Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

First he shows himself kind and favourable to us, enlightening, giving comfort, refreshing, framing and ruling ou• spirits that be•ore he did not: and he doth not in others he is said to dwell in the Temple, because his eyes are upon it, his ears are there open to hear the prayers of men, his mercy seat is there. Tis true, God fills heaven and earth: yet he is said to dwell in the Temple, because there he manifesteth his peculiar presence; so the phrases of the Scripture are to be understood. Go not up for God is not with you. That is, he will not assist you. God dwells where he assists: he dwells not where he helps not. That you may understand this; consider these four particulars.

First he shewes himself kinde and favourable to us, inlightning, giving comfort, refreshing, framing and ruling ou• spirits that be•ore he did not: and he doth not in others he is said to dwell in the Temple, because his eyes are upon it, his ears are there open to hear the prayers of men, his mercy seat is there. Tis true, God fills heaven and earth: yet he is said to dwell in the Temple, because there he manifesteth his peculiar presence; so the phrases of the Scripture are to be understood. Go not up for God is not with you. That is, he will not assist you. God dwells where he assists: he dwells not where he helpes not. That you may understand this; consider these four particulars.

First where a man dwells, he must come to the house and abide in it: so Christ comes into the hearts of believers ¹in whom he dwells, and unites himself to them, and their hearts to him. And that is done by a double act of the Spirit: First he humbleth and convinceth men ²of sin, he makes some alive, and us to be dead, the way to life is death, as the corn dies that it may live. And this the spirit of bondage doth by putting an edge to the Law, by making men desirous of Christ. Secondly the Spirit of adoption that unites us, that persuades us