1 8 'The [hurches M4rriaJ:e. · ' \ 4 any mlln have no.t the Spirit ofChrifl, hee if not -hit. Rom. 8. but if you have the Spirit, you are fure you have the Sonne. Confider therefore, whe~ ther you have this Spirit in you _or no, whether , thou wa tke according to the Spirit oi the fleib, gpided and led by the Spirit of Cbrift in all:~ for! that i!S the way to know if thou have the Spirir. Aman may walke afrer the vanitie of his owne · heart, A man m~y walke after t,he·vanityof his : ·owne m)nd,whenyet he bath.fome,goo&.ri:rotions andgood deftres; fo that ifthou.woulde(hry thy. ~ felfe, whetherthou ha,!l: the holy Gbo11, the fpi– rit.of thy Husband, thott ibalt find it by. thy.c0n.. frant courfe, as youh~ve it,Gal.. )·.!fyeu.liave the•ffi– rit, live in the.Spirit, that is, confider what thline ' ordinarrYcourfe-is, whethet thoube · guid-ed~by the HolyGho!l:·or_no. r · To kno·v.w.hether. tbisfpiti·t dwell-inus.or no,• Wemtlft not.take ·it upon COllCeit and.fancy; bUt ·t .you fhall find it byreall ·and fi1te.etfecrs. Ifyou .have the fpitit; he-will be-as fire:in you, I~ wi!J li.~f- :tize JO" with theHofy.Ghofl, and·. with.fire, thatris; the Holy.Ghoil: iball be as fire·; now therrarure·offire , . 1 is, to difcC?ver it felfew~re-i~ is. lfth~ Spir~the·!n · . [th€e, he wtll beas thePilot m ·the fl:up, ~ Hee will direCl: thycourfe, and buildup the ·kingdome of ,Chritl: .in thy heat::t, that is the third-thing; confi-· Ider whether thou have·the Spirit ofthe : Sorine;~ · Fourthly, ifthou wouldefi knowwhether Chritl: ~ · have 'matchedw.ith thee, then be fine:ofthis; that -,thehath r:rafhed the_efrQm thyfilehi~ef!e, looke ra·that · that as another- ~larkwberby tbou ;maifldifcerne. :·:.·. . it ~ ) I
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