Spiritxall Life excellent. s35' farce more noble then the lifeof nature ; Saulwas heed and (boulders above the refiducf the people ;. the life of grace is head and fhoulders, vetyhigh and farre above the lifeof ni'- turc; whither vcgitive, fènfible or rcafonable ; 906 fcrnctime: W laid ofwifdotne : herefhall Wifdm oe 6e found, and Where is the place of Underflandint, max ltnozreth not the price thereof,. neither is it found in the lard of the living, the depth faith it . is not in me, and the Sea faith it is not With me :: thus may we fry of fpirituall life where (hall fpirituall life be found? and where is theplace of trueand faxing grace? manknoweth not theprice therof,neither is it found in the land ofthe living; , Nature faith it is not in me; Art and induflry fay it isnot with us, this lifeis: hidWith Chrifl in God :It is hid in God,in regard ofthecriginal prefervation,protehion and continuance of it,as dCola. the life ofthe branch is hidden in the root, and the life of the fireame in the fòuntaine ; it is hidin God, and there and no where els it is to be found; therfore termel thee life ofGod ; for the fpirituall originali and celefliall excellency therof, re- e Efh4,i 8; generation and new. birth,being ofall lives,themoil: excellent life, which God communicateth unto man, becaufe God doth then very gracioufly and fweetly live in man,and man enjoyes . the life of'od,whenCodBoth fan&ifie and guide manby his Spirit,and this life is afcribedbyour Saviour to the Spirit,as to the propercaufe ofit:theftefl.i profitethnothing,it is the Spirit that guickneth and all the faithfull are born again ofthe Spirit, begot- ten ofGod by the wcrd oftruth, & as they havethemoll noble & excellenrParent,fo they have the moil honorable &eminent life,a life offuchdignity that none but God can communicate. S.By themedium offpirituahlife:conjunction with Chrift by faith is themedium of this life,as the natural! life is a conjun&- S,Thè Medi- ionofthe bódy with the foule ; ,fo the fpirituall life is a con - 1 umofth s life, junction ofthe foul withChriff and his Spirit ; Chrif} is the Còn;un&tion head and they the members : Chrift is the Vineand they the i v` "h Chri[}- branches, being enlivened by theirconjunibion with Chrift, byf"th.- the members are enlivened by the head, and the branches by the Vine, and believers coming to Chrift, as to .a living Stone, are faid as lively, f ones to 6e built a fpirituall ham- fe r in which words,. Chrift is likened to a Stone for his. firength
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