8 1 Cor.3o'll· Rom,2.a8, Vftt. 2. Rcvel.3 . :z.. · . .Awake,ONorth·w~nd, l churchneedeth both, fo chrift ufes both for the Churchesgood. TheNorth is anippingwind, and the South. achertfoing wind, therefore the South– wind is the welcommer and uveeter after the North-wind hath blowne. But howfoever, all things areours,Pttrul,Apo!!os,Ceph.u,thiPgs preft_nt ~tndto comealift,death,&c. all things worke together for goedto us)being in chrijl. Hence it is that the manifold wifedome of chrift maketh ufe offuch variety ofconditions; and hence it is,that the Spirit of(hrift is inild in fome mens Minifieries,and {harp inothers. Nay, in the very fame Minifier, as the fiate of the foule they have to deale withall requires. Sometimes againe, the peopleofGodneedpurging,and(omtimesre.frejhing, whereupon the Spi– rit of God carries it felfe fut"bly toboth condi– tions, and the Spirit in the godly themfelves clrawes good out ofevery condition; fure they are that all winds·blow them good ; and were it not for their good, no winds iliould blow upon them. But in regard that thefe times ofours, by long peace and plenty,grow cold,heavy,and fe– cnre, we need therefore all kinds of winds to blow upon us, and all little enough. Time was when we weremore quicke an4lively;butnow the heat of our fpirits are abated;we muft there· fore ta~e heed of ir, and quicken thofe things that are ready to die, or elfe in O:~ad oftheNorth and South-winde, God will fend an Eaff. rvinde that . 1 fhall dtie up all,as it is,Ho(.q. 1 ). ( ) 3· \ Again, if chrijl can raife or lay, bind up or let 1 loofe ) ----
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