Pauls Goraverfion. 227 humble you : it is not the Word, but the Spirit in the word that is able to change you, and make you new creatures , I fay, if Eliah fhould preach unto you, or one in the fpirit ofEliab, hee would never humble you;except the fpirit accompany it,it will be but like the fhaking of the earth unto the Iay- Icr , Air 16. but it mull bee the Spirit that changes your hearts : but when the Spirit comes and gives but a glympfe of that light in the foule, then hee can cry to Paul, Sirs, what fha11 wee doe to 6ee f awed l Foelix at the preaching of Iudgement can tremble, but it is the Spirit that opened Ly- dian heart to beleeve; I fay, ifyou had Paul, and Eliah, and John Baptifl that came in the Spirit of Eliah, yet it were nothing worth if you get not the Spirit: therefore be ye earneft with God to get the Spirit, and never reft till you find him in your foule : and remember that there was a time when the Angel ftirrcd the water at the Poole of Bethefda, that they that firfl ftepped in were healed of what difeafe foever they had: So there is a time when the Lord turnes , and when the Spirit mooves the heart to good : let us make ufe of this opportunitie, and ftrike while the Iron is hott , and grinde while the windes blow , and watch every opportuni- tie becauCe the fpirit will come and moove the heart , as the Angel did the water, that fo we may firfi (tep in and be healed : there - fore if you would get humiliation, he earneft for the fpirit; and you may have him for asking,. it
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