Ancilla pietatis: or, The hand-maid to priuate deuotion presenting a manuell to furnish her with necessary principles of faith. Forcible motiues to a holy life. Vsefull formes of hymnes and prayers. ... By Daniel Featly, D. in Diuinity.

The Feast of the comming downe of the Holy-Ghost, or, Whitsun-daye's Deuotion. (Book 18)

The ground of this Feast

• In the old Testament
  • Prophecies.
  • Types.
• In the new, the
  • Promises,
  • Performance of sending the holy Spirit.

PARALELL.

Prophecie.

I will powre out of my Spi∣rit vpō all flesh, and your sons & daughters shall prophe∣cie, &c. Ioel 2. 28.

Historie.

These are not drunken as ye suppose, Act. 2. 15. This is that which was spoken by the Prophet, Ioel ver. 16.

And it shal come to passe in the last daies that I wil powre out my Spirit vpon all flesh, ver. 17.

Type.

He took vp the man∣tell of Eliah that fell from him, and when the sons of the Pro∣phets saw him, they sayd, The Spirit of E∣liah doth rest on Eli∣shah, 2. King. 13. 5.

Accomplishment.

And they were fil∣led with the Holy-Ghost, &c. Acts 2. 4.

God sent the Spi∣rit of his Sonne in∣to your harts, Gal. 4. 6.

Promise.

Ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost within these few daies. Acts 1. 5.

Performance.

They were filled with the holy Ghost, &c. Acts 2. 4.

He shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire. Mat. 3. 11.

There appeared to them clouē tongs like fire and it fate vpon each of them Acts 2. 3.

These signes shall shall follow them that belieue, They shall speake with new tongues. Mar. 16. 17.

And they began to speake with o∣ther tongues as the Spirit gaue them vtterance. Act. 2. 4

THE HYMNE FOR Whitsunday.

Wherein is expressed the holy Ghost's

• ^a 1 Sending.
• ^b 2 Comming downe.
• 3 Workes.
  • In generall
    • ^c Creation.
    • ^d Renouation.
  • In speciall.
    • ^e Inhabita∣tion.
    • ^f Inspiring Ministers.
    • Inclining the minds and wills of the people.

O Lord how manifold are thy workes? In wisedome hast thou made them all, the earth is full of thy riches. Psal. 104. 24.

So is the great and wide sea also, where∣in are things creeping innun••erable' both small and great beasts. verse 25.

These waite all vpon thee, and thou

giuest them their meate in due season. verse 27.

^a Thou sendest forth thy Spi∣rit: they are ^c created, and thou ^d renewest the face of the earth. verse 30.

Thou hast asended vp on high: thou hast led captiuity captiue, and receiued gifts for men: yea euen for the rebellious, that the Lord God might e^d well among them. Psal. 68. 18.

Hee bowed the heauens and ^b came downe. Psalme 18. 9.

Hee rod vpon the Cherubins and did flie: hee did euen fly vpon the wings of the ^b winde. verse. 10.

The Lord gaue the Word: great ^f was the company of the Preachers or of them that published it Psal. 68. 11.

The people shall come

^g willingly in the day of thy power (or at the time of thy Assemblies) in the bewty of holinesse from the wombe of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. Psal. 110. 3.

AN EXHORTATION to obey the motions of God's holy Spirit.

THE ANALYSIS.

The mo∣tiues to o∣bey the mo∣tions of the Spirit are

• 1 Gods strict Commandement.
• 2 The Saints continuall pra∣ctice.
• 3 The Spirit's excellency, who is the
  • 1 Fountaine of grace.
  • 2 Lord of life.
  • 3 Comforter of the Elect.
  • 4 Teacher of the Church.
• 4 The benefits of obeying them.
• 5 The danger of resisting them.

WAlke in the Spirit. Gal. 5. 16. If we liue in the Spirit,* 1.1 let vs walke in the Spirit. verse 23.

Grieue not the holy Spirit of God, where∣by

yee are sealed to the day of redemption. Ephes. 4. 30.

Quench not the Spirit of God. 1 Thes. 5. 19.

Yee stiffnecked and vncircum∣cised in heart and eares, yee doe alwaies resist the holy Ghost.

There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus, who walke not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom. 8. 1.

That the righteousnesse of the Law might be fulfilled in vs,* 1.2 who walke not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. verse 4.

Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God dwell in you. verse 9.

As many as are led by the spi∣rit of God are the Sonnes of God.* 1.3 verse 14.

Declared to be the Sonne of God according to the Spirit of a 1.4 Holinesse. Rom. 1. 4.

The Law of the Spirit ofb 1.5 Life in Christ Iesus hath made mee free from the Law of sinne, and of

death. Romans 8. 2.

Yee haue not receiued the Spirit of bondage againe to feare; but the Spirit ofc 1.6 Adoption where∣by wee cry Abba Father. verse 15.

They despight the Spirit of d 1.7 Grace Heb. 10. 29.

The Spirit makethe 1.8 Intercession for vs with sighs and grones that cannot be expressed. Romans 9. 29.

To one is giuen the Spirit of the Word off 1.9 Wisedome; to ano∣ther the Word of Knowledge by the same Spirit, 1 Corinthians 12. 8.

All these worketh one and the same Spirit. verse 11.

The Father of Glory giue vnto vs the Spirit of Wisedome and re∣uelation in the Knowledge of him. Ephes. 1. 17.

The Spirit ofg 1.10 Glory and of GOD resteth in vs. 1 Peter 4. 14.

When the Spirit ofh 1.11 Truth is

come, hee will leade you into all Truth. Ioh. 16. 13.

Now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 1 Corinthians 3. 17.

He that soweth to the Spirit,* 1.12 shall of the Spirit reape life euer∣lasting. Gal. 6. 8.

Walke in the Spirit and yee shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Gal. 5. 16.

The fruits of the Spirit are loue, peace, ioy, &c. verse 17.

If yee be led by the Spirit yee are not vnder the Law. verse 18.

Whosoeuer speaketh against the holy Ghost,* 1.13 it shall not bee for∣giuen him neither in this world, nor in the world to come. Mat. 12. 32.

Of how much sorer punishment shall hee bee thought worthy who hath troden vnder foot the Sonne of GOD, and hath accounted the blood

of the couenant (wherewith hee was sanctified) an vnholy thing, and hath done despight to the Spirit of God. Hebrewes 10. 29.

A Prayer for Whit sun∣day.

INcomprehēsible Spirit the third Person in the blessed and glo∣rious Trinity, who after the Father had manifested himselfe to the world in the works of Crea∣tion, and the Sonne in the works of Redemption, finished in the flesh: diddest manifest thy selfe on this day in a wonderfull manner by the sound of a rushing winde, and the light of fiery tongues. Mani∣fest thy selfe most powerfully and gloriously in the vniuerfall Church, by enlarging her bounds, and making vp her breaches and hallowing her Assemblies, and furnishing her

Pastors, and knitting the hearts of all her members in true loue the bond of perfection. Perfect the work of sanctification in all thine Elect; manifest thy selfe also graciously this day, and de∣clare thy gifts in the tongues of the Preachers, and eares of the hearers, and the hearts of all the Congregation. Di∣rect the mouthes of the Prea∣chers, that they may skil∣fully sowe the Seede, and open the eares, and mollify the hearts of the hearers, that they may re∣ceiue it profitably, and bring forth the fruits of the Spirit abundantly, which are loue, ioy, peace, long suffe∣ring, gentlenesse, goodnesse, faith, meeknesse, temperance, &c. O E∣ternall and infinite holy Ghost, the loue of the Father and the Sonne, who diddest descend vpon our Sauiour in the likenesse of a Doue without gall, purge out of my conscience all gall of malice and bitternesse, and grant that with

meeknesse I may receiue the ingraf∣fed Word which is able to saue my soule. O holyest Spirit, eternall breath of the Father and the Son, and former of the Word in the wombe, who camest with a sound, come down vpon me in the sound of thy Word Preached; though not in the extraordinary gifts of Prophecy, tongues, and hea∣ling, yet in the ordinary graces of faith, hope, and charity, the Spirit of supplication and Prayer, of wisedome and spirituall vnderstan∣ding, of power and ghostly com∣fort. O heauenly Spirit procee∣ding from the Father and the Sonne, who descendedst from heauen like a mighty rushing winde, throw mee downe to the ground in humility, and prostrate my heart and soule before thee: Beate downe all strong holds of car∣nall imaginations and worldly thoughts resisting thy grace. Chase away all cloudes of error out of my vnderstanding: cleare

my will of all foggs of noysome desires; coole and refresh me in the heate of persecution, fill the sailes of my affections, and driue mee speedily into the faire hauen where I would bee. O di∣uine fire burning continually in the hearts of the faithfull, and consuming all our spirituall sa∣crifices, who this day diddest descend and appeare in the likenesse of fiery tongues, bee a fire in my heart and tongue, that I may be feruent in my Meditations and Prayers, and Zealous in the pro∣fession and defence of thy Truth. Inlighten the darknesse of my vnderstanding, inflame the cold∣nesse of my affections, purge out the drosse of my corruptions, di∣rect me in all the affaires of this life, assist mee in all the exercises of Deuotion, strengthen me in al the assaults of temptation, com∣fort me in all the miseries and af∣flictions, seale all thy gracious promises of thy Gospell vnto

mee, and seale mee to the day of redemption. So bee it. Amen.

Into my minde descend ô Doue Purge gall cleane out of me, With siluer wings raise me aboue My Sauiour Christ to see.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Precepts of God.
• * 1.2

  2 Practice of Saints.
• * 1.3

  Reasons.
• a 1.4

  Holinesse.
• b 1.5

  Life.
• c 1.6

  Liberty.
• d 1.7

  Grace.
• e 1.8

  Prayer.
• f 1.9

  Wisedome
• g 1.10

  Glory.
• h 1.11

  Truth.
• * 1.12

  Benefits of obeying the Spirit.
• * 1.13

  Danger of resisting.