2.00 Thé.ANorth ofthe W/aterofL, e; it be true , that by ware, arc heere-msaix the giftsof the Spirit, yet there Sp iare. and the it, which.amanmayhaw;; andyeebeaRe. ,: Some gibs of probate. Sothat ydu mua learne to put a differencebetwixt the commongifts,. rhe Spica ate of the Sprit, and thofe giftswhich are proper- oncly to Godschildren. They c6mon,aome world is as it were Gocis(greatHoule in which there arc bothrera ntsandCons, Proper- .'FLY the one(as Chritt f-tth) to be caftpttt,tbe othertoabideever. Now in a family, ro GatScGlt- we krww there befo drrn. mecotnton fauogi,uhichtheCeara,.[, anddrudges doe en-' y toh s31:, ioy as well as the hhire;: and Cofomegfaces these be , which taca the reprobate, haut,whichit is mettewe Ihould know,lcft we be deceived; andthey arethere : The coo,. " ìhefief'tis,thegift anddcxteritiepfprarifngaparticular calling: for,whaelò- r.,. a gips; curt, men,carelefly sad prophanely doimagine tirar the skill and Ai t which they bane ioany kuo. ledge,as husbandrypereñandizz,&e. is from their owns indu- flry;yetcertaine it is, that the cunning which anyman bath in any faculty what- b ever, is the Isleatsdonely giftof Gods Spirit ; and therefore the power which Bee,alertand Aholiab bad to worke in blue filke and purple and earned worke, is a Eaod a 1.3. Callen a' filling ly theSpirit of God. The (ccottd common gift , is the gift of en- lightening,whereby a man beingnaturally ignorant in the things ofGod, is ena- bled to conceitie the will ofGod reuealed in theScripture, yea e: tier} the fweeteft points thereof,as of faluation and grace in Chrifi left's. A third common gift,is the poser ofpreaching and expounding theScripture far thecommon good and bhoo:e of Gods Church. A lourds, is anability toreliraineand temper the al- feé ons, fathattheythanrotbreaksfaorthintooutrage and notorious tails in the behtaionrr A tilt,isapowertoheartthewordwith ioy,andtofeemeto'take Come delight, andtoarnde tome fwectneffe in it. All theta are giftsand graces of the Spirit ofGod; but yet they are aptthole graces whichChri(t meanethby water herein this place : bccahfc theftbefuch as may befall thofe whonotwith- Standing flrall, never be laud. -Manya reprobate is giftedwith admit able skill in crafts and fciences. Demeeriru feemed tobe a cunningworkeman, yet was heno luau etreiny tothe preachirtgof the Got-pal. Secondly , the Apoftiefeemethto makeit a thing pofsible,to he onceenlightened andto' hoot raftedof the beannnly gift, yet fo tofall away , as to be,pall allhope of beeing rootedagorae by repes.. b Math,7.i z. ranee. Thirdly,at the day of iudgement, b Manywill fay to Chri[l,. Lard, hone we eVerfe 13, not by thy nama propbecied ? yet it flaallbe laid to ,item,' Departfrommen. Fourth- ly, many wicked man hauepower toconforme themfclues , and to bridle many finnes.mnd'to carry themfclues in anoutward cinilitie a fo Abime(ech the heathen d Gen.ao,6. a abfMined frein cotntnittirg folly with Abrahams wife : and many among the. Gentiles excelled inmorallvcrrues,and diners wefee (whom wecall cíuill men) demean themfelnes in theeyes of theworld vnblameably ,. who yetgive tistait hope ofany trueconuerfion. Laftly, Chrift in the parable lhewethr that many e Mat.r3. al. heaters for atime beleegee, bararföoneat tribulation commethbecarfe of the word, byand by they are offended. Nowthere are betides there, other fpeciall graces of the ,Spirit, which are prSirrato, proper onely to Gods children. Paul faith, that r God is ;be Sodom ufall men, fpeeiallyof((safe thatbeieene : faitmay be laid, he gineth gracesto all,but in fpeci- ail maanertotheele&.Chriftispleafed, inSoipmretoterme the Churchhis taae,hisia!r e. The dayofludgement,is the marriageday : and the time prefent, is the wooingtime ;in whichhe is as it were a later to his Church a and the Mi- gz.Cor,tr.z, nifters are appointed toprepare the Church for her btsbando, and toprefenther as a pszeZlirgin untoChilli. Now hewhich is a Cuter toa woman,himfclfe being a man ofworfhip &ability,howfbeuer,to tefliliehis bounty,and tomake knowne his loue to his beloued, hee will bellow gifts vpon the feruants of the family, yet if.hee haue a ieweil -of worth and price, that bee referueth for her, on whom his loue is fined : Co Chrift lelus conferreth common fauoOars , even Vp. on she reprobate, tomake known; his riches, andwitball, for the good of his chain,
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