Opened and .Applied. Jif~ from the bead, fee it in ~is pl~ce, _and let not it be tied outwardly, but umted as a member, and then tt recetves tt ; and hence it edifies it felf in love . fo by love are men edified. 1 ' ~~~tt~~+~!~t!l~!ttti~~l~t~l!!!~t!it~t t-p~~ F:TT~~·Ff!'ffl:'f'~f!l:ff'TT CHAP. XV. Of the plentiful difpenftngofGrace in the Gofpel M~niftry. SECT. I. Now follows fecondly, their Counfel and Advice :1 [Go t~ them that feN and buy, &c• • Hemrhat[eO] Sometberebe. tbatmakethisan.Irony,oraplain f mock of the foolifh Virgins for their folly ; as if they fhouid fay, You have lived like Hypocrites hitherto before the Lord among us , and deceived us and your own fouls; now you would have our Grace to help you; no, get you gone ro MafsPriells, and Pardon-fellers, and Merit-mongers, -and buy fo,r your felves,rhey have merit enough,& c. But rhis meaning as it cannot be evinced necelfarily from the words-; fo fuch an anfwer cannot (land with that fad and gracious co(llpaffionate fpirit_ which isin ~very holy Virgin ; for fu,Ppofe God fuould break open the confctencc _of any tn theii:: days, and they openingrbeir &earts to others, they fhould recetve rhi ; anf1ver [~ay feemg you have neglecred yo"r feafon f• long, get _you gone to M4[s-'PnJ}ts, let rbem help ru ; j would anyof common bone(!y m hke manner mock ? much lers a gracious heart ; no, b~t if any_have atrue fence of rheil\ mifery for ileepmg our their feafoo of Grace>- theu bowels wtll melt over r~em. Thofe that fell] Thefe are the Mini(lers of the Lord Jellis. For I. 'Tis manifefl it is not a mock. And 2. Thofe that fell are not ordinary Chriflians; though they may and do convey the Spirit, yet not in this cafefo powerfully ; and hence rbey do fend themfrom themfelves. '< · Th ~y do fend them to tbofe means which do mort abundantly convey the Spirit; now cheWord and theSpirit are united, as fhall be proved; the cheif 'difpenfers of which word, are the Minifters of theGofpeL 4· Becaufe Mi niiters are called fuch as fell, Prov. 2 <· 2 <· Buy the truth and fell it not ; now where is tbe rruth. che~By fold, bur by the prime publitbe_rs ofit? ll~AI.z.6,7• Not rhat 1he Holy GhoH 1s robe fold for money;but to buy it there, as it is to be fold without money, · If.<,p, ~d·Come and buy wine and milk._, that is in the miniflry of the Gofpel, which calls all thatthirifto come, '1Vv.<.I8. not rhat they lhould fiX their eyes upon them, as uprm the cbeif means to con- ' vev 95
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