Of the S E N D I N G Sermon 6. ----------------~----------------------- Hob • " · bur,!etthemalfoenterintomyr<:fl, myglory, myj~y. I did not oncly ran~r Mmh. •1- u. perfons; l;mt, I redeem~dalfo their ell:ates: purchafed an ell:are of bliffe, for them ~b~th.•i · H· andmthmnames. ThtswaspreparedbytheFA THE R,redeemedby the So" N.' and ~ow; the wweighance of it fealed by the Ho L Y G !I os T : Let them pof: felfett. And by this, yee fee, how great matters both perfona!l and real!, depend upon this Seale : how much it imponcth us, not tO miffe it. What reckonina wee now make of it, how lighr, it skills not: The day will come, if we had the whole world to give, wewouldtobefound with Sea/euponus. 4 P.y wb•myttThisfeale (which makes up all, and without which nothing is authcntical!)is in ato[e.lttl. the difpenling and difpoling ot the Holy Ghoif. Weare therefore ofneceflirie to palfe His Ofliceal!o: that fo, all the Trinity may co-operate, and every Perfon havea hand, in the worke ofour Salvation. Remember, I have told you heretofore that CH a I s r, without the Holy Ghoft, is as aDeed, without afeale ;as a Teflar.,,'wirh– outanExecutor. Ids fo: For all he hath done; Redemption, or no redemptionooerh by rhisfeale: all, thatCH I!. 1 s r bath wrought for M; by that, rheHo\yspirit dorh worke in us. And theApojllc, :ts hef.1ith here,He the pnrty, /;y whomye"' fe•– led, to the d.ty ofredCJnption: So hemight have added, and without whom, yeeare lefr blanck, for the day ofdell:ruchon. For, by and fromHim we have it: andby and from any other, we have it not. n: .Thedutie, I Gritvr;cflf, !_ Tim.6,1, And, if it be not to be had, from any other: We may well rhinl<eit excluderh our fdves, and our owne fpirit. There were(I wot well) in the heathen, and maybe in the Chrill:ian, other good moral! vermes : But, they will nor ferve, to fea!e us againll: theday, here fpecitied. One may have themall, and be neverrhe nearer, at theday of redemption. That, which is, then, to ll:and us in ll:ead (krus nor deceive ourfelves) wee rpinne itnot out ofour felves, as the Spider cloth her web: ltisof the nature, ofan4/}iration,or of a_nimprejion.It isftom without; as brtathing,and,as foaling is. And it istlie hrwhofrhisSpirit(rheSpirtt of GoD :) and theprintofHis feale, mufi doe this. From .wirhour, it commeth, from rhe Spirit •f Go n, not our owne fpirit. That wee: phanlie not, wee may have ir, fome other way, from our owne [elves. It isHee, that hath made ru, andnot we.onr felv rs, Go o the F<· ther : Iris Htc, that hath redeemedus, and not we ottrfelves, Go o rheSonne: and, it is Hu that bathfealedm, and not wee our fe!ves, G o n the H o t Y G Host: That the whole glory may redound to the bleffedTrinitie, and bee, rhat rejoycerh, may rqoyceinthe L oR n. . Thentoendthispoinr. '· Thereis aday incomming. 2. Adayofrtdtmflt• M to fome iris; and may provefo, to us. 3· To us it may, if wee befoundftaied. '1-• Found fealed we·cannot be, but by the Ho L Y G Hos T' s meanes, we mull be beholden, ro Him: He keepes thefeate. :He fets it to. 5. To Him wee !hall b: be– holden, and He will fer it ro, If wegrieve Him not. Why then, this brings usd1reCl· ly to the duty, T{glitecontriftari, Grieve Him nor; This Partie, whofefavour may thus much fiead us; and th~t; a~aintt; time(w~ !hall fo much ll:and in nc:edofit; what can we fay, or doe worthy ol H1m · We ~ doubr) will rife flraighr in our magoiticalllofty ll:yle,an? fay, What~ Wh~, dvo~; H1mall polliblqoy andJuhzlee; and all, too lmle. Sure, lt were fo to be W 1 e · . heare you,Inlerim,l would (faith the Apojlle) we would,but doe rhus much[or Hun: asnotgrieveHim. Evenas,in~norherplacetouchiog Gon's 'l{gme; we ,nourrd fingveine,would fay, Go o'sNamt. Whar, burglprifie it, make lrfamous, renown~t every where~ Ye fay .well, faith He; In the meanecime, I would Hts N•me,t;;'~ut not be evil/ f}oltm ofby your meanes, Let your 1.-tifir;at, and glorifir:At aloge,_ l~ And even Noltte contriflArt. TheApojllepleads but forthat; tharw1ll conrem Him I would, He.might not:faile of that, till the other come. And
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