. I It. isthe f'TJOice ofm.J Belo'Tied How jhaOwe know whether chrtjl dwels ;n cur hearts or not ? We may l<now by the fervanrs what Mafier dwel~ in an houfe : If Chrift be in the foule, there comes out of the houfe good fpeeches, .and we watch the fenfes, ffil as there comes no– thing in to defile ~he f<.:mle, and difiurbe Chrifi, and nethiag goes out to offend God. When we heare men full of gracious fweet fpeeches,it is a ftgne Chrift dwels there : If we heare the con. trary , it iliewes Chrill: dwels not there, for Chrift would mave the whole man to doe that whichmigncedifie and cemfort. , Againe,where Chrifi comes,t..AJifl.cnceccmes there. When Chri!l was borne,all Ieru.folemwas in an uproare:fo when Chrift is borne in the foul, there is an uproare, corruption armes it felfe againfi Grace, there is acombate betwixt fldh and S~irir, but Chrifi fubdues the fleili by little and lirtle.Gods image is fiamped upon the foule where Chrifl:isJ and ifwe have opened unto the Lord ofGlory,he will make us glqrious. . Chrifi bath never enoughof us, nor we have never enough of him, till we be in heaven, and therefore we pray, Thy Kingdome eome, and till Chrifl: comes ·in his Kingdome, he defires his Kingdome fhould come to us, open (faith he) Stupcnda dignatio)&c. (as he cryes out) it is a fiu– pendiom; condefeending, when he that bath Heaven to hold him,Angds to attend him,thofc glorious creatures; he that hath the command of! every creature)rhat doe yeddprefentlyhomage 1 . when1 . - - .
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=