---------~~~--------------- 596 Of the SE N n INa Sermon 1, ,This we may makeafeverall benefit. by it felfe,from thof~ of CH a 1 s rs, And .g~I,H· ,.. 6 • fotheApo.Jilefeemeth tb doe. Gal. 4· F1rlt, Go o {ent Hu Sonne, moneverfe. d · then after Go o fenttheSpirit of Hts Sonne, in another. . 'an Or we may holdourcontinu~tionltill, and make :his the.lalt of ~Ha 1 8 1 8 ~enefirs: For, Afcmdttmalwm, ~s not thelalt; there,soneltlllremat~ing, which ~11,~,,s, IS Dona'dedtt homtmhuo. And that IS tillS dayes pecuhar; wheremweregiVento men many and manifold,- both graces and gifts, and all in one gift, the gift, oftheHot] Ghojl. · · Howfoever we make it,fure it is,that all the relt,all the Feafls hitherto, inthere: turne of the yeare, from H1s Incarnatim, to the very !all of His Afcenjion,thoughal! of them begreat, and worthy of all horwur inthemfelves; yer,to us,they areas no.· thing, any of them, or all of them (even all the Fealts in theCalendar) without this Day, the Fcalt, which now we holdHoly to the fending of the Holy Ghofi. CH RI s r is the Word; and all,of Him, burwordsfpoken, or words written: there is no (ealeputro, rill this day : The Pf91y Ghojl is theSealeor Signatrm,Inquo .Ephef.4.JO, fignati efii5 (Ephef.4·30·) A tejlament we have and therein many faire legacies· but ~C~r.n+ . ull this day, nothiqg adminiltred; Thea4miniffrations are the Spirits (I Cor.I;, 4 ,j In all thefe of C a "1 s n, thereis bur thepprcha(emade, and payd for; and (as they fay) ~t<& .1dremacquir~d: Bur, I~~& in re, .UYl_iflio inpojefionem, Liverie,andfii· ! co!. 1 . 1 : zm; thar, 1s referved ull this day: FortheSpmtls theArr~a, the earneft orthei.>Wt· jlittmofall, that CH R 1 s r hath done for us. · Thefe ifwe fl1ould cornpare rhem,it would not be eafie to determine,whetherthe greater of thefe nvo; ' That ofthe Prophet, Fili~M datuo eft vobi5; 'Orthat of the l!(ayi.S: Apojlle, Spiritm datm eft nohi5: TheafcenilingofDtlr flefh; or thedefcendingofBilspi. !l:om.fS· rit: Incarnatio Dei, orInj}iratio h;mini5; Themyftery of Hi5incamati'm, or rheMyfierie ofo11rinj}iration. For,Myjleriestheyare both,andgreat Myjleries ofGodlinef{e [!!liD· 3.u!t. both :and,inbothofthem, Go o manife.Jiinthe .Jiejh: x!ntheformerbytheunie~ ofHi5 Son: • Inrhe later,bythecommtmionofHi5 hleffed Spirit. Rnt we will not ccsmpare them : they arc both above all comparifon: Yet, this we m,ty fafely fay ofthem : without either ofthem, we are not compleat, wehave ·not our accomplilhment; Bur, by both, we have; and that fully, even by thisdaycs toyall exchange. Whereby,as before,He of ours; fo now,we of His are made par· takers. He, clothed with oNr flejh, and weinveftedwith lfi;Spirit. ThegreatPro– tnife of the 0 Id Teltament accomplilhed; That He fl10uld partake our humariena· ture : and thegreat and precious Promife of the New, That we lhould be Conforttr Ilivil'£ n~tur"' j partake His divine nature : Both are, this day, accomplifhed. That i:he Text \Veil beginncth withDum complerentr•r; For, it is our Complement inde«!= and not only ours, but.the veryGoj}els too. It is ':(ertullian ' Chriflm, Legu; Sfi"· tm SanEim, Evange!iiCsomplemeTJ!um. Thecomming of CHRIsT wasrhe(ulftl. ling of the Law ; The 'omming of the Ho L Y G H o $ r ,is the{11ljilli1'!; of the. (JP/fc/1, · - - · .7 - - ' - - · · ThtDivifi•;,; • Ofwhichcorrimingofthe Ho -I:Y Gios'T theReportisherefet?owne6&~ - 1 Sa.mtLuke; borh of the •time andthe •mannerofit. I, TheTrme,mthe ~ · ' words: Whm thcdayof Penteco/&w 4 .come. 2 , The 01.£anner,inalltherefloft e lt' foure Jl'er(es, . _ • - _: And the <-Manner, fir!l: on theirparts, to whom He came : o.f theprepar.att~n for His comming in the firjl verfe. And then, the manner of H1s commmgm t e qther time. •. ·' :! On their parrs; to whom.He ~ame, howtheyfi~odprepAred,howtheywere found framed and fitted to rece1ve H1m whenHe came, mthefe three: I. They IV 111 ~tll ofone accord, z. They were all in oneplace. 3• And both thefe (dHm tomfltrtn: fiH) even {along, tiflthejiftie dayes Wert fi•lfil/ed. . , , g pn His p~rt~ the ma!!ner o! ~scommin9 tg them ~hus prepared~ 'F1~~~~~~ )
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