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…

1 This other spirit is a renewed spirit; A new spirit will I give you, ¹saith the Lord, in 11. Ezek: 19. It doth not arise out of principles bid up with us; the Lord makes the spirit sensible of its natural corruption and weakness, and of the Almighty work of his grace upon it. It […] made another spirit, by a high and supernatural work of God upon the soul, working a mighty change in it, creating new principles, new habits. Examine what change have you found in your spirits; if they be no other then ever have been, yea; if the change be only gradual, not essential, if it be only the raising of some natural principles, so as to enable you to live in somewhat a fairer way then you did; if it be not the work of God breaking your spirits in pieces, and making of them anew, if it be not a new creation in you; surely then, yet, your spirits are void of that true blessed excellency, that this other spirit hath.

1 This other spirit is a renew•d spirit; A new spirit will I give ya, ¹saith the Lord, in 11. Ezek: 19. It doth not arise out of principles bid up with us; the Lord makes the spirit sensible of its natural corruption and weakenesse, and of the Almighty worke of his grace upon it. It 〈…〉 made another spirit, by a high and supernaturall worke of God upon the soule, working a mighty change in it, creating new principles, new habits. Examine what change have you found in your spirits; if they be no other then ever have beene, yea; if the change be onely graduall, not essentiall, if it be onely the raising of some naturall principles, so as to enable you to live in somewhat a fairer way then you did; if it bee not the worke of God breaking your spirits in pieces, and making of them anew, if it bee not a new creation in you; surely then, yet, your spirits are void of that true blessed excellency, that this other spirit hath.

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