IX. The People came to Marah, where was a

The Bitter spring that lent forth Water that was Bitter and
XijfsZt Unfit to Drink- God therefore Commands
fy thetytod'f Mofes, when he had begun to be Daunted, to
*/W »** Caft b /Fwi into the Bitter Water $ And the
Tlmg tr.toj^ood being thus Cafi into it, the Water was
jf* »Wdfe Sweet, and quite* C^^gV from its Bitter-

ExocL xv. ;^/S ^ Decaine ffit for £//£, and to be Drink for
1 5*. the People of God. After the fame Manner hath
Ecclus. the Soul alfo been w#^ Bitter, by having Drunk
i v-r!" ** * tne * Poifon of the Serpent, and is ^^^ L/^
xxxii. ^a!10 ms Bitter Nature, and becomes Sinful.
33. Wherefore God throvveth the Wood of Life in-
to the very Bitter Fountain of the Heart •, And
k Confident is k Sweetned, being Changed from its Bitter-
ivbrk xvi.jjg^ an(j ^V with the 5>wY of thrift -, And
being thus Become Fit for Ufe, is made ufe of
accordingly, for the Service of her Mailer.
For it becomes Spirit bearing Flefh. Glory be to
Him, who Changes our Bitternefs into the Sweet-
nefs, and Goodnefs of the Spirit ! Wo be to him,
in whom the Wood of Life is not Caft ! He can
never Attain to any good Change.

+ TMemtis, Dr Prhius, and the Folio read MarU, which
however both the Morel. Edition, and the Manufcript entire-
ly leave out.

* All the Printed Copies here read enovr which gives a
Senfe agreeable to Scripture enough. But the Manufcript
which I follow reads \w,

The

p/Macarius the Egyptian. 467

The Rod of Mofes, Bore a double Image. It x-
met the Enemies indeed as a Serpent, Biting and ^Q^f °f
Deftroying them. But to the Israelites it was a
Staffs by which they were Supported. Thus alio
the "true Wood of the Crofs, which is Chrift,
is the 1 Death indeed of his Enemies, the Spirits ' Gal. vi*
of Wickednefs : But it is the m Staff, and Firm *4«
Seat, and the Life of our Souls, upon which E V£ f£4
they Reft. P l6i '

For the Types and Shadows were in Being be-mPf. xxiii.
fore thefe 7rz/<? things themielves. For the Old 4*
Service is a Shadow and, Image of the Prefent
Worfhip. As alio the Circumcifion, and //?<? Ta-
bernacle, and /£* ^/r£, and the Pot, and *fe
Manna, and the Priefthood, and the # Incenfe,
and the * Wajhings, and to fay all at once, All
things whatever that were Done to the People
of Ifrael, and in the Law of Mofcs, or in the
Prophets, were Done upon this SouPs Account:
which was made after the Image of God, and is
Fain under the Yoke of Bondage, and under the
Kingdom o£ the Darknefs of Bittemefs.

For God had a Defire to have Fellowfloip with
her. And Her hath He Fitted for the Spoufe of
the King. And he Clean feth her from Filth, andEzek. xvi,
by Warning Brightens her up from her Black- II— *
nefs, and from her Filthinefs, and Quickens her
from her Deadnefs, and Heals her of her Broken
State, and gives her Peace, n Reconciling her En-*pr#xvfi74
mity. For being but a Creature, ihe is Fitted 2 Cor. v.
for the ° Bride to the King's Son. And by his I0-
own Power doth God take her up himfelf, Con- ° Mat'xxu'
defcending under one to a Gradual f Change of

* Thefe Words are in the Margin of the Manufcript, and
in all the Printed Copies,

f The Printed Copies read All uvrri ; but the Manufcript
uvtvi. The Change here fpoken of Affe&s not his Nature,
but his Mnnifeftation to the Soul; which is by Diipenfation.

Hh % Himfelf

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Himfelf together with Her, till He hath Increased
* Compare ]-jer with hiS own p Increafe. For he p Stretches
Colof. 11. joer QUt^ an(j p Lengt]jens j^er to a Boundlefs and

Ephe£ Hi Unmeafhrable Increafe : 'till ilie is become £?-
1 8. yond All Blame, and a Spoufe worthy of him,
For firft He Begetteth Her in Himfelf, and In-
creafeth Her by his own Self, till ilie Receives
the Perfect Meafure of his Love. For being
the P erf eel Bridegroom himfelf, He taketh Her
his Pe? feci Bride into the Holy, and Myftical,
and Unpolluted Fellowfhip of Wedlock : And
then does me Reign together with Him, Ages
without End. Amen.

—xvi.

Homily XL VIII.
Concerning Terfeti Faith in God.

H E Lord in the Gofpel being willing
to Bring his Difciples to a a Perfection
in Faith, told them, He b that is Un-
faithful in Little, is Unfaithful alf in
much. And he that is Faithful in that which is
Little ', is Faithful alfo in much. What is this
Little? And what does he mean by Much? This
Little, are the Promifes of this Life : which he
hath Promis'd to Afford to them that Believe in
Him -y Such as Food, Raiment, and the other Re-
frefhments of the Body, or Health, and fuch
like : Orders having been given by Him, not to
be altogether Sollicitous concerning thefe things j
But to Hope in Him with a Full Perfuafion,
<Matt.vi.that the Lord provides for them that Fly to
fjTmTiv Him, in all c refpeds. But by Much, is meant,
8." the

of Mac arius the Egyptian. 4^9

the Gifts of the Eternal and Incorruptible World,
which He hath Promised He will Bellow on
them that Believe in Him, and that are inceflantly
concerned for them, and Afk him, bccaufe he
hath fo Commanded. But fcek ye * fir ft the King-
dom of j- God, a fays he, and all thefe things flo all* Mat. vi,
be Added unto you: That every one may be Tried 3 3-
from thefe Small and Temporary matters, whether
he Believes in God, that He hath Promis'd to
Give Them 5 We being Free from All Sollici-
tude about fuch things, and our whole Concern
being only for things Future, which are Eternal.
And then is it Manifeft that he hath Faith con-
cerning the things Incorruptible, and in Earned
Seeks theGoods which are Eternal, if he Preferves
a found Faith concerning the things we have
mention'd.

For every one of thofe that Obey the Word
of Truth, ought to Try and to Sift himfelf, or
elfe to be nicely Scann'd by Spiritual Men, and
to beExamin'd How he hath Believ'd, and Given
himfelf to God, whether Really and in Truth
according to his Word, or in an Opinion he may
have of Juftification, fancying himfelf to. have
that Faith. For every one is Tried, and Proved,
Whether he is Faithful in that which is Little-,
I fpeak concerning Temporary matters. But how
that is, Learn: Do you fay that you Believe you
are made worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven, and
that you are the Child of God, being Born from
Above, and a Fellow-Heir with Chrift, and that
you Reign together with Him for whole Ages, and
Enjoy his c Pie a fares in the Light not to be Ex~ cPf. xxxvi,

S-xvi.ii,

* The Manufcript Reads /uo'vov: which Smells of the Cell,
and is contrary to All the Readings both of Macarius and St.
Matthew,

f The Paris Edit. 8vo. leaves out th 6t£.

H h 3 prefi'd,

47 o The Spiritual Homilies

prefs'd, for Boundkfs and Innumerable Ages, Even
as God? No doubt, you will Anfwer, Yes. For
for rhis very Caufe having withdrawn from the
World, have I given my felf to the Lord.

Examine your felf therefore, whether Earthly
Cares flill Detain you, and a Sollicitude about
the Food aad Cloathhig of the Body, and your
other Concerns and RcrreJJoment, as if you had a
Suf/ciency in your own Power, and were of
your felf Provided with fuch things, as you were
ordered about Before, Not to take thought for
your felf at all. For if you Believe that you mall
Receive the things which are Immortal, and Eter-
nal, and Durable, and above Envy : How much
rather can you not Believe that the Lo~d will
Afford you thefe things that pafs away, and are
Earthly, which God hath Given even to Ungodly
Men, and to Beafts and to Fowls? as he hath al-
fo Commanded, Not to be Thoughtful at all

Matt. vi. about thefe things, faying, 'fake no thought, what
32- ye Jhall Eat, or what ye jhall Drink, or with what
ye Jhall be Cloath'd. For all thefe things do the
Gentiles feek after.

. But if you are Still Concern' d for thefe things,
and have not Intrufted your whole Self to his
Word: Know, that as yet you have not Believed
that you mail Receive the good things which are
Eternal, which arc the Kingdom of Heaven, (tho'
you fancy you do Believe it ) being hitherto found
Unfaithful in things Small and Corruptible. And

Matt.v.2j\ again, As the Body is of more Value than Rai-
ment : So is the Soul than the Body. Thou Believefi
therefore, that thy Soul is HeaVd by Chrift of thofe
Wounds, which have been Perpetual, and with Men
Incurable, thy vile Affeclions for which Healing
Sake the Lord alfo Came hither, that He might
Heal Now the Souls of the Faithful of their In-
curable Diforders, and Cleanfe thee from the Filth

and

a/Macarius the Egyptian. 471

andLeprofy of Sin, who is the only True Phyfician
and Healer. Your Anfwcr will be, / entirely
Believe So. For this I Depend upon, and this is
my veiy Expectation.

Know therefore, upon a Strict Search of your
Self, whether i?0^/7)> Diftempers never Drive you
to the Earthly Phyficians, as if Chrift, in whom
you have Beiiev'd, were not Able to Work the
Cure. Behold, how you Deceive your Self in
fancying you have Faith, when as yet you don't
truly Believe, as you ought. For had you Be-
iiev'd that the Eternal and Incurable Wounds of
your Immortal Soul, and Sinful Affections wou'd
be Cur^dby Chrift, you wou'd have Beiiev'd Him
Able to Cure even the Temporary Difordcrs and
Sickneffes of the Body, and wou'd have Betaken
your felf to Him only, Overlooking All the Ap-
plications of Phyficians. For He that Created
the Soul, Made the Body alfo. And He that Re-
ft ores that which is Immortal, the fame is * alfo
Able to Cure the Body of her Temporary Difor-
ders and Sickneffes.

But doubtlefs you will Remonftrate to me to
this effect, viz. God has given for the Cure ,of the Ecclus.
Body, the Herbs of the Earth, and i\fedicines,xxxvin-
and the Ufe of the Phyfician, has Prepared them '— '4«
againft the Diforders of the Body, having Ordain' d,
that the Body being from the Earth, ftjoiCdbe cur d
by the fever al Specifics of the Earth. And I Agree
With you that it is Really So. But Mind, and
you mall know the manner of it, To whom
thefe things are Given, and for whom God hath
Difpens'd them, according to his Great and Bound*
lefs Love and Kindnefs for Man. When Man
had Fain from the Commandment he had Re-
ceiv'd, and came under the Sentence of Wrath 5

* The Manufcript inierts *}.

H h 4 And

47 1 77je Spiritual Homilies

And as it were into Captivity, and Difgrace, ot
to Work as a Slave in fome Mine, being quite
and clean BaniuYd from the Delights of Paradife
into this World, and was in Subjection to the
rov/ers of Darknefs, and made a downright Infi-
del by the Roving of his Affections, He fell at
kft under the Dominion of the Affections, and
Sickneffes of the Fleih, who before was Free
from Pafiion, and Exempt from Sicknefs. But
Evident it is, that even x4dl that have been Be-
gotten by him, have Fain into the very fime Dif-
orders. God therefore has Difpenfd thefe things
for the Weak, and them that have not Faith >
As Unwilling, thro' his Great Clemency, that the
Sinful Race of Mankind fhou'd entirely Perifh.
But to the Men of this World, and to All that
are Without, hath He Given Medicines, for the
Refrefloment, and the Health, and the Cure of
the Body. And them hath He permitted thefe to
make ufe of, who as yet are not Able entirely to
Commit themfelves in Faith to God.

But thou, that leadeif. a Monaftic life, art Come
to Chrift, and Defirous to be the Son of God,
and to be Born of the Spirit from Above, that
Expected both Higher and Greater Promifes,
than the Firft and Difpaflionate Man, Even the
Welcome News of our Lord's Coming, and
having profels'd thy Self a Stranger of this World,
thou ought to Profefs a newer and uncommon
kind of Faith and Understanding $ And thy Con-
duct ought to Surpafs that of all the Men of the
World. Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghoft for Ever ! Amen.

Homily

of Mac arius /^Egyptian. 473,

Homily XLIX.

It is not Enough for a Man to be Taken off
from the 'Delights of this World, unlefs
he can Attain to the Happinefs of the
other.

m.

F any Man who is Come out from his
own Kindred^ and has Renounced this
Worlds and is 'Eftranged from the De-
lights of this Worlds both PofjeJfionS)
and Father, and Mother, for the Sake of the
Lord, and having Crucified himfelf, becomes a
Stranger, Poor, and Indigent > But findeth not in
himfclf the Divine Refrejloment) in the room of
the Refrejhment of this World, and infteadof the
Delights which are Temporary, is not Senilble of
the Delights of the Spirit in his own Soul , and
inftead of the Corruptible Cloathing, hath not
on the Raiment of Light in the Inward Man -y
And inftead of this * Temporary and Flejhly Com-
munion, is not Fully acquainted with the- Com-
munion of the Heavenly \ Bridegroom in his own
Soul, And inftead of the apparent Joy of this
World) PofTefTes not within) the Joy of the Spirit)
and Receives not in his Soul the Confolation of
the Heavenly Grace, and the Satisfaction which
is Divine, at the time when the Glory of the Lord
fhall appear to him, according to what is writ-
ten , And to fpeak out all at once, infteadof this
Temporary Fruition, fhall not in this prefent life
PofTefs in his own Soul that Incorruptible Frui-

* The Printed Copies here Read All sr^oWf a ; but the Ma-
nufcript 5r^rx*ii«

f The Manufcript here inferts )V(x<pix.

tion

474 ^°e Spiritual Homilies

tion fo much DefiYd : This perfon is Become

Salt withmt Savour > This perfon is Pitiable a-
bove all Men , This perfon is both Deprivyd of
the things Here, and hath no Enjoyment of the
* Gifts Divine i He hath had No Knowledge of
Divine Myfieries, thro' the Operation of the Spi-
rit in his Inward Man. For for thisreafon is any
Man Eftrangd from this #* World, that his Soul
may pafs intellectually into another World and
Phfl.iii.20. Age, according to the Apoftle: But our Conver-
iCoi.x.^.fation, faith he, is in Heaven. And again, Walk-
ing in the Fleflo, but not Warring after the Fief 3.

It behoveth him therefore that hath Renounc'd
this World, firmly to Believe that he ought even
Now to pafs in thought, thro' the Spirit into
another World, and there to have his Conver-
fation and his Pleafures, and to Enjoy the Spiri-
tual good things, and to have his Inward Man
f John v. Born of the Spirit, as the Lord hath faid, He a
24- that Believeth in me, is Pafs'd from Death to
Life: For as much as there is another Death
befides that which is before our Eyes, and a-
not her Life befides that which doth Appear.
J 1 Tim.v.For faith the Scripture, b She that liveth in Plea-
6- fiae, is Dead while She liveth. And, Let the Dead
c Luke ix.c Bury their Dead. For the Dead fio all d not Praife
60, 61. tjJee q LorJ but <we that are Alive will Blefs

* Pfal. cxv. j J

' j 7, 18. t'oee'

For as the Sun, when Rifen upon the Earth,
is wholly upon the Earth , But when he Advan-
ces to his Setting, Gathers up All his Rays, Be-
taking himfelf to his Home: Thus alfo the Soul
that is not Born again of the Spirit from Above,
is altogether upon the Earth in her Thoughts,
and in her Mind is ihe Spread upon the Earth,

* The Manufcript here in/erts o^f^v.
** The Manufcript here inferts t*t*.

to

a/Macarius the Egyptian. 47J

to the very Extremities of it. But when fhe
fhall be thought worthy to Obtain the Heavenly
Generation, and Communion of the Spirit, Col-
lecting all her Thoughts, and Keeping them at
home, does She Enter in unto the Lord, into the x Cor. y
Houfe 'which is from Heaven, not made with Hands, i—
and all her 'Thoughts become Heavenly, and Pure,
and Holy, moving in the Divine Air. For the
Soul once Set Free from the Prifon of the Dark-
nefs of the wicked Ruler of the Spirit of this
World, findeth Thoughts Pure and Divine, be-
caufe God hath been ple;is'd to make Man Par-
taker of the Divine Nature.

If therefore you fhall withdraw from all things
in this life, and Perfevere in your Prayer, will
you # not rather think this Labour Full of Reft ?
and the Afflitlion Light ? And Efteem your very
Trouble Full of Joy and Relaxation? For if both
your Body and Soul were Spent every hour through-
out the whole life for the Sake of fuch good things,
what wou'd This Amount to? O die Inexprefli-
ble Companion of God, that fo Freely grams
Himfelf to them that Believe, in a little time to
Inherit God, and for God to Dwell in the Body
of Man, and the Lord to have Man for his Fine
Houfe!

For as God Created Heaven and Earth for Man
to Dwell in: So hath He Created both the Body
and Soul of Man for his own Houfe -, that He
may Dwell and Rett, in the Body, as in his own
proper Houfe, having the Lovely Soul for his
Noble Bride, made according to his Image. Fori Cor. xl
/ have Efpous'd you, fays the Apoftle, to One *•
Hufband, that I may Prefent you a Chaft Virgin
to Chrift. And again, Whofe Houfe are we.

* The Manufcript here inferts « which muft Change the-
Affirmation that elfe wou'd be, into an Interrogation.

For

476 TJoe Spiritual Homilies

For as a Man in his own Houfe induftrioufly
Hoards up all manner of good things : So doth the
Lord uifo lay up, and Hoard the Heavenly Riches
of the Spirit m his Houfe, the Soul and Body. But
neither have the Wife by their Wifdom, nor the
Prudent by their Sagacity, been Able to Compre-
hend the Finenefs of the *SW, or to Affirm of it,
/ftw it is : Them only Excepted, to whom it is
Reveal" d by the Holy Spirit, is the Comprehenfion
and Exact Knowledge of the Soul laid Open. But
here Co?itemplatei and Difcern, and Underftand,
How. Hear me. THr is Go^: £/?£ is #0/ God.
'This is the Lord: She is a Servant. This is the
Creator : She a Creature. This is the Workman :
She the Workman/hip. There is Nothing Com-
mon to 2?<tf# Natures. But thro' his Boundlefs,
Unutterable, and Inconceivable Love and Tender
Compaffion, hath it Pleas'd Him to Dwell in this
Work, of his hands and Intellectual Creature, his
Pretious and Choice Work, as faith the Scripture,
d Jam. 1 . d That we might be a kind of Fir ft fruits of his Crea-
ep l8* ... tures^ for his e Wifdom, and * Fellow floip, for his
""'"'own Manfion § Houfe, for his own Pretious, and
fi John i.Pure Bride.

3- Wherefore Such good things being Set before

8 Ifau Ivn- us, and fuch h Promifes made to us, and the Good
h2Cor vij. Pleafure of the Lord towards us having been
1 . ' Such : Children ! Let us not be Negligent, nei-
ther Delay our Quick # Return to Eternal Life,
and to Devote our felves to the Good Pleafure
of the Lord, Wholly and Entirely.

Let us therefore Befeech the Lord, that by
the Prerogative Power of his Godhead, Hewou'd
Redeem us from the Prifon of the Darknefs of
our Vile Affections > And that having Vindicated

* The Printed Copies Read tV*******, but the Manuscript

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of Macarius the Egyptian. 477

his own Image and Work, He wou'd mike it to
Shine out, He having * withal wrought the Soul
Healthful and Pure. And thus fhall we be
thought worthy of the Communion of the Spirit,
giving Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghoft for ever. Amen.

Homily L.

It is God that through his Saints rJVorketh
Wonders.

o

HO was it that fhut the Gates of 1 Kings
Heaven ? Ellas-. Or, was it God in*vii. 1.
him that Commanded the very Rain?^m,v'l7-
My Opinion is, that He in whom
the Power of Heaven is Veiled,
Himfelfwas Seated within in his Mind, and that
the Word of God through his Tongue Forbad
the Rain, that it mou'd not Gome down upon
the Earth 3 And again, He fpoke, and the i Kings
Windows of Heaven were Opened, and the xviii42— •
Rain came down. ^ v-

In like manner alfo Mofes threw down his Exod. vii.
Rod, and it became a Serpent. And again, He 9.
fpoke, and it became a Rod, as before. And he
took A foes out of the Furnace, and fcatter'd thcm,—*^- §.
and they became Boy Is. And again he [mote, and 9"~"
there came up Lice and Frogs. Was Humane— -viii.^ — .
Nature pray Able to Do thefe things ? He fpoke
to the Sea, and it was Divided -> To the River,

and

478 The Spiritual Homilies

and it was Turrfd into Blood. But Manifeftly the
Heavenly Power Dwelt in his Mind, and did
thefe Signs by Mofes.
iSam.xvii. How was David Able without Weapons to
Ecclus' Engage fi*ch a Giant in Battle, as he did ? And
xlviLjA-8. when David Slung the Stone againft the Alien
with his Hand, the Hand of God directed the
Stone ; And the Divine Power it felf KiWd him,
and wrought the Viclory. For David cou'd Ne-
ver do it being but Weak in Body.

Jojhuah the Son of Nun, when he came to

Jofh. vi. Jericho, he Befieg'd it [even Days, without be-

*0mm ing Able to Do any thing by his own Nature.

But when God Commanded, the Walls of them-

felves Fell down. And when he was Entred into

the Land of Promife, the Lord faith unto him,

Get you to the Battel. Jojhuah Anfwer'd, As

the Lord liveth I will not Go without thee. And

Jofli.x.13. who was it that Commanded the Sun to ft and ft ill

Two Hours longer in the Heat of the Battle ?

Was it his Nature only, or a Power prefent with

him ?

And when Mofes Engag'd Amalek, if he
£xod.xvii. ftretch'd out his Hands towards God in Heaven -y
*'• He Trod Amalek down : But if he Let down
his Hands, Amalek had the Better.

But when you hear of thefe things Done,
don't you let your Mind Straggle far from you.
But feeing they were a Type and Shadow of the
True things > Take thofe things to your felf.
For whenever you Stretch out the Hands of your
Mind, and your Thoughts to Heaven, and fhall
be willing to Cleave to the Lord, Satan will then
be Inferior to your Thoughts. And as at Jericho
the Walls Fell down through the Power of God :
So even now fhall the Myalls of Sin, that Ob-
ftruct the Mind, and the Cities of Satan, and
thy Enemies, be through the Power of God,

Deftroy'd*

o/Macarius the Egyptian. 479

Deftroy'd. Thus in the Shadow was the Power
of God incefTantly Prefent with the Righteous^
working Open Wonders, and Inwardly did the
DivineGv-Ace Dwell within them.

In like manner did the Spirit exert its In-
fluence in the Prophets, and Adminiftred the
Spirit to their Souls that they might Prophefy,
and Speak, when hen was occailon to Proclaim
Great things to the World. For they did not
Speak at all times, but at the Pleafure of the
Spirit that was in them. Nevertheleis the Power
was at all times Prefent \^ith them.

If therefore the Holy Spirit was Pour'd out to
fuch a degree upon the Shadow : How much
more upon the New Covenant, upon the Crofs,
upon the Coming of Chrift, where there was
made an Efufim and Ebriety of the Spirit ? For
I will Pour out my Spirit, faith he, upon allA£tsu.i6<i
Flejh. This is that which the Lord himfclr' Af- !7-
firtrfd, I will be with you to the f End of the]!?"}10'
World. For every one that Seeketh, Findefh. mxKyin
For, faith he, if ye being Evil, Know how to give Matth. viu
good Gifts to your Children: How much more will n.
your Heavenly Father Give his Holy Spirit to* them Luke ■*■
that Ajk Him, in Power, and the Full Afjurance **'
of Faith, according to the Apoftle?

But fuch things as thefe are Found # byMea-
fure and by *# Time, and much Labour, and
Patience, and Love towards Him, d the Senfesd Heb- *«
of the Soul being Exercised according as it is **'
written, by Good and Evil: And in like manner
alfo through the different Gifts of Grace, and

f Seethe Note upon this Text in Homily 32.fJ.3s?

* The Printed Copies Read x, here, which the Manufcript
omits.

** Some Copies Read here nova, but the Manufcript and

the

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the feveral Helps of the Energy and Power of the
Spirit. For he that knoweth the # 'Treachery of
Sin, Defiling the Inward Man through its vile
Affections -, i\nd taketh no notice within himfelf
of the Help of the Spirit of Truth, Strengthen-
ing his JVeaknefs, and Renewing his Soul in
the Gladnefs of the Heart : Such an one Goeth
without Difcretion, not *\ yet Perceiving the ma-
nifold Difpenfation of the Grace and Peace of
God.

And he again on the other hand that is Suc~
cour'd by the Lord, and Found in Spiritual Glad-
nefs and the Heavenly Gifts -, If he imagines he
is no longer -f Injured by «S7», he is Deceived
unawares, not difcerning the Suhtilty of Sin:
And not understanding the Growth of Touth,
and the PerfecJion in Chrift which are Gradual.
For through the Conduct of the Holy and
Divine Spirit, f \ we Glorify the Father, and
the Son, and the Holy Ghoil for ever. Amen.

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o/Macarius ^Egyptian. 481

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and come to fome Improvement; And every
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4?x Tlje Spiritual Homilies, &c.

and a Great Depth. And Sin has at laft Broken
in upon it, and Seized All her Members, and the
J? : lares of rife /Jcirt. Afterwards upon Man's
friak :h, does Gftgfi dome to him,

ana gojfejes boij Paris of the fiwtf Alike. He
therefore that is Uncxperienc'd, when Comforted
by Grace, entertains an imagination, as if by
that Approach Grace had Seiz'd all its Powers,
and that Sin was Rooted up. But yet the far
Greateft Part is Held f aft by &» s And to ^
Part by Grace, and even that is Stoln withal in-
fenfibly away -y And fhe is never the ivifer for it.
But though to Perfons of your Difpofition and
Sincerity we cou'd upon thefe Topicks fend yet
more largely, we have Given you however your
Cue in few Words, as writing to Men of Un-
derilanding •> That having hereupon taken True
Pains, and Search'd out the Force of Words,
*2Pef.Iii.ye might become e wifer in the Lord, and Im-
l8- prove the very Simplicity of your Hearts in his
Grace, and in the Power of the Truth •, That
fo Embracing your Salvation with entire Safety,
and being Beliver'd from All the Circumven-
tions, Stratagems and Fraud of him thatoppofes
you, ye may be thought worthy to be Found
without Bicmiili, and Uncondemn'd in the Day
of -the # Knowledge of our Lord Jefus Chriif . To
whom be Glory for ever ! Amen.

* The Manufcript in the running Text reads y>4<re#$,
Knowledge, out dke&s us in the Margin to read x^lo-eas,
Judgment. The Seiife in Both Readings is much the Came,
Chrijt having Torfwarrfd All that Believe in Him, and Live ac-
cording to their Faith, that at the Great Day of Account,
He will Kmr» or Own none, but Them, Matth, vii. 23.

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