6~0 Of the S E N n 1 N a Sermon 8, rhar, a we fee, we heare; and backe againe,as we heare,fee: which is as m~ be,tomakefullfairh. ' scan Th< App.,;,;. . J, The<.Apparition. Wherein the poimsare fixe: z. The HoLY G " 0 8 r.] •:Th<H>l ~1rfr, that perfon: For,rhePerfon,bywhom CH a r s T was coitceived;byrhefame Gbo.ft. 1 1t was mofi convemenr, Ghriflwu lhould alfo be. But to goe higher: The Perf. ' · that was author of Genefis thegeneration, meerefl: robe Author likcwifcof rtgtneon, tion.Thefame perfon,and in the f.1me element :The element,whereofall were ma~·· • Poq s,&. and wherewith all weredeflroyedafter; rhae,wirh the fame,all fhould be faved agai~; , 1'«-J.•o,••. thewatent felfe, now becomnung the Arke; thedrowmng 1vater, the faving Arke as St. Peter noteth. That, as then byHr• movmg onthqvaters, He put mro rhem a!;~ and heatto bnng forth: fo now, by His commingdowne upon them, Hefhoutd 1 m: loh"l f· pregnatc them to abetter birth. Thae,as His T1tle is, the Lor~andgrwrof li{t,ffte 'J'~t;J'Ni""' might berh~ G!ver oftme life (that 1s) eternal/life: whereto thiS life of ours,isbura 1 patfagc or entne; and not otherw,fe, to be accounted of. ,c,,,a,,.... 2. TheHvly Ghojl (amedorvne: ]tharisto £:1y,inhis figne or fymbo!e,theDm l'f•LllH• Otherwife, rhe./}irit of Godneither goes up, nor comes downe: iris every where. b~: ncarh, as well as above : but (by afamiliar phrafe in Scripture) what the D 011 ;did that reprefenred Him l that, is He faid, to doe. ' ;Y~InHim. Gen,a. s. Iobn1. H• 3· Came downe upon Him: J which, is a degreeyetfurrher, rhanioGenpt. There, he did bur move or flutter over the waters (enough, forthat effeCt then:) here He commeth ~ear er; lights and abides upon.Hi~ : (which argues agr;ater worke ~ hand.) And wh1ch argues too, agre.arer tan:•harme to.gFOw, berv.:eene rheSpiritand our n~rure:For, a~nd (we know)1s fam1har? when lt doth fo; ••ghtuponone,and {lay roo. Bur, all this he doth, nor to make H1m to be ought; bur tolhewHim one– Iy, to bee. rponU<whenHe&omes, it is to conferre fomerhing: Notfo,uponHim: John l·H· from the firfl: minute of His Conception, Hehad theSpirit witho11t ?nt•(Hre. Toconfer· nothing; only,ro declare, that this was He, that to Iohns water-b•pti[me, fuou\d have power ro addethe Holy Gho.fl,and[o make it His owneforever after. '4In ahodil1 fb•l•· )obn l.ll• f Inthell13pe of A Ftwlt. Exod.1.~. ~o. ECay 6.s. John J8. ~lal,,g,1o. 4· Vpon Him in11.bodily jl'4fe.] For,His commingbeing to beare witne/Jerolohn; and to all, that thu wa He: Convenientit was, Helhouldapprare, and fo ha'!Je•hodi– ly jhape, to come into the face of the Courr,and there to be feene,and rakennoticeof; as wirndfes ufe to bee. And one end it was, why His bapti(me was fer, at the rime when all the Pe~ples was : that fo, all rhe People mighdce, and lo rake noticeof the Holy Ghoft,and indeed of thewholeTrinitie. 5. Whatjhapethen~ of what creature~ All things quiekein motion,as I.Pgtf;, astheWind(whereto Heis elfc-wherecompared)are fer forth withwingr: thewingt of the wind. Of onewithwings then; as mofl: apt, t?expreffcthe fwiftnelfeof His operation, in all His workes ; bur [pecially, in this. Noneof the other kindeofcrea– turcs, thOtJgh never fo light of foot, can fufficientl:j fer forth the quicknclfeof H1s working. Hegoes nor; Hefties,He : :Z'{efcit tardamolimina; that Hedorh,He1snor long in doing: rherefore,inj}ecievoiAtili;, in theji1Ape of a thing jlyil'lg. 6Jn the013pe 6. And among thofeof that kinde, in the lhapeof aDove, as fittellforrhepur– •f aD"''· pofe in hand. Not fo rnuch,forrhat,it is noted to love the waters well (fpeciallyc/me Call<•• !-I•· waters, asthefe nciwbe,afrer CH R 1sT bath purified them;) That, is nor.all: Bur indeed,fpeciall choiceis made of it,to fer forrh to us the nature and propemes ofthe iMy Ghoft: which havemany wayes refemblance with rhofe of this creature. _, 1 And I will not goe ro Plin~ for rhem,nor ro any heathen Wnter of them'"' l Nolbs"D~vt, for thco/:vc hriZIJ&ho Gen.S.11. :i,.om.S.sJ. G:U·.s.:~. ForrheWordof Gad,theWordof Godharh fufficient. Tothat,wew•\1 hold us. ,. 1 There thefirfl:Dove we finde is T(gah's Dovervith the olive hranchmhtrot~<,a figne of peau; peace, which is the 'very firjl fmits of the Spirit. It isTatullianr nmef this : Thar, as after thedeluge (theworlds 6apti(me, as it were) the firll mclfengeid pe.tce, was the Dove: So is it here againe jufl:; afrer C H a r s T s baptifme, the I· l11ge or drowning of that which indeeddrowmdtheworld(rlm is) of finne, rhe verh fame apparition of the Dove, and with another manner ofpeace rhan that; bur, wu peace, inboth. :. Next
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