Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

10 1 .Awake,O North ..wind, --(. raife up in the foule, that.we mayclearely f~e I · thefaceofGodin/qtM(hriH. . 4· The windhath acooling andatempringqu,zli~y, , and tempers the diftemper of nature .~as in fome hot countries there be yearely Anniverfarie winds which blow at certaine tim-es in Sum– mer, tempering the heare. So the Spirit- of God allayeth the unnaturall heats ofthe foul -in fierie Tentations, and bringeth it imo a . good temper_. 5. The wind beingfobtil fettrchetk into every corner anderany .Sothe Spirit likewife is of afearch, ing nature, and difcerneth betwixt the joynts andthe marrow, betwixt the fl~ih & the fpi. rit,&c. fearching thofe hiddetj corruptions, that nature could never have found out. 6. The winde htttha therijhing anq a fruUifying force. So the Spirit is aquicke~ing andacht:– . riiliingSpirit, and makethche heart which is as abarren wilderneffe,to be fruitfuii. 7. The wind httth a cmveying power of fweet fmels in the ayre, to cttrry thew.from one toa;'Jother. So the Spirit in the word conveyeth the feeds of Gr2ceand comfort from one ro another; it drawes out what fweemeffe is in the fpiri ~ s of men, and makes them fragrant and delight-· full to others. 8. Thewinaagdine hettres downe all beforeit, beats downe houfis Andtrees, like the Cedars in Leba– »on,turnes them upby the roots, and layes all flat.So the Spirit is mighty in operation,there is no ftanding before it : It brings downe mouo-

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