her good, her hettrt in fome degree 4JVaked. The . Spirit of God is a difcerning Spirir, it diicove– reth what is £letl1 and what is Spirit. Sothat wemull: notconceive this fleep tobe that dead fleep all mea are io bynature, nor to be that judiciall fleep, that fpirit of flumber which is afurther degree ofthat naturall fleep, towhich Godgiveth up fome as a feale oftheir defperatecondition;but here is meant that fleep that arifethout of the remainder of corruption unfubdued, and now is hero in the Church pre– vailing over the better part.Fldh and Spidthave ; both their intercourfe in us as, Mofrs and .Amalek 'had: unlelfewe frand upen ourguard, the fldh .will get theupper ground, as we fee here. The · beft arc no furth~r fafe than they are watchfull. 1 For thedeareunderfranding of this, cbferve fomecorrefpondency in the refrmblance, wher– in too much curioftty is lothfome and p.oftill– like, and calleth the mind too muchfrom the kernelltothefhell. · S;a a. Ill.· . Bodilyaad fpirituall !Ieep refemble eachth~ Therfftm· otherinthecaufes, in·rheeffecrs,andinthe dant~'d:; ::~wp~~ geroQS Hfue. ritsa/1jleep. The fleep ofthebody commeth fro-m theob.. 1. firuCl:ionandbinding upofthe fenfes byvapours whichatifeout oftheftomacke: fa there be fpirituall fumes of worldly cares and defires that obftrutt tbe fenfes of the foule ; therefore our bleffedSaviour counts it a fpirityall furfetting,- \ when the fouleis opprdfedwith: careaboutthe\ ' world.) luft~bring thefoulea bed:Profpe-rity is a . Lnk·11·H· . G 3 firong l · ..
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