4I2 Chap. S. e../1 Commentarie upon roomeoforig nail finne, which container in it, the loader of all vices or fanes. The fecond is the largenes of it , for this fpirit is in all the powers ofthem that are regenerat, that is,in thc mind , confci. once, will,affeclions, and in the fenfuall appetite.i. Thef5,23. And he that is fanthficd in on part, is fanttrfied in all. Hence it 5 followes, that theywhich haue plentie of illumination , with. out changeof affetion, and life, arc indeed carnal!, andnot fpirituall. The third propertie is fmceritie, for the grace of God is without falfchood or guile. ffàl 3 2. i . hence arifcth the diffa rente bctwccne thc Godly man, and an hypocrite : betwcene the workes ofnature, and the workes ofgrace. There are men that in (hare& defire the a(íìflance &fauourofGod: and they , do it without the fpirit ofGod : for they do it deceiitfuIly , de. 't I 1 firingGods fauour not for it felfe, but in refpc of fome mill fromwhich they wouldbe deliucred, as theMariners in Ionas, 1 landPharao did. Agathe ,there arcmen, that mournc for their firmes without the fpirit ofGod. For there is much falfchood lin their mourning: becaufe they mourne for finne in refpea io ofthe punifhment thereof, and not in refpetl ofthe offenceof God.Ladlly, there are thatpretenda loue toGod andyet want the fpirit, for they loue God in refpeft ofhis benefits , as Saul )oued God for a kinocFome:fuck loue is mercenarie,& a worke of nature, whereas the loue which is from the fpirit, makes 2 5 1 vs loue God for hirnlelfe. The fourth propertie is exccllencir, for the fpirit ofplain Chritbans is moreexcellent then the graceof creation, in two l refpeets. Fun-, in refpetl of the beginning thereof. For the fpirit is from Chrifl the fecond Adam, both God and man :thc 30 graceofcreation fhould haue bccne conuayrd vnto vs from Ithe flrf$ Adam, but a macre man, ifhe had flood. Secondly, in refpeCt ofconflancie, for God gate to Adam thewill to per- feuere if he would:hegiucth further to belcurs :both thew!! to perfeuere, and the decd 3S The fittepropery is liuelines, whereby the fpirit is effeffu- all in operation. Elihu faith that the fpirit compelled him, and was in him as a veffell ofnew wine which muff haue a vent. lob 3 z.i 9.0f theoperation of thefpirit,I dchuer three things. i The firth, that the fpirit workes in and by the word of Gad vAhrch --------:.
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