Cbap.x.Sect.Jo. Looking rmto:JefrJ4. Book.IV.Part. V. · 853 Lordw,u not in the wlnde; and after the winde an earth-quakf', but the Lmi wM not in thee11rth-qu;~k_t; and after the earth-quak,sa fire, but the Lord wM not in the fire; and after the fire a fti/1 f mait voy£"e, and then Elijah wrapped his face in his mantle, M ~nowing the L~rds prefence wM therein:. the Spirit carne not ofold,fave in a vifion, or dreame, or in a frill fmall voyce; but now the Spirit came in a rufuing mighty winde, in fiery tongues,in earth-quakes, ACI: info much that the place w.u J!111k!n where they.wertafJembkd, and ' 4 ' 3 1 ' they were all filled with the holy Ghoft: the Spirit now made . choyce to come in fu~o:h apparitions, as iliould have in them a felfdifc_overing property, which would not be hidden ; and here is one difference. .1. . Another difference is in refped: of the fubjed:s unto whom he was fent; before now he came only upon the inclofed·garden ofthe Jewes, but after the afcenfion of Chriil: the Spirit was poured upon all fleili; now every beleever is ofthe Iji-ael ofGod, everyChriil:ianisaTempleofthe holyGhoil:; now we receiv.e _ the Spirit too 7 or elfe it is wrong with us; for if any man have R.~m,8.9. not theSpiritafChrift, he isnoneofhis; At Peters Sermon to·l\ ' 10 ·44•41'· Carne/ins, it isfaid that the holyGhoft fell on all tb~m whi~b heard the Word; and they ~f the circurncijion which beleeved N•ere aftony- ~d, becaufe tht~t on the Gentiles· alfo was ponrea out thegift of the holy·Ghoft. It was fome· wonqcr at firil:, even to the Apoftles _themfe!ves, but in thisSermanPeteracknowledges, of a truth I Atl.t0·H•H· perceive that qodis no refpeileroj perfonJ, but in every ?{jtio n he thAt feareth him, And work,r;th rJghteou(nefl, is Accepted with h im. Marke, in every Nation; upon tJll flejb,_ 1 will pottre out my Spirit. -Here's an other differenae. 3. One difference more is in the meafure of his million. At firft he·was fent only in drops and dew, but now he was poured out in !bowers and abundance;the hoiJGhoft(Caich PAul) w<H /bed Tir. J.6, gn m abundantly through 'fefus our Saviour. As t·here are degrees in the winde, aura~ wntHI, proce!la, a breath, a blail:, a ftiffe gale; fo we cannot deny degrees in the Spirit, the Apoftles at Chri{b refurretl:ion received the Spirit, but now they were filled with the Spirit; chen it was but a breath, but now it was a mighty winde. Andin~ee~ never was ch~ like meafur~ of the Spirit given to men as at thts ttme; the Fath't!rs before thts, and we and our Fathers incc this hav.c but (as it were) a hin of the Spirit to their Epha; . Q qqqq 3 fuch.
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