----~ l That the Spices thereofmayjlowout.' 19 l ------- --- -· tu,withortt hl9wing,noflowing. There were graci- S.a a M. I. ous good things inthe Church,but theywanted blowing up and furthe~ fi"~reading, whence we may obferve,That, Weneednotonlygrace toputlift into U! at thejir.ft) OG[erv. hut likeJ-vije gr~ce to quicken ana draw forth that gntceth4t weh~ve. This is the difference betwixt mans /;/owing and the Spirits ; man when he hlowes(ifgracebenot there before) fpends all his labour upon a dc:ad coale,whichhe cannot make' take fire: But the Spirit firfi kindles aholy fire, and then increafes the £lam~. Chrifr had in the ufeof meanes wrought on the Churchbefore, andnow further promotethhis own worke. We mufl firfi take in, and then fend out ; firfr, beciflernes to containe;and then,conduits toconvay• . Thewindfirfrhlowes, and then the Spices of the churchflowout; we are.firftfweet inour ftl'T:!es ,and then fweettoothers. \Vhence we fee further~ That,it is not enough 06flrv. , to!Jegoodin eu7[elves, ouJ our goodnejfe mujl flow out;' hat is,growmore !hong, ufefull tocontinue and fl:reame forth forthe good of others. We I mull l~b.ourto I:>~.< as was faid of_I oh~) hur~ing and fhtnmg (hrijltAns : for Chnfr 1s not hke a boxeof oyntmem flmt upand not opened, but like that bo:xe of oymment that Ultlary powred out, which perfumes all thewhole houfe with thefweerndfe t.here·of: For rhe Spirit is herein likewind: itcarries the fweet favour ofgrace to others. AChrifiian fo foon as he finds ~ny root-. ing in God, is of a fpreading difpofition, and C z makes ,
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