ther you have received the Spirit ofthe Sonne, the Spirit ofthe promifed feed,rhatis, whether thou art made like_ Chrijl by the Spirit: for the fpirir will affimihltethee~~md renew this Image in thee,hemakestheefuchanotherin fomede:..· greeas be is,yea,hewill not onely qoe this,bur he will witneffeto thee, that heis thyGod, and thatthou artofthofe that arc partakers ofthe Cover.1anr;and therefore this is the way to find it our,that is the rhing Iintend to infifl upon, to~ find out whether you have this fpirir, you{hafl finde it,thisis the great marke that the Apofile Pa11! infifis upon, frill in all his Epillles; by which aman may know whether he be within the Covenant orno,frill it is this,wehavencei– vedtheJ]irit>and,the Spirit feale.r tu to tht day of redemption, we are eftablijhed and[ea!ed by the fpiritofpromife1 3t:d we have received thefpirit lvhzch is an earneft,6"'t:.- · > • • . Now to know whether you have the Spirit, I wil cornm(nd thefetwoplacesofScripture to you to confider: one is,Rcm. 8. I 5.You havenot received the Spirit of bond.~ge toflare againe) but the SpiriNj'Adoption,whereby you cryJbbaFa– t her. The fame Spirit beareth witn~(fe with 011r fpiritithat we are the fons ofGod.Theother you I fhall find I John 5. 8. An~ tl·cre ·are three that l /;eare record in Eatth, the Spirit, the 1Vater, and thcl !vtid, andthefe threeagreeinone. If you would findour whether you have the Spirit of theSonne, or no, you {hall know it by the(e three; Ffz In An et iJence · of being in ., · the C ovcnant . Rom 8 xr. 1 Ichn s ~. . I I .. , -~ ·•
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