The Saints Spirituall flrength. 169 Spirit is a free agent, it workes freely of himfelfe, therefore to whom it goes, it goes as a free gift. Now that the Spirit is a free agent, it appeares by this, that reafon makes man to be a free agent, but iris the Spirit that gives reafon, therefore the Spi- rit mutt needs be moli tree. Thirdly , the Spirit mutt be a free gift, by his 3. carriage to them hee will fave ; bee might have chofen the elder and not the yourger, hee might have chofen Elise, and nor Iacob ; or if hee would have chofen the yonger5 then hee might have brought him firft out of the wombe, but he will nor, hecaule he is molt free in his choice, he will faveJacob and aft off Efan; and fo he might have chofen honourable and noble men, to have both preacht the Gofpell, and to be all faved by the Gofpell; he might have chofen them only,for fal- vation, but he will not, but the poore they (hall receive the Gofpell, he will make choice of them for falvation;he might have chofen Simon Magus, afdvell as Simon Peter, but he will not, therefore you fee he is free. Fourthly, the Spirit is free, which appeares 4. by the paucity of them he choofes,he is at liberty, he might have faved more,but this !bows his free- dome, he is not tyed to one more then unto ano- ther, the winde bloweth where it litteth, lohn 3. S. he calles when and whom he will: Let them come in,that my houfe may bee full : none fhall come, no more,no leffe then I have chofen. Fifthly, the Spirit is a free gift, which appeares Z 2 by
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