The Saints Spiritual fßrength. 177 together, that is, when with the profeffion of Re- ligion, yo joyne corrupt fpeeches and actions; and you q ench the fpirit, when you negleEt the motions or the fpirit, and the means by which the fpirit is eit er gor, increafed or kept ; now if you doe thus y u (hall never get the fpirit ; but if on the contrary, you love, chcrifh, and obey the fpi- rit, you (hall have him. The fifth meanes to get the fpirit, is this, ifyou 5. Monet. would get the fpirit, then you mull waite upon thofe meanes,which are meanes for the getting of the fpirit: neglect none of the meanes , becaufe you know not when the fpirit will come, it may beehee will come now and not another time, it may be hce will breath upon you now, Ails r o. Alts 10.44. q.4. whileft Peter was preaching unto them, the ho- ly Ghofl came upon them that heard him : fo be dili- gent in waiting upon the meanes, and the holy Ghoft at one time or other will come. Againe, he . might have fent the fpirit unto Cornelius, with- out the fending for Peter, in Ails i o. but he will not: but Peter muft be Pent for, and he muft preach unto him , and then hee (hall receive the holy Ghofl : thus much for the meanes, and for this time. A a i, PAVLS
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