J, !hall roofidc;r i~ when,! eom~ ~-o it,) h<;is eau set We .JpArit of. fV'fdom, er toJd~ you by wifdo,m is meant faith, 10 th~, S_th ~~rt~,:f,ql;dl{<fV~Idtton, r wJil g, 1 ve ~er,XV. you Jpb, r._or.an io!lanfe i Jophad,~n_, qr,fji . ~·ll'Y ltght lle.f,~ed by, an~ .an.e .. xtraor- ~ di 11 ary light that ~amG mto lu~ Sll.uh .J,.oo~ Job f)-·1. J?.meear, fa1th he, h.a!(J heardof thee /mt11ow mi11t. f)'e. ha{l;jee,ll th~·: ffe calleth. th1s V1lion;n comparifon of whathe had a!Lhis life t!111e; 1 think J.J.HPr~~~s !t.m refpeCf ofa fight. of God himfelf, but.y.ou may. apllly,tt t!',thdigh~qf amans totcrelt·; 1t 1~ a lighG bywhichamanfeethir;, tl)ough h~ d)d,quth~"'r~f lt ,beforc. I. h~yc heard it; whifpered to me by tlje h!oly, Ghqlft.(fqr theH.olY, Y.J1!?!1 whifp~reth, fectetlj, bX Bloa(/.and by Watrr.,) r,hat I am m i:JW. Il<~te <;>f Or"'~~.• bqt now I fee tt, f~;t!\ !Jei yield, my Brethr.e~, that the I~a,Iingof the Sr,jrit is but Fai;h, iF you compare it to Heaven; it is not the V,ifion of Heav~n, and therefore' Pn.1.8. it is {aid, Bditvh~,g,yot~ •·ejoyced with;oywifpeaka6{( alldglortotu.. It. IS but Faitq in comparifon of !:leaven, it is 6elievi"g when yo~ a.re fille,d wtth Joy: fo Rom, '1·'7· he prayet!l,.that they mlly.6efi!Je4 wt:haf!;oy throitgb 6eluvmg. Butlet me tell you that 1t IS Fatth elevated, and ra1fed up above Its ordmary rate, as Stephen'scye, with which he faw. Chd!t,; it was his natural fight, but it was hi; natural fight elevated, raifed up above the ordinary prol'ortion of an eye : fo is this, alight beyond the ordinary light of l;a1th. ~ w1ll ~1ve you but one loflance to difference it untoyo~, and i~ is a clea;one; You read m2 Sam.1 2.q. tqat N ath.w came to V avidas a Prophet, '\nd when he fpake as a Prophet, V avid believed it, he had faith to entertain this word; and he telleth 'Da.vtdplainly, that his fins of Adultery and Murther were forgiven, and he fa id tha,t God had told him, that he fbot~ldtJot dit. Well, this beiQg a word of God, 'Davidhad an ordinary light of Faith to apprel;lend,it, to believe it, as we believe the Scripture when it is read. Suppofe thy Name were written in the Book of God , thou foundefl it in the Gofpel, as Cyrm's Name was in the Prophets, that thou il10u!del1: be faved, thou wouldefl believe it with fuch a faith, as thou believefl there is a God out of the Sc6pture, aod a Ghrifl ou,t of the Scripture, Well, but 'David for all this was not !atisfied; he I,~da ~aith to believe that his fins il10uld be for;. given, and that Faith was an, alfurance that they lhould be pardoned; but it was not a[ea! of the Spirit: therefore Pfa!.) r.12. after Nathan came unto him he prayeth, Refloretmtomethejoyof thy fatvatiOIJ, andefla6ti}hmt with t11Jfree Spirit. He !mew it before by an ordinary light, but the thing he feeks for here, is the witne(s of the Holy Gbofl. Now when we fay; that it is a Spirit of Revrlr1tio11, we do not mean as the Papi!ls do; they fay, Aman cannot be alfured of his falvation, but by Vijio11, and by an A11get appearing to him, and by immediate Meffages from Heaven. Nei– therdo I mean fuch Reyelation as Pm1t had, when he was c~rried up to the Thtrd Heavm, No, but 1t 1s fuch a light, to. know a mar.'s own mtere!l in Salva– tion by, as wherewith t~e Apoflleswrote Scripture, (npt that he that hath it can write Scripture.) It is not a Revelatio.n of new Truths, but to apply thofe Truths to a man's own heart. In 2 Cor. 1.2r ,22. i~ the Verfes before the Apoflle fpeaks of the truth of h1s Ouchwe, as he was an Apo!lle, he pawncth his Apo!llefhip 11poo It; I am confidellt"' zt, f~1th he? the Gojpel I pruched, it u 11ot yea a 11 d nay. I am an Apoflle,and I dehvered tt unto you as an Apofllc; but riow coming to thofe ordmaryBehevers of the Cormths, fauh he, He th.~t efl.>61ijheth ttf t 1} Chrifl wzth) 'Oil, uGod, "!Jho hath a!Jo.featul ut, f!Jc. He hath given you that light to fee your 1ntereflw thofe Prom1fes, the fame light wherewith we fee the tr~th of the Promifes, and have preached them unto you. And fo now you have the fecond Obfervation from hence: The fidt was that it isa diflinet thing from Faith ; the fecond is, that it is a higher light th;n the ordnwrJ•ltght of Fr;Jth. The third IS this, (for I !hall keep to the Text,) It is called a Seal; now 10 reafon every Seal hath an Imprefs upon it, What is the Im– prcfs of the immediate Seal of the Spirit that it flampeth upon a man's heart. To help you to undeffiand this, I mufl have recourfe to that 2 Ttm.2.rg. Thejozmdatio11 of God (/audnh fun, . having thi; Seal, The Lordknoweth who are hu; that Is. God knowe.th whom he hnth loved from everlallmg. Here is God's Seal: Wdl, what is thcf•a!of the Spirit? It is the lmprcfs of this Seal D d"' from
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