142 The Parable ofthe Ten Virgins, 1 <'ouraged, no r afraid to !land before the Lo rd, if he thou Id lend for th~e i this nighU; for though thou art vi le in tb1e own eyes , yet th t! Lord look; ! upon thee as lovely. I The Apoflle maltes a queflion, w~y the Gentiles are juHified, and notthe Jewes, Rom. 9· 30, <I . _he ~nfwers It '· ver[e j2. '!!'""· they f- ught it b; the work! of the Lnw; b~[!f' It be othenvife·wuh thee, that m Chritt thy righteo.ufnefs and flrength IS, then thou mayll glory ; fo that now thou Du!: have p~ace againe , againfl all the condemning of confcience , Satan , and God h1mfelf. But have you feen your nakednefs , known, and flood convinced of yonr 1 . vi[enefs, .a~d ~ave heard the vo~ce of God condemning thee for thy finful, though CIVIl life, and been afmd, and hereupon you have reformed your life, lamented your courfe, fet upon fome dut ies , gone rq Chrilt fo r I llrength againfl fome corrvpcions, and you have had it, and you hav~ looked about you , and have been ready to fay, If rhe Lord faves not me , who lhould he ? and fo nave fowen rhefe leaves and skinnes roge!her to coveq you r lhame; and no1v you are we!~, being fl_rangers . tO this true righteouf- 1 ·nefs , you lhall never fee the Lord m pea(e , If you dte thus. Or if rhus, youl • fee not ChriH eo be all,finis not yo~r lhame,buc yo~ lie in it,and hol~nefsis not your glory; ·and ~ence you elleem It not , but _ It 's a c?mmon,rhxng ro you, If that was, then lt would be your glory to be like Chnll, and to Jive to him : . Know it thou art not yet ready , for thou only feell the G.ument , and you catch at it , but the Lord helps you not by fJith to put it on. SECT. VII. a; VV Hen the foul is filled with the Spirit of Ch rifi , when there is not only fomeof the workings of the Spirit in the foul, but thefoul is filled withtheSpirit; for thiswasthe wound of the foolitb Vi rgins, they had Lamps, outward Profefiion , and glorious, which was a work of the Spirit, and fome dipping of thei~: week in the oyle, fome ligh- .ter fuperficial changes, and works of grace in their hearrs ; but they h~d not oyle in their Veffel , they had not plenty and fulnefs of the Spi rit ; forne unripe eares there were, buc not full ; and hence they were to buy when thCJ 1 Lord Jefus came; but the wi£e had. · , Thebloodand righteoufnefsof Chrill , everbriogs the plenty of t he Spirit of Chrifl; hence z Cw. 5· 5· eArnefr of the Spirit. lfpeak not now of extraordinary fulnefs, which Prophets and Apoflles had, nor of thatfulnefs which is in glory, as if we muH have that here, but of that which the Saints attaine to in this life , every one according eo his need and meafure of capablenefs of the fame; the Spirit of love is not dropt , but lhed into the heart; the Spirit of Cod in them , is not a Spirit of fome light -affe&ion, dying affeCtion, but of etmud /tfe, R.-m.8. 2.3. Thefpiritof mourning dothnotonly dripnponthem, but it 'sfoH~ed Jown upon them, Znch. 12. zo. the fpirit of wifdome doth not only giVe themlig!ltandkn_owledge, butt..Mnrve/hm Light, zPer._z.9. . . I have opened ch1s at large; only three /ignes now I lhail giVe you to d1fcerne this Spirit by. S ECT.i
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