Christ and the covenant the work and way of meditation

I answer, The gifts, graces, and comforts of th• Holy Ghost, were the Dona Regia, which were give• out upon the Coronation of Christ: for by this going to the Father he was crowned with glory and honour, […] in Heb. 2. — When the Holy Ghost comes, he do bear witness to our spirits, that we are the children of God, and God reconciled to us. But how shou• God give such a testimony of his Reconciliation un• us, if Christ had not first gone into heaven, and give up his accounts of what he had done here on earth. […] is said expressly in John 7. This spake he of the spire which they that believe on him should receive, for the H• Gh st was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glo• fied. And if Jesus Christ had not gone unto the F• there, and so sent the Spirit, how should we ha• ⟨p. 5⟩known that he had so much care for us, and love to us, when he was in heaven, as by the sending of the Holy Ghost. We are never more fit for the Holy Ghost, than when we are weaned from the carnal presence of Christ: And therefore if Christ had not gone unto the Father, the Spirit, the Holy Ghost had not come.

I answer, The gifts, graces, and comforts of th• Holy Ghost, were the Dona Regia, which were give• out upon the Coronation of Christ: for by this goin• to the Father he was crowned with glory and honour, 〈…〉 in Heb. 2. — When the Holy Ghost comes, he do bear witnesse to our spirits, that we are the childre• of God, and God reconciled to us. But how shou God give such a testimony of his Reconciliation un us, if Christ had not first gone into heaven, and give up his accounts of what he had done here on earth. is said expresly in