l3ook II. TJIJ; HOLY SPIRIT COMPARED To OIL OF GLADNESS. 48S METAPHO~ DISPARI T~ V. Sometimes Wind is made ufe V. But wherever the holy Scriptures make ·of to fer forth that which is vain mention of the Holy Spirit, it is to let forth Per– and empty, Prov. xi. 19. fons and Things, as they are, fubfian:ial; neither is there any Thing that is more oppofitc ro I ,ight– nefs or Vanity, than the Work uf Grace wrought VI. Some Winds are without Rain. Whofo boafleth bimfeif of a fa!Je Gift, is like Clouds and Wind without Water, Prov. xxv. 1 4· VII. Iffome Winds be obferved, Men mufi not plow nor fow their Seed : He that obferveth the Wind, foal/ not fow; and he that regardeth the Clouds, jhall not reap, Ecc!ef. XI. 4o by the Spirit in the Hearts of Belienrs, Gal. v, 22. VI. But the Wind of the Spi rit is always at– tended with fweet Dews and Showers of Rain, being frequently thereunto compared in Scripture. VII. But whofoever ploweth or foweth, in Ex- . pectation of a bleffed Crop, muft obferve the Wind of the Spirit, without which his Plowing and Sowing will be alrogether unprofitable, if not Sin. VI !I. Man's Iniquity is com– pared unto the Wind. VIII. But contrary-wife, there is no Work of the Sp>irit in the Hearts of Men, but what is di– rectly ·contrary rhereunto, and tends ro the mortify– ing of all Sin and Iniquity whatfoever. I N F E R E N C E ~ I. WE may infer from hence. how hard a Thing ir i' for us to know the Na(ure of the Work of the Spirit in Regeneration upon another Man's Heart, fame of its Operations being fo fecret and inviftblc. I!. Let it teach us to pray to God, that he would be pleafed to raife this Wirid, and caufe it ro blow brifkly upon our Souls and Churches. And let us be contented with rhat Wind of the Spi[it which God fends to blow upon us, whether it be the North Wind of AffiiC\ion, Adverft ty, and Rebuke, or the South Wind of Peace, Joy, and Profperity, both being abfolutely neceffary; as we would have the one, fo we cannot be without the other. Ill. Blefs God when you find the Influences of the fpiritual Wind upon your own Souls, or upon the Souls of others. IV. Let it be alfo a vVarning to all true Believers, as they would be preferved in their Chriftian Courfe, and be kept from being toffed ro and fro, and fo from the Panger of Rocks and Sands, to take heed in fieering their Courfe, by what W ind they fail, becaufe there are fome Winds of Doctrine, that arife from the flight of Men, "nd cunning Craftinefs, whereby they lie in wail to deceive, Eph. iv. 14- called al!o di– vers and flrange DoEirines, Heb. xiii. 9· THE H 0 L y s p 1RI T CO/IfPAR ED TO FIRE. fl<¥nteh 1101 the Spirit, 1 'l'hejf. v. 22. JN this Place the Spirit of God, in his Gifts and O perations, is comparod to Fire, which is largely opened under the H ead of Metaphors that refpect the Word, to which we refer you. THE HOLY SPIRIT COMPARED TO THE OIL OF GLADNESS. T herefore God, thy God bath mzoiltled thee with the Oil of Gladnefs above thy Fellows, Pfal. xlv. 7· But ye have all Untlioll from the holy One, and ye know all 'l'hings. But the Anointing which)'e have received from him, abideth in )'OU ; and ye need not that any Man teach you: But, as the fame Anointing teachetbyou .all 'l'hings, &c. 1 John ii. zo, 27. BY a Metaphor calle~ an Anthroj>opathy, Oil or Anointin~. is attributed to God, Pfal. xlv. 7· Heb. t. 9· Cant. t. 3· where the Holy Sptnt w1th hts Gifrs are underflood. Which appears by comparing this Place with Ifa. !xi. ' · Afls x. 3~- 6 H Job"
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