---- Sermon 9· ofthe HoLY GHosT. jf iAnf : TJJAke them, and ketpe them :make them fo, bybapti(me; and keepe th~m fo, , by the pewer of the keyes, here g1ven them (m the next words) forthe remifionof ver.c u . JinneAnd, as itfolloweswell afrerrl1at ofbaptifme; So it goes well before,the other oftM ues. For,firll there mull be breath,before the~e betong~1eJ,wherew1ththe j}eech . ~be fr•m•d The tonurmbut falluon thebreathmto cereame founds, wh1ch with- !Sto ~ ' • 0 ~ ·1 h . ffi" . d S fi b out breath they cannot,and when that ra1 es, t_ m o ce 1s at an en • o, .rlt reath; then,tongues. And another reafon yet. It 1Sfa1d mthe VII.Chapter,thc Spmt was not Clup.t.1 ~; t be given them till CHRIsT wtMglorified: andg/orifiedHewasmpart,atH!s ;efurrec1io 11 • Then therefo;e given in part, as ~ere wefee. But much moreglorio110, after, by His Afctn{zon: GIVen therefore then,m f~ller meafure. Here, but a6reath; there, amithtJ 1vinde. Here, but afflatu;,breathedm; there, ejfiif"mpowredour. The spirit proceedmg gradually. For, by degrees they were brought on,wem through them all,all three. B•ptiud,and fo madej:;hriftta/IJ: breathedmto,and fo made what we are; had the tongrmfit on them, and fo made Apofllnproperly fo called. Butthree things may be faid ofthis here :r. That, ofall rhethreecommingJ (firfi) it is the moO: proper. For, moll kindly it is for theSpirit, to be inffired; to come,per modumjjirationis, in manner ofbreath : Inafnmch as it hath the na,me a Jfir.ndo; and is(indeed) it [elfe, jlamm the very breath (as 1t were) procecdmg a P-atre Ftlroq;. So, one bre~th by another. z Then,the moft ejfiE!uallit is. For,in both the:: other (theDave, and the tonguu) theSpiritdidbmCOtm, but ligh: ttpon the"': In this, it co~es (not upon them,but)even intorhem, intnnfecally. It1S rnfufjlavrt,lt went tntothe1r mward parts; and fo made them indeed J<O<mJn<, menin.ffiredby Go o,and that within. 3 And !aft, it is ofthegrcatefr ufe. Both the other were but for once, Bapti{me, but once for every one: the tongrmbut once, for all. This is toties quotiu; [o oft as wefinne (and thJ.tis oft enough) we11eed it : looke howoftthat, [o oft haveweufe ofthis breathherebreathed(as the next verfe !heweth) forpeccataremiferitis, there~ mifimof finnes. Now,what is here to do,what bufineffe is in hand,wecannot but know,ifever we Th• SH_,; have been at thegiving ofHoly ordm. For,by thefe words are theygiven,Receivethe -·- - Holy Gh!ft: whofejimye remit,&c. Were, to them; and are,tous,even to this day,by rhe[e and by no other words. Which words, had not the Ch11rch ofRome retained in their ordinAtion!', it might well have been doubted (for all their Accipe~tejlatem facrificandi pro vivis & morttlis) whether they had any Prieffs at all, or no. Bur, as Go o would, they retained them, and fo faved themfelves. For, thefe are thevery operative wordJ, for the conferring this power, for the performing this act. Which act is hereperformed,fomewhat after the manner ofaSacramcnt.For here is a_n outward Ceremony (of breathing) inft•r elementi ; and here is a Wordcomming t?!t,receiveye the Holy Ghofl. Thatfome have therefore yedded togive that name or title to Holy ordm. As (indeed)the word [Sacrament] lmh beenfometimedrawne out wider, a~d fo ordernaken in: and other fome, plucked in narrower, and wthey left out; as 1t hath pleafed both the old and the latter Writers. And if the Grace here given hadbeengrAtum jAcienJ (as,' in aSacrament, it lhould :) a~d not (as it is) gr~ti; data, but in officeor function: And againe, if the outward Ceremony ofbrea– thmghad not been changed (as it bath plainely) it had beene Comewhat. Bur,being challl\ed afrer into laying o11 of lutndJ, it may well bequefrioned. For we all agree, there1s no Sacrament but of C HR 1 s 'I' s owne inftitlllion: And thar neithermatter norforme, He hath:injlit11ted, may be changed. ' , HYettwopartstherebeevidenrly: 'lnfufflavit; and •Dixit: • He breathed, and TbeDh;bflii; efmd. Ofthefe two then, firO: joyntly, and then feverally. From them joynrly, 1: twhoporntJ, Of the God-headofourS A v 1 ouR fir!l: and then,ofthepromding of t eHoly Gho.ftfromHim.
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