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Show Ti"hatChrifls fr11it1t, 'ttnihow fwut? areftl'eellmto the Souls of Go'ds people they ordinari i ~ receive in and by his Ordinances,as the In!lruments that convey u:Tby word hath quick,nedme, Pfal. 1 99• 5c. Thy word u a lzght unto W)' feet, and a /amborll to mypatbn, v. zc7. Thus I have opened to you.the fecond . particular, and rhcwed how Cbrijl! fecond fort of fnut zs ' f weet to the believers ta!l:e. The Thrid which I mentioned was, his Spiritu.Z infiuenctJ, .Thefe alfo are Chri!ls fruit: They are the fro its ofthe fr~iz; bm ·the Spirit. it fclf was Chrifl! fruit. He is called the Spirit nf Chrift, not OP.ely in refpeCl: of his Eternal prccellion both from the fathtr . and the Son; llut as his influences, were patt of Chrifls purchafe, and Chri!l had a fpeciall-.and in the fending of him. I willfi'Hdtl" • ,contforlfr,faich he: Now thcfe influences are various upon the Souls . of his people. There are fome that are called commo11 Gifzs, they proceed from the Spirit, but do not diftingoi!h one who is the Child of God from one that is not fo: fuch now are the gifts of ·Preaching ( orProphefying ) Math. 7· 24. fomerhall fa¥wehaVt Prophejyed in thy namt, to whom he wtll fay def>artfrom me Il{_no111 :Jill' net. So the gift of Prayer, it is a gift of Gods Spirit and a mofi .excellent gifr; but not di!linguirhing. Thofe Math 7· faid,ll'e /me .cpr.tyed in thy name. An ability to exprefsour minds toGod in pray· .er: And to exprefs Gods mind to his people in Preachi><g, they are admirable gifts, and very f weet to us; but they are not dillin· go jibing. There are other di{linguijhing gifts or influences of the .Spirit of grace which are fweet unto the graciout Soul; luch are Eff'd1ul calling, the pardon of Sins, the a!Juranuof Gods lovt,a ltflll• btart, thejlrmgthnilzg, tht quicltni>tg, comforting influences of divine love: All the[e with many more influences of divine Grace, arc the fruit ofChl'ill. Thty are given Ul us ~ Xrzrw, on the behalf of Chri!l; they are conveyed,and applied to us by the SpiritofChrifi, and they areal! fweet unto aChrillans ta!le.They mull befo,they being means either lead in~ to Et<rnity, or glimpfu of Eternity. We ufe to fay,Finil dat amabilitatem medii!; Heaven, the glorious en· joyment of God, are things that found fo fweet to every Chri!lians ear, and appear Co defirable to every rational Soul, that whatfoever tendeth as a means in order to that end mull needs be exceeding fweet; much more what is an earne!l of that blefi'ed inheritance. I will not inlarge further upog fo plain and demonllrable a Sub· ,ject. Lallly, Ettrnal life, the Beatific at vifion nfGod, &c. The diffihwe between the Sporife of chr}t and! other SoN'IJ, --, fome of <Shrills fruit; and' this is pJe·afanr to the believers tajie, John 17.'2. he giv~s •nto /hem rtrrnal Life. God the father giveth it; but he giveth it through Chri!l , Itom. 6. 2 3· Tbe gift of God H eternal Life, through J e[IH (:brifl our Lord: This is fo plainly afferted •every-where if\ the Gofpel that it necdeth no proof, much lefs doth it need a proof, that this is J w<et to a belrevrrs tafl• ! for who ir tb£T< tbat II'Ould /tot [re life , a11d ·enjoy many days> Every Soul that believes f~ch a thinjl; as etern~l happinefs, and the pof!ibility of a Souls attaining it; cahnor but delight in the. Meditation ()fit, efpe· cially when he hath any apprehenfion, rhat he 0\all attain .!£ it: But this is enough ro have fpoken in the explication or this Propolition ; the Application yet rem:lins. -~-- ~-- -------- ,Cant. 2. 3• ' r . n .! . 'A~td'hilfi•fl lva/f<r>~it ultto nry Tafle, ' l . .. I flave done with ·the Pr6~ofition which I turhed thcfe words into, and have ' nothing more to do but' to make Application ~f it. , . . ;, 1 r. And til d1e firft place ; Obftrvt here a nm of dzftzn{]zonf Vfr r. betwixt the Spou[t of Chrift and anolht~ woman; between the true Cbildrtll -.j God, :ihd thofe that art ftranger-t to, bi/11. ' <J:bi. fr•it of Cbrijl ir (w<et to ti believm ta(l< ! Another man tanls' lhem no more than the ll'hite of an Egg. To open this :i little according to the three heads bx which ~ opened th~ Propo-fitlon: · ' • r. A believer can fil do'(lm , and think of the Iui!dmati011' of Cbrift; think of his being led into the Wildernefs and 'timpted by tbt devil; of his [HijiUmg the La"' , of his Death "/"" the Crofl, of his Rt}flrr<llim frum the dead , of his Ajcenfion into Heavm, his Sitting at the right h•nd uf God, his Inrercefl/411 which he lllere make~ for his people ;_.and while he thinks of them, his heart even leaps within him, and be rejoyceth in Spirit, ·more than the worldling doth in his cotn and· wine and Oil ; and in the thoughts of all his worldly poffelfion> and enjoymepts. A natural man he can likewlfe lit down K ln<l |