146 Ioh.16.8. 7. 1. 3. 2: The Saints Spirituel firengti, receive verrue from the Olive or no :then you mutt know, that fire/ they mutt be cut off, and then they mutt be ingrafted in , and then fee, whether they have the fatnetfe of the Olive, and then, whether they beare the Olive leaves; fo a man that bath not received the Spirit by the word, he fh.all fee ir by the riper-wife of finnes,the corrupt branches,the bitter fruit that comes and is brought forth by him ; but on the contrary , if the Word by the Spirit bath cut you downe and humbled you throughly in the fight of finne, and then ingrafted you into Chrift, by working in you a faving jufti_ lying faith : and if it hath then made you fat and well liking in grace, that you have brought forth better fruit then you could before, then certainly the Spirit came into the heart the right way, and workes in the right manner: but as I Paid, it will fire/ humble you by the Word, as in ieh, 16.8. the Spirit (hall reproove the world of finne, of righteous neffe, and of judgement. Firft, bee will reproove them_ of firne, to humble them. Secondly, of righteoufneffe,becaufe they have not beleeved the alt- fufficiency of Chrit/. Thirdly, of judgement, that they might change their opinions, that they might doe rhefe things , and bring forth fuch fruir as is agreeable unto Gods Will. Secondly, confider the confequence , that is, Iooke to the thing that followes the Spirit where it comes : for where the Spirit comes, it workes a thorow change in the foule ; I call it not a bare change, bat a thorow change; for as there may be
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