The Saints Spiritual firength. 1 i 9 is in you to finne , and what life unto holinefle, I call it a thorow and great change: becaufe a little one will never bring you in fuch a frame as to be fit for heaven. And againe, the Aponte calles it a great change in Rem. I 2.2. be you metarnorpbofèd, Rom.I S. z. that is,throughly changed,new moulded : againe, in 2 Cer. ;. 18. You are, faith the Apoftle, changed . Cot. ;,is. from glory, to glory : and therefore confider, that every change will not ferve the turne, but it muff bee a great change, as the changing of Cbrifts Spirit for your ownefpirit, which if you have, then you fhail come out of every afl i %on, and e- very difficultie like gold out of the furnace, like cloath out of the die; of Lions you (hall bee Lambes, of Serpents you (hall be Doves : there- fore fee whether this change be in you or no , if this change be in you, then when your old guefts, that is, your old lulls (ball come and finde that his old companion is cart out of doores, and that the foule is fwept and cleanfed, hee will not (fay, but feeke abiding elfe -where : but on the contrary , if your opinions of fiane be the fame, if you have the fame tufts reigning in you, if you ufe the fame evill company, and have the fame haunts that ever you had , you have not the Spirit, and fo long as you remaine thus, doe you thinke that Chrift will come and fup, and dine with you , and yet you will not ereát a building for Him in your hearts : therefore if you would have Chrift and the Spi- rit, then labour to get holineffe. The fourth figne,whereby you may know whe- 4, apt. ther
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