15'0 OftheN :A·:r 1 VI_T 1 E. Sermov 16. , Thci' fid· Now,as the things (Res) have their A"tum11e ofmatitrity • So(tempora) theseafo ntffi. have theirfttlne!fe : And, when the thi11gs areripe, and ready to .beg•tbered, the~: theSeafonft•ll. · ' ' l The Dii}<NN~w>ofthefe feafons_and their fitlne!fe,there is adiJPenfation, an oeconGmiA (the fation. word m the Text) whtch_ts a word·ofHt>sbandry ; agreat_part whereofcoali!leth in the •kzllofSeafon_s; oftakmg them,when theycome,allomng ~he thiiJg to thefeafon, .: and the{ta(otHO tt. · , : . ~:. 1 ~The·'l>;g;enWhich diJPenfatilm_ishere afcribed to Go o: That He,(thatis)t!Wq o o ip whofo ~;J.~o~·7·,, 8 handsottr.ttmes are (fanh theffalme) andot~rfeafo'.'s, both. He·th.at tan ma)<l':them, l'f•.•H·' ~,1 6; full, by gt_vmg u~ kmdly[eafons; or empty;by~akmg them_un{tafonable: and havicg licc!e.p. madethem full,•s to,djfpofe ofthe·mofvery nght; There ISnon~ qfth<r(-e:butis fenfibleinthi:courfeofthe,yeate,inthings upon earth. ·, .,,\\,\: . ,. ·-\.,, • ... But,arerherefeafo~sfor the:thing~onearthand theirfulne!fe;a!J!i:are the.<er.,9t.alfo fed{-ns.forthe thmgs mhe4ven,andJor rhejilltngoftbem~All;fovreleefe ofthebodi– ly wants here below ,·none,for the fupply. ofSpiritual! neceffirie.s.above ~All, for the body,and never a feafon forrhefosle ? Ifwe allowdiemto theWorld, fl1all we not to .the thurch, thed'""'~"''"""' orabridgementofthe world ~If itbefenlibleinrhe naturall things; (thoughnotfo ealily dikerned;yet) it is as cerr~in~Jnth~ maine re. volution ofArmm magnm,thegreatperio~icallyeare ofthe wor!>ls·eniluran~e. . It'canneverenter imo any man, to tluuke, tbat the great oe-.o/lommorSteward ofthis great houlhold(the world)lhould fo farre forget Himfe!fe,.bur, iffor all,m~ttersHe hadappointedafeafon, then fOr the greare&matter: If, fpr '"WJ.purpofe unaer heaven; then, for thehtgheftpurpofeofall, rh~t (as we fee) conc~rn~~li-all the 'things inheAven,and earrh,both: AboveSAlmpopult,t~ls)Salmmundi,the.fa,vitl!9th<t,whole world. Shall northefe have their(eafons, and tlief~afons theirfulnej{etoere,,'J.)id that fulne!ferheduediJPenfation(ofaUother)mof't worthy of Go·o, th'egreateft wotlu of chegreatejfperfm? Set this downerhcn·(tob~gin11~ with:) There arefea/om ~-a-; in our common yeare(oftwelve moneths : ) So; mthe great yea~e, whereof, ev.erydl¥] is ayeare(by Daniel's)nay, athoufandyeare(by ,Saint Peter'scalcula.tion.} , . And, which bethe{eafons,and when, inthecommonyq.re-~ OurS A v.-10 u a; fets them downe ( Mar.IV.) 1. Thefeafon, when the earth bring.erh forth the bl,.de; z, When,theftalke; 3· When,theeare; 4• When,theft•llcorne,intheeare. And whentheeare isfull, and full ripe, thefeaf~n is full: then, is the(cafonoffulnel!e, rh; fulnel!e ofSeafon. Then,the reaperfills hu hand, and hethat bmdeth"P thefheaves,hi; Pfal,lz 9 · 7 • bofome: ·The», are the Barnesjiltedwithplenty ;andthe Preffls run over with new win(. Pro.po: And, when all is full,rhen, rogatheringwegoe. n. ·J Rrs:tbe l~ingr. ( I ColoCJ.I,t. Such likefeafons doe we findein Anm Magne : ' The time ofNature, all in the blade:' OfMofes, in theStalke : l Of the Prophet~, intheeare : • And, when theft•/1 corne ~ When,but at this greargathtring here mennoned. Whenallin heave~<,and all in earthgathered, that (I rhinke) was thefulne!fe ofthings( Plenitudo remm; )and the · fulnejfe ofSeafons(l!leniwlo temporum)may be allowed for it• . This fets us over to the fecond parr,from theSeafons to the things;from the fr•lnt!fe ofSeafons,to thegatheriugofthings. · And firf't, whereof,ofwhatthings ~of,u ,.;,., evenall. All: And (roihewrheextentofit) fubdivided, into all in heaven, alli11 earth: and rhat(l rrow) is All. It was.not amilfe, he fl1ould thus fever them, and.ex· pre!fe things in heaven by name: Elfe, we lhould little ha~e thoughtofgathering thingstherefo high; No fartherrhan earth, we : There, 1s all ourgathm~g;and there unely. The Apoftlepoints up to Heaven (Surfum corda)to liftup our he•rts, to f~r our affe[/ions on things there, above; rogatherrhem. Thereis agatheringof them, al(o. · Of whichgathering into one, I krioWriot, what the things ~1i heavenhave; the things in earth (I am fure)havegood caufetob~glad. Inheaven ts all good, and _no· thing but good. Inearth,to fay the leaf't,there IS mnch,..,,/l,,Yet upon the reckomRg, mavetl
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