*irit in the Fathers andinus. 39 E S R E the Holy Spirit was more completely fent both in re- gardofmanifeflation andefficacie,than ever before. The difference ischiefly in three things : Fira, In themanner of mifflen. To the old Church indreamer andvifions, in figures and latent waies : But to the Evangelicall Churches inpower,evidence anddemonitration, a Cor.2. 4,5. Therefore it is called the#irit ofrevelation, and knowledge, which difcovereth, and that untoprincipa- lities and powers by the Church, the manifold and my- flerious wifedome of God in Chtia, Epb.I.17. 3 .10. Therefore the Spirit was fent in the latter dayes in wind, A andfire, and tonzaes, and earthquake, all which have in thema felfe- difcovering propertie, which will not be hidden. Wheras in the time of the ProphetsGod did not in any fuch things,fave onely in a low andDill voyce reveale himfelfe, I Kings.19.1I,/ 2. Secondly, In the ftsbietits unto whom he was fent. loci 2.. z8. Before only upon the inclofedgarden ofthe Iewes did this winde blow, but now is the Spirit powred upon all fle(h,and this heavenlydew falleth not upon the fleece, but upon the whole earth. And therefore our Savior oppofeth lertsfalem and the Spirit, foh.4.21,23. Every Rem.2.29. beleever isofthe Ifrael ofGod, every Chriflian a Tem- pleoftheHoly Ghoti; no people ofthe earth fecluded, But in every nation be that feareth god and worketh Ga14.15,16. Righteoufnefe is accepted; no place uncleane, butevery colon:2.1r. where pure hands may be lifted up. Thirdly, In themea[ure ofhis grace. At firfl he was Cor 6 . fent onely in drops anddew, but after he waspowred out Aet.10,35. in lhowres and abundance Tit. 3.6. and therefore (as I 7Cirn.2.8. have before obferved) the grace of the Gofpell is fre- quently expreffed by the name ofRiches, to notenot Eptaefs.7. onely the pretioufneffe, but the plentie thereof in the 2.7, Church. And it is here worth our obfervation that 3 the Spirit under the Gofpell is compared to things ofa fpreading,tnultiplying, and operative nature. D 4 FirD,
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