166 2. Reafon. 3. Reafon. q. Benefit. T'he Saints Spirituali flrength. caufe hee knowes much, but bee is a holy man, be- caufe he bath holy affetions, that is, bee is full of love to God, to Chrift, and to the Saints. The fecond Reafon is, becaufe holy affeEtions, they are a meanes, or a fecond caufe of good, they are the caufe of good aâions, as for example : for a man to fuffer for Chrift , and yet not to doe it with holy affe Lions, out of love unto Chrift, it is nothing worth ; therefore when the affèdions are right, they are drawne upward by the Spirit, both to doe, and to fuffer. The third Reafon is , becaufe holy affeEtions, they widen the foule, they make the foule large, for when holy affeEtions are dead in you, the foule will begin to fhrinke in; even as cloath that is not throughly made, whenwater falles upon it, it will runne in, but if you ftretch it, it will come to the fame length againe ; fo when the Spirit comes and workes holy affeions , they widen the foule and make it large and firme : therefore that you may have large hearts in praier,in meditatíon,labour to get the Spirit , that you may have holy affections kindled in you. The fourth Benefit, that a Chriftian bath by the Spirit is this, it will make the heart good, be- caufe it is the proper worke of the holy Ghoft, to Canâifie the heart , to cleanfe and change, and fo make it good; it is the worke of the Spirit to worke repentance in us, a thorow change in us: I call repentance a thorow change, becaufe men for the molt part miftake repentance , taking that for repen-
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