'Thrvfe. the;. Chap. of the 'R.!ve!. - - --- .I J 2:$) I -----~-- r d" l'atheran~ to the Sonne: but hereby iscx- , A I inhuorPne blood. '! I' prclfed the office ofthe holy Ghof11 wh1ch IS, I . . . . . : to be fcnt from o;hc F:uhcr,and from the {onnc 1 bar 1s, grace and peace fi·om Icfus Chnlf. ·! to Church, tO inlighten the the members r VVhcrc ChriH Icdi!S is JOyncd wi_rh rhc f1th('r I·; I thereof. I an.d the holy Ghotl, in l:idlowmg grace a1ld · 'This then isthc rr!C<lllint~rofchc words,A,nd peace o·n his Church Here fomc may s.s-!.;c, ! from rlufotlen fpiritJ wbich a~c ~~~re_ f:i,: throne: \~VhY, i~ ~hriH the !teen? pcr-(o_n it~ Tribi-- ti that is Grace and Peace be With you from the. tJc placed af~ct· the holy Cho!t-_, the thJrd, p~r ' : holy-GhoH, ;he tpidt of£he fat~1c1/and of the f~n·~ 1,_~~/ ~~or tvYo_caJ.!ICs. FirH, ·in_ rcg~rd ·Of'/ Sonnc, who fro•;' them botl~ .'s fen~v.mo the •hts.ofhct:; fo~ Chrd.lts to.bcc con.{i(~tr~d tw~ ,/ 1 Church, to inlightce; fo f~nCt1fie; and t0 go~ 1 ' ~:uc" •}rfl:, as hccJ<; tile.f~nnc efthe Father: i ' ucrnc the members thcreot. ' J .!. ; !~concLy.Jas he-is the Mcd~ator0f the Chu:-c:b. I 1:::idl,hcncc we lcarne,th~t the holyG-horl is As hcc .is the_~olll.lC_ofthc Father~ he is tlie fcJ j God: for lookefrom whotnc corrtlilcth grace cond pttffon 111 Trtn!tle,ahd.fo before the h'olj ! and peace:, that famC is very God;~~ut here Gf.10ft in ordel'o,But ash~ is Mcdiatou~,~o he is 1 grace and peaceprocecd from rhc holy Gho"·: B aft~r the holy Gholl:Ifa.,6h '' TheJPmt of the I and therefore he is ·tcry God. Lordu vpon mu, hee hetli [eJit-tr..ee topr~ach. · 1 Sccondly,we Jcarne,that we ma'y.and ought Whcr~·ehrifi confeucch hinifclf to be fend>y I to dircCiour praym to the holy Ghofl:f<>r by ' the holy Gholl; as he is Mediator,and i•! tila[ whomc grace and peace i5 giucn, t,O htm WC refpe~l: he is fct after him. Secondly,heis r b.- rnay ~irc-Ct ourpraicrs: but grace ana.peacl arc . cc;d 3tre: thc.holyGhoH,for•tbc-fittCfprogrdf I" giuen by rhe holy Ghofl ; thereforo- i~ may· of the hdl~rte: for the manner ofthem" l11ch pray to him f0r them. This is the r~th.cr to be pc11ne the Snlpttii'cs, is, ro fct them ir1 d1~ Jail obkrlicd,bccaufe there be fame wh'IChdoubt) placc,ofwhome they meane to fpe:-tke nloH;i\S whether w~ may pray to the holy Ghb(l·: but Mmh._r.rhe Euang~lill fming dow.ie the gc-·1 they may as well doubt whether-he. be God. nealog1e ofChnfl tromA6raham (though aThey fly, \~e hauc n·o cxampl.chcr:~.of 1n fc.n~- n~ong them a.l w:is none fo excellc~ras Chrift) / ture• .An[. It is not true: for 111 rhrs bcncdu!byc.cplaccrh h1in the lafi,bccaufc he mtended tO' 1 on/ohnpraicth to theholy ghofl,fayin.~,gr~ce goe on vvith the hi~orie of his' l.ifc.a~d ddth.:! /Je1vifhyotl,':andpMcefrom God t~c F4t'her,o-_c. So:lohnplacc-th ChrJH the lafi, bccaulc he purFor in·fubfhmcc it is as much ,ts 1f hce had fa1d r.ofed to 1~1akc ~ ~arge dcfcr'ip,ion of dte per-' thus;Tb}grau& pcac-~,o Fa,thtt,andthJgrace C t.on,and office of Chrifi~\'-'hich he could not fo· andpe«ee, 0 hof;· Ghofl,and thin<, 0 Sonne, ber , titly_h'aue brought in,if hc-hadpla>cd hi(ll be-' wtth thy Chtn-ch, - ., fore the holy Ghofi. · ....• ' · Thirdly, in this defmptiorl of the holy ·From this fifr verfe;till rlie nirlth;l>e<lcfcribe5 Gholl, by !landing before the throne of the Chrillatlarge:Firll,by his offlc~s:feeondly,by Father,we may obferue, ;That the holy Ghofi the- <•xecution tl.1crcof. His offices-arc-three; is apc~fon (ubfifiing, andnot a qualitic. Some Fir!l,his Pfopheticall office; .in "thtf~ words: hercrikcs th~t acknowledge the Godhead of which u tliat faithfH!' witneffi, S"econdly, 1>is the Father, aenied the Godhead ofthe Sonne, Pricflly·-office; "Theftrfl begonbi of /he dead. ond ofthe holy Gho!l:and conceming the hoThirdly,his Kingly office·; And t/fat Princ. ef !yGholl, b·aue held, That he IS nothmg, but the Kings ofthe ,,,rdl, . .· ' · ··· the '/Ct'roe'andgualitie of the f-at.her. But this The executidnQfa-llilis offic·<'S is·p:irticul:ir; Is molllfalfc : tor as the Father 1s a fubllance ly fer downcin the\<•ot<ls f0ll<>win<; i Th·him I fitting vpon the throne; fo her~ we fee the: ho.. rhatlou~dvs,andWafoedvJfrotpo;trf,:n~J;~mdTO· 1 Jy Ghofl is o· fub£bnce llandmg before the forth to the 9· v, .·: . · j . throne. D Touching his office~.ln his Prophcticall of- , Fou~thly~ ~ere we l~:ttne, rhat the hol~ ficc\"t1'~mayndtethHethings:'&(l,heirawit.- j Gholl•s•d•_llu><;lperfon frorn the farhcrana ntfl'·. Second1y,afaithfu!lwiwejfo:"rh1rdly,thkt 1 l from the Sonne:for he fitterh not m the throne [;urh.fullrritnejfe. Firll.&e,i.r awitne.ff;: Ifa:n··4· 1 1 ~s doth the F:nhcr, nor fittcth 3t .the Fathers I taue him tohea witntjfotothe n'at'iOnl. By~his 1 1 right hand,as doth the Sonne:bm !l:andcthbewiwcflCbearing. is fignificd t"vO dtui'es of hiS .1 fore"the throne apart from them both. ..Propheticall offic<.": Firfi,to n·ue«lcthe wil of _" dr, 1, r; (h '(/ his Fatherro his Chlirch: feco ndlv;toccnifie ' I V.';.<!./1 11 J rom JejtJJ rt , tl{e Chur~h ofthcc<rrainrieofthc f:ttne: & in . ,Whtch iJ a .f"aithf"u// TPitneffe thclcrwo 'lands hiswholeofllce Prophcricolf. Jl1 ~ 11 ')}", ForthcfirH, to rcuealch!sFal hcrswtll to and ftrfl beCJotteit of the dead, the Cht~rch imme"diaily, is his~A~ce., he is' " d .L ~ . ·Prophet :.fornonchathfoeneG'oa; ~uthetw!Jich an ord ouerthe {mgsofthe . cnme.f>"omtbebdfome·•ftbcfatlm,a~dheclw/7 h 1 · 1 / ·a · declared"""' Ioh. t. t 8. No·w Chnft declares I tart • vnto mm toat oue vs, I rhe farhrr. bymakingknownehisw111:&that and lMrjhed V S from OUTjinne he hath done not only •n lusown perfo1~,while ~---- S he ltucd on eanh) but .fi·om th~ hcgn~l~Ing ,by l I X X I - -~!! -·- .. /
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