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Inferences demonflrating the Spirits
Indwelling.
C.
VII1.4
:
;6,
37.
and
Spirit,
(be
it to be
brought about
,
not by this
or that
meanes,
but
by
2r
I
what
meanes
foever)
atfhould
caufe
us
to
come fhort
of
eternal(
life
with
himfelfe, which
we fhall
look upon,as
a
Promife
of
the
Saints Perfeverance in
Faith, notwithftanding
all the
Exceptions ,
which
as
yet to the
contrary bath
been produced.
Having thus
long
infifted
on this
influence
of
the
Mediation
ofChrift
, into
4.
36.
the
continuance
of
the Love and Favour
of
God
unto
Believers, by
procuring
the
Spirit
for
them,
fending him
to them,
to
dwell
in
them
and abide with
them
for
ever,
(the
moft
effe&uall
principle
of
their
continuance with
God)
give
me
leave
farther to
confirme
the
Truth
of
what
bath
been fpoken
,
by
remarking force
inferences,
which
the
Scripture
holds out unto
us
, upon
a
fuppofition
of
thofe Aflertions,
which
we
have laid downe concerning
the
in-
dwelling
of
the
Spirit, and
the
Affiftance which
we receive from him on
that
account,
all
tending
to the
end and purpofe
we
have
in
hand.
As
,
I. Firft,
becaufe the
spirit
dwells
in
us,
we
are therefore
to
confider, and
4.37.
difpofe
of
our
perfons,as
Temples
of
the
Holy
Ghofl,
that
is,
of
this
indwelling
Spirit:
the
Scripture manifefting hereby,
that the
Doetrine
ofthe
indwelling
of
the
spirit,
is
not
only
a Truth
,
but
a
very ufefull
Truth
,
being made
the
Fountain
of,
and
the
inforcement
unto
fo
great
a
duty.
He
dwells
in
us,and
we
are
to
look
well
to
his habitations
our
Saviour tells
us,
that
when
the
evill
Spirit
finds his dwelling
fwept
and
garnifhed,
he inftantly takes pofleßìon , and
Mat,
r
s
gq,
brings company with him: he will
not be
abfent from it, when
'tis
fitted for
his
turne. In reference
to
the
Saints,
and their
holy
indweller, this
the
Apoftle
urgeth.
I Cor. 6.
I g.
roar
Bodies
are the
Temples
of
the
Holy
Ghofl, which dwells
in
you,
whence
he concludes,
whofeye
are, not
your
owne,
and therefore ought
to
glorify
God
in
your
Bodies
;From
hence
is
the ftrength
of
his
Argument , for
the
avoiding
of
all uncleanneffe.v. 16.17.
Know ye
not
that
he
who
is
joyned
to
an
Harlot, is
one
body? he
who is
joyned
to the
Lord
is
one
fpirit:
flye
Fornication,
know
ye not
that
your
Body
is the
Temple
ofthe
Holy
Ghofl?
On
this account
alto
loth
he
preffe
to
univerfall
holinefhe. I
Cor:
3.16.17.
Know
ye not
that
ye are
the
Temples
of
God,and
that
the Spirit
of
God dwelleth
in yaw'
íf
any
man
defile
the
Temple
of
God,
him
jhall
God defiroy
5
for
the
Temple
of
God is holy
,which
Temple
ye are.
In v.12.13.
14.
the
Apoftle difcovers
the
fi'uitlefneflk
of
Build-
ing
hay
and
flubble,
light
and
unfound Do
&rines
or
prallifes, upon
the foun-
dation
of
Faith
in
Jefus
Chrifh
once
laid,
and
tells us,
that
all
fuch
things
(hall
turne and
finer
loffe,
and put
the
contrivers and workers
of
them
to
no finall
difficulty, in efcaping like
men, when
the
Garments they
are
cloathed
withal!,
are on
fire
about them. On the account
of
this fad
event,
of
foolifh
and care-
lefTe
walking, he
preffes
v.16.
as
was
laid
,
earneflly
to
univerfall Holinefie,
laying downe
as
the great motive thereunto,
that
which we have
infifted
on,
viz. the
Indwelling
of
the
Holy
Spirit
in
us:
know
ye
not that
ye are the
Temple
of
God?
The
Temple,wherein
God
ofold
did
dwell,
was
built
with
hewen
floue,
Cedar,
Wood,
and overlaid with
pure Gold;
and
will
ye now,
who are
the
fpi-
rituali
Temple
of
God, build up your
Soules
with
hay,
and dabble?
Which he
furthers, by
that
dreadfull commination taken from
the
zeale
of
God for the
purity
of
his
Temple;
fo
that
on each
hand
,
he
doth
preffe
to the
univerfall
clofe
keeping
of
our Hearts
in
all
Holine(fé,and
purity,
becaufe
of
the
Indwell-
ing
of
the Holy
Spirit. And
indeed, where ever
ive
are
Paid
to
be
Temples
of
God,
or
au Habitation
for
him,as
it
fill
relates
to
this caule
of
the
Exprefíion
which
we
now
infift
upon,
fo
there
is
ever forceintimation
of
Holineffe,to
be
purfued
on
that
account.
Eph:2.-
21.22.
in
whom
the
whole
building
fitly
fra-
med together, groweth unto an
holy Temple
in the
Lord,
in
whomye alfo
are
bail-
¡led
together,
for
an
habitation
of
God through.
the
Spirit
;
beingmade
an habit
ati
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