~76 Book.IV. Looking unto 1-efru. chap. x, Sed. 3 ------ offices, fo Chrifr was by the Spirit (as it were) anoynted , that fo he might receive his confecration , and inftitution for rhe office, that he was to enteron, vh. tl)e preachiag and miniltry of the Gofpel. 6. Upon · what_ , account wa~ it_, that the holy Gho£1: {hould reveale htrnfelfe at thts [lffie ? and why in the forme of a Dove, rather thea fome other forme? To the fir!l I anfwer, the holy Ghofr now revealed hirnfeife, becaufe the fpirirual Kingd~me and Scepter of Chrifi:, in p.nd by . which _he was to rule all Natwns for ever, was now at hand. It D,·~ L1ghtfJ1ai. was agreeable (faith my author) that the fpiritualneffe·of this o!we EvJnoe • · d fh ld b r. I d d c d b h · · "' K.mg ome ou e 1ca e an con'!rme y t e holy Spmts {hewing himfelfe even in the beginning of it. The carnal rites of /l1o(u were now to vanifh, and his corporal and ceremonial . · obfervances were now to be changed into a Ipiritual worfhip ;· J h and 1., irhrr at '!erufalem, nor at m@unr C:eraz.im, r.or elfewhere mu£1: 0 . 4.7. 1,14· . d . 'l f!ll..l d there be any more a o~·atton Wtt 1 e111 y an earthly ceremonies, but he that will worflup God, muft wcrfbtp him in fpirit andtruth· and therefore it is no wonder, ifnow the holy Ghofi: do reveal~ hirnfelfe; I fay now, when his fpirit ual dominion by fandification is to qegtn. Secondly, beca~fe the holy Gho£1: was now in efpecial manner to be reftored agame .- Some obferve that he was. viribly departed from lf'Ml after the death of. the la£1: Prophets,, and therefore now at ht~ refiormg_, he comei 1~ a vifible and apparent forme ; and h:J.tghts on htm, .' o ~hom 'tt belongs to give the Spirit, and his gnts to wh?m ~e pleafeth. As Jehn had preached that Chrifr fhould bapttzewtth the holy Ghoft , fo now the holy Gho£1: comes and abides on Jefus Chrifi: in the fight of [~hn ; as if the Father fhould have faid, now I feale that power and privi!edge to Chrift my Sorme, wh•ch John hath fPob.p:; nuw the holy qhoft is upon himfelfe, and hereafter he foal! hapti~e othrrs with the fame holy Ghoft. Thirdly, becaufe at the beginningof the Gofpel it was mo£1: fuitable, that a full, cleare, :tnd fenfible demonfiration ofthe whole Trinity fhould be made. The learned obferve, that the holy Gho£'1: in Scripture hath a fpecial regard to exprelfe this .myfiery of the Trinity upon fingular occafions; fo the very firft 'Gen; 1;1; ~~~~thing that is taught in all the_ Bible is this fame myftery ; in the beginning God created, there ts the Father; and Godfo id , there is the Word, or the Son ; and the Spirit of qod moved, there is the - holY.
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