CHRIST'S Alarm that wee have no need t wee have Inch need of Gods holy Spirit, that we cannot bee faved without the having of him. Secondly, we cannot plead,we know not where to have him. For Chrift faith , he hath him to give to all that will receive him. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, faith hee, Ef4.6i.r. That is, he is poured upon rnee, that he may run down upon all them that come to be my members.1f Chriff indeed had not come, if God had not made him Vehiculum Spiritua, if God had not put his Spirit upon Chrift, like wa- ter in a bountaine , to run out upon all that will hold their hearts under him, then we might have fouie excufe : Lord 1 we know not where to have the Spirit. But the Lord hach told us where wee may have him. We may have him in his Son Jefus Chrift. Thirdly, Wee cannot plead,wee cannot tell how to have him: For as yee know w here to have him,fo yee may know how to have him too : and yee all doe know, if wee had a heart we may have him four wayes. Firft, By the hearing of the Word : you will fay,yehave heard the Word many times ; yet yee never received the holy Spirit yet. I anfwer, that's certain, but it is becaufe ye doe not come to it with a greedy yerning heart, with an o- pen eare, and a willing minde to be guided by it. For if yee came thus with this minde, yee would quickly have the fpi- rit. Lord tell me any thing, I doe unfeignedly delire for to doe it ; reproove any thing in mee , I doe fincerely delire to leave it. Come thus to the Word, I dare fay , thou (halt not be one gamer of an houre without the Spirits as Chrift faith, ruffle yee atmy reproof : behold, I will poure out my Spirit unto you, Prod. t .2 3. You will fay,this is ftrange, and have I heard fo many Sermons;and never got the Spirit yet I, you never heard Sermons with an honett heart : You thall fee,Cornelius and his company got theSpirit at the hill Sermon that they heard,whenPeter preached,the holy Ghofl fell on all chafe that heard the Word, As I o. 44. How fo ? yee may read there in the Context, O, (ayes Cornelru'-t,Wee are
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