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Sermon
r.
ofthe
HoLY
Gaos
T.
&ye,
For, it is :idded;
fate upon tfem :
whi_chthey could not have done
1
without
[
ome
J"
· •
ithout skorchlngtbem,•atleall; 1f1t had bcenefuch
ftre,
as 1t1sm our chim–
hurt'
w
But invas
··~<l,
.tSitwereours
:
(that is) in ll1ew;
tanhly;
inde~d,
cdtjliaU:
x~~~sthe
Windt,(o rhefirefroin heaven;
ofthe nature of that (in the Ill. of
Exod.)
&xod.p.' :
whichmadethebn{bburne,abnrd
yerconfumehdttnot:
.a· .
·[
th
.
dfi
..
Where firll
we
are too 1erveagame;r
econJun·~,wno
. e
t•ngue,an
re.
The
feat of the
tongue
isin rbe
b~ad;
.and the
He~dof rhcCht~rch
IS
C
_n
a r s
T,
The
na~
Eph<f,,,,,.;
· e lace of
hw
(the qualny, mus,anfwenng:tothJsjlre) ls:he
heart:
and the
Heart .
·
~f
t6e
chu"h
is the
Holy Ghoj!.
Thefetwo !oyne; to .thts worke:
CH"
1
s
T,
to
ivcthetongne;
the
Holy Ghoj!,
foput
(ire
mro lt. For;as
1~
the
body naturall,thenexr;
.
~he
immediate inllrumenrot.rhe
Jot~le~
is
heat,
~~hereby
lt
work~th
all
tl~e
members
~ver;evenfo,
mthemyjlzca!lbody,
av..gm~there1s,_
hkethatof
hea;,
wh1cl;l~e~a.re
.
,
willed ro
chtrijh,
to
Ire
a
fervent
m
the Spint;
to
b
Jlzrre
and to'
hlowtt up:
WhiCh !Sit,
a
Rom.n,,
~:
thargiverh elllcacie to all thefpiriruall opemibns.
·
•
·
.
b!
Thoff,r.•9·
, .To
~xpreffe
this qualirie, it
ap~earer~
in rhelikeneffeof this
el~ment; e~ento
'·
T•m-•.
6
..
lhe
1
v, there ihould be an
efficacie,
ory1gour,m thm
<\odnne,ref~mbhng
1t ;
fl!!,od 1g-
Nil#
eft
i/li.<
vigor;that
the!orce of
firt
ihould !hew fonh
I!
fel~e
mrhea·words: bodl
in
the
JPlendor
;
whieh is rhe
light of knowledge
to
cl
eare the mt!l: of thm
darlmed un–
derjlandiwg;
and in the
fervor,.
which is the
force
of
JPirituall
effir:a~ie,
to
quicken
the
dulneffe of their cold and
deadajfec1ions.
And indeed·, the world was then fo overwhelmed with ignorance and errour;
arid fo over-grownc wir.h droffe,.arid oth,er bad matter, by
Fag4nifme,
ir10iigh'ad Ef>y
(;,$, .
been.e, th:u 1heir
lips
did need,
to be touched
with-a
coleftom the Altar. Tongms
of
jlejh
would nor ferve the turne, nor
words
of
ayre:
but there mull: be
fire
put Jtito the
to
11
g
11C,
and
JPirit
and life into the
words,
they fpake; a force more rhan tmurill (that
js)rhe force ofthe Spirit: even to fpeake
{jarkes ?ffire,
in Head of
word!,
ro drive
;way the darkneffe, and to refine the droffe of their hearhemfi1
converf~uon
fo long
continued.
,
.
. . · .
.
. Our
SA
v , o u
it
CH" Is
'r
fawrhis, and faid:
iiveryfacrijice
then
had
need
Mackc 9 . 4 ,:
to
be
feafonedwithjire:
but there was no fire to doe it with. Therefore Headderh,in
another place
: .1
came tofend fire zzpon earth;
and, this day, He was as good as His
Luke
u .
4, ,
wotd,andfenrir;
, ,
,
·.
·
.
.
·
, And withfuch
atongt~e,fpake
HeHimfelfe, when they faid ofHim,
Didnot ot/r
hmts burnewithin &,while HeJPake unto
m
by the way?
With fi1ch
atong11e <;,Peter,
Luke 'H'·
here in this
c;hapter:
for furc,there fell from .Him fomething like
fire
on their hearts;
when they were pricked with it and cryed,
Men
and brethren; what}halt we doe?
·vqfe
37·.
And even to this day yet, in them; that move the dead and dull
~earrs
of theii:.
heare>s; and npkethem to have a lively apprehenlion of things pertaining to Goo,
thereisaremainai:rofrhar, which this day wasfent; and they lltew pbinly, that
yet;
this
fire
is not deane gone out' ·
.· Butrbisisnot alwayes,norinall
1
with us; nomore was invirhthem; but, in
.
thol~
oftheir hearers, which had fome ofthe
anointing,
and that will eafily
tAke the
'Iohn
>.17.
fire
;m them good w1ll be dpnc .: Or at leafl:; where there.
1vas
Come
fmoakingjlax,
1
{.
1
d,,
1
~
.•
~.
fome remainder ofrhe
Spirit,
1vhich without any ·greatadoewill be kindled anew.
·
lhem,irdothgood:the reil, itdidnor. Thisfortheftre.
.
.
.
•·
. . lhefe
{ate upon each oftbem.
Inwhich
fitting,is
fer downe tinto
us,
their
bftqtia- •
And
(.ztt
ea
lmt,of&ontiml:.nce
and
c011jlancie;
The verrue is
ooe;"Jf•Jf"•
firy tong
11
es.fitting:
the
"'bc{th<m,
Vlceoppolire
..,-u,,;(,.,,
jiry tonguesflitting.
They did not lighr,and touch,and away;
arterrht manner
oHutterfties;
but both
they (ate,themftlves,
(in the former
Yerfe ;)
vcrrc
1 ;
t
!
tongunfa!e on them
(that isJ rhey.abode 1l:ill, and.continued llay'd and il:eddie, v.,r,;,
Without lhrnng or llarting alide (faith the
P[a!mifl) like
A
fwarving. bow.
. ,
~f..J.
7
a.
11 •
· · Of out
~A
vI
o u
1t
CH
a
x
s
T
1-Iimfelfe, !iow rci know Him, Go o H1m.
· ·
fhlfe
~a_veSa1nt
Iobn Baptif!
a privie ligne; and it was this
:on whom(oevtr
t~o·~feeJ!
loho '·ll;
~eSpmt
ltghtmg,anda6idingon
Him,That is He:
Ughtil'g
is not it,though
lt
be the
~
0
t
X
G
!"os
T_:
bm,lighting,
~ri4·ab~ding; ~ha~is
the
crue
Signe~
:
!h~