49 0 Book IV. fl..ooktngunto jjefnS'. Chap.1. Seer. 1 o. ]oh. 1. 33· !'fa!. SJ,JO, Pfal. 68. I 8. warming Sermons! may we n ot fea r tha~ rhe Sp~r.n is gone..whiles thr people arc dead, and we are no more hvely sn our Mmtllry ! tr IS {aid of Lutber, that whe~ he heard one Preach very C.intly, c. ld! col1i, f<.ys ~e , thi1 ;, cold Preaching, h<re'J ito b"t at aUtobe gotten; Oh when the Sp1nt comes, 1t comes wirh a tongueof hrc. inllead of words fparksof fire will fall from uson the hearts of hearers. ' 3· Thefe cloven w ngues[ate upo1 ucb of them; to fignifie their conilancy and ~ontinuance; they d1d not loghr, and roucl•, and away, after the manner of butter· fl 1es 1 but they fate, they abode frill, they continued freddy, without any fiini co or ftarting· This was rhc privy fign by which f obn the Baptift knew Jefus to beCh~ft; upon whom. tholt Jh.altfee the Spirit dtfcending and remaining on him, the Iame ;, be ,.,bich Baptifeth wllb the h•l] Gho/f. It was not only the Spirits defeending but the Spirit's remaining on him, that was the aign. The Spirit of God is a ~onftan't Spirit 1 1t ab1des on the Soul to.whom 1t ISgtven; and therefore the Pfalmifc dcfcribes thefe great Tranfactions of Chrift to this very cnri, that the: Spirit might dwell with us; thou b.~ •[et~de~ on high; thol< haft ltdcaptivity _captive, thou h<~ft rtetivedt,iftr fo r mm , }ta for the rthtlilous al{o, th•t thr Lord God.mzght dweO among them. Not only that he m1ght ftay and lodg for a mght asa wayfmmg m.,11, tohat comes to his Inn,and then is goncinthcniorning : no, no; but that he might take up his refidence,and dwell · in them. I know it is a queftion, whether the holy Ghoft may be loft? but certainly of the Eleli he is never totally; or wholly lofr ; only I dare not fay, but as touch- ~;~·; SI· "• . ingmany gifn, he may be loft even of the l!.let!' themfclvcs ' David after his fin ' , was forced to cry, cafl me not aw•y from thy prt{tnce 0 Lord, and tak.,e not th~ holy Spirit fr!": me ; reflore unto me tbt jo} of thy S~lvarion, &nd uphold me with thy fr.e Spmt ; we find here that m rcfpeCl of fome grfts nen of regeneration, the Spirit is fomctimu loft, but that the godly lh0uld retain no remnants of tl-Je Spi– rit in their worft dcchnmgs,I cannot Jmag1nc; John tcachcth C:Xprelly,whofoe~er ;, boru of God doth nvt .commit fin, (a fin unto death) f or bitjwl remaineth in him nei– ther can hefin, becaufe h• i< bmzof God, David inhis Fall loft the joy of bis hcarr ' the purity of his confcicnce, and many other gifts Which he defired to have reftored to him; but the holy Ghoft he had not utterly loft ; for if fo, how could he have prayed, cafl me not a11ay from thy prefence, and ••k..• not thy hol] Spirit f rom me ? I hnc done with the manner of the Spirit:s mitlion. Job. 20. 22. SECT. x. Of tbe ntt•{ltre of the holy Gkoft now gi~tn. -+·F· 0 R the meafurc, what or how nauch of the Spirit was now given ~ this quefii. on is necdfary,becaufe we bring in the Spirits million after Chrift's af~ention, a• if the holy Ghoft had not been given before this time. That this was the time of the coming of the holy Gheft, is"fery plain, but that the holy Ghoft was not given be– fore this time, we cannot fay; certainly the Prophets fpake by bim, and the ltpoftles had him,not only when they were firfr callcd,bat more flilly when be breathed en them, aHd {aid""'" thtm, rec<ive ye the h•ly Gbojl. So that if ye ft~dy the reconciliation of thefe things, I know not any way better than to put it on the meafure, or dcg'ucs of the Spirit's million.- I know Come go about ro reconcile it thus,that the holy Ghofr was given before fecretly with grai:e, but now he ·was given in a vikble lhape with power . Others thus 1 that the holy Ghoft was before given io refpeGI: of grace and minifterial gifts, b~t now he was given in rcfpeGI: of vertue, or ghoftly ability to work Wonders, and to fpeak with divcrfe Languages. But we find that the Prophets and Apoftles before this had not ouly grace, and Minifterialcifts, but a miraculous ver– tue, even the S~irit of powerful and cxtraordiaary operarion : only here was the difference, that before this, the Spirit was bur fprinklcd ( as·it were) upon them, but now it was roured upon them; before.this they were gently breathed on, and re– frdhed with a fmall gale, but now they were all blown upon with a mighty wind; without controverfie a difference there is in the Spirit~s mitlion; And that Come lay down chiefly in thefe three things.-- As.~ 1· In
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