~. Sermon+· of the Ho L1 a .H os T~ . B tthen therearifeth;new ditlicultyuponSinon~bier~. Wefeeanecefiiryof z ·' U ' r fii fC · Wh . Thcneceffi•r · His comming: bur, we ,ee no necc 1ty o H 1t 's T s gomg... . y nor Chrifl ofsioon<bitr' {I d yer He come ~ Why may not C a 11. I s T fend for H1m, as welbsfend · . Hay, }~r ifHegoHome againewith I-iim~Before, itwas,ZXjveniat ilie, mane ltl .• 1 m ·.t ·s '"e~1·,11!!; et ,i,ane Tu. Why nor ~ Arerhey like tobu~kers; .one cannot now, I I 'r "• > . . . I' . d' . C . . goe downe,_unlelfe the other goe up~ .If iF be 10 expe tent, He come, a 11. 1 s T (I rrufr)is not1mped1enr, bur !;le may come. '. ,. . . . . · . . , . c HR is T (fure) and He are not~1v<""''mcompattble : they may be, and ab1c!e together wdl enough. .We bele.eve, He.was co.netived by the H 9 L Y G ~ o s T : , .:.., then, no antipathy berweene them. At H1s Baptifme, He was kQowne by.th1s, rh~r Iohn •. J•, rhcSpiritreftedandflay,ed~psn Him: why nor now, as ~ell~ We fee11ot, howrh1s . holdeth: If Igoenot, He rvi/1not come.. it can11or bede~1ed, . they two can,ll:ay roge• ther, well enough ;"and the time !hall come, we !hall_e~)oy the.~both together, and the Father with them. That time is nor yet: now, lt 1sotherw1fe•.. Notlorany let in rhcmfelves ; th~t is nor all: bur, for fome further maqer and confiderano~s noted by the Fathers, for which, itw.u expedirnt, C a 1l Is T !houldgoe, that me Hol:J Ghoflmight come, , _, . . , • , . , . ' ., . . , ,, . ~irfr, for veniet. The ~o L Y G H os T cannot come, as He !hould, He !houl_d , on the Hi~ come a.s Go n. Thdlayof C H 11. I • T wouldhavebeene alerofrhemamf~fran- vb•tls P"" · on ofHis God-head. To manifefr Itis God~htad, being to !hew great Siglies, and worke great Wonders,ifC HR i s T had frill remained and nor gone His way,rhey would nor well have b,cne difringuifhed, and great odd> have beene~(crib~d to 'chrijl. . So, the J!oly Ghoft h~ve wantec:l r_har ~~n~:mrand efrimation duet? Him; an impeachment IC would have beene, to h1s DIVImty. Bur. Chri.ft afcendmg, all fuch imaginations Ceafe. . , . , . , , . ., . . . . , Frommitt•":' Eum ·:alittlcimp~achment it 'Y.?ulc:J h:we~~ene!to Chrifls equality • On Cbrif/r; with His Father. For, He nor gomgtoftndHtm, bur ftaymg {hl! here, thejendmg ofthe spirit would have \>eene afcribed to the Patheralone, as His foie act. This would h,avebeenethe moll: thatthe F~tther, for Bi;fake, had fenr Him; but Hee, as ·c o n, had had no honour ufthe {ending. Being.afcended andglori~ed, mittat~ . will ftraight be conceived: fl!!,emmittet Pater,&qt~em mittam a Patre: that with tl:ie Ioho•~.aG.' Father, He fends Him,~qually,and we alike beholden u) them both., . ,p6. ' Arhirdisin-vobir, ontheirparralf\). Asrheircafewasrobe, itwas (fo) meer; 30ntbtiN;•• even in regard ofthem.~ They '"':erero befenr a~road into all coafrs; robe {cattered their <>fo "'"' ~11 overrh,eeanh to preach the GofpeU; and not toftay together ftill, .in one place, rob•, His corporall prefence.would have ftood them in fmall !lead: He CO\lld b,ave beene refidem bur in one place,ro have !=Omfortedfome one 9fthem ; S.lames at Iem(ale~??:: as for Iohnat Ephefru, or ThomtH in India, ,or Pe.ter at Baby/on ;as g~od (forthepl) h:i heaven asineanh ;,all one•. The spirit, that,was to fucceeq, was much more fit for men difper(cd: . He could be, and was prefeor with them all,and with every one,by Himfelfe;as filling the~ompa!fe of rhe,wholeworld. , . .. . "· This as their cafe was to be;Bur,theFathers rarber pi(chuponth~ir.ell:ate as jlre: ~on tbilrr ·,$ feotly it,wa~ : r~b~, that is, vobis Ji( dijpsjitir: for you~ that is,youf6di/}ofed,as I find; •he~··,;r,,; .._ you are., .So,_It 1s ad hommes ; ro them affected In fuch forr, a.s then they were• :h~~' Ha bo· Whereby he g1veth us to underll:and ; fomc arc inth~t cafe; as it is e:o:ped,mt, ehrift tilfyprtjme. ~~thdraw H1mfelfe from rhem. And is there any vobi;,canany man be in rhat cafe~ lt fhou\d be good for cbrij1eo deparf from him~ Ir feemetli fo. We fee oftcnrime, the cafe fo frande~h, even in regard ofrh_is l_ife,that, (rom CoiT\e, it isgoodtheir meAN! ~etaken, and yeus ~cat~ the Hay ofrhe1r hfe; that, from fqme,ir is good their 6/oud / ha~n, yet b~oud1s natures treafure; and that holdeth us in life; rhar, f~orn forne. ~ t eraken? mfomed&afe oftheeyes, yet is light the comfort ofrhis life. All t IS ;e conceiVe, Expedzt, ttt czbtu, 11tfanguis, ut lux abeat •and all this better, than · rxpe .'t ut Cbrifl•u abeat; we may {parerhem ail berrerrh;n Him. • Yet CH a Is T itis,tliattdlethit us,andrelleth it iis for a matter ofgreat truth: PI , ~llef~
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