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Of the
SE
N
n
IN
a
Sermon
1,
,This we may make
a
feverall benefit.
by
it felfe,from
thof~
of
CH
a
1
s rs,
And
.g~I,H·
,..
6 •
fotheApo.Jilefeemeth tb doe.
Gal.
4· F1rlt, Go o
{ent Hu Sonne,
moneverfe.
d
·
then after Go o fenttheSpirit
of Hts Sonne,
in another.
.
'an
Or we may hold
ourcontinu~tionltill,
and make :his the.lalt of
~Ha
1
8
1
8
~enefirs:
For,
Afcmdttmalwm,
~s
not thelalt;
there,soneltlllremat~ing,
which
~11,~,,s,
IS
Dona'dedtt homtmhuo.
And that
IS
tillS dayes pecuhar; wheremweregiVento men
many and manifold,- both graces and gifts, and all in one gift, the gift, ofthe
Hot]
Ghojl.
·
·
Howfoever we make it,fure it is,that all the relt,all the Feafls hitherto, inthere:
turne of the yeare, from H1s
Incarnatim,
to the very !all of His
Afcenjion,thoughal!
of
them begreat, and worthy of all horwur inthemfelves; yer,to us,they areas no.·
thing, any of them, or all of them (even all the Fealts in the
Calendar)
without this
Day, the Fcalt, which now we hold
Holy
to the fending of the
Holy Ghofi.
CH
RI
s r is the
Word;
and all,of Him, burwordsfpoken, or words written:
there is no
(ealeputro,
rill this day : The
Pf91y
Ghojl
is the
Sealeor Signatrm,Inquo
.Ephef.4.JO,
fignati efii5 (Ephef.4·30·)
A
tejlament
we have and therein many faire legacies· but
~C~r.n+
.
ull this day, nothiqg adminiltred;
Thea4miniffrations are the Spirits
(I Cor.I;,
4
,j
In all thefe of C a
"1
s n, thereis bur
thepprcha(emade,
and payd for; and (as
they fay)
~t<& .1dremacquir~d:
Bur,
I~~&
in re, .UYl_iflio inpojefionem, Liverie,andfii·
!
co!.
1 . 1 :
zm;
thar, 1s referved ull this day: Forthe
Spmtls
the
Arr~a,
the
earneft
orthei.>Wt·
jlittm
ofall, that
CH R 1
s r hath done for us.
·
Thefe ifwe fl1ould cornpare rhem,it would not be eafie to determine,whetherthe
greater of thefe nvo; ' That ofthe
Prophet,
Fili~M
datuo eft vobi5;
'Orthat of the
l!(ayi.S:
Apojlle, Spiritm datm eft nohi5:
The
afcenilingofDtlr flefh;
or the
defcendingofBilspi.
!l:om.fS·
rit: Incarnatio Dei,
or
Inj}iratio h;mini5;
Themyftery of
Hi5incamati'm,
or
rheMy-
fierie of
o11rinj}iration.
For
,Myjleriesthey
are both,and
great Myjleries ofGodlinef{e
[!!liD·
3.u!t.
both :and,inbothofthem, Go o
manife.Jiinthe .Jiejh:
x!ntheformerbytheunie~
of
Hi5 Son:
•
Inrhe later,bythe
commtmionofHi5 hleffed Spirit.
Rnt
we
will not ccsmpare them : they arc both above all comparifon:
Yet,
this
we m,ty fafely fay ofthem : without either ofthem, we are not compleat, wehave
·not our accomplilhment; Bur, by both, we have; and that fully, even by thisdaycs
toyall exchange. Whereby,as before,He of ours; fo now,we of His are made par·
takers. He,
clothed
with
oNr flejh,
and
weinveftedwith lfi;Spirit.
ThegreatPro–
tnife of the 0 Id Teltament accomplilhed; That He fl10uld partake our humariena·
ture : and thegreat and precious Promife of the New, That we lhould be
Conforttr
Ilivil'£
n~tur"'
j
partake His divine nature : Both are, this day, accomplifhed. That
i:he Text
\Veil
beginncth with
Dum complerentr•r;
For, it is our
Complement
inde«!=
and not only ours, but.the very
Goj}els
too. It is
':(ertullian
'
Chriflm, Legu;
Sfi"·
tm SanEim, Evange!iiCsomplemeTJ!um.
Thecomming of
CHRIsT
wasrhe(ulftl.
ling
of the
Law
;
The 'omming of the Ho
L Y
G
H
o
$
r ,is the
{11ljilli1'!;
of the.
(JP/fc/1,
· - -
·
.7
- -
' -
-
·
·
ThtDivifi•;,;
•
Ofwhichcorrimingofthe Ho -I:Y Gios'T
theReportisherefet?owne
6
&~
-
1
Sa.mtLuke;
borh of the •time andthe •mannerofit.
I,
TheTrme,mthe
~
· '
words:
Whm thcdayof Penteco/&w
4
.come.
2 ,
The 01.£anner,inalltherefloft e
lt'
foure
Jl'er(es,
.
_
•
- _:
And the
<-Manner,
fir!l: on
theirparts,
to whom He came :
o.f
theprepar.att~n
for His comming in the
firjl verfe.
And then, the manner of H1s commmgm t e
qther time.
•.
·'
:!
On their parrs; to whom.He
~ame, howtheyfi~odprepAred,howtheywere
found framed and fitted to rece1ve H1m when
He
came, mthefe three:
I.
They
IV 111
~tll
ofone accord,
z. They
were
all in oneplace.
3•
And both thefe
(
dHm
tomfltrtn:
fiH)
even
{along, tiflthejiftie dayes
Wert
fi•lfil/ed.
.
, ,
g
pn
His
p~rt~
the ma!!ner o!
~s
commin9 tg them
~hus prepared~ 'F1~~~~~~
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