' Sermon i). ofthe Hoi.y GHosT. : . ot The gift is forthecalling : thegift and calling (both) areforthemrke •t 15 n · d. h f I s · · fi fl · · · • Andwillyouobferverheprocee mg ereo ne pmt r ~ Thes;,htisneerel! refembled tobreath: Spiro,whence1t comes, 1s to breathe. Breath (youknow) is in rhe nof/hrills :they be tWo;' through, and from them both, the Spmt_proce~ds. To an~ f, rrhcfe G 0 0 the Fnther, CH R Is T the Lord,<retwo; from them l:loth,byway felh · ntio; comestheSpitit, the facred breathof them both. 0 Jt~ ow ti,enfccondly, as the Father doth begerthe Son~ and fr()Jll them bothprd~ ceeds, the Holy Spirit 3 So, thegift to beget the callmg(of nght fo1t Thould) and they b~th ro produce theWorke. And as no man comes to C H R I s T, but by the Holy Ghoft: So, no man to the c~lling, but by rhcgift. And as no man comes to theFather; bJ4tby CH R r s T :fonomantotheworke,burbyrhecal/11•g. Not to the worke. The very word worke(;l>")at once condenincs three,;,,~.,. !_The wor~·~ •"'"''' oe~., •. "A.,., firfr. Such as are idle_ bodies;_ doe no worke ar.all : fpend rhe!r ,·~~; ••n-•;,i 1 d•ya in 'Vanity; confumewholeyeares, mdomgJ'lfl nothmg. T?1s (of workes) IS · · GoDs di'Vijion : who IS not (H1mlelfe;) would not have us, 1dle. rfque opmt- Ioh. 1 . 17 ; tnr, jfill Bee workes; fiillHe would have us fo to doe. Not as ion!U: get us agourd; 1 n. ii · and fit under it, and fee what will become of 'l{jni'Ve; but fiirrc not a footro helpe 0 • · ..• ir. Not :o lye foahng ;, the broth .Cas E~kiel faid of the great men in his day:s :) Bzei:.u.j; the Ctttc IS the caldron, the wealth, IS the broth, andmthel:lroth theylyefoakmg and all is well. Saint Pa11l calls rhem theLollizoes of the land. His word is "'"'""'"'': >Cor.u.l,, Thefi:.:edaycs,and the {wenth, torhem both alike; Holy-day Chrijfians. The Poet · ·- ... faid "AI'>'" ~-,;;,,mj, every day is holy-day with idlepeople. Ollt of this divijion, out of operations, they. _ . . •. . , . .. .. ,.. 0 _. The next fort, they wtll not be 1dle; but lt were as good they were. They w11l 1'!• 1!'1'/l<'!<l beedoing, butitis ••,.,.,,all rhey doe : Nothing to any purpofe; from andbefideit quire. opm quo nihil opU<,[ome needldfe worke; qrt-< nihilattinet,asgood let alone: leaving undone, that they fhould and are to doe, and catchingat fomewhat elfe, and mightily bufying themfelves about that; and all ro no end. vfn»ieonimmedit•ti flmt ji.:ttt aranea, faith the Pfalme: Very bufy they bee; but it is about w'ea'Ving l'fai.§"<J;!oj cobwebs : no body lhall weare them, or bee the warmer fot them : rono profit in the world. And as thefe deale with qu<~ nihilattinet; Sothe lafi («;,,,.,) w!tltthofe, {puni- Nor;<~<Mi(.i · biladeosattinet, that concerne not them ar all. That will be doing, bur le is with that, they have nothing to doe. Therearedi'Vijion.lof workes, and they worke out ofrhtir divifion : love to bee bufy; to bee dealing with any bodies worke,favetheir ownc." Which is lightly thebufy.bodies occupation, condemnedby the Apojfle, not inmenon·. , ly(: Theff:3·) but even in the other fex,too (1Tim.5.) Forthey alfo will be ni'cd!ing : Tl ,;. . : "' · . f b I d . • leoq • lto ~ot.st,.,~"lS o ot 1gen ers. . ... . , Tim'.)·I'J, I told you before, the callmgs were tounded uponorder, and ro'keepethem, fo . have the1r ;,>m'.,, ltmtts, or bounds. And they do~ all <ooi•1•"'"""'.;;, Walke our of order, diforderly breakc rhe pales, and ovenhey goe 1 thatleavirig their owne, be- • ~ome .<as S~int Peters word is) """:"''"''~~n·•, Bijhop.s of other mcm Diocefes : Doe no' i i.,..,{; 1 b~od tn theu: owne, fpend tlmr nmemfindmg fJult wtth others. A rhing norro ~ · _,e endured m any body. Take the naturallbodyforexample, wherei'n'theSpi· ~ trt, bio11d, choler, and other humors are ro keepe and comai11e thcmf,-lvcs, to hold Aery_one 10 h1s owne proper velfell : as, bloud in the ·veims; 'htflefln the Gall: thnd }f once theybeeoutof them, theb/oudoutof rhe'Veinemakesanvfpoflrt'!'e; euoler out of thegall makes a larmdife all over the body. Beleeve ir; rh1s 1s ~n-~l•ll ficknej[e rmder the StmiJe, that the di'Vijion of workes is not kept more ''C:r Y They are divided according to rhc c•llinj,s : EveryWorke is not for every ~~b:f~ For then \~hat nce~s anydi'Viding? But as thecalling_is,fo arethe wotkcs to bGer~ry onetotntend h1s owne, whcrem (lt!S prefumed) 1115 skill Jyes; and not •b u IC llmfe!fe With others: For, that 1s •.,.,,,... And tl1cfc arethe three errors out operaftons.
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