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XIII.
g;
26.Renewall
of
ftrengthning
Grace
from the
I
ndwellìug
Spirit.
202
favour in
them,
then the
white
of
an
Egge:
but
when
the
fame Promifes
are
brought to
remem;rance
by
the
Spirit
the
Comforter,
whb
is
with
them
,
and
in
them,
how full
of
Life
and Power are theyc
4.26
2. As
this he
doth
to
fupport
Believers, in refpe
t
of
Confolation,
fo,as
to
the
Communion
ofreallftrength, he
ftirresup
thofe Graces
in
them
,
that
are
ftrengthning and
fupporting.
The
Graces
of
the
Spirit are indeed,
all
of
them
fupporting
and
upholding:
If
the
Saints fall
and
finke
at
any titne;m
any
duty,
under
any
tryall,
it
is
becaufe
their
Graces'are decayed, and do draw
back,
as
to
the
exercife
of
them:
if
thou
faint
in
the
day
of
Adverfity,
it
is
not
becaufe
thy
Adverfaries are great
or
ftrong,
but
becaufe
thy
ftrength
it
fmall,
Prov:
2q,.
Io.
All
our
Fainting
is
from
the
weakneffe
of
our ftrength:
Faith ,
Waiting
,Pa-
tience, are finali: when
Davids
Faith and
Patience began
to
finke
and
draw
Pral.i
t6.
xi.
back, he
cries All
men are lyars, I
(hall
one day
perifh by
the
hand
of
mine E-
nemies;
When
Faith
is
but
little, and
Grace
but
weake,
we
(hall
be forced
,
if
the Wind do but
begin
to
blow,
to
cry
out,
fave
Lord,
or
we
finke
and
pe-
rifh:
let
a
Temptation,
a
Luft,
a
Corruption,
lay
any
Grace
a fleepe,
and the
ltrongeft
Saint will quickly
become like
Sampfon
with
his
haire cut,
and the
Philiflims
about
him; he may
think to doe great matters, but at the
firft try -
all, he
is
made
a
fcorne
to
his
enemies
;
Peter
thought it
was
the
greatnejfe
of
the
Winds
and
waves
that
terrified him,
but our
Saviour tells him,
it
was
the
Mat.i4.
3r.
weakneffe
of
his
Faith
that
betrayed
him. For.reliefe in this
condition , the
Spi-
32=
rit,that
dwells in
the
Saints, flirres
up,
enlivens, and
a&tuates
all
his
Graces
in
them, that
may
fupport,
and ftrengthen them in their duties, and
under
their
Tribulations.
Rom:
5.
Paul
runs up
the
influence
of
Grace into
the
Saints
fup-
portment,unto
this
Fountain.
v.
3.
..We
glory
in Tribulation
;
this
is
as high
a
pitch,
as
can be
attained: to
be patient under'
Tribulation, is
no (mall
vi
lory;
to
Glory
in
it,
a
moil eminent
Triumph,
a
conformity
to
Chrift,
who
in his
Croffe triumphed,
over
all
his
oppofers;
we
are
not only patient under tribu-
lations, and
have
ftrength to beare them, but,faith
the Apoftle,
we
glory
and
rejoyce
in them,
as
things very welcome
to
us
; How
comes this
about
?
Saith
he,Tribulation
worketh patience;
(that
is,it
Pets
it
a
worke; for Tribulation
in
it
felfe, will
never worke,
or
beget patience in us)
and
Patience
Experience, and
ExperienceHope,
and
Hope
maketh not
a
+fh.amed.
It
is
from hence,
that
thefe
Graces,
Patience, Hope, Experience, being
fet on
worke, doe
beareup,
and
fupport our
foules,
and ruile them to
fuch
an
height
under their
preflures,
that
we have
great
caufe
of
reioycing in them all:
Yea
but
whence
is
this
Do
thefe Graces readily
come
forth,
and exert themfelves, with
an
efficacy
fuita-
ble
to
this
triumphing frame?
The
ground
& fpring
of
all
is
difcovered
v.
5.
it
is
becaufe
the
Love
of
Gild
is
jhhed
abroad in
our
hearts
by
the
Holy
Gho.fl,that.
is
given
to
us.
From this fountaine
do
all
thefe frelh ftreames
flow:
the
Spirit
that
is
given
us,
that
fhed
abroad the
Love
of
God
in
our
Hearts
and thereby
fets all
our
Graces on worke. He
oyles
the
wheeles
of
the
foules
obedi-
ence, when we
neither
know
what
to
do, nor how
to
performe what
we
know_
4: 27.
5
This
indwelling
Spirit, gives
Refiraint:
Refiraining
Grace Both
mainly
confift in
morali perfwafions, from the
Caufes, Circumfiances,and Ends
of
things
;When
a
man
is
diffwaded from
finne,upon Confiderations taken from
any
fuch
head or place,
as
is
apt
to
prevaile with him,
that
perfwafion
fo
ap-
plyed and
intended
of
God for
that
end,
is
unto
him
re.ffraining Grace:
By
this
meanes
loth
the
Lord keepe within bounds
the
moft
of
the
Sonnes
of
men,notwithftanding
all
their
violent and impetuous
Tufts;
Hell, frame,
bit
-
terneffe, difappointment on the
one
hand; Credit,Repute, quietnes
ofConfci-
ence,&
the
like, on the other,binde thé to their
goodBehaviour.God through
thefe