Sermon 9· ofthe Ho L Y G a os T. Iptoceednowtothcfecond~ombination;ofhrwh,andthe Hoi t GHOST: u; Irisrequiredina lignc,that chmce~e made of fuch_a one(as neere as may be)as may Of the Pur; bdt fuite and ferve roexprelfe_rhat,lS conferred by It.Now, no earthly thmg comes -~~f~~f;.tft•• [o neere, hath fuch alliance; IS fo hke, fo proper for!t,_ as thehn;,th. (I makerwo vi" The · fiands ofit: )- ' Breathand the Spmt: • C H R. I s T s breathand the Holy Spmt. breath. Firfi 6reath is aire · and aire,rhe moll: fubtile and (as I may fay )the malt bodyleffi •. Th~ Symbo-i ' ' f n. . . J . I . . d . d hzm• of body that is; approac~1ing neere!hothe nature o a 1 rmt, w uc us qutte evoy of 9 ,..,z· wit~ all corporicty. So, m that, It fuus well. · . . , the spirit! -' Ilut wee wave all, favc ondy rhetwo pecultars of the Hot Y GHosT,. fee downe'in the 'l{!cene Creed. • One, the Lordandgiver oflife; 'theother, whojjake 6y the Frophtts. . . . · . For lirll; the Spiritgiveth life: and brwhis the_Immediate next mean~s fubor– dinatcrorhe Spirit, forrhe giving it: for rhegiving It, and forrhekeeftng tt, both. ., Giving; atthe lirfi, G o o brwbedinto Adam, fJnraculum vtt.t, and firatght fail tu eft Gen.~. 1, inanimamvivent<m, hebecamealiving[oule. Keeping; for; ifthe/mathgoeaway, away goesthdife roo: both come, both goe together. Of b • 11 And as theSeitit it is, that quickmth : fo, iris theSpirit, thatJPeaketh, evidently. ;,..,r;;:h~ho Dead men bee dumbe; :;JJ. And, the fame breath, that is organum vit.e, is organum Hot1 Gha!f, · vocir, too. That, welive by, we fpeake by alfo. For, what is thevoi<e,but verYNin fPiritu veflitum,theinrvardword(or conceipt) clothed with breath or ayre, and fo preferi•. ted to the fenfeofhearing ~ SovcbiCIIlumSpiritJU it is,in both. And, as thehrMth, and the Spirit : So CH n r s T s breath, and the Holy Spirit.' 'Accipite Spiritumgivrs to man the life of 1/attlre: vlc.-ipite Spiritum Sancltmt to the Chrifiian man the life ofgrm. · And the JPeech of graceroo. For, thit 6rwh of c H" I S't was it; by whi~h thee/oven tongues (after) had their utterance. He fjakehy the Frophetr: and che AJI•, fllu, they were but as Trumpets, ot Pn<nmaticafl, Wind.inflmments; they were to be winded. Without brwh rhey could not ; no br<~tb on earth able fo to wind, that R . 8 . their foundmightgoe into alllands, bee heardto the 11ttermojl parts oftbuarth. None om,••·•-· bur CuR I s T s, fo farre; So, that was to begiv~n them. This breathhath in ic (you fee) eo make a good Symbole forrhe spirit: And C u R I s T s breath; for the H~ly Spirit. It may be,at large, all this: bur, how, for the purpofe, it is here given for(re?t~if{tonof{imm?) What hathbreathtodoe with.finne? Not nothing.For,ifyou be ad– vifed, per afftattm• f}iritm nequam it·came ; by anevil/ breath : and per afjlat/Jm Spt· r~tus,Sancti, it mufr behad away. Thebreathing, thepcfl:ilent breathof the Serpent; that blew upon our firfi parents, infected, poyfoned them at the firfi: C n R. I s T s breath_emenng,- cures it: and (as ever his rtunner is) by the fame way it was taken; cures tt: brMth, bybnath. For the better conceiviqg of the manner, how i Yee may call to minde that the .. Scnpt•mfpeake of{inne fo,netim~,as ofa frojl : otherwhile, as ofamift, orfog that Efay 44·"· ~en are.loll: m, robe drlfolved and foblowen away. For, as there be trvo proceedings lob H·9· , tnthelVmd, lndaccordmgto them, two powers (obfervcd byElihtl, lob37.)fonh ofthe Suuth,a wmd to lllelt and dilfolve: out oftheNorth,a wind to difpell and drive away. A~d, as m the wind ofour breath, there isflat tu, ablajl,which is a colour;and ~htchblowes away: and halitm,abreath,that is warme,and by thetemperare,moifl: ~at,dt!folves: Anfwer,tble to thefe, there1s mthts breathof C H ~ I s T, a double ~ower conferred ; and both, for theremijion ofJinnes .- and that, in two fenfes, fet • [, owneby Samt Iobn : • The one ofNe peccetis,aftringent, to keepe men from{in,and 11 oremijtopeccandt: •The other SiquiJautempeccaverit, but ifany doe Jinne;to lo?fe 'Io o: '· 1· ~en from tt, and fo rem_ifio peccati. $hewing rhem the way, and ayding them wtth k. emeanes to cleerd!mt con[ciencc ofit (being done;) remitting that ts pafi,ma– rng that more remi/Je, that is to Gome: As it were to refdlve rhefro.fllirll:, and turne
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