10. The spiritualty of our souls is in a sort of dominion over the letter of the word, when our souls are transformed into the things contained in the Gospel, and we are changed into the spiritualness of the word, so Rom. 6.17. the Gospel is called a form, a mould, a signet, for look what letters and characters are in the signet of silver or brass, these same characters, in length and breadth and just proportion, are instamped on the wax or the paper, the Gospel contains the Lord Jesus, 1his image the lineaments of Christ in a new mind, new will, renewed affections, knowledge, love, meekness, patience, lowliness, &c. it is a moral containing of Christ, as the sign containeth the thing that is signified by the sign, the Spirit instamps and forms (as it were) another Christ, that is, his living spiritual image in our soul, Gal. 4.19. a new engraving of the new work and new creation of the second Adam, 2 Cor. 5.17. on our hearts,2 which is called the Law in the inward parts, when we have the same stamp and image of Christ, and are changed over into the Gospel, not into the letters of the Gospel, or into the external words, but are new-moulded into the Spirit, and new spiritual nature of the second Adam, and are borne of the Spirit, Joh. 3.5, 6. the word is called the seed, 1 Pet. 1.23. the tree is virtually in the seed; the new birth, and new Spirit we receive in regeneration is in the word virtually, as the thing signified in the sign; so are we said, 2 Cor. 3.18. to be changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. And the Spirit looks to his copy or sampler, and look what lineaments, legs, limbs, proportion of members ⟨p. 323⟩are in the second Adam, these same the Spirit by the word preached, draws and frames in us, now the second Adam, the man Christ, in his spirituals, is the first borne of every creature Col. 1.15. Christ is the master piece, the flower and glory of the Acts of God, in creating new creatures after the second creation, and there is framed on him holiness, lowliness, meekness, humility, patience, heavenly mindedness, and the spirit according to this glorious mould draws the legs, arms, and all the several limbs and members of the new creature in the Saints, and he makes efficaciously good, that part of the word: Learn of me that I am meek and lowly, Mat. 11.29.
10. The spiritualty of our soules is in a sort of dominion over the letter of the word, when our soules are transformed into the things contained in the Gospell, and we are changed into the spiritualnesse of the word, so Rom. 6.17. the Gospell is called a forme, a mould, a signet, for looke what letters and characters are in the signet of silver or brasse, these same characters, in length and breadth and just proportion, are instamped on the wax or the paper, the Gospell containes the Lord Jesus, 1his image the lineaments of Christ in a new minde, new will, renewed affections, knowledge, love, meeknesse, patience, lowlinesse, &c. it is a morall containing of Christ, as the signe containeth the thing that is signified by the signe, the Spirit instamps and forms (as it were) another Christ, that is, his living spirituall image in our soule, Gal. 4.19. a new ingraving of the new worke and new creation of the second Adam, 2 Cor. 5.17. on our hearts,2 which is called the Law in the inward parts, when wee have the same stampe and image of Christ, and are changed over into the Gospel, not into the letters of the Gospel, or into the externall words, but are new-moulded into the Spirit, and new spirituall nature of the second Adam, and are borne of the Spirit, Joh. 3.5, 6. the word is called the seed, 1 Pet. 1.23. the tree is vertually in the seed; the new birth, and new Spirit we receive in regeneration is in the word vertually, as the thing signified in the signe; so are we said, 2 Cor. 3.18. to bee changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. And the Spirit lookes to his copy or sampler, and looke what lineaments, legs, limbs, proportion of members ⟨p. 323⟩are in the second Adam, these same the Spirit by the word preached, draws and frames in us, now the second Adam, the man Christ, in his spirituals, is the first borne of every creature Col. 1.15. Christ is the master peece, the flower and glory of the Acts of God, in creating new creatures after the second creation, and there is framed on him holinesse, lowlinesse, meeknesse, humility, patience, heavenly mindednesse, and the spirit according to this glorious mould draws the legges, armes, and all the severall limbes and members of the new creature in the Saints, and he makes efficaciously good, that part of the word: Learne of me that I am meek and lowly,
- 1How we are changed into the same spiritualness contained in the Gospel.How we are changed into the same spiritualnesse contained in the Gospel.
- 2Jer. 31.
