- Sermon r. ofthe HoLY Gaos T. &ye, For, it is :idded; fate upon tfem : whi_chthey could not have done 1 without [ome J" · • ithout skorchlngtbem,•atleall; 1f1t had bcenefuch ftre, as 1t1sm our chim– hurt' wBut invas ··~<l, .tSitwereours : (that is) in ll1ew; tanhly; inde~d, cdtjliaU: x~~~sthe Windt,(o rhefirefroin heaven; ofthe nature of that (in the Ill. of Exod.) &xod.p.' : whichmadethebn{bburne,abnrd yerconfumehdttnot: .a· . ·[ th . dfi .. Where firll weare too 1erveagame;r econJun·~,wno . et•ngue,an re. The feat of the tongue isin rbe b~ad; .and the He~dof rhcCht~rch IS C _n a r s T, Thena~ Eph<f,,,,,.; · e lace of hw (the qualny, mus,anfwenng:tothJsjlre) ls:heheart: and the Heart . · ~f t6e chu"h is the Holy Ghoj!. Thefetwo !oyne; to .thts worke: CH" 1 s T, to ivcthetongne; theHoly Ghoj!, foput (ire mro lt. For;as 1~ thebody naturall,thenexr; . ~he immediate inllrumenrot.rhe Jot~le~ is heat, ~~hereby lt work~th all tl~e members ~ver;evenfo, mthemyjlzca!lbody, av..gm~there1s,_ hkethatof hea;, wh1cl;l~e~a.re . , willed rochtrijh, to Ire a fervent mthe Spint; to b Jlzrre and to' hlowtt up: WhiCh !Sit, aRom.n,, ~: thargiverh elllcacie to all thefpiriruall opemibns. · • · . b! Thoff,r.•9· , .To ~xpreffe this qualirie, it ap~earer~ in rhelikeneffeof this el~ment; e~ento '· T•m-•. 6 .. lhe 1 v, there ihould be anefficacie, ory1gour,m thm<\odnne,ref~mbhng 1t ; fl!!,od 1gNil# eft i/li.<vigor;that the!orce offirt ihould !hew fonh I! fel~e mrhea·words: bodl in theJPlendor ; whieh is rhe light of knowledge to cl eare the mt!l: of thmdarlmed un– derjlandiwg; and in the fervor,. which is the force ofJPiritualleffir:a~ie, toquicken the dulneffe of their cold and deadajfec1ions. And indeed·, the world was then fo overwhelmed with ignorance and errour; arid fo over-grownc wir.h droffe,.arid oth,er bad matter, byFag4nifme, ir10iigh'ad Ef>y (;,$, . been.e, th:u 1heir lips did need, to be touchedwith-acoleftom the Altar. Tongms ofjlejh would nor ferve the turne, nor words ofayre: but there mull: be fire put Jtito the to 11 g 11C, andJPirit and life into thewords, they fpake; a force more rhan tmurill (that js)rhe force ofthe Spirit: even to fpeake {jarkes ?ffire, in Head of word!, ro drive ;way the darkneffe, and to refine the droffe of their hearhemfi1 converf~uon fo long continued. , . . . · . . . Our SA v , o u it CH" Is 'r fawrhis, and faid: iiveryfacrijice thenhadneed Mackc 9 . 4 ,: to befeafonedwithjire: but there was no fire to doe it with. Therefore Headderh,in another place : .1 came tofend fire zzpon earth; and, this day, He was as good as His Luke u . 4, , wotd,andfenrir; , , , ·. · . . · , And withfuch atongt~e,fpake HeHimfelfe, when they faid ofHim, Didnot ot/r hmts burnewithin &,while HeJPake untom by the way? With fi1ch atong11e <;,Peter, Luke 'H'· here in this c;hapter: for furc,there fell from .Him fomething likefire on their hearts; when they were pricked with it and cryed, Men and brethren; what}halt we doe? ·vqfe 37·. And even to this day yet, in them; that move the dead and dull ~earrs of theii:. heare>s; and npkethem to have a lively apprehenlion of things pertaining to Goo, thereisaremainai:rofrhar, which this day wasfent; and they lltew pbinly, that yet; thisfire is not deane gone out' · .· Butrbisisnot alwayes,norinall 1 with us; nomore was invirhthem; but, in . thol~ oftheir hearers, which had fome oftheanointing, and that will eafily tAke the 'Iohn >.17. fire ;m them good w1ll be dpnc .: Or at leafl:; where there.1vas Come fmoakingjlax, 1{.1d,,1 ~.•~. fome remainder ofrheSpirit, 1vhich without any ·greatadoewill be kindled anew. · lhem,irdothgood:the reil, itdidnor. Thisfortheftre. . . . •· . . lhefe{ate upon each oftbem. Inwhichfitting,is fer downe tinto us, their bftqtia- • And (.ztt ea lmt,of&ontiml:.nce and c011jlancie; The verrue is ooe;"Jf•Jf"• firy tong 11 es.fitting: the "'bc{th<m, Vlceoppolire ..,-u,,;(,.,, jiry tonguesflitting. They did not lighr,and touch,and away; arterrht manneroHutterfties; but both they (ate,themftlves, (in the formerYerfe ;) vcrrc 1 ; t ! tongunfa!e on them (that isJ rhey.abode 1l:ill, and.continued llay'd and il:eddie, v.,r,;, Without lhrnng or llarting alide (faith theP[a!mifl) like Afwarving. bow. . , ~f..J.7a. 11 • · · Of out ~A vI o u 1t CH a xs T 1-Iimfelfe, !iow rci know Him, Go o H1m. · · fhlfe ~a_veSa1nt Iobn Baptif! a privie ligne; and it was this :on whom(oevtr t~o·~feeJ! loho '·ll; ~eSpmt ltghtmg,anda6idingonHim,That is He: Ughtil'g is not it,though lt be the ~ 0 t X G!"os T_: bm,lighting, ~ri4·ab~ding; ~ha~is thecrueSigne~ : !h~
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