492 Book IV. JLooltiug unto jJcfuS'. Chap. 1. 8etl:. 11. ----------~--~~------~------- ]er., ,. 2 s-:- fay wi<h 'feremy, The Prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream, but he that hath my Word, let him Jfe.1/zmy Word faithfully, what inhe chaffe to the wheat? Bur of all the PropheCies concerning the mtlhon of the Holy Ghott , our Saviour gives the clearell: aod the'moll: pawcular; two great Propheltes we find tn the Bible, the one is of the Old Tell:amenr, and the other ol the New; that of the Old Tell:amenr was for the coming of Chrill:, a~d this of the New Tell:amenr was for the coming of the Holy Gholl:: and .hence we fay, that the .comtng of Chrill: was the fulfilling of the Law, and tire com:ng of the Holy ~holl: ts the fulfilltng of the Gofpel. In this refpect let us fearch and fee t~ofe Prophehes of Chnll: the great Prophet in rhe New Tcllament. )oh. 1 4, 1 6, 1;. I w 11 pray the Father, and he Jha/1 give you another Comforter, that he may abide with ]oh.t~.'l6. youforever, eventheSpJrttoftrmt;. _ _ Butwhen theL ornforter r5come, whom/will luk. 2 +· 49 • fend tlllto )'OI< from the Father, he jhall teftifteof me:-- And behold I fend the pro– ) eh. , 6 , 1 • mife of my Father uponyott, but tany ye tn the Cuy •f {erufalem, tmti/1 Y' be indued with power from on· high. It u expedient for )'O" that I go mvay ; for if I go not away the Comfortlr 1~:/1 not come untoyo~<: but if I depart, I wtll fend him unto yo11. Why it was of necelltty <hat all thefe Prophef:es, and Promtfes mull be accomplilhed and Ml.:. .;. therefore was the Holy Gholl fent amongll us. ' 2. That the holy Apoll:les might be furnif!Jed with gifts and graces fuitable to their ef!ates, conditions , ilarions, places. To this purpofe, no fooner was the Spirit fent, but they were filled with the Holy Gboff, and began to Jfeak.. with other tongues as the Spirit gave them mrerance. They were filled with the Holy Ghof!; not that they were before empty , but now they were more full of the Spirit than ever they were before; ar.d th<y fPea/z with other tongutt ; other than ever they had Learned; probably they underll:ood no Tongue but the Syriack_ tiU this time, but now on an a fudden they could fpeak Greek, Latine, Arabick, Per– fian, Panhian, and what not ? the wifdom and mercy of God is very obfervable herein, that the fame means of diverfe Tongues which was the dell:royigg of B•bel, fl10uld be the very fame means here conferred on the Apollles to work the building of Syon. that the curfe fl10uld be removed, and a bleffing come in place; that confufion of Tongues lhould be united to God's glory; that this lhoulJ'·I:Jr the ilfue of Tongues, that neither Speech no~ Language lhould be upon all theEarth, but his praife, and glory, and Gofpel fl1ould be heard amongfl them. And here IS fomethmg more obfervable, in that they fpake with other Tongues, M the Spirit gave ther(J utterance; the word ut– terance .is in the Original d..-o~s,»L""; you have heard of Apothegmes, (i.e.) wife., and weighty fememious fpeeches ; now fuch as thefe the Spirit gave them to Utter; mag- "· 11 • nalia Dei ( as in the devenrh verfe) the wonderful work! of God; they fpake of thofe fingular benefits God offered to the World by the death of his Son ; they fpake of the work of our Redemption, of the merits of Chrill, of the glory and riches of his Grace, of the praifesdue to his Name for all his Mercies; others add that they fpake of thofe admirable works of the Trinity , as of our Creation, Redemption, and Sanctification . and of whatfoever generally concerned the falvation of mankind : their fpeeches were ~ot crudities of their own brain, trivial, bafe, or vulgar Huff; but magna– li<~, great and high Points, Aporhegmes or Oracles, M the Spirit gave them utterance. But thefe reafons are remote to us. , 3. That he might fill the hearts of all the Saints, and m1ke them Temples and re1 c "· 6 . , 9 . ceptacles for the Holy Gholl:. Know ye not that your body u the Temple of the Holy Ghoff, ,~hich >Sin )'Oil, whtchyehave of God: andyearenotyourown? ftts fa1dhere, A'l. ' · 4· • that after the mighty ru01ing Wind, and cloven fiery Tongue~, they were all filled with the Holy Ghoff : and began to [peak_ with other Tongues. Ftrll:, they were filled wtth the Holy Gho!l, and then th~y fpea,k with other Tongues; .the Holy Ghofl begi~s inward, and works omward; tt firll: alters the mtnd, before <.t change the fpeech; 1r firll: works on the Spirit before on the phraze or utterance; .thts was the firll wark.of Af.r.6.J. Af.r 7: 5'· i\ft. "· 24. the Spirit, it filled them. And thus for the datly ~mmflrauon, fuch mull be appotn– ted as were fi 1 /l of the Holy Ghoff; and Stephen IS fatd to be full of the Holy Ghoff; ane Barnaba< is called a good man, and full of the Hsly Ghoff. The Holy Gholl: ts ufually faid to ~11 the Saints; only whether tt be the _perfon of the Holy Ghon, or the impreffions of the Holy Ghoil:, is a very ~rear q~ell10n; for ~Y. part I am .apt to Incline ro their mind who fay no't only the tmprdhons of the Sptrtt, thequalmesof holr– nefs,the gifts and graces of the Holy Gboll:, or as fome thtnk babttual wac: Ill a fpectal manner; but that the Holy Gholl: himfelf doth fill, and dwell, and reJgn tu the hearts of
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