GftheS a 'N n I !11 a Sermon 1 r, ------~---------------------------------- 3 Intheporvring: B~h porvrings,(after a fort :)char, which Propbecie d~ powre m~t the,eare_ ;b.vocatwndothrefundere,orpowreforthbackc againein praye( out of rhe_ htart. ' _And l:ieiide·thefe two, athirdthere is, which is wedged in_betweenc them both ~s fhrrmg us, firft and !aft both tohearePropbecit more attentively, and ro ptaC!ife tnvocationmore devoutly (which! wilh may neverdeparroutofour mindes)theme. morieofthe later day. . . , · 3 · Thus they Hand, fubordinate. That menmay htfaved, they are to railspon the ;M""""' ofthe ?\gmeofthe L oR o (that at leaft.) That they may [o call_topurpofe, they are to be · 1""" ••Jo called on to it, and directed in it, by & Propbetabtmt. And:chat they might perferme this, to alljlejh, they were t~ fpeake with toe tongtm of all ~ejb; which was die gift (here) ofthis day (w1tho.uquft caufe_ fcoffed at.) Bur, tongnes are_ but as thec 11 k 1 whereinProphtcie(as the liquer)iscontained: I will fet by the empty caske,and deal~ withPropbetabtmt, the liquor in it onely. 0 , • , ·,.,.pbttabunt Prophecie ftands firft in the T!!Xr, Without which(faith Salm~n) thepeoplemnjl rro•·•9 •S.. nuds perifh. Thatfaying (ofthe ProphetE[ ..y) is much ufed by the Fathmo Tene. Er•,•I'·'•• hr.t & palpatio, do»ec tjfunderetur {t1per nos {piritH< dt excelfo. All u darkt : ~mr/,e 'J· hut grope, tilt the Spiritbt porvred onm .from above, to give us light, by tbis gift of Prophtcy. . , This terme is kept by Ioel, as well, when he fpeakes of Go os flrv4nts(thatis) . of us 1 as,whenofthtm andth,~ir,fimnts: Anq e~er after, in the New Tellament,itis 0 retained llill as an ufuall tetlrie, by the Apoffle, to theCorinthians, Ephe{lam, TheJfa· lonians,all his Epijllesthrough• . , • But not in the fenfe offoretelling things to come. For,fo can it beveri6ed only uponAgAbm, Saint Philips daughters, and upon Saint John : which arecoo few, for fo great an effulion, as this. That (indeed)was the chiefe fenfe ofit, in the Old Te. fiamenr: And well,lwhile CHR1 • T, was yet to come. CH" 1st He was the ftop ofall Propheticallprediaions. Then, it had his pbce, that. But now,andever lince chrijl iscome, it hath in amanner left that fenfe (at leaft, iaagreat part)and is notfQtak~riintheNew. . The fenfe, it is there taken in (to expound this place ofPtter,byanother ofPaul, Jt 001 • 10 ,, 1 ,, 4 Citing this very fame Text ofthe Prophet, Ram. r o.) is & Prophetabnnt.(here) by qu1· · mod~ pradicah!mt there, Prophefying (that is Preaching.) Whereby, after a newman– E>od.!4·;'l · ~Cor ;.1 ; . Jl,vtLig.ao. V'erfe l r; !'f;t}.16. IO. VcdC 34· Pf:al.· 1o.i. Vc~fe ~-~· ner, we doe Prophejie (as it were) the meaning of ancient Frophtci:s : not makeany new, butinterprettheold, well; take offthevtileof<..Mofls[Ace. FmdeCH R 1 "• 6nde the<..MyJferies oftheGojpe/1, under the typespf theLaw; apply the oldpr~Jht· jies, fo as it may appeare, the!firit ofprophecie, u the tejlimonj of I • sus: And, bee the bell: Prophtt now, thatcan doe this, bell:. ThisfenCe, we prove by thefe in the Text. The Spirit rvaporvredon them,41ldthe1 did prophefte. What didthey~ How prophejied Saint Ptttr? Hee foretoldnorhmg: All be did, was; he applied this place oftheProphet, to this Feaft. Anq almle be· neath, the paffageofthe XVI. Pfalme to cbrijls rtjitmflion. And, afcerthat, the place ofanothtr Pfal!Ne, to Hisafcmjion. . And rhe reft (on whom it waspowrtd, too)howprophtfiedthey~ All(we reade) they did,was loquehanttiY m4gnalia Dei,they tlttmd forth tht wonderfnllthmgJ ifGo~ butfmtoldno~ any thing,tharwe finde. So as, ro Prophe(ie (now) istoflArch ont ·~ a'ifcl,fethehidden things oftheOrarlesuf Go o, and not to tell beforehand, w at {hall afccr come to pa!fe. . , But, what fay you ro Vpons and Jrwnes here ~ Little: they pertame no;, to us: The Text faith it not. You reme'?ber th~ :woporv~ingn ' 0 ne.upon thttrJ Dllnt~f • The othewponHIS flrvAnts. Th!slater,Islt by wh1ch we co!f!em. We are not d theirjimnu; wcclaimenot by that, Go o make us Hisfer..,antJ ;for, by that wor ' wee hold. · ) ifl AnJ , Now,in this latterpowring,on Hu flrvAntr (which only ~oncernesu> "'' to#fui. drtamesare left our quite. It any pretend them now,we fay With Iemme( CAp.X~erfl
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