~,.n~~~o-·------~o_f~t~h~e_fl~o~L~Y~~G~H~O~S-T_· __ ~~~-----7-o __ I ---:-;:--1; ) as In t!Jefimilitt~deof ftnfi•fljlefb, had aSpirit, to anoint Him in fiorml R 8 H1 m,e ,e. w • d I IT: h om..~. i bad a Loa n,rofm Himaboutncme age ere. . l'hit,. 7 • ferv B hatCH._ 1 sT fuffernotmH1shonour, wefupp!Y. :.tlmtheSpirit,who . reu~a:d to beSpirittts Domini, is clfe-where fa1d tobeSpmtm Chrifti (• Rom.8.) aRom.s. 9 . IS ~e · · .t'tleFathtr(t.Matth.Io.) AndtheSpirit,of the 'Sonm, borh(Gal 4 ) bMacth.to.•o i;;'e JP~rt::L fent y; 11 ,hcre, fent by Him elfe-whcre, d Whom'Iwifl fend (loh.; 5 :; d~o~··(~·,5 Ti e 1 pmH 1· 1 nupri<>btagaine. AstheonefhewesHim, to be Man; fotheother to · ·- ·· · 11s ets " • · N L H' ' beGon.And,asGon,HechathnoS~tpenour: o oan,toowne 1m:No Spirit, to 4 nointYim. . . . . . . . . Ad (if I miftake not) a kinde of mckltng of thus much,,sevenmrhevery ·d 11 Tile word [ L 0 R D : J in Efay' is pl~trafL; and fo, morepeifonsthanone, ~~~~r!'rhe spirit is,and from whom Heproceeds. And,if you would know howma- . In Efay the words be ttvo : [o, not ajingleproceedmg,fromone: but, a do~tbft, £to:U two,as the word is do~1blc. Saint Baji/[aith it {hart, ·.,, -~•ac, )::opn)'ii';'.,, ii.v:;p..".@-' lix•?"':As Go n, HefendSit; as Man, Hcrecezves lt. VponF!tm,as Man: from Htm, as Go n. ' • of Him then as Man, three things here are faid, the Spirit 'WaJrtponHinz: i >annointedHim: ~ fe»t Efim. But it isfaid : the Spirit is upon c..Me 1 becan(e Heehath Hi,.noi•ti•{O anointed me : So as, the annoiming is fer, as thet"."'"\ o~· caufe, whyH~ewasnp~n Him. And then, that, (H/4annointing) as thuartfe, IS firlr mnature. Bur lt ~annatbe conceived, but rheSpiritmuft be ~lfo upon Htm, to~nomtHun, theSpmt IS theVnflion : rhespirit rhen wasuponHtm, two fever~ll nmes, for two feverall ends. ; To annoint Him: • And,afrer He was annoimd,to (endHim; the fecond. Ofth\s annointing we are to touch, ' when it was : • with what it was : l and how it comes to be termedAmtointing. , . When was Heethus annointed? Not now, or here, firll:: butloog before; even tWbenvvasit, from the very time of His conceiving. When theWord becameflefh, theflejh,wir'p the Ioh,,, 14 , · · Wordand (by meanesofit) with the wholeDeitie,was annointedall over;.and byver- · - tuethereof,filled wirh theflflnejfeof aflgrace,For,this we are to hold: that CHRIST was ever CH R z s T (that is) everanointed, from the very firll: inftant of all; Hee was neverRn·anointul, not one moment. . Annointedwithwhat i I havcalreadytold you, with thcDeitie, by vertue of the • wit' .,.bar, 'Perfonallrmionof the fecondPerfonof the Deitie. Why then is the Holy Ghojl called theJ7nc1ion i Why is C" R z s T exprefly faid to bednnointedwith theHoly Gho.fl ?. :Why not, with the FatheraS\vell ~ •. Why not: Toretaine tocachPerfon, His owoe peculiar, His proper aCl:, in this common worke of them all : or(asthe Hcbrewes fpealie) to keepee.,cry word, upon hiuight_wheele. . . . Father, is a termeof natrtre. So,to the Father we afcribe,what theSonnehathby ndlure. For, that He istheSonne, is of nature, not ofgrace. · ·But, that the Man-hood is taken into Go n, that was not ofnatrtre, butofgrace: And, what is of grace, is ever properly afcribcd to theSpirit. There arc diverjitles • ca~;.u..;; •f'gwes,a/1ftomthe {AmeSpirit.. And tbc proceeding of grace ft;om it,not as byn'!- ture, but Vbtvult, B_loJVes where tt ltfts freely. All then; of grace, proceeding fron1 Iohl>l·s, the Spmt : .Accordmgly, the Concep[!(jn of C HR 1 s r s flcjh, and the fending it Wtththe fulnejfe ofgrAce (or anointing it) is afcribcd to theSpirit. . b Bur,this enduing withgrace, howcomes it to be called&n'!ointing ?For nothing, ~How ol!<d ut for the refemblance ithath,with an ointment. Anointmmt is a compolition (we ... ,;.,;.g. lcnow:) the ingredients of it, ·cite andfweet odours. By venue of theoi/e, it fakes ~ve,. mto the bones (faith the I'falme:) but, it workes upon the joyms.and 1inewes, l'CaJ. 109 ,,s. enlibly; make them fupp!e and lithe, and fothe more frdh and acrive to bell:irre them(elves. By venue of the fweet odours mixt vvirh it, it workes upon the.ffirits ~dfen(es; cheeres him and_makeshir'_1glad,thatisannointedwitl;it. Andnoth1m PC'l!.4! s. one, but all that are aboutandneare hnn, qtuinodorermgt~entomm,that takedellg~lt Cam.•• 3 . , m
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