Chap.r.Sed: . 1 r. LiJoking unto fefm. Book. IV. Parr.V. s5 5 --------~----------- oftheOldTeframent, andtheother ofthe New; that of the · Old Tdl:ament was for the coming of Chrifi:, and this of the ' NewTeframent was for the coming of the I;Joly Gboft : and hence we fay that the coming ofChrift was the fulfilling Of the law, and the coming of the holy Ghofr is the fulfilling of tlJe Gofpel. In this refpect let us fearch and fee thofe prophcfies of Chrifi the great Prophet in the New Teftament. I will prP.;the Father, and he jh111l give Jou another Comforter , that he may 116ide Job.I4 16, 17• , withyouferever, even the Spiritoftruth.-!Jutwh'f:ntheCom· Joh.1 5 .16. forter iJ come, whom I willfend untoyoufrom the Father, he fhall teftifie ofme.-And behold I fend the promife of my Father uprm Luk. 1+-49~ yoN, but tarrJ 1~ in the City of'feru[lllem, until! ye be induedwith power from on high. It is expedient foryou that I go away ; for. iJJoh. T 6. 7• ] go not away, the Comforter will not come untoyou: but if I depdrt, 1 will fond him untoy@u. Why it was of neceffity that all thefe prophefies, and promifes mufr be accomplifhed, and . therefore W•Js the holyGhofr fent amongft us, . - 2. That the holy Apofiles might be furniflied with gifts and gtacesfuitable to their ~ftates, conditions, ftati $ns, places. To - this purpofe, no fooner was the Spirit fent, but they were filled ACh. 4 ; with the hu'ly G·hoft, and began to [pe.tk. with other tongt~es as the ~ Spirit gave them utterance. They were filled with the holy Ghoft ; not that they were before empty, but now they were more full of the Spirit than ever they were before; and they JPak.e with other tongues ; other than ever they had learned ; probably they undcrfrood no tongue bur the Syria,k_till this time, but now on a fudden they could fpeak Greeke, Latine, Arabick, Perfian, , 'Parthian, and what not ? the wifdome and mercy of God is very obfervable herein, that the fame meanes of dive~fe tongues which . wasthe defrroying of Babel, ihouiJ- be the very fame meanes• here conferred on the Apofrles to work the building of Syon; that the curfe fhould be removed, and a bleffing come in place; that confuGon of tongues 1houl_d be united to Gods glory ; that this . fhould be the iffue of tongues, that neither fpeech nor language ihould be upon ali the earth, hut l1is praife, and glory, and Gofpel fhou!d be heard amongft them. . And here is fomething more obfervahle, in that they fpak~. with other tongues tU the Spir~t gave them utterance ; the word u' terance is in tlie Original ~otpJn»t~"'fi you have: heard of Apothegmes, (i.) wjfe, and
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