294 Chap.4. Ganrrsieatarietpon tonne.Secondly,becaufein-hismanhood `heisann and filled with the Holy Ghoft,aboue tneafure:thirdly,becaufe by This death,he bath merited the gluing and fending of theHoly Gholt unto vs. Moreouer,tbefpirit efthefostne is here defcribed. Fir ; he is a 5 perfon fubfiflingofhimfelfe, in that he is laid to be tent forth: °fecondly , he is a diuine perfon and no creature, becaufe he dwels in the hearts of all belceuers: thirdly, he proceeds from the father and the tonne : from the father,becaufe he is fcnt of hirn:from thefofnne,becaufc he is the fpirit of the feline. ICJ The vfe.By this welearne, that the InterceflionofChrifl,is offorce withGod.For he praied for the fendingofthe fpirit, and it is accomplifhed.Read Job . r 4. r 6. And it isa fuperfluous doEtrine,to teach the Reall prefence attic fleíhofChrifl in the Sacrament. For Chrift is departed 2.5 from vs in refpeEì of his manhood: becaufe the fpirit is tent, }oh.r 6.7. Thirdlv,that which the fpirit inwardly teaclieth , is the fame with that which the fonne bath reucaled by the Miniflerie of theProphets,and Apoflles,bccaufethe fpirit is the fpirit of the 4G fonne.Read Ioh. t 6.14.DoElrines then ,concerning faluation, that are befide,or contrarieto the Scriptures (as a great part of -the Romiíh religion is) arc not reucaled by the fpirit of God, but arc the fiftions of the deuill. The perfon fending its God, that is,the father,in thefe words, 25 Godfensforth thefpirit ofhioforme. Whereemarke the diflinEli- onofthe perfonsin Trinitie. There is the father -the fonne,& thefpirit of the fonne.Andhereremember ethat this anionof fending forth, argues not fuperioritie in the perfon fending, r nor inferioritie in theperfon fent: (for equals mayfend each o- : y o ther by common content;) but it argues Order,and a di(lin(i-' onofperfons in refpea oftheir beginning. For the father is of none,the fonne is ofthe father,and the Holy Ghofl is or both: and--hence it is that he is feat ofboth. The manner-of this fending forth,was on this fort. Wemay 35 notimagine that inthis fending,there was any change ofplace, $or the Holy Ghot} is cucry where . But he is raid to be fent forth,wben he manifeffs hispretence byhis diuine operation, or byfpeciall & fupernaturall gifts in the hearts of belecuers, ,asbythe gift ofillumination ,faith,regeneration, life, fenfeand motion..
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