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A fountain sealed: or, The duty of the sealed to the Spirit, and the…
A fountain sealed: or, The duty of the sealed to the Spirit, and the work of the Spirit in sealing. Wherein many things are handled about the Holy Spirit, and grieving of it: as also of assurance and sealing what it is, the privileges and degrees of it, with the signs to discern, and means to preserve it. : Being the substance of divers sermons preached at Gray's Inn. / By that Reverend Divine, Richard Sibbes D.D. and sometimes preacher to that honourable society.A fountain sealed: or, The duty of the sealed to the Spirit, and the worke of the Spirit in sealing. Wherein many things are handled about the Holy Spirit, and grieving of it: as also of assurance and sealing what it is, the priviledges and degrees of it, with the signes to discerne, and means to preserve it. : Being the substance of divers sermons preached at Grayes Inne. / By that Reverend Divine, Richard Sibbes D.D. and sometimes preacher to that honourable society.
London: printed by Thomas Harper for Lawrence Chapman, 1638
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
When we find a proneness to divert to other comforts, and to hold correspondency with carnal persons: and delight not a• formerly in the communion of Saints, but find an in differency for any acquaintance. When we drive hardly, and our wheels fall off; when conscience will not let us omit good duties, ⟨p. 71⟩and yet we want the oil of the Spirit to make us strong and nimble in the performance of them: whereupon they come not off with that acceptance to God or our own spirits. These indispositions show we have not used the Spirit well, whom otherwise we should find a Spirit of strength, a Spirit of comfort, a quickening Spirit.
When wee finde a prounenesse to divert to other comforts, and to hold cor•respondency with carnall persons: and delight not a• formerly in the communion of Saints, but finde an in differency for any acquaintance. When we drive hardly, and our wheeles fall off; when conscience will not let us omit good duties, ⟨p. 71⟩and yet we want the oyle of the Spirit to make us strong and nimble in the performance of them: whereupon they come not off with that acceptance to God or our owne spirits. These indispositions shew we have not used the Spirit well, whom otherwise wee should finde a Spirit of strength, a Spirit of comfort, a quickening Spirit.
1The issues of grieving the Spirit, will prove very dangerous: for the Spirit may justly leave us to our own spirits and deceitful hearts; which as they are arch Flatterers, so will prove arch-Traitors to us, and so let in a worse guest into our souls. The ill Spirit is always ready, presently to ⟨p. 72⟩take possession; who, by joining with the stream o our corruptions, may please us for a time, but will destroy us for ever.