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put_v forth_o this_o question_n to_o his_o lord_n lord_n faith_n he_o how_o be_v it_o that_o thou_o will_v manifest_v thyself_o unto_o we_o and_o not_o unto_o the_o world_n jesus_n answer_v and_o say_v unto_o he_o if_o any_o man_n love_v i_o he_o will_v keep_v my_o word_n 23_o joh._n â—4_n 23_o and_o my_o father_n will_v love_v he_o and_o we_o will_v come_v unto_o he_o and_o make_v our_o abode_n with_o he_o there_o god_n work_n in_o the_o sâ—ul_a by_o he_o in_o â—â—_o dwell_n there_o now_o how_o will_v the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n come_v to_o such_o a_o soul_n to_o take_v up_o their_o abode_n sure_o by_o that_o illuminate_n and_o quicken_a spirit_n of_o truth_n proceed_v from_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n enlighten_v the_o understanding_n inform_v the_o judgement_n rectify_v the_o will_n subdue_a corruption_n and_o
much_o in_o answer_n to_o the_o second_o question_n the_o three_o particular_a we_o have_v to_o consider_v by_o way_n of_o explication_n be_v the_o furniture_n or_o comely_a ornament_n of_o this_o house_n and_o these_o be_v here_o comprehend_v under_o the_o term_n holiness_n holiness_n become_v thy_o house_n o_o lord_n holiness_n be_v a_o ornament_n which_o do_v adorn_v and_o beautify_v both_o the_o inside_n and_o outside_n of_o a_o christian_a or_o christian_a society_n it_o be_v curious_o wrought_v in_o the_o inward_a man_n by_o the_o in-dwelling_n of_o god_n holy_a word_n and_o spirit_n in_o the_o influence_n and_o operation_n thereof_o and_o it_o branch_n forth_o itself_o in_o those_o visible_a action_n and_o practice_n that_o be_v agreeable_a to_o god_n will._n this_o ornament_n comprehend_v within_o its_o circumference_n the_o great_a work_n of_o transformation_n sometime_o call_v renovation_n or_o new_a creation_n according_a to_o the_o apostle_n exhortation_n and_o be_v not_o 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the_o father_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n rom._n 15.6_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o mouth_n shall_v go_v together_o in_o those_o thing_n where_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o edification_n of_o the_o church_n be_v concern_v yea_o all_o the_o member_n of_o the_o body_n as_o david_n say_v i_o think_v on_o my_o way_n and_o turn_v my_o foot_n unto_o thy_o testimony_n i_o make_v haste_n and_o delay_v not_o to_o keep_v thy_o commandment_n psal_n 119.59_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o a_o man_n only_o to_o withdraw_v his_o affection_n from_o carnal_a object_n but_o he_o must_v have_v also_o his_o eye_n fix_v upon_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o truth_n with_o the_o professor_n thereof_o as_o david_n say_v psal_n 101.6_o my_o eye_n shall_v be_v upon_o the_o faithful_a of_o the_o land_n that_o they_o may_v dwell_v with_o i_o neither_o be_v it_o enough_o for_o a_o man_n to_o have_v his_o hand_n shut_v from_o do_v any_o action_n of_o violence_n or_o oppression_n but_o he_o must_v have_v it_o open_v also_o in_o do_v work_n of_o mercy_n and_o charity_n to_o undo_v the_o heavy_a burden_n and_o to_o let_v the_o oppress_v go_v free_a esa_n 58.6_o to_o be_v ready_a to_o distribute_v and_o willing_a to_o communicate_v to_o such_o as_o be_v in_o want_n tim._n 6.18_o so_o that_o when_o all_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o inward_a man_n and_o member_n of_o the_o outward_a man_n act_n in_o their_o place_n according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o sanctify_a and_o quicken_a spirit_n that_o give_v motion_n thereunto_o when_o a_o man_n be_v set_v free_a from_o sin_n and_o become_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n he_o have_v his_o fruit_n unto_o holiness_n and_o the_o end_n will_v be_v everlasting_a life_n rom._n 6.22_o so_o that_o holiness_n be_v the_o perfection_n of_o purity_n in_o nature_n word_n and_o work_n the_o which_o perfection_n be_v only_o find_v in_o god_n but_o in_o reference_n to_o man_n holiness_n consist_v in_o pardon_n of_o sin_n and_o in_o 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