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A97002	A sermon, preached in the Kings Chappell at VVhite-Hall, on Sunday last July 15. 1649. By Henry Walker cleric. author of the Perfect occurrences.	Walker, Henry, Ironmonger.	1649 (1649)	Wing W385; Thomason E565_18; ESTC R203995	9,933	19

the Spirit of Counsell and of might the Spirit of Knowledge and fear of God and shall make him of quick understanding in the feare of God and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes nor reprove after the hearing of his eares here is the impression of Gods Spirit which did rest upon his heart and it shall make him quick and nimble to act for God when the Spirit of God is powerfull upon the heart of a believer it doth make him act powerfully and couragiously I will pray the Father and he shall give you another comforter Iohn 14. 16. As if he should have said the Lord he hath great things for you to do to go forth and preach salvation to the people nay to lay down your lives for God and to act very great things for the good of the people and the glory of God In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard the word of truth the Gospell of the salvation in whom also after that you believed ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance untill the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of his glory Here now you see that the seal is the earnest of our inheritance that they do act great things for the glory of God Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new Creature old things are passed away behold all things are become new If that you will be a new Creature this Spirit of God must make an impression in your hearts Now all old things are past away those things which at the first we had by nature but now by the Holy Ghost we do receive new things for when a man is in the ways of God all things become new there is a new mind a new spirit a new conversation there is nothing of the old man in him when before the mind was busied about earthly things now it is busied about heavenly things now his conversation is in heaven now when the Spirit of God doth make a new impression in the spirits of Men it doth enable them to act great things for the glory of God and for the good of the People And for this I shal give you some Reasons 1. The first ground or reason is taken from Gods decree for as the Lord prepared Heaven for the Elect so the Lord hath decreed that those that he hath appointed for salvation shall live with him and they shall have an influence of the Holy Ghost I say that it doth proceed from the Lords decree Ephes. 2. v. 10. For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them God hath before from all Eternity ordain'd that those that shall be saved shall live here a sanctified and holy life they shall receive an influence of the Holy Ghost the Spirit of God shall make a new impression upon their hearts 2. The second ground is from the communion we have from Christ it is impossible that there should be such a communion between the members and the head as there is between a Saint and God but there must be the Spirit of God and that Spirit must work effectually between them both there is a communion betweene him and us members the same grace and glory thar he hath the same hath his members John 17. v. 22. That the same glory thou gavest me I have given them that they be one even as we are one There is such a communion between Christ and his members that the glory which God hath given him the same he hath given them therefore they must get grace here that they may live the life of a gracious Christian for it is begun here and it shall be perfected when they come to glory hereafter 3. The third ground is from the operation of the Holy Ghost for those that have not the Spirit of God within them they are none of his those upon whose hearts the Holy Ghost doth not make an impression they have no right to Heaven nor to any of the glory that God hath prepared for his Children Rom. 8. v. 11. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead be in you he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you It is in vaine for any man to think that he doth write in the waies of God if that there be no influence of the Holy Ghost that makes an impression in his heart Now I will speak a word or two for application 1. For Reproofe 2. Instruction 3. For Comfort or Consolation Is it so that the Spirit of God when that it does make an impression upon the spirits of men it doth carry them on to act great things for the glory of God Then in the first place this must serve 1. To reprove those that doe make a stright account of it and low esteem of it insomuch that for any other temporall thing they will worke night and day for it but so slack for my heavenly matter and in the waies to be acquainted with God and Heaven that they doe cast it behind their backs they make no account of leaving the Holy Ghost 2. Another sort are to be reproved that though they could wish that they might go to Heaven and be saved yet they are drawn back by some Earthly Creature and by some sinne or other so that they are mighty slack to get communion with Christ they are so much in love with the World and Earthly things that they cannot hardly leave it 3. They are much to be reproved that have had a great discovery of God in their soules who were once inlightned by the word of God who have tasted of the good word who have had knowledge of God and now doe turne their backs againe upon the word of God with the Dog to the vomit and with the Swine to the mire Jer. 13. v. 15 16. Because they have turned from me my soule shall have no pleasure saith the Lord c. When those that did professe the name of Christ those that are of the Church and those that are called those that have gone farre in the waies of Religion and now fall back this doth make them odious in the sight of the Lord Heb. 6. v. 4 5 6. It is impossible who were once enlightned and have tasted of the heavenly gifts and were made Partakers of the Holy Ghost and have casted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come if they shall fall away to renew them againe to repentance seeing they Crucifie to themselves the Sonne of God afresh and put him to an open shame When they have gone so farre in the waies of God and Religion that have been enlightned and have tasted the good word and the power of God it is an impossible thing for to renew those Men to repentance

A SERMON PREACHED In the Kings Chappell AT WHITE-HALL On Sunday last July 15. 1649. By HENRY WALKER Cleric AUTHOR of the Perfect Occurrences MATTH. 7. 15. Beware of false Prophets c. Printed in the Yeer 1649. A SERMON NUMB. 14. Vers 24. But my servant Caleb because he had another Spirit with him and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the Land whereinto he went and his seed shall possesse it THis Verse and the Verse going before sets forth the condition of those Children of Israel under two notions First part of them God doth declare should not enter into the Land of Canaan those are set downe in the Verse going before Surely they shall not see the Land of Canaan which I sware to their Fathers nor shall any of them that provoked me see it There were twelve select men chosen out to search the Land of Canaan and of those twelve eleven of them did draw back the people from going on ●● searching the Land Now God doth denounce th●● judgment against them because that they did designe and act against God in drawing back the people God he gave them this curse that they should never injoy the Land of Canaan then he proceeded to the words of the Text But my servant Caleb and his seed they shall injoy the land because that Caleb and his seed did stand faithfull to the Lord and the Lord then did bring them to the Land Now the words that I shall pitch upon at this time is He had a Spirit and that Spirit was with him In which words you may take notice of these foure parts 1. Here is the persons mean't those are Caleb and his seed 2. Here is the Leader that is the Lord 3. Here is the qualification of this person He had a Spirit and that Spirit was with him 4. Here is the manner of his injoying this Spirit 1. He had it 2. He had it with him I shall begin with the branch concerning the Leader that is the Lord it is in the Originall JEHOVAH which is the most highest the highest of the word is HATHO which doth signifie to be that signifies his beginning there is so much comprehended in that word that it is both the time present then the time past and in the future tense the time to come JE that doth signifie the time to be HO the time present VAH the time past Now there is a signification in VAH that doth shew the originall of all things God he is the Originall cause of all things that are and shall be and have been The next thing is the persons mean't that is Caleb and his seed Caleb was with his seed in the 13. Chap. 6. of the Tribe of Judah Caleb the son of Iephumieh he was one of these twelve and the only one of them that did stand for God 3. The qualification of this Spirit he had a Spirit then he had it with him The word is RUAN a Spirit it doth come from RAVER to receive breath the word it is sometimes in the Masculine and sometimes in the feminine Gender which the Hobrewes do set forth much to us and the Jewes they were used to put words oftentimes in the feminine Gender as he had another Spirit that is he did receive a Spirit from another Spirit from God the fountain of all Spirits Now these may be understood the clearer by comparing two Scriptures together for it doth much concern a Christian to know the operation of the Spirit of God And the Spirit of God did move upon the face of the waters and God said let there be light and there was light 1 Cen. 2 3. The Spirit of God did move upon the face of the water the word which is here taken for moved is MER HUAH it doth come from RAHAP it doth signifie to put into to put an influence into the spirit of man now the same word which is used 〈◊〉 is used in the 32. Deut. 11. 12. As an Eagle stirreth up her nest fluttereth over her young spreadeth abroad her wings taketh them beareth them on her wings so did the Lord alone lead him and there was no strange God with him now I say that the same word in Genesis is in Deuteronomic that doth signifie it lighteth down so now the comparison doth lie thus that he might bring it to our capacity he layeth down this similitude as an Eagle if it doth not sit upon her eggs and keeps them warm but lets them be cold they will not be chickens so if that the Spirit of God doth not come into the spirits of men their spirits will be cold and they cannot act any thing for the glory of God So this comparison doth set forth the glorious oper●●ion of Gods Spirit that the Holy Ghost when it doth warm the spirit of a man and doth put an influence into the spirit it doth make the spirit act for the glory of God and to see the cleer light of God as the Sun doth put an influence into creatures and the fire doth warm the spirits of men and revive them so doth the Holy Ghost cause men to act for the peoples good and doth inlighten their hearts 2. He had another spirit that is set forth in these words he had a spirit and another spirit with him others they had a spirit but theirs was a spirit of fears and of bondage but he did stand faithfully to the Lord he had the Spirit of God in him to work for the glory of God and the good of his people 4. The manner of his injoying this spirit 1. He had it 2. He had it with him 1. He had it it did work effectually with him it did take place in his heart and did cause him to work for Gods glory 2. He had it with him NUMAI it was such an influence of Gods Spirit upon him that it did make him act great things So now the doctrine that I shall observe from these words are That when the Spirit of God doth work or make an new impression upon the spirits of men it doth put them into a condition to act high and great things for the glorie of God and the good of the people I shall prove this out of Scripture saith David praying to God Create in me a clean spirit O God and renew a right spirit within me Psalm 51. ver. 10. 11. 12. David did know very well that he was altogether unable to do any of those works which God did set him about without he did make his spirit clean Ver. 11. Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me David still had an eye to the Spirit of God knowing that that must make him work great things for the glory of God Ver. 12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy holy spirit And the Spirit of God shall rest upon him Esay 11. v. 2. 3. the Spirit of Wisdome and Understanding