A20766:1729
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propounded : more largely & clearly handled and explained / published by John Downame ...The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ...
London: printed by Willi, 1625
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.
First, Where the Spirit is, it epurifieth and cleanseth the heart, maketh all whole and clean, as a grief set into a Stock, doth alter and change the nature of it: wherefore Sanctification of the whole man, is an unseparable companion of the Regenerate estate; fThat which is borne of the Spirit, is Spirit, heavenly, and spiritual.
First, Where the Spirit is, it epurifieth and clenseth the heart, maketh all whole and cleane, as a griffe set into a Stock, doth alter and change the nature of it: wherefore Sanctification of the whole man, is an vnseparable companion of the Regenerate estate; fThat which is borne of the Spirit, is Spirit, heauenly, and spirituall.
Secondly, That living in the Spirit, it is as natural for us (so far as we do live in the Spirit, that is to say, are Regenerate, and consequently sanctified) to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, Love, Joy, Peace, &c. as they are reckoned, Gola. 5. 22. as it is for fire to burn, for the wind to blow, &c. which is it the Apostle saith there, gIf we live in the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. And so are the graces of the Spirit distinguished from the Spirit dwelling in us, as the effects from the cause, in the very same manner, as the work of reasoning and disputing is, from our reasonable soul it self.