Of the NATIV r T n. Sermon5.' "'-- j6 ~----~----------------------------------- e<ive: shalt. So it was yet to come. This is the fidl: in rheprefehttenCe: Not,utobe borm, or;!;,, joy. 1$ tobeefent, isto CQme, bqr,Nat&ejl,Mijfruejl:,JI'enit, isborne,isfent,is·come. HodtC,evcn to d~y,rakes no time: In the CitieofDavid;not f~rre hence,buteven hard by, This is Evan– gclizogauditim: This is joy indeed. But evenin Ioy, there be diverfe degrees: All are not of onelize: Some there are lef– fer; fome(as this here) Gaudit~m magnum. The fire is, as the fuel! is; and the joy is as the matter is. There is not like joy to a shepheard, when his Ewe bringshimaL mbe, as when his 'Wife brings him a Sonne; (yet thatofaLambe, is a Ioy, fuchas iris.) But then, if that Sonne 010uld prove to be Princeps PaJ!orum, the chiefe shepheard in alfthe land, that were fomewhat more : But then, if he fhould prove to be a C Y R us, or a D Av xo, a Prince, then certainely it were another manner of joy, Ga11dium magn11m in– deed. As the matter is, fo is the Ioy. Ifgreat the Benefit, great d1e Perfon, then great the Ioy. And here rhe Benefit is great, none greater, ~s much as the favingofusall, as much as all our lives and foules are worth; therefore great. And the Per(on great, none fo . great, (it is the Lo R o Himfelfe)rherefore prim£ magnitudinis, great evenasHeis. In- ;Er'·~5.J8. deed fo great it is, thatthe Prophet bids us plainely, remember no moreformer things, nor re· gardmatters ofold: This paffeththem all, theioy of irpursthem all downe: fothat none of them fhall once be mentioned with ir, Therefore well faid the Angell, Evangelizogaudi11m magnum. 5' Andgre.t,itmiybeintenftve, in the parties~hemfelves: yet not great extenftv~, nor Joy ro tbe extend it fdfeto many, not begaudium magtJum Populo. Yes, even tl~a: way al[o it isgreat; Reoplt. itispt~bltkejoy, irisjoytothepeople. ~nd, well faretlm Ioy where lttsmerrywithall. It is added purpofely, thts, thatthey mtghtn0t mtlbke, when hefatd, Evangelizovo6u, hee brought themgood newcs; That though he brought tt them; yet not them onely, it was not appropriate tolhem, it w:;s common toothers : Tl;ey had their parrs ittit, bur fo lhould others havenoleffe than they. And every good Shepheard, will like it the better for that. will beprogrege; and fl:ill prcferre the joy ofrhe whole llocke. ' !'C.y 9 . 3 . ln other joyes, it fats out as Efay tels, Multiply theNation, andyeJl~allnotencreafe their joy; for,that;which onewinnes, another lofes: But, this Ioy, the Ioy ofPuer natus eftno6is, init,theyfha!lallrejoycebeforeThee, 11smenmakemerry inharveft, and be joyful!,.; men that divide thejjoile. In harveft; And a good Harvefl: all the Coumrey is the better for. tAt" Jjoile; wherein every one hathhis fhare. Tlut isgaudium Poprdi, And fuch is this. Wdl figured, in theplace ofHis birth, anlnne, which is domru Populi, open to all Paffengers that will take it up; Juris publici, wherein every one hath right. Ye~, and t~e moll: common part ofthe Inne. For, though they fortthemfelvcs,and have every one thetr feverall Cham– bers; intheftable all haveinterell:; that is common. And as the Place publike, [o is theBe– t.pkct. 1· nefit, and fo is the Joypublikeof His Birth: Chrill:mas ioy right; All fare the better for this day. Sa/us Populi is the befl; andCo is Gaudiumpopuli too; and every good minde willlike it lo much the better, that All thepe~ple have tneir pm in ir. . i; And this weremuch,totipopulo, to the whole people, ifit were but one: But it is~mni toyro•U poptdo (fay Theophyla{! and Beda) that is, to all people, which is alargerexrentbyf«rre. t••pk.' And if yee fpeake ofgrw joy, this is gre<t indeed, for it is rmiverfa!l, ir-is as great as the world is great: when, not the lew onely but the Gentile, nor the Gentile but the tew, nor one people, butu!l/, keepea Feall:. And at this word,omnipop11lo,'l'(Jcvox homi. nem {onat. It is not man that fpeakerhnow, whofe goodncffe commonly, when it is at the greatell:, ell\tendethno further burro one Nation: But with Go o iris nevergrtat, rill it )St•y 49.~; come to omnipopulo. 1t u bt~t a(mallthin?; (faithHe by Efay) to raife the Tribes of!acob, or to rejlore the decayes of Ifrael: I willgive thee aLighttothe Gentiles, and A Salvation to the end of the World. . As we faid ofthelnne, ewn now, theplace ofHisBirth: So fay we here, ofthe timeof tllke '·'·it. Itis well fetdowne bySaint Lttke, to have beene at the Defcription oftbe whole World; - for, that was a meet time for the SA v' ov" ofthewholeWorldtobe borne: The Dew of lfa._liO.J whofeEirthisofthewombeofthe morning, (the Pfalmill: in paffion of joy mifplacing his words,) the meaning is, His birth from the wombe, u as the m~rningde>v, which wateredt !•ds.6·Hand rcfrelheth the face ofthewholeearth: Not Gedeo~J'sjlme, alone, but the whole earth; - N~
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