249 / 504
.
Of
the Spirits
Perlman
jn-
dwelling.
C.
VIII.
4:6,.
beareth
witneffe
with
our_
jpiríts,
that
roe
are
the
Sonnes
of
Gods
That
Spirit,that
193
dwells
in
us,beares witneffe
in
us,
a
diftin&
Witneife
by himfelfe,diftinguiíhed.
from
the
Teftirnony.of our owne
fpirits
here mentioned,
is
either
an
Aét
of
our
naturali
Spirits
,
or
Gracious
fruit
of
the
Spirit
of
God
in
our hearts;
.
Tithe
firft,
what
snakes
it in
the things of. God
?
Is any
Teftirnony
of
our na-
turallfpiritsOfany
value,
to
allure
us
that
we
are the Children
of
God
?
If
the
latter,
then
is
there
here
an
immediate operation
of
the
Spirit
dwelling
in
our hearts,in
witneffe-
bearing,
diftina
from
all
the
fruits
of
Grace whatever.
And on this account it
is
that,
whereas.
F
Epiflle
ofjohn
5.
7,8.
the
Father,
Sonne,
and
Spirit,
are laid
to
beare
witneffe in Heaven,
the
Spirit
is
moreover
peculiarly
faid
to
beare witneffe
in
the Earth," together with the
Blood,
and
Water.
3.
There
are
fuch
Circumftances afcribed
to
him
in his
indwelling,as
are
proper only
to that
which
is
a
Perlon I
will
inftance only
in
one,
his
dwell-
ing
in
the
Saints
as
in a
Temple,
t
Cori 3.
t
6.
Tee
are the
Temple
of
God, and
his
Spirit dwelleth inyou;
that
is,
as
in a
Temple;
fo
plainely
chap:
6.19.
Tour body
is
the
Temple
of
the
Holy
Ghofi,
which is
in
you, which you have
of
God,
giving us
both
the
diftine.tion
of
the
Perfon
of
the
Spirit, from
the
other.Perfons,
he
is
given
us
of
God,
and
his
refidence
with
us,
being
fo
given,
he
is
in
us,
as al
fa
the
manner
of
his
in-
being,as in
aTemple;Nothing
can
make
a
place
a Tern=
ple,but
the Relation it bath unto
a
Deity.
Graces
that
are
but íualifrcations
of,
and ,dualities
in
a
Subjet,
cannot be
faid
to
dwell
in
a Temple;
This the
Spirit
Both:
and therefore
as a
voluntary
Agent
in
an
habitation, not
as
a ne-
ceffary
or
naturali principlein
a
fubjet:
and
though every
at
of
his
be
Om-
nipotent intenfvely,beingthe
a&
of
an
Omnipotent
Agent, yet he
worketh
not
in
the
aas
extenfively,
to
the utmoft
of
his
Omnipotencÿ:
he e,terteth
and
puts forth
his
Power,
and brings
forth
his
Grace
in
the
hearts
of
them, with
whom he dwells
as
he
pleafeth:
to
one he comunicates more Grace;
to ano-
ther
leffe:
yea
he
gives
more ftrength
to
one
and the fame
perfon,
at
one
time,
and
in
one
condition, then
another,
dividing
to every
one
as
he
will: and
if
t
cor.raí7
this peculiar manner
of
hisperfonall
prefence
with
his Saints, diftin&
from
his
'Ubiquity
or
Omneprefence,
may
not
be believed, becaufe
not
well by
reafon
conceived,
wefhall
lay
a
Foundation for
the
queftioning principles
of
Faith,which as
yet
we
are
not
fallen
out withall.'
And
this
is
our
firft
manifefration
of
the
Truth
concerning
the Índwelling
of
the Spirit
in
the
Saints
from the
icripture.The
fecond
will
be from the
fig-
nall
Iffues,
and
benefits,which
are afferted
to
arife
from
this
indwelling
of
the
Spirit in
them,
of
which
I
(hall
give fundry
inifances.
r.
The
firftfignall
Ih
ue and
Effea
Which
is
afcribed
to
this
ÌndwellsnQ
of
f.
6,
the
Spirit,
is
Union;
not
a Perfonall
Vniou
with
himfelfe, which
is
impofiible:
He
doth
not
affame
our natures, and
fo
prevent
our
Perfonality,
which
would
make
us
one
Perfon
with him,
but
dwells
in
our
Perlons,
keeping
his
owne,
and
leaving
us
our Perfonality
infinitely diflin
&;
But
it
is
a
fpirituall
Union;
the
great Unionmentioned
fo
often
in
the Gofpell, that
is
the
foie
fountain
of
our
Bleffedneffe;
our
Union
with the Lord Chrift,
which
we
have there-
by.
Many
thoughts
of
heart there
have been
about
this
Union
;
what
it
is,
4;
7<
wherein
it doth
confift,
the
caufes,
manner, and
Effe
&s
of
it ;
The
Scripture'
expreffes
it,
to be
very
Eminent,
here,
durable,
letting it out,
for the moft
.
part,
by fimilitudes,and
Metaphorical!
zllu/lrations,to
lead
poare
weak
Crea-
tures
into
force
rs6tfull, needful!
acquaintance with
that
Myftery,
whole
depths in
this life,
they
!hall
never fathome:,
That
many
in
the
dayes where>
in we
live , have mifcarriedin
their
conceptions
of
it
,
is-evident
;
Tome
to
C c
make