______-----------)~~h~-f~I~----~----------~--------------, Sermon l-. 3•___ o::_ 'J ~ ,t _e--:--'_o-:-L_v-::-G-----:H_o_s _T--:-.______ 6_:~._:__ 3 - --gwm 111 meaftere: Where there IS meafure, there arcdegrees: where there be hn - Sptrtl" t' mure and [eff'e, rhe more m1y well be promifcd to Hnn that hath rhe terre 10 3 ' 31~ d<grmo 11 ' d f b h · llb · · 11 .. T h that hath it in the egrec o w.mne reat ,It m.ty we epromi[ed 1 ntongt~es .r~ 1~ohlm thathath ir as theJir.fl frn•ts, which is but an handlull, it may well be 01 /~~~·lfed as inthewholefoeafe, which filleth the bofome. But (that wluch is more . F ble to th!sTexr here) we conGderthe Spmt, (asS. Peter) multiformem. the 1l'ct.1 to, i agreeJ I f h f k' d Of k' 'd· s .rit,inhisgraces;ornegraceso t eSpmt,as o many tn es. many •n es; / ur wanrsand defects are many. Nor to goe out ofthe Chapter : In the very :~~·d~, He is called theSpirit oftrlllh :. and that is one kinde <?fgrace, to cure us of error. In the XXVI. verfeafter, theSpmt ofholenejfe, wh1ch IS H1s common name, which {erveth ro reduce us from amoral{honeflltfe,to aholy ,and whereto tl!e power of Religion dorh appeare. And here He IS termed theComforter, and that 15 a!?am!J: beavinetfe and tro11ble o(minde. To h1m that hath H1m as theSpmt oftr~th,wh1ch IS one a race, He may be promifed as theSpiritofholil:rjfe, or comfort,which is another. Jtis~vell knowne, many partake Him, as theJPirit oftmth in kn01vlcdge, whichm1y well be promifedthem(f9rfure, yet they have Him not) as rheSanl1ifyingJPirit.' And both thefe wayes may He be had offome, who yet are fubjecr to the Apljlles difeafe here, heavieand call: downe, and no cheerefull fpirir within them. So, they were notcleane deflitute ofthe Spirit at this promife making, but had Him; and fo well might love Him, and in {ome fort keepe His Commawdemems,andyet rcmaineca,· pable ofthe promife ?faComforterfor all that. So that C HR. I s r may proceed eoHis Pr~yer, that Ht5 Father wotddfendthem the Comforter. Where we begin with matter offaith, For, wee have here th~ Article ofte.:: 3 red to us and fet downein the three Perfons, 1 Ego, •IIIe, and 3 Alium: 1 I, • He c HRI ST s and l Another. 1 I willpray the Father, :hat is, CH B. I s r rheSon. •AndHet lhall '"""'Oi'"'- · give it, that is, theFather(Hts Perfon ts named.) l ·..dlmm, another thtrd Perfon belides, that is, Paracletum rhe HoLY GH os·r. tOne prayi11g; • the other pr 4 yed t~; 3 the third prayed for. 1 Filim orans; •Pater don•ns ; 3 Spiritm con. Jolans. The Sormepraying; the Fathergranting; the Spirit comforting: A plaine dillincrion. · And CH a Is r's prayer fers us to feeke His other nature. For here Hee in.' treats, asinferiourto His Father, in flare ofMan: but(in the twenty lixrh verfe) as equall to His Father, in the nature of Goo, joynes ingiving with likeauthoriiy. Rogabo, as Man: dabo, as Go o. . Finding.the Father gi,;ing here, and the Sonnegiving there, we have theprocee– ding ofrhe Holy Ghofffromboth; quemmittet Pater, whom the Father}hallfend, in the twenty lixth ofthis; quem ego mittam, whom I willfend, in the twenty lixth of thenext. C~Jied therefore theSpiritofthe Father (Matthew ro.zo.) and againe, called the Spmt of the Sonne (GalathMns 4.6.) theSpirit ofboth, asfent andprocec– dwgfrom both, And !all the equality oftheHoly Ghoft. For, fending and procuring, He mull: fend and procure them one equall to Himfelfe;as good every way; or elfe, they had <hanged forthe worfe, and fo prayHim to let Hisprayer alone; they were better as they were; they !hall be at a lolfe. CHR I s r will pray .: and ifHe pray, great likeli-hood there is, He willfpeed." 4 He thatts fued to, is ealie tO intreate; He is aFather: and He that doth fi1e is grati- His. F•tber~ oustoprevaile, He is aSon~e. Pater a jiliorogatm, great oddes, the fuit is halfe ob- gm•g:· ~amed, ye.r begunne. Specially, Hisfuitbeiog notfainror cold, butearnefl and ~~fl~~,asJtwas.He fued byword,aod it was&lamarevalido with flrongcrying in an Heb.f.7; tg ey: & lachrJmu,andHe added teares (faith the Ap;jlle) and they have their vozch.. Aod yet flaid not there, but His bloudfpeakes too. cries higher andJPeakes 6etu.>4: ~r 1 tngsthanthe bloudofAbet. And the etfecrofHispr~yer, was not onely Pater con- Luke ap 4 . on4 , Father, forg1ve them; but Pater dona, Father give them theHoly fPirit to teach, Kk k z. fanaijie
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