204 Of the S(djet by long PraEice got fuch an Habit of (hoot, ing, fo as he can eafily hit it when he pleat: ,eth ; Even fo, if the Soul, by the imme- diatewings of the Spirit, beforeFaith fhould exercife fome fpecial Acts of Submif icon, in which it is very paifive; it will not follow he is as humble as he, who, from an Habit of Grace,doth ordinarily and eafily humble him- fell: A S.cribler may caft fometinies a better Letter, than a more expert Writer. There' Aaìons therefore before Faith, not proceeding from a Principle of Life, but merely from the external Operation of the Spirit on a Man, are not to be compared to ALiions which flow from the Spirit of Chrift united with a Man, fo as to be a Principle of Life in him, and of fpiritual gracious Ations. (2.) Confider, that thefe moral AEions before Converfion,are. inferior to the fpiritual Ations of Saints after Converfion, inRefpeát, they proceed not from a: Principleof Life andLove,without which it is im rogible topleafeGcd. And hence,the meaneff Ac- tion proceeding fromF'aith,is preferable to the moll glorious Actions ofHypocrites, ant' fuch as want Faith. Therefore the Humiliation of Saints before Cornerfion, and the Submif Aon to the greatefl Mifery, proceeding mere- ly from a ConviLtion of God's Equity, is far from that Submitfion which proceeds from Faith, and our Union withChrill, tho' it reach but to a fmaller Matter; becaufe the one is but Fruit proceeding from the firft Huf- band
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