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 more fully we follow on in Gods ways, the more full will the testimony of the witnesses both in heaven and earth be, in witnessing our blessed estate unto us: Those three witnesses in heaven, the Father, Word, and Holy Ghost, and those three on earth, the spirit, water, and the blood, of which S. John in his 1 Epistle 5. 7, 8. they will all come with their full testimony, to that soul ⟨p. 385⟩which follows God fully. By following the Lord fully, we keep our evidences clear; sin blots and blurs our evidences, that oftentimes we cannot read them; but when the heart keeps close to God, and walks fully with him, then all is kept fair. The Kingdom of God consists in righteousness, peace, and joy; the more fully we are brought into his Kingdom, the more fully we are under his government; as there will be the more righteousness, so the more peace, and joy. Es. 9. 7. Of the increase of his government, and peace, there shall be no end, saith the Text. The more increase there is of Christs government in the soul, the more full it is, the more peace will be there.

The more fully we follow on in Gods wayes, the more full will the testimony of the witnesses both in heaven and earth bee, in witnessing our blessed estate unto us: Those three witnesses in heaven, the Father, Word, and Holy Ghost, and those three on earth, the spirit, water, and the blood, of which S. Iohn in his 1 Epistle 5. 7, 8. they will all come with their full testimony, to that soule ⟨p. 385⟩which followes God fully. By following the Lord fully, wee keep our evidences cleare; sinne blots and blurs our evidences, that oftentimes wee cannot reade them; but when the heart keeps close to God, and walks fully with him, then all is kept faire. The Kingdome of God consists in righteousnesse, peace, and joy; the more fully wee are brought into his Kingdome, the more fully wee are under his government; as there will bee the more righteousnesse, so the more peace, and joy. Es. 9. 7. Of the encrease of his government, and peace, there shall bee no end, saith the Text. The more encrease there is of Christs government in the soule, the more full it is, the more peace will be there.