t48 Rom.B.Ie. The Saints Spiritual, lrength. Chriftian and Chrift, that is, when the Spirit en -) ters into the heart, then it begins to put offthe old man, and to put on the newman ; it will put off its owne fpirit and ftrength to good, and pur on Chrifts wholly : yet miftake mee not, I fay nor, that thefubftance of the foule is changed, for the foule in fubftance is the fame as it was before : but here is the difference , when the Spirit comes , it puts new qualities and habits into it, alters and changes the difpofition of ir, gives it that fenfe which before it felt nor, and that fight which be- fore it law not. Hence it is throughly changed,in regard of the qualitie and difpofition, to what it was, and yet in fubftance remaines the fame : as for example, put Iron into the fire, the Iron is the fame it was in fubftance before it came into the fire : but now it bath another qualitie, it was cold, and ftiffe, and hard, and unplyable : but now it is hot, and foft , and plyable , and this change is throughout in every part of it, and yet it is Iron still. So it is with the Spirit when it comes into the heart of a Chriflian,he mingleth and infufeth fpirituall life into all the parts of the foule, and therefore it is laid ; if Chrifl be in you , the body is, deadas touching fine : but the Spirit is alive. The body is dead,that is,as touching raigning finne: he is like a tree that wants both fap and roote, or as a man that is dead that wants a foule ; bee is now dead,whatfoever he was before : but the Jjlrit is a- live to God. Therefore examine , if this thorow great change be in you, fee than what death there is
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