The Godly Man's Picture

Answ. It is from the mighty operation of ⟨p. 337⟩the Holy Ghost; the Spirit of God, who is origo originans, doth continually excite and quicken grace in the heart: He is every day at work in a believer; he pours in oil, and keeps the Lamp of Grace burning: Grace is compared to a river of life, Joh. 7. 38. The river of grace can never be dried up, for the Spirit of God is the Spring which feeds it.

Answ. It is from the mighty operation of ⟨p. 337⟩the Holy Ghost; the Spirit of God, who is origo originans, doth continually excite and quicken grace in the heart: He is every day at work in a believer; he powres in oyl, and keeps the Lamp of Grace burning: Grace is compared to a river of life, Ioh. 7. 38. The river of grace can never be dri•d up, for the Spirit of God is the Spring which feeds it.

Now that the smoking flax cannot be quenched, is evident from the Covenant of Grace, Isa. 54. 10. The Mountains shall depart, and the Hills be removed, but the Covenant of my peace shall not be removed, saith the Lord. If there be falling from grace, how is it an immovable Covenant? If grace die, and the smoking flax be quenched, wherein is our state in Christ better than it was in Adam? The Covenant of Grace is called, A better Covenant, Heb. 7. 22. How is it a better Covenant than that which was made with Adam? Not only because it hath a better Surety, and contains better privileges, but because it hath better conditions annexed to it, It is ordered in all things, and sure,