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t.
The
Spirit
promifed
to
Believers,
to dwell
in
them.
I90
All
our
fupplications
are
to
be regulated
by the
Promife. And
Purely
he,
who
Ram
$ 27
(as
(hall
afterwards appeare
)
did
fo
plentifully and
richly
Promife the be-
flowing
of
this Spirit on all
thofe,
that
believe on
him
,
did not
infirua
them
to
aske
for any inferion Mercy, and
Grace,
under
that
name.
That
Spirit
which
the Lord
Chriff inftru
&s
us
to
aske
of
the Father,
is
the
Spirit,which
he
bath
promifed
to
beftow
fo
on
us,
as
that
he thall dwell
in us.
That
the
Spi-
rit,which Chrift inttru
&s
us
to
aske for and which
hitnfelfe
promifeth to
fend
unto
us,
is
the
Holy Ghofthimfelfe,the Holy
Spirit
of
Promife,by
whom wee
are
Sealed
to the
day
of
Redemption,
I
fuppofe will
require no labour
to
prove: what
is
needfull
to
this
end, thall be afterward
infified
on.
4:
2.
2.
Pofitive
affirmations
that
he
doth
fo
dwell in
,
and
remaine-
with the
Saints, are
the
fecond
ground
of
the
Truth
we
aflert;
I fhall
name
one,or
two
Teftimonies
of
that
kind.
Pfal. 51.1
i.faith
David,
take not
thy
Holy
Spirit
from
me.
It
is
the
Spirit,
and
his
prefence
,
as
unto
San&ification,
not
in
refpe&
of
Prophefy, or
any
other
gift whatever,
that
he
is
treating
of
with
God. All
the
Graces
of
the
Spirit, being almoft dead
and buried
in
him,
he cries
aloud
that
He,whofe they are, and who alone
is
able
to
revive and quicken them,
may
not
be taken from him.
With
him,
in him he was
,
or
he could not
be
taken
from him. And
though the
Gifts or Graces
of
the
Spirit
only
may be
intended,
where mention
is
made
of
giving or beftowing
of
him fometimes;
yet
when
the
Saints
begge
of
God
,
that he
would continue
his
Spirit with
them,
though theyhave grieved him and provoked
him,
that
no more
is
in-
tended,
but
force
Gift
or
Grace,
is
not
fo cleave.
I know
men poffefled
with
prejudice againft this
Truth,
will
think
eafily
to
evade thefe Teftimonies,
by
the
Diftin
&ion
of
the
Perfon ,
and
Graces
of
the
Spirit.
Wherefore forthe
manner howhe
is
with them,with
whom
heis,the
Apoftle informes
us,R.om
:8.
'gyee
are
in the
fpirit
(that
is,
fpirituall men,oppofed to being
in
the
flefh,
that
is,
carnal], unregenerate, unreconciled, and
enemies
toGod)
iffy
be4he
fpirit
ofChrifl
dw.ell.inyou:
and
if
dity
man
have
mit
the
fpirit
of
Cyri
ft
,
he
is
none
of
his:
Not
only
the thing
it
felfe
is
afferted,
but the
weight
of
our Regenerati-
on, and Acceptation
with
God through
Jefüs
Chriff,
is
laid upon
it.
If
the
Spirit
dwell in
us, we arefpirituall, and belong
to
Chritt;
otherwife
not,
wee
are
none
of
his.
This the
Apoftle
farther
confirmes. v.
i
i.
if
the
fpirit of
him,
that
raifed
up
7efus,dwellin
you
:.
I
know
not
how the
Perfon
of
the
Holy Ghoft
can
be more
clearely
decyphered,then here
he
is, The
fpirit
of
him
that
raifed
ye/its
from
thedead;
Why
that
is
mentioned,
{hall
afterwards be
confidered.
And this Spirit,as he bears
Teftimony
of
himfelfe,dwells
in Believers,which
is
all
we fay,
and,without farther
curious
enquiry,defire
to
reft
therein.
Doubt-
leffe
it were
better
for men,
to
captivate their
underftandings to
the
obedi-
ence
ofFaith,
then to
inventDiftin
&ions
and
Evafions,
to
efcape
the
power
Of fo
many
plaine Texts
of Scripture, and
thofe litterally, and
properly, not
Figuratively
and
Metaphorically;
expreííing
the
Truth:
contained
in
them:
which,though
it
may be done fometimes, yet
is
not
in a
confiant
uniforme
tenure
of
expreflion. any
where,the manner
of
the
Holy Ghoft.
The
Apoftle
alfo
affirmes
farther
v.15.
that
Believers
receive
the
fpirit
of19doption
to cry
.Abby
Fathers which
being
a
workè within them, cannot be wrought
and
effe-
tied
by
Adoption it
felfe,which
is
an extrinficall
Relation. Neither
can
Adop.
tion,
and
the
Spirit
of
Adoption be conceived
to
be the
fame.
He allo
far-
ther
affirmes
it
I
Cor:
2.12.
wehave received
the
fpirit,
which
is
of
God,
that.
we
might
know
the
things,that
are freely given
us
ofGod.
We have
fo
received
him,
as
that
he abides with
us, to
teach us,
to
acquaintour hearts,
with
Gods
dealing with
us: bearing
witneffe
with
our
fpirits
to the condition
wherein
we are, in reference
to
our Favour from
God,and
Acceptation with him; and
the