64 WAY AND MANNER OF THE DIVINE derstandings, and to give us some kind of apprehen- Numb. xi. 25, 26. " The Spirit of the Lord rested on w the elders. So the Spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha," 2 Kings ii. 15. 1 Pet. iv. 11. " The Spirit of God " and of glory resteth on you." Two things areinclud- ed herein;,. (I.) Complacency, (2.). Permanency. First. He is well pleased in his work wherein he rests. , So where God is said to rest in his love, he doth it with joy andsinging, Zeph. iii. 17. So doth the Spirit re- joice where he rests. Secondly, He abides where he rests. Under this notion is this acting of the Spirit promised by our Saviour. He shall abide with you for ever, John xiv. 16.. He came only on some men by a sudden surprisal, to act in them, and by them, some peculiar work and duty. To this end he only transient- ly affected their minds with his power. But where, he is said to rest, as in the works of sanctification and con- solation, therehe abides and continues with complacen. cy anddelight. Sect. 19.Fifthly; He is said to depart from some persons. So it is said of Saul, 1 Samuel xvi. 14. "The Spirit of the Lord departed from him." And " David prays that God would not take his Holy Spi- " rit from him," Psal. li. 11. And this is to be under- stood answerably unto what we have discoursed before, about his coming, and his beingsent. As he is said to come, so is he said to depart; and as he is said tobe sent, so is he said to be taken away. His departure from men, therefore, is his ceasing to work in them, and on them, as formerly; and, as far as this is penal, he is said to be taken away. So he departed, and was taken away from Saul, when he no more helped him with that ability for kingly government, which, before he had by his assistance. And this departure of the Holy Ghost from any, is either total, or partial only. Some, on whom he bath been bestowed for the working of sundry gifts for the good of others, with manifold convictions by light and general assistance unto theper- formance of duties, he utterly deserts, and gives them up unto themselvesand their own hearts' lusts. Exam- ples hereof are common in the world. Men who have been made partakers of many gifts of the Holy Ghost, and been in an especial manner enlightened, and under the power of their convictions, carried out unto the profession of the gospel, and the performance of many duties ofreligion; yet, being entangled by temptations, and overcome by the power of their lusts, relinquish all sinn of them. He proceedeth from the Father, as giv- en by him; and cometh unto us, as sent by him. The meaning of both is, that the Holy Ghost, by his own will and consent, worketh in the pursuit of the will of the Father, there, and that where, and what he did not work before. * And as there is no local motion to be thought of in these things, so they can in no tolera- ble sense be reconciled to the imagination of his being only the inherent virtue, or an actual emanation and influence of the power of God. And hereby is our faith and obedience regulated in our dealingwith God about him. For we may both pray the Father that he would give and send hint unto us according to his promise;. and we may pray tohim to come unto us to sanctify and comfort us, according to the work and office that he bath undertaken. This is that which we are taught hereby. For these revelations of God are for our in- struction in the obedience of faith. Sect. 17.Thirdly; He is said to fall on men; Acts x. 44. ,t While Peter yet spokethese words, the Ho- " ly Ghost fell on all them which heard the word." So chap. xi. 4. Where Peter repeating the same mat- ter, says, The Holy Ghost fell on them as on us at the beginning: that is, Acts ii. 4. A greatness and sud- denness, in a surprisal, is intended in this word. As when the fire fell down from heaven (which was a type ofhim) upon the altar and sacrifice of Elijah, the peo- ple that saw it were amazed, and falling on their faces cried out, the Lord he is God, 1 Kings xviii. 38, 39. When men are no way in expectation of such a gift, or when they have an expectation in general, but are suddenly surprised as to the particular season, it is thus declared. But wherever this word is used, some ex- traordinary effects evidencing his presence and power do immediately ensue, Acts x. 44, 16. And so it was at the beginning of his effusion under the New 'Testa- ment, Acts ii. 4. and viii. 16. Sect. 18.Fourthly; Being come, he is said to rest on the persons to whom he is given and sent; Isa. xi. 3. And the Spirit ofthe Lord shall rest upon him. This is interpreted abiding and remaining, John i. 32, 33. Nnilus sine Deo, nequeallas non in Deo locus est, In Culis est, in Inferno est, ultra MariaOst. hest interior, excedit exterior. Ita- que cum babelatque babetur, neque in aliquo ipse, neque non in omni- bus aut. Hilar. lib. I. de Trinitat, 'bf
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