Influences of the life of grace

But there are some causes do more. The soul is a cause of the living man; and when the soul is removed, the man dies: the face looking on the glass is the cause of the image, both in its production and conservation: remove the face, and the image vanisheth away: the Sun is the cause of day-light, which is transfused through the air, from the East to the West. When the Sun goes down to another Horizon, day-light vanisheth away, because the Sun not by a deputy, and by virtue communicated to another, is the cause of the airs enlightening, but is the cause of day-light, both as touching the creating of it in fieri, and as touching the preserving of it, or in conservari & facto esse. So is God the cause of all creatures, both as touching being, and continuation being; the Lord made all things, and when they are made, the house of heaven and earth should return to nothing, if the Lord should withdraw ⟨p. 436⟩his causative influence. But in a special manner the Lord is every wa• the cause of grace, of our spiritual life, and of all our actings of grace. The new life should turn to nothing, if Christ withdraw his gracious influence, and it is that our poor little image and spiritual breaths are in his hand, both touching production and conservation by his graces breathing. Hence if the Angel of his presence go with us, his hand in our right hand, Psal. 73. 23. let us say, 1. As Moses after the Lord had promised, Exod. 33. 15. If thy presence go not (with me) carry me not hence. Ah, who refuse a journey except God go with him, and be at his right hand, and fixes the mind on this, I will not go to the pulpit as a Minister, nor to the bench as a Judge, nor to the field as a soldier, except the Lord lead me, and hold me by his right hand? Do ye miss influences of grace, and the leading of the Spirit in a spiritual way of eating,¹ sleeping, waking, buying, journeying? It is good.

But there are some causes doe more. The soul is a cause of the living man; and when the soul is removed, the man dies: the face looking on the glass is the cause of the image, both in its production and conservation: remove the face, and the image vanisheth away: the Sunne is the cause of day-light, which is transfused through the aire, from the East to the West. When the Sun goes down to another Horizon, day-light vanisheth away, because the Sun not by a deputy, and by vertue communicated to another, is the cause of the aires enlightning, but is the cause of day-light, both as touching the creating of it in fieri, and as touching the preserving of it, or in conservari & facto esse. So is God the cause of all creatures, both as touching being, and continuation being; the Lord made all things, and when they are made, the house of heaven and earth should return to nothing, if the Lord should withdraw