1 .•' J\' ' ~ ']~ R.M0 N p.)t E.AC IfED before rue K I N G s M A I f. s T I E., ,at White~hall Qn~at~~day,_she ; XXV. of pecernber,A:o. Mocxi11. being G;I;l R 1 ~ r~M, .f>. ss E day, <• IOH~ Chap. VIILVcr. LVI. 'AB R A HA M Pater vefter exultavit Ut videret Diem me~ urn: &vidit,&gavifuseft. Tour Father d hraham rejoyced, to fie my 'Day andhefo:w. · it, artdwas glad. EER is Ioy,Ioy at ajight,at the fight ofaDay,and that daychriJI;; It is C:H._R_rn thit_c~llcth it, here~ Qjtt".menmHis day : And, no day, fo J.)rof>!!dyHi!, a~.His B~rthD,_y. So, the Jext comes full upon the day; . . . Buf,'tci deduceit poynr by poyne: ' Firfi, C HRI s T bath aDay, proper to Him, which inex~ preffe termes,He calleth(here) diemme11m, my day. Secondly, ThisDay, to befeene, is a day of Joy. Double joy; 1 Exultavit, and • Gavi{meft: both,intheText. '· And thirdly, (which is.fomewhat firange,) It was fo,to the PatrivchAbr4ham~ Hitv.we.fipdc <):leer) doing that, which "'e now are about; Seeing, andrejeycing,ac the fight of C;r RI s T s Day :taking noticeof lt; and taking Joy in it. Lafiiy,all this nothing difpleafing to our Savio11r Chrijl:for it is fpoken by Him; to tliepralfe'of Abraham that did it; and, to the diaike o[theiewes, that did it not. To them is this fpeech :Chrijltells them of Abrahamsdoing it : and blames them, for not doing the like. And,whatare we (now) difpofing our [elves to doe,but eventhe very fame,that is in the Text heer,torejoyce, to fee CH Rr sTSDay? . And,a threefold warrant we haye,in this rerfe, to doe,as we doe. r. ThePatri– a~ch's doing it. 2 •• chrijlsa!JowanceGfthedoingofit. 3· And·Hisdifii.keoft~ I~;vef !or not ~oi!ig it. . ' ~ , . . • , We have Abrahamfor our example; wedoe but as he did. In his time, chrifls Day was a Day of Joy; and aDay ofJoyisaFeaft, andfoholden by Him, we fee. Which falls out much to our content. For, the fameFeafts, the fameReligion. So, we find by this, that he and we are of one Religion. One, in fubfiance, which is CHR r n: One in circumfiance, which is His Day. CHRI sr Himfelfe, v!brahams Joy; Nay,HisDay v!brahams Jpytoo• .The famemeum; thatis,CHusr :the.Gune Dttm; that is, Cbrijlmaffe. . Then (which is another degree) Abrah.Jms example approved of, by 9ursr; an4
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