610 I. Ofthepans :tCveratly. ' . l .. 'i'he Gift. I JtTV:lS:.I Spirit. Of the S E No 1 ~ o Now of either, apart. _ Of the Spirit firft,whiclol they werefilled with ·After f theirfilling_; that is,' fi~ft ofthe Gift it Celfe; •then oftheMeafure. That,t'hey w;~e filltd Wlth,tsCet downe mtwo words;' Spiritu and •Sanflo. Firft,that it was a JJ 1 · 1 • ~he~, that that j}iritw_as holy._ A j}i~it; for, men may be filled, andnotwith,;h~ Jfmt: Holy ;for,thereJs a.JJmtuwlthout fanflo. We mu!tneeds put the difference· Spirit andHoly, are two diver!e things. . • Affiirit,noi • With ~hefpiri:: for,men may be filled, and not with the Spirit. Thatwhich en.' ~1 humour. forceth thts notc,ts, a Cpeech at the XIII. verfc; there, they fiicke not (fome) thi~ that was the spifit indeedJ to1:eproach with the terme ofnew wine : Thefe ,,;.,,full (fay they; )full, rhey grant :_bur, withwine, a liquor though full offpint, yetnof}l. rit though. It was falfe; as lt fell out: yet, this it workerh, that iftheSpirit may be takenforah.t~,llour;why not ahumour for the Spiritlikewife ~Andnot the humour of thevineonely: bur, the l'hi/o(opher (in his Prob/emes) tels us, that looke whatfoever operarionwinehath,the lame have fome bamours in our bodies, with a littlcfcrmenllf•y.•N· ting. The Prophet Efay feemeth to fay the Came intwo places : that mennuy be 1'• s•. drunk'e, andnot with wiwe; theirowne humour willdoe it as well. · · I wi!h, it were nottrue, this: that htlmours werenot fometimes milhl<en and mif.termed the Spirit. A bot humo11r flowing from thegall, taken for this fire here and termed (though untruly) the JP.irit of '{!Ale, Another windiehHmourprocceding from the fpleeTJtj Cuppofed to bethts Windhere, and they that filledwith it (ifno be– die will giveit them)taking to. themfelve~ the.flyleof the godly brethren. I wilh, it were not needfull, to make thts obfervanon. But, you !hall ealily know ir, for an humour: Non continetur terminofuo; It owne limites wiH not hold it. Theyareever mending chur&hes, States, Superiours 3 mending all, favethc:m[elves: alimo, n~nfuo, is the note to difiingui!h an humour. >"I'Re HofJ 'With Fhefpim; yet, not _everyfpirit. I told you,therewas a(pirituwithout fan: spirit. tlo; ~nd I meane not the wzckedfpirit (away with him, we will not oncemention J/;';!,~"' 0"'*' him_;)but, two other: 'Thereisafpirit in aman(faith •Etihu) tha_tis, ouro~n~ • Job l •. B. {pmt; and many there be,hquiftquuwtNrfpmtumfoum, that follow thetr owneghoil, ~t',~~h: ;6'.!: in!lead ofthe Holy Ghoft: for, even thatgb& taketh upon it, toinfpire, ' and ff•Jb•nJ · b!oud(we know) have thezr revelattins. , Not tbt The other is,that the Apofllecalleth4fpiritum mtmdi,theworlds(pirit(orworliw.. ldsfpi•it. lyfpirit) 'qui poft~it m11ndum in cord1 fuo (faith SaloltJon) bathJet upand lhrin'drhc •;,. ~·[· ,,u. wotld inhu heart : thence rife all his reafons, by them he frames and meafuresReli· {I.h; /~~~8. gion. Vp !hallthegoldencalves, to uphold the pr&mefiate: downe!hall eh~/ ne veniant Roma»i, that the Romans come not, and carry us all away. Ettherofrhefe is peradventureSacerJ;iritus,as the Poet callethaurifacra f•mes ; but neitheris fan– • Pet.<.rdt. c1m. g Saint Peter oppofeth the firfi(ofprivate refolt~tion )to the Holy Ghoft: hS. Paul ~ ~- C!>'·'· "· thefecond(ofworldlywifdome)rothe SpiritofCoo. Thewind (before)hadfoure qualities: two of them (' (uddenneffi, and • q;ehnmTJcy) are palfed by. Every wind, every (pirit bath them. And commonly, other fpirits are morev10lent, and make agreaternoife, than the trttefpirit. The other two, ' ofcommingfrom he•ve~, • comming for theChurch; from the holy Heaven, to theholy Church; areborh, m The Hcl,fpi– tit,th tis,Hi& Grau1. ler ~j. 2.4. 11al.:&39 7· fan8o :andf•pere qu.t furfum, beingwife from thence, and regard to Religionand the Cht1rch ;arethe two bell: Charaflers to di!Cerne theHoly Spirit by. Now ye will underftand of your fdves (I !hall not need to tell you;) v.henwe fpeake ofthe Holy Spirit,as itjillethus, we meane not the Ejfence or Per(on ofrheHe7 Ghoft, that jilleth Heaven andearth (faith the Prophet;) and there uno gotng fromtl (faith theP(almift :)But onely certaine imprefiolls ofrheSpirit. ThePf•lmifl. callerh theinGifts (Pfa!. LXVIII. XVIII.)TheApoftle,Gr4ces(l Cor. XII.VII.)wluchcal· ry the name oftheir Caufe: fo that (in theDialefl or IdiomofrheScriptures}tobeft· Luk• ! ·' 7 · ledwith them, is to be filled with theSpirit. To tl1ewthis, otherwhile they beJOYd ned:the fpirit61'1dp~werif EliM (that is ' thepswerofthe{pirit; the Wi{edom!Jea"-t - ' ~trl
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