j!..rolttng _unto 'jjefu.s. Chap. 1. sea. 7. 185 --------------~~~~~--~--~~~ d•y is a coming that be wiU[peak_unto !.~em in hi< wrath,,and vext him in his fore ,/ifylr~- r, • Jure• In the mean while Chr~lhs galltnt; and torme~rm_g them by ~he Scepter of hts P al. ->4>5· \\ Word, and at. !all he will put them all under _hts feet. 1he Lord fazd to my Lord,Ji; Pfal.l!o. r. thou at my ,rzght hand, until I mak_emy enem"s thy f oot·ftolc.--.-For he muff rezgn 1 C~r.q. ,s. till be bath prll all bis enemies u;zder hu feet : that the encmtcs of Clmll mull be IT)ad" his foot-llool notes the extream flume and confulion which they fhall everlallingly fuffer: in viiloritS amongfi men .the party conquered goes many rimes off upon fame honourable terms, or at worfi if they are led captive they go like men; but to be made a fiool f<lr the conqueror to infult over, this is extrcmify of !lume ; and as jh 1 me .[ 0 it noteS burthcn which .the wicked mu!\ bear ; the foot-1\ool bear.s the w'ight of the' body, fa mull the en<:mies of Chrifi bear the weight ofhis heavy and cverlafi- ·: l ing wrath; fuch a weight U1all they bear t.hat they wou!d gladly exchange it for the w igh t of rocks and mountains, rather would they live ~nder the weight of the heavieft creature tn the world, then under the fury of ht.m that lttteth upon the Throne. And withal it notes an equal and ju!l recompence ,to the wicked; the Lord ufeth often to fit puuifi,ments to the quality and meafure of their fins commit• ted • he that on earth denyed a crumb of bread, was in hell denyed a drop of wa-- ter ;'and thus will Chrifl deal with hise~emies at the lafl day; here they trample up• on Chri!\ in his Word, in his ways, m hts =mhers; they mak_e the. ~·ints bowHa. sr.13. tbwn fer them to go over, ;•ea tbty have laid their bodiet as the ground, and'at the ftreet Htb.1o. 19. eo them that went over ; they tread und<r fool the Sm of God, the blood •f tbe Cope" Ifa. 6;. ri. nant ; they tread down the fan[/uary ; and put Chrijf t• fh,ame : and therefore their Heb. 6 • 6 • own meafure fhall be returned nl!o thetr own bofome, they· lhall be confirained to , confefs with Adoni-bezek_, M I have done, fo God bath requited me; yea; this !hall they Judg. ' ·7; fuffer from the mcane(\ of Chrifls members whom they here infult 'over; the Saints fhall be as Witndfes, and as it were co-aiTeffors with Chrifi, io judge the wicked,borh meu and A~gels, and tread them under their feet; tbey fhall tak_e them lfsptives whofe captives th<y »ere, andfhaU rule over their oppref[ors; aU they that defpifed them fhalllfa.t4. ,; bow themfetves at the folet of !~eir [<et. 6. That he might fend down the holy Ghofi; to this purpofe Chrill told his Difciple~ whiltt,s he was yet ou earth, that hemufi.afcend}nto helven, and Reign r!Jere: it u expedient fo r you, that I go away, far if I go not away, the Comforier·wiU not Job. t6. 7; come u1110 you, but if l depart, I wiU fend him to you•. ,Chrill is now in heaven, and fits at Gods rtght hand, that he may fend us hts Spmt, by whofe for<t\lle working we feek after heaven, and heavenly things, where no)V Chfifi lies.' Biit 'oh thts I fhall infifllarger, it beir.g our next fubjcli, · · '' '·"' ·' ,·'{,'\ 1 ' .t·~ :....: 1 } •. ~ J • j ' . sEc 1': vn, ' t; ~ "'11 '~ J ,j h. {;r;;J· : ;t: Of the t'ime when the holy Ghojf 'fM fent. 3· t10r the million of his Spirit: no f6oner was C hrifi fot down 'at ·c~d's :r\ght, .[' hand, but he fends .down the holy Gholl. It wa5 an ufe amongft the Ancients in days of great i?Y an? folemnity to g_i;ve gifts, and to fend prefents 'u.nto men; . thus after the wall of Jerufalem was bu1lt, tt ts fatd that the people did eai, al)d drink,, Nclooo.a. 1 ' · and fend por!ions: and ·ar the feafi of Pt<rim t~ey madothem d~JI of feajfini, a11d joy, Eph.ll, 11. and of fendtn~portlonj one to ano!her,. an.d gifts 16 the ,poor. Thus Chflflin the . day of h!S Majt!ly and InauguratiOn, m that great and folemn Triumph, when be afcendedup on high , heledcaptivity captive, aud did withal give _gifts unto mm. . Eph+8• . Concerning this million of the Spirit, or thefe gifts of Chrifi ro his Church, I fhall dtfcover the accomplifhmenr, as it appears ia thefe texts; And when the day •f Pen. tecoft was full] come, they were all with one accord in one place; and [uddwly tbere Nme afound from beave>t as of a rujhing mighty wind, and it filled all the houfe ;,.(t.a.t,>,;,4 where. they were jiuing; ai<tl 'thete appeared unto them cloven tmgues liks at of fire, ~nd " fate upon each of t_h.em; and they were all fillul w~th ~be holy <{bofl, •nd began to fPcak_ with other fonguet M the' Spirit gave the~. utterance. Out of thefe ,yards l Cha:ll obferve thefc particula~s ; t,he' tiinc when ; the perfons i9,whom; tho manner how; the meafure what ; ·and the reafons w~.Y the holy' ~ho.fl was fr~ ,_ ''Fat
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