' ' 6.NottO.f(;; ccivcthefpi· ritofbon• dage againe. R,oQl,S.J\S;; . -------~------------------------ at himfelfe,that he bath lived {o Iong with him. felfe,and yet knowes hitnfelfe no better : this is. thecafeofeveryman,when the LORo ·comes . home to him, it humblerh ~ him·.exceedingly; a·nd· thereforeconfider, .whetherrhou be thus vile in thine owne eyesj wheth'er-the fpirit o£ · humility havegor.te together with it. _ And Iafi of·all; ·to ,·end this-point, this will follow upon it, though it be a negative, thofe that bavtthefpirit ofAdoption,theynever re~ ceive thefpirit of bondage againe, Rom. 8. I 6: Tpu h4ve-not receivedtheJJirit of6ondageagaine· tofhtre:asif he 1hould fay, this -is the condi . tion ofail theSaims,youhavetafl:edofit, that isthe common condition,.and that you mull: looke for·,· and faith he, this tell:irnony you ·have; (for it is the Apofiles fcopeto givethem ci'tell:imony oftheir good elbte,rhat rhey were within the CovenAnt, that they w~re under grace,faith ·he) by this you fhall know it, you . have not received the fpiritof bondage agline,_ asifhe fhonld fay, fhould .youever receive the fpirit of bond.age a~aine, you w~re nat under grace: for it is impo!Iibk>~ So lik:wifeyou fee an excellentplaceton·his, Ga/.3 .26. WIJen(Dre : theLaw it aSehoo!r.ma.fler to 6ring ut to Chrifl, thatweemight6eemader~'Shteoth· ~y Faith: But ~~.fterFaitbcamu-, weart no longerundtraSchJo!t · ' mafler·~ - There is no man co:ncstoChrijl, .but Hcw.theLaw . . fi S L . { ha rcboolc .. thefpirirofbondage is rlla , CtJ:'>O e~ nafter rn m~fter. -- bringhim;thatis,rhe Law m•tfl: ~et him h1rd taskes, that he.is not·abletoperforme,and then · he
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