and we & all our powers that we had in creation, must be dead passive organs; Industry, Arts, Sciences, Tongues, Labouring, acting of ⟨p. 222⟩Duties, quite removed, as flesh and corruption, and we turned in all spirit. See Rise reign, Er. 1, 2. For Saltm. saith, Sparkles of Glory, 230, 231. all other askings or seekings of God, which are not thus in Spirit, or in the will or mind of God, in some evidence or pure work of the Spirit, is but the askings of creatures, as creatures. All exhortations in Scripture to this duty, as, Seek ye my face, Pray continually, are only then rightly, effectually, and properly applied and obeyed, when the Spirit of God doth it in the Christian, when the Spirit of God breathes in, and reveals the will of God, and acts in the duty, or expressions, and the Christian speaks in himself, or the presence of others, that mind of God, and so the Spirit of God clothes it self in flesh, or letter, or expressions as to the outward man. If by a pure work of the Spirit, Saltmarsh mean, that the Spirit acteth as the principal determining, moving, acting cause, carrying on the work so, as our Spirit, and natural faculties of mind, will, affection, have their own subordinate, and inferior active influence in the work, the holy Ghost helping our infirmities, it is good; but this is no new light, nor Familisticall secret of all Spirit, but that which Protestants teach against Den, and other Arminians, & old liars, and new lights. But • fear, a pure work of the Spirit, is as much as the Spirit acts purely, wholly, only, in praying, and all supernatural acts, and the natural faculties, strength, power and life of the first creation are destroyed and annihilated, so as we are dead passive Organs, doing nothing, but the Spirit doth all, as Libertines say: Second causes work nothing, but God, as the soul of all, worketh all in all creatures. This is the secret, and so the praying, and all the supernatural duties of believers, are pure works of the Spirit, and works of all Spirit, and perfect according to the rigour of the Law: for the acts of the pure Spirit admitting of no retardment, pollution, or sin from our nature, must be as perfect as pure works of Angels. And if our natural faculties be not wholly dead, they are but acts of the creature, as the creature:
and we & all our powers that we had in creation, must be dead passive organs; Industry, Arts, Sciences, Tongues, Labouring, acting of ⟨p. 222⟩Duties, quite removed, as flesh and corruption, and we turned in all spirit. See Rise reign, Er. 1, 2. For Saltm. saith, Sparkles of Glory, 230, 231. all other askings or seekings of God, which are not thus in Spirit, or in the will or mind of God, in some evidence or pure work of the Spirit, is but the askings of creatures, as creatures. All exhortations in Scripture to this duty, as, Seek yee my face, Pray continually, are onely then rightly, effectually, and properly applied and obeyed, when the Spirit of God doth it in the Christian, when the Spirit of God breathes in, and reveals the will of God, and acts in the duty, or expressions, and the Christian speakes in himselfe, or the presence of others, that mind of God, and so the Spirit of God cloathes it selfe in flesh, or letter, or expressions as to the outward man. If by a pure work of the Spirit, Saltmarsh mean, that the Spirit acteth as the principall determining, moving, acting cause, carrying on the work so, as our Spirit, and naturall faculties of mind, will, affection, have their own subordinate, and inferiour active influence in the work, the holy Ghost helping our infirmities, it is good; but this is no new light, nor Familisticall secret of all Spirit, but that which Protestants teach against Den, and other Arminians, & old liers, and new lights. But • feare, a pure work of the Spirit, is as much as the Spirit acts purely, wholly, only, in praying, and all supernaturall acts, and the naturall faculties, strength, power and life of the first creation are destroyed and annihilated, so as we are dead passive Organs, doing nothing, but the Spirit doth all, as Libertines say: Second causes work nothing, but God, as the soul of all, worketh all in all creatures. This is the secret, and so the praying, and all the supernaturall duties of beleevers, are pure works of the Spirit, and works of all Spirit, and perfect according to the rigor of the Law: for the acts of the pure Spirit admitting of no retardment, pollution, or sinne from our nature, must be as perfect as pure works of Angels. And if our naturall faculties be not wholly dead, they are but acts of the creature, as the creature:
