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…

Sixthly, God hath put other dignities ¹upon you, that he hath not put upon other men; he hath made you Citizens of the new Jerusalem, favourites of heaven, heirs, co-heirs with the Lord Jesus Christ. God hath raised you above the condition of men; and therefore you must not walk as men. The Apostle, 1 Cor. 3. 3. blamed the Corinthians that they did walk as men: He hath redeemed you from the earth, Revel• 4. 3. Therefore you must not walk as the men of the earth: God hath not dealt thus with other people, they know not what these things mean. Therefore well may the Lord expect from you other manner of service and honour, than he hath from other men.

Sixthly, God hath put other dignities ¹upon you, that hee hath not put upon other men; he hath made you Citizens of the new Ierusalem, favorites of heaven, heires, co-heires with the Lord Jesus Christ. God hath raised you above the condition of men; and therefore you must not walk as men. The Apostle, 1 Cor. 3. 3. blamed the Corinthians that they did walke as men: Hee hath redeemed you from the earth, Revel• 4. 3. Therefore you must not walke as the men of the earth: God hath not dealt thus with other people, they know not what these things meane. Therefore well may the Lord expect from you other manner of service and honour, than he hath from other men.

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Seventhly, more depends upon you, ¹than upon others; the weight of many services depends all upon you, which are no ways expected to be performed by others: What shall become of Gods Name, his Glory,