An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…

Thirdly, He is not only our Father, but he sendeth his Spirit into our hearts, to assure us of this, and to be more affected with it, Rom. 8. 15. Gal. 4. 6. For whereas in nature, there the child by a natural instinct is carried out to his father, and to call upon him; It is not thus in grace, for when God is become our Father, then we need the Spirit of God to assure us of this, to make us believe it; of our selves we should rather conclude, he is our enemy, and our Judge; but this Spirit of God putteth a filial confidence into us. Again, it doth not only assure us, but enableth us against all those doubts and jealousies we have to the contrary, to cry Father, ⟨p. 121⟩that denoteth the soul is in a very great agony, many objections and oppositions it hath; but yet we are enabled against our hearts, and against the Devils temptations thus to do:

Thirdly, He is not only our Father, but he sendeth his Spirit into our hearts, to assure us of this, and to be more affected with it, Rom. 8. 15. Gal. 4. 6. For whereas in nature, there the child by a natural instinct is carried out to his father, and to call upon him; It is not thus in grace, for when God is become our Father, then we need the Spirit of God to assure us of this, to make us believe it; of our selves we should rather conclude, he is our enemy, and our Judge; but this Spirit of God putteth a filial confidence into us. Again, it doth not only assure us, but inableth us against all those doubts and jealousies we have to the contrary, to cry Father, ⟨p. 121⟩that denoteth the soul is in a very great agony, many objections and oppositions it hath; but yet we are enabled against our hearts, and against the Devils temptations thus to do: