134 ¡ The Saints Spirituall firength. fpirituall ilrength by your love, if we be united in the bond of love , it is a figne that wee have the Spirit , and having the Spirit, it is the caufe that we are tranflated,that is,changed;fo that you muff be changelings from finne to grace, before you can be laved. Examine therefore, what effc duall fpirituall ftrength you have, what fpirituall love there is amongft you , and fo accordingly you may judge of your ciares, whether you have any right or intereft unto Chrift:and that I may helpe you in this thing, I will lay downe tome fgnes by which you (hail know whether you have the Spirit. r. signe: The fin ligne whereby you (ball know, whe- ther you have the fandifying Spirit or no, is this, if you have the fanóifying Spirit you will be full of fire, that is, it will fill you wich fpirituall hear, and zeale ; now if you finde this in you, then it is the fanûifying Spirit, and therefore iebn faith of Matth. ;. u. Chrift , (math. 3. t t. that he will baptize them with the Spirit and with fire, that is, he will bap- tize you with that Spirit whole nature is as fire, that will fill you full of fpirituall heate and zeale Aft. 2.3. and therefore it is laid, vat . 2. 3. that they had tongues as of fire, and againe, it is faid that the A- potties were ftirred up with boldnellë to fpeake, that is, when they faw God dilhonoured,this Spi- t tit kindled a holy zeale in them, it let their hearts on fire, it fet their tongues on fire; fo when tlx fpirit enters into the heart of a Chriltian, it will fill it full of heat, and zeale, the hearr,the tongue, the
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