4oo 4gree in e11e ;it is not the tefiimony ofthe Spirit alone,butitis the teftin'lony of the Water joy– ned with it ;ifit were but therefrimony of one, indeed theground were norgood; but they all agreeinone: and therefore ifrhou have one fure which we lhall feedefcribed,befides the pbces to thee,it is enough.Thefe are the things which . goe beforeand accompany it. . ........_ n.· \ Nowfollowesthetefi:imonyofGodrSpirit; .1 ne tenJmO• . nyofGods j Inamedtoyou, Ephef.r.Wherema(teryoubelee~ fpi~ir. · ved,yuu were (ealed with the Spirit ofpromift-: Epl!lcf.x.x3. 1 When a Man bath beleeved, and tooke Iefiu ~eft. AH(w. chrij1; fec0ndly, when he ha rh w:.1iliedandpu– rifiedhimfclfe,rhat is, he hath gone about his worke,and fo his own fpirit gather~atefi:imony: hence, that heis in agood efi:ate; after he hath thus beleeved, then faith he, comes the Holy Gh#,and fcales the fame things unto yo:i, that is, the Lord leaves a Man alone a while, as it were,tochampeuponthe bridk, as I mayfay, 1 ht:lets a Man ;tlone to fome doubts and feares, thatfo he may purge himfdfethemorecareful ·ly,butafter atime, when a m<}n bath put to his 1 • feale that Goais true, t.hen the Lord feales him againewirh the fpirit ofpromife, that is, the Lerdfcndsrhefpiritinto his heart, and thatfpi– rit gives witnes eo him, &when hebath pt1t to l , TheteGima.. nyofthe fpi· rir,"hat. · hisfe~le,tha_ta~dis' tr6e,then..the Ll1rdpu~s to hisfeale·;andalfures him that·he hath received him to mercy. You will fay, What is the feale or witneife oftheSpirit~ My beloved, irisa thingt~atwe carin:OtJex-pretfe, it is a certaine divine 1 --------------------~----------------~~3 ,•
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