The Godly Man's Picture

10. A godly man hath the Spirit of God residing in him,¹ 2 Tim. 1. 14. The Holy Ghost which dwelleth in ^*us. The Schoolmen move the question, whether a man receive the Holy Ghost himself or no? Montanus held that the godly have so Gods Spirit in them, that they partake of his Essence, and are become one person with himself; but this amounts to no less than blasphemy; then it would follow, that every Saint were to be worshipped.

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2. *Gal. 4. 6.

I conceive the spirit is in the godly per modum influxus, they have the presence, and receive the sacred influences of it: When the Sun comes into a room, not the body of the Sun is there, but the beams that sparkle from it: Indeed, some Divines have thought, that the godly have more than the influx of the spirit, though to say how it is more, is ineffable, and is fitter for some Seraphic Pen to describe than mine. The Spirit of God discovers its self in a gracious soul two ways.

I conceive the spirit is in the godly per modum influxus, they have the presence, and receive the sacred influences of it: When the Sun comes into a room, not the body of the Sun is there, but the beams that sparkle from it: Indeed, some Divines have thought, that the godly have more than the influx of the spirit, though to say how it is more, is ineffable, and is fitter for some Seraphique Pen to describe than mine. The Spirit of God discovers its self in a gracious soul two wayes.