~-6-·----~~--th~e~fl __ o_L_Y~G __ H~O~S~T~,~~---------6_5 __ 3 ~vnedowneall the world over: yea,the world it felfe blowne quite about, I d .ftc!e downe(as it were)from Pagamfme, and the worflup ofHeathen gods turnhe up h fChriflianReli<>ion. Andthat,maugrethcSpiritoftheWorld, which wt errut 0 ·"0:· · · ·h Th" fi d Ad fi · bluf<red and bent ;tfelfe agam 1t, totzs 'Vtrt m. IS we n e: n or cer_tatne, this wo;ke and this power could not co~e from any other Spmt, but the spmt of G 0 0 only• Thus, wetakenonce of H1m, by H1s ejfefls: and of Hts Greatnej[e, by the greameife of His effects. The spiritof Go o; and theHoly Spirit.- what needs this~ lfo make Him great i _TheH•IJ (as the world goes) wha: neededHoly? Or,ifa title mufl: be adde~,to that end,th~re spmt._. were other fiyles many, tn the eye oflie~, more_magmficent and hkely to lhew Htm forGreat,than this ofHoline/fe. The Spmt ofPrtn~tpaltty,ofCour•ge! Power, Gwernment. divers other. And all thefe,are trom Htm too ; Hethe founrame ofall. So the .Ap'.flletels us, I Cor.X I I. And,though the Spirit be all thcfe; yet choi<e is made of Verrq.~•: none ofall thcfe, but only ofthis one[Holy]from among them all, -n "1"'· And Hts title is notThe High and Mighty: nor,Th~ Gredt and Gloriom: but only; the Holy Spi~ rit. Nor,doetheSeraphins and PowersofHeavencry, Magnm,or_cel{m,or For!i5, thrice· but SanflU<,SanCIU<,SanCim; Holy and thrtce Holy,to Goo Htmfelfe: makmg Ei2y G.)! choic~ (I doubt not) of His SoveraigneAttribute, to laud and magnifie His glorious Name by.Which tcacheth us a lelfon (ifwcwouldlearneit:) That, it is, the Attribute in G 0 o, which ofall other, He doth ; and which ofall other, we fl10uld mofl: efieeme of.And by venue ofthis(ifwe kept right)Places,and Times,and Perfons,and ThingssacredflJOuld bei~ regard accordingly.Forthis we may be fure of: were there in Goi>'stit!es,amle ofhtgheraccount;theSpmtofGoo, fl1ould have been fiyled by it.BotinG oo,Holy,Holy,is beforeLordofHojls:HisHolinejfe,firft;HisPower, after. llf•yG.i : Thus, have we two reafons de nongra'l!ando : 1 Firfi, were He but the Holy Spi- ~ !he Holi rit, for that, He would be fpared. For, without all queilion, He is the more to be fet s;mt of· Goi, by, by reafon of that Attribute : It is Go o's chiefe, as yee may fee, in the High Exod6.s.lG. :PrieftsforeheAd; asyee may heare, out of theAngels mONthes. u,y .-1· •Then againe,that He is Go o's;and notaSpirit,but The Spirit ofGo o;we will forbeare Him fomewhat (I trufi)for His fake, whofe He is. Put thefe two together. Andtothefctwoforafurplufagcjoynethat,HeisnotonlyDei, but DetM; of Gpa', but Godal[o: and then,we have our full weight forthis part,for His Greatnetfe-. And this we !hewed,lafl: Feafl:. We arcbaptizedinto Him :Webelet'Ve in Him : Weyeeld Him equal! glorifying: We bleffe by Him (or,in His Name)noletfethan oftheotherrwo: So, in the Deity, He is. And aPerfonHe is: For 1 toSeale (which He is faid here to doe;) to feale,is ever an act perfonall. Thither then, I now come, mnfrom His Greatnej[eto His Goodnejfe. F~rHeisnot gre~t,_astheGreatCHAN :but,-HeisGeodwithall. Andgreat,:md i good\vlthall,thatcarnestt ever: If 1 tnquoVoscometo it;that thisgo1dne(fe reach to us. The H,t1 spp And fi1re, this Party (His Gre.tnef!e [et apart) is, to us, the Author ofmany a ritofoG•d:by benefit. No Perfon of the three, hathfo many,fo diverfe denominations as He. vvbomft•".t.. Andtheybeall, tofhewrhe manifold divcrfiryofthe<>ifts He befiowcth onus: !hey count them. I. 'His nsn10. or agitation, which ~ak~th the 'Vegetahle power aGen.•-•; 10 the world. z. Hts b n•n lt!OJJ, Spirit or{.ule oflife; in the livingCreatures. 3. His bGen.... ~; l 'C 1 "nno'IJJ,heawnlySpiritofadouhlelife,inmankindc. 4· Thea that in d 8ez4- cd~'"/1~-, , ee that h. 11 . f Th ' xo • . 1· e 'll ~ave tmexce cnCieo art. 5· atin•theLXX.Elders,thatgavethem eNumb.u.,5. hce encte of wifdome to governe. 6. That in f Balaamand theSiby/ls that gave f Num.'4·'4· ( ~r;n~heWord ofprophecie, to fotetell things contingent. 7 , That of theg .4pojllts gAll• ~.s,s, . t~e~hay) that gave them skill, tofpeake all tongues. All thefe are from Him. All rh bemtght,but,dothnotreckonup, anyofthem. And that, becaufe, though , of eb efrom the Holy Spirit of Go o, yet not fron1 Him, as Holy; but, astheSJirit -~ 0 " only, Without eye or reference to this Attribute [Huly] at all~ · :But
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