36z TheSpiritual) Senne-/hip. bAets i7a8. when thou beholden a Preacher, thinkeif,wbaewill this bablerfayh? when..God offered: knowledge veto thee,doft thou fay in thyheart,departfromrntf, l dr(tre itob,:r.¡4 itnot c? Art thouofopinion that itieinvaivefor menCo befo precifeabout fer. dMalac.3..,4. Meg of God d? Art thouone thatprayelt butfeldome, other then in fome for_ mall words without inward£eeling?andwho eaten forno uftnercommunica_ tingatGods board, thenmay herpe theefrom the danger ofa law ? andyet, haft thoua fecret perfwafion, that thouart thechild of God,and (haltbee fi- ned? I- layvntothee,this is butanillu(ionof Sarasa; this is no teftinronyofthe holy Ghoft.The witneffeofGods Spirit, and thecontemptofthemeanes, doe neuermeete.And thus much for the formerofthefe two witneffesofadoption, theSpirit ofGod. Now, wehaue heard theverdi &ofthe firft witneffe, let vs proceede to the examination of the fecond,and thatis,earownefpirit,But our ovine fpirit,is not eGen& meant our natural] heart Ferthe imagina:en:thereofareoriel] ndffe, itiawicked fler,x7.9. aboseall things fl; whocan brew acleave thing outofthieftlthineffes? butthereby is glob4.4. meant, that whichDasidcalletha .rightfpirit h:Iris thatnewfpirit, which God bPfaLSrro, promifethtoput within the bowelsof his chofenones 1 ,-a fpirit purifiedbythe 5Ezech.u.r g blood ofChrilt,renued and fao&ified by the holy Ghoft,fuchafpirit it iswhole teflimonywemuft hearken to,Thereis no truth bynature in our inward pates, and ourovine fpirit can teftifienothingbut vntrnth. The evidencesofadopti. onariuing out ofa renued andfan&ified fpirit, aremany.Iwill name the molt, andinfilt vpon thofe whichIhold (confldering the ftate of thetimes) to bee moil conueuient. They may bereferredto twoheads. Firli, inwardtokens: fecondly,outward fruitslnward tokens areeither in refpe&ofourowne fins, or in regard ofGods mercy. Sinnebearetha threefold confideration t either as itis pant, or asiris prefent,or as it may come hereafter. The renuedfpirit whichmuffbe the true witneffè ofadoption , forfins pall and committed, is an vnfained lamenter, euen therefore becaufethey bee trefpalfes againit Gods Maiefty : This isgodlyfurrow k. With limes relent itis an earnell fighter , t GaLS.17 there is a continual) combat betwixt it andthe lieAri, Touching finsto come, mPrea4.53. it is continual] watcher, keepingitfelfewith alldilgencem, firisingtohoekep: vs, n fainesr.ró. [potted theworld., andto l the cort tio:which is is theworrldthrae h1u . Now oxPer, t. 4, f fy rep g fro for themercies of God , fuch asconcerne falsarios;, the renewed fpirit bath a pPfa1.84.s. doubleaffe&on. Fitlt,oflonging , Myjoa/eloe1geth (faithDasidm) it thirtieth Pfsl.s3. i, for sboe9.Secondly,ofbareefteemingall things,inrefpe& ofit: fchiekeall things rPhii.3.u, bw dirag,that lmayminne Chrifì e. Here isaglalfe worthourlooking in: Ifwe cannot feebybeholding it,and by prying intoour felues,thefe evidencesin the tables ofour ownehearts,what fhall I fay? what? as.AhabsChaplaiees,Geand ftKing.xx. profperr, nay, firllet my tonguecleanest thereof,ofmymonth, : Inytftfay plain- :Pfal-r37.6- ly,as Peter toSimon ¿l-bigot1youo hearth. no; vprsgh: wiehinjon,in ib0Jig/se ofGob. sAßst.a'. And we bane realos to rhinkevponit : For (to touchitas by theway) where is forrow forfirms pan, whenirisfuch adelight tomanytorecord oldvani. ties?fuch a vexation tothe moft,tohaue theireuils by-paft,by the word ofGod ript vp?where iscombating with finnes prefent,when mengive themfelues as XRom.6,16 feraants toobey theme? where is care to preuent future culls,when men fiudyto offend, and fayof their finnen, as the drunkard ofhin, weewillfeske themyet yProu. x3.3 '.Hill v ?Againe,where is longing for Gods mercy inChrift,when there is an voi. r nerfall Aiutineffein mens hearts, that thegreaten part ofmenknowRot what it is tondeda Sancta ? where is an accountingall things vile in refpe& of. grace,when men are fobewitched with the gloryofearthly things,andfokar- ;Heb.3.,1. dotedthrough the deceitfalnef eof(innes, that nothing is info little grace, as the grace of God? Flatter we not ourfelnes, the wantof thereeuidencrs of adop. Iron, {hail be a fufficient euidence toptoouevsWand; , endue: flames at the day ofChrill. Thusof tokens :now next ofoutwardfruites, that is, fuch s_
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