SE I The Spirit an Advocate. Nowextsasalppssewaer* 11111.101mOMMOmmeNastaf out, and Forgotten, into our remembrance againe. Secondly, an Advocate ad rnonifheth and clire6leth his client how to order and folicite his owne bufineffe, what evidences toproduce, what witneffes to prepare, what offices to attend, whit preparation's to make again(} the time ofhis hearing : fo the Spirit doth let the hearts of beleevers ina right way of negotiating their Spirituall afFaires,makeththem to hearea voyce behinde them , furnifhing them withwifedome and prudence in every condition. How to grapple with temptations, how to ferve God in all etlates,when to reprove,dire6t, counfell,comfort, when to fpeake and when to be filent, when to let out and when to chaine up a paflion, when to ufe, and when to forbeare lihertie, how toprofecute occafions, and apply occurrences untoSpirituall ends, every where, and in all things lirengthning and infiru- 6tingustomannageour heartsunto the bell advantages ofpeace to ourfelves, and ofglory to ourMailer, Efai. 30.21. COLI.9,10. Phit+I 2,13. Eph.4.2o,2 i. Thirdly, an Advocate makethup the failingsofhis client, and by hiswiledome,and obfervationofthecafe, pickethout advantages beyond theinfIrglions and oa- ts 3 CI thereth arguments to further the fuite which his client himfelfeobfervednot. So the Spirit,when weknow not what to pray, when with iehofh4pba we know not what todoe,when it may be inour owne apprehenfion the whole bufineffe of our peace and comfort lieth a bleeding, cloth thenhelpe our infirmities and by dumbe cries,and fecret intimations,and deepe,anel unexpreifible gronings, prefenteth arguments unto him who is the fearcher of hearts, and who knoweth the mindc ofthe Spirit, which we our (elves cannot expreffe. Thus as an infant crieth and complaineth for want of fleepe, and yet knoweth not that it is fleepe whichhe wanted) : as aFick man goeth to the phyfitian, andcomplaineth that foakephyfick he wanteth, butlinoweth not the thing which
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