Sermon u. Ofthe HoLY GHosT. ;;;;wehav~ ev~nhere. I win feeyou ofone; The lignes here tell downc,bring it to ry ind: A day we were faved from (cheDay of rhePorvder-treafon) which may [e{! here in afore to be defcribed, bloudandfre, andthe vapour of' (meke : 4 terrible da furc but nothin"to the Day of the Lord. 721 ry Frdm chat we ~ere faved: but we all Hand in danger,we all need faving, from tl"s When this daycomes, another manner of fire, another manner offmoke. That ~~~~ever burnt; that {rt~oke never rofe: but,this lire lhall burne andnever be 1uenched; this fmokcfl 1 all notvam~1b11t afcend fore-ver. I f:1y no more, but, 1n that, mth1s, in Revel.z ., , all ~ invocavmt, fa•vtt<ent: Invoc.tton nghtly ufed IS the way to be l:tfe. 9·11 ' This then 1commend to you. And of all invocations! that which King David doth commend mofi, and berakc himfelfe to, as the moll: efiectuall and furefi of all : and that is, Accipiam calicem {alutari<, & nomen Domini invocabo : To callonHif l'fal,tt5, 11 ; Name, with tiJC mp of(alvation taken t"!!ouriMnds. Noinvocation,tothar. That,I · .. - · may be bold to adde (which is all that can be added) fl.!!jcf!nqt~e cafi,·emfaltltarif At:– cipiens,n~men Domini invocaverit,Jalvus erit. Another ejfimdnmyet, this. Why, what vertue is there in the taking it, to helpeinvocation? Adouble. For whether we refpeCt our fins; they have avoice,acry,anafcending cry, in Scripture afli"ned them. Theyi11vocatetoo, they call for fomewhat ;•Even fot fome fearefu!l juigement ro bee powrcd downe on us : and I doubr, our ownevoicesare not firong enough, to be heard above them. l3ut bloud, that alfo hath a v~ice: fpecially innocent hloud, the6lo11d~f Abel,that cries lo11din Go n s cares: but nothing fo loud as the bloudwhereof thismpof Blef– fing is the communion; the voice of it, will be heard above all: the cry of it, will drowne any cry elfe. And, as it cries higher : foit differs in this, thatit cryesina farre other key; for farbetterthingst~an that of Abet: not fot revenge, but for remif. Hebr.•i.>t; (tonoffnnes; for that, whereof ttlS 1t felfthepme andprwchafe, for our fa!vationin · thatgreat andterrible Day of the L oR o, when nothing clfe will fave us, and when it will mofrimport us; when if we had the whole world to give, we would give it for thefe foure fyJlables, (alvabit11r, fhaU be faved. But it was not fo much forfn, Davidrooke this "'P; as to yceld Gedthankes for all His benefits. In that cafe alfo, there is fpeciall ufc of it : and both fit us. As the former, ofdrowningofourftnnes cry; fo this alfo. For, to this end, are we here now met to render publikely and in folemne manner, ourtha~:kfgiving, for His great fa– vour this day vouchfafcd us, inporvring out His Spirit; and with it, Hif faving health upon aUflefh, allthauall11pon Him: then,to take place, when we lhall have fpectall ufe of it, in theGreat Day, the Day of the Lord. And very agreeable it is, per huncfangui– nem, pro hoc Spiritu, for theporvringoutof thif Hu Spirit; to render Him thanks with the bloud, that w.upowredouttoprocure it [And this is ourla!l: <:ffimdam, and a reall tjfundamtoo:] For rhis <:ffi•fton, ofboth, the one and of the other, and for the hope ofour falvation, the worke both of the one, and of the other. To the ~nail attainment whereof, byH u holy wordof frvphecie, by caUing 011 HiJ Name, by this Sacrament of Hts bloudpowredout, ~rul of H1s Spmtpo1Vredout with ir lli~~~ ' A SER-:
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