11. It is of great importance to observe, and that more carefully than is commonly done, the wide difference there is between the _Jewish_ and the _Christian_ dispensation: and that ground of it which the same apostle assigns in the seventh chapter of his gospel, verse 38, &c. After he had there related those words of our blessed Lord, _He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water_, he immediately subjoins, _This spake he of the spirit_, οὗ ἔμελλον ♦λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτόν, _which they who should believe on him, were afterwards to receive. For the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified._ Now the apostle cannot mean here (as some have taught) that the miracle-working power of the Holy Ghost was not yet given. For this was given; our Lord had given it to all his apostles, when he first sent them forth to preach the gospel. He then gave them _power over unclean spirits to cast them out_; power _to heal the sick_, yea, _to raise the dead_. But the Holy Ghost was not yet given in his sanctifying graces, as he was after Jesus was glorified. It was then when _he ascended up on high and led captivity captive_, that he _received those gifts for men, yea, even for the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell among them_. And _when the day of Pentecost was fully come_, then first it was, that they who _waited for the promise of the Father_, were made more than conquerors over sin, by the Holy Ghost given unto them. 12. That this great salvation from sin was not given till Jesus was glorified, St. _Peter_ also plainly testifies; where speaking of his _brethren in the flesh_, as now _receiving the end of their faith, the salvation of their souls_, he adds, (1 _Pet._ i. 9, 10, &c.) _Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace_ (i. e. the gracious dispensation) _that should come unto you: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified before hand the sufferings of Christ and the glory_ (the glorious salvation) _that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister, the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven_ (viz. at the day of Pentecost, and so unto all generations, into the hearts of all true believers.) On this ground even _the grace which was brought unto them by the revelation of Jesus Christ_, the apostle might well build that strong exhortation, _Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind,――as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation_.