-- o~'the HoLY GHosr. i)6' s~onJ~~------~'------------~----------------~J ~:And fo,we are c?m~,to <; H" 1 s r s hodi': impleta ejl,Thuday u tbu Lukc 4 . 11 ; upon 1 re ~"ufGUed. the beft appltcanon ot every Tcxr. I Scrtf 11 J'1' • Our bookes reil us, rhe. S~ripture will beare foute fcnfes : All foure bcin rhis; Th• Summr! . andakindeof 4 (centrhere•s'n.rhem. . . . . . . } Flt!t, afrer rhe lemr, and mdu~ confequmcc to the word Immediat<;ly next be- ~ ~ his(thelaft word ofthe. V. erf<.e)whichis,Srnat. It IS areport ofMo[ts safcen. ding \ h o:elt For he from rhe bottom of the redSea, went up ro the top ofSi11ai; !ear Itter. ' ' · · Ph · din<> wirhhim rhe pwplc~fl{rae!, that loop had been capnve to arAO : and there "· ed' gt'"is rhc Law,rhe PrieJI-hood(but above all) rhe<..Arke ofthe covenant, to be recew J• • .r. h h' · 1 r.; tl the ledge of G o D s pre 1 ence among t _cm• T IS IS ne tte~a • .. . PThis of Mo[is, by&nAlugir, cloth Kmg P_~vtd~pply to h1mfelfe•. Toh1sgomg 1 up to MountSion, and carrying rhc Arkeup thither. For all agree, this Pfalme was I fet, upon rhat occafion. The very beginning ofit [La G? Dari[e, d:c,]lheweth 1 Sam.6. as much :Theactlamatimever tobeufed, at theArkes rec;10vmg,as IS platne byNum. x.rer.XXXV. N ow,rhis was done immediJrdy upon His conquelt ofthe IcbNjites: whom alittle bafore he had takenc4ptives, a1~d made tributaries there. What time aSam.r; alfo, for honour ofthe (olemnity, donadedit,. he dealt breadand 1uine, to4/l thepe~ple, 1 S•m. 6 _, 9 ; giji-wite (as wdinde I Chron. XV.) Thts lS the Analogteall: as Mo{esroS11w ,Co • Cbro.•6.3, IJavid, toSion, . . From the[e rwo,we arifeto rhe Mor4D fenfe: rhus. Tlur 1 as whenfoever Gobs 3 • people are carried caprive,and made thrall ro their enemies; as then, Go o feemerh ( to beput downe and lie foykdfor arime, thiu qne may wellf.1y, Ex11rgat D • u • ro Him : So, when He rakes their ~aufe in hand, and workes their deliverance, it may .well be [aidlAfcendit in altum, He !sg~ne up (as it were) roHis highrhrone,orjudgemenr.fear, there to give fenrence for them. Ever, the Ch11rches deprejfing is (as it were)G 0 D s owne humiliation; and theirde!iverance(afrer a forr jHisexaltatiM. For, thenHehath the upper hand. And this is rhc Moral/. .. Now from rhis we afceod ror~e PYDpluticallfenfe, to the ttfliin9»J ofle(m which u Rcvei.•!.• Q, the Spirit bfaD Prophecy. For, 1f many Captwtty (as of Egypt, of Babylun) G o o befayd robedowne: And, in any firangeddwerance (fuch as rhofe were) tobeget upon high: inrhis ofchrift, of all other, itis mofi pregnantly verified. That, rhe higbeilttp-going; higherrhanSion, or Sinai farre: lhar, rhc moll: gracious Triumph, that ever was. When the Pri11cipalities andpowers, rhat had carried, nor lfrael, but mmkinde, all mankindeintoCaptivity ; they as Captiv's,were led before His Cliariot: arren~d, asir isinthencxt verfebefore, with twenty tiJOI<[andsof Angells. What V;r!<r1, time a fo, rhegijis andgracesof the Ho • Y G Ho s r were fhed forth p!enreouay ~pon en ; whtch \vas, rl11S very day : and Go o, not by aivouden Arke, but by His owne fpirit came todwell among tlum. And, in this fenfe, the true propl;etic.a!l meaning of ir, d~rh the Apnjlledeliver it r, J' / cous,_andwc,toyou•. That, G?o, whichever andar.allttmes, doth,rhen, and at l · th~t urn~ dld moft rp~cJally fl1ew rhevalour of H1s vzflory, and thebMnty of His lnui!Jph, when He wmt ''P on bighl &r• · ~ T? put that in other o:der, whic~1 is it_ [elfe~well ordered already,were butto cori~ The Divift""• ound1r. The order, astt!l:ands, 1svery exact •C'brifts afwtdmg, firfi: 1 Then, I. the b~allner : J An~ !all., rheend ofm l The Afcen~ing,in thefe: Thou artgone up, 1L &c. The Manner,.'s trtumP,h-wife; andrharrwo wates: •LeadingHiJ ciptives beforeH11n: •.~wter:ng Hugifts about Htm. _J And then thirdly, allro theend, rh:it II~ Gon,by H1s Spmt (the rrueArke of Hu Prefcnceindced) mightreftwithusfor tvtr. Or,you may (ifyou pleafe) ofthefefour~, make rwo moitics : andJ;ive rhe ~wdfor~er,toC w ·a Is T safcending;therwolarrer,rorheliolJGhdfsdejcending. m Pna U<dtt hominibm;theeeculiar ofthis Day. Nnn 4
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