. 3 OftheAit. • S•fflavit. hl•fu(jlavit. l'ro. 18.8. Hcb• .f.. ~:.. . Ofthe SE N n IN G Ser~ when they were fcar~ecrept outoftlaeirfinne, but three dayes beforec~·. fo wretchedly forfakmg H1m :and fome morethanfo,and after would fcarceb l >Ill Hew tU rifen, when they faw Him: that even then; did Hethushreat.h on then: eeve, made t!Jem, that He did• .Nowhlejfed he Go n, that at allgavefu•hpowert1~1:d Jt~ch men, fuchfimple, [uchfinfnllmcn,in{ufflavitinm. Tofecureus beth ' 10 what ~hey will, t ~at hav~ rtceived it, Nofinne ofman, foal/ make thepow;r of Ge~eQ ofnone g[ef1, Th1s, fortn eos, D. To the Ac1 now: It is 6.rn fr1fl~vit, lmathed; and that was,to,keepecorrefpoO: dence with His Father at the firft. Bybreathing into Adam, the Fath"gavcthefoul the a,uthor ofthe life naturall : Adide~ exem~lum, the.Sonne (he~c) b1 breathioggivi the Holy Ghojl, the Author of the life JlmtuaO; the fame pa!fage ;.andthefame ceremony held by both. Bur infiifjlavit is more;breathedit in, intothem. This (itJ) fhewes, itpertaines within, to the inwardparrs, tothe very con(cienre, this ace. Hisbreathgoeth (faith Salomon) adinterioraventris~ andHi~ word with it _(faith the v!pof/11) through, IQ the dwifion~fthefonle and Sprr:t: Th1ther gocth th1s brea_th : and thither, isfunher than man can goe. For, ho1vfoever the aces and exemfcs ofoutward Iurifdillion may be difpofahle, and are difpofed byhumane authority: yet,this not fo ofjirumin– ternum. Somewhat there is ff.ill that comes from C H a I s T; a~d none but ~HR 1sT; fomewhat1t~at as it comes high~r, f<.> it goes duper, thananyeanhly, power whatfoever. Th1s mward znJlrrmg, brmgs us to C H a I s T s Deitieagaioe; The Kings ofthe Nations, fend they can, andgive puwer they can, bqt inj}ire tbey cannot. Array whom they will (asv!jft1erl#) with rich attire; armeth~mataJl points, induere, in that fenfe; but noten~ue thcfoHlewithgijtsandgmes within,no( anne their minds with .valour and verrue ; at leaff.wife, not with 'llirtm ex•lto :, Onely Go n, whom He calls, He gives rhe inwardtalents .to; and CH 1\ xn; whom He fends, He fends His spirit lntp. This argueth Go n phincly,andfo CH R' s T to bee G Q n. Alwaies this infufjlavit fhewes,as wheteivith He would doeit (theSpirit ;)foi what it is He would worke, worke upon, and renew. For,ifwebereneweilinthe. spirit of Mr mindes, the whole man will be fo, ftraight upon it. There is no indica· tion to thar:for,the change ofthe whole man is acertaine figne,theSpirit is comeinto us. As of S!lul,it is written,when the Spirit came into him,he was changed imoquite ~.nother man; no more thefame Saul, hewasbefore: Anew; anotherSaulthen. Which holds, not onely in particular men, but even in the whole world. For,when this breath came into it, in interiora, it was caft in a new mold prefently;anddideven wonder at it felfe, how it was becomechriftian. For, the omward rigourous meanes, offire, imprifonment, of thewhip, of the terrour ofthe <.Magiftratesfword: P1lates, Have not I power to cmcifie thee, and power to Iooft thee? Thefedauntmen, make, them a!l:onia1ed, makepmt~mpecc&ti, feare to comm1t the outward ace o~ /in. But, odium oportet peccandi, non metumfacidl, iflin~e fhall everrruly be_l~ft,1tmuJl: come of hatred, not of fe4re. Sd, itgoesawaymdeed. And therettls, linnemull:be met with ; if ever it fhailrightly be put away, theSpiritrobefearched, and.t#IVAr~ hearty compunc1ionwroughtthere. And that is, bythislmt.thof Chrijl,plercmgtht: ther ornot ar:ill. So much forrhe [in.] · . And ~o.w to~ & dixit. The.n:ortls beeth~e~~hepsint~ accordiog; thr~e; ~:: i Accipite, ltlS to berecewed: • SJmtum, aspmt!tts, chat IS to be recerve~ 3 hlt c7rem,and that Spiritis theHoly Ghop. i Wheretoweadde, the HoiJ Gbo~ a erw manner; for there, bemore~hanone. • . uches v!ccipite, agrees well w1th bre~ot~. ~or, that 1srmt~ea', \!Copenour mo . ~nddraw itin;ourSyjMe; tomeetwuh~s !?tafM~! l'O\
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