the Epi f1b te the Galatiaru. Ch=p. g. 453 be two degrees. The firíl is., when the Spirit ofGod takes Grp . his habitation in man,and withall gouerncth all the powers of his foule,byputting into the minde,a new light ofkuowledge, into the will and affeltions, newe motions, and inclinatiois, 5 whereby they. made conformable to thewill ofGod.The fccond degree of fpirituall life is , when thespirit dwellcth in. man ,andgouerneth the powcts (Atha foule, and further loth fuftainc the bodic,immed-iatclywithout natural! means. z.Co . i 5.44.11 rifithaaaiae afpiritualTodie,that is , a body lining in to the fcconddegree of fpirituall life , not becing firflaincd by mcanes,but immediatelyby theeternall fultentationof the fpi- rit.The firft ofthefe degrees is in this life, the fccondafter this lrfe,in,and after the left judgement, when body and foule (hall bereunited.And of-the former,this place is to be vndertgod.' 15 To walke in the Spirit, is, firft, to fauour the things of the Spirit,Rom.8,5.7.And that is, tominde, with, like, delire, and affea them;or,in aword , to fubiecì a mans Idle to the law of God,in all the powers and facultiesofthe fault. For the things rcuealed in the Lawe, are the things of the fit it, which fpirit 20 mull at no handbe fettered from the word.Sccondly,to walke in the path way of righteoufneffe , without offence either of iGod or man,pfal. i 4 3.ro. Thirdly, towalke not fIragglingly, but orderlyby rule,by line,andby meafurc. For fo much the word[ivalke]importeth,in the Originä1l; 23 ifPaul fhould haue scr Autv..... faid;Lctvs,(whileft wehue in this world) not onely indeauour to doe foreone,or fome fewe good aelions, but in the courte ofour hues and callin!s,order our felues according to the rule and lineoftheword ofGod. The vfe. This text in the firfl place, cuts off the fl iftes and 30 mutes offundric perfons in thefe daics, who profetTe them. (clues to be the children ofGod , and vet for their hues, aro much to be blamed , becaufe they lead themnot according to theSpirit,but according;to the flefh. And thefe perfons,w'hat,. foeuer they fay,cloe indeed and in truth,dcceiuc thetnfelues,and 3,5 are quite deftitute ofGods Spirit.For.ifthey litaeel in theSpirit, theywould alfowalke in the Spirit; It is not an idle'fpirit in a ny,but it will (hew and manifeft it (elfe , inaholy and orderly conuerfation.Youw'rllfay;If fuch perfons haue notthe Spirit ofgod,what other Spirit haue.they?.4nfIfthere life benaught; they;hauc;an vncleane Spirit-dwellirrg in them:,and't,hc Etna of L.1 1 3 thin ! r
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