..... _ ~~~~3·~----~of._t_h_e_fl~o_L~Y~G~H-O~S-T~·------------~7~4~1- ----p:;;;netre there ncedeth then, atid a witnejf'ethere is. One, nay three. In ore dn- b Awitnt/l'- . 1 /J' thi ·thout two atlealt Bu · 1· r <here"· :N,y, orNl»;thatis,in every tnatter no ng Wl . •. 'mt lis, to many, !o '""'· . . high a matter, G 0 o woulden~arge thenumber; have 1t m ere tr111m, have it full; Dcuc.1~.q, fewer than three: thru, to H1s part; thne,toours. noAt the ordering ofit in heaven,three there were,.the 'Father;the •Word,and l the Spirit: that the whole Tri~ity mig.ht be equally mtereffcd 111 the accomplifhment fthe worke ofour salvatton, and 1~ paffe through all thm hands. And at the fpee– ding it in earth,thmmore: 1 The Spirit,and' W<tt:r,and l Bl~~dco anfwer tbem,that all mi<>htgo by aTrinily,that Holy, Holy, Holy, might bethrtce repeated. The truth herein~nfwereth rothe type.For under the La•v,nothing was held perfect!y hallow– ed, till it paffed three, the ' cleanjing water, firlt; the ~fprinkling ofb/oud,Cecogd ; ,3 andlall: thatthe Holy oile were upon It too (theHolyode,the Buly Ghojls type:) but when anytging anointed with all three; then had it His perfect halydom~; then it w~s holy indeed. And, even [o paffe we through three hands all. 1 G~ds, as men: Water norestheCrution: the heavens are ofwater, and 1f they, the relt. Gods, $S men; •chrijls,as Chriftian men, Bloudnotes the redemption: 1 And the Spirit asJ]>irit1fa!l mw, which pertaines to all. Ifany bej}iriwaN, he knowes this: and yott that be fPi· G>l 8 ;; rit•all doe this (faith theu1pojlle.) For, Chriflians that be anirnalesJPmttm; non ha- ludo '9· hntes, Saint Iudetels us, there is no great re~koning to be made ofthem. . • To letthe other go. Tl\eSpirit is awitnej[e, to I E sus CH R r s ·r, th.1t. came ~T,;~fep!m • 111 water and blo11d: Wttmffi, to I E s us CH R 1 s T, that came: wttnejfe, to Hts w•- 1 -r:...u(ns ter and b!oud, Hecame in. In a witnejfe it is required, hee bee Tcjlu t~tneat : will Cbrijl that you fee,q11am idonerti,how :tpt,how every way agreeing~ TheSpirit anC! Ieftu agree: came. . Jefmwas conceived byth.eSpirit. The Spirit and chriff agree: in the word Cbrijl, • To th'""'" is theSfirit; For [CH R 1 s T] is annointed. AnnointtdWith what~ With the Ho- ;~!~~:~d,Hc ly Ghojt, the tmeunClion, and the tmthofall unC1ions whatfoever. The Spirit andwa~ '"."'"·' i. &: ter agree: theSpirit moved on theface efthe waters. The Spirit and bloudagree: 'Ihe Lov.•v•· SJirit oflife is in the blottd; the~effds ofit, the arteries, runne along with the texture ofthe veines, all the body over. · . " T? Hisco,., To His comming, thisSpirit agreeth alfo. When Hecame, as IeftJs, theSpirit """'· ' conceivedHim. WhenHecame,as CH R r s T, the Spirtt annointedHim. When He lohnr.J!; came, in water,at H1s Baptifme,the Spirit was there: came d~rv1Zei11 thejhapeefaDO"Ve, refted, auodtonHim. When He came, in bl01ed, at His Paaion, there too: It w:U tht ttmullspirit of Go o, by whichHeeojfered Him{elfe withoutfpot unto GoD ( Heb.g, 4·) So, the moll: fittliat Eanbe, to beare witneffc to all; Pr«fens ime>fuit,& vidit & audivit, was prefent, heard, and faw, was acquainted with all that paffed: none can fpeake to the point fowell as He. Tr,cspirie tH! TheSpirit is awitneff'e, is true every way: But, why is it faid, It iS the Spirit th4t ehicfcwiiOt.f•, hearethwitne!fe, feeing they both (water andb!oud) bearcit too; it is water, irisblo11d thatbem witneffi: alfo. They (indeed) are witnej[er: but; it is theSpirit, Heeir is that Is :heprtnctpall wztnej{e; and prmcipally to be regarded, before the refr. Here,Hc comes mlal!;but He IS (Indeed) firlt; and fo as firlt,is placed :it the eight ver(e ;vherc ~hey are orderly reckon~d up. And good reafon. He is one ofthe thr~e,bothabove mheaven, and bene.ath 10 earth: thz;d, tpere abo~e: jirfl, herebeneath: a IIJitne!fe,in both_Courrs; admmedadJIIS tcjlumboth,for H•s fpma!lcredir in both: themedit~S t~rmmru (as it were) betweene heaven and earth, betweeneGodandman. Beudes it is faid, It is He, He it u that beareth witnejf'e. For,it is neither ofthe other; Will doe us any good without Him : the whole weight !yerh upon him. Not Gal.4.9: ' , the water without the Spirit, it is but nudumdr egennr'b eleme!ltum. Notthe6/oud IobuG. 6 li (~thout the Spirit; no more than thejUj/r without theSpirit, non prodcfl quicquatn (as , aidHe? who[e thefte/b andb!oudwas, CH R t s T. Himfelfe,) ~· ~9·' !, h W~l you fee a proofe viithout it, C u ~· 1 , T came to Simon Magm in water, '·' · /.was aptrzed: CH It I s T ·came to Jud-u,-in bloud, he was acommunicant: but th~'1 th[,": c~me none, to teltifie: they were both never thebetter. The bmer~nay, Alh a. ~il wor ~ · ~tmonpertlhedm theg~llofbitternej{e; Iuda< bibit mortem de fonte vit«, Vuu from
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