Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…

The third benefit, that a Christian hath by the ¹Spirit, is this, it breeds heavenly and spiritual effects in the soul, as joy, and comfort, and the like: and therefore in John 14. he is called the Comforter. First, I say, the Spirit will beget joy in the soul, ²and therefore saith Christ, he will (speaking of the Spirit) lead you unto all peace, and joy in believing: now I make a difference between joy and comfort thus; joy is unto the soul, as a wall is unto a City, the wall doth compass the City, and so is a defence for it, that is, it keeps petty dangers out; so doth joy, it walls and fences the ⟨p. 164⟩soul, and keeps out many enemies, that otherwise would destroy it. (2.) effect is comfort, and this I call a Bulwark: because a Bulwark is of ³greater strength to beat back, and keep out any that shall besiege it, and makes the Citizens more secure; so comfort is the Bulwark of the soul, against the greatest temptations and trials, it makes the soul secure, resting upon Christ. (3.) effect, that the Spirit begets, is boldness, that is, ⁴there is no true boldness without the Spirit: Let Adam witness it, ask him what boldness he had when he hid himself from God, and what was the reason of it; but because he wanted the Spirit, and on the contrary, when the Disciples had received the Spirit, they spake with boldness. (4.) effect, that the Spirit begets, is, holy and heavenly desires in the soul, therefore the Church in ⁵the Canticles, when she had got the Spirit, she had bred in her loving desires after Christ, as in Canticles 1. 7. she is marvellous inquisitive where ⁶to find Christ; for what is the reason that there is in men such a want of holy desires: but because they have not this Spirit. (5.) effect, that the Spirit