848 Book.IV.Part.V. Lookingtmto1eft~s. Cbap.1. Se~.9 4· He came like A rufhing mighty 'Winde; as the winde is{ornetimes of that firength that it rends and rives in funder mountaines ' • and rocks, it pulls up trees,_ it b!ows down buildings ; fo are the operations of th& holy Sp~ric ; it takes down all before it, it bringsintocaptivity manya.n exalting thought, icmadeacon- · quefi of the world, beginning at 'ferufo/em, and fpreading it felfe over all the earth ; it is mighty in operation, able to thake the: fioutefi and the proudefi man,- and to break in pieces the very fionyefi heart; indeed our words without this Spirit are bl!t weake wjnde, we may fpend ourfelves, and never waken fouls, but if the Spirit blow,he will amaze the confciences of the fioutcft peeres, and drive away our fins, as the winde drove away the grathoppers and 1ocufis that over-fpread the land of EgJf"f. Some analogy there is betwixt this vehement winde, and the fpirits workings; the Spirit firfi comes as a fpiritof bondage, and thenasaspiritofadoption; the fpirit of bondage is asa vehement windc that terrifies, to thew that we are not fit toreceive the grace ofGod, unleffe the doore be firfi opened by fe'are and humiliation ; others fay that the vehement ruthing of this winde thewed how irre!ifiably the Apofile5 thould proceede in _ preaching the Gofpel ofJefus Chrifi ; they had a commiffion to go into all the world, and to teach all nations, and they bad a promife that though ma!'ly might oppofe, yet the gates ofbeU fuould not prevaile againfi the C burch ; the fpirit fhould go along with them, and he in them, and they in him: thould pre~ vaile mightily like a ruthjng mighty winde. 5. He filled all the houfe where they were fitting; there were none there that were not fiHed with the holy Ghofr; this roome contained a congregation of none but Saints. All the rnen and women (an hundred and twenty as fome think) in this roome Aa. r.1 s. were vifited from on high; for the holy Ghofi came upon them, , 1 • and dwelt in them ; well might David fay, /Jief!ed are the, th11t Pla.• 8 4· 1·1° · dwell in thJ houfe,--1 had rather be A dQore-k.;eper in the houfe of mJ God, thttll to dwell in thetents of 'Riick.Jdneffi. They that abode in this houfe were under a promife that the Spirit lhould come, and now was the promife accomplithed ; for it fillrd all the hoH[e where they werefitt ing. ! fay where they werefitting, to lignifie, that all the other houfesm {erufalem fel t none of this mighty r uthing ~inde: there: was no affembly of Saints in any part of the
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