Sermon g, vfthe Ho L Y G H os T. Bunhe other two parts,He [ets downe precifdy to ']l(j_cod<mm (and irt him, to us But not. drhd· ll·), Water, 'and the HoLY GHosT: Now, the HoLY GHosT weyet lackc:. , 1 -;,;.""o"f ~odoth Saint Paul, baptizedm t~~se:,,and mftfe C{'/!'d : lN>y the s 1 e.<, mfeahmn& thee/e. ;:~.~tGb•~ nmltary p.rt, by theCioud thecew:rt•" p.rto oa;tl_jllle.. ow, tlat o t eCtoud, we , Cot.•o.>. have not yet.So cloth Saint P!ler:. thedomg away the(otle oftbejlefh (that, Jordan can , P<q.u. d )b tthat wherewith the con{cunce(orfoule) ~Jouldbc;refentedbeforeGo n; that iso~ill ~antin~. And thebaptifmeofthe body; is bmtl_1e body ofb•ptifme; the{oule of hapti(me, is thcbaptifme of the{oule. Ofthefoule, wtth:heb!ottdof CH a 1 s T, by the hand of the Ho LY. ~ Ho • T :as, ofthebody, Withwater, by thehandofthe JJaptijl: without wh1,h, lt 1sbut anaked, apoore, md adeaf element. . o,t. 4 .JI; Saint Paul tells us (Col. ll.) that be/ides the C::ircumcijim, that was the mamtfa~ Col.ui. . llure there was tnother,made without hands: There IS fo, mbaptifme,br[uJ.es the hand feen;,that calls oh the water; the vertueofthe Ho L Y G ll'o • Tis there,working, withour hands, what here was wrought• , And for this, CH a I s -r prayes: that, then it might, migluthen,and might ever, c HR rsTS be joyned to that of thewater. Not in His ba;ti(meonely, but in thePeo}'les; and P'T'a~o~ the (as He afterwards mlarges Hispr•yer) in all others, that}houldever after, bdeevein f:h~ 17 ,',~. gi; name. That, what in His (here) was, in all theirs might be; what in this firfi, inall following ;what in CH -" 1sT s, inall Chriflid11S: Heaven might open,tht HoLy GHo s T come donme,lthe Fatherbepleafed t• f•Y over the (amewords,toties,qaotia,[oofr, as any chriftianmanschi!de, is broughtto his ba;ti{me. CH a I s Thath prayedl now. See the force of His prayer. Betore Ir, lieaven was muted up, no Dove to be Th 2. . feme, novoh·e to beheard,, AltumJilentium. But firaig~1t upon. it (as ifthey had but bea;::~•mzaE waitedthelall word ofHtsprayer) all of them follow Immedtately. Heaven opens, firll. For, ifwhen thdower heavenw.u flu•t three yearrs, E/igwu Ch,p..,..•r. '•ble with his prdjerto open it (it is our SA vI o u"' in the next chapter following) hmeq , ' 8 • andbringdowneraint : Theprayerof CH R I_s T (who is more of might,than many For the bri•g" [uch :is E:lia) lhall1t not be much more of torce; toentertheHeavens of heavens, '"'d'"'"' the the highell ofthem all,and to bring downe thence,thewaters above the heavens,even ;:~;:v':!:~· thehavenrygraces ofthe Holy Spirit. lohn7·lll• For fo, when ourS A vI ou "- cryed (John VII.) If any be athirft, lethim c~mt I~ me, and/ willgive himoftht~vatm of life: This (faith Saint John) HeJlaluofthe Spirit. For, the Spirit and His gramarc the very fupercele!liall water: one droppe whereof, infufed into the waters of Jordan, will give them an admirable power, to picrcc.even imo the innermoll partS'ofthefoule: and tobaptizeit;(thatis) not onely take out the ll:aine5 ofit, and make it deanc; but further, give it a tintlure, lullr~, or glo!fe: for, [o is bapti(mcproper!y, ofCd.-aT~. taken from theDyersfat; and is adying Apoc. 7 . 't· orgiving a frelh color, and not a barewafoinz onely• Alwayes, theopening of heaven, opens unto us, that no haptifmewithouthMven, i,,~if!',:· !P1•: and fo,that baptifmeisde cfl!/o,n011 abhominibus,from beavm,not ofmm. So was fro., heaven. uhere: So is it, to be holden, for ever_. z. And from htaven: not clancnl 1 )m(as ~h~p,i'o. r· PromuheUJ is faid to get his.fre) biit ""¥Xew.,, orderly; by afairedoore fetopen; in o/e:.. oorc thevtcw ofmuch people: for, all that were prefenr, faw the impreffionin theskie. Wh1chdoore, was not mured up againe: For, we fin_de itll:illcpen, Aplic.IIII.andwe Apo<.<.r: findc, thatkeyes were made, andgwenof tt,afterthlS• 3· And all this -that there Mm.• 6-•JI· mlght not oncly be a paffage forthe[e downe: but for us up. For,hea.Ve~ qiJte:ab hoc ~~~':;.~;; ~:emplo, d?thever openat bapti(me; infigne, he that new commerh froffi'rhe Font, hrav-.,- F t~t1,cn,nght ofentrancem thtther. Then(I fay)when,bybapti{me hets cleanfed: APQC, ,,_ • 7 • or t ore, 'l(j_hil inqr1inatum, Nothing defiled can enter there. le?.~~~f heavennow open,fome\vhat is /tene, and foinewlm heard. •Seenc : a ~ove 0 3 'fi . 'theApparetron.• Heard- T11 rsjiltmmesi< - theVotce.Vnder one thetell1mout of beavu nyvifm&vo · f h. . d' r. h. ' ji' _,_ .d. opm, vvlut. CY, 0 earmgan ;•g tboth : thar, StCIItaudwnmu, !Cr;;r 'VI lml/4, Pfll.i8.8o that;
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