'J)(,J.7.1,tO, l!l>y.6o.6. Of the N A T 1 v 1 T 1 E. Sermon 14. . ThcPerfons:Magi~tboriente,KingsfromtheEaft• TheKingsof Arabiaands 4 • IMfoall come andbringgifts (faithDavid: ) AndEfay fpecifies them, Gold, <..Myrrh Jncenfe. Thefe Kings arei:ome: Here they are; they, and their Gifts, both. ' ~umb.•'l· .'7· TheOccajion, whereupon: A ftarre ri(cn. A flarre foal! rife of lacob (faith B~t. laam, no very good man, yet a true Prophet, in this; and his prophecie true, and for fuch recorded in the Bookes ofMofcs.) ThisStArre is; this morning, up to befceo~. Prophecies of all foure: and, all foure accomplifued, · 'i Ofthe.Place,ofBethlehem, (otet of Mica) it hath formerly Beenetreatcd: I but ~bf. R 1sT 5 touch it and paffeir, now. It was the place, whereDavi~himfelfe was borne. And, whar place more meet fortheSonofDavtd, to be bornem~ It was the place, where lohn6.1•.· was heard rhe firll: newes oftheTemple: And, where could the Lord of the Temple more fitly be heardof~ It is interpretedDomtu panis,the Houfe of&read:vVhar pla£e more proper for Him, who is theliving bread, that ••me do•vne from heaven, ro give Mic•H· life to the world~ Ir'was the leaft,and thelowefi,ofall thethoufands of!uda : What littleand low is, in things natural! ; that lowlinejfe;andhumilitie is, in fpiricuall. This natural! birth-place, of His, lhewethHisJPirittMII. Humility is Hisplace; Humility (as I may call ir) theBethlehemofvertHts : Whereyoufindeit, Loe, therei< H e borne. So borne Inm,as homefor tu. Paffe we C H 11 I s T s vbi;Andnow,toHis .f<!!.and~. · 2 Ofthe Time ' the dayes ofi1erodthe King. And thofewereevill.dayes; Daycs 'CHR rS 'I' s ofgreat affiitl:ion, to that land.Itid,UsScepter cleane broken: not aLaw-giver left be• .tz•aodD.· tweene hisfeet•. Edom (that_ is I1erodthe Edomite) cried, dorvne with them, downe tothe pf,l.:J7·7; grotmd. Not (o much as a fort oflillybabes, but barbarouily ilaine in their mothers ~!!·l ,, •S· armes: enough, to makeRachelmourne, aofoe lay in hergrave. Difmall dayes, c~:rtainly: Why,then comes SILo: When mans helpefurthdf ojf,thmGo osneereil:: When it is darlie; then rifes theStarre. 6,0:~9. , 0 ; Whatone propltecie of Him, but came.even(o; even, at fuch a time,when they ~umb:>+·•7· wet'~ moll: out ofheart, and needed comfort:.moll:~ Iacobs, when they were inEgypt, the houfeofbondage. Balaam's, when in the wall:e and barren wilderneffe, atmngfirJ Dan.9.1.1'. !\.gg.lo.9,l0. ~r.~!~~·.'9• Serpents. E{ay's,whenthey werereadyt~ be over-runnewiththetwo Kingsof Syri4 and lfrael. Daniel's, when in Babylon,the Landoftheircaptivity. Agge's,when theJ bt~ilt the wAll with the trowell in ONe hand, aNd the[wordin the other.As His Prophecies came(ll:ill,) So cameHe: His Prophecies (faithPeter,) aoacandle: Himfelfe,asa Jlarre: in thedarke, both. For allthe world, like the time ofthe yeare His birth fell in; in rhe lharpell: feafon, in the deepe of Winter. Ashumilitie, His place : So, affti– flion, His time. The timeand place fit well. For, thetime of afftiClion, makes rhe .place; makeshumilitie: Which place C H 11. x s T is bornein, I paffe this allo, and 'come to the third; ofth.ePerfons. 3 For,there!l:ands theEcce; upon it. Which Eccepoints us toit,as to the chiefe ()HRI(TS point ofall;As (indeed) it is. And ourchiefe endevour, roinclude ourfelves, to ~ib.,, haveour parts in this Venertmt,in comming to C H R I s T. Here is aComming, Venerunt : And they that come, Magi. In whichCommm ·wee confiderfoure points: theyfull:aine foureperfons: 1 OfGentiles; •Gmtiles, ftom theEAjl; l Great Perfons, Great Princes, (for, .fow.emay be bold to call them, asthePropheciecallsthem, Ktngs : ) ~Ofgreat Learmnga11dwi[dome; So[Mag•] their name gives them. .§ Gfnti1u: ~l!.ti.•7: ToBethlehem came the shepherds. Nothing to us,they wereJews.But,thither came thefe too and.they were Gmtiles : and, in this Gentiles, we; Socome we in. The~ hath Go'nalfo,to the Gentiles Jet open adooreoffaith. At whichdoorewe enter; We with them,and they with us: For, they and weGenti!esboth. The ftur.' isftellagen– lillm, theGentiles ftarre : And fo, ours; and we to dtretl: om'courfe by tr. All, that ever write call tli.emPrimiti,y Gentir1m, thejirftfruits; vfnJejignanos, theftanda~d- ' .. ,_ -- - §£ar_er_J_j
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