Of 1. urningfrem o-ur e'lJi!l 'll1ayes. Come labour is required ofthBe. I fpeake to thofe who ha.ve fome b~ginnings .ofgrace: . you mull: fiir up thofe gracts G o D bath givenyou. Hence Saint Paul fayes, I Tim. 4· J 5. neglect not the gift th::tt was given thee, as ifhe had fa id, Timo– thy, thou rnaifi doe much, if thouconfiderwhat ability thou hafr received : ; fo much fpirit; fo much liberty; fo much r.egentration, fo much fr.ee will to good. So he fayes. to the Church of Fhi– l~tdelphi~t, Thou h4.fl A little .flrength, it is a.Talent, therefore u[e ir. Theref9re alfo he fayes inlude ·2..0. 6uildup your[elves, 41Jdcleanfo y8ur{elpes, and . . many the like. , .. ~o6jen."· But y~ou will fay, how can wee doe this, feeing ~ it is the L o R. D that workes in su .the wiU And · the deed, and wee can doe nothing without the Spirit? . ~ ! .c. Though theSpirit cloth it, yet we..in this worke · ·AfJ.JR'~ , are to be agents alfo., Rom. 8. 1 J· If y.outhrottgh theSpirit mortije~he deeds ofthejlejh ; as if he had · faid, chough you do it by the Spirir, yet doyotigo : about i_t. We may do fomething to draw the Spi– rit nigher us .; as we maydo fomething to gt ~ eve .. the Spirir·, .and to.fmoke him out ofthe houfe,(o to pleafe the Spirit ; as we intend the flameof the Spirit bypurethoughts/owe put him out. by fog:- . gy.thoughts. - f2!!_,efl. But youwill ask~, what it is to ll:irre up our graces~ ~nf. . 1 • Stirre.up thy light, examine thy felfe of rhy evill wayes)endeavour to fee them clearely, and confelfe th~m,for that is the way to forfake them,.Prov.z8. . . 13. and
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