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60 WAY AND MANNER OF THE DIVINIS and graces he is not common unto all. A supposition faith makean increase of virtue. When therefore God thereof would leave noplace for this especial act of send- ing him, which is done by choice and distinction of the object. Much less is he a light which is always in all men, and which all men may be in if they please. For this neither ís, nor can be absent in any sense, from any one at any time. (2.) It denotes an especial work there or on them, where and on whom, there was none before of that kind. For this cause he is said to besent of the Fattier. ° No local motion then is intended in this ex- pression, only there is an allusion thereunto. For as a creature cannot produce any effects where it is not, un- til it either be sent thither, or go thither of its own ac- cord; so the Holy Ghost produceth not the blessed ef- fects of his power and grace, but in and towards them unto whom he is given and sent by the Father. How; in answer hereunto, he is said himself to come, shall be afterwards declared. And it is the personof the Spirit which is said to be thus sent;. for this belongs unto that holy dispensation of the several persons of the Trinity in the work of our salvation. And herein the Spirit, in all his operations, is considered as sent of the. Father, for the reasons before often intimated. Sect. 9.Thirdly; God is said to minister the Spi- rit; Gal. iii. 5. He that ministreth theSpirit unto you, e it, saazaexycy eptr TO ,motto; lie that gives you continual or abundant supplies of the Spirit. xegevre, is to give a sufficiency of any thing; and xegay,a and xegtvn on are dimensum, a sufficiency of provision. An addition there- unto is ia,xegsyla, whereby the communication of the Spirit is expressed. Phil. i. 19. For I know that this sleall turn to my salvation throughyour prayers, 5 i,rlxece- mee ee ,rreoroe es. Xt ec, and the additional supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. That Spirit, and its assistance, he had before received; but he yet stood in need of a daily further supply. So is the word used constantly for the adding of one thing to another, or one degree of the same thing unto another, 2 Pet. i. 5. i,r,xegsynearr i, ra 91.1511, i5ao, ¿guts, add to yourfaith virtue; or in your Etenim si de loco procedi[ Spiritus et in lacuna transit, et ipse Pater in loco invenitnr et Filius: si de loco exit quem Pater mittit aut Mitts, otigne de loco transiens Spiritus et progrediens, et Patrios sicut corpus secunduna impias interpretationes relinquere videtur et ',ilium. IIoc secundum eos loquor qui putant quodhabet Spiritus descensoriummo- wn; venis non de loco in locum, sed de disposizione constitutionis in tuluten Redemptiouis, Ampros. de Sp. Sanct, lib. 1. cap. 10. is thus said to minister the Spirit, it is his continual giving out of additional supplies of his grace by his Spirit which is intended. For the Holy Spirit is a vo. luntary agent, and distributes unto every one as he will. 'When therefore he is given and sent unto any, his operations are limited by his own will, and the will of him that sends him. And thereforedo we stand in need of supplies of him, and from him, which are the principal subject matter of our prayers in this world. Sect. 10. Fourthly; God is said toput his Spirit in or upon men; and this also belongeth unto the manner of his dispensation; Isaiah xlii. I. Behold my servant whom I uphold, I have put my Holy Spirit upon him. 'Ile word there indeed is 'aro, I. have given my Holy Spirit upon him, but because o'5e, upon him is joined to it, it is by ours rendered byput. As also Ezek. xxxvii. lb. where usa. in youis - added;. put my Spirit in you. The same is plainly intended with. that, Isaiah lxiii. tI. mo ntx vile non loop, that put. his Holy Spirit in the midst of them. Hence orni, I have given, or 1 will give, Isa. xlii. I. is rendered by 9ncs., Matth. xii. 12. brew ro ,rrsot,a ,ax Pss' done,,. Imill put my Spirit upon him. The word ;vu then used in this sense, doth not denote the granting or donation of any thing, but its actual bestowing, as o doth. And it is the effectual acting of God in this matter that is intended. He doth not only give and send his Spirit unto them to whom he de- signs so great a.benefit and privilege, but he actually collates and bestows him upon them. * He doth not send him unto them, and leave it in their wills and power, whether they will receive him or not; but he so effectually collates and puts him in them or upon them, as that they shall be actually made partakers of him. He efficaciously endows their hearts and minds with him for the work and end which he is designed unto. So Exod. xxxi. 6. I haveput wisdom, is as much as I have filled them with wisdom, verse 2. So then, where God intendeth unto any the benefit of his Spirit, he will ac- tually and effectually collate him upon them. He loth not indeedalways do this in the same manner. Some- * Quid igitur Spiritus Sancti operazione Diviniss, cum etiam benedie- tionum suarum prasentem Spiritum Deus ipse testeur, dicers, Ponam Spiritum meum super semen tuum, et benedictions meassuper Pitivs tuns, nulls enim potent else plena benedictionisiper infusiwrem Spiritus Sancti,..-Ambros. de Sp. Santo, lib, 1. cap. 7.

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