q.8 1:0c tau iionpof tie Zibtne tttríbntuc Chap. i 8, deprived of fpecial Grace, that is neceflàry toheal w. and recover him. And till by a perfect Sacrifice Di- vine Jufticewas appeafed, (that had íhut the Treafury of Heaven) and the Forfeiture taken off, he could not obtain the eternal Riches. God mutt be reconciledbe- fore He will beftow the Holy Spirit; a Gift fo great and fo precious, the earneft ofhis peculiar Love and fpecial Favour tous. Therefore our Saviour tells his Difciples, who were extremely ofliëted for his departure from John id. 7 them,That it was expedient he Jhould go away,forotherwife the Spirit would not come ; whofe Office was to convince and convert the World.Thedepartureof implied his Death and Afcenfion, both whichwere requifite in order to the fendingofHim. If the Blood of Chrift had not been fhedon theCrofs, the Spirit had not been poured forth fromHeaven. The effufion of theone, was the caufe ofthe effufion of the other, The Rock that refrefhed the Ifraelites in the Defert, didnot pour forth its miraculous waters,till it was (truck by theRod ofMofes; to inftru6t us,That Chrift our Spiritual Rock muff be (truck with the Curfe of theLaw, the myftical Rod ofMofes,to communicate theWaters ofLife tous, that is, the Spirit, who is reprefented in Scripture under that element. z . OurRedeemer confers theSpirit after hisglorious EPFcf 4 s. Exaltation : When be afcendedon high, he led Captivity captive,andgavegifts unto men. lifter his triumph over .Principalities and Powers, He difpenc'd his Bounty in this rich Donative. For the Holy Spirit was firft given toChrift, as the reward of his excellent Obedience in dying that was infinitelypleafing to God, to be com- municated from him to Men. And he received theSpi- rit in the quality of Mediator upon his entrance into Pfal 68. Is. Heaven. The Pfalmilt declares this Prophetically : Thouhaft afcendedon high, thouhaft ledcaptivity captive, thou
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