Sermon 9· ofthe Ho L Y G H os T. Take this with~ou too. It isnot C ." ._ r • ·r shreath, anybrwhot His, but His chri!f afrcr . , b w after HIS r~ifing, andlo Htstmmortaflbreath. Amortalt He had which H•su'w<lli· qmt no ' 1 ifi s · · h H tb Gb ,n ·' ,, · b thedout qrw1 ao um 1t pmtum, w en egave ttp e •r upon the Croffe. ••· . Hell rhea h"Ileh~wasmortall, He held His breath. Till it was more thanfo,Hebrea- M>t. •1 !•· A t ew . d f . u · 1. h . hd. t ·till it had in it, the vigouran power o tmmortautty: w11c neither finne 1 ~;~~~r;, butfcatters ltraight; nor theman offtnne, for he alfo fha!l be: i:onfumed , ~th the bre.thifBiJ mo11:h. Otherwtfe, unleffe_It be thisofchm'ts;there IS nothing , Thefi.i.e, · breath roworketh!s effeet: not many mans,tothaw afr#,or tofcatteramtJt. ~~~r[by le of /inne is ~o baked on men, they fo hard fro~ en in the dr~gs ofit, our · decanndtdilfolve It. Heare the Prophet,after he had been long blo~tmzg at the fins :f~he people: The bdlo~u (faith he) &re burnt,the ironofthemconfumed,the Founder !tsinvai!ie ·for all hu blowtng, thedrojfewtflnot away (Ier.6.z9.) But !(faithGod) ;::metakcit u; hand, let mebut blorv_with my winde! and I {<alter thy tran{grejions tM 4 mift, andmake thy ftnnes ltk~ amormngclou~to vanifh_away~ .Turnewe then to~un, whofe'divine power, wh?fe 1mmorrall bre~th_cand?e 1t : doe 1.t byhemfelfe, and 1fby himfe/fc, byother.fal[o, mto whom Hew!lltnjftre It; whomm that regard, the Proheccalleth Go os mouth, tofepMatetheprecioll$ ftom the vile. , .. , _ . I~r.;s.iJI. P Which beina of His breathimmortal!, doth further fhew, both that there is nothing in this pow~r,~ut per:aines rathet eo another life, than'to_chis mortall ~fou~s (evenro char, wh1ch IS the life ofthe world to come: )and thatlt fhall never d1e(th~s power)but hold,, as long as there is any.linne tohe forgiven. Ha~ it beene His mortal! breath, wemight have feared .thefa1hog, now lhall1t_never fa1le, fo long as there isany, to openHis mouth to receive it. It is His immortd/t breath. This for the P.irtie ftom whom. Now foi: in eos, thofe into\vhoi'ri it i:am·e; ~ The i>;nico Much bound we are to our Blej{ed SAviour, forchus fending; and to'the Holy Ghoft. to whur. for bcina thus fent; for feeing us furnifhed,withapower, we fo much ftand in neede of. Fo~, !inning as we doe, and even runn'ing our felves o'utof bredthinit, and the wages ofthatbeing eterwAiide4tb: what cafe were we in,but forthisbreath? Ifee not !lom.il'.•l; how we fhould doe withoutit. To fay therefore with them in the Gof!eU,BenediCJtH IJe/14 qui dedit ta!em poteffatem, JJleffed bee' Go o for {endingfuih apower, forfen~ M1~9. 8. ding it at all. . _ But then fecondly, qui dedit talempoteJ!atem hominibtJo, thin He gave it to men. • To m••~ For,astheSot~neofman, He gave it; and as md11, to men He gave it ; .to the Sons of menupon earth, that weneed not fend upanddownc, andcaft, Who{hallgocupto Rom.1o.6: , beavenfor Hi andfetch it the11te. That if anAngellfhouldcome to us, as toCorndilli there did, he hathnot this power to impart, he canbut bidusfendtoloppafor Peiet: All• •o. P• He hath it, nmi haveit, AngeHs have it not. ln eoi, is mote yet: tomen, ,and to fuchmen, [uch.fimple men (for fo they were, >I""'· t<) Go n wot) aJull u~fitand indifpofed matter to receive it. Idiots (it is Saint Lukes Jimpl< ,.,., word) men utterlyNnlearned: And ofno fpiritor courage at all (the·bre&thbut ofa Al!s4 .1; ?•mife//,quailed~he bell ofthtlJ!l~)Prebatur IJeru per Apoiidlos: Cfaitl{theSchoolemtn) Ifthere were nothmg clfe,His very Apoftleswereenough to prove Him to be Go o. ror 0 Lordour Savilftr, how excellent i; thy nAme ina/lt/iewor/d! Thot), thatout_ilfthe Pial. s'. 1 , , "'Oulhes ofthofe th•t wereltttle&etter'than habeJ, h•ft ordainedthy prai{e,'andJl'illedthine tnem~es; and put themall to lilence.' But,there is a worfe matter than tha~. Not onelySimple; but(which is further 3 To /iifuO offyet)jin(t•llmen they were. Take the1rowne confeffions. Saint Petds: Gotforth "''"· from me$ Lord, for I am •ftnfu!l man. Saint Pauls : Sinners, whereofl amthuhiefejl. Luke ; . 8 • ~lames : _z!' manythings weoffendall;put himfelfein the number ofthem chat offend: ;,!;~~- ';. ~ ·. r manynmes. S. !ohm : Ifwe(Ifo'rdne)_(aywehaveno.finne(whatthen, weare llohnJ.8. t oud, thereIs no ht~m•ltty i' No; but) we areltars,andthere i;no truth in tu. Even,~o fiuch, to}inners, this powergiven·roforgive.finnes :to them, that for.finne, werem eare themfelvestobe condemned, · Nay (which is not lightly to' be palfe'd by) allthis done, evenat the very time, whea·
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