Howe - B3999 R4 H68 1702

3 38 The LivingTemple. Part II. liberty of utteringgreat [welling Words o à'(tnity, and to talk of being Godded with God, andChrigedwiihChrift. Yet, becaufe the Expreffions of gi- ving the Spirit, of receiving, ofhaving the Spirit, of our being in the Spirit, and of his being, and dwelling, or abid- ing in us, are Phrafes of known and frequent ufe in Scripture, whether in relation to extraordinary Purpofes and Operations, peculiar to fame ; or to ordinary, common to all that are fin- cere in the Chriftian Church : Such Expreffions are therefore, byno means, to be rejected, or difiu'd ; but cauti- ouíly ufed, and underilood in a found and fober Senfe. We find no difficulty in apprehend- ing howGod is laid togive any thing divers, or difin& from himjelf ; as Houfes, Lands, Riches, &c. When, in the mean time, we will confefs it not /o eay to conceive of his giving what is within the verge ofDeity ; or that is of, and belonging to hirnflf. Some have thought, that by the Spi- rit given, we arc to understand the ope- rations, and effects of the Spirit, extra- ordinary, as of Prophecy, working Miracles, &c. and ordinary, (which con-

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