Sermon 5~ if the HoLY G H os T. d~J~gtr myfgule, for that it will barr_e me ofHeaven, or be a meanes to bring me to ~ll (for the Heathen men roo]<e nottceofboth thefe places:) all this while, this is ·n~ more: than the spirit ofrhe Phrlof~pbtef._'hooles will teach ::10more than might be tau hr in tluJchooleofTyrimmu, before S:unt l'•ul ever came m it. It blowerh (this . ·gd) out ofArifl•tlesCaUery; not out oftheSanfluary yet: E Lye.eo, non SanC/uan;, c.v"r''' i'1~ ifwith eye to Go o, I forbeare: becaufe, in fo doing, I Jlull offend Him, and · due'evill againft rhe rule ofHis Iuflice, the reverence and Majefiy of His Prefence; t~e awful! regard of His Power, the k~nde r~fpe~ of His Boun~y and Goodri:ff~ 1 This now, commeth from· the SilnfliMry; thts wmd bloweth from Heaven; this 1s tight StnilH! ind~ed. . . . · . • . , . . . . ,. ThisistheLme. Agame, looketo the Level!. If lt be1Jemetmu send, here verre ,,,. inthe Chapter, IJ1hinceff acquifitio nghis, by this we have our advantage. If i1 be G~n. " · 9 • theirs,paremm nobis nomen, fo I lhall make_mynam~ fAmem upo~eanh, or al)y of thatlevell, it is,butofrhe world :J•cerJftrtttu, !lotfanilm. Bur, 1fof our well doing, Go o His1vill be theCenter, and His glory the c~rcumference .- wee doe it, not that our will, but His be done; nor, our !lame; but Hu behallowed: the ac1is holf, and theJpirit is of the famekinde. Orherwife, philofophicall, polirike,inorall it may be: rhcologicall, religious, holy it is nor; Ourline and our levell, ormducemenrs or impediments to our doings, marke them, what coafi they i:omefro:n, and whither they bend, ye 01all ealily conclude i ~s before, whether rmpijltsfpmtllm; fo here, whether rcccpijlisJanC/11m or no; And thus WC know,whetherwe hav~ received. :Bur, ifwe have not, how then ~ i Howmay wee (by the grace df G o i> ) fo difpofe our [elves, as 'Yee may. re- ;;,;:v~;~·h~~· ceweHtm. A?dnowwearecomerotfu.e dtttteofthe day: Fotthts, Isthedayof ~'P"'"''il· · His receiving. · The wayes are fwo : t. ·one; tHat wee lay no barrcG to kecpe Him from us;' '· The other, thatweufeallgood meanes to alhirc Him,to us. ' , Firft, that wee fall not into Saint Stephen'schallenge, that wee * re.fiJ1 not the • The""'"' Ho L Y G H o s T, andHis Commi.~g. And rcfii1 Himwedoe, if we lay any impe- ;~:~;mpcd<~ diments in His way;nay,ifwe remove them not: As the manner is, as they dde,rhat ~ Nl·7·S• , draw the Curtaines, or open the Cafements,that would take in breath. : Of thefe, I finde three of note : quit they mull: bee all, or no receiving H1m. , One, and a chiefe one, is :Pride. For the Ho t y G a os T will not areft • Priac: but upon the lowly, faith Efay: nor Go v, give grace, but to the httmble, (faith Salo: b~rav l 7·'f; mM.) That.we thereforepray to Him, thatgivelhgrAce to the hambie, to give us the •oq ·li· gr~ce to be h~tmble, that f<'l we may be meetto receive Him. For, at His firft commmg He came as aDove, and did 'lightitpon Him, th:tt was Himfelfe d humble and c Mauh.1.1~: . meeke,hke aDove,and willeth us to Jearrie tbatleffonof Him as that which will dMm. "·'1' make us meet to receive the ~ove which He reccived,whofe q~alides a~e like His,of - ameekeandqmet spmt; whtch howfoever the world reckon ofit, is with G 0 0 a • l'ec.;.1; thmg m11ch{et ~y. · In the beginning, the Spirit mBved on the wAters, and at !Japtifme, it doth fci: I•!ln7·l~I ~nd our S .. v I o u i C a It I s r fpeaking of t.be <>rJces oftheSpirit doth 1t mre f d ( k · 1 o ' h . rmes o WAter: an .water wee now) wil everro the /oweJf place. Pride • tGentsa bane, and httmtlttteadtfpofingmeanes, td theprime receiving the Hot y H 0 I T. · ~ ~J.nother impediment is Carnalitie. For fpiriit1alt, andc 4 rnall, are flat oppolite. • c.rwari;l tle::e •nCium eft, mtsnd"m eft, ever: Noholineffi, wi<hout cleanmffe. So rbat, :heunb /P"' 1 muft be call out, yer the Ho L Y G H o • r received; A cle.<11e 6~x1t muf'c 'John>.>7: 3~~~:~~~to ho.ld this dyntment. The1Jove lights on nocarrion. Into our Bodies,.~ c~,·~·'9: ri h '! e,Hmto CO!)le: as into aStewes, He will not. And, that which we faid a;d t n~w>of roAter, we_herc repeat againe. TheSpirit iri the beginning m~vedthere, at aptifmecame thither againe; and Hisgiftsare as flrtil/iles·of w~tter; andWAter Mmm ?! (we
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