pptíouo .aíí4.° Again, He who would have Affurance, mull not gri, °ve or quench the Holy Spirit, but cherifh and follow it. It cannot but be a great and marvelous thing in his eyes,that the holy Spirit íhould make his heart a Temple or Sanctuary tor himfelf. To grieve it is unnatural, and to grieve it expec`fing comfort a contradiftion. If thou wouldft be affured, grieve it in no- thing, indulg not any lull : This is ftlthinefs and to be carried out of the San6uary ; this is an Idol and mull not Rand in the Temple : Bury thy excrements,thy fuperfluity of naugh- tinefs that the holy one may walk in the midft of thee ; Take away the accurfed thing, left his Pretence depart: Away with thy vomits, thy fenfual fins, left he complain that there is no place for him left in thy heart. Pride not thy felf in gifts or graces, this is as a fmoak, in his note to force him away from thee; grieve not him, whereby thou mayfl be fealed to the day of Redemption ; He comes to feal Pardon, and Peace, and Heaven it felf to thy Soul, why fhouldft thou grieve him ? If thou dolt fo , How cant} thou expea to be fealed by him Inftead of Sealing, he will turn to be thine E- nemy,' as he did to thofe Rebels, Ifa. 63. 1o. He will meet thee in Tome ftraits of Providence, and by one threatning or other, as by a drawn Sword, flop thee in thy perverfe way. Oh do not grieve him, gather out of thy heart and life every thing that offends, and his Kingdom of Righteoufnof, and Peace, and Joy (hail be LI thee. When an holy Truth appears to thee, ftriother 429
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