OftheGuN -Powbxn.~TREASON. , ~ noProphet, butC HR.i s T, CH R 1sT now, and HiJ Spirit, tbtak~. moveoutofume:willyeebeof Eli~tlsSpirit, andrheSonneof maniscacc. You plaineN4/fitu, , , omc~ A ..6. The Fathers w~rke out ano.ther Nefcitis,. out of the Emphafis[ros· ]c . J}mtmVos. Vos, IS no xdle word : xr makes a plaxne fepararion, berweeneth "J~ Eli!U, ros,To11 '. why_,youaremyDif.:iples; (Itrow:) youmuftanl\ver, t~~a~ j}trttm vos? Crt]U! JPmtm Tu, C H It I S T s Di{ctpfes, andElia?s j}irit r 6 cannot be. Cl~oole yee now: for, of .whofe j}irit yceare, his Difciples yee~~~ be. If you be his, what doe you here wuhme~ get you to hisTabernacle, If y b mine, olf with EliJU's mantle a~d fi'iri!both. The Difciplc, and the01faJ1era~of :Deut·l'·'•· one f}irzt. To make aDifcsple, xs norhxng, burro doe, as Go o did atthedoore f the Tabernacle; take?~ r.h~ Mafters fpirit, and put it~nthe Difciples,' But, ifyeb~ of MySpmt, My Spmt xsxn{jecre Columh.t, not Aqutl.t; not of the Eagle rhatc IoB. z.~~. <len.s.,,, ricth Jupiter's thrmder-holt; bur, of the Dove, that brings the olivt-bra»ch ~ herbi~;· the figne ~fNonperdere,fed {alvare. Ifthis fpirir be in you,let all your morions fme!I of rheOhve-branch,nor ofthe thunder-bolt; corn~ from favinggrace,andnotfrom &onfuming zeale. 7• But yet, t~e worft Nefl:itu is behinde. For worfe it is,tobeemiflakenin CH ll Is T, thanmourfelves. AndHxm they miftooke, inthat,theywouldmove H~m,ro that, ":'hofecommin~was conrra,ry, quire contrary ~o rhat,theywould have Him doe. Thxs1s a Nefcttu,.mdeed. Vere ne[.:ttu,qrupetttu a Magif/ro ma 11 fuetudini; lmntram cmdefstatu. Ane[cttti,to feeke at the hands of Hxm,that is theMalter ofall meekenelfe,a licence eo commit fuch crueltie. The very title of theSonne of man, is enough for this. For, wharfoeveras the Sonweof Go o, He may doe; it is kindly, for Him, as \heSonneQf man, to {Avethe fonnes if men. Specially, being the Sonne of fuch men, as Heewas; theSonne of Gen.1 8.s4; .Ahraham, who entreated hard, that even Sodome might not bedeflr9Jtd. The Sonne Gen.4f.7· of lacoh,who much miiliked,yea,evenmrfedthe wrathof his two [onnes,inde!\.roy– :• S•m. 1 . 39 . ing Si<hem. The Sonne of David, who complained much of the fcmnes of Zervr4 that they were too hard for him. (As CH R I s T cloth here, of thefons of Zebede : who (as if indeed, they had beene horneof athrtnder-cloud, and not of aman)were fo readie, to make havocke of thdives of men.) Itcoft tbeSonneof manmore tort· l'fJ\.49· 8 • "deememen,than tohaverhem hlowe»tpfo lightly. And,if lames andlohnweretopay for them, at His price, they would nor be fo evill advifed, as to make foquickcrid·. dance of the lives of men. CH RI • T cloth here warrant us, that, totellcujtu f}iritm, the way is,byd, quidvenitt whatj}irit is he of, by towhat endcomes he; whit~erblow.esir,which way is his face, tofalvare, orroperdere? For,torheendof Hxscommxng, Goo hath framed His fpirit. You may know it, by His firft Text• The spirit of theLord Lul:c •.• s; u npon me, to heale the broken, to delivtr the captive ; to fave that was lojl, He fent mee: thereforeHe was fenr,and therefore He came. You may know it, by His Name,I,; s u ', a S A v I o u 11. : you may know it, by His Similiet (nodejlroyingcreatures;) a alahtl u 9. 'Lambe,noWolfe 1 ab Hen, noKite; a 'Vine, nohramble,doutofwhict..camef{119 b M'"h·•l·l1· hurne "f aflthe trees in the forrefi. 0 f His comming, cleane contrary to this, fpea"kes ~\~~;.~f;~·. the Prophet,' He/ballcome down• like the raine; (fpeaks the Apojlle) rHicejlilleI' sus • Nd;;, 7, .6. q11i vt11it inaquJ., that came in wAter, to quench; nor, infire, to confiJm_e. . . f • Iohn 1· 6 • Againe, that Heedothnotrhis [nonperdere, {edfalvare]byawdent,aSlt hxts; but, onfer purpofc: It was the cau[e, the finall caufe, the very end, Go o fenr Hun, andHecamefor. . , In which poinr,tdtake away Ne(citiJ cleane forever,he fersitdownepolinvdy, and privatively both : wh~refore Hee came not > and wherefore Hecame : C~e not, to dejlroy; but,cAme, to {•ve : this, is plaine dealing. But firft, n~tto dejlroy :t a~ they, which cannot f•ve,imay yet be fure,nor to deflroy any, but; 1f they can, no onely not de.ftroy, b~t (ave too, as C " R I s T doth. But, of thefe, .c 8 ~~:tb~ came but to oneend ;;hathbut one office; came nor,ro theorher;andthxsw~ark:d
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