The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

Direct. 16. By all this it appeareth that the Holy Ghost is both Christs great witness objectively in the world, by which it is that he is owned of God, and proved to be true; and also his Advocate or great Agent in the Church, both to indite the Scriptures, and to sanctify souls.

Direct. 16. By all this it appeareth that the Holy Ghost is both Christs great witness objectively in the world, by which it is that he is owned of God, and proved to be true; and also his Advocate or great Agent in the Church, both to indite the Scriptures, and to sanctifie souls.

So that no man can be a Christian indeed, without these three: 1. The objective witness of the Spirit to the truth of Christ. 2. The Gospel taught by the Spirit in the Apostles. 3. And the quickening, illuminating and sanctifying work of the Spirit upon their souls.

Direct. 17. It is therefore in these respects that we are baptized into the Name of the Holy Ghost, as well as of the Father and the Son, it being his work to make us thus both Believers and Saints; and his perfective work of our real Sanctification, being as necessary to us as our Redemption or Creation, Matth. 28.19, 2•. Heb. 6.1, 2, 4, 5, 6.

Direct. 17. It is therefore in these respects that we are baptiz•d into the Name of the Holy Ghost, as well as of the Father and the Son, it being his work to make us thus both Believers and Saints; and his perfective work of our real Sanctification, being as necessary to us as our Redemption or Creation,