68; Sermon 8. ofthe Ho L Y G H os T. ----~~~~~~~--~------------~ --fJJ ·m bunurnino- to Him, and beholding Him,He layesdowne all His di!ipleafure 1 . 0 I ' b d d k b d' . ~ fi ' PI• .84.9· I and is pleafed to accept us, an ourpoore an wea eo e tence; an., urrher, to be fo pleled with it, as even to reward it alfo, In quo complttcttr;m eft. Complacitllm d/; and hete Bapti[mt leaves us,and would Go i>, therewemight f'"'"'"g. holtlus; andit mighrnever be, but .-omplacttllmcfl. Bur;, when we fall Lr\to finne, ,~";~.~:;;;;~q fpecially fome kinde oflinne, we p\ltlt mhazard: for He LS not, He cannot then, be rill, - wdlplea[edwith us. How.then ~ H1s favour we may not final!y lofe ; and, to bap- · ti{me we may not come agame. To keepethts Text 10 !1fe: Complactwm eft, It bath pleafedtbe JJoly.Ghoft, as He applyedChr!fls blou~tous in bapti{me, one way: fo out ofir, ro apply Jtto us; another way ; as 1t were, 10 fupplemenr ofhapti{mt, In one verfo,rhey be both fent downe,by the Apo!l:le, 1 J.n uno Spmtu ba;ttzl:tt,,•IIi rmoSpi1 Cor, "·•i: ritnpotati. And whom He recetverhfo, to Hts table, to eatc and todrmkewtthHim, (and every onethat is well prepared, He fo receiveth) with them, Ht is wellpleafoda– gaine,certainely. On this day oft~eSpirit,. every.benefit oftheSpirit, is fer forth and offered us; and we fhall pleafe Htm well, mmak10g benefit ofall. Specially of this, theonely meanes, to renew His cumplacencie, and to re!l:ore us thither, where our baptifme left u~. . . . . . . . . . I end; onely thts :Th1s Votct, 1t came once more. Two Ceverall nmes, it came. The fame'""' · •OAce here at His b•ptif 11".: • and againe, after, at His transfigurAtion in the mount: ;~~~:':lr~.'imc Where He was not only(atdro be,but then and rhereJhcwcdto be,tnglory,,u tht sm Manh., 1 . r. if Godindee~; Hll faceltk~ tbe Srmne, HtS raymentltke the!tghtning•. And both of Matth,, 7 .•• iliefe, perramc to us hkewtfe : the.firfits fpoken ofus: when by b•ptifmewe arere- - Clivedintu Rim, forthe poffibthryandhope, we have of ir, thereby: But time · will come,when this fecond fhall be fpoken,and verified ofus, likewife. What time, Hee fh•llchangeour vile bodies, andmakethemliktto ' fii; gl1rio"' bddy, asthen it was, and as now it is: andbe.,. ~hi~p£ vm f/udl ~pm, and Hereceiveboth them, and us, to · · eternal! bliffe: where we in Him, andHe in · us, fhall have a perfect complacency for ever, &c•. ASER~ ... L
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