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4,29.
How
to difcernbetween
the Spirit
ofCh.
&
of
Sathan.
214
try
them by
the
Rule. 'Tis no difhonour
to
the
Holy Spirit,yea it
is
a
great
Honour to have
his
motions
within
us,
tryed
by the
Word,that he
bath
given
for
a
Rule
without
us.
Yea
when any
preached by immediate
infpiration,
he
Alts
iyao.
commends thófe, who examined what they delivered. by
that
which
he had
given
out
before; He
doth not
now move
in us
,
to
give
a new Rule
but
a
newLight
and
Power, as
was
Paid
before.
The
motions
of
the
Spirit
of
the
World,
are for
the molt part unto
things
,
wherein,though the
perlons with
whom he
deales,
may be in the
darke or
blind
,
and darkened
by him
,
yet
themfelves are
again.11
the Rule.,
or
betides
it
,
in
the
whole , or
in
part ,
in
re-
fpe&
of
force fuch circumftances,
as
vitiate
the
whole performance.
2.
They know
that
the
Commands and motions
of
the
Spirit,
which
I
John
5.1.
dwells
in
them,
are
not
grievous.
The
commands
of
Chrift,for the
matter
of
ra
}ii.3o
them,are not
grievous
, his
burthen
is
light,
hisyoake
eafy
:.and
the manner,
whereby we are carried
out to
the
performance
of
them
,
is
not
Grievous:
where the
Spirit
of
the Lord
i.r,there
is
Liberty.
2
Cor
.
3. 17_
It
carries
out
the
foule
to
duty,
in
a
free, fweet, calme, ingenuous manner.
The
motions
of
the
Spirit
of
theWorld,
even
unto good
things, and duties,
(for
fo,for farther
ends
of
his,
it often
falls
out that
they
are)
are troublefome, vexatious,
perplexing,
grievous, and tumultuating. Sathan
falls
like lightning
upon the
Soule
, and
comes upon
the
powers'
of
it,as
a
Tempeft:
Hence
offing in any
thing
,
upon
his clofìng
with,
and provoking our
convi
&ions,
is
called
a
being
under
the
Spirit
of
bondage.
Rorer:
8.
t
5.
which
is
oppofed
to the
Spirit
of
God, the
Sp
tit
of
Adoption,
of
Liberty,
boldneffe, pówer, and
a
found
mind.
3.
They.know
that
all
motions
of
-the Spirit whereby
they are lead,
are
orderly;
as
is
Gods
Covenant
with
us, ordered
in all
things, fo
the
Spirit
of
God
carries
us
out unto
every
duty,
in its own
order
and
feafon
;
when
as
we
fee
fouie poore
foules
to
be
in filch
bondage,
as
to
be hurried
up
and
downe,
in
the matter
of
duties,
at the
pleafure
of
Satan.
They
muff
runne from
one
to
another,
and commonly
negle&
that
which
they fhould
doe;
When
they are
at
Prayer,
then they fhould be
at the
wor/
e
of
their calling;
and
when they are
at their
Calling,they
are tempted,for. not laying
all afide,and running
to
Pray-
er; Believers
knew that
this
is
not from the
Spirit
of
God,
which makes
eve
-
ry thing beautifull
in
its feafon.
4.
They
know
that
all
the
workings
of
the
Spirit
of Gad,
as
they
are
good,
fo
all()
they tend
unto
a
good end.
Doth that
ftirre them
up
to dole
walking with
Gods
It
is
that
God
may
beglorified,
his
Graces
exercifed in
them, their foulesftrengthened
in
obedience,
and their
progreffe
in Sanaifi-
cation
furthered?Doth
it
affure
them
of
the
love
of
God
?
It
is
that
they
may
be
more
humble,
thankefull, watchfull?
When
all
the
compliances and combi-
nations
ofsathan,
and mens
corrupt
hearts, evenwhen they
compell
to
good
duties,are
for falle, evill,and
corrupt ends:Duty
is
preft
to
pacify Confcience;
Peace
is$iven
to
make
men fecure; Gifts
are
¡timed
up
to
tempt
to Pride;
and
indeed it may
eafily
be
obferved,
that the
Divell never
Both any work,
but
he will quickly come for
his
Wages.
By
the
help
(Ifay)
of
thefe and
fuch
like Confiderations, the
Saints
ofGod,in
whom this Spirit
doth
dwell, are in-
abled
to
difcerne and know
the
voyce
of
their
Leader
and Guide , from the
neereft refemblance
ofit,
that the
Spirit,which
is
in
the
World,doth,or
at
any
time
can
make
fhew of.
And this
Indwelling
of
the
Spirit yeelds
a
confidera-
ble contribution
of
ftrength, toward
the
confirmation
of
the
maine Thefes
undertaken to
be
proved. Our
Adverfaries
difpute about the removall
of
ac-
quired habit.r,but
how infu
(ed
habits may
be
calf
out or
expelled,they
havenot
any tolerable meafure
been
able
to
declare.
If
moreover
it
[hall
be
evinced
as
it
bath
been by plentiful) Teftimonies
of
Scripture,
that the
Holy
Ghoft
him-