And this is the reason of it, next under the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Christ the mediator was to be the spring, and original of all ⟨p. 39⟩comfort and good, therefore Christs nature must not only be sanctified and ordained by the Spirit, but he must receive the Spirit to enrich it: for whatsoever is wrought in the creature is by the Spirit, whatsoever Christ did as man he did by the Spirit. Christs humane nature therefore must be sanctified, and have the Spirit put upon it. God the Father the first person in Trinity, and God the Son the second, they work not immediately, but by the Holy Ghost, the third person, therefore whatsoever is wrought upon the creat•re, it comes from the Holy Ghost immediately, so Christ received the Holy Ghost as sent from the Father and the Son. Now as the Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son, so he works from the Father and the Son, he sanctifieth and purifieth, and doth all from the Father and the Son, and knits us to the Father and the Son; to the Son first, and then to the Father, therefore it is said, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost; because all the communion we have with God is by the Holy Ghost, all the communion that Christ as man had with God was by the Holy Ghost, and all the communion that God hath with us and we with God is by the Holy Ghost: for the Spirit is the bond of union between Christ and us, and between God and us, God communicates himself to us by his Spirit, and we communicate with God by his Spirit. God doth all in us by his Spirit, ⟨p. 40⟩and we do all back again to •od by the Spirit, Because Christ as a Head, as the second Adam was to be the root of all that are saved, (as the first Adam was the root of all that are damned) he was therefore to receive the Spirit and to have it put upon him in a more excellent and rich manner, for we must know that all things are first in Christ, and then in us.
And this is the reason of it, next under the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost, Christ the mediator was to be the spring, and originall of all ⟨p. 39⟩comfort and good, therefore Christs nature must not onely be sanctified and ordained by the Spirit, but he must receive the Spirit to inrich it: for whatsoever is wrought in the creature is by the Spirit, whatsoever Christ did as man he did by the Spirit. Christs humane nature therefore must be sanctified, and have the Spirit put upon it. God the Father the first person in Trinity, and God the Son the second, they worke not immediately, but by the Holy Ghost, the third person, therefore whatsoever is wrought upon the creat•re, it comes from the Holy Ghost immediately, so Christ received the Holy Ghost as sent from the Father and the Son. Now as the Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son, so he workes from the Father and the Son, he sanctifieth and purifieth, and doth all from the Father and the Son, and knits us to the Father and the Son; to the Son first, and then to the Father, therefore it is said, The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost; because all the communion we have with God is by the Holy Ghost, all the communion that Christ as man had with God was by the Holy Ghost, and all the communion that God hath with us and wee with God is by the Holy Ghost: for the Spirit is the bond of union betweene Christ and us, and betweene God and us, God communicates himselfe to us by his Spirit, and we communicate with God by his Spirit. God doth all in us by his Spirit, ⟨p. 40⟩and we doe all backe againe to •od by the Spirit, Because Christ as a Head, as the second Adam was to be the root of all that are saved, (as the first Adam was the roote of all that are damned) he was therefore to receive the Spirit and to have it put upon him in a more excellent and rich manner, for wee must know that all things are first in Christ, and then in us.
