------ 10£ the ofthe[reede. lioly.Ghofl:. 271 ! I is Ability to hridleand rejlrainefome ajfiffrons, A thcr.nn, bat yco are not m<kcd parrakcrsth}f- 1. fo as they ihall not breake out into outragious of.Now ifthis befo,the~a! ~hofewhich he.are 1 behauiour Ham"" awickeol man,aad an enethe word-of·God, mu!$ rake oeode how tn<y my to Gods.Church, when he fawMorkc•i heare,aud laboU< to linde th~fe two things itl the Jew fitting in thekings gate, and~hat hee themfc~Jesbyhearmg: J. rl;aun h~art/¥ co;:- 1 would nor lland vp to mooue vnto hun, hee fnencethey bethtoughly tuuchtd& humbled was full ofindignation: neu~rthdelfe rhe text for thm fins: I I. tha1< they be cerrenly affitr<d . C.ith,Heft.5. 1 o.that he rejYarnedhm•ftlfe. And of the fauour & loueofGoclm Chnll; & that I when e,Abimelteh an heathen king had .taken the l\vectep~onufes ofth~G<>fpddoe belong Gm.•<> Sar•hAbrahams wife God faidvnto htm, I. to them: &mconfi<kratwn~re<>fthey mu!$ ~ lre•wtbat thox diddeftrhuwithatJvprighi heart: mak~aconfcicnce of all fin both in thoug,ht. I and the text addeth fwrther, 'f haul ktpt thee wo;d~and deed, thro?gh thewhole com!e of that thoxfbo•ld•ft notfnne againjl me. And thus, thelr.lmes. And thl~ kmde ofheattng bnngetb. the Lord oiues to men as yet Without tbefp>- thatt.oy wh1ch vam!herh not away. rit of fan'tlification, ;his gift to.bridle themThus much of tl:e benefits ofthe H. Ghoft (clues, fo as in outward action they fhall not commo~ toall men both good and bad : now prat'life this or that fin. For why~id not A - B follow fuch.asareproper to theelect~al which bimelteh commit adulterie? furely, becaufe maybereducedvntoone,namely,rhemh•blfa. God kept himfrom it. Againe,inthe hillories rionofthe/}irit,whereby the Elet'l arethe temofthe heathc we may read ofmany thatwere plesofthe holy Gholl: who 1s Cud tod,.eUsn 1 Coq. iullliberall meeke,conrinenr,&c-and that by men, notintdp<i'l offttbllance (for thnt-hole :6. ag:ner•ll operation of the holyGholl, that nat~rc of the holy Gholl cannot lecornpri- Ro.,.8.9 repreffeth the corrupuon ofnature • for the fed I'·' the.body or fouJe pfman) but in rcfpe~ commbn good. Here the1<1f auy manaske, ofaparttctdaroperatton> and this dwelling how itcomes to pa!fe that.fomc me? are more fhmds 111 t~o :hmils~ fhe lirfr, that theholy modell and ciuill thenothers, feetpg all men Gho!td•>t•l ab1de mthem, not for a tin\e en•- by nature areeqt1ally wicked,the anfwer may ly,but for cuer: forrhe word dweKing, noreth be,not as the common f>yiog is, becaufe fomc perpetuirie. Secondly ,.,t\1,•~ the holy 13holt are of better nature thenothers; (for all the bath the full difpofitior qfthe hear.r, as \Vhcn fonnes ofAIAmare equal in regardofnature• a man commcth to dwell in an houfe.'Vh<reof the childe new borncinthat refpet'l is aswic. he islor'd, hec hat.hlibcrtie to gouerue it ,fter ked astheeldefr man that euer liued) but the his owne,,will. Now this difpofitioa of the reafon is., becaufe God giuesthis comon gif: c heart~ o(rho fait~q.,.JLby the h()ly Gholl,ftanofrefrramingthe affeeltons more to fome the dethm liue fpca1~ll aRd not, ble gifts> euery t<H>ther<.This mull beconfideredofvs al.For one wotlthy our obferuation. • m•n may haue the fpirit of God to bridle . The lir!t is, acmnine kpow/edge •f n m<nr O'VI> manyfins, & yet neuer hauerhe fpirit tomur. reconcilintlotoGodin Chri}l. Asitisfaid in Efay ufie the f•me,& to make h1m anewcreature. 53. r 1 .Byhwkpowledgemyr~ght""'ftn<am fhd And this being fo, we mulhake heed that we iHjlifiemany. And ChritHalto I oh. 17 .,.Thi&;. diceiuc not onrfelues. For it is nqtfufficient lifeeurnall,rhatthrykporvthee ;o.h~theo~lyvery for aman to liue inoutward ciuility,& to keep G•d, andwhom thou haftfnt leftuCh,ift.· This. m fome of hts affectmns •pon fomeoccafion knowledge IS not gener,lll: for then the diucls (for that a wicked man may doe) but we mull: might be faued; br;t it is particular whereby a, turther labor tofeele in our fduesthe fpllitof man kuowethGod the Far:·,er to bee his Fa,. God, not only bridling fin in vs, but alfo morthcr.md Chrill the redeemer,to be his rcde:- : tifying &killit..gthc fame. Indeed both oft he mer,and the holy Ghoft to be his fandifier and are the good g•fts of ~ods fpmt, but yet the comforrcr.Andirisafpeci.:ll work ofthe homorttficat~on offinnc iS the ch1efell, bcmg an ly Ghoft,as Pa•l'Gith, Rom.8.16. Thi!Jirit of cftednall h~;neofgrac~•.&p. roperrothe eltd:. D 1 . Godbcarttbwitncfli to ourfpirits, t~at 1veare the The lifthgrace & gtftof the holyGholl1s, children if God. And,,.Cor.z.l 2. we haHermi- ,. hertYe &rmi11e rhe wordof.Gddwith ioy. Inthe Ncdthcfpirit'1vhich u ofGod,rhat we m;ghtkzio•• - j parable ofthe fower,one kmdeofbad ground tbethmgs that aregi11cn vmovs ofGo<(.. Luk_S.r3 1 are they,~hP:h wh~n_ tiJ_ey ha.He h:e.~td,recwtt the ~he i,econdgift, is r~gcnemtion~ wherebya- \"ordrrmht~:and thts tsthat~whtchrheauthor m~nof_a1imme oft~ediuel is midc amember Heh,6.!• 1 ofthe Hebrews cals the rajlmg oftheg.odword ot Clmlt,&.ofa chLkjc ofSatan (whom cuery ,ofGod,aJJdofthe powerofth:worldtocon,., We oneof vs by nlt~rerbas linely refemble as al hno.wrhatthcre 1s gre~tdtffc-~enc~ betweene ny.man doth Ius ownt par<.nr} is made tht tallmg of meat and eatmg of1t. 1hey that fit , c~1ldofGod. E.w<ptama>1(fairh our S<1uiour l dow!latthc table do both tall & eat, butthey j Chnft, !of>. 3•5•) be barn• againcbpu!tcr&rh• that dr~~e the meat do only tee& tafre therefp'rtt, hec4:mQ: enur'}"to the kj,ngdomtofbemun. .M.lt ;, 11 of: foltlSattbeLordstable;. Mat)ytherebc llohn Baprift 10 faymg tlm Chnfi baptized \ j that haue tlus g1fr, trulybotl: torafre & cat of With the holy Ghol\ at>d fi>e , comparts the I the body and blood of Chnfr otforcd m the · fpmtofGodtofircandwat<r.:foJi<efonwo \ j word& Sacraments; and fome agamc doonly caufes: I. as itis-the nature of. tir.e to warm• 1 talte &feclcthc 1\veerncsofthem and reioxcc ' the body'that is bcrnun~d,-~:J.~ij~ I ____A u ___ ----~~<!:~--·-' . '
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