CHAP. 7. Of the effect or working of the Holy Ghost.
1. FRom hence let him that is able, follow with his vnderstanding thy Apostle where hee thus speakes, Be∣cause thy loue is shed abroad
Saint Augustines confessions translated: and with some marginall notes illustrated. Wherein, diuers antiquities are explayned; and the marginall notes of a former Popish translation, answered. By William Watts, rector of St. Albanes, Woodstreete
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in our hearts by the holy Ghost which is giuen vnto vs: and where concerning spirituall gifts, he teacheth and shew∣eth vnto vs a more excellent way of charity; and where he bowes his knees vnto thee * 1.1 for vs, that wee may come to * 1.2 learne that most excellent knowledge of the loue of Christ. And therefore euen from the very beginning, did the Spirit supereminently moue vpon the waters. Whom shall I tell it vnto, and in what termes shall I describe how the hugy weight of lust∣full desires, presses downe into the steepe pit; and how charity rayses vs vp againe by thy Spirit which moued vpon the waters? Vnto whom shall I speake it? and in what language vtter it? For they are no certaine places into which wee are plunged, and out of which wee are againe
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lifted. What can bee liker, and yet what vnlikeer? They bee Affections, they be Loues; they be the vnclean∣nesse of our owne spirits, that ouerflow our lower parts with the loue of cares: and it is the holynesse of thy Spirit that rayseth vs vp∣wards againe by the loue of our safeties; that b 1.3 wee may lift our harts vp vnto the Lord, where thy Spirit is moued vp∣on the waters; and that wee may come at length to that repose, which is aboue all rests: when namely, our soules shall haue escaped ouer these waters where we can find no ground.
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* 1.1
1 Cor. 12. 21.
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* 1.2
Eph. 3 19.
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b 1.3
This sen∣tence was most gene∣rally in the Church∣seruice and communi∣on. Nor is there scarce any one old Liturgy but hath it Sursum cordas. Ha∣b••mus ad∣dominum. psal. 69. 2.