Institutes of the Christian Religion Abridged by Edmond Bunnie, Book · Book 3 · Chapter 1
Chapter 1. That thoſe thinges which are ſpoken of Chriſt, doe profite vsus by ſecrete working of the holy Ghoſt.
HOwſoeuer the father beſtoweth thoſe gifts which wée hauehave ſpoken of, vponupon his only ſonne, hée hath not doone it for his priuate commoditie, but to enrich vsus which were without thē, and néeded them,Ephe. 4.11 Rom. 8.29. Gal. 3.16. 1. Iohn 5.… 1. Pet. 12. yet they do not apperteine vntounto vsus, tyll wée growe together with him in one: Which albeit wee obteine by faith, yet when we ſée yt al men do not indifferently imbrace the enterpartening of Chriſt which is offered by the Goſpel, we muſt climbe ſomewhat higher, and confeſſe alſo that it is brought to paſſe by the ſecrete and ſpeciall working of the holy Ghoſt, that wée inioy Chriſt Ieſus and all his good thinges.
2 Herevpon alſo it commeth to paſſe that Chriſt came furniſhed with the holy ſpirite after a certaine peculiar manner,…oel. 2.28 Rom. 8.9.11 Iohn. 7.37 Ephe. 4.7 1. Cor. 15.45 Rom. 5.5 not only to quicken and nouriſhe vsus with his generall power: but much more to ſeuer vsus from the world to forme in vsus an heauenly life: and gather vsus together into the hope of eternall inheritance, this alſo he doeth not in that he is the eternall worde: but alſo according to the perſon of a Mediator.
Gal. 4.6 2. Cor. 1.21 Rom. 8.10. Iohn. 7.17 Eze. 36.25 1. Iohn. 2.20 Luke. 3.16 Acts. 1.21 Ephe. 4.15 Gal. 3.27 Ephe. 5.303 That the ſame power of the holy ghoſt is in vsus either ye titles wherwith he is maruellouſly ſet out do manyfeſtly proue, as in that he is called the ſpirite of adoption, the pledge and ſeale of our inheritance, the water, oile & ointment, fire, ſpring, and hand of God. All which doe manifeſtly teach that we are his members by grace, and power of the holy ghoſt, and for that cauſe only he bringeth to paſſe that he ſhould containe vsus vnderunder him, and we againe poſſeſſe him.
Iohn. 1.23 Ephe. 1.13 2. The. 1.3 Iohn. 14.17 …ke. 3.16.4 But comming to entreate of faith by this meanes hée maketh himſelfe way. Faith is ye principall worke of the holy Ghoſt: to it for the moſt part are referred all thoſe things that wée commonly find ſpoken to expreſſe his force and working. This he prooueth many wayes, before hee intreat of the next Chapter of faith.