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‘Sermon tt, — Of the Hory'Guost.
\. is, up to heaven, upto eternal Life,
ved tous? That,isthe fly or humare nature of Chrif? : Onwhich it was poured. at his conception, fully
to endow it, For ix Him the fulnelfe of the Godhead dwelteth bodily (mark that, bodily.) And it was gives
_ 20 him. without meafure, and of all:his fulneffe Wwe all receive, Fromthis. Cifterne, this day, iflued
the Spirit, by fo many quils, or pipes (asit were) as there arefeveral divifiens, of the graces of the Ho
4yGhoft. And fo now we have both 4 Quo, and ex Quo..’ The Divinity, into this Humanity, pouring
the Spirit, which from His: lef, was poured down, this day, fuper omuem carnem, upon all flefo. Which
fitly bringsinthenext, Sxper omnem carmm, 3-2 2% aid, oN
-- Onwhomthis pouring is (whichis thelat point:) Super omnem carvem. Inwhich there are three
doints, as the words are three: x Carinem firtt ( thatis) men. For doth Gon take care-fer Oxen (faith
the Apoftle): or for any fle/, but ours ?: No; notfor any fle; but the fle which the Word did take.
And, for that He doth, SUE GES eo yusosodth ay aor hg et ;
., But, we are Spirit too, as wells fle vand, inreafon, Spirit on Spirit, were more kindly, “There is
nearet alliance between them... 2228200 He ae : ty
-* Yeryou fhall finde che other part (fle®) is Mill chofen, se wf
1. Firft,to magnifie His mercy the more, that part is fingled out,that feemeth farther: removed; nay;.
thatisindced quite oppofite to the Spirit of Gop here poured out. . For, whatis fle? Itis preclaim-
ed (40. Of Efay) It 1 graffe,:, And not gramen, but fanum, tharis graffe witherieg,and fit for the
‘Sithe, -Ysthat the worit? Lwouldit were : But caro peccati, finfal flefoters it farther off, yer. Upcn
finful flefo,He fhould have poured fomewhat elfe, than His Spirir. - ;
So, two oppofitions : 1 Flefy and Spirit abfolutely in themfelves. 2 Then, /uful:flefb, ond the Ho-
Ly Spirit, All which commends Hislove the more, thus to. combine. things io much oppofice. This
And withal (that, which right now Ltouched)) to thew the inttoduction to this conjun‘tion of thefe
fo firte in oppofition either to other, even Verbuni caro fattam, that.made this /ymboli/me. By which;
a {ate of hope was opened co us (by His incarnation) iz jpem, of our.insPiration, which this day came
in rem. For, His flefo exalted to the right hand of God, remembred:vs, that were fle of hes fle,
and derived down this fountain of living water toit,' faliens in vitam eternam ,: Springing, and rai-
fing us with it, whence it came (for water will ever rife 2s high as the place from whence. ic came ) that
“2. Super, upon it, Upon it, is without, onthe outfide of ity» Had not findam in, been berter than
fundam fuper : Into them, than upon them ? Not a whit. : . wt
Indeed, both wayes; I finde the Spirit given, .AtCHR1s7s_ baptifm, the De® “came upon him
. At Hisrefurrection, infufflavit, He breathed into them. And fohcth He parted Hig o'acraments + Bur
_ ptifme is efundam fuper, upon us, fom without : the Holy Excharift, ther is comecite, thar gocthin;
Uponthe matter, both cometoone. If itbe ponred on, it fokes in, pierces ro the very centre of the
foul (as, in Baptifm, finneis wathed thence,by it.) If it be breathedin,itisno fooner at the heert, bur ic
works forth, oucit comes again : Outat the noftrilsin éreath,ouc at the ref in the beating of the pd/e:
So both (in effe@) are one.
469
Col.2.9.
Jobn 1, to,
The parties
zo0n whom,
Super emncns
Carnem
1 Cor.g 9
I,
Super carn-m7,
Efay 40. 6
Hof. 2, Tf. >
Verfe 33.
John 4. 14:
2,
Super.
Luke 3. 23.
John 20, 248
1. Bucicis Super here, for thefe reafons: Firft, that we may know, the graces of the Spirit; they .
are’ iosw, ftom without In us,thatis, in our flefo, they grow not : neither they nor any good thing,
elfe. And not only *ga3¢y, from without, but Saint James his ay 230, 000,.. from above, from the
Father of lights. Both thefe arein /uper :-and but for thefe we might fallinto a phanfie, they grew
within us, and {prung from us, which\Gop knoweth) they do not.) <3
‘~'3,~Another reafon is, for that [por] isthe Propofition proper to initiztiot , into’ any sew office.
Sois the manner, by fome fuch outward ceremony pen, to initiate... By anointing , or pouring oyle up-
on.” By’ induing [induemini] putting fome robe or other enfigne upon. By impofitien or Laying hands,
upon, AMl upon, Baptifm (which is thz Sacrament of our initiaticn) is therelore fo done. So, the Dove
came apon CHRIST. The tongues (here) pon thefe, to-enter then, either, into their new
offices, wey eye aN Peeby cus ee .
A third (laf bur not leaft) to enure them to this Propofition /wper, which many ean but evil brook,
No fuper, no fuperiority they, .all even, all equal, fellows and fellows: The right hands of feilow-
Sip, if-youwill, but norfo much, as impofition of hands, fvper.t For if (uper , then fb follows : if
wpon, then we xader, if above, then we beneath... Butno /ub.with ome: /ubmit neither head nor
* ppirir to any. Yet, fuper Ade, GidC nm nis laftyear sand it: may become, any that became Him:
iemay wellbecome faper carnem. ~ Super then mutt ftand, and be ftood upom: Confx/ron will come, ifit
2 not, a ee ws PUT eh yee ,
"Super caren , [uper omnem carnem. CUpon flefa, and upon all flefh: Not, forme one 1 not
fewes fiefs alone : In regard of whom; this omer is here {pecially putin. For, they hadin a manner
ingroffed the Spirit before, by a xen raliter omni. . And yet, upon them too, for, xpon.their (onness
and their daughters (asitfolloweth :) but zpon them, now,nomorethan zpon any other. This is a
fecond prerogative of this Day. The firft, effundam, thatis, . x Before, fparingly- {prinkled ; now,
plentifully poured. > Now again, fuper.omnem: Before, pon - but. fome , now indifferently ; xp-
on all, TS Sas ry ele Oe tert bo Dee
<> For fo; whenwe fay all, wemean, none is excluded, but now may have it, _ He hath put no diffe-
dence betwen them, and us (faith Saint Peter.) Non; ef diftintio (faith Saint Pas.) The partition és
thrown down now. . Go but tothe letter of the Text,.Al/ lef... 1 No Sex barren, upon fons and xpon
“ ranghters: fo either Sex, 2No age: upon yoong men and upon old: ‘The One;-vifions; the other,
, a cg tek wre gk a .
James 1-177
Verfe 3.
Gil2.g3 |
vt
2.
Super omnen
carnem.
Plal.147.2¢6-
Aas ty. 9°
Rom,Fo.12e oy
Ephefa.144.)
reams.