I 44 _-------- The Saints Spirituali flrengtb. man doe till Chrift bee his. As in the Canticles, the Church faith, ram my beloveds, and my belt) ved is mine : that is , becaufe he is my husband, and I am his Spoufe; therefore I will labour to be like hinn-ia holineffe, and our Saviour prayeth Ioh.17.17 for this holineffe for his Difciples, lohn 17. 17. Sanilire them through thy truth , thy Word is truth : the Word is the meanes to worke holiueffe in them: when the Word comes , then comes holi- neffe , but when profit or pleafure comes to take place, then the Spirit of holineffe is as it were pluckt from them , but when they have the Spirit then they fee the vanitie of thefe earthly things, and therefore it is that men are deceived with falfe and counterfeit wares, becaufe they want the Spirit of difcerning , but when the Spirit of God comes into the heart of a Chriftian , then it fhowes him the vanity of thefe things and this he doth by enlightníng the mind : and therefore it is that they are kept from playing the adultereffes with thele things , becaufe they have the Spirit of difcerning : Now examine what arength a- bove nature, what conjuaàion of holineffe have you with ir, what Spirit of difcerning have you : are not thefe things in you a then you have not the Spirit. ;:Sign: The third Sgne, whereby you (hall know When by what whether you have the Spirit or no, is this, ma- meanes the mine when, and by what means it came into the Spirit comes into the heart. heart , this is the fgne that the Apoftle makes in Gal. 3.z. Ggl.3. 2. Did you faith lice, receive the Spirit by the workes amoll
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