to drowfie SAINTS. prayer, no [ trainings after Chrift to have the holy Spirit of him. Nay, tittle tattle is preferred before comtxiing about Chrift : and every idle bufinette more takes up our thoughts, ' then how we may enjoy JeCus Chrift. Thirdly, where is the man well- neer,that is holy s forne indeed are civili , and not very many , no, not of them that would be held for ProfefÇors. For what Civili Hone - fly is there, when people are palpably pond, and palpably covetous. and palpably malicious, and 1pightfull, and en- vious ? tut, put cafe many be civill ; yet boltnelle is hardly any where to be teen. Where are any that are Mortified unto fin ? Crucified to the world ? Pilgrims on earth, hea- venly- minded ? taken up with God ? The Spirit Indeed is a Spirit of holineffe,Rom.1.4 And Chrift bath him to give, but he cannot have our enflame ::Wee are not thinly after fuck matters. Fourthly, Where is the Communion of Saints? a Theme I ipake of the laic Sabbath day.We are all like unto Ephra:w, Ephraim hath mixed himfelfeamong the people,Hof.y.8.that is, they had no Communion of Saints there among them. They were a mith -malts people ; there was a Chaos and a conflation and a medly among them. If there bee any that beare the naive of Saints ; They are like Lambes feeding all alone in a large place. 1 ï1Ç ¡frail when they are fcattered, Hof4.16. Lambs without flocks : Birds without mates : as if they were all trighted atandet No Communion of Saints, no Communion of graces, nor duties, nor hearts,nor affe Iions.I tontine if we had the holy Spirit of God , it would make a Communion among us : As Paul fayes, The grace of our Lord fetus Chri fr,and the love of God, and the Communion of the holy Gho/l be wit h you all, Amen, 1 Cor. 13.14. He would make a Communion among us, and Chrift hath him too, and there we might have him, but wee care not for him ; which is a Inca fearefuil thing ; a ligne of hor- rible deadneffe and liveledmel a in good : as it is with the boughes of a tree, when they are dead they fall off, but they hang together as long as they ace alive. Though communion 79
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