Part 1. .OF A METONYMY OF THE CAUSE. 3 is not only infcribed in 'l't~bles or Parchments, but penetrates the inward Parts, quickening the Soul to fpiritnal Motions and Atlions. See Gal. iii. 2, 5· lfa. xi. 4· 2 'Ihejj: ii. ~. Ifa. xlii. 1. and !xi. 1, 2. John iii. 34, &c. · , 2 . THE HOLY SPIRIT is put for Regeneration, Pfal. li. 10. Renew a right Spirit ,1 dthill me. Ezek. xxxvi. 26. A new Spirit will ] put withi;t JOU; hence the Apol\le lays, Be Je reuewed in the Spirit, &c. Eph. iv. 23. Which is expounded, Ram. xii. 2. Be not conformed to this W<rld, but be ye lrm:.rfonmd by tbe renewing ofyour J..1iud, &c. I Ience arifes an Oppojition of Flef\1 and Spirit, John iii. 6. '!'hat which is born of the Flejh, is Flejh, and that whicb is born of the Spirit, is Spirit, where * by Flrjh is meant Man de– filed by Sin, and by Spirit the Grace of Renovation, or (which is the fame Thing) the reaenerate Man. The Apoflle 1 '.fhef v. 19 . exhorts not to quench the Spirit, that is, th~ Gifts of the Spirit, as Illumination, and Renovation, fuitable to 2 'l'im. i. 6. "''"'~"'wupuv To 'XP·PIUfJ-tX. G>E-~, fufcitare injlar igf!is,_Donum Dei;) jlir ttp, as Fire, or Coals, are ftirred up, for fo the Word ~'"~"'"'P"' (igmfies, tbe Gift ofGod which is in tbee. For true Faith anJ Godlinefs, may be likened to a little Flame kindled by the Spirit in the Hearts of Believers, which the Devil and carnal Corruptions endeavor to fmother, but is to be cherifhed and (\irrcd up as Fire is by more Fewel; this feeding and quickeniAg Fewe! is the Word of God; in this Senfe the Soul is diflinguifl>ed from the Spirit in Man: For Spi– rit denotes a divine Power and Energy in a regenerate and fant'tified Soul, by which it is carried to and united with God, as Luke i. 46, 47· 1\1;· Soul doth magnijj the L ord, and my Spirit rejoiced in God my Savior, expounded, 1 'l'hef. v. 23. '.The very God of Peace fnnflify )'OU <vbolly; and I pray God your <vhole Spirit, and Soul, and Bad)', be preferved blamelefs unto the Coming of our Lord Jefus Cbrifl: For other Places where the Spiric is .pm for the New Jvfan, and fpiritual Strength, fee Pfal. !i. 17. Ifa. xxvi. 9· Ezek. xviii. 31. Matth. v. 3· and xxvi. 4 1. /Jfls xvii. 16- and xix. 21. and xx. 22. Ram. i. 9· 1 Cor. v. 3, 4, 5· and vi. 20. Gal. iii. 3, &c. More efpecially the SP!RI'{ is pm for thofe peculim· or extraordinary Gifts of the ·Spirit, which for various Ufes, whether public or private, fpiritual or external, are be– ftowed on Man, as Numb. xi. '7· I will take off (or feparate Part of, for fo rhe Hebrew is) the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon th&lil, (viz. the feventy Elders, who, as Verfe 25 thereupon, Prophefied and did not ceafc,) upon which Vatnblus fays, "The " Lord fo abftrat'ted from the Spirit of Mofes, that he took away Nothing, as one Can– " die (which Rnb. Salomon calls a moO: elegant Similitude) lights feveral, yet lofes No– " thing of its original Light.~' To this may the R equefl of Elifha be referred, 2 Kings ii. 9· I pray thee let a double Portion of thy Spirit be upon me, where there is an evident Al– lufion to the Right ofPrimogeniture, or Firfl:·born, Deut. xxi. 17. ·where the Firfl:-born .was to have a double Portion, &c. As if Elifha had faid, I am your firfl Difciple, re– ceived into your School, therefore all< of God a greater Meafure of Spirit for me, then any one of your Dilciples. Da<~iel had a more excellent Spirit ( Dan. v. 12. with vi. 3· for fo the Hebrew Text runs) and more Knowledge and Underftanding, &c. than the Prefi– dents and Princes, that is, more excellent and higher Gifts of the Spirit, fee Luke i. 17, So. and ii. 40. Afls xix. 2. Joh;z vii. 39· AEls i. 5· To this may be referred, what is fpoken of R evelations, Vifions, or E>·tafies, whether real or pretended, as Ezek. xxxvii. 1. '!'he Hand of the L ord carried me out in the Spirit of the L ord ; that is, by a Vifion, or Rapture of Spirit, fo 2 'l'hef ii. 2. '!'bat ye be not fhaken in Mind, or be troubled, neither by Spirit, 11vr by Word, nor by Letter, as from us, &c. that ts, by Rf"velatiom which are pretended to come from the Spirit, fo R ev. i. 10. I .was m the Spirit, that is in an Extafy or immediate Revelation of the Spirit, as 2 Cor. xu. 2, Rev. tv. 2. &c. :md xvii. 3· and xxi, 10. is defcribed. The SPIR!'{ is alfo put for Dof!rines revealed from Heaven, whether aol-"9"'' tru{y; or Jo~"':•xw, by vain Boa!\ing fo pretended, as 1 Cor. xiv. 32. '!'he Spirits of the Propbets are Jitb;eEl to tbe Prophets, that is, the Doflrine, or Scripture Interpretation propofed by fome Prophets, are litbjet't to the Jndgment of the reil:; for it would favor of Haughti– nefs, Ambnwn, and Dtfdain for any Individual to ufurp an Infallibility, and rejeCt the J~dgment of the Brethren, as Verfe 29. L et ibePropheJ.sjpeak two or three, and let the . •. Primo .lo~o 'tiO:r. S~iritus dcnotat ipfom jpiritum fim!l 11 m, gratiot'e per •om·hum et hapiju:um opirantt'ln j pojlt· non /(l(ojjuntusjan{!: mffr.l'-"falutore iJZtellizitur. otber
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