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A90625	The voice of the Spirit. Or, An essay towards a discoverie of the witnessings of the spirit by opening and answering these following queries. Q. 1. What is the witnessing worke of the Spirit? 2 How doth the Spirit witnesse to a soule its adoption? 3. Who are capable of attaining the witnessings of the Spirit? 4. How may a soul know its injoyment of them? 5. By what meanes may a soule attaine them? To which is added. Roses from Sharon or sweet experiences reached out by Christ to some of his beloved ones in this wildernes. / By Samuel Petto preacher of the Gospell at Sandcroft in Suffolke.	Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.	1654 (1654)	Wing P1903; Thomason E1500_2; ESTC R208647	109,805	256

over their owne hearts and those heart-amazing workings of corruption which by after reflexions upon themselves they take notice of these may quickly deprive of these witnessings againe And indeed with many eminent Saints they are not long-lasting They are but the passings by of the Lord before their soules They have a soule-ravishing view of God and Christ by the light of the Spirit but they are soon out of sight againe They must not thinke of building Tabernacles when they are upon this high mountaine beholding the glory of Christ on it A large measure of grace is of great advantage towards the continuance and preservation of these but though they last but for a little moment yet it is an unspeakable favour that they are afforded CHAP. X. Foure Arguments to prove that weake beleivers are capable of attaining these witnessings of the Spirit ANd that weake beleevers are capable of attaining these witnessings of the Spirit I shall prove these wayes Argu. 1. From the Spirits being given to all beleevers as a witnesse 1 Joh. 5.10 It is not said he that is an eminent beleever but he that beleeveth not hereafter shall have but hath the witnes within himselfe This proposition were not universally true if the weakest beleever were at any time destitute of it Neither is it said he hath the Spirit but he hath the witnes i.e. the Spirit as a witnes or for this end to be a witnes to him And how harsh doth it sound that weake beleevers should be uncapable of attaining the end of its being present with them as a witnesse without which it should neither performe its office nor answer its name Object It may performe the office of a witnes or be a witnes-bearer to all beleevers objectively by graces operations though they see or know it not as a Landmarke or sheep-mark witnesse whose the land or sheep are though not efficiently as a Landmarke or Sheep-mark is not alwayes discerned Or the thing witnessed here is onely that Christ is the Son of God 1 Joh. 5. v. 5 6.10 Not that this or that particular soule is interested in Christ Answ That witnessing to particular soules their Adoption and that efficiently i.e. so as to give them a knowledge of it is intended as well as that Christ is the Son of God may appeare these wayes 1. In this whole Epistle the manifestation of mens interest in Christ is driven at as a great end in the Apostles eye 1 Joh. 1. v. 4. These things write we unto you that your joy may be full Chap. 2. v. 3.12.20 Chap. 3. v. 1.10.19.24 Hereby we know that he abideth in us by his Spirit Chap. 4.13 Chap. 5. v. 2.4 c. 2. Water and bloud doe witnes efficiently that Christ is the Son of God 1 Joh. 5. v. 5 6.8 9 10. Many in those dayes denyed Christ to be the Son of God and therein denyed that record which God gave of him viz. That he hath given unto us eternall life and this life is in his Son v. 11. In opposition to these Faith is described in this Chapter to be a beleeving that Christ is the Son of God Not as if assenting to that did expresse the whole nature of faith but as it includeth a cordiall receiving of Christ according to that record v. 11. And hence such are said to be borne of God v. 1. and to overcome the world by their faith ver 4 5. which argueth the whole of Justifying faith to be intended Now to establish these beleevers in these things 1. That Christ is the Son of God and therefore hath life to give v. 1.11 2. That they were borne of God v. 1. had overcome the world v. 5. and had eternall life in him v. 11 12 13. Which latter falleth with the denyal of the former no life to be had in Christ if he be not the Son of God To evidence and confirme the whole faith spoken of v. 1.5 he sendeth them to six witnes v 7 8. whereof water and bloud are two v. 6.8 As if he had said I appleale to your own experiences have you not felt vertue and efficacy in the bloud of Christ for the pacification of your accusing Consciences and hath not Christ been as water i.e. for the purification of your polluted soules These saith the Apostle are witnesses that you are borne of God and that Christ is the Son of God for none else hath power to do these things But neither water nor bloud can witnes so much as that Christ is the Son of God to any soules if themselves be inevident unseen undiscerned I must know I am Justified and sanctified in order before I can know Christ to be the Son of God thereby And the witnessing of this efficiently is intended by the Apostle For 1. It is his designe to strengthen the beleevers by these witnesses against that grand error of denying Christ to be descended from God which prevailed in those times and that cannot be accomplished by water and bloud without a discerning their testimonie 2. Water and bloud witnessed objectively before 3. It is such a witnessing as is proper to beleevers 1 Joh. 5.10 Whereas Christ is objectively witnessed to be the Son of God unto unbeleevere Joh. 3.11 Joh. 5.32 33.36 37 38. Joh. 19 v. 34 35. And if I know that I have the water i.e. Sanctification and the bloud i.e. Justification then my Adoption is witnessed efficiently to me also 3. It is expressely declared to be the end aimed at 1 Joh. 5.13 These things have I written to you that beleeve for what end That ye may know that ye have eternall life This was his scope or drift to manifest unto them their title to eternall life Ergo a witnessing to particular soules their Adoption efficiently is intended and that to all even weake beleevers 1 Joh. 5.10 Argu. 2. From the extensivenes of the promise Joh. 14.21 Christ engageth to afford manifestations of himselfe unto all that love him and the weakest beleever is a lover of Christ Psal 25.14 The secret of the Lord is with those that feare him and he will shew them his Covenant Not eminent beleevers onely but weake ones shall see his Covenant for they feare him Arg. 3. Many that were weake in the faith yet are concluded under a capacity to attaine the witnessings of the Spirit if not under an actual injoyment of them 1 Cor. 3.16 Know ye not that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you i.e. Can you be ignorant of it if it be a doubting speech whither they did know or not yet it cannot but speake a possibility of their knowing it Nay such Interrogations frequently have the force of vehement Affirmations i.e. ye doe know that the Spirit dwelleth in you And yet they were weak Christians for saith the Apostle ver 1 2. I could not speake unto you as unto spiritual but as unto carnal as unto babes in Christ There is then a possibility even for babes in Christ not

bid me be of good cheere Another night I had many hard places of Scripture very spiritually declared unto me In the day againe I was troubled and had a kinde of weaknes and dread on my Spirit But one time I did willingly take a little contentment in the creature and there came a terrour that I went about to resist the Spirit and astonishment came and I resolved that I would take heed of yeelding to any such thing any more and that I would attend unto what should be given in In the Concluding of all The witnessing of Adoption by the Spirit it was brought in to me thus What thou hast seen and beheld it was the Lord and God justifying of thee thou hast seen his infinite and invincible power thy heart hath been kept up and it is made sure to thee that it was the Lord thou knowest it was he and none else it was irresistible Now it is done I have sealed thee up to the day of redemption and caused thee to set to thy seale that I am true thou knowest it was God and hast sealed to it Now goe forth into thy Calling and attend upon it keep thy minde intent upon it and see thou dest not dishonour me And I did so and found some stirrings of corruption temptation assaulting which I did not before onely feare and dread Now the hardship came that day I had as hard a day of it as ever in my life then Satan set on me with violent temptations and I was darke this ministration withdrawne I had it no more that day and my heart was sad Tempta 1. I was tempted that now my earthen vessell should be broken and I should be distracted c. and I had brought it upon my selfe and thus brought it because I had sought of God that he would reveale the Covenant of grace to me and teach me c. and in the former ministration it was given in this is that thy soule desired Some busines was to be done and I did forget and it came upon me do'st thou not see thou hast lost the use of reason had'st not better have been in a low condition But you would be taught of God And 1. I was much affrighted that day and full of feares 2. My heart was so darke that I could not reason the case with Satan for then I might have told him he was a liar for I desired understanding in the mystery of the Covenant that my heart might goe in a right way to Christ But I could not reflect but wholly attend to Satan And Satan gave me Impulsions to goe read and try to pray suggesting to me thou hast nothing to pray thou hast seen God and needest not faith c. 3. Yet I kept this all alongst that God was my Father and though I was distressed yet not in the least teares of perishing Satan could never shoote one arrow to make me thinke it was not of God And in the ministration it was given in that sin was Commanded out that it might not be mingled with his worke and no battery ever should be made against it I knew I was safe for eternity 4. Yet I considered with my selfe had it not been for me to have dyed and was ready to say with Peter Depart from me Luke 5.8 for I am a sinfull creature it was a sorrow to my soule that I had so much because I knew not how to behave my selfe under it I entreated the Lord to shew me Jesus that was fittest for a mortall creature to looke upon and presently I fell into a mighty trembling but immediately recovered my selfe thus the will of the Lord be done and was quieted againe as to that 5. The Lords day approaching some of the family wished me to goe out to heare and I desired every Ordinance but by the tediousnesse of the weather I was then prevented and being at home in this darke condition all alone I resolved to set upon duty yet had no matter but to spread my misery before the Lord. I did excuse my selfe thus Lord thou hast been a wonder-working God in my soule I entreate thee teach me and shew me Jesus in whom I have beleeved Thou hast troden the wine-presse alone and that for me thou hast freely layd downe thy life and that for me thou hast promised that those which keep the word of thy patience thou wilt keep them in the houre of temptation Lord thou knowest this is the houre of my temptation I have neither faith nor feeling As thou hast made me passive in injoying so now make me passive in beleeving And I rehersed these words three times The Lord rebuke thee the Lord rebuke thee the Lord rebuke thee 6. Christ succouring in temptation I found immediately an invincible power bearing up my heart to cast helpe upon one that is mighty Jesus Christ and so evidently and certainly that one should sooner perswade me that a man which I see and have conference with is not a man then that I did not see Christ by faith I did see my selfe taken as out of the Lyons den and my heart triumphing in Christ that from this houre I could read and pray without trouble and feed upon Christ I had another ministration in the night discovering the difference between legal sorrow and Gospel sorrow and I was put into a condition fit to beare it and my heart was melted into that Gospel sorrow but I am not able to declare particularly how it was with me here for a world Tempta 2. After this Satan did assault me very strongly with this temptation that I did Idolize the Scriptures From the first of these discoveries was taken with the Scriptures because all was conveyed by them to me I received it that the Scriptures were the word of God from what I had seen before but now I knew it from the certainty of the Spirit and its making my heart one with the Scriptures and now it was suggested that I made an Idoll of them and upon that I fell into a mighty trembling and feare for it came very suddenly In a little space I had sweet refreshments and distillations of the Spirit Helpe against temptation that came in thus Not the letter but the Spirit that wrote the Scriptures And my heart was quieted againe Tempta 3. Another came that I did Idolize the Son of God for I was afraid of God and was taken up in beleeving on Jesus I was trembling and in a sweat and a great hurry upon this And O had it not been better that I had died and I feared I should never be rid of them Answ After a little space it was given in that the Father Son and Spirit is one pure Essence and Christ being in the forme of God Phil. 2.6 thought it not robbery to be equall with God And the Word was made flesh and was with God and was God And the Son of God assuming our nature became a