[2.] This is that which I intend by this habit of grace, —
a 2 Cor. v.
17; Ezek. xi.
19, xviii. 31, xxxvi. 26; Gal. vi.
15; Eph. ii. 15, iv. 14;
Col. iii. 10; 1 Pet.
ii. 2; John iii.
6.new, gracious, spiritual Col. iii. 3, 4; Eph. ii. 1, 5;
Rom. viii. 11; John v. 21, vi.
63.life, or principle, Ps. li.
10; Eph. ii. 10, iv. 24;
Col. iii. 10; 2 Cor.
v. 17.created, and 2 Cor. iii. 5, iv. 6;
Acts. v. 31; Luke i.
79; John iv. 14, iii.
27; 1 Cor. ii.
12; Eph. iv. 7; Phil. i.
29.bestowed on the soul, whereby it is Acts xxvi. 18; Eph. v. 8; 2 Cor. v.
17; John v. 24.changed in
all its faculties and affections, fitted and enabled to go forth in the way
of obedience unto every divine object that is proposed unto it, according
to the mind of God. For instance, the mind can discern of 1 Cor. ii. 12; Eph. i. 18; 2 Cor. iii. 18, iv.
6.spiritual things in a spiritual manner; and therein
it is light, illumination. The whole soul closes with Christ, as
held forth in the promises of the gospel for righteousness and salvation:
that is faith; which being the main and principal work of it, it
often gives denomination unto the whole. So when it rests in God, in
Christ, with delight, desire, and complacency, it is called love;
being, indeed, the principle suiting all the faculties of our souls for
spiritual and living operations, according to their natural use. Now it
differs, —