. Foure godly and learned treatises ... ith the Holy Ghoft,as we may be; accor-ding to that of the Apoftle, i Tim. , god hdthnotgiven us the Spirit offeare^ but ofpower j&c$ when theSpirit is powerfull in us, it will inflame us with thelove of God, it keepes men in fobriety .Thereforeartthou weake ? art thou cold in holy performances ?labour to bee baptized with the Holy Ghoft morefully: lohn was compared about with the Spirit aswith agarment,fl« we be,for with-out this we are but naked: God kept Abimelecbtxomfin, fo he will keepe us if we have his Spirit : AndDavtdw&s boundin
. Foure godly and learned treatises ... ith the Holy Ghoft,as we may be; accor-ding to that of the Apoftle, i Tim. , god hdthnotgiven us the Spirit offeare^ but ofpower j&c$ when theSpirit is powerfull in us, it will inflame us with thelove of God, it keepes men in fobriety .Thereforeartthou weake ? art thou cold in holy performances ?labour to bee baptized with the Holy Ghoft morefully: lohn was compared about with the Spirit aswith agarment,fl« we be,for with-out this we are but naked: God kept Abimelecbtxomfin, fo he will keepe us if we have his Spirit : AndDavtdw&s boundin the bond of the Spirit, now theSpirit is like a bond for twocau fes: firft,every bondrauft be without us, and fo is Gods Spirit, it is hisand not ours within us: fecondly,every bond keepesthe tiling that is bound inland fo doth Gods S pirit,it reftraines us,itkeeps us in,when as otherwise weewould runne into all excefTe of riot. And thereforelet us pray heartily and labour earneftly to be bap-tized with the Holy Ghoft. HOW i%%. HOW TOMORTIFIE UNCLEANNES. Colos. Mortipctbtref ore your members which art upon the art hiFornication, Vncleanneffe, Inordinate ajfcttion> eviUConcufifeenceyandCovetotifheJ[ejvhicb is Idolatry. Avinghandled the Do&rine of Mor-tification in generally as alfocomcto fomeparticulars^namely^thatofFornication; itnowremaineththatin the next place/ollowing the me-thod and order of the Apoftle, Icome to the next particular finne named in the Text,Vncleanneffe : And becaufe thefc two fins doe in ma~ny things coi»ciderc> & differ not gteatly in any thingthat I can fet downe as meanes to prevent them, forwhat hath beenc faidof the one may ferve for the ci-ther • therefore I fhall be the-briefer ih this,andmayperchance make ufcof fome of the things fpoken for-merly in thedifcoveringof thehainoufnefle of For-nication:
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