Iam.J,T7. Eph<f.~ 8. Ioh.p7. It TbeT,initil Rr.O: Of the s~~. N DIN 0 Sermon Jr. To make it plainein thefe. Gifts here areafcribed to theSpirit: But~ faith, Every eneof them tome from abo·ve, ftomthe Father : and Saint P•NI, he c:~s CH ll Is T, whenHeeafcended up onhigb,Heegave gi(ts unto men, So,thegiftsc~~~ from the other twoPerfons, no•leffethan from theSpmt, Offices are here affigned to the L o 1t n (that is) C H tt I s T : yet, by and by (at'the XXVIII, verfe) it is flu~ of Go n the Father, that Heordained .&p<?/fles,andfogoes on there, with orheroffi. ces of the chur;h. Andm .&l1. X X. XX rIll. of the HoLY G Hos r it is( 'd Pofuit vos Epi(cotos, that He placed themBijhops : and they are chiefeofpces. a~~ that, offices aretromtheothertw.o, aswellasfrom c. H1t Is T, Workes,theyare· here appropriate to Go n (that 1s) the Father: yet m John r. with one breath' CH R 1 sT faith,r..MyFatherworkethhithmo,andfodoe~worleeaswellasHe:andira this Chapter, ftwght after (at theeleventh ver{e followmg) thus we read, Allthefo things w~r.J:etbone andthe fame Spmt. So, workts, as they are from the Fat her [oar they from theother two. And fo,alland every of the threePtr(ons, equally i~tercf. fed, in all and every of the three. H~w is it then~ Howcome~hey thus tobefor~ed ~ Sure, rather inakind of apt congrmtle than ot~erw1fe; onlyma fit and convementreference to the peculiar,and (if I may fo call!t) theperfonall v1ttrtbutu, wh1ch moft properly fuits with each Per(~n whence they flow; As thus. The Spirit is theef!entiallLove of theFAther and the Sonne. Lo'f¥ then is hisperfonallpro;ertie: and love isbonntmu · and fro~ l>ounty come gifts. So,thegifts, they,fro~ theSpirit. CH~ I.' T,Heistheeffin– ttalf Wiftdom~ of the Fatber : and Sa;:entu eft ordmare ; th~r, 1s Wi{e<hmes •ffite (faith the Ph!lofopher :) So, theordermgof rlam,or ofjimfalstoHim. Goo ,we call Him theFather<Almighty; which lheweth, r..Might or P;wer is His prope; Attribute; and power it is, that worluth : So, theworke is His peculiar. And rhus c:ome they, thus forced. And fo well we may repaire to each feverally for his feve– tall: Yet,with noexclufiveto the reil: : but eo all,for all joynrly,for all that. This needs not trouble any. No more needs their order in fianding : The Holy Ghe11 firll; and the hthtr laft, otherwife than inBaptifme, or in theDexelogie, Theworker appropriate to the F tJ!her, though they be in execution !aft; yet are rhey in inrenrion firft. It is (as ina .folemne traine) novifimi primi, the !aft goe firfl:, andpriminovifimi, the firllcome laft : and yet, arejirft in order, though l11J1 inplace. It is fure, theworke is theendof both the re!$, and ot all. rnumquodquepro;teroperationem{t111m: Every thing,beit what it will, gift orp!are, is and hathhis being for theworke it hath to doe. So,rhe work is the chiefe ofthe three, and He the chiefe, whofe theworke ~&,let His l!i!llding be whereit will. Tothe doing whereof,there be required three things; And where .ther~bemore than one required, our books teach us, ever to confider them, firft C011J1111fltm, Joynt• ly, altogether; then, [eriatim, each in order, as they fiand; and lafily,feqrjim,cvery one afundcr by it felfe. Ioyntly then. To the doing of ought there is requifite, • !tabi!itieof thepartie, Ofthc~joiat• • at1thoritie for the partie, land diligence in tbep.,tie. 1 Meet,and [t~/fm»tmen; Jy. · • they, orderly calledandplaced; l diligent andp•inefuUat their bufinelfe, To.fupply thefc, here are, 1 Agift wherewith, • aplAcewherein, l aworkwhereabouttotm~loy both: and none to takeon him the worke,except firfi in acAlling 1 nor to take on lum a &Ailing, except hee firft have agift meet for it. TheSpirit is free of H1sgijts i. by which, babi!ttie : CH a I s T, He invites us to fome calling; wherein, aNthmue : Go n, He calls upon us to be at worke; whereindiligence is to be lhewed. Our duty it lhall be to come, tobe atthefethreedoles, ortlivijions; to have our lhare in theaJ. Our of the firfi: 'Every onetog~t himfelfefurnilhed Wtthfome gift. •Out of thefecond ; to fee himfelfebc!towed infome ~"gi11g. J Out ~l~i;~e:
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