.488 Ttu: HOLY SPIRIT COMPARED To OIL OF GLADNESS. Book U. M E T A P H 0 R. P A R A L L E L. :XIV. Oil bath a beautifying XIV. The H oly Spi rit bath an excel1ent beauVirtue; the Virgins rha[ were tifying ~ality, rhert is no Scar, Spot nor Dcfor– prepared for the Pojian King, mity in the Soul, bllt •he Spirit can purcre and ufed Ointments to make them fair, cleanle it, they t•hat are anointed with tl;ts Oil, for lix M011ths fpace they ufed fhine in the Eyes of God and good Men; it will -fweet Odors, and fix Months Oil make a Blackmoor white and beautiful, fetches of Myrrh. This Oil, Naturalill:s out thofe Wrinkles and foul Stains and Spots, Jay, hatl1 a beautifying Qolality, that naturally are in the Souls of Men and Wo– and fetched! vVrinkles out of the men; it rakes of Chri!l:'s lleauty, and puts it Skin. David, fpeaks of Oil, fay- .upon the Soul, and fo places a fhining Lu!l:re ing, it. makes the Face to fhine.. upon the inward Man. 'I'hy Beau!)', for it was perfefl thrflugh ~y Comelinejs, which I had put upon thee, &c. Ezek. xvi. 14. How glorious and beautiful to be hereby? And all that fat in the Council, looking jledfajlly 012 Stephen, Jaw his Face appear as if it had bem the Face of an Angel, Atls vi. I 5· X V. T here are fome Men that XV. There are fome, nay many M en in the cannot endure Oil, they love it World, that love not, like not the Spirit, they not, will not be perfwaded to put are natural ly fo a•;erfe to it, that they will not be a little into their Mouths, they are perfwaded to make trial of it; they cannot believe naturally averfe to it. there is any Sweetnefs, Benefit, or Saver in it. 'I'hc na!t<ral Man receiveth not the 'l'hings of the ·Spirit of God, for they ·are Foolifhnefs unto .bi;Jt ; neither can he know them, becaufe they are Jpirituall)' difcerned, I Cor. 1i. 14-. . XV!. The Joints and Li mhs XVI. The Spirit is good to ftrengthen the being onointed with fome fort of wedk and decayed Hands and Knees of a poor Oil, it will vrry much 1\rengthcn S:!int; and thereby makes the Soul more fit for ·them, and make aMan more agile, Motion God wards, lively, quick, agile, and fit nimble and fit for motion. for -he•venly Service. XVI!. The Prie!l:s, Kings and XV I!. The Lord J efus was anointed with the Prophets under the Law, were ~- Spirit, that Oil of Gladnejs, above his Fellows, .nointed with Oil. Heb. i. 9· Moreover every Mini!l:er of the Gofpel muft be anointed therewith, or he is not accepted of God. METAPHOR. I. QTHER Oil is of an earthly Extract, and feveral forts of it are prepared and made fit for Ufe by the t\rt and Wiidom of M an being extrat'led from earthly Things. I!. There is not one fort of Oil, that hath all kind of excel– -lent Qyalities in it; that which may be good to beautify and of a .fweet Seem, may not be medr– cinal. Ill. O il will not ]aft long, its Virtue is foon gone, it "]llickly de– cays and becomes unf.wory. D I S PAR IT Y. I. THE Spirit is from above, and without Beginning, Flo-wing from tbe 'Throne of God and the Lamb, R ev. xxii. r. But the Comforter, even the Spirit of 'l'ruth 1vhich proceedeth from the Father, hefha!ltejlify of me, John xv. 26. I!. The Spirit hath all excellent Qralities in it; it will nOt only beautify andperfume, but it is alfo a fovereign Good fo r healing all Di!l:empe.rs of the Soul; what rare Property is there m any fort of Oil, but the Spirit in an heavenly manner far excels it? Ill. The Spirit abides the fame, never corrupts, nor !ofeth its Virtue, it lafleth from everla!hng to everlafting. I N F E R E N C E ~ I. pROM hence we may fee the excellent Nature, Properties and Ufefulnefs of the Spirit. . . 11. It may move and ftir us up to pray to the Father for frefh Anornun~s. . Ill. Let us afcribe all Tendernefs and Brokennefs of Heart, to the molutymg Vmue of this precious Oil. . . . .. ~ IV. When ye fee choice and excellent Oil, thmk fenouOy on the H oly Spmt. V. Labor to get much of it in your Vdfds, le!t your Lamps go out, and you go t o buy when too late. /
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