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A85667	An exposition continued upon the sixt, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth chapters of the prophet Ezekiel, with useful observations thereupon. Delivered in severall lectures in London, By William Greenhill.	Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1649 (1649)	Wing G1854; Thomason E577_1; ESTC R206361	436,404	591

new nature is universally through a man and where it is it opposes When Lot was in Sodom he was vexed with all the sinfull wayes of the Sodomites and when this new spirit is in a man it s vexed with all the wayes of the flesh 2. This new spirit wars against sin as sin the unsanctified conscience never doth so therefore is carryed against sin upon consideration it s a great sin it brings dammage c. Darius when Daniel was in the Lyons den his conscience troubled him but if the sins be lesser as omission of duties vaine thoughts lusts Dan. 6.48 those motus primo primi they are dispensed with but this new spirit is against every sin be it little or great it knows its a breach of the Law against the holy God defiles cost the blood of Christ 3. By the weapons are used this new spirit where it is useth spirituall arguments against sin as Gods love Gods dishonour Christs death sense of pardon the sealings and comforts of the spirit Communion with God and Christ love of holinesse the nature of grace and scope of the Gospell see Col. 3.4 5. 1 John 3.3 Tit. 2.11 12. 2 Cor. 7.1 But an unregenerate heart a naturall conscience uses arguments fetch'd from the curses of the Law terrours of death feare of Hell and damnation shame of men losse of friends estate the soveraignty of God over them 4. By the continuance of this warre an hypocrite that hath onely a naturall conscience may go on skirmishing against sin a long time but not for ever an illighten'd unsanct●fied conscience will either grow weary or be bribed or extenuate sin or grow hard feared and commit sin without reluctancy but a man possessed with this new spirit will hold out the warre to the end of his life he growes not faint he will not be bribed with ought or all the World flesh and Satan have to make a truce with sin sin is sin to him and shall not be lessened he will fight it out and dye in the fight rather then yeild Rom. 7.24 O wretched man saith Paul who shall deliver me c. 2 Tim. 4.6 7. I am ready to be offered I have fought a good fight 5. By the event the man without this new spirit by all his combating against sin gets it more restrained and so more quiet but not mortified but where this new spirit is there sin is wounded crucified Gal. 5.24 They that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof 5. It workes and acts in a new manner Rom. 7.6 Paul speakes of serving them in the newnesse of the spirit not in the oldnesse of the letter when you were under the Law that shewed you your duty provoked corruption gave you no power to subdue the one or doe the other and all the service then was after the old man with much earthlinesse difficulty dullnesse untowardly inconstantly and no better then dead work● but now you are under the Gospell the spirit hath begotten a new life in you beautified you with new qualities and principles layd in new strength therefore now serve the Lord in newnesse of the spirit and that is 1. In a spirituall manner the Apostle speakes of a spirituall understanding Col. 1.9 of a spirituall house an holy Priesthood to offer up spirituall sacrifice 1 Pet. 2.5 They being spiritualiz'd serv'd the Lord in a spirituall manner they had more spirituall conceptions of God and his worship and put out more spirituall acts 2. More readily when this new spirit is in a man he is like a Ship which hath all its Tacklings and sayles up and is ready to sayle immediately such a man is prepared to every good worke 2 Tim. 2.21 Rom. 1.15 Paul was ready to Preach the Gospell and ready to be bound and suffer Acts 21.13 And the Corinthians had a ready mind 2 Cor. 8.19 Where this spirit is there the Wheeles are oyl'd 3. More delightfully Rom. 7.22 I delight in the Law of God after the inward man Christs yoke is easie his commands are not greivous The wayes his wisedome prescribes are wayes of pleasantnesse Prov. 3.17 And Paul counted all the paines he tooke hard things he suffered but a recreation Phil. 3.8 That I may win Christ He had as much pleasure and delight in them as men have in any games 4. More beautifully before they bungled but now they act more comelily they pray and sing with the spirit and with understanding 1 Cor. 14 15. Rom. 12.8 he gives with simplicity rules with diligence shewes mercy with cheerfulnesse and Cant. 7.1 How beautifull are thy feet with those O Princes daughter the wayes of the Church are beautifull actions comely 5. More evenly and constantly 2 Pet. 1.4 this new spirit is called the Divine nature both because it s from God our Father because all the Children have it because it cannot be altered and also because it acts like nature constantly strongly the eye is not weary with seeing nor the eare with hearing 6. It propounds new ends to it selfe Viz. Gods glory before a mans selfe was his centre and end this new spirit came out from God and workes for God and to God now it sees the nature of Divine grace beholds glory in that grace and answers Gods end it doth act to the prayse of the glory of his grace 7. Makes cheerfull and thankfull Col. 3.10 after had spoken of the new man Vers 16. He tells them of singing with grace in their hearts to the Lord 2 Cor. 5.17 When old things are gone and all new c. as in a House when all is renew'd in it beautifully trim'd c. it cheares You have mention of a new song sixe times in the Psalmes 33.3.40.3.96.1.98.1.149.1.144.9 Once in Isa 42.10 Twice in the Rev. 5.9.14.3 Sung with new fervencie as new things use to affect most sung with the motions of the new spirit of grace which mindeth more the new benefits by Christ and the new Covenant then those by Creation The Twentie foure Elders sang this new song Revel 5.9 144000 redeemed from the Earth learned it it was a song of the new mercies given in Redemption Justification Sanctification A new song that is an excellent song with singular cheerfullnesse made upon the giving in of some new mercy Non vulgare sed eximium Bez. New because the singers were new they had a new spirit a spirit of grace and glory in them 2. Matter of it was new Christs incarnation passion doctrine miracles ordinances promises Church Kingdomes but especially the opening the Booke and redemption by his blood Obser 2. This new spirit is the worke of God and not of man the Lord alone is the Author and cause of it mans will contributes nothing to it I will put a new spirit within you You oppose resist but I will overcome all that opposition and resistance and plant new qualities put a new spirit within you I will worke powerfully efficaciously

corruption of nature Ephesians 2.3 Fulfilling the desires of the flesh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The wills of the flesh Paul acknowledgeth nothing to be in the wills of men naturally but fleshly corruption and whatsoever that put them upon that they did and with delight fulfilling the wills of the flesh but when this new spirit comes it alters the will breakes the principle of stubbornnesse in it purges the pollution and corruption out of it and makes it plyable unto the will of God Ezek. 36.27 I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walke in my Statutes Gods spirit will so alter our spirits so transforme and renew them that they shall be inclined to and carryed on in the obeying of Divine Statutes Before they went on in the wayes of sin with strength constancy and delight now they move with new strength constancy and delight in that which is good this new spirit bowes the will to the Law of righteousnesse so that it obeys and commands well 3. The affections are renewed Ezek. 36.26 A new heart also will I give you That is your affections which are now corrupt and inordinate shall be changed and regulated they shall of sinfull be made holy of earthly be made heavenly of unrighteous become righteous Ephes 5.9 The fruit of the spirit is in all goodnesse righteousnesse and truth When the spirit of Christ comes and makes our spirits new there is truth for the understanding goodnesse for the will and righteousnesse for the affections and Gal. 5.22 23. the fruits of the spirit referre most to the affections as Love joy long-suffering gentlenesse meeknesse temperance Now the old affections and lusts of the flesh are crucified Gal. 5.24 and the new affections are set on things above Col. 3.2 4. The conscience is renewed before it s defiled and acts according to that false or dimme light is in the understanding but when this new spirit comes in the conscience is awakened purged and acts upon Divine grounds Heb. 10.22 Having our hearts sprinkled from an evill conscience the holy Ghost like water which washeth away the filth of the body cleanseth the conscience from the blindnesse impurity and deadnesse which are in it so that it being indued with new qualities becomes a pure 2 Tim. 1.3 and good conscience 1 Tim. 1.5 and acts new not in a naturall but sanct●fied manner 5. The memory is renued and made able to reteine good things before like a Streiner it lets the Milke goe and kept the haires and draffe like a Boulter it let the fine flower goe and keepes the bran but having a new quality in it its retentive of good 1 Cor. 15.2 Yee are saved by the Gospell if you keep in mem●●y what I have Preached they had memories in●bled to doe it many a poore soule that is converted when it comes to practice remember truths better then those of able memories These renewing and refining qualities make up the new man and here are cal'd a new spirit Spirit 1. Because they are from the spirit that is the authour of them John 3.6 That which is borne of the spirit is spirit It hath the qualities and graces of the spirit the spirit begets its owne likenesse in the soule as a Father doth in the body 2. In opposition to the flesh these new qualities are contrary to those of corrupt nature which the Scripture calls Flesh and therefore fitly cal'd Spirit Gal. 5.17 The flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh 3. For that they make us spirituall they have such operations in us and honours us with such a denomination 1 Cor. 2.15 He that is spirituall judgeth all things 4. Because they are chiefly seated in the most spirituall part of a man the soule and faculties of it are the subject thereof New 1. In opposition to the old corruptions were in man before which the Scripture cals the Old man Ephes 5.22 Put off the old man which is corrupt And Vers 23. Be renewed in the spirit of the mind and put on that new man which after God is created in righteousnesse and true holinesse Here it s called the new man which is the same with the new spirit in oppoisition to the old man 2 For that it comes a new way into man had not Adam sinned we should not have needed such Ordinances as now we have to worke this new spirit in us it s not by generation but regeneration it s not from nature art afflictions Ordinances but the spirit in Ordinances 3. Because it s wrought anew in us no man hath ought of this new spirit in him naturally but an old and contrary spirit Rom. 8.7 The wisedome of the flesh is enmity to God This is totally new wrought and therefore is called a Creation Ephes 4.24 4. From the effect it makes us new 2 Cor. 5.17 If any man be in Christ he is a new creature 1 Pet 2.2 These indued with this new spirit are cald new borne babes 5. Because it s ever vigorous fresh and lively not decaying so I finde the words new interpreted by a late Divine and apply'd to the new man and he thinks the new Heavens and the new Earth spoken of Mr. Balls in his Covenant of grace p. 195. Isa 65.17.66.22 Rev. 21.1 Whatsoever is meant by them that the title new seemes to import the admirable excellencie and continuance thereof never to alter or decay but to remaine before the Lord. Quest Whether was this promise fullfilled among the Jewes or in times of the Gospell Answ Many of the Fathers refer the fullfilling of it unto the times of the Gospell but it being primarily made unto the Jewes we have just cause to thinke that it was in part fullfilled amongst them after their returne from Babylon so gracious a promise beeing given out by God made knowne by Ezekiel it s not likely they would neglect having bin so soarly afflicted in Babylon but would improve and presse the Lord for the accompl●shment of it and without dispute many of them had this new spirit for after they came againe to Jerusalem they had such a hatred of Idols and love to truth that they stood out to death for the law and religion of their God as it recorded in the Maccabee Quest 2. Whither is this new Spirit given or wrought all at once Answ This new spirit consists in those new qualities which are put into man and the severall qualities are wrought in at once but they are wrought up by degrees A man hath all graces at once in semine radice habitu and this grace is call'd The Law in the minde Rom. 7.22 the Law written in the heart Hebr. 8.10 The Divine nature 2 Pet. 1.4 Christ formed in us Gal. 4.19 The inward man Rom. 7.23 Seed 1 Joh. 3 9. Now this seed this inward man this Christ this Divine nature are growing this law receives addition 2 Pet. 3.18 Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our

so that the worke shall proceed The Arminians hold that the operation of God in the conversion of a sinner or putting in this new spirit is Moralis suasio not Realis efficientia That he doth not worke immediately upon the minde and will causing us to beleive to come to Christ to live holily but onely propounds truths which is sufficient that the understanding and affections are renewed with such power of God and his grace as cannot be withstood But the will is quickned Resistibili modo that however it is sometimes renewed in the affectionate part of it yet it continues unrenewed in the willing and nilling part thereof Secundum modum libertatis That the grace of God doth nothing but accompany the will consenting that all things supposed on Gods part needfull to the co-working this new spirit and regenerating the heart yet a man may goe without it and still be as he was That this new spirit and worke of conversion depends not upon any necessary causation or infallible event from the intention or operation of God but meerly upon the will of man and so is wholly contingent and uncertaine all which are erroneous The Papists also hold that there is free will in man before he hath this new spirit which doth concurr and cooperate with God in the putting in this new spirit as an efficient cause thererof and they pronounce him Anathema Sess 6. de Justif Can. 4. in the councell of Trent that sayes the will is meerly passive in this worke Our divines hold it and not onely they but the Lord himselfe John 15.5 Without me you can doe nothing therfore al is from Christ and if it be his judgement how impious is that Cannon which puts an Anathema upon the Lord. Wee cannot make our spirits new nor any part of them Deus est causa totius entis of this new spirit of every qualitie in it and every degree of every qualitie Phil 2.13 It is God which worketh in you both to will and to doe of his good pleasure The will to have this new spirit is not from mans will but from the grace of God and that grace when it is working and entring into the will though the will of it selfe oppose it and rejects it yet because of the mighty power of God in the work and strong intention of God to effect such a worke it cannot impede the introduction and forming of this new spirit it s cal'd the circumcision of the heart and is attributed to God Deut. 30.6 It s not in the power of man to circumcise his own heart God only doth it and that he acts powerfully in this work of a new spirit see Ezek. 36.27 I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walke in my Statutes and yee shall keepe my judgements and doe them Though Satan the God of this World have got possession of a man fortified himselfe in the strong holds be in man yet the Lord will bring in his spirit throw out Satan throw downe his holds and cause a man by the power of his spirit and grace to walke in contrary wayes to what he did Man in Scripture is sayd to be dead and dead men neither desire nor worke their owne resurrection John 5.25 The dead shall beare the voyce of the Sonne of God It must be a mighty and powerfull voyce which reacheth to a dead soule and fetcheth it out of that condition and when God speakes and workes efficaciously to that purpose the soule can no more withstand it then Lazarus could the call and power of Christ therefore sayth Christ John 6.37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me They shall not prevent it by the liberty of their wills the event is infallible the causation necessary otherwise Gods election should be frustrate for if man by his free will could keep out this new spirit and null all the operations of God about the working of it what should become of his Elect his giving of men to Christ would be to no purpose Quest Whereas they say Propound suitable objects and men will take them as propound honey to a Bee Grasse or a greene Bough to a Sheep and they will receive them so let man have fit objects propounded to his understanding and will and he will then close with them and this is all is done in the worke of grace Ans 1. See how derogatory this is to the Lord that no more is given to his spirit in working then is given to Satan he propounds objects suitable to the Sons of Men and if the spirit propound Divine objects so doth Satan Gen. 3.5 Yee shall be as Gods knowing good and evill If the Devils objects be received or refused at the pleasure of mans will so shall the spirits 2. What suitablenesse is there betweene our carnall heart and the spirituall high things of God 1 Cor. 2.14 The naturall man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishnesse unto him men must be made spirituall before they can discerne or close with spirituall things Honey is the proper food of a Bee and grasse of a Sheepe but spirituall things are not the proper food of a Carnall heart New wine is not for old Bottles 3. If suitable objects would do it Christ propounded as suitable truths as ever any did yet the Jews were not taken with them John 6.44 not any man be he never so rationall have he never such rationall objects propounded that wil hear or can come Quest Is it not in mans power to doe ought towards the working this new spirit in himselfe it seems otherwise for the Lord saith Ezek 18 31. Make you a new heart and a new spirit Answ 1. Such phrases in Scripture import not liberty and power in man to doe such things but shew his dutie and misery that he cannot doe them Man having fallen should set himselfe in the condition God placed him first in he should cast away his si●s regaine that Image of God he hath lost yet all his endeavours will not reach it A man may with as much facilitie make a new sunne a new Heaven a new Earth a new World as a new heart and new spirit within himselfe David knew it and therefore pray'd Psal 51. Create in mee a cleane heart c. 2. Neyther is this command of God in vaine for the Lord gives what he commands Make you a new heart and a new spirit saith God here 's his command and in the Verse we are on it s said I wil put a new spirit within you so that when a thing is commanded us to doe which we cannot doe we are to look at the Lord to doe it who hath therefore made gratious promises to his for that purpose man is commanded to feare God Ecles 12.13 Isa 8.13 1 Pet. 2.17 and God hath promised to put his feare in his Peoples hearts Jer 32.40 I will put my feare in their hearts and they shall

Ordinances are used promiscuously And here by them I conceive is ment the whose Law of God revealed This walking in his statutes is set out in holy writ by such expressions as these Viz. Walking after the Lord. Deut. 13.4 Walking before God 1 Kings 9.4 Walking in the light of the Lord. Isa 2.5 Walking in the truth John Epist 3. Vers 4. Walking in the name of the Lord Micah 4.5 Walking according to rule Gal. 6.16 And Walking with God Gen. 6.9 Keepe mine Ordinances Keeping imports 1. Remembring Luke 2.51 Mary kept all these sayings in her heart 2. Holding fast 2 Tim. 1.14 The good thing committed to thee keep that is hold fast here we must take in both remembering and holding fast but in order to doeing men may know remember and hold fast the mind of God but not doe the same Deut. 5.1 Heare O Israel the statutes and Judgements which I speake in your eares this day and keepe and doe them the Hebrew is keepe to doe them Doe them Doing implies 1. The performing and practice of them Psal 15.5 Facere ●st exacte custodire decenter quicquam operari He that doth these things shall never be moved 2. Fullfilling of things required 1 Kings 5.8 Saith Hiram to Solomon I will doe all thy desire that is fullfill thy desire both may be understood here not simply to doe but to doe exactly Obser 1. The end of Gods giving us temporall and spirituall mercies is that we should be obedient unto him He gathered them out of Babylon planted them in Canaan gives them onenesse of heart newnesse of spirit c. And why that they might walke in his statutes and keepe his Ordinances God hireth us with mercies to doe his will Psal 105.43.44.45 He brought forth his People with joy and his chosen with gladnesse and gave them the Lands of the Heathen and they inheritied the labour of the People that they might observe his statutes and keepe his Law 2 Sam. 12.7.8.9 David was obliged by Gods bountie to obedience why did God so much for his Vineyard Isa 5.2 but that it might bring forth Grapes the end of all mercies and meanes offorded us were to make it fruitfull in obedience All in Gods works in his word are so many inducements to obedience God hath given us the Earth and fullnesse of it and the end is to provoke us thereby to walke in his statutes He hath given us his good word choyce O●dinances Heavenly Councells pretious promises profitable commands holy examples and his end in all these is to quicken us up to obedience It s the end of Election 1 Pet. 1.2 It s the end of Redemption Luke 1.74.75 It s the end of our new Creation Ephes 2.10 Paul beseeches the Romans By the mercies of God to present their Bodies a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God Our mercies should prevaile with us we are Planted in a good Land we have the dewes of Heaven and fatnesse of the Earth God hath done great things amongst us and for us we have had wonderfull Deliverances and shall not we be incouraged thereby to walke in the statutes of our God Deut. 11.7.8 Your eyes have seene all the great Acts of the Lord which he did therefore shall you keepe all the Commandements which I command you this day Let the great things we have seen and heard put us upon obeying the Lord and so obeying him that our obedience may be 1. Generall God requires you should walke in all his wayes Deut. 10.12 2. Heartie yea with the whole heart Deut. 26.16 3. Constant Deut. 4.9 Gal. 6.9 4. Willing chearfull Phil. 2.14 Deut. 28.47 5. With strength and courage Josh 23.6 If we doe not walk in the statutes of the Lord and keepe his commands we know not God 1. John 2.3.4 We doe not love God 1 Joh. 5.3 Nor Christ Joh. 14.15 Our prayers will be unfruitfull and succeslesse 1 John 3.22 2. Note that walking in Gods statutes keeping his Ordinances and doing his will doe evidence the worke of grace in the heart and what the man is God would give them onenesse of heart newnesse and tendernesse of spirit that they might walk keepe doe c. If then they did so this declared what was within Luke 1.6 Zacharie and Elizabeth were both righteous before God walking in all the Commandements and Ordinances of the Lord blamelesse their w●lking witnessed their righteousnesse see 1 John 3.10 2 Chap. 29. Luke 6.44 What ever the fruit is such is the Tree Figgs doe not grow upon thornes nor Grapes upon brambles where you finde Grapes it is a Vine and not onely doth God and Christ know them but Mat. 7.16 you shall know them by their Fruits not by their leaves but their fruits not some few actions but by a dayly observat●●n of them sometimes delay and times alwayes attention is required to discerne them 2 Tim. 3.5 Having a form of godlinesse c. this may be discerned for vers 9. Their folly shall be manifest to all men James 2.18 Works ●re the glasse picture Child of faith Adam begat a Sonne after his Image and faith begets Children after its owne Image Abrahams offering of his Sonne dec●a●ed his faith Heb. 11.17 Works justifie faith and faith justifies the man Some doubt whether works will prove grace whether sanctification will evidence justification But John tells us there is a witnesse of Water as well as of blood and of the spirit 1 Joh. 5.8 if the Law written in Bookes may be knowne and the sense of it evidenced by Commentaries surely the Law written in the heart may be knowne and evidenced by works 3. Grace in the heart will appeare in the life if there be a new spirit a tender heart there will be walking in the Statutes A new spirit cannot be imprisoned within but it will breake out into action when the seed is sowne in good ground it will not lye long under ground but spring forth Marke 4.20 Grace is light and that will manifest it selfe vers 21.22 God hath determined that hidden things shall bee manifested grace cannot alwayes be hid 1 Pet. 2.9 Such vertue will out 1 Thes 1.5.6.7 The Coritnhians were the Epistle of Paul written in his heart read and knowne of all men The Romans faith was spoken of throughout the World Rom. 1.8 That was in all the Churches of the World So their obedience Chap. 16.19 There be diverse things cannot be hidden as the light fire life the wind a spring and of this nature is grace which is all those its light and fire John was a burning and shining light Its life Luke 15.24 It s the wind of the spirit Cant. 4.16 Joh. 3.8 It s a Spring Joh. 7.38 A good Tree cannot bring forth evill fruit and it cannot but bring forth good fruit Acts 4.20 We cannot but speake the things we have heard and seene Paul when converted presently said Lord what wilt thou have me to doe He would not be idle