Sermon+· Ofthe HOLY G HOsr. . .,,,Etii?J And [o He did, CH R r • T font Him, and He came. and in m~mo15 111 fthisrmlet& mittam,hold we this Day. He did, to them: bu't willHeealfo neo , Hee will. And, !hall wee fee jirie tMgucs i That, is UGt (hrtfts promife to ~0 dferie tMg~es. but Jllum, Him, the Comforter. And, Comfort it is, wefeeke. Iris n~thctongttes, or Jre, we care for, or will doe us good. We conceive (I rrufi)after manners Hecam~,as thts d,ty: 1 One v!lib!e,m tongues ofire thatfate upon their l~.Js : • Tl;e other inviliblc, by imvardgraces, where?~ He polfclfed rheir h<arts: The former was bqt for ceremonJearfirft; rheorhenslt, thereallmarrer, Ilium; Him. And Him, this day as wellasthat,thts day and ever,He wt!l not fallero (end. Alwaies weare to thinkc, His promife and His prayer were not torthefe onely, but for all t~t lhouldbeluve on Him, by their word, to the worlds end. . . Now this !aft point (rhefe two, 1 Mittam, >IHum) wearefpeci~lly to l_ooketo. rJ~•m;tltaris, C-u x r s r is gone, once for all. We have no hold now, but of thts promtfe, I w_lll ";;:'"'( ... ft~~d Him. That we rake heed, we forgoenor Htm,and lofeourpart mthe promtfe 100 , A great parr of the world is (fure) in this cafe : C H " I s r is gone, and the CM•forttr is not fent. Northr<: forlfpeakenotofrheworldscomlorr, rhench . mans ( Lulc.r 6.) qtei habeat hicconfolatlomm, who had hiscomforr, here ingood [Are Luk.r6.•f 3 ndbraverie, and all manner delights of the flelh; fi<Jb·mnforts : but, this here is Pa– rAcletruqr~i efl Spiritru. And b?c.tufe all Religions promife aSpiritual! comfort; itis faidfurrher, Pard. > z>•mlmm; &tru qui eft Jjiritru vmwiJ: NoJjirit of er!'•r,but ~he ffi~it oftmth._ And becaufe all chrzjlians(rhougb coumerfm)clatmean mrereft tn Spmtru vmtatrs; yetfurther, it is added, Par.•detru qui.efl SpiritNO fan!fr« :He is nou~cl~aneSpirit, but one fan- !fifying, and Jeadwg us mea anholy andcleanehfe. Thrs ts the true C•mforter (and none orher) that chrrjl promifeth to fend. , chrift willfend Him. But(that we miftake~imnot) not,unlelfe we call for Him; andbe readtno emertaine Him: For[cletru] tsin Parac!etru, Of which !er me cell you, rhefe three things : It is the chiefe word ?f r_he Text, an? chiefe thing of the: Feaft. Ir is tr•J;Jflated Comforter: thattranflattontsburadhunmm, for theircurne, eo whom Hee fpeakes ;.for, as their cafe was, they needed that office of His, moft. Bur,the rrue force of the wordParacletruis A.dvoc11tru (not theNownebut theParti– eipfe) onecalledto, fent for, invited to'come, upon what occalion, or for what end fa. ever it be. For what endfoever it be,the perfon (ent for,is P.vacletKi (properly) pr• eJ vice; forthat time and curne, AdvocAttu. Bur, becaufe rheJPirit of the rvorld,mleth iM this .vorld, the worldly affaires come thickelt, our affections in that kinde fa many and :oft ; itis come to paffe, that the La.vyer hath carried away the name of Adwca~ I~~< from thereft; and they grownero berhe Paracletiof this world, called for even from the Prince to rhePcafant, and confulted with, none fa often. The Phyjitian,, hehath his time and rurne of adv~eation, to be aParac!etru too; bur nothing fo ofr: for B.;rna6a< (which is interpreted the fo;me of confo!ation) never,till both Zena the l"<ls 4 . 3 ~ L•wyer, and L11ke the l'hyjitMn havegtvenusover; nevercal!edfoJ,butwheQitis too late. . But fitft, from mittam Paracletllm, this we have. Mitwn, Chriff .vi!//end: butt Ourduey; . .. 1Araclett~m, if you fend for Him. reniet, '""'He will, but nor come,unle(fe called: {.:1!!j;,~~ nor {ent,but fent for. I~we cal!Htm, vemet,.Hewtllcome :if we fend jDr Him, · Hewdl fend Htm. That,ts our duty ;bur wharts marprAflice? We miffe inthis fir~, weca/1 not for Him. Wee finde no time for Him, He is fainerocall for us, to ricga bdlforus, to fend about to get us; and then arc we Advocati, nor He. Whea wee fend for Him, He is ParAclettu: when He, for us, then we arc,and not He : (if we be that,tfwe b.~ v!duocati,and nor ratheravocati; every triflin<> occafion being enough, ~ 'f'll us away.) Thus we ll:umble at the very threfl1old: ~nd doe weyet·mervaile, Cm11 fend Him not, nor He come~ w Men arefem for,forfomeend: and diverfearethecnds,rhereafteras o\lr need is•• For "I~M · ee fend not for them, onely when wee arein heavineffe, to co~a~fort us; but when Llb Jfl=
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