of his inhabitation,
"When I shall awake I shall be satisfied with thy likeness." When he shall
take up house fully in you, it will satisfy you to the full. In the
meantime as he takes the rule and command of your house so for the present
he provides for it, the provision of the soul is incumbent on this divine
guest, and O how sweet and satisfying is it? O the peace and joy of the
Holy Ghost, which are the entertainment that he gives a soul, where he
reigns, and hath brought in righteousness, Rom. xiv. 17. What a noble
train doth the Spirit bring alongst with him to furnish this house? Many
rich and costly ornaments hang over it, and adorn it to make it like the
king's wife all glorious within; such as the ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit (1 Pet. iii. 4) which is a far more precious and rich hanging, than
the most curious or precious contexture of corruptible things, the
clothing of humility, simple in show, but rich in substance, (1 Pet. v. 5)
which enriches and beautifies the soul that hath it, more than all
Solomon's glory could do his person; for "better is it to be of a humble
spirit with the lowly, than divide the spoil with the proud," Prov. xvi.
19. In a word, the Spirit makes all new, puts a new man, a new fashion and
image on the soul, which suits the court of heaven, the highest in the
world, and is conformed to the noblest and highest pattern, the holiness
and beauty of the greatest King. And being lodged within, O what sweet
fruits is the Spirit daily bringing forth to feed and delight the soul
withal! Gal. v. 22, 23. And he is not only a Spirit of sanctification, but
of consolation too, and therefore of all the most worthy to be received
into our hearts, for he is a bosom comforter, John xiv. 16. When there is
no friend nor lover without, but a soul in that posture of Heman, Psal.
lxxxviii. 18, and in that desolate estate of the churches, Lament. i. 2,
"Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her," (ver. 17) "spreading
forth her hands, and none to comfort her," (ver. 21) sighing, and none to
comfort her. In such a case to have a living and overrunning spring of
comfort within, when all external and lower consolations, like winter
brooks that dry up in summer, have dried up and disappointed thy
expectation, sure this were a happy guest, that could do this. O that we
could open our hearts to receive him!

Sermon XXV.

Verse 9.--"If so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any