Sermon 12. 0f the N A T 1 v 1T 1E. borne, to be found; Signatt<!, ligned or marked/hat He may be fOtind. Borne He is, thatthty know: And, when! they know; (hodte.) And, w/me,they know,in Bethle– hem. To Bethlehem ;hey w!ll: but when the~ come there, ho~ then~ In fuch reforr, the 'Fowne fo full of /hangers, as noroome mthc!nnes, whtthe,: fhould they turne them~ What could they wtlh,but o qt~od en; S:gn11m! NattH eft, o that He were Sig109' natta 1;0 tha:wehadajigneto find Htm by:. . Their w 1 fl 1 1s honeft and good: And ptne, any that feekes Chrifl fhould want a Th:Divifi•n. jigne to find him by: theAngel! w1ll not fuffer that; Bm,bcfore he end his fpcech I he t~kes order for their Signe : and This it is. When yee come to Bethlehem, neve:: · fearch in any houfe,or chamber; In a.[fable, there, /lull you linde a Babe fivadledand laidinam~nger; You would !mle thmke tr,but thatts He. And fo, S:gnodato, this s~negiven, the Sennon ends. Fbr, to find CHR r sT IS all: All,m all. _ ASermon would have an Anthemeof courfe; It bath fo. And one fmtable, if it · might be :anAngel!preached ir,and no man: It would be a !0_eer of Angels,andnot of men,ro ling it. So it is Cloriain exceljis,all the Fathers call it Hymn11m A~Zgclicttm, theAngels Hymne, ort.Antheme. This is fer downe in the two latter verfes: the ' !0,eer that ling ir,in the former: the • Songit[elfc (rhedittieofitfo)inrhelatter. 1. The~eer: in it live. x. Who~ That there were certain~heavenly Perfonages litit. z. In what habit~ that in the hahit of fo11ldiersto[eeto. 3· What number~ that a great m11lti111de ofthem. 4· What they did : That they tooke up this Hymne and fell on prailing God. 5. And lifdy When~ Thatthey diditinflanrly,uponrhe fpeech ended. ' The Song: That conliils o~ three ilreines. Thereare in it • God, • Earth, and 3 Men,thde thredirfl. And then, three to thefe three: • Glom, •Peace, l Good-will: Each forced to other: 'Glorie, to G o o; • Peace, to the Earth; l ToMen, aGogd– Wi/1. So have yo§ thefigne and the Song:the one to ballance or counterpeize the other; the Song to ftng away theSigne; to make amends, forrhe manger. TheSigne, very poore and meane;the Song,exceeding high and heavenly. Pa,.perta< in imu,the Si<>ne; povenie at the lo.vejl: Gloriain exceljis, theSong, Glorieatthehighejl. That, ~ell might Leoaske, f<!!_uejl iftept~er,tamparvus,tammagnus?What Child is this fo little, and fogreat withall ~ Tamparvus, 111 inpr.efepi jaceat : Tam magnus,tttEi concinant Angeli. So little,rU he !yes inacratch: So great thot~gb,a< He hatiJAngellstojingto Him; the whole ~eerofheaven, to make Him melodic. It is a courfe (rhis)the Ho L y G Ho s r began it (here,) at His Birth, and after,obferved it all along, Sociare ima fmnmu, & infolita folitu temperare; to couple low and highrogether, and to temper thingsmeanand tfuall,with others asftrange every way. · II. 3 Outofthefe weil1alllearne, 1 Firfl,wharour dutieis,To.findCHR I sr. TheAn– gell prefuppofesthis; that, beingborne we will nor leave,til! we haveformdHim. till we can f~y,(it was the firfl word ofthe firilApojlle) iup"••fl·"• Wee-havefotmd, fotm~ Io 1 • the Mefra<. Inventetu:by all meanes,to find Chrifl. >Then,how to find Hun,at what h. ·'~'-' Signe. 3 And lafl,wh~nwe havefonndHim,how to falute Him, wtth what words to prai[e Goo,for Him. For Him: both for His Birth; and for His Invention. Allconfidered,His Inv_ention,to. us,no leffe behoofefull,then his Nativitie.And,this day to be noleffefolemmzed,formventetuHtsjindmg, then for natus eft Hts yeryBirth it [elfe. It 15 ~oreoften found, <n the lirfl: Fathers,by the name of Theophani~, Hisappearance orbemg found; then by the nameGewethlia,ofbeingborne into the world. TheAflgels Evangeli!l(,o reacheth to both :their Gloria in exoeljis is fung for both. - l, I
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