.qr theSE N D IN G _ S~. :md fo captives to Satan,frorO-s~taws captivitit,and taker~ Thefe they, by whofe mranes and minif!evy, are wroughtin us rhofe impr:ffi 1 'r. grace, which·we call rhe.fruitsof theSpirit, rhe price whereofis above all 1:0~~ff gifts wharfoever. And, if Go o dwelt amongft tH, rhcfe be they, by whofe,t; .Y and exhPrtAtion we are edified, (that is) framed and reared upl ameer buil/ ~m Him. , , , · · mg,or True!y;i~we did bur (erio~fly thinke ofIp/e dedit;whoga:Vt; ?fSpirit"'Sanflm po[utt;whopt•cedthem; Nay, 1fburofrheFeajlitCelfe wehold; 1t wouldbeb f than it is, if not·forrheirs.;forthevcry£eafls fake. For, why keepeweir~ Fott~tf, lknaJedit 1 plailii!. And how prize wethem~ I Iifl: nor reil, how mcanely; Thislfl e then : E~rher efte~mcrh~n_: orherwifc 1 or what doe wee keeping it~ Pur downer~ Feaft, wipe the day·of Jlentmft out of the Ka!endar, keepe lt nomore hardly 'N ver keepc fo.high aFtaff, forfo Iowa matrer. Bur, if we will kcepe ir, makeben~ reckoning of Dma dedit hominihm, than hitherto we have, or prefemly we doe. ·~ ... · _Now,the parties forw'hol)l all rhefe : EiominibnJ. LAftmdit, dH«it,dtdit, alJ fat ho111t111bm,for men. For men, He4iended"P on htgh; For men, Heled,apti'llity· Ftr Nms, He received rhe[eGifts. They, rhecifterneintowhich allrheferhreeftre~mes doe Bow. As God, of God; He receivedthem; that, as Man, roMan, He might dule them. ! will tell you ~t. Pau!s note up0n this word (and indeed, it isrheonlycaure, for wluch He there brmgerh mthiSverfe:) The number, that it is, Hominibm nor Hqmi11i. To men, among them: Toeveryonc,fome; Nortoanyonc all. Fdr no one'man is /;~minihm; andhqminibtU it is,He deales rhem ro. None,fo ~omplear'bur he wams.fome: none fo bare left, that hewants all. Anote (if well dioefted) which would caufe rhis faftidioll6 difdaine t0 ceafe, we have one of another; 0 7h(Jqi/a 41 t · divided to them of thehotifhll~ (Verfe u.) comenotallroone m•nsband: They be P."-''1';, (Heh. II.) ~y proport1on and meafure, part and parr. Sorhar,any man, though he want thiSgift or that; have not all ; if he have but fome to doe good, and doe good wirhtharfome, need not bedifmayed. He is within thev~rgeof chrijt boumie, of Dq11adedit ho"!inibtU, 4 '\.-. The lall:,is the enlargement ofHis largetfe ofrhisclaufein the GraRt :FormtPi Eti1 minimi&il Yea, for fome meii;'fome fpeciall men (nlayrome fay) fuch as A6raham, and 'Dwid, G1ds frie»ds : bur nor for Hisenemiu; nor forfuch,as I. Yes: 0'110 JINWtnftr Hi4 enemies ;even for Hi; Rebe!r (fo isrhc narur« ofrhe word) even to rhem,thisday, - is He willing topart withHisgifts. Hiunemies 1 why, the devils themfelves areno more, but fo, but Hti,nemies: what, tor them~ No: it ishomini6u<, etiaminimit~; --J !t is not .J..m~ni/,tU: So, rher;.te~;u;c. But, for men, though Hu e~emi11,rher~ t" 1s h0pe mth1s claufe. J\na o ilie bounnfulnetfe 0f Go o, that rhere1shopeeven forth'em, that Hefo farreenlargerh rhegifts of His Fe-afl! . / Will yee but heare His c,mmifiollgiven about this point ~ This it is: ThatrtLukc •I·17· 111ijfiqn offinnes (the chiefetift ofall) in Hi; N~me, ~eproclaimedto all NatioPJ. I And, all Nations then (in a manner) were within the LApqff/es Cum·inimici tfemm.)Bur, that is not it, but the !aft words that follow : That this ProclamationOwuldbee made,beginning 4t Iert~[alem. At Ierafalem? why, there, all the injuries weredone Him, all the indignities offered Him, that could potlibly be offered Him, that could potlibly be offered by oneenemy to another. Begin there~ why rhcflones wereyet moifl: with His lltoNd, folatcly ihed, fofew dayes before, as fcarce dricar rheProcla– marion-rime. Well yet, there begin: Thisisetiaminim#u indeed. Enough, to fhew,He would have Hi; enemiesfhould be the better for this day: Feflum ehAr~tat~, this right. r, And wiii ye now fee rhis pur in ex_ecution ~ This very day, fo foone as ever th:. giftswere come, S. Peter rhus procla1mes, That Holy and I11ft oneyehavebemt e ll ~rayrrs a11dnmrtherers of Him (that is illimi&u (rrow I) in the highell: degree.) We yer, repent 1111dhebaptizetl,~,.dyourfinnes (yea even that Jinne alfo) jb.UiledoneA":~
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