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…

Thirdly, frequent the Ordinances ¹of God, where the Spirit uses to breath; set your souls before the work of Gods Spirit: The Spirit breaths where it listeth, therefore it must be attended upon in those ⟨p. 240⟩ways which it self chooseth. Though your spirits be never so dead, and polluted, who knows but that at length in the attending upon God in his way, the Spirit of God may breath upon you, may breath in you the breath of life? it hath breathed upon as dead, polluted spirits as yours, and it hath cleansed them, sanctified them, it hath filled them full of spiritual and glorious excellencies.

Thirdly, frequent the Ordinances ¹of God, where the Spirit uses to breath; set your soules before the worke of Gods Spirit: The Spirit breaths where it listeth, therefore it must bee attended upon in those ⟨p. 240⟩wayes which it self chuseth. Though your spirits bee never so dead, and polluted, who knowes but that at length in the attending upon God in his way, the Spirit of God may breath upon you, may breath in you the breath of life? it hath breath'd upon as dead, polluted spirits as yours, and it hath cleansed them, sanctified them, it hath filled them full of spirituall and glorious excellencies.

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Fourthly, nourish and make good use of those common works of ¹Gods Spirit you have already; they have much excellency in them; & if they be not rested in, but improved, they may be very serviceable for the work of Gods grace; but as Christ says of the riches of the world, If you be not faithful in them, who will trust you with the true riches; so if you be not careful to make use of the common works of Gods Spirit, how can it be expected that the Lord should bless you with further mercy this way? Be sure you do not wilfully go against the rules of right