681Ofthe SB N n IN G _ Sermon8. lohso.u,s 3 • thereisnoHoly Ghpf!; and[onoremijiio»if{innes. F~ the Holy Ghoftl whofe.finnesye remit, they rem:tted. ' '"'1 Thry thlt m:~.keche Cb:~rcb no D~Vt~ And,what fh.all we fay ch~n, ~o them, chat will be Chr!flians(chat rheywill)an yet have, n:h:l Columb..,nothingmehem ofthe DIYVe; qu,cchefcqualities guitc ~ ther biU, noreye, norvoice; nor colour: what thall we fay ~ This; that Iefuites;bet. may be, but Cbrzfluns (fure) ~hey be none. NoDovei eyes ; Foxe-eyedthey: N~ fllver-whttefeathers, but pamcoloured : Nogemttm Columb£, but rugitm Vrji. no~ the hiUor jolt, ofa Dove, bur the heake andcl~wes of aV11ltttre: NoSpirit~f 1 Iildit. 9 ,, f. olive.branch, but the fPirit ofthebramble, from \Vhofe rootewent out firer,[et a&tth~ Forreft on a flAme. 11 cbaft• .,., Ye I_IJay fee, what they ate, theyeven feeke and doe all,that in them lies,to chafe ~£this J.v,, 1 away thts Dove, theHoly G!Jojl. TheDove(they tell us)that was,for thebaby-Chtmh· forchem, robehumble, andmeeke, frtjfirandmMrne, hkaDove: Now, as ifwith <..JU~nta»m, they had yet, ParacletHm Alium, another Holy Ghoft to lookefor inano– t~e_rjhape, ofa~other fathion quit~, with other qualities; they hold, thefe b;no qua. hnes for Chrijlt411s, now: Where mdecd(they grant) for thebd6y.Chrift:ans: forthe Ails'·"'; three thotefand firft Chrijliam, this day ;(poore men) they did all itsfimplicitltecordiJ; 46, And fo, toPlinies time : harme!ef!e people they were (theChrijlilfns) as he writes did no body hurt. And fo; toTertullian's ; who tells us plainly, what hurttheyc~uld havedone, arid yet would doe none. And fo, all along the PrimitiveChllr&hestime even downe to Gregory, who in any wife, would have no hand, in any mans bloud: But the Date of che[emeekeand patimt c!Jriftia~s is worne out; longlincecxpited : and now,' ~emull: have.chrijlwJSof ane~edmon, ?fanother, a new falhion'dHoly Ghgfls makmg; Gregor:e thefeventh (Same Gregorte thelevemhforfooth) whoin– deed, was thefirft, that inll:ead oftheDove, hatched this newmislhapen!MyGhon, and Cent Him into the world. For, doe they nor begin td teli us in good earneff (and fpeake it infuch a!Temblies and places, as we muft takeit for their Tenet)that they are ftmple mm, thattbinke, Chriftiamwere to continue fo frill: theywere to be fo,but for a time; till their br.kes and t4lons weregrowne, till their ftrength was come to them, and they able to make their parry good: and then, thisDo'!'ehere, might take h~r wi»gs, tlywhitherJke would,and take her eafe: then,a newH1ly Gh~fl to comedowneuponthem,thatwould not take it, as theother did: but take armes, depofe,deprive, blow up : infieadofan olive-branch, have amatchlight,inher beAke, or a1Jl1udy knife. Ac:..t!ing lnto Jl1e thinkes, ifthis ~otld goe on, it will growa quell:ion problematike, Inwhat queftlou of Jb•pe lt was moftconvemem,for the Holy Ghpf! tohave&ome dorPne? Whetheras He tbulh•P' •f• did, in the rneekeJbape ofaDDve? Or whether, it had not been much better, Hehad Z>ovc. comein fome other lhape inthejhape of the Roman E•gle, or of [Gmeotherlierce fowle, de vulturinogenere f · . , . Sure, one of the two they mufi doe : either call us downe a new falhion'dHoly Ghojl, andinfrituteusanewhapt/(me (andifborh thefenew; I feenot, whynota newC fi R r s r too : ) Or elfe, make a firange metamorphojisof the old; clapH1m on a crooked beake, and fticke him full ofEagles feathers, and force Him, wdo con· · rrary to that He was wont, and to that, His nature is. . 1 Cor.T>+ , Bur lying men may change; may, and doe : but theHoly Gh~isrn~ !demq•e Spirit M · (faith the Apo!He) chateges not, cafts not His bill, mours notHts feathers: His qualidesat thefirft, doe !aft fiill, and frill thalliaft to the end, and no other notes ofa true Chri11ia»,butthey. . It is rarher like to prove true, that s 4m11el long fince (aid, Jle/;eUion il.ili thefl~!ll , ~r:~7:::;:og D(witchraft : Fot Witches ~they f~y) begin,a~e initiated, with renounc~ng ofrhe;~ tifl••· baptifme.. And fure,thefe pnck preuly towardstt: For, (fay what r~ey wtllJthey bhe' ! 5 •"'·' s ·~3· in rhe way to it, when they plainly difclaime,and renounce His quahties,that wast. Author ofit. Forthefe ,hapti[mAUvertties, they, that take them away,doe whatln them lyeth, ro·takeawayHoly Gh~,and bapti(meand all. . 1 , Iknow they willflieto thefire (of this day) and fay, Hecame manother/rfe;
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