~o \ ihat the Spices thereofma1flow out. -------' --------------------~--------~ S :a a M. I. makes the places he lives in the better for him. Philcm.Jo. o/Jprv. Rev,1.s. Thewbole body is the better for every good member;aswe fee inO·mfimus.The meaneft per– fans when they become good , are ufefoll and I profitable ; of briers become Bowers; the very 1 naming of agood man calls a fweet favour, a.s prefcnting fome grace to the heart ofthe hearer. For,then wt.h.tve wh.tt we /Jave to purpo(e ; when others. have occajionto hleffiGodfor ru,for conveying comfort to them hy UJ. · And for our furtherance \ herein, therefore, the winds are called upon to} ttwAkeandblownpon Chrijls Gardm. , That theSpicrs thereofmayflow 0111. Hence we feealfo)That,Where pnceGodkgins) hegoes m,anddelights toadde encouragement to en– couragemmt)omaintaine newfettersup in Religion: and doth not only give them aflock ofgrace at the beginning, but alfo helps thern to trade; He . is not only ~lph11>butomega unrothem: The Beginnirtgand the Ending. He doth not onely plan~ graces, but alfo watereth and cherifheth them;where the Spirit ofChrifr is,it is an encou– raging Spirit: For not only it infufeth grace, but alfo ftirs it up, that we may be ready prepared for everygood worke, otherwifewe cannot doe that which we are able to .doe, the Spirit muft bringall intoexercife, dfe the habits of grace will lie afleep ; we need aprefent Spirit to doe every good : not only the power to wiii,butthe will it felfe;and not only the will~but the deed i from the Spirit. Which fhould fi:ir us up-togoe l o Chrifi, that he may fiir up his owne graces in us,thartheymay flow our. Let
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