Ailsa.,o. !Cor.9.5• . ?~theSENDING S~. • Secondly, Th1Sgifttsbothgoodandperfet1: fogo~ dllgoods the ~eil: and ofallttrfet1s, themoft abfol«tely perfea: thegiftohcr}"'~of orper fecit on of allthegifts o(G;il. Whadhould I fay~ Not to bevai 11 ed (~. ' 11 '?"• ',Feter ;) nt>t to be Uttered (faith Saint Paul;) as if all the tong11es that wer:tth Satnt before, and all that came downe this day, werclittlecnough or indeed oneanh erl'obgh,nor able any way oo utter or exprelfc it. ' IVere not Thirdly, nay it is not onegift ~mong man1 (how complete foever)butit · in one, fomany tontues, fomanygifts; as, fo many grapes, in aduller· / 5"''"J graines, in a Pomgranate. In this onegift, are all the reft. Afcending up' 0~~any · don4 dedit, Hegavegifts: all thefedona were inhoc dono; all thofegifts in thi },h, every one ofthem folded up as it wereinclufive. The Father, the Foumai:~· ~; · SoRne,thctifterne;the HoLY GHosT thcConduit-pipe,orpipesrather(f;'~ e are many)by and through which, they ai'e deriveddoWne to us. t ey • Fourthly, andl~ftly; not onely in. Him, aodhy Him, burfi:om Himt~o. For He tsthegift and thegt'l!er both. Th-ere ugrtatv><mty ofgifts (fatth S. Pa•l}butit · dndthe fame Spirit, that maketh diftribution ofthem to every manfeverally ev:O"" Himfelfe ~_>leafcth. Bo~ the thing_given, and the Party that giveth ir, alld~rived ~ us from Htm, wrought mus by Htm, and by us to be referred to Him. At thetime of any of Go os giftsCent tls by Him,to fpea~ of Scriptures ofthis nature, cannot fceme unfeafonable: but, ofall other, at the ttme ofthisgiji moft properly. Dona dedit hominihm: what day was that~ even this very day. Diesd1~ norum hi&; fo many tongHes, fo manygifts. This day (Ifay) whereto Donu 111 Dei' andDoJmmDiei fall together fo happily. We have brought it to theD•J· ' The Summt; , It will not be:tmi!fe,to touch theendalittle,which the Ajoj/haimethat inthefe •I£~" •·7' wotds. It is theold, it is the imv Comtriandro1ent 1 <.JMAndatum vetus6· mv•m, to ma~euslove Go o. The point, wheretodieLalli iind theProphets drive; yea, the Gsf}eli, and the i;Apoflles, and ail. We cannot l1ve lbmwell, whom wethinke not weUof. We cailhotthinke wdl ofhim, whom we thinke, evil!comes from. Then, tothinkefowdl of Go o, asnotro thinkeanyevil/: not any tviU; no,butinfteld thereof, ADgoodcommeth to us, from Him. So thinking, we cannot choofe but we muftlsveHim. . And to this end (at the thirteenth verfc before) S. h11nes had told us plaine, Gill i4 not the Author ofevilt: NsttemttedHimfclfe, not tempting any to it. As at that -verfe, not the A11thor ofevilt: Soatthis, the Author •faU, andeverygood. Men, ·when their brainesare turned with diving into Go os fccrets,mayconceipt asthey pleafe: but, whenall is {aid that can be, No man can ever entirely love him, whom bee thinkes foevillof, astobethev!uthorofevill. Wearc(with Saint/JmtJ}ro teach,and you to belceve that,will procure you to loveGodthe better; notthat,wd! alien your mindes, or make you love him the worfe. That therefore, Saintl.,uts denks peremptorily : Noevil!, nemo dieAt, Let no man fpeake it, lctirnot oncebee fpoken. Butler thisbe hardly,That aUthegooti we have or hope for, defcends dowoe from Him. And that Saint lames (here) affinnes as carneftly: Erre not mydwe~rl· thren. It is toerre, to thinke otherwife: for that abfolutely, Every goodgwtng,and a!jlaine over, Every perfeCJgift,there is notone ofthem all,but from Him rhey come. Andfo, we in all duty to love Him, from whom all, and all mannergood procee- !tom.•S·l•· deth. This is His end, Love; and that fals fit and is proper tothisF~aft, the Feaft ofLove. For, Love is thefropcr attribute and propet effect ofthe spmt (Per clh~J· wem spiritus;) the /o..,e o Goo is lhed abroad in our beam, by the Holy G~·· this day given unto us. Th• 'DiviJ•~ theverfe,to the Chapter,isaclecreanda ftrictprup,fltiun,but bath init the force or cnergie, to make acomplete argument. For, if allgood from Go P,.theb~h JoVncoj.tz, evil/. Saintldmeilayes it for a ground: Salt or bitter water And{wut.wmutijfitt 0 fmn me[DH»IAine; Npr t~e wor~'sofdarkenejfe, from. th~ Father oflights, never. But
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