756: , Olthe SE No 1N o Serm;;;; ~ave you i~ thelafr verfe, manifqlAtion, which is by light~ For? the. uf~ p1ake mamfefr. So have you the Ho L t G H os T mcloven tongnes of.fire in r, ro moregencrall termes: thegifts, the t9»gnes ; the divijion, thecleft ; the maniftji ~me · t~efire. Thofe gifts, firfr_ divided, ther: mad't nwlifeft,and t~_at by the Spirit,aC:o~": .tmg, tO th~ {ubffanceoftheFeap: that there can be no quefi10n;bunhe: Textfure$~ thenme,fully. ~~su,, 11; The Vfe we have of the whole Text, is i that in a!~ humbl~ thankfulneWe,we·are to acknowledge thegreat Goopneffe of the wholeDeltlt mtiTe, andofewry Pef< in it; Sofcrioully taking to hearrthechurches(thatis,all our) good,as(~efee)thM doe in a fort meet here,andalfem)>leth~mfelves,all three,each for h_is part to com:r. bute; one,gifts;another,caHmgs ; a thtrd, workes. And the~commtt overrhe?6anl. fetfa~(on of all to theSpmt, ad uttlztatem, to theJrojit (that IS) to thege~~trAUgogdgf the Chttrch,in whofegood, is the good of u5 all. , Now albeit,to authorize and eo_cou_menance,the Feafi the more,thewholet6m ·J?_erfons doe_here prefem themfelves,m a )oym concurrence to this worke of difiribu. uotl ; yet 1 (you fee) the Hq L Y G H o s T hath here adouble part, and in that re– f~eCl: aprerogative above the othert~aine. For, theSfirit is.in, at both. f~,atthe dwijion ; and fo are the reO:. An~ aga1ne, m, at chemanifejlattln; Coare none of the refr. Bur,He there; and He alone. _Fo.r,chetongue~ are His; and they arnom•niftjl, ~o :~ Hun alone we owe themanifijlmg. So,Hu; a_nd fo His rhe honour ofthed<y, wh C'llSFef/umlmguarum, the Ftajl cf to11gues, or (tf you Will focall it) the Fe 4 ftof Jvtal?.if.ejiAtioTJ. In v:ry deed, the H o i. Y Gu o s r s Epiph4n/e j allowing, 35 ,C a 11 I s.,T.l one,[o HJm_another. . . ~he Summe. oFall, ts : Th~t . C H 11 I s 'I' s errand bemg done, and he gohe up on h1gh, the Spmt, this Day, vdibly came downe, for Him and in His namcand ftead, to cake the cbarge, and to efiablilh an order in the church : whichortier or efiabli!bmerit is here fet d6wne. And thinke not, it holds in the churchalone but that in it is reprefented unto us a truepatterneor mouldof everyot~r w~n corn~ pofedGovernment. For,happy is thegovernmenr,where rhe Ho L. r GHosT be· '4hiweththe-gifes; CH RI sr appoints thept,~es, and Gon etfeefeththeworke, workes aU;,. all. And as, Reflum isindex [Hi &ohtiqtli, v1ftreight rule n;iUdifcwer .uwell ,.h,til criMred,;awh~t isjlnight, both: Sounderone,havewehere, as the lively image of a well orderedSocietie (for,the preferving of thefe three aright,makes all well;) So withall the manifold 1bliquities and exorbitances in the chur,·h, in the common– ' wealrhl cv~ry where; which arife from the errors abourthefe three, , thegtfts.not regilrdeil, ' theplitces net wellfilled, l the worlmnot work-ma,.-1; keperfmned. Thenot looking to of which three, hath brought,and is like more and niore,to bring all ouc of courfe. 7~ D' ·;;, .. The Td<t (ifever any) is truly ;rip4rtite: as Handing evidentlyofthrlepam: eve~ 1 "" '"' r}i one of the_three, being a kind of Trinitie. ATrinilie 'Perfo»4U, 'Bull, and I. 3 v1fl~ali. . II. _ I Perfo,.a/1, thefe three; 1 the fame Spirit, • the (ame Lord, l the[.me Gou; I I I. 2. Re•ll, thefe thre'e : 'Gifts, • adminijlrations, or ~fftces, l.cpe;atiom~ or worket. 3; Afluall,rhe(e three ; 1 Dividing;'manifefling, l andprofiting. Three diviftons from three; for three. The three real!, they berhc ground of all,the 'gt{ts,' 9fjcu,and 3 workes. Ttie threeperfo,.~ll; 1 TheSpitit, •Lord, and l God, are butfrom ~;Vhence thofe come. The three AfluaU,arebut whirherrhey will : ' Divided; • So dtv1ded,ds mademanifql; l So made manifefi; as not only • fOmal<t afhew, bu.r,e)<tofomeen ; • Thatendto be,not '"14'1,., the hurt or trouble; but ~•!"P{p,,chegHd; i The good ROt frivate, of Olli [elves,· butf4111iw#n,of all the whole body of thcCh11rch. $ t , · - FIR ,
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