meant ; but the practical Exercife, that Exercife of the Soul, and Exertion of inwardHolinefs,which there is in an obedientialAa; or thatExerti- on of theMind, andACl ofGrace, which iffues and terminates in what they call the imperate Acts of the Will ; in which fomething is di- rested and commanded by the Soul to be done, and brought to pafs in Praaice. Here for a clearer Underftanding, I would obferve, that there are two Kinds of Exercifes of Grace. r. There are thole that force call immanent Acts : That is, thofe Exercifes of Grace that remain within the Soul,that begin & are terminated there,without any imme- diate Relation to any Thing to be done outwardly, or to be brought to pafs in Practice. Such are the Exercifes of Grace, which the Saints often have in Contemplation: When the Exercife that is in the Heart, don't directly proceed to, or terminate in any Thing beyond the Thoughts of the Mind ; however they may tend to Practice (as all Exercifes of Grace do ) more remotely. 2. There is another Kind of As of Grace, that are more ftrictly called practical, or ef- fective Exercifes ; becaufe they immediately refpect fomething to be done. They are the Exertions of Grace in the commanding Acts of the Will, directing the outward Anions. As when a Saint gives a Cup of cold Water to a Difciple, in and from the Exercife of the Grace of Charity ; or voluntarily endures Perfecution, in the Way of his Duty, immediately from the Exercife of a fupream Love to C;hri1t. Here is the Exertion of Grace producing it's EffeI in out- ward
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