150 now to,art: e Fornication; Prov.:,io,ri heart ,andknowledge ispleafant time thy Pule : Defcretian /hallprefirve situ,underftanding (hall keepe thee, &c. ¡pipe 8s Laflly,the Jail greatefi helpwill be,to labor byprayer: God would have theeknow that it is his gitt : pray therefore that Chrifi would baptize thee with the Holy Ghoiandwith fire : that theHolyGhofl nia i like fire heat the faculties of the foule,to in- flameour love to God : for as our love to God is flronger,fo our love toholy things will be more ear. nefÌ.and confequently our hate to unholy things more thong and per{el : theheart thus inflamed is turned quiteanother way; it doth fo mollifie the heart moreand more,making it capable ofa deeper ìmprefíon from the love ofGod.Hence it is that the Spirit is compared to wine,becaufeaswine heateth uswithin,and maketh us more vigorous and lively : fodoth the Spirit heat us with the loveofGod, and Sisnils, make us moreapt ro goodworkes : Now as when a man comes nigh toany towne,he goes further from another ;fowhen the Spiritcarriesus nigh to God, it carries us further from our tufts. Ghrifl by the ä1,3'z9 Prophet is faid IVal.3.2. to be like a refiners fire, and like Fullerslope; Now as there is noway to refine f l- ver but by fire,and noway topurge and get out a flame binsby lope ; fo there is no way tocicanfe ones felfe from lufls,to mortifie them,but by the Spirit take ye therefore the Apoftles counfell, A/1,4, 38. 140.äa3 s; Repent,and be baptizedeveryone o fyou,in the nameo f ie- fMs Chrifl, for the remifsion o f Jins, andyefhall receitte the gift oftbe Holy Chofl let us wait for it, and we f1iall be lure to have it,and when we once havegot ir,we (hall finde as evident a change, as the Apoitles did when
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