BJok rr. T HE HOLY SPIRIT COMPARED T O OIL OF GLADNESS. 4-87 ened, they might know what was the Hope of his Calling, &c. Eph. i. '7· 18. Clouds and Mifts of Darknefs are upon the Eyes of all that have not received the Spirir, fu that rhey cannot behold Things a-far o!E M ETA PH OR. VIII. Oil is excellent good to open Obfl:rutl:ions, and help them who cannot breathe freely. ·• pAR ALL EL. VIII. The Spirir of God is the only Remedy for all Obfl:ruc1ions of rhc inward Man, rhcie rhat fcarce breathe or pray at all, by receiving a M.·a– fure of the Spirir, brcarhe out freely their DcGrc to Alm ighty God: Likewife the Spirit helpeth our infirmities: For we know net what ~,,JC jhould pray for as we ought, but the Spirit maketh Intercef/ion, &c. Rom. viii. 26. No Man can fay Jefus is Lord, but by the Holy Ghoft, I . Cor. xii. 3· IX. Oil is a fat and feeding SubIX. The Spirir feeds rhe Soul, yea, it makes it ;fiance, it is a very nourifhing fat and well-liking; nothing nouri01es rompJ– Thing, it is thought there is norable to the Spirir; the Word and Ordinances thing more wholfome to the Body of God, are but dry Bread to ir: This is the ·of Man. chief of thofe fat Things full of Marrow, by which God fea!l:s, and makes far the Bones of X. Oil eaten with fame other Things rhar have feme hurrful ~ality, makech them very good and nourifhing, whilfl: others who eat them without Oil are furfeired thereby. his Saints, !fa. xxv. 6. and lviii. 1 I. X. The Spirit of God being received and lived upon, the 1\bunclance of the Things of this "World, · rhat h.tve in them by means of Sin, fame hurtful and fcrfei,ing Qualiry, are made hereby very good and profitable to Brlievers; but for want of the Spirit's fcafoning and fanctifying. they become deadly and def\rut\ive to wicked Men, their Table, Bed, and all they enjoy, are made Snares to them . 'l'ake heed to )'Our– Jelves, left at any 'l'ime your Hearts be over-charged with Surfeiting and Drunkennefs, a~d the Cares of this World, &c. Luke xxi. 34· X I. Oil, Naturalifl:s tell us, is X f. The Holy Spirit is of exceeding great ufe goodagainfl:Shakings,Tremblings, againfl: all Tremblings and Convullions of the and Convullions, which many are Soul in evil Times, it frees the Godly from all troubled wirh, fo that on a fudden flavith Fears, which thake fame Men for want of fomctimes they fall down, and foam it, out of their Fairh, Hone!l:y, and Religion; at the Mouth t. and it keeps Gncere Ones !l:edfafl: and immoveable, from being fnake n by falfe Dotl:rine and lying Spirits ; which have troubled many with ftrange Conv ullions, Shakings and Trem– blings in this Nation ; fo that, as my Amhor faith , they have even foamed at the Mourh, when Q<!akerifm firlt came up amongft us. XII. Oil wa• made ufe of under XII. The Holy Spirit is made ufe of by the the Law, in cleanGng him who Lord J efus Chrilt, our heavenly High-Pridt, in had the Plague of the L eprufy. cleanflng rhe Leprofy of Sin, he puts it into, or 'I'he Prieft was to put Oil on the 'l'ip upon, every Faculty of the inward Man, the of his Right-ear, and upon the Will, the Alfedion, the Underftanding, the Con – Thumb of his Right-hand; and the fcience, the Head, th< Hand, rhe Heart, the Remnant of it upon his Head, L e-v. whole Soul is anoinred therewith, before it be pro– xiv. 17, t8. ·nounced clean by the Lord. I will put my Spirit <oithi11 )'Oil, and )"<tl foal/ be clean from all )'Our Filthinefs. Now are ;•ou clean through the lVord that I bave Jpoken to you; the Words that I have Jpolwz to ;·o11, they arc the Spirit and the Life, Ezek. xxxvi. z;;, 26, ' 7· John xv. 3· and vi. 63. Xlll. Oil is ufed for Lamps, whereby they burn long, and give lightto them that are in the Houfe, the Ufe whereof is • erywell known to all. " PI;,,, lib. xxiii~ p. r6z, XIII. The Spirit of God is that fpiritual Oil, that the wife f/irg_ins took in their Veifels and in their Lamps, by which means they were accepted by the Bridegroom, and the Foo!ijh for wane of ir, their Lamps of Profeflion went out, and they not fulfered to go"into the Wedding-Chamber, Matt. XXV. 8, I O, 1· ibid. XIV. The
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