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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 excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Jer. Burroughs minister of Gods Word.The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Ier. Burroughes minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Miles for R. Dawlman, 1639
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Eighthly, it is a sanctified spirit: 1 Thess. 4. 8, He hath made us partakers of his holy spirit: Chap. 5, 23. I pray God sanctify you throughout, your whole spirit and soul. Sanctified, that is,
Eighthly, it is a sanctified spirit: 1 Thess. 4. 8, He hath made us partakers of his holy spirit: Chap. 5, 23. I pray God sanctisie you throughout, your whole spirit and soule. Sanctified, that is,
1 Not such a mixed spirit, as the 1common spirit of the world, hath not that mixture of filth and dross in it, ⟨p. 62⟩but is pure; purity consists in freedom from mixture with that which is of a baser nature, if mixed with that which is of a superior nature, that doth not make the thing impure; as when silver is mixed with gold, but when it is mixed with lead or dross. The spirits of the godly are mixed with grace, but that makes them more excellent and pure; such mixture of spiritual excellency that is above the excellency of the soul, their spirits close with: but if there come any mixture with that which is base, beneath the excellency of the spirit, this defiles, and this their spirits cannot close with, but are sensible of the evil of it, and never leave working till they have purged it out from them.
1 Not such a mixt spirit, as the 1common spirit of the world, hath not that mixture of filth and drosse in it, ⟨p. 62⟩but is pure; purity consists in freedome from mixture with that which is of a baser nature, if mixt with that which is of a superiour nature, that doth not make the thing impure; as when silver is mixed with gold, but when it is mixed with lead or drosse. The spirits of the godly are mixed with grace, but that makes them more excellent and pure; such mixture of spirituall excellency that is above the excellency of the soule, their spirits close with: but if there come any mixture with that which is base, beneath the excellency of the spirit, this defiles, and this their spirits cannot close with, but are sensible of the evill of it, and never leave working till they have purged it out from them.