[The sincere convert, discovering the small number of true believers, and the great difficulty…[The sincere convert, discovering the small number of true beleevers, and the great difficulty…

Again, the false spirit having given a man comfort and peace, suffereth a man to rest in that estate; but the true Spirit having made the soul t•ste the love of the Lord, stirreth up the soul to do a work mightily for the Lord. Now the soul crieth out. What shall I do for Christ that hath done wonders for me? If every hair of my head were a tongue to speak of his goodness, it were too little, Nehem. 8.10. The joy of the Lord is our strength, ⟨p. 164⟩Psal. 51.12. Uphold me with thy free spirit• or as the Chaldean paraphrase hath it, thy kingly spirit. The spirit of adoption in Gods child is no underling, suffering men to lie down, and cry, My desires are good, but flesh is frail. No, it is a kingly spirit that reigneth where it liveth.

Again, the false spirit having given a man comfort and peace, suffereth a man to rest in that estate; but the true Spirit having made the soul t•ste the love of the Lord, stirreth up the soul to do a work mightily for the Lord. Now the soul cryeth out. What shal I do for Christ that hath done wonders for me? If every hair of my head were a tongue to speak of his goodness, it were too little, Nehem. 8.10. The joy of the Lord is our strength, ⟨p. 164⟩Psal. 51.12. Uphold me with thy free spirit• or as the Chaldean paraphrase hath it, thy kingly spirit. The spirit of adoption in Gods child is no underling, suffering men to ly down, and cry, My desires are good, but flesh is frail. No, it is a kingly spirit that reigneth where it liveth.