486 Book IV. JLooklng unto jjefus. Chap. 1. ~ea-:-:8. - I. F01 the time when the holy Gholl was fent, it is [aid wb, 11 th< day of p~ 1J wa1 fuUy come; rhts was ~ ~·eall of the Jews ~a lied "''""""'' a mvnxJI{JI from fifty d•yt; bec:aufe it was ever kept on the Ftfneth. day after the fccond of the Paffcover. We find in Scripture fuRdry ~emorable thmgs reckoned by the number of bfry. As fifty days from Ifrarls commg out oflEgypt unto rhe g1v111g of the Law. And rhe fifti· eth year was that grear feall of the J"biiee, which was the rime of forgiving of debts, and of relloring men ro rhm firfi efiares; And fifty days were in truth the appoiated time of the Jews Harvdl; theu harvdl bemg boundtd as it were with two remark– able,.!ay~, tl~ ?ne being the beginning, the other the end thereof,; rhe b~ginning was Jlvn(!J,. """X"' rhc fecond of the Paffeover; 1he end was"''""-""" rhe fiftieth day Ltvit, •3. IO, after, called the Pmtccofl·; upon the Jlvne!J- they offered ajheaf of the firJI-(r1tits of L<VIt, ·~· r7. their barvejt: upon the Pen recoil they offered two wave-loaves' the fh<al being olftted, all the after-trults throughout the Land we<c Sanctified ; and the two Joav~s being offered it was a fign of the harvcll finilhed and ended ; and now we find, that as there were fifty days betwixt Jivne!J and the P<ntecofi, to rhere were fifty days betwixt Chri(ls Refurrcction and the coming down of the holy Gt!oJt. What was the meaning of this, but to hold harmony, and to keep corrcfpondency with rhofe mcmoral>l~ t,hings? as on the day of Pentecofi (tifry days after the featt of the Pa1feover) the Jfraelitu came to mount Sin•i, there recnved they the Law ; , ;i' RJcmorable day with them, and therefore called :he fca(l of the Law; fo the very J{a. 1 • 1•. fame da.y is accompli!bed rhat prophetic, Out •f Zzonfballgo f ortb the Law, a 11 d the Tf"ord' •f the Lord from ]er11[a/em; now was the promul!latJon of the Gofpel called Jano.t: 8. by Jamu the royal Law, as given b~ Chrifl our King, and written in the hearts of his fervaiJts by the holy Ghofl; H feems to !hadow qut the greu diff~rence be. twixt 'tl"\e Law a.nd the Gofpel, the Law was given with. terrour, in lightning and thunder; it difcovers t1n, declares Gad's Wath, frights the Confcience. but tlte <;iofpd is given without terrour,thcre ~~s no lightning and thunder now, 11 ;, 110 ; the holy Ghoft flides down from heaven With grace, and gifts; at!d with great joy fits on the heads, and in the hearts of hJS Satnts. 2. On the 'jub•lre, or fiftieth year. wis a great feafi; whence fame obferve that the Latines mane their word Jubilo, to tal<! up a m<rry Song; though the word be denved from the Hebrew Jobel, which fignifies a Rams horn; tor then they blew Witry ~ams horllS, as when they gathered the ptople to the Congregation they ble~ .their Silver Tn•mpeu. There were many ufcsof thisfeall; I· for the general re1; afc of Servants, %, for the reiloring of Lands unto their firll owners who had (old them. 3· for the keeping of a right ~hronology, and rcokoning of times, tor as the Grccks d1d reckon by their Olimpiads, and the Latine, by their Luflra, fo d1d the H ebrews by their Jubilees ; this falls fit with the proclaiming of the Gofpel, whi,ch is an act or tendor of Gods lllofr gra– cious general free pardon of all tins, and of all the !inners in the World; now was the found of the ~ofpd m•de known unto all, our of every Nation ztnderbe,ven .· Af.l: '· S· now was that fp1rhual Jubilee which Chrittians enjoy under Chrift; now was t~ remitlion publi!hed "''hich exceeded theremitlion of the Jubilee, as far as the Jubile~ exceeded the rerr:,ffion orthc Seventh yeat (i) not only feven times, but feventy times M 8 {eveH timtt. 3· Oo tile day of Penrecoft they offeredthe two wave-l•aves called the Lc~:~3:,' 7:~P bread of the firft·fr,.iti unto the Lord. In like fort this very day (the U>rd of rhe harvdl fo difpofing it) ~he'A.poti:ks by the ~ffiftance and effectual workrng of t:he Spirit offered the firft-fruitS of their harveft unto the Lord ; for tbe fame day there Aa. 1 ' 4 '· JPere added unte them about tbreetbo,.f.mdfouis. We fee the ctrcumftall.Ce of ti"e hath its due· weight, and is very ~onfidcrable; when the day of Pentecoft was fully come, the» came the holy Ghofr. SECT, VIU. Of the _ter{o111 to whom the holy Ghqjt wa1 [e11t. 2, FOr the perfons to whom the holy Gh_oft was fent; it is.faid, to all that WtYI All. t. '' with ot~e accord in une place; who they were it is not here cxprefr; yet from a the former chapter we may conjecture, they were the twelve .Appojtks, together with ~ ' 1 ' '~'14' Jofeph calledBarfobM, an'dthe W•mm, and Mary the Mother of [e[m, and his bretbwr; thefc all ~ontinucd with one accord in oae place, for ID was Chrifts command, that tbty
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