Sermon I. ofthe HoLY GHosT. is llill ufuall with Him; and this we may hope for; hope for, and have, ifwe labour and difpofe our [elves font. . . And wee rnaydueCl our fclves, how to doe rlus, bythofe three places, I even lleaged. 'In the fourth Chapter, 31. Ver{e; Asthey prayed, the Spirit came upon ~:.:~ • In the tenth, Yer{e 44• While Peter_7et fPake,theSpirit je!lt~potHhem : l In the nineteenthChtfter, Yerje 6. vf_s they rccetved the Sarrammt, theSpmt was fcm on rh In which three, are plamely fer downe to us, thcfe threemeanesro procure he~· "rirscomming:' Prayer, •The Word, l The Sacraments. t e Il~ow well -it was the SacramentofBaftifmc in the place lalt alleagcd: but thac is all one. In ordVerfe, doth the Apojllename them both, as ofcquall power (both) forchepurpofe; (r Cor.rz.r3.) Vr~~ Spmw hapttzatt epu; \and, beforeheends the ver{e) & uno Sfirittl foti. Bapttzedm the Spmt, There IS thetrs at Epht{uo; but made drinkeofthefame Spirit, that is thts Cifours here•. Fm·, ex_Jimtlthtu fu,mu: cJ: altmur. Ours here (I fay) where wedoedrinke 1[ the Spmt, 1fanght we recetvett; mwhtch refpeCl he calleth it theSpiritteall drinke(r Cot. ro-3-) becaufe we doe evendrmke the Spiritwichit. . . . . . . And el/enmthtsVery Chapter before the end, It Is noted by Samr Luke,as afpe 4 ciall meanes, whereby they invited the Spirit tothem againe and againe; Their continuing in the Temple withoneaccord, andbreaking vfhread. Ofone accord, we fpake at 1 Cor.ao. 17 : thefirlt, as an etfeCluall difpolition thereto: And this SACrament ofhreaking ofBread - · isthe Sacrament ofaccord; as thar, which I'eprefenrech unto us perfeel unirie in th~ 1 many graines kneadedfnto one loaft, and chemany grapes prejfedtnto one Cu!; and what it reprefentethhvely, It worketh as cffeaually. • Howfoever it be,ifthefethrce,' Prayer, >The Word, ·ltheSacraments, be every one ofchemasanartery, toconveigh thcSpint inro us; well may we hope, if we ufe them all three, wefhall be in agood way to fpeed ofour delires. For, many rimes wemiife,whcn weufethis one, orthatonc,alone; where it may well b,,G o o bath appointed to give it us by neither, but bytherhird. It is nor for us, tO limit or ap• pointHim ; how, or by what way, He lhall come unto us, and vtlite us: Bur to offer up our obedience, in uling them all; and uGng them all, H~ewill not taile but come unto us,eicheras awind, to allay in us fome ttnnatura!l heat of fomc dil!empered de– ftrc in us to evil/; or asa .fire to kindle in us fome !ttke.warmc,or Come key-coldaffic1ion in us togood: Comeunro us, eirhcr as the Spirit oftmth, lightning us with fome new knowledge; or as rheSpiritofHolin~!fe, reviving inus fomevenue orgrace; or as the Comfmei",miniltring to us fome inwardcontentment,or joy in the Ho L Y G u os T ; or, in one or other certainly He will come. For, a complear obedience on our part, in the ufe of all His prefcribed meanes, never did goe away emprie from Him, or wichour ablefling : Never did, flOr never lliall. Never: but not on this day, of aJJ. dayes; the day, wherein D011a dedit homini– htiJ, He gavegifis untomen. It is Dies donomm, His gtving day, His day of Dona– tives: Some gifc He·will give; either from theWind, inward ; or from che tengtte, omward; fome gift He will give. · There be ni~c of them fecdowne, 'J'{jnc manijeff~tions of the Spirit ( t Cor.r 1.) 1 Cot.i 1 .11:, fomeof them nme. There benrne m_orc(ec downe, mnc fn#tsofthe Spirit (Gal.5 .) Gl!. 5 ,,._ · fomeof themnme: Some gtft HewillgJVe. - Oncly Ice us di[pofe our fclves, by the ufe, not of this one, or that ·one or two, but of all chc meanes, to receive ic by. Inwardly, by rmitie, andpatient .,;itingHis leafure, as thefe here : Outwardly, by freqttroting chafe holydttties, Jnd offices all, whtch(we_fee) fuccecded with thofetherc in the three places remembred. And,tnthefe, the blelfedSpirit (o difpofc us,andin them fo blelfe us,as we may :;rt onlybyoutward celebranon, bm by inward participation, feele and finde in _o~r 'fYhs,;.hacwe have kept to Hun,tlus day,a true Fealt ofrhe comming ofHts Spmt, 0 t C;endmgdownetbe HoLY Guon. WhichAlmighty Goo gram,&c. A SER~
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