Book IV. !Loo.tung u ;xto 'jduS'. Chap. 2.Sect:.7. 519 ----------- . ,~~~~c--~---~~------~--- the value of rhe gift? as all gifts are figns of love, fo the love of a great Perfonage, and rhe gifrs iffuing from fuch a love, ought more to be accounted than any gifts of any meaner perfon whatfoever. . . . , 2 • Anoth~r circum!l:auce IS, rhe grearnef• of the Gtft; thts argueth greatnefs of good will; and confequently deCerveth a correfponde~ce of a femblable atfdti?n. Now what greater gif[ had Clmtl: m flore, than to gtve Ius own S~tflt? the Sp~nt proceedeth from him, and ts the fame effence wtch htmfelf;, the Sptrtt ts the rlu~d Perfon of the true and only Godhead, proceed111g frow rhe Father and the Son, and cocternal, coequal, and confubflanrial with the Father and the Son; this appears by thofe divine Attributes and Properties whtch are atmbuted , and commumcattd to the holy Spirit: As, I. Eternity. God ne>tr was without his Spirit; In the btginnMg Gon. t. r, ,, God created he«ven mtd earth, --and the Spirit of God moved upon the f ace of the waun 2. vmni;lotency, becaufe he, rogerher with rhe Father and the Son, crea. tetb and preferveth allrbings, By hi< Spirit h~ hath garnijhed the heavens; the Spirit of 'ob 26. 1; . God hath m3de me; and all thefe thi:i[s t>ork§th th.1t one and the [elf-fame Spirit, dividing to·-·33-4every WJan fevcrallyao he will. 3. Omnifciency, or the knowledge of all tbing;, For' Cor.""'· the Sp.rit fearcheth all thing;, yea the deep tpings of (Jod. 4· Immutability, or un- I ' or. '· 10 ' changeablenefs 1 M en, and bruhren, thi< Scripwre mlljf needs have been [~</filled which .M\s '· t6. rh<holy Ghoft [pak§. 5. Infinire 111ercy, or love; God i< love,---and the love of fiom. !• 5• God u jhed abro.d in our hearts by the holy Ghoft , which i< given unto UJ. 6. Holy indignation even ogainft hidd<n fin, , T hty rebelled, and vexed hj,·hdly Spirit; why bath Sa- !( 3• 63 • 10• tanfiUedthy heartto lyetothe. hol;: Ghoft? ---thonhaft not lyed unto men, hH{ um oACh5·M•9· God; (a plain text for the Dtvmtt)' of the holy Ghoft) -- Hotv i< it that ye have •.ph. 4• 3 o. agreedtootther to tempt the Sptrito( the Lord? Grieve notthe holy Spirit of God, wh<reby ye are fe;led unto the day of redemption. I might add Miracles, and :he. infti:urion of Sac.amems, a·nd Prophd tes. and Gtfts, a•1d Graces as theefk~h ot hts DtllllJty: JMat.rz.18. caft outd"'llils (faith Cbrift) b_y heSpiritof God, and baptife "' th<ivll1' of the Fatha ;->8. I 9· , andof the So't, ai1d of theh•ly Ghoft. And the Spirit fpeak§th exprejly, that in thelatter ~ ~~~: ;.~8. times fome Jltall depart fromrhe f mth. And we r.:re ch..rtged mto rhefame tmage from glory toglory, even as by the Sp~rit of. the ~ord. See n->Wbow the holy Spirit i. God, coer<rnal, coequal, aad confub!l:anttal w11h God the Facher and GoJ the Son; IS not thi& a great gift I yca,as great a gift as poffibly can be gi,•en? what can he mor~ than to give bimfdf, and to give his Spirit ? 0 the bonds of love rhar are upon man towards Chrift in this refpeCt! Come my foul and take. a view of the Glory and Bounty of Jefus Chrift! if thy bearrbe nor all brafs, and rron, and fl:one; tf there be any flellHnefs, foftnefs, or plia– ~lenefs in ir? why, then how ll10uldit thou cltufe bur l~ve ~ if. either beamy or bounty; 1f euher maJefty or magnrficence can draw thy affeCtiOn Lhrrfl: wrll have tt· for in him is all; 0 let him be thy all! furely if thou haft any thing belidcs himfelt; he is the Do– nor of all, he is the beauty of all, the fumof all, the perfection of all, yea, beisrhe Author, Preferver, and FuJill1er of all. SECT. VII. Of joying in Jefiu in that re[peCl. 7. LEt.us joy in Je(UJ as carrying on·the great work of our falvation for us in thefe par– ticulars; there is nor a particular under confideration, but 'tis the object of a Chrillians joy. As,._ t. How fhould it heighten my joyes , and enlarge my comforts, when I do but con– liderrhat Chn!l: rs afcended into 6 1. ry? by rhis it isclear and evidenr, that Chrift is ac– cepted of the Father for me. or otherwif.: he ll10uld never have been received into Hea– ven; if any frown had been in the lice of God, furdy Chrifl coming fo near God, he l110uld have had it; if any exception bad been againfl: his fa·bfaction, any flaw in our pardon,, furely Cbrifl: lhould lm e heard of it; yea, without quefiion he mufl have been rurned our of Heaven, until he had made a full payment of our debts. I need not doubt of my acceptance at the Thrvneol Grace, when Jefus Chrift is accepted for me, and that I ftand mfucharelation to Jcfus Chri!l. Oh what joy is in this! 2. How
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