. c4. o Ojthe SENDING Sermon 5 , Now, but that the Apollle h.ad a better conceit of thde, here, t;:;---anther ~e nehtor· r r :r ewa •b. came, and 10 erred of charitie, fuppofing thcfe Difciples better Schollersihan h 5 were.; Hee would have begun with the latter,and firfi asked them, If evcrthty ~ e~ of Fltm : and then after, if they had rtceivtd Him. For, that is firfiin nature ./.ft'; thenAn in .fit, ' n t, There then let us begin. I am forrie and alhamed, that wee !hall need deal with An fit: Yet (I know not how) as thefe daies of ours grow from evil! toworfee and from worfeto worfi of all; it is no more than needs. Not that I doubt of any fuch, who (as thefe here at Ephef"") have not heard of the Ho L Y Gn os r : For ltom.to,,s. (no doubt) long yerthi.s, Hi; found ilgoneout into all lar~ds: bur rarher,fuch other(as Saint Paut found at Ephef ~~a too) I can tdl them no better, than hee cloth, Beafls .• Cor. •3· JO. in the jhape of men. That haveheard, and yet rake rothemfelves, (aChrifti•nlihmit (they call it) and that forfooth, h11mbly,jimply, andmodejll1; but indeed) anunchri. jlian licentioufnejfe, pro11dly, lewdly, and m,clapertly, to call in quefiion what they!ill· and, to make !!!!,ere's of that which rhechriftiall world hathlongfince refolved anJ. ever fince bek:ved, concerning G o D, C n R1sT and the Bldfed Spirit; no Je(f~ matters. · TbtDivifi•n. So then, ~o thefetwo pans, we reduce all: ' The Hearing ~fHim lirfi: Theri 1. • The rueivmg of Hzm. ~- TheHearmg: andtherem, 1 Whereweihal!htanof Hi"'? and • What we !hall heare of Him? 1 Where wee !hall heareof Him? At our Baptifme: • AndWhAt-\vefhall heare of Him there: That one there i;(atleall)andl trull:, fomewhat elfe befides. I!. z. Then, the Re,·eivingof Him. Andinir,threepoints: x. Firll,thatthisque; £lion mufi be anfwercd too, and fo we bound to receive him. And rhat, either•ffr– mative,ornegative. We have, or we have not. z, Then, FlavewermivedHimf How to know, if we have. 3· H,wewu nMreceivedHim l How to procure, if we have nor. Id the former, of Hearing: is matter of faith. In the lamr,of Recti• 'fling : matter of moral! duty. Both, meereco beintreated of, at alltiro~; but at noJimefo lit, and fo proper, as at this Feafi. · - I. T Hereis no rmivingof Him, that i; not. Therefore, notalke ofbreceliiv~ng~n1o· The hming. place, for the firfi quefiion, Hav'qee received? till thelatter ee r" rCJO– ved,IJ there one to receive? Forrefolution whereof,Hc might havefenrrhem, Gin 1.> to the very beginning of G'ene.fis, where they fhould have heard, theSpirit of GoD moved on the fACe of the WA-ters. Or to the Law ; where the fame Spirit c;medvw~e Nnm.•, , 6 . t<pon the Jeventie Elders. Or, to the Pfalmes; where they lhou\d have heard Davtd l'fal ,o,., o. fay ofHim,Emitte Spiritllm& creahuntar,Seridforth rhySpirit,and all !hallbe made. "!'fll..,. u , And Spiritnm SanCJum ne atif'rras, Take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Or, to the Ef,y6 .. '· Prophets: The Prophet E(ay: C n R , s T s·fir!l:Tcxt,Ltlkt 4· The Spi<i,tof:;o 0 Ioel.us. tl npon me. The Prophet Iod : Saint Peters Textthis day, I willpowre <JHy Sftrttup: on all .ftejh. , • . r.ukc '-lf· Or, if ever they ·had heard of our SAvIoUR C n R r s T, Saint P4ul mtgh_t L->kc 3 n. have fent them,to His Conception: Where,rhey lhould have heard the Angtl,[ay,Spt- • Iobn •+· l 6 · ritt~a Sanll~~a (t•perveniet inte, to the BiejfedVirgin. ToChrij/s BAptifme, wherc,Hee 1 !6~~: came uponChrijlina vifible lhape. Tohispromifefo * ofteniterate,of Sendtng aMmh.n.J'. them, the Holy Ghojl. To His Caveat, Not tojinne againjl the ~Holy Gh'!JI•nany wtfe, b !oh. , 0 , ~:: it was a high and heinous offence, it couldnot be remitted. . il~ ~ A:ts.>.J· · Or if they had heard of the Apofllts : Of b chrifts breathzng on theiiJ, and W ling th~m to receive the Holy Ghojl. Or but of this day,andin what fort : Heefi'b~las . Wl Y
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