diviat.6,zq. sRorif, i& f 10h.8.44. Holy *eilkjng, henotrrarble Walking, them, the Spirit makes their hearts within and lives With- out futable to that holineff which the law prefcribeth, they walk in the poweroftheSpirit quickningand afli!tingthem; in the light of the Spirit diret1ing them ; in the motion of the Spirit exciting them; and in theoperation of theSpi- rit, enlarging their hearts with the knowledgeofGod, faith inGod, love to God, and with . the fence and feeling of Gods goodneffetourds them, and in the tetlimony and e- vidence ofthe Spirit,fealingup the forgivenes of theirfins ún,. to them ; as the foule is not idle, but operative in the bo- dy, diftributing fence, and motion to every member of the body a So the Spirit of Chrifk, in then, in whom Chriil lives, is not idle, but operative, manifetï:ing it fclfe in the fruits and effas therecf; tl:c foule inables man tohumane works and Cervices, the Spirit of Chrifl living in man ina- bles man to fpirituall duties and exercifes, to fhine as alight in the midit of the froward generation among whom bee lives ; to walke as a Ghilde of Ugbt, with Zachary and E- lizabeth to walke in all the Commandements of God and be blameleflè ; and this is the honour and crowne of a Chriftians life, to walke as befeemeth th Gofpell, to walk honourableGwhoxpreffhh molt holinile in his conyerfa- Lion. 8. In regard of the terme whereunto they live, who have Chrift living in them ; carnall men who arealiens to the life of God and Chrill, live to a very low, ignoble and bafe terme, they live to the world, minding and intending the world, conforming themfelves to the example, cuflorne and falbion of the world, they ferve d Mamsmox and not God ; to this they live as f rvants to theMaier whom they ferve: they liveunto themfelves and their owne lulls, walking af- ter their owne imaginations, propofing their owne by and bafe ends, doing all things for themfelves, for their owne profit, pleafure and applaufe, theyferve their e ownebelly, and not the Lord Jcfus ; they live to. Satan, not doing thewill ofGod, but the r Itifx of the Divell, as (.hrií fpeakes, and this is the fhameand ditdaonour of the life of man, to live to
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