If these Spirits were Angels, they
would in this place justifie and reward the Papists in their prayers to those
Flaming Ministers. God is a Spirit, but He is One. These then
are some Middle-thing, not by Ne∣gation, that cannot be; but by
Participation.Seven is the Perfect number of the Creature
com∣prehending its Labour and its Rest; its Six Dayes, and its Sabbath.
Seven times Seven is the Great Jubi∣le, the Joy of All
Things, in which they are Free, and Return to their First State.God then As He varies himselfe into all the Di∣stinct Formes of
the Creature, as he carries them on thorow their Severall Changes, till he
carry them up to His own Vnchangeable Rest: So He is a Seven-fold
Spirit. And this is the Spirituall Person of our Lord Jesus;
Pan's Pipe composed of seven reeds; Seven being known by
learned men for the Marriage-number.Revel. 5.6. A Lamb stands with seven hornes, and
seven eyes, which are The Seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all
the earth. This is that Great Spirit our Lord Jesus, who in the
form of a Seven-fold Spirit like a River with seven heads, lets forth the
God-head and the Creation, one into another.The Union of all Times and Things in One Person.3. Descrip. This is the first part of the fifth
verse. This Vnion is set forth by a Three-fold Expression:
1. The Appearance of all things in
Christ.2. The Presence of Christ in all.3. The Power of Christ over all.0
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