The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

Conclus. 2 The second is this, and I take it to be somewhat difficult; the Spirit of grace, the holy Ghost, the third Person in Trinity, working ⟨p. 29⟩with and accompanying of the promise of grace and salvation; it doth therein and thereby leave a supernatural dint and power, and a spiritual and overpowering virtue upon the soul, and thereby carries it, and brings it unto Christ, and there lieth a great weight, and observe it: The principal and efficient cause in the work of the soul, to bring it to believing, it is not so much any thing in the soul, as a spiritual assisting, and moving, and working upon the soul; by virtue of which working and motion it is moved and carried to the Lord Jesus Christ, as thus: the spirit let in a power to stir hope, and it is stirred and moved; it lets in a power to quicken desire, and it goes; it lets in a power to kindle love, and it flames; it lets in a power to persuade the will, and it takes and chooses: the Spirit moves upon these faculties, and by virtue thereof they are moved, and carried to the Lord: therefore I conceive the main principal cause of faith is rather an assisting power working upon, than any inward principal put into the soul to work of it self, but the work is upon the soul: the soul by that power and assistance is conveyed and carried home to Christ: observe it, I will express it in several passages, because here lies the difficulty of the point.

Conclus. 2 The second is this, and I take it to bee somewhat difficult; the Spirit of grace, the holy Ghost, the third Person in Trinitie, working ⟨p. 29⟩with and accompanying of the promise of grace and salvation; it doth therein and thereby leave a supernaturall dint and power, and a spirituall and overpowring vertue upon the soule, and thereby carries it, and brings it unto Christ, and there lieth a great weight, and observe it: The principall and efficient cause in the worke of the soule, to bring it to beleeving, it is not so much any thing in the soule, as a spirituall assisting, and moving, and working upon the soule; by vertue of which working and motion it is moved and carried to the Lord Iesus Christ, as thus: the spirit let in a power to stirre hope, and it is stirred and moved; it lets in a power to quicken desire, and it goes; it lets in a power to kindle love, and it flames; it lets in a power to perswade the will, and it takes and chuses: the Spirit moves upon these faculties, and by vertue thereof they are moved, and carried to the Lord: therefore I conceive the maine principall cause of faith is rather an assisting power working upon, than any inward principall put into the soule to worke of it selfe, but the worke is upon the soule: the soule by that power and assistance is conveyed and carried home to Christ: observe it, I will expresse it in severall passages, because here lies the difficulty of the point.