in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice : He will not afflict. Men do therefore fear him. - P. 66 SERMON V. Rom. xii. 3. For I say unto you, through the grace given unto me, to every Man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. in C a ' p. 86 ?.. SERMON VI, and VII. : 1 Pet. v. 8, 9. Your Adverfary the Devil, : as a roaring Lion, walketh about, seeking - whom he may devour.. Whom refift, stedfast in the Faith. p. 108. I30 SERMON VIII. St. Mark viii. 36. For what shall it profit a :- Man, if he fhall gain the whole World, :* and lose his own Soul?. p: 157 SERMON IX. St. Luke xvi. 31. If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. p. 191 St. John viii. 12. I am the Light of the World. He that followeth me, shall not Rom. xii. 19. Dearly beloved, avenge not your selves; but rather give place, unto Tim. ii. 8. I will therefore, that Men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without .. wrath and doubting. P. 335365: 392 Acts x. 40, 41. Him God raised up the third Not to all the people, but to witnesses chefen Mark xvi. 19. So then, after the Lord had - fpoken into them, he was received up into Heaven, and fat on the right hand of God. Matth. v. 16. Let your Light so Shine before Men, that they may see your good Works, and glorify your Father which is in Hea- Luke ii. 14. Glory to God in the higheft; and On WHITSUNDAY, 1689. at Lanta beth Chapel. JOHN XVI. 8. And when he (the Comforter) is come; he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. D H E Mission of the Holy Ghost ( which we this Day comme- A TV morate ) was the Final Confir mation, and Completion of the Christian Religion; which perfected the Mystery of the Redemption of Mankind; and at the same time set the last Seal to the Truth of it. Our Saviour had indeed long before gathered a Select Number of faithful Apostles and Disciples; but • Vol. II, can can scarce be said to have founded a Church, till he poured out the Holy Ghost upon them. Till then their Notions of the Intention of Christ's coming into the World were dark and obscure, their apprehensions of the Nature and Constitution of the King, dom to be founded by him, false and frivolous; and as they certainly knew not what form of Faith to profess; so they dared not profess it openly. Their religious Meet. ings were yet in Secret; and no Attempts yet made to form a Church, by Conversion of Fews and Gentiles. Their Thoughts were not so much fixed upon the Remembrance of what their Master had done and suffered, as upon the Expectation of somewhat more to be done by him; that is, upon the hopes of the Comforter which he promised to them. They wanted yet those Perfections of Mind, which might qualify them for the Execution of their designed Office; that Zeal and Charity which might animate and direct all the Members of the Church; that Knowledge and Understanding, which might fit them for Pastors and Teachers, in the absence of their Master. All these Advantages were abundantly conferr'd, these Necessities supplied by the sending of the Holy Ghost, as upon this Day. Then they received internal Light, a full understanding of the Mysteries of the Meffias, a clear Knowledge of all that had been |