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The
Gnidance
of
the
Spirit
twofold.
198 on line,
precept
upon
precept,
yet men
goe
backward,
and are infnared.
David
j
notwithftanding the Rule
of
the
Word,
yea
the
Spirit.
of
Prophecy,
for
the
r
inditing
of
more
of
the mind
of
God
for
the
ufe
ofthe
Church,
when moyed
thereunto, yet
in
one Pfalme
cryes
out
four times;,
oh
!
give
me
underflanding
to
keepe
thy Commandements,
concluding
that
hence
would be
his life,
that
therein it
lay,
Oh
give
me
(faith he)
undemanding and
I
fhall
live, Pfal.
i
19.
144.ío
Paul biddingTimothy confider
the
Word
of
the Scripture,that
he might
know
whence
it
is,
that
this will
be
of
ufe
unto
him, he
addes,
I
pray the
Lord
give
thee
nnderfianding in
all
things
2
Tim: 2.7.
How this Underftanding
is
gi-
ven, the
fame Apofiles informes us
.
Eph,
1.17,18.
The God
ofour
Lord
jefus
Chri"
fl,the
Father
ofGlory,give
unto
ue
theSpirit
of
Wifdome,
&Revelation
in
the
knowledge
of
h.
im, the
eyes
of
our
underflandings
being'thereby
inlightned.
It
is
theSpirit
o
fWifdome
and Revelation,theHoly
Spirit
ofGod;from
whom
is
all
T
Cor.2.11.
Spirituali Wifdome and
all
Revelation
of
the
will
ofGod,who
being given
unto
us,
by
the
God
of
our Lord
Jefus Chrift,
and our
God
in
him,inlightens
our underflandings,
that
we
may
know
&c. And on this account
is
the
Sonne
ofGod
faid
to
come and give
us
an Vnderflanding
to
know
him
that
is
true:
that
is,himfelfe by his
Spirit,
2
Joh.
5.
zo.
IS.
Now there
be two wayes,whereby the
Spirit givesus
Guidance,to
walke ac-
cording
to
the Rule
of
the Word.
I.
By
giving
usthe
knowledge
of
the
will
of
God,
in. all
Wifdome
and Spiri-
tuall Vnderflanding.
Cok
t.9.
carrying us on
unto
all
Riches
of
the
full alit-
ranee
of
Vnderflanding,
to
the acknowledgment
of
God,
and
of
the
Father, and
of
Chrisl,
Cap.2.2.
This
is
that
Spirituall,Habituall,
Saving illumination,which
he
gives
to
the
Soules
of
them,
to
whom
he
is
given:
He,
who
commanded
light
to
Thine
oat
of
darkeneffe,
by
him,fhining
into
their
minds,
to
give them the know-
ledge
of
his
Glory
in
the
face
of
f
efusChrifl,
2
Cor.
4.6.
This
is
elfe
where
ter
-
Coi.1.13.
tried tranflating
from
darkneff
e
to
light:
opening
blind
eyes,
giving light
to them.
Pet.,.9.
that
are
in
daarineffe,
freeing
us
from
the Condition
of
naturals men;.who
Eph.5.8.
cerne
not the
things
that
This the
A
oftle makes
his
defigne
to cleare
Luk.4.1
are ofGod.
P
g
z
cor.s.s4.
up and manifeft
1
Cor, s.
He
tells you, the things
of
the
Gofpell are
the
Wif-
dome
of
God
in
a myflery, even
the hidden
Wifdome,
which God ordained
before
the world,unto
ourglory,v.7
And then proves
that
an
acquaintance herewith,
,
is
not
to
be
attained
by any
naturali
meanes
or abilityes
whatfoever:
v:9.
Eye
bath
notfeene,
Bare
hath
not
heard,
nor
bath
it
entred
into the heart
of
man,
the things
which
God
bath prepared
for
thofe
that
Love
him:
And
thence
unto
the
end
ofthe
Chapter,varioufly manifefts,how this is given
to
Believers,
and
wrought
in
them
by the
Spirit alone; from whom it
is,
that
they know the
mind
of
Chrift;
Put
(faith
he)
God
hath revealed
them
unto
us,
by
his
spirit,
for
the Spiritfearcheth all things,
even
the
deepe
things
'of
God:
for
who
knoweth
the
things
of
a
man,but
the
fpirit
of
a
man?
&
who
knoweth the
things
of
God
but the
Spirit
of
God?
and
we
have received the
Spirit
, not
of
this
world, but the Spirit
which
is
ofGód, that
we may
know
the things which arefreely given
w of
God.
nil
9 119
The
word
is
as
the
way
whereby we goe:
yea an
externall Light,
as
a
light
to
our
feet, and
os
a
Lanthorne
to our
paths;
yea
as
the
Sunne in
the firmament,
fending forth
its beames
of
light abundantly.'
But
what
will
this profit,
if
a
man haveno
Eyes
in his
head?
There
muff
not
only be light
in
the
objell,and
in
the
medium,
but
in
the
fubjell
,
in
our Hearts
and Minds:
And this
is
ofthe
operation
of
the
Spirit
of
Light and Truthgiven
to
us,
as
the Apoftle
tells
us,
2
Cor.3.
18.
we
all with
open
face
beholding
the
Glory
of
God as
in aglaffe,
are
changed into the
fame
Image,
from
Glory
to
Glory, as
by
the
Spirit
of
the Lord:
This
is
the
firft
way,whereby
the
Holy
Spirit dwelling in us,gives Guidance
and