Letter to his Coufin, he faith; "God's Holy Spi"rit be with you now and ever." In his Anfwer to Mr. Grindal's Letter, he faith; "My daily "Prayer is, that God our Eternal Father, for our "Saviour Chrift's Sake, will daily increase in you "the gracious Gift of his heavenly Spirit.

In Archbishop Cranmer's Letter to Mr. Wilkinfon, he prays; "The Lord fend his Holy Spi"rit, to lead and guide you where foever you

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In his Difputation with Wefton, he faith; "(i. e. Chrift) is feen with the Eyes of our Mind, "with Faith and Spirit." Bifhop Ridley, fpeaking of the Lord's Supper, faith; "The Holy "Ghoft is always affiftant to thofe Mysteries "which are inftituted of Chrift, and lawfully ad"miniftred. " In a Copy of the Declaration drawn up by Mr. Bradford, Saunders, and others, writing of the true Faith, faith; "Which Faith "is not an Opinion, but a certain Perfwafion "wrought by the Holy Ghost in the Heart and "Mind of Man; where-through, as the Mind is "illuminated, fo the Heart is fuppled to fubmit "itfelf to the Will of GOD unfeignedly."

In the Writings of John Rogers, Vicar of St. Sepulchres, and one of the firft Martyrs in Queen Mary's Reign, are thefe Words; "Herein do

"we affain ourselves to be like our Head Chrift, "and all his Apoftles, Prophets, Martyrs, and "Saints; and herein ought all Christian Men to "be like them; and herein are all Chriftian "Men and Women like them every one, accord"ing to the Measure of the Faith that GOD hath "dealt unto them, and to the Diversity of the "Gifts of the Spirit given unto them.

In a Letter of Mr. Saunders to Mr. Gardiner, he faith; "Such inward Infpiration doth the "Holy

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Holy Ghoft put into the Children of GOD; being indeed taught of GOD, but otherwife "unable to understand the true Way of their "Salvation." In his Letter to a godly Gentlewoman, he writes; "Wonderful is the Working "of GOD's Children thro' the Spirit of Prayer, "and as whereby they fetch all heavenly Influence "from Chrift their celeftial Head by his Spirit." In a Letter to the fame Perfon, he faith, "GOD "knoweth this Spirit putteth us in a Mind to fpeak. Immortal Thanks be given unto our "GOD! who in our Christ hath bestowed upon us, the first Fruits of his Spirit, who crieth in "our Hearts Abba, Father.

In the Anfwer of Bifhop Hooper to Sir Anthony Kingston, juft before he was burned at Gloucester, he faith," I have fettled myfelf thro' the

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Strength of GOD's Holy Spirit, patiently to "pafs through the Torments and Extremities of "Fire now prepared for me." In his Prayer at the Stake, he faith, "I will not allow their wicked Doings to the Contamination of thy "Blood, and to the Denial of the Knowledge of thy Truth, wherewith it did pleafe Thee by "thy Holy Spirit to inftruct me. In a Letter of his alfo to fome Friends in Prison, he writes, "Wherefore in the Name, and in the Virtue, "Strength, and Power of his Holy Spirit, prepare yourselves in any Cafe to Adverfity and "Conftancy." In another Letter he writes, "It is much requifite, that the Members of Chrift "comfort one another: Make Prayers together,

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confer one with another, fo fhall ye be the "ftronger, and GOD's Spirit fhall not be ab"fent from you, but in the midft of you, to teach "you." At the End of a Letter to Bishop Far

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rar, Mr. Bradford, Taylor, &c. he writes, "The "Lord Fefus Chrift, with his Holy Spirit, com"fort and ftrengthen us all, Amen. "In a Letter to his Wife, he faith, "It is not the Nature "of Man that can be contented, until it be rege"nerated, and poffeffed of GOD's Spirit. In the fame Letter he faith," Bleffed is that Man, "in whom GOD's Spirit beareth Record,, that he "is the Son of GOD. In his Letter to a pious Widow, he writes, "I commend you to God, " and the Guiding of his good Spirit, who efta"blish and confirm you in all well-doing."

In a Letter of George Marth, Martyr, he writes to fome Chriftian Friends, "We are the "true Temple of GOD, and the Spirit of GOD "dwelleth in us. In the Confeffion of Faith. put forth by John Warne, before his Burning,, he faith, "I believe that the Holy Ghoft is GOD; "the third Perfon in the Trinity, in Unity, of the "Godhead, equal with the Father, and the Son,,

given through Chrift to inhabit our Spirits; by "which we are made to feel, and understand, "the great Power, Virtue, and loving Kindness "of Christ our Lord: For he illuminateth,. quickeneth, and certifieth our Spirit, that by him we are fealed up unto the Day of Redemp "tion; by whom we are regenerated, and made new Creatures: So that by him, and through, "him, we do receive all the abundant Goodness: "promifed us in Jefus Chrift."

In a Letter of Mr. Hawkes to his Wife, he faith, "GOD, who refufeth none who will come: to him with their whole Heart, will affift you "with his Holy Spirit, and direct you in all your Ways. In a Letter of John Bradford to fome Friends, he writes, "Becaufe Chrift dwel leth in you, as he doth by Faith, therefore the BS Devilt

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"Devil ftirreth up his firft Begotten Son, the "World, to feek how to difquiet you." In his Letter to A. W. he faith, "I doubt not but you be diligently exercis'd in reading of the Scriptures, "in meditating of the fame, and in hearty "Prayer to GOD, for the Help of his Holy Spi"rit, to have the Senfe, and Feeling efpecially, "of the Comforts which you read in GOD's "Word." In his Letter to the Lord Ruffel, he writes of Faith, faying, "For as by it we be juftified, and made GOD's Children, fo are we "Temples and Poffeffors of the Holy Ghost; yea "of Chrift alfo, and of the Father himself.

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a Letter to a pious Gentlewoman, he writes, how Chrift is given as a Pledge of GOD's Love, and adds, "Whereof the Holy Ghoft doth "now and then give us fome comfortable Tafte, "and fweet Smell of our eternal Joy." In the fame Letter, he bids her pray, "Grant that "thy Holy Spirit may be with me for ever, and ་ more and more, to affure me that thou art my "Father." In another Letter to the fame Perfon, he exhorts her, to pray to GOD, that "fo "he would give you his good Spirit, that you may feel the fame, and live as his Child to his Glory.'

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In a Letter to certain Profeffors of Christ, he faith, "Prefume not to rebel, and the Glory and good Spirit of God fhall dwell upon you.

In a Letter to the Lady Vane, he faith, "Chrift, "who is the only Head of the Church, that gi"veth Life to the whole Body, by his Spirit doth "enliven every Member of the fame."

In the Anfwer of Robert Smith to Bishop Bonzer, he faith, "The Holy Ghoft accompanieth the Preaching of Faith, and with the Word of "Faith, entereth into the Heart." In his Letter

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to all the fincere Profeffors of Christ, he writes, "Now fhall it appear whether ye have built upon "the fleeting Sand, or upon the immoveable "Rock Chrift, which is the Foundation of the

Prophets and Apoftles, whereon every House "that is built, groweth into an holy Temple in "the Lord; by the mighty working of the Holy Ghoft." And in another Place, "For we have "the Comforter, even the Spirit of Truth, which "was fent from the Heavens to teach us, he fhall fpeak in us, he fhall ftrengthen us.

In a Letter of Bishop Ridley to John Bradford and others in Prifon, he writes, "Now I love my "Countryman indeed and in Truth; I mean Dr.

Taylor, becaufe of the Spirit which bringeth "forth in him, in you, and in our Company fuch "bleffed Fruits of Boldness in the Lord's Caufe." In another Letter to his afflicted Brethren he writes, "Bleffed be GOD, the Father of our "Lord Fefus Chrift, which hath given unto you "a manly Courage, and hath fo ftrengthened you "in the inward Man, by the Power of his Spirit.' In another Letter he writes, "Ye therefore, my "Brethren, that pertain unto Chrift, and have "the Seal of GOD marked in your Foreheads, "i. e. are fealed with the Earneft of the Spirit, "to be a peculiar People of GOD; quit your "felves like Men, &c. for he that is in us is "ftronger than he that is in the World."

In his laft Examination about his Faith in the Sacraments, he faith, In Baptifin the "Body is "wafhed with vifible Water; and the Soul is "cleanfed from all Filth by the invifible Holy "Ghost." In his lamenting the Change of Religion in England, he faith, "When I confider "this holy and wholfome true Word, that teaches "us how GOD hath given us his only, dear, be

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