Chap. t. Sea. 9· JLoolnng unto 'jefus'. tbeyfhould 110t depart from Jerit[alem, but w•it for thepronlife df the Father, which, faith be, ye bove beard of me_. This premife we read of in the Evangtli~t~, when the All. x. 4• Comforter it come, wh•r~• I wt~{enduJttoy•uf~om the F.ther, even theSptrzt •f truth John 11, >IS. which prowdtth f rom the F•ther, hew.tltejlifte of me.-And behold I fend the prs-Luk.•:l-49· mi[e of theFather upon y ou , but tarry ye in the City of 'femfalem , ulitilyou be indued with power {r01n oa high. It was the great promife ef the Old Teftament, that Chrift fhould partake of our humane N.uure; ~nd it was the great promife ofthe New Ttftament, that we fhould putakn >f his divine Nature; he was cloHh~d with our flefh according to rhe former, and we are invefted with his Spirit according to the lafttr promifc. For this prornife tht Apofrles and others had long wai~d, and for the ac– cornplifhmellt tl\ey wore nci.W fitted and difpofed. I. They had waited for it from the AfcenMn da1, rill che feJ!t of Pentecoft 1 he told them at the v<ry infiafi'i of his afcention, that he would (end the holy Ghoft, and therefore bid them {lay together till that hour; upon whicft c?mniand they waited, and continued wai'ting until ibe !Ca 1s. 1~. day of Pentecojt "'"' [~<lly co1~~. Pletliat believetbJh•ll110t mol<.! hajle,[aith J[oiob; fure· b . ly ..+aitmg is a Chu(ri•n dury.Jor the VijioH ilyet{or.llapp•inted time., butattbe 8 • ' 1"~·. end it jhatl[peak_ aitdfh•ll he! 1y;,'thougH it tarry; 'iv•it f-. it,becaufe it witlfurely come, it will not tarry. W ell may wc'w'ait, and' w,ai! fOr him, if we confider how God and Chrift have waited for us and our converfi6n i and efpecially, if we confidet, that the Comforter will come.and'wh~n ht comes, that hewiU abide with 1/.f forever. Bin 2. As Joh. 14• r6. they waited for the Spirit, folht y were rigfWy difpofed to receive the Spirit, lor they were itU"'ith one f.ccord in o11e place. Maf"k here the qualifications of theC~. !!~!tons; they .~>ere aU witboneaccord, &c. Totho[e thataccord 1r1 theSp-iiil give.¥:·· wKcrcis nothing but difcofd , jars divitlons,frad:ions, i~tr'i: iSno Spir'lr'of dCl'd; for 'ihe Spirit is the Author of'conco , peace, unity, ai1d amlti; he is the very ~ifl:ntial unity, love~ and love-knot of the two perfons, the,fatMr', a~d theSon: evt!il6f Gocf ~lch God : and he was fen! to be th~ union~ love, arlct love-knot of the'two nalures umttd in Chrifr, even of dod with man; •l)d Qan we i~agirle that c'lfential unity will ente~ but where there is unity ? ca'n the Spirit of ~nity corpe or rcnlain but where thnc is unity of ~irit > verily .there .is not,. ~here ~amiot ll'e a mar~ proper and peculiar, a more true and certam drfpofinon to m.:ke us mee,t for the Spmt, then that quality in us that i~ likeft to his nature and' elfcn'<:e 1 and .that is unity, love, concord: d'o we marvail rhar the Spirir doth fcarcely pailf 1'il us l alas we are not all of one accord. the very fir!t point is wanting to make us meet fo~ the comiog'of the hol)r Ghoft up! on us. We fee the perfonsto whom rhe holy Gllolt WaS feni: they were thej iha1 were ~ogether with one accord in owe pl.ce. · - Of tHe m'o1h!er bd"' the holy ,Gh•Jf wm- flnt, 3·l::or tlie manner how he was fent; or how he Cin\e'to thefe Apoftfes : wemay'o~ ..£ ferve rhefc particulars.--- · ' I· Hecamefudd~n/y; whicheifher thews the majeCty of the Miracle' that is glori· ~JU!ly done, whrch rs fud denly done; or the trurh of the miracle, there could be no •mpofture ~r fraud in it, when the motion of ir was fo fudde'n; or the purpofc of the mrxacle, whr<h wa> to awake and all'cd: them to whom it came; ufually fadd~n things flartie us, and ~ake us look up. We may learn to receive thtlle holy motions of the Sprnt, whrch lollletimes come ofuddenly, and we know not how. I at'n perfwaded the ~an breath~s not amongft. us Chrifrians, that f9metimcs fed; not t'he f!irrings, movrngs, breath•~gs of the Spmt of God ; Oh that men would take heed of defpifing prefent morrons l Oh that men would rake the wind while it blow•, and the waler whrle the Angel moves it; as-nor knowing when it will,mi wherfier ever it will blow . agam l ." 2 • He ~ame from bea~'"; the flace fee·ms here to commend the gift ; as from earth earthly thmgsanfe, [o from heaven heavenly, [piritual, cte'rnal things, And this is o~e ~gn to drfimguJ!Ir the fpirits, Beloved, believe not every Jpirit, but try theJpirits 1 John,.: 1 ; "' " '; they are of God, If ourmotions come from heaven, if we fer'h our grounds · - · 'F~nce, from heaven, from Religion, from the' Sanctuary, it'is the Spirit of God ; or ' 11 <:arry us hcne~twu~, rf it make us heavenly minded, i~ it wean 11 s from the E 3 . World{
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