0,6 Doriuso The Saints Spiritual) flrength. get this,for this is that which makes them effedu- ali, and makes a difference betwixt men. Sanap- fan was ftrong, and fo were other men, but Samp- fon was ftronger then other men , becaufe hee had the Spirit , and it is Paid of John Bapti.Ft , that bee came in the fpirit of Eliah; that which made a dif- ference bet weene John and other men was the Spi- rit, be came in the fJiirit of Eliah , bee had the fame fpirit that Eliab had , and therefore hee had the greater efficacy, if John had not had this fpirit, he had beene but as other men, therefore whatfoever you doe, labour above all things to get the fpirit, nothing will ftrengthen the inward man, except you have the Spirit, it is the Spirit that makes the inward man to grow ftrong in the foule:And thus much for the meanes of the ftrengthningof the inward man,and for this point: we now proceed. [By the Spirit: J The next thing that is to be confidered, is the, meanes which the Apoftle layes downe, whereby they may be ftrengthned in the inward man, and that is, to have the Spirit : that hee would grant you, &c. that you may be ftrengthned by the Spi- rit in the inward man : as if he fhould fay, if you would know what will firengthen you , it is the Spirit. Hence note this point. That whatfoeverPaving, or fanelifying grace , or 'I flrengtb of grace,every man bath, it all proceeds frorn the fantâifying Oirit : I lay, all the raving grace, all ftrength of grace comes from the Spirit, yet doe not miftake mee, as if I did exclude the Father
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