644 Ofthe S& N n 1 N a Sermon 5 , --~~------------------------------------------------ I How much itirriportcthus,tormive Him,we may efieeme,by this that s p I rhc ""'J!itie. makes it,his aniC!e of I mprimh; begins wir\1 it,at the firll,as the moll ne~dfull ;/"· 1 Two things are in it. Firlt, that rmivewe mull. Secondly, that itmullbe;~r. or rtcrivi•t· lfilly Ghujl, ~care to receive: 1 . e Rmiile? WhatneedwercceiveanySpirit,or meiveat all~ Maywe not out f our f,Ives, workethar, will ferve our turnes ~ No : forholy we mull be if ;ver 0 Heb. 1 u 4 • ihal!reftiniirs hoty Bill:for,without holinc(Je,nunejl}allever fee Gob. Buth~!y.wecwe no: bee, by any habit mor~ll,or a~qui~rc •.There is norie fuch in allmoral! Philo}~: ~hte. As, ~ehave our faith, by.tllummanon: fo, have we our hohndfe;by infpira. uon: re&eive both; both from without. . · To ahabitthePhilofophm came, and (o ch~ijli4n~ may: but that will notferve ' they are to goefurther. Our habits •cqteijitewilllifr usrio furthet:; than they did th~ Heathen men ,' no further than_rh7 place,w.here they grow; that is,earth :llldnarure; T~eycannot work beyond thelf kmd(nothm~ c~n;)~or rtfe hig.·her,_thantheirfpring; It iS not thereforeSt h~b1t11~ ,.~qllijijlu : but, )I Jfmtum mepifiu; wemull goeby. i Butthcn, w.hY reo:epijlu Sptr~tll"! .s.. naum, the Holy Ghojl? Normivingwill oi" '"'ivii<g fero;e, but of Him~ The reafon ts, it·~ nothmg herebelow, that we feel(e :but to chc HOIJ Gboft. heayen we afpire. Then, if to heave.~welhall, fomething frcim heaven, mull (hi. !F•~•+ ther exal~ us. If, Partakers of thedtvtne nat11re, we ho~etobe (as,great andpmio 111 promifes wehavethat weJb41l he) that canbeno oth,rwlfe, than byre(eivingone iti whom the divine nature is. He being received, impartS it to us, andfomakesps/on. fortes divin.Onatnr.e;and that is the HoLY G Ho s 'f,''. . . . For,as an abfolute neceffitie there is,that we receive the Spirit,elfe can wen'ot live the life of nature: fo, no ldfe abfolure, that wermi71ttheholy Spirit, dfecan wenoc live the life ofgrace; and Co tonCequenrly,never come to the,life ofglorie. Rwpiflt$ ! Cor. • f·H. Spiritum gives the .life f:!aturall. Reapiflh Spiritum Santftim,gives the life fpirirual\, i •' There holdeth a correCpondence, betweene the namrall and the SpiritualI. The fame way the world was made, in die beginning, hy the Spirit moving nponthe waters P{ the dupe : the very Came, 'was the world new made, (the Ch.riftian world, or Church)hy t.be fame .Spirit mwi11g M the wateh of baptifme. . 2. And lqoke, how in the firll <.Adam, we comet<;> this prefent life, by fending thebreath of life, into our hodiu. So,i, rhe fecond, come we to our hold,in the other life;, by fending the Holy Ghojl into our Joules. : , . . , . 3· By thar Spirir, which C n RI s T wo con.eivedhy; by thefanieSpirit, the Chrifiian alfo muftbee; Not tci beavoided, abfolutely nece!fary all thefe, ircan~ riot be otherwife; . . . , , :t . Another necefitie ofl.fis~miving. For,•The houfewillnotfland emptie/MJ. One 4Luku.s.j. Spirit or either, holy,~orutiholy, willenterandtakeitup: Wefee,thegreat)llpart ,; Bf• ;.,,,o. of the world Dy farre,are eritred upon, and held, Comeby the b .fPiritofJl•mber; that pa!fetheirtime (as it were inafieepe)withoutany Cenfeof Goo, or religion at all. • Eca 1 , 9 • 1 4. Ot?:rs by ~he '.fPirit ofgoa!inejfe; that reel~ to and frp, and everyyearearco~anew rehg19n: Others, by d iheJPmt of error; g1venover to beleeve Ius throughjlrongJIIu· jion; And they thatfeemetokno;vthetrilth,'fomewiththe •uncleane J)mt, fon:e witli f the(firit of envie;or fome fuch (for they are many :) thar, a kind ofnecefline there is to ente~tairie and rec~ivethegood {}irit; that fonie or othereviffjjmt, from JrJ'im.4.·J• rLuk.u.:li· 1I.un• .j.s, iT.it.lf: hHeb 6.:1., i • Tim.f.tJ; .tloh..:u.r. lloh.r4.11i. tn;Cot.J.&. =~~~:.·~t:.· pEph.4.JO, f R.om.S•.!!! Go o;feazenotupon us. From which Go o dellverus. . . , A tnird necellitie there is,we receive Him: for thar,with Him, w~e !hall rcceHe, what everwewant, or need toreceiye, for out ~oulesgoo~. Andher~Jallln a!~ I~ offices. ByHtm~ g.weareregmerAteatth~firfr, mour bapnfme. By Htm after con firmed,in theimpdtltion of hands. By Himafter i ren~wed to repentance,whemvefall away,by a fecorid inipofiricin of bands. By Him}Mught all our lifelong, tha~w,e know tiOt; lpNt in minaeofwhatWC forget; m flirredNp in what WC are d.ull l n .' • pad in our prayers; ofel_eevcd in our infirmities_; cpmfor~:d in our heavl!ldib~11 wotd,P fealeJ tt the dAJ if our ReJemjtlon,agd q r4ifedup Jgamesn the/Aft d•J· ~?e " ... or~·
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