C H A r. 5. Epif le to the Theffaloniaas. VEIL. 19. was in him. It (hnuld feeme he perceiued decay of won- ted feruour. The Angel of Ephefus left n his firfi lone, not the habit, nor wholly the exercife was loft; but the vigour and heat of loue that once (hewed in him, be- ganne to bee abated. The fumme is this : Firft, Habitat nonamittitur. Secondly, Adus intermittitur. Thirdly, Gradu.c rernittittr. Lay, there are ecrtainemetiont of Gods Spirit, ex- citements perhaps, as we may terme them, whereby hec is pleafed to dire t, and prouokc vs to holy duties. It may be there are the voice, I SAY faith, wee (hall ;scare bebtnde vs, faytnt,, ° This is the may, walke yee in it, Not Only G o n s Chofcn, but Caft- awaies may heare ir, Though I cannot ehinke that auxilinns excitans, tit vni uerfall,thatthereis noparticular of the fonnes of Ad. m, to whom iris not fometimes vouchfafed: yet it is my per fwafion, there arc few in the Church of God, but teele fecretfuggeftions of holinefle, and excitements to Faith and Repentance. That compunftion and rcmorce they are fmirten withal!, the vanifhing flafhcs of goodneffe they feele, are the good motions of the Spirit of God vouchfafed to Caft-awaies, to make them more inexcu fable, to aggrauate their condemnation. Take inftance in S A v r., P vowixg to doe DAVID ter more harm', ane relenting, as ouercome with ktndnetre. Ifof fuck motions the queftion be, whether they may be quenched : it is out of queftion they may b.°, and are in Caft awaies; would God not too often in GODS deareft Children. The whole amounts to this femme. Firft, gift; qua- lifying to particular callings. Secondly, difpofsog rl fanC ificationmay be loft. Thirdly, met-Life of gifts ha- bited may beintermirted. Fourthly, feruour of all gift in meafure abated. .Fifthly, fuggetlions and parttc;.4at motions repelled ; though the habits of holmefle arc no vtterly exunft in men truly regt ncratc. K k Ot 527 n Renel.z.4.
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