Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

u. ln 'What Re. JPefls 'We neerJ thebl9'Wing of the Spirit. . _i .Andblow~ . j GodofNature ihould bt~t hinder and takeaway· one linke of natures chaine, tlle whole frame would be difl:urbed. Well, That which Chri.ft commands here,isfor the winds to / Blow upon his Garden. \ And we need blowing, our fpirits will be be- , calmed els,and fl:and at afiav, and Satanwiil be fure by himfelf, and fuch as~are his bellowe s::~ to blow up the feeds of fin full lulls in us.For,th_ere are two fpirits in the Church, the one alwayes blowing againfl: the other. Therefore, the beft . Exod,17.u. had need to be fiirred up,otherwifewith Mofes, . their hands will be ready to fall down,andabate in their affedion. Therefore we need Blowf11g. x. Inregardof our natuultinability. 2. lnregardofour dulnesand heavines cleaving to natureoc&Ajior~Ally. 3· In regard o{contrary windsfomwithout,Sa– tan bath his bellowes filled wir:h his fpit·it, · that hinders the worke of grace all they can, fo th8t we need not onlychrifts 6/ow .. ing, but alfo his fl:opping other contrary winds,thattheyblow not,Rev.7.1. 4• In regardofthee.ftateandcondition ofthenew · Covenant, wherein all beginning, growth; . and ending,is fromGrace,and nothing but Grace. 5. Becaufe oldGrace,withottt aftejb fopply, will . not holdagainjl new crojfes andtenttttions. Vfo. Therefore whenChri.ft drawes,let us run after him;when heblowes,let us openunto him, It may he the laJ!-bla.ft that ever we Jbail htwe ftom him. · I . - And\

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