The Saints Spirituali flrength. Spirit, that I cannot fce thee in the lead meafure difhonoured,but I mutt burne with zeale. There- fore examine, what zeale you have for God and godlineffe ;are you hot for the things of the world, and cold for grace and holineflè; whatfoever you thinke of your telves, yet you have not the fanai- tying Spirit. There is not a holy man or woman, that belongs unto Chrift, but they have this holy fire in them, and yet I would not have yon to miftake mee, as if every Chriftian did attaine unto the like beate and zeale as others doe : For you muff know that fome have more, fame have lefl'e, according unto the meafure of the fanlifying Spirit that they have,but this you mutt know,that you mutt be full of heate,full in fome meafure an- fwerable unto the meafure of the fandifying Spi- rit; but if you finde no heart at all in you then you have not a graine of the Spirit : not to be hot is to bee Luke- warme, and luke- warmenefl'e, is that which God hates; it is a temper mixt , which is both loathfome to nature and odious to God. Revel. ;. is. the Laodicea$S were neither hot nor Reve1.;.,r. cold but lake- warme, that is, they had neither heate to good,nor fo cold as to torfake the trt:th. Sinne and holineffe flood in ,egailibrio together, and they had as good a miede unto the one , as unto the o- ther; now becaufe it was thus with them , there- fore faith God ; I will fpue them out , and then in the next verfe, bee exhorts them to be zealous and amend; except you labour to be hot in the Spirit you cannot be faved.Titud 2.14. the Apottie faith, T 2 That ai 137
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