466 Chap.6. e.4Commentarievpon trarit,thelpirit efie4oulie,Numb.5.t .thelpirit oferroter,t 4.6. thelptrit ofvncleanefe,Zach.I3.2.1befpiritofgiddinet ,,Ifa. I 9.14. the 1pirit limo:6er, 16.29.29. arc fo tearmed, bccaufe they proceede from a wicked fpirit. So qnicke motions, fud- denperturbations,ftrong affeCtions , proceeding either from thefpirit ofGod,or ofSathgt, arc tearmcd by the nameoffprit. Hence we learne,that the holyGhoft is author not onely of meeknes,but ofall fanaityinggraces , and thereforeis called the( fpirit ofwifidome , and vnderftanding; thefpirit of connftiland firength;thelpirit of ktpwledge,andofthe !careofthe Lord,Ifa. ri. to 2.Secondly,this teachethvs, that all true verities are wrought' onelyby the operation ofdodsfpirit invs:for though therebe diucrfities ofgifts,yel it is the fame fpirit,I.Cor.12.4. and ther- fore theverrues of Heathenare but glittering fines. Thirdly, that when we fee the gifts or graces ofGod in 15 our fclues or others,we returne all the praife and glory to God, fromvihome they proccede,afcribing nothing toour (clues. Fourthly,this fhewes,to whomewe muff baue recourfe in ourneede,namcly,not to the virgin Marie, nor any Saint(who !land in asgreat moleofthe fauour ofGod , as our felues)but to Godalone,who is the fountaine ofgrace,Terem.2.r 3. LafIly,in that the fpirit is let before meekenefic , it !hewn that the fpirit ofGod is prefent with hisgraces,to infpire them, tocierrifh,ánd increafe them. Therefore thecommandement, ..Qtenchnet thefpirit, t. Thefr.5.19. is tobe obeyed,ifwe will 25 retaine thegraces ofGod. Thusmuchofthe dutie.Thereafonsviedby the Apoltle,to enforce thisdutie follow, to beconfiderecher they arc two.The firft is implyed in the wordBrethren) which is ofgreat force toperfwadc vs tovie moderation,lenitie,and gentlenetre. A- 3o braham couldvfeno fironger argument to pacific Lot, then this,Let theredenofirife between thee andme,for wearebrethri, Gen. t ;.8. Mofes vfed it 3S amotiue toaccord two Ebrewes: Sirs,7eetre brethren;why doeyenwrong one to another?Att7.26. For it is a fhame that thofewhome nature bath fo neerely con. 35 ioyned,fhouldbefo farre flifioyned inaffeCtion. But the rea- (onbecinfrtakenfrom fpirituallbrethren,firch as arenot onely brethren in the flelb, but allo in the Lord , batting the fame God for their father,the fameChurch for their mothcr,Chria for their elderbrother,becing begottenby the fame immortal! Iced,
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