to drowfie SAINTS. are all here prefent before God, to heart all things that are commanded thee of God,ver. 3 3. Now,if we have the Word daily preached, and we get not the holy Spirit of God, we are without excufe. Secondly, By Prayer; if wee did pray faithfully unto God, we fhould have the holy Spirit, as Chrtt} Cayes ; If yce that are evil can give good gifts unto your children,how much more hall your heavenly Fathergive the holy Spirit to them that euke him ?Luke 51.1 3. You will fay, yee have prayed many a time and often , and yet yee finde rao fuch thing ; and no marvaile, when a mans heart prayes onely by the by: but if yee made it your bufineffe , from day to day , if ye would feeke for him as for life , and look upon it as more neceflary than life it felf,then ye fhoul.d quickly fpeed : But when yee will give God the blinde, and the lame, and your hearts run a whoring after other things, Heaven is not the maine of all your care, and ftudy : the Lord knows a hollow heart,and can tell how to deny it : none (hall have his fpirit, that doe not defire him above all things , and labour after him above all things, and ufe all manner of meanes for him. The Spirit of God is a great gift, and we muff: know its an infinitemercy to obtaine him, and therefore we muff feeke him accordingly. They that get him doe not goe dreaming - ly to work. - Thirdly, By repentance ; this is another meanes to ob- tain the holy Ghoft, as the Lord faith, Rent your hearts and not your garments , and turne to the Lord your God, &c. Joel. 2. t 3. What followes ? And after that I will powre my Spirit upon you, faith he, verf. 28. Never thinker to have Gods holy Spirit, and live after the flefh, or goe on in a forme , or a careleffe way : not onely drunkenneffe and whoredome, and capitali Gnnes , keep him out , but any other Tuffs and corruptions , that the heart clings unto ; Rent your hearts then, let your drowfie doings paine you at the heart, let all your fècurity, and unbeliefe, and luke- warmnefTe, whereby yee part Bakes with God , let all thefe bee a burden unto you, and you ,heavy laden with 14 a them : 8;
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