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Sermon z.
of
the
Ho
L Y
G
H
os
i.
6ll
. ·
.1'5
r •
p "•
N,
(that is) the
wifedumeofcheSpirit.
'
.
.
/J
mtdj
r
'·ft
d
G
b
f
p
1
(
1'
.
f
Alh.6,,o,
And, becaufe the
1
e
Gt ts,
an
ra~es
eo many
om
s.
more
omts
o this
Wind
than therebe ofthe
Compajfe)
and as It were many
J}mts
m
one, li>r; (faith'
E{ay;)
a
Ei•r
"·
6_.
li
(
raith
b
Saint
John:)
they are
all
recap1tu1ate.under thefe two. '
V
nder the
b
Apoc.•·•·
even,. "
r
·
h' 1
11
·
h
(!i
!i
G
3-'"
WiwdisreprefcntedtheJavmg~racc,w
IC1a aretQ ave
oto erve
. oo, that
•·
h
ay pleafeHim ·)as necefbry to all,and Wtthou(
w1uc~,
we can be no more in
~u(
;:..itua111ife,
tha~
we can, without our
preath,
in
o~r
n•turall.
l'his is
gene~all
to all. It is faid
repletifunt
omne~:
the
hearer
mufl:
h~ve
H,
as
.w~ll
as the
jjeake~.
It
muftaireand drieup the fuperflmty ofour
narur~;
elfe, the
jirewzll
not l<lndle tri us,
butrurneallto}inoke. Ofthis Spmtarethofemnepomts
(Gal.
V. XXII.) •
The
Gal.>.».
other, (reprefented in the
Tongues
J
fet forth U?to us another .ktnde of
Grace!
princi-
pallymeant and fent for the
benefit
ofothers :gtven therefore tn
Tongues,
whtch ferve
cote•ch·
and in
fire,
which fervethrowarmeothers: to !hew, theyaregtvenandre-
ceived, 'for the good of others, rather than of themfelves. And oftb.is
Spirit
are
the
Points
reckoned up, (I
Cor.XII.
VII.)
And now we know, what it was they were filled with, let us come to the
lll.e:i~
h
'i
ar.
•
fure
Repleti funt.
It was not
JPirittu tran.ftens
,but
implens:
a
wind,
not that blew tho..
"i.;tt:{••";:'
row'them, (as it doth thorow many ofus, I know not how oft)but, that
{itledthcm:
·
they were
thefuUer
for it. Which word [of
.ftUing]
wanreth not his fpeciall force:
·
referre weir to their eftatenow, compared with what it was befon;,
-repleti (rmt;
or
to their eftate inthis point, compared with other lince, and namely wirh eurfelves,
Repleti funt illi.
.
1
With their owne elbte lirft. For, there
is
no queliion, they were riot
em~~
s
ktplttif•••
tie or void of the
Spirit,
beforethiscomming. They had notbeene
haptizedby
c;;mrtdvvith
CH •
I
s.,;
He had not
breathedo/fthem,
and bid them
receive
the Hoc
Y
GHOST,
:n~;
•.
om"
in
vaine: If, before this, they had dyed, none would have doubted of the eft:ate of
Iohn
ao.a~,
their foules. This
jUing
then (firfi) ihewerh us, there be divers
meafures
of the
:
Spirit: fomeflngle,
fome
doubleporti8ns,
asappeareth by EL IsH A's petition:
1R.g.>.9.
not
all
of one lize or fcamling,
That, as there are degrees
in
the wind,
LA
ura,
'Vtntru,proeeUa;
a
lmath,
a
bl'!ft,
a
flijfe
gale :
lo are there in the
Spirit.
0
ne thing,
to rmivethc
Spirit,
as on
Eafler.day;
another, as on
whit.fund4J.
Then, but a
.
hreath:
now, a
mighty wind:
then, bur
receivedit
; now,
filled with
,it.
.Sprinkled
Iohn >o.ti."
before, as with
a
few drops,
Ezekiels fliiiAho Spiritum;
bur, now
cqmes Ioels EJ!itn·
Ezc;"'
•o.,6,
dam
fpiritum
(which very Text is alleged ar the
X X V
ll
I.
verfe
~fter
by Saint
loc
'·as.
Peter) powredoutplenteotifly,
and they
baptized
(that is.)
plunged
in it.
Imbuti Spiritfl,
·
covered wi.th fome part ofit; fo were they before: here now, they bee
in.duti
S
piritfl,
clothed all over with
powerfrom absve,
as
CH
ll
Is
T
promifcd
(Luk~
X X I V.
XL_I
X.)
To concl.ude :the HoLy
G
Ho s
-r
came here (faith
Leo) cumulan;,
~ounchoarJS;
nee novm opere, fed dives largitate:
rather, by way·of
ar~gmenting
the
o/J,
than
beginning anew.
Though (to fay the truth) both wayes He, came here,
Theruleofthe
Fath~ris
(Hieromeand cyrill.
have it) where the Ho
L
y
G
H
os
-r,
w~before,and
is faid to come againe,it
is
to be underfiood, one of thefe two waies:
·• Euherofaninereafe of the former, which before was had. • or, offome
new
not
badbefore, but fent now for fome new effect.
Breath
they had before
:breath
and
wmdarc
both ofone kinde: differ onely
fectmdum magis
&
mintu:
to be
filled,
is but
torecttve
onelyin a
greater meafure:
therefore greater, becaufe their worke was no1'(
greater~
Before, burro thelofl
Jbeepe of Ifrael:
now to all the ftray
jlmpe
in all the
M1ttb. ••·'·
mounhunesofthewholeeiJrth.
lohn •.6.!6•
1
Blt,befidethat increafe, here is
a
new forme too. Which is
a fignc
of
a
ne1• gift,
fine~~
wanting in them before; and wherewith now <1nd never till oow, they were
r
udrm. hed ;hto
fpeake
to
all
nations;of
all
tongrecs under
H
e~vm.
Thus farre, compa-
e
Wit
t
emfelves;
·
·
Iii
:t
Now