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The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of…The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of…
The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Jer. Burroughs minister of Gods Word.The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Ier. Burroughes minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Miles for R. Dawlman, 1639
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CAP. X.1
- 1Cap. 10.
That all those whose spirits God hath thus differenced, should improve this Mercy, by walking not as other men.
IF God hath been merciful to you, in giving you another spirit, improve this mercy; show in all your ways that you are acted by another spirit: let the renewed spirit guide you, let the beauty and excellency of it appear: If we live in the spirit, let us walk in the spirit, says the Apostle, Gal. 5. 25. The works of the flesh are manifest, Gal. 5. 19. Why should not the works of the spirit be so too? God hath beautified your spirits with his own Image, in this he hath honoured you, that you might honour him, in holding forth the beauty and excellency of his Image; he hath made you a peculiar people, to that end that you might show forth the virtues of him, who ⟨p. 180⟩hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light,