_ - AndmyBelo~edismine. - I 4~9 ·4· Becttu{e1Jttturally ONr fell()tS hdng confciou!tJ/ 1 S R a.XIX . guilt11re fu/i offearuftom thence:fo thttt ifthefoule 6e not ptrfw~tded ftrfl of chrift.s love, it runs awtty ft1m htm,M t.Ad.:m didfromGod,andMPeterftim chri_ft, .Depart ftom me for I am lmt aJinfit!L m~tn. So the f'Oule of every man would fay if firfl it wue not p~rfwaded of God~ love in Chr~fi, Tfa whoamongft us fuall dwell wtththe everla{bng • ·B· burning; therefore eo prevent that difpofition of foule, which would rife out of the fence of guile and unworthindfe, God firfr fpeakes to us in Chrift ; at length faying unto eur foules, I11mthj [Alvation, whertupon the foule firll: finding his love, loves him backe againe ofwhom it finds it felfe fo much beloved, fo rhat our love is but a reftecbon ofhis, I Ammy Belovetls,!Jecau(emy Be· Jovul iJ mint, 1 - It is with the Spirit of God, as with the fpi– rits io the foule and body of a man, there is a marriage betwixr the body and foule, the fpirirs joyne both together, being of a middle nature, for they have fomewhat fpirituall near the f<)uJe, and fomewhat bodily neare the body ;therefore they aome between the body and the fo~Ie, and , are the infiruments thereof, whereby' it works. So it is with the Spirit of God, tht fallle Spirit that tels the foule that ChtHl: is ours, the fame Spirit m!tkes up the match on ourpart,andgives us upto Chriftagaifle. Let rhis then be the tryall, that wee are Chrifi:s·by the fpirituall Ecchoe that our foules makes to that report which Chrifi makes to Ff 4 · our
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