~-----~o(_t_h_e~f.l~o~L-Y~. G __ H~O~~-T_• ______________ 6_6 __ 9 --------r,Hefairh they bec'ven laden with them. Atld,:notgive them aoaine their ne~;:~katc freelj (the Ir•bilee of tl!e Law.;) bm, a~fotrre bme~ r?an~that was,~ fo . !leaven which is farrebeyond the L-tfWes, andJ:S(mde~d) theii(b;lre of.the· even /F 1 ..:-. ~~~ ,. . , , • .i . , • Golf~; [ cake of thefe gifrs in p.attic;ular, q_n~jloure_-gla!fe,wiJl not fe.cve,. theybee f, pT recapitulate D~nain Do11o, a!l.n one : It IS thegift ofgifts, the Gi(tr ofm~n~ 0 Y GHos 1 the P.roper Giji 'ot,c.Mifile ofrhisda~,,~jifciresDo. M.n 1 ,.,.. 0 t De . ( 0 /.th ours A: I 0 u R ofit) if wee bur kne\v thisGift;jt.t' nd G 0 D •• 11 um 't 1a1 · · · 't: h 11. 1 b ' m ay know it (that is)that we may r.eeetveit ;·r_or,t en ,we •oa , _ut othergrant, we · . r.. :f.' · · 1 'b 11 1 L·, · · h · , wife we JlJall never kgow It: For, nemo 1 ell, 1l'.J! '1"' accefe~v., 11 '(JC.t>¥.4• T~fi:wet tt~··· Rcvd.•·•T· no~::tnknoweth.ir. T~ f ~ ',~• • • • , • '?, (!' • ',J Bur, G 0 o it is, this Gift. .The Text JS. diretl: .;.r.b.u gwmg I&.> to the end,1. G 0 0 7114 ydrvellrvith su. Thaccannot bee,;f Heecbausgtr(n, were not•G o o, •So: then r.Man Hee carried up to Heavm : Go o Heefeilt dbwne to farth ,:, Our 6dh is th~re with Go o ; His Spirit, here, with us. Felix captivit.u, wee faid before; Felixc~m6ium, may wee now fay: Ahappy c4ptivity,tlJan;· ablejfed_ex~ha,gdor, us this. · - \ ,,. , ·· ·u' "'\ · '• l ' This is but one: it is exprdfed plurally; l)ena, many :·~beh:.be rna!J¥·inic. It is,: asche Arke of the Covenant: the Arke was.oot emptie, no'more isthis. ,J'he twoTa., 6/es thatceach thehe.rt; thehidden Manna; that feedethtbeJot~le ; the:ce,ftr, thatJ perfumeth all our prayers; the Rod, which makes.us doe (as it·felfe did).'of withered mddead, eoreviveandjluurifbaga10e. Great vanety of gifts there arem,It, and alh are feathers oftheDovamen!ionedin the P{alme (Yer.x.4:) either,thcji£1m:feathers , of her rving; onhegoldcnof her.n«k~; For, all are from ber., They a~e reduced all rotwo < •The Gifts (r Cor.u.) •The Fruits (Gal.5•) The gi.f/sknownebythe •Cor. •.4; termegratio data: Thefnits pertaining togratum faciens. But caegratutn fuciens be•. Gal. : .u. ing to every man for htmfelfe: Thegratudata,.forrhe ben~fit of chc.ChQr(h mc 0111..:.. mon. Theft latter are ever reckoned the proper, andmoft pnlfCipall dona dedt't ofthis· day. And indeed, chey are all in all. For, by chem are the Siens planted, on which rbeother(thefruits)doegrow. • , ..•, ·... • And foie is. For,what were the crue and propergifts ehis day lent downe, were. they not a (trv tongues? And tho[etimguesbiahl4ds, andrh0fehwisl:letongedro Ails mew, and thofemmwere the .Apojlles. Vpon che point, rhefegifti, in theend,will fall · · ~· )'. our, eoprovemm: The Gi.f/evcr leading us to theoffice,andchc office eo the Perfons,• by whom ic is borne. . . In the place(Ephef.4·) where the Apojllecomments urron this verfe, and upon; Ep&er...; th1swordgi{ts : aske him, whatthegifts be~ He will tell us, Ipfe dedit IJ!Jofda'm<..Apojlolos, Heegave[ome<..Apo.ftles, fome Prophets, fome Evange!ijh : Thdewere of the Gifts. Thefe three now are gone, their dare is ou~. But. in chefarne.period,. He7 puts Paflors and Dotim too; and ehem wee have frill, qild theyar.eall the re"' rnamcs, chat are now lefc, of the dona dedit of chis day. A point, I wilh eo b'eewell thoughr·on :char, forthefegifts, thisFe.t.flis holden; tbatforrhefe, weekeepethis htgh Holy-day. · . . . Whac, and are thefc (uchgoodl~Gifts? Yea, cheApojlles,P1'ophet<,Evante-. lifts, wee grant: For, wee lovetobu~ldsepulch:rs, aswellasrhe Plmifels: They· mullbe dead,yer we efteemc them. 0 If\VChad livedmtheApojllesdayes;we would have made ochergaces account of them,that we would. We know, how our Father* theg dtd; wee would even have done chefame. Forch'ofe, ,;;cc havelefr, it is daily heard and feene, ho.w poorc a rate wee fee on them. This we finde : T-he vfpojltes •cor.••·'i· themfelves,were fame tomagnijiechetr owne Apojllej1,ip, and to fay : Well theyh~- ~d, rheday would come, when theirpeoples faithw.ere as ic lhould he, that they alfo ouldbe elleemedaccmltng to thetr me·afure; that IS,benenhab they were. So thar.• j~Ywereundervalued. I will not fay the fame of thefe, which are all, tlw.are no\~ e t of thts don4 dedtt : chat of thefe Eoly-daygifts, chc(e is but a working-day ac~ compc. Yet, thefeare they, that daily doe refcue men and women ladeowith fumes, Ooo and 'j\ ,/
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