261 / 504
.Ioh. 4.
14,
Opened.
CAP.
VIII.
4:
29.
him. Pf:51.21,22. This
the Apoftlepraiésearneftly, that the
Ephefansinay
receive
Ch-
3.
t
6,17
.
I
boro
my
knees to
the
Father
of
our
Lordjefus
Chrif
that
he
will
give untoyou, according
to
the riches
of
his
Glory,thatye
may
be
flrengthe-
ned with might,
by
his
fpirit
in
the
inward man
,
that
Chrifi
may
dwell
in your
hearts
by
Faith,
that
yee being
rooted, and grounded
in
Love
&c. The
inns
ìrd
Nan
is
the fame with the
new Creature
,
the
new principle
of
Grace
in
the
I-
Ieart;Thisisaptto
be
fick,
to
faint and decay;
the
Apofileprayes
that it
might
be
ftrengthened; how
is
this
to be
done
?
how
is
it
to
be renewed,
in-
creafed, enlivened?
It
is,
faith he
;
by
the mighty power
of
the
Spirit;
and
then
gives
you particular
inflances in
the
Graces which flourifh and fpring
up
effeetually,upon
that
ftrengthening they
receive by
the
might and power
of
the Spirit,
as
of
Faith, Love, Knowledge,and
Affurance:
the
increafing
and
eftablífhing
of
all which,
is
ascribed
there unto
him. He who beftowes thefe
Graces
on
us, and workes them in
us,
doth
alto
carry them
on
unto
perfe
&i
-
on.
Were
it
not
for
our
inflowings
from
that fpring, our
Cifiernes
would
quickly be dry, therefore our
Saviour tells us,
that
he,
the
Spirit,is
unto
Be-
lievers,
as
Rivers
of
living
water
flowing out
of
their
bowels.
zoh:7.38i39.
A
ne-
ver
failing
fountaine
,
that
continually ;puts
forth
living waters
of
Grace in
us.
This
may
a
little farther
be
confidered and
infifted
on,being dire
&ly
to
out
main purpofe
in
hand:
It
is
true
indeed
,
it
doth
more
properlybelong unto
that,
which
I
have
affigned
for
the
Second
Part
of
this
Treatife
,
concerning
the Ground
or Principle
of
the
Saints
abiding with
God
for
ever ;
but
falling
in
conveniently in this
order,
I
{hall
farther
preffe
it
from
Ioh. 4. 14.
whofoe-
tier (faith our Saviour)fhalldrinko
fthe
water,which
I
fball
give
unto him,
(ball
snot
thirfi
for
ever: but
the water
which
'had
give
unto
him
,
{hall
be
in him a
fountain
of
water,fpringing
up
unto
eternall
life.
The
occafion
of
thefe words
is
known; they are part
of
our
Saviours
Collo-
4
29.
Buie
with
the
poore
Samaritan
Harlots
having
told
her
that
he could give her
another manner
of
water, and
infinitely
better
then
that
which fhe
drew
out
of
Jacobs
well,
(
for which the poore
Creature
did almoft contemne him,and
áskt
hiin,whence he
had
that
water whereof he fpake
,
how he came by
it,
or
what
he
Made
of
himfelfe:Did he
think himfelfea
better
man
then
racob
who
dtanke
of
that
well,
which
Thee
was
drawing water out
of)
to
convince
her
of
the
Truth,
and reality
of
his
Promife,
he
compares
the water,
that
he
would
and
could
give, with
that
which fhe
drew out
of the
Well,
efpeciafly as
to
one
eminent
effe&,
wherein
thewater
of
his
Promife did
infinitely
furmount
that
which thefo magnifyed;
forv.13. he tells her,for that
water
in
the
well,though
it
allayed
thirft
for
a
feafon, yet within
a
little
while
fbe
would thirft
a=
gaine, and muff come
thither to draw; but
faith he,
whofoever
drinketh
ofthe
Water I{hallgive him,
thirfis
no mores
and this he proveth
from the Condition
of
theWater
he giveth,
it
is
a
well
of
Water,
not
a
drought,not
a Pitcherfull,
as
that thou
carryeft away,
but it
is
a
Fountaine,
a
Well:
yea perhaps
in
it
felfe
it
is fo,
a
Fountaine or Well
,
but
he
that
drinkes
of
it
,
he bath
but
one
draught
of
that water;
Nay,faith Chriff,
it
{hall
become
a
Well
in him,
not
a
Well whereunto he may
goe,
but
a
Well that
he
thrill
carry about
in
him.
He
that
bath
a
continual! fpring
of
living'
water
in
him,
{hall
doubtletfe have no
occafion
of fainting for
thirft,
any
more;
This
our
Saviour
amplifies
, and
clears up-unto
her,
from
the
nature
and
energy
of
this
Well
ofwater,
itfpring-
eth
up
unto everlafiing
life; in
thefe
last
words inftru&ing
the
poore
finfull
Creature
in
the
ufe
of
the Parable,that
he
had
ufed
with
her. Having taken an
occafion
to
fpeake
to
her
of
heavenly
things,
'from
the nature
of
the
employ-
ment
that
the was
engaged in
at
prefent;
Two or
three
things may
be
obfer-
D
d
3
ved