'846 ]}ook. IV .Part.V. L1oklng unto, 1ef111. Chap. 1 .Setl.6 ~--~------------------------------------~--- J Job.of .f· ... S'E CT. 9· Of the tnltnner h4w rbe holJ Gh9ft wM f~nt. 3. fOr the manner how he was fent, or how he came to thefe ApoJl:les ; we may obferve thcfe particulars.~ I. He catne[Hddenl]; which either !hews the majeJl:y of abe miracle that is glorioufly done which is fuddenJy done; or the truth ofthemiracle, there could be no impoftureor fraud in it, when the motion ofit was fo fudden; or the purpofe ofthe miracle, which was to awake and affect them to whom it came; ·ufually fudden things itartle us, and make us look up. We may learne to 11eceive thofe holy motions of the Spirit, which {Qmetimes come fuddenly, ar,d we know not how ; I am perfwaded the man breaths not amongfi us Cbrifiians, that fometimes feeles not che ftirrings, movings, breathings of the Spirit ofGod; Oh that men would take heede ofdefpifing prefent motions l Oh that men would take the wind while it blows,and the water while the Angel move~ it; as not knowing when it will, or whether ever it will blow againe. 2. He came from heaven; the place feems here to commend the gift ; as from earth earthly things arife, fo from heaven heavenly, fpiritual, eternal things. And this is one figne to ditl:inguiih the fpirits, Belcvtd, beluve not ever] fpirit, bHt tr} the [pirits whethenthey are of God. If our motions come from heaven, ifwe fetch our grounds thence, from heaven, from Re~ ligion, from the fanctuary, it is the Spirit ofGo-d; or ifitcarry us heavenward, if it make us heavenly minded,ifit v.cane us from the world , and if it elevate and fet our a:ffed:ions on heavenly ' things, ifit forme and frame our converfations towards heaven, we may then conclude the motions are not from below, but froll above 0 that Chriftians would b: much in obfervation of,and in li!fc~ning to the movings, workings, hints, and intimations of that Spirit that comes from heaven. Certainly tbat Spirit is of God chat comes down from h~aven, and that .lifts up our fou:s towards heaven. 3, He comes down from heaven likeawinde ; The compari- · , fun
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