When this Spirit is not resisted, grieved, and quenched, but its inspirations and motions suffered to grow and increase in us, to unite with God, and get power over all the lusts of the flesh, then the nature, Spirit, and tempers of Jesus Christ are opened in our souls. On the other hand, when the flesh, hath resisted and quenched this Spirit; then the works of the flesh, adultery, fornication, murders, lying, hatred, envy, wrath, pride, foolishness, worldly wisdom, carnal prudence, false religion, hypocritical holiness, and serpentine subtilty, set up their kingdom within us. _Secondly_, This pearl of eternity is the wisdom and love of God within thee. In this pearl, all the holy nature, spirit, tempers, and inclinations of Christ lie, and divine wisdom and heavenly love will grow up in thee, if thou givest but true attention to God. On the other hand, There is hidden also in the depth of thy nature the root, or possibility of all the hellish nature, spirit and tempers of the fallen angels. For heaven and hell have each of them their foundation within us, and spring up in us, according as our heart is turned, either to the light of God or the kingdom of darkness. But when this life, which is in the midst of these two eternities, is at an end, either an angel or a devil will be found to have a birth in us. Thou needest not therefore run here or there, _saying, where is Christ? Thou needest not say, Who shall ascend into heaven, that is, to bring down Christ from above? Or who shall descend into the deep to bring up Christ from the dead?_ For behold the word, the wisdom of God is in thy heart, as a light unto thy feet and a lanthorn unto thy paths. It is there as an holy oil, to soften and overcome the wrathful properties of thy nature, and change them into the humble meekness of light and love. It is there as a speaking word of God in thy soul; and, as soon as thou art ready to hear, will speak wisdom and love in thy inward parts, and bring forth Christ with all his holy nature, spirit and tempers. Hence it is, that in the Christian church, there have been in all ages, amongst the most illiterate both men and women, who have attained to a deep understanding of the mysteries of the wisdom and love of God in Christ Jesus. And what wonder? Since it is not art or science, or skill in grammar or logic, but the opening of the divine life in the soul, that can give true understanding of the things of God. This life of God in the soul, which for its smallness at first, is by our Lord compared to a grain of mustard seed, may be, and too generally is suppressed, either by worldly cares or pleasures, by vain learning, sensuality, or ambition. And all this while, whatever church or profession a man is of, he is a mere natural man, unregenerate, unenlightened by the Spirit of God. And therefore his religion is no more from heaven, than his fine breeding; his cares have no more goodness in them than his pleasures;