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…

Thus you see how you may examine your spirits, whether the excellencies of them be natural, whether they be only moral, or truly spiritual. By these Notes you may see, that to be true of your selves, that our Saviour said to his Disciples in another case; You know not of what ⟨p. 238⟩spirit you are. Though God hath given you many excellent blessings, beautified your spirits with many excellent endowments, which are in themselves lovely & desirable; yet he hath not raised your spirits to that true spiritual excellency that he useth to raise the spirits of his people unto, even in this world. There are yet other higher excellencies to be attained to, to be sought after, without which all the other you have will vanish, and never bring up your souls to the enjoyment of God as yours in Christ.

Thus you see how you may examine your spirits, whether the excellencies of them be naturall, whether they be onely morall, or truely spirituall. By these Notes you may see, that to bee true of your selves, that our Saviour said to his Disciples in another case; You know not of what ⟨p. 238⟩spirit you are. Though God hath given you many excellent blessings, beautified your spirits with many excellents endowments, which are in themselves lovely & desirable; yet he hath not raised your spirits to that true spirituall excellency that he useth to raise the spirits of his people unto, even in this world. There are yet other higher excellencies to be attained to, to be sought after, without which all the other you have will vanish, and never bring up your soules to the enjoyment of God as yours in Christ.

But what should be done that we ¹may get another spirit?

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