Sermon 8. Ofthe HoLY GHosT. JJ ••ti'me There werethreeth~ufand, this dAJ baptizedGJ the·Aeoftles(rhe fir!!: c!mifti- . "r I' ' f h B •r. h h TheB•ptif– A!1f chat ever were.) In memory o .t at apttl me, t e C ""h ever after held a mt-da, otche folemne cu!fome of BAf!ttzmg, at this Feaft. And many, all the yeare, referved firfi cbrif/ia•s· rhemfel•;es till rhen; (rhofe except, whom neceffiry ~1d caufe to makemore hafte;) acts •·i '· But, upon the point, bothBaptij"mes fdl upon this day. T~ar, wherewith the The Bapti(mz. Apojlles themfelvcs were b•pttze~, of Jirt: An~ that; wherewith theybaptizedthe ;:~~~.'h' A . People, ofwater. So char, even thiS.way, !tiS pemnentalfo. . · . Allsz 1• To Iooke inrorhe Texr,therc1s no man but at rhefirftblulh will conce1vethere c i'· is fome grcarmatterinhand. 1 Firll:, byrheopeningof heaven:for, thatopensnot; bap~;~!~h~~ for a linall purpofe. ;, Then, bytheiolemne prefence of fogreat Eftares at it ; for, "''11"1· here is the wholeTrinitie in perfon. TheSon in the rut er, theHoly Ghoft in.the ?iive, J,~~h~;';;;: the Fathe;inthevaice. This was never fo before, but once ; Never but rw1ce, mall 1 niti<. inall theBible. Once irithcOldTdhment,and once in the New. In the Old,at the :;~~the crea– cmtion, the beginning ofGenejis; There finde we Go o, and theWordw1rh Go o Gcn.1 .u, 3 , crc:ring, and the Spirit of God~o~ing upon the face of the wttters. And now here ~~~ c::Jf~ agame,at CH 1\1 s T,Schriflmmgmrhene\v. Exof.s.,~. The f•cesof the cherubins AreonetoJYardiheother: (that is)rhere isa mutuall cor- ThauNrno refpondcnce berweene thefe two. That,was at rhecreation.: this,acreatiun too ;Ifany ~~':""· . 6ein CH R 1sT, he is a11ewcreature of thiJ ne~ creation. That was the Genefts, (that Tru.,:·::~ is) rhegewe;Ationof the World :this, the """:Yfmoi• (the Apof/lei word) thatis,rhe gm<r.,i••· regeneration, or fpirituall iuwbirth, whereby we be borne againe theSmnes of God. T~t.;.f • And better nor.borne at all, than not fo borne againe. This then, being every way as great; (indeed, the greater of thetwaine) rneet it was, they all lhould prefenr themfelves at this, no ldfe thanat that j and every one T~' corirmi!Ji· have His part in it (as weefee, they have.) All (Ifay : ) feeiogrhe Commiffionfo.r ,.for us. . B~ptij"me was ro runne in all their Names, and ic felfe ever to beminillred accor- ~~~h~,:.~~i;:~ dmgly. '· ~fir, To lay forth the members ofthedivirion: AdoubleBapiljme we have here I Tb D' ;;. ., DoublefortheParties, and double for the Parts. · , cfaR7:T~~· Forthe Parties; we have here twoParties. Firll thePeople. Then C H a I s r ; 'The P"Pt". ForrhePartes; we have here two pans. Forthis firfi (both of C HR '. s r and ~n~~ ~~.: 5 thePe.p!e) was but Iohws Baptijifle, was b'ut Bttptij"mMjl11mtnis (asthey calhr)water- pllr. · baptifme. But, thereis another part befides robe had, even BaptifmuJ FlaminiJ;the In""'"· Bapti[meoftheHo L y GHosr; · . g'~hd~?.LY That fecondparr is fct <)owne in Hequeleoffoure: , 1 For firft, after Iohns bapti(rn:, CH RI s r prliyes. 'Then, after His prayer, Heavmopens. l After Heavenopen,the HoL t GHOsT defcends. 4Laftly,af– tcr H1s defcenr, comes the voice, And thefe fourc make up the other p:irr and both together a full B4ptifrne. ' Ofrhefetheninorder. I ; OfrhePeoflesbllpti[me. 2. Of CH it I, T s baptij"– rne. CH .. I s r s 1 bywater, and then • by the Ho LY G Hos T; Inwhich, the foure : 1 CH R I s r • prayer, • Heaven open, l theDove, and+ theYoim It
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