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And so ye see what we have to bear in mind in this that Saint Paul sayeth, that we be sealed and marked by Gods spirit.

And so yee see what wee haue to beare in mynd in this that Saint Paule sayeth, that wee be sealed and marked by Gods spirit.

And now he warneth us, that it is too heinous a crime too grieve him, yea & to intolerable a treachery. I have told you already, that this similitude intendeth not to impute any excessive passion to Gods spirit: but too put us too shame, and too make the hear too stand up upon our heads. Behold (sayeth Saint Paul), Gods spirit hath chosen his dwelling place in us,¹ (according as it is said in another place, that not only our souls, but also our bodies are the temples of the holy Ghost) and he is glad too be in us, and too abide there, and too make it his continual home: now then if we fall too spiting of him, as though we minded too chase him and banish him from us, is it not too devilish a dealing? And yet notwithstanding, when we seek allurements of unthriftiness, when we take leave too corrupt our selves by lewd and loose talk, and when we labour too have other naughty means too turn us away from the fear of God, and too bring our consciences asleep: it is all one as if we endeavoured of set purpose too chase away and too banish Gods spirit from us, and too say, we will have ⟨image 250⟩no more acquaintance with him. Must we not needs be most miserable and cursed creatures, when we overshoot our selves so far? That then is the thing that S. Paul had an eye unto.

And now he warneth vs, that it is too heynous a cryme too greeue him, yea & to intollerable a trecherie. I haue told you alredy, that this similitude intendeth not to impute any excessiue passiō to Gods spirit: but too put vs too shame, and too make the heare too stand vp vpon our heads. Behold (sayeth Saint Paule), Gods spirit hath chozen his dwelling place in vs,