-– Sermon 4· Ofthe HoLY GHOST. 6p This of Parae/mu. Now, of LMillam, the 'time, and the • ma~tner: both are z · L u:pofe. The time, that when He fends, we make read1e for Him. Thetime His f<ndinJ to !iiC P . . . h S · I " · ll: d b 11: . f · Th . f • Tho Tune •. ofrheyearewasthtsnme,wt e prmg,nc,atre an e pa•to tt. enmeo Mwam. rbe morHth, the third day : (fo .they deduce, from the fifrcmth day? the day of the Pajfoover, and fofifty daycs, tt wtll fo f.1ll out by calcubuG>~ : ) thaus,thebegmning ,fthemoneth. The time of thed•y :_ tt was before the tlmd 17Mre (that ts, mncof the Mt.>.•>· clocke inthe morning plaindy.) So lt was ll:lllpmm. Thefe reach us, tt would bdn r rime the time of health andftrengtb, when welay the grounds of our cM;for,t; out{ 0 tar~y till the froll and fnow of our life ; till theevi/1 !Iayes co7'1ie, andthe yeans Eoclor.a. ~;pronch, whereof we j/MII fay, we have ne pleafim il7 them. He, in thej}riflg: wee in · the end of the yeare. He,in thebegmnmgof themoneth: we, mthelaft qrwter; nay, evenpridtecalendtU. He? before.~mem the mormng :_ we_, not nll after mne at mgbt. If we will keepe time wtth H1m, weknow wlut H1s nme ts of fendmg. Themm»er is bell: and iris in thebody of the word. As theSpirit of truth, by • Them'"'"· prwhing : as the Holy Ghoft, byprayer; the Parae/mu (wee know, what Hee mea- Per Paraci•P•· nerb) per Paraclefln~ by invitation. As the -?ove to baptifme, theWindero Prayer (Aperui os &attraxt Spmtllm, Pfal.r 19· IJI.) the tongru,toa (ermon; theParacl<tm, toP.raclejis, as it were a refrdhing : (fo, friends me~te and nourifh love and armtie , Cor. 1o. 1 . one with another.) And, evenhrtmanum dicere, after naturall men, when out fpirits 4• arefpent and we wax faint, to recoverthem (or never) in the natural! man,it is done, · noway more kindly,than bynMrij/m:ent: fpecially, filCh as is apt to breed them (as, one kinde is more apt than other.) There is aj}irituaUmeat, and a ()irituali drinke (faith the Apojlle: ) in which kinde,_ rhere is nonefo aptto procieate theSpirit in us, as that jldh and 6101<d, wh1ch wasufelfeconmvedand procreate by theSpirit, and therefore full of j}irit an.d life, tothell} that partake it. Iris fure; to invite anqallure the Sptrtttocome, there 1s ~o more efrcCl:uall ~ay; none, whether C H R I s r Will fendHim, or whether He Will come,more wllhngly,than to the prefence of themolt holy c..Myjleries. Andnamely,at this fcall; concerning which, our Saviour chrifts voice is to found in our eares, Siquufliiat, veniat adme : If Any thirft let him come to meanddrin!t: Jlf'hich He meant andjfake(faithSt.Iohn) of the Spirit,which was to be !olt. 7 • 151 ; give_n at th~ttlmeef~ectally, when Hewas newly glorified. Dt meo accipitt (faith chrift of Hrm:)and 1t IS no where more truly fulfilled,thar He fhall take of Chrijls, andgiveir us,rhan iris done,of that, which is Hu moll intrinfecally. That was, this vcrfc r 4 . veryday;and no better oppormnitie,no fitter rime,to receive theSpirit,than the day · oftheSpmt; the Day ?f CH RI s ~ s fending, and of His co..,ming. When fhall HebeJent or come; 1f th~n, He doe not~ But,kceping rhe time,andobferving the nMnner, wee truft 10 H1s proml[e, and call upon H1m, that fo He will fend Him; and upon the Holy Gh.jf, thatfoHecwiU.-ome. And as we be His Paracleti,His guells; fo He will be ours,dwellin<> with us with His -JM!ance, and being in us by HisgrAm: to life cternall. Which Almighty Go o gram, &c. · A SER~
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