Book II. THE HOLY SPIRIT coMPARED To THE WIND. 481 worfhip the Beaft, and are Followers of the Ronzijh Church, or Upholders of the fame: '!'hey (the Spirit faith) jhall drink of the Wrath of God, and be tormented with .Fire and Brimflone for e·ver and ever, Rev. xiv. g, 10, 11. But the Spirit fpeaks Comfort to all true penitent Ones; to fuch, who though they have been great Sinners, yet now lathe themfelves in a true and thorough Scnfe thereof, and forfake it. 1. To thofe who do believe and wholly rely upon Jefus Chrift for Life and Sal– ·vation. 2. To thofe who deore to be holy as well as happy, to have their Sins mortified as well as pardoned, to be fan<'lified as well as faved, to !in to God here as well as to Jive with God hereafter. 3· To fuch who are univerfal in their Obedience, that take •Jp their Crofs and fol– ·low the Lamb whitherfoever he goeth. 4· To fuch that obey the Precepts of God, as well as believe the .Promifes. 5· In a Word, to all fincere and upright Ones. ~eft. llow doth the Spirit jpeak Confort to the Souls of Mm? Anf 1. Ufually by bringing Chrifl's Word and Promifes to their Remembrance. 2. By uong many Arguments, fotne of which I have hinted at already. 3· By his fi1ining Influences, fwect and comfortable Operations upon the S~ul. 4· By fealing up Chrift's Love, and giving good Hope and Alfurance ot eternal .Life unto them. THE HOLy SPIRIT ·COMPARED TO THE WIND. Awake, 0 North-wind; and come, thou South, and blow upon my Garden, &c. Cant. iv. 16. '!'he Wind blowetb where it lifleth, and thou hearejl the Sound thereof, but canfl not tell •whence it cometh, &c. John iii. 8. And fuddenly there came a Sound from Heaven, as of a rujhing mighty Wind, and it filled all the Houfe where tbey werefitting, &c. ACts ii.. 2. THE Hebrew Word m;, and the Greek, To '"'"!'-'"• (which comes from a Vert. that fignifies to breathe, or to blow) fignifies fometimes Air, fometimes Wind, and fometimes a Spirit. The feveral metaphorical Meanings {)f Wind may be read in our Philologia Sacra, to which we refer you. Sometimes it denotes Things that are vain, light, and empty; as Ecclef v. 16. Ho[ xii. 1. &c. In the Texts cited, by an exprefs Similitude it is compared to the Holy Spirit, as you may fee in the following Parallel. METAPHOR. I. THE Wind is invifible; no Man ever faw it, nor is the Way of it known; it palfeth the Skill cf Man, to find out from when(:e it comerh, and whither it goeth. John iii. 8. II. The \Vim! blows at God's ·Command; he is faid to hold the Wind in his Fifl. IlL The Wind has a purging ~ality in it; it cleanfeth and pu– ~ifieth the Air, which otherwife would be hurtful and prejudicial to Man; it drives away thofe ill Vapors and Stinks that arofe from · .the Earth. PARALLEL. I. THE Holy Spirit is invifc0le, and works invilibly; none of the Ways and Operations thereof can be pcrceiwd or feen by mortal Eyes: Neither doth the nntural Man rmderfland the'l'hings of the Spirit, nor can he, I Cor. ii. I 4· TheWork– ings and Operations thereof are of a hidden a~cl myfterious ·Nature, hardly to be found out by the Godly themfelves. 11. The Operations of the Spirit are from God; it is he that caufes or commands the fpiri– tual Winds to blow upon the Souls of Men and Women. Ill. The Holy Spirit cleanfeth the Soul of a Sinner, purging out all thofe hurtful Fumes, that arife from the inward Corruption of the Heart; it expels and works out Deadnefs and Indifpofed– nefs to Good, and removes thofe Thinas that caufe a Mal) to be unfavory in hcs Place a~d Ge– neration, and which indeed make him not to favor of the Things of God. 6 G IV. The
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