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A40815	Of the descent of the Paraclet a sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and court of aldermen at the Guild-Hall chappel, April 21, 1695, being the fourth Sunday after Easter / by Philip Falle ...	Falle, Philip, 1656-1742.	1695 (1695)	Wing F339; ESTC R7090	24,468	48

Table where they feasted after those Sacrifices in honour of their Gods the Table of Devils (h) Ibid. Vers 21. But what is now become of all those False Divinities which swarm'd in the World when Our Saviour came in it They are gone They are perish'd from the Earth The Coming of the H. Ghost and the Preaching of the Gospel has convinc'd the World that they were indeed but Devils and the Nations who once worship'd them We among the rest worship now the Great God the Creator of Heaven and Earth and bow the Knees before the Lord Jesus the Saviour and the Redeemer of the World * Mr. Mede Disc on Jerem. x. 11. pag. 193. How successfully did the Holy Apostles † 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. D. Crysost de Sto. Paulo Apostolo Hom. xxxii in Epist ad Rom. and the First Preachers of Christianity assisted by the Spirit of God go up and down the World erecting Churches on the Ruins of Idolatry How did they every-where by the Mighty Power that went along with them shake the Foundations of the Devil's Kingdom How did they expose to view the Impious Cheats the Obscene Mysteries the Ridiculous Pomps and Pageantries of his Religion How did they confound the Wisdom of the Philosophers and triumph'd over all the Ministers of Paganism In less than Forty Years time there was no Part of the then known and Habitable Earth where the Gospel was not Preach'd and in few Years more the whole World in a manner became Christian Where-ever Christianity appear'd the Devil was forc'd to quit his Idolatrous Temples He was aw'd by the Presence of the meanest Christian coming into them ‖ Cùm Diis suis immolant si assistat aliquis Signatamfrontem gerens sacra nullo modo litant Cùm enim quidam nostrorum sacrificantibus Dominis assisterent imposito frontibus Signo Deos eorum fugaverunt Lactant Divin Instit lib. iv cap. 27. His Service and Sacrifices grew into Contempt His Priests withdrew into Corners and Villages * Inde Religio Pagana Vid. Cl. Sarravij Epist Posthum pag. 90. Superstitio ultima resedit in Pagis ubi tenaci●re cultu Rustici sua Numina adorabant Certè Religio Pagana indè appellata quod in Pagis adhuc perseveraret cùm ab Urbibu● jam esset exterminata His forsaken Oratories were raz'd or fell of themselves to the Ground and if some for the Beauty or Conveniency of their Structure were thought worthy to be preserv'd they became the Mansions of the H. Ghost and the Name of Jesus was Invocated in them When a Strong Man armed keepeth his Palace his Goods are in Peace says our B. Saviour foretelling this Destruction of the Devils Temples But when a Stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him he taketh from him all his Armour wherein he trusted and divideth his Spoils (i) Luk. xi 21 22. The Ceasing of Oracles which at the time of our Saviour's appearance began to be very rare but were not perfectly Silenc'd till the Descent of the PARACLET and in proportion to the Progress which Christianity made in the World is a Famous Instance of what the H. Ghost did then in it Viz. scatter'd those Evil Spirits that abus'd the Credulity and Simplicity of Mankind chac'd away the Father of Lies (k) Joh. viii 44. that he should deceive the Nations no more (l) Rev. xx 3. This I observe again because it was then much taken notice of not only by Christians † Vid. suprà but by the very Heathens themselves ‖ Cicer. de Divinat Lib. ii Porphyr apud Euseb Praep. Ev. Lib. V. passim who were amaz'd at that unusual Silence and wonder'd the Gods did not answer their Worshippers as formerly Plutarch we know wrote a Book about it * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Inter Opusc Moral Now how the World has been convinc'd by this remarkable Judgment which our Lord after his Ascension executed on the Devil the Prince of this World by sending the PARACLET I think I need not lose time to shew you It being That which has most evidently demonstrated that That Jesus must needs be a Great and a Mighty God who has thus overcome the Devil by the Force of his Spirit and has wrested the Worldly Power and Empire out of his hands 'T is that which has opened the Eyes of Men that were before blinded with Ignorance and Prejudice and turned them from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan unto God (m) Acts xxvi 18. 'T is That which has set up Christ's Throne in the World and made those that were before the Devil 's most Zealous Votaries become Converts renounce him as we do still at the Sacred Fonts and Profess themselves the faithfull Soldiers and Servants of our Lord † The Ancient Form of Baptism Whereby you see how exactly our Saviour's Promise to his Disciples has been fulfilled Nevertheless I tell you the Truth It is expedient for you that I go away For if I go not away the PARACLET will not come unto you but if I depart I will send him unto you And when he is come he will reprove the World of Sin and of Righteousness and of Judgment Of Sin because they believe not on me Of Righteousness because I go to my Father and yet see me no more Of Judgment because the Prince of this World is judged The Consideration of these Things I fear has carried me too far For who can sufficiently repeat the Mighty Changes which the H. Ghost wrought in the World at his Coming the Glorious Triumphs of our Lord over all his Enemies on Earth after his Exaltation at the Right Hand of his Father But I must forbear Therefore to Conclude You have heard that the End of the Coming of the PARACLET was to do these Three Things I. To Vindicate the Truth of our Saviour's Mission as to his Office and to shew that he was the very Christ sent from God and therefore that 't is a very great Sin not to believe on him II. To Vindicate his Righteousness or Innocency as to his Life and Conversation among Men from the unjust Calumnies and Reproaches of the World and That by shewing how God had raised him from the Dead taken him up from the Earth and seated him next to his Divine Majesty in Heavenly Places which 't is not conceivable God would have done had he deserv'd the ill Usage he receiv'd among Men. III. To avenge him on all his Enemies bring them like so many condemn'd Captives at the Foot of his Throne and slay them before his face who would not have this Great King to Reign over them (n) Luk. xix 27 especially to avenge him on the Devil The Prince of this World by overthrowing his Kingdom casting him out of his Idolatrous Temples and causing the Name of Jesus to be Magnified in the World You have heard how eminently All these Things have

was indeed for a while of no reputation says St. Paul (b) Phil. ii 7. and took upon him the form of a Servant and was made in the likeness of Men And being found in fashion as a Man 8. he humbled himself and became Obedient unto Death even the Death of the Cross 9. Wherefore God also hath highly Exalted him and given him a Name which is above every Name That at the Name of Jesus every Knee should bow of things in Heaven and things in Earth 10. and things under the Earth And that every Tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord 11. to the Glory of God the Father III. The Third and Last Thing that our B. Saviour tells his Disciples the H. Ghost his PARACLET would reprove or convince the World of at his Coming is Judgment because the Prince of this World is judged Nothing had expos'd the Son of God more to the Scorn and Derision of the World than that Unexampled Patience and Meekness with which he suffer'd all the Indignities that were cast upon him never making any other Returns than Kindness to his greatest Enemies and Prayers unto God for them When he was reviled he reviled not again When he suffered he threatned not (c) 1 Pet. ii 23. He was oppressed and he was afflicted yet he opened not his Mouth He was brought as a Lamb to the Slaughter and as a Sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his Mouth (d) Isa liii 7. Acts viii 32. He did not strive nor cry neither did any man hear his voice in the Streets (e) Mat. xii 19. Isa xlii 2. This the base and degenerous World imputed to his Impotence and made it an Argument of his Guilt which was rather an Instance of his Love and Goodness and Compassion to Men. Thou that destroyest the Temple and buildest it in three daies save thy self If thou be the Son of God come down from the Cross (f) Matt. xxvii 40. were the insulting words of the Jews mocking him whilst he lay labouring under the Throws and the Agonies of Death The Time of his Abode upon Earth was indeed a Time of Sufferings 'T was the Hour of his Enemies and the Power of Darkness (g) Luk. xxii 53. But when once God had exalted him and taken him up unto himself it was then fit he should assert his Power and Godhead by his Judgments on the World and that being sate down at the Right Hand of God his Enemies should be now made his Footstool (h) Psal cx 2 Matt. xxii 44. But the Heavens being to contain him until the Times of the Restitution of all things (i) Acts iii. 21. he could not come down presently again on the Earth to execute Judgment in Person upon the World that had rejected him Therefore he sends the H. Ghost who as his PARACLET his Great Representative on Earth † PARACLETUS Vicarius Christi Tertul. advers Valent. Cap. xvi avenges him on the Authors and Instruments of his Sufferings Not one of them escap'd the Vengeance they deserv'd Judas who betray'd him had some time before with unconceivable Horrour and Anguish of Mind ended his wretched days (k) Mat. xxvii 3. Acts i. 18. Herod lost his Tetrarchy and with his Incestuous Herodias died in Banishment ‖ Joseph Antiq Jud. lib. xviii cap. 9. Pilate was put out of his Government grew weary of his Life and became his own Murderer * Euseb Hist Eccl. lib. ii cap. 7. Nic●ph Callist Eccl. Hist lib ii cap. 10. Vid quae ●bidem resert de Annâ Calphâ aliisque qui ipsi ut loquitur dignas variasque dederunt paenas ejus quam Christo intulerunt iniquae injustae Necis But not to insist on Judgments upon Particular Persons to whom God's afflicting Providences are so variously and so unaccountably administred in this World what became rather of the Jews and Romans those two great Nations that had combin'd to put him to Death They were destroyed by the Sword of his Mouth (l) Rev. xix 15. and by the mighty Power of his Spirit (m) 2 Thes ii 8. The Jews were his most deadly Enemies but they soon felt the terrible Effects of that direfull Imprecation which they made upon themselves and their Posterity when they cried out at his Crucifixion His Blood be on us and on our Children (n) Mat. xxvii 25. No sooner was the Lord ascended unto his Glory and the PARACLET came down but the Christian Church prevail'd o'er the Jewish Synagogue Their Pompous Temple was destroy'd the daily Oblation ceas'd (o) Dan. ix 27. The Abomination of Desolation stood in their Holy Place (p) Matt. xxiv 15. and the Divine Justice left not pursuing them till they were no longer a Nation As for the Romans never was the Hand of God more remarkably seen in any thing than in the Overthrow of their Empire † Vid. D. August de Civit. Dei Osor adv Paganos qui Argumentum hoc fuse operatò prosequuntur which at the Birth of our Saviour was at the Height and Top of all its Glory All the Mighty Nations of the Earth were Tributary to it and there was an Universal Peace in all its Provinces But after his Ascension and the Descent of the PARACLET it began visibly to decline The Rhine the Danub and the Euphrates which were before the Bounds of its Greatness and over which it was certain Death for any Barbarous Nation to pass saw their Banks cover'd with Swarms of a Savage and Unknown People that spred over it like Locusts Rome it self which was call'd the Eternal City ‖ Romulus Aeternae nondum fundaverat Urbis Marnia Tib. lib. ii Eleg. 5. Inter haec Orphitus praefecti potestate regebat Urbem Aeternam Amm. Marcellin lib. xiv that Name of Blasphemy * Roma Aeterna cum dicitur quae Temporalis est nomen est Blasphemiae Prosper mention'd by St. John in his Revelation (q) xiii 1. which said I sit a Queen I shall see no sorrow I shall never be moved (r) xviii 7. That proud City the Mother of Spiritual Whoredoms the Seat of all the Idolatries and Abominations of the Earth Drunk with the Blood of the Saints and of the Martyrs of Jesus (ſ) xvii 5 6. was sack't by the Goths and Vandals But I hasten to that Judgment which our Lord tells his Disciples the H. Ghost his PARACLET would more particularly execute on the Devil the Chief Author of his Death and of his Sufferings For it was he that had most bitterly Persecuted him in the whole Course of his Life tempting Judas to betray him animating Herod and Pilate the Jews and Romans to his Destruction Our Lord calls him here 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Prince of this World So he had call'd him twice before Now is the Judgment of this World Now shall the