The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded

(4) Such Persons only know how to use and improve all Communications of a sense of Divine Love. These things are not granted unto us to lye by us, without any use of them. They are gracious Provisions wherewith we are furnished to enable us unto all other Duties, Conflicts, and Trials. On all Occasions are they to be called over for our Spiritual Relief and Encouragement. Hereby are they safely retained. For in the due improvement of them, they grow more bright in our Minds every day, and are ready for use, in which posture they are safely preserved. But these things will yet be farther manifest in the Instances that ensue.

(4) Such Persons only know how to use and improve all Communications of a sense of Divine Love. These things are not granted unto us to lye by us, without any use of them. They are gratious Provisions wherewith we are furnished to enable us unto all other Duties, Conflicts, and Tryals. On all Occasions are they to be called over for our Spiritual Relief and Encouragement. Hereby are they safely retained. For in the due improvement of them, they grow more bright in our Minds every day, and are ready for use, in which posture they are safely preserved. But these things will yet be farther manifest in the Instances that ensue.

(2) This Frame of Mind casts out all Principles, and Causes of Trouble and Disquietment, which are inconsistent with Life and Peace. There are in us by nature Principles of Contrariety and Opposition unto Spiritual Life and Peace, with sundry things, whose Abode and Prevalency in us, is inconsistent with them. I shall give only one or two Instances hereof.

(1) It will cast out all Filthiness and Superfluity of naughtiness from our Minds. Without this, we can receive no Benefit by the means of Grace, nor perform any Duty in a right manner,