36 The DoarineofVortificatimta; prayed forhim, asyoumay fee, ¡oh. r .14. ¡wiflpay the Father, and hee will fend the comforter unte you I that is, theholy Ghoft for heecan comfort indeed, andhee is the true Comforter ; and indeed there is no true Comfort but what the Spirit brings into the heart. Now that the Spirit may bee obtayned by prayer, ` isprovedLuk. i 1.13. where our Saviour makes it playneby wayof oppofition to earthlypa: rents; For (faith hee) ifyour earthlie parents can give good things unto their children, then horn much more will your heavenly Father give the holy Ghoil unto them that fske him : Therefore if thouwouldeft draw the holy Ghoft into thy heart, then pray for him; prayer is a prevayling thingwithGod, it is reftlefre, and pleating untoGod ,itwill have nodeniall ; and to this purpofe faithGod toMofes, Whereforedoll thou trouble me ? that is, whereforeart thou fo reftleffewithmee, that thou wilt havenodeniall till I grant thee thydelire r fo thenif you will prevayle with God byprayer, you may obtainethe Spirit. The fourthmeanes,ifyou wouldhave your finnes: Means. T6, mortified, is, Towalke in the Spirit ; that is, you walke in the mutt doe the aClions of the new man ; and there- e. - 5pirit. fore the A oftle faith, Galat. 5.16. Walkeinthe Spi- rit. Nowhereby the Spirit is not meant theholy Ghoft, but theregenerate partofman ; that is, the newman, whofe actions are thedutiesofholineffe, as Prayer, hearing theWord, receiving the Sacra- ments , workes of Charity, either to the Church in generali, orto anyparticular member ofit ; and there mutt not ónely beea bareperformingofthem, for fo an hypocrite way doe,, but there mil bee a.de
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