Graphautarkeia, or, The Scriptures sufficiency practically demonstrated wherein whatsoever is contain'd in Scripture, respecting doctrine, worship or manners is reduced to its proper head, weighty cases resolved, truths confirmed, difficult texts illustrated and explained by others more plain.

2dly, Saints Duty towards the Spirit.

1st, In following after him, and making use of him.

The manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal, 1 Cor. 12. 7.

The same anointing teacheth you of all things, 1 John 2. 27.

And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, Gen. 6. 3.

The true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth: for the father seeketh such to worship him: God is a spirit, and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth, John 4. 14, 15.

Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, Rom. 12. 11.

I will pray with the spirit, &c. I will sing with the spirit, &c. 1 Cor. 12. 18.

Walk we not in the same spirit? 2 Cor. 12. 18.

Are ye so foolish, having begun in the spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Gal. 3. 3.

Walk in the spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh, &c. If ye be led by the spirit, ye are not under the law, &c. If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit, Gal. 5. 16, 17, 18, 25.

He who soweth to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life everlasting, Gal. 6. 8.

Be not drunk, &c. but be ye filled with the spirit, Ephes. 5. 18.

The sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, &c. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, Ephes. 6. 17, 18.

We are the circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, Phil. 3. 3.

Build up your selves, &c. praying in the holy Ghost, Jude, verse 20.

2dly, Not to sin against, grieve, or quench the Spirit.

But the blasphemy against the holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men, &c. Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come, Matth. 12. 31, 32. Mark 3. 29, 30.

Annanias, Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lye to the holy Ghost, &c?

thou hast not lyed unto men, but unto God, &c. How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the spirit of the Lord? &c. she fell down and died, &c. Acts 5. 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10.

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears: ye do always resist the holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye, &c. Have not your fathers perse∣cuted? &c. Act. 7. 51, 52.

Simon offered money, for power to confer the holy Ghost, Act. 8. 18, 19.

The Sadduces say, that there is no resurrection, neither Angel nor spirit, Act. 23. 8.

Keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, &c. and grieve not the holy spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed, Eph. 4. 3, 30.

Quench not the spirit, 1 Thess. 5. 19.

He who despised Moses law, died without mercy, &c. Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who have trodden under foot the son of God, &c. and hath done despite unto the spirit of Grace? Heb. 10. 28, 29.

The spirit of God, and of glory, resteth upon you: on their parts he is evil spoken of, &c. 1 Pet. 4. 14.