-------------------~ · N .. EVV Cov·ENA-NT. ~8; Ioelz.which is repeated c_Al1sz. I wilt powre Ioel.z. out my JPirit ttpon allJl.efJ in t-hofe dttyes,andyour Att.~~ young menJballfee vt(tons; &c;·Beloved, know thatthiswasa part of the Covenant that was made wirht/.1/;raham. It wasexpreffed toA~ b.raham in generall,IJvitl ble(fe thee: afterwards-· r there were feveraU branches of ir, now one · thingwas exprefied as a partofthe Covenant.,._ and then another; Among the branches, this was one,1 will powre- out myJj irit upon all jlefb, · . whichis that ~hich you have likewife Efay .-44 .EfZ~Y.H 3• 3. I wilt powre out my fpirit (!4, water -upon the · drie ground, and you 8Mll grow /U graffe-, and as the Willow by the Riversof Water. Whereof~ · that this is the meaning, Peter makes it good, r.Al1.z. And fo likewifethe great promifethat A8-~a~ ourSaviourchrijlmadeto themwas,Iwitthap-· ti;ayou with the HQ/y Ghti.ft, this promife was made before he departed in the ffeili; but it was fulfilled after, when he powred forth Jlis· -Spirit. . .Belove·d~ this. is tha-t great part of the - _ Covenant,that which comprehends the lifeof,· ail theotherthree,-thatwhichmakesustodoe · all the refi:, that which makes u;, Kings, and ·Thegivingof Rriells,and Prophets,this powringout pf the rhe:spirita Spirit upon us,even as -Chri(f himfelfe was an.,. 'C~~~~~ds noyntedwith the Spirit without meafure, that · he might be able to teach us, that he might be · aProphet)a, King,a,nd aPriefr;that which en~ abledbitn to performe all thefe.. Offices, was _ the effulion of the Spirit upon him without · meafure: That which makes us able to be p?rta-
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