88 Ef•H7·'f· AEfa 66.:., bproV+34~ c Mat.u.2.~. Mauh.z. S.oto. II. ThcPer(m. Job t.~t. Vcn.38. aS. Ofthe NATIVITIE, Sermon 1o. And 0 tho,/ittle Bethlehem,Ando thonlittlc Bethlemite, how doe y<Ju both(b.orh Place, and Perfon) confound the haughtinelfe of many, that (yet) would be called ChriflMns, and even neereChrifl Himfclfe. There is in both of you (if it were well taken to heart) enough tO pricke the [welling, and let outthe apofiumed mat~er of \ pnde/rom amany ofus,whofe looke,gefiure,gare,and [welling words ofvanitie are too b1ggeforBethlehem: whofe whole carriage andcourfe is,asifrhey were to be fa. Ved,by onerhat came out of thegreat Citie 'ZXJ,"niveor Grand Cayre, rather, than ouc of the litrle Hamlet ofBethlehem, . But,. ~11 this was done,to bring thatvettueincredir, I finde no reafonrendred of Jt,but th1s: That,by what manner place,He made choice of,to beborne:u,He would teach us,what manner offpirits,He cloth affecr,to take up hisrelidence,and to refi in. The HighandExcellent (faithEfay) that inhabits eternitie, He alfowillrejfwith the lowly; with thofe,that heno higher than Bethlehem,in their own eyes.' To themHe lookes: b givesgrace to them:' to themH~reveales,what He keepesfrom thegreat ones ofthe world, And, when Be !hall lit in :.11 Hisglory,He !hall [ay,~od,minimir hit$ &mihi. Sayit forward, affirmAtive : And fay it backward, negative, ~odnon mini. mif hiis, nee mihi: What to thdeminims, to mee: Whatnot to them, nottomee neither. To end this pointthen: For little Bethlehems fake,to love the v<Ortue that is like it: And forthe vertu~s fake, to honour it. Honour it, there is aStarre over it,there is a. Sdviourin it: Honourir,fonhat which comes o11tofit; forthd>'uit it yeelds: More goodcomes forth out of that poore Townc, (mihi,{aith theProphet, to me: nobr<,may we fay,tousall)than from all the great and glorious Cities in the world.What good, 'JY(gzianzen rell us: Bethlehem honor4parvam, q11.e te inducit in Paradijftm, It gives us o~r inrroduC!ion, to Paradife (Bethldmn:) it gives us aG11ide,to day,ifwe will fol– low Him,will bring us thirher,ro our originall happinelfe: Nay, furrherthan fo, to the dayes of eternitie. And, Him we mufi follow,andit we mu!! honour,(even this vertue,)ifever wemeane,to comethere. This forrhe !'lace. Now for the Per(on, that·commerh from this Place. For; being in fpeech ofaplace,Hecominues in locall tet:mes fit for aplac-e,Egreditur ex te. Egredi,is to comeforthpnd that is(properly)from,or our ofaPlace. And,the ratheL"" He cloth ir,becaufe withall,ir is a terme that firterh His Birthwell: So,the Scripture [aith,Nakedcame Ifort.h(charis) was I borne. The childe tbat.firft comes forth (that is) the firfi is borne. This word is twice repeated: 1 Once, oN/ of Bethlebem,Ex te .. , A– nother,.from everlafling, Ab .eterno. Thefe m~o fer our to us His two commings forth (that is) His two Nativities: (Nativitieis norhi~g but acommingforth.) Thofe two, His two Natures : lince, 'l\.ativ#a1 eft adnatttram via, Nativitie is but the way that leads toNature. 1 EgreditJtr ex te,astheSon ofman, as Davids So!J: •EgrejfmEjma~ .em-no,as theSon of Go<>,asDaviasLoRD. Egredietttr extt, Egnditt~tris the ttnfe oft~etimetoco~e:T? come,whenMic.: . ~I. wrote this,and inthe Fut~tre: but come,when*Saint Matthew ctted 1r, and tn thePr.r• ~l~ .;'.':£:~;., ter : When I • sus wa1 bornt at Bethlehem. But, fi•ture and pr.eter (both) arem ttme ~. f " bldnm. So, this, His Birth i'! time•. ~ - M.tth..... :But, the other hat» neither FuturenorPr.rter, neither mooJnortenfe; nay,. No: f/erbe, at all. Iris expreffed by asubjlantive: to fhew Bis fubli(lence beforeall nme, fromall eternitie, . • , . . , z Ex is a Place· out of it Hee came; fo, mttHeewas:andth!SBmh, lo•. ea/!, as (before) tempor~/1. So was not His other; that bath no ex: that,is ab,ab <~ter. no: For, as eterna/1, noplacecontainesHim; J:Ieiseverywhere;jlt.b~thHeavm dnde,~rth, 3Te;thatplau is Bethlehem·aplace unonE4Tth. According towhichit isfaid,ther~ ) >) . . ' JJ.Ajl_
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