130 lifts 4. 3 s. rbe Saints Spiritual) flrength. ûrength for the ftrengthning of the inward man : there may bee qualities , and habits in the foule, and yet want power to ufe them : as for example, a man that is afleepe , hee bath habits and quali. ties, but bee wants power ro ufe them, or as a man that bath an inftrument that will found well, but hee wants skill to ufe it, fo many men they have habits and qualities, but becaufe they want power to ufe them,thercfore they are not ftrength- ned in the inward man: but he that bath the Spirit bath withall power to ufe thofe habits to good : therefore it is laid , that they f'pake as the Spirit gave them utterance, that is, they had power from the Spirit , to fpeake, to doe, to ufe thofe habits which were in them : thus Samp foe by the power of the Spirit, had power to ufe his flrength, Afar 4.3 a. It is faid that the Apoftles fjiake boldly, that is, they had power, for you mutt know that there may be common graces in the heart, and yet want power , but when the Spirit comes , then it puts ftrengrh in the inward man to worke accordingly. Thus it is laid , that the Spirit came upon Saul, and hee propheficd , that is, hee was able to doe more, then before he could doe : and yet know that you may have true grace, and yet now and then for the prefent want at ion, you may want a power to doe ought with it , and it is then when the Spirit feemes to abfent himfelfe from the foule, and this was that which the Apoftle fpake of in Heb. t a. Brethren yon haveforgotten the con- solation, that is, your fpiriruall ft taiga) and power be
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