222 Fruition of Chrif},invincibléneffe. rlCa.z7.t5. z,Invincible- neffe. f t,: Cor 1.9. reeGa1.6.t4. was hollow to receive the fire, the wood and the Sacrificer The heart of man which is humble,empty of all fpirituall prideand felf-conceit, is molt capableof the fireofthe Spirit, and of Chrift who ofered himfelfe a Sacrifice for our (mines. The foule of the humble is Chrtfls habitation the veffell which he filleth with his grace, and receives intoa fweet confortfhip with himfelfe For thus faith the high and the lofty Onethat inhabitethEternity, whole name is holy. I dt'elt the hivhandholy place, ,withhim alto that is ofa contriteandhum- ble .Ffiris, to revive i he JJirit ofthe humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite Ones. God minifters molt fpirituall con- folation to him that is molt low and bate in his owneeye, andapprehenfìon. 2. This makes the foule of man mof? invincible. The low fitrubendareth all the gulls, and Maas of wind, abiding f:(t rooted ; Nowindsoftrouble or temptation can over-throw the humble though they may a little(hake him : The humble foule puts a low price upon the world, the gaine of it doth not much affeft him, the Joffe of it doth not much difquiet him : He leanes not onhinfelfe, or any other arme of Neal, his whole ` dependance is.upon Chrift; Chrift is the u irength bywhichhe ftandeth, the light;by which he walketh, the crowne and portion in which herepyceth, and nothing can feparate him from .Chrift : Satan bath leaft opportunity to fatten a temptationupon him : Theproffers ofthe world have 1 norellifh with hlm, the menaces of men raife no terrour in him ; Chrift is every way fo compleat in his apprehenfion, thathe accounts both the favour and thehatred of the world as nothing, being iv crucified to the world,and theworld alto untohim. Bede relates a poetically fl&tionofaman whom they called ?"erra filius, who fought with a tyrant named Hercu les. ThisTerra filius whenhewas weary cafe himfelfe on the ground, and recovered his ftrength,whiéb Hercules' percei- ving lifted himup into the aire, and fo overcame, and flew him. Inlike manner man fighting with Satan, humbling and abating himfelfe, abhorring himfelfe with lob below the daft e dafhes, reneweth his ítrength, and remaineth invincible; but Satan lifting him, up, filling himwith high and proud thoughts
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