Propositions

93 There is nothing so precious, as Gods grace; which changeth the face of Heaven and Earth; and nothing so vile as sin, who openeth hell, and staineth the Earth, and shutteth up Heaven.

93 There is nothing so pretious, as Gods grace; which changeth the face of Heaven and Earth; and nothing so vile as sinne, who openeth hell, and staineth the Earth, and shutteth vp Heaven.

94 There are two working of Gods Spirit in us: the one inferior, which bringeth but certain fruits of the Spirit, without any special fruit of grace: the other superior, and more certain, ⟨image 28⟩when the spirit worketh an infallible sanctification: the first, may totally be darkened and fully quenched: the other hath but particular Eclipse, and in measure may be dimmed, as it was in DAVID Psal. 51. But this is not finally quenched. As God made man so that he might fall, though afterwards he had mercy upon him: so he regenerateth us so, that we may fall, though afterwards he may raise us up again, and will. And it is fearful enough, that there may be such particular decays of it in us, as to feel less comfort in the word, less fear of sin, less care of well doing, less zeal in praying, less fruits in the means; so that all our actions are turned to be bitter, which were sweeter unto us than any worldly increase to the worldly man, or honey can be to them that love it: these are evident tokens of the sanctifying spirit, to love good, because it is good; and to hate sin, because it is sin: the more we grow in gifts, the more to hunger, the more to complain of our unworthiness, the more to be humbled in our selves, the ⟨image 28⟩more meekly to judge of others: when we are most quiet with all things, then to think our selves least quiet, & then most to fear out selves; so to feel the graces of God in us, and yet our sense and feeling of sin is not lessened, and to fear and quake at the first degrees and motions of sin; not lest they fully quench, but lest they cool the heat of the spirit in us.