• <• q odJ' AU-fofficienciu• . perfwade him, till Godhimfclfe fpake to him out ofthe whirlewinde.vVhenGodhimfelfewill fay toamanas he did toAbraham,l amAil-f1ficien't then he perfwades him and not before. And this,Be!oved,is the office oftheholyGho.ft, it is he that (he~ves the Father, and the Son,tothe fons ofmen~it is he that glorifies theFather,and theSonne.And in thisfenfe he is faid to fill them with joy upon all occalions: forthec6lufe why a man rejoycerh is, becaufe hcisinform~d offome goodnewes, fomething he is perfwadedof, and when he hearerh ofit,there followes fudden joy Sowhen theApojtles wereln dill:rcffe,in pri{on, when theywerUn danger,theholy Ghojf O.rought goodrrewesto·rhem, he revealedtothemfUch . and fuch things;upon thisrevelation, upon this good newes that was brought to them, it is oft faid they were filled with joy:which is therefore called the joyojthe holyGhoft,which thekolyGhoft works in meg by perfwafi6,byrevealing~to them the hope oftheir crdling,& the·richesofiheirglori.. ous inheritance-,andthe exceedinggrea-tnejfo .ofhis power'>rvorking intho(e that beleeue..And therfore thisyou mufr confider,thatthough we preach to you;andyouheareallrhetruths of Gods cAll.. fufficiencie, yet youareable topra~ifenothing, 11ill chrijl revea le it to you. Ifhe·come.to aman~ when he is in a firait, and !:1ytohim,as he did to Paul upon fevcralloccalions,FaarenotPaul,!wit le withthee ·I fa-y,ifhe himfelfewould·come'thus ... andfpeake to theheart ofaman ; that is,'ifhee wouldrevealeit byhisSpirit>we iliouldhe~hie. ) · tO' Ioy,tl;c caufe ofit: The A~tthor of it. '"'\ . ' i
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