- 'The Churches Marriage. 1 r_ is byway ofargument. Soagaine, I fipde inmy · !elfe the fruits and .etfeas of f~6\iticati(>J1, and I am fure none are iancbtie4 , but theyare alfo ju– flified , and they _have received the Spirit ·of Chrift , therefore I know l <\m oae tbaf belongs to him, all this is bY;t tae-witt1e!feof our owiJe fpirits; for thefoa~ ,D.uJ: rolle&iQns~ , that our owne fprriti gather as ~ conclufion irom the premi1fes 3 but now the wirneffeof the Spirit, the wirndfeof~ holy Gh~ft, iti$ ~:djQin£t thiAg j from this, therefortt f<om. 2•. 1 6. it is faid, t(J ·1JJit– nejf.e. tegether with ''" [piritJ , and there.fqre is a diftin& witneffe from our fpirits, that indeed Witndfeth the fame thiogs, but the witl;le(fe is ,cl:ifl:in&:fram that0four.owne fpirit:r apd.t-h1tt is .without any a-rgument or ·reafon at aJI, .being a fecret manifefiatian made to the foule, whereby we are comforted and affured, tha.t our linnes are· fo_rgiv.en, and that C'hr~ is willing to match Wtth us. -Now.confider tf thou wouldeft know whether thou be one that is matched with Jefus · ·Chriff ~ whether thou have this doublewitneffe or no, oftheWord and ofthe Spirit. Youwill fay,,hath everypne this fecre~ te.CH- £!.!!!ft. mon.ie ?' _ · I arifwer, that every one bath it in famedegree, .Anfw. more or leffe, for tha.t fame inRo. 8. I6.The Spirit Pitneffethwith our[pirits~is a general prQpolition,it concernes all beleevers, even with ever-y mans fpirit, the holy Ghoil: beares witneffe, but then we : muff take the w.ords in the right fenfe; lt is true, .. in fonietheSpirit fpeak-s·moreevidently-andaudi- · . bly, , '
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