2.96 Book.. IV. L1oklng ~~to 1efus. Chap. 1. Sett. 6 ____ __::____:______ teoufeJJ'e loo&J down , and ind'eed came down frcm hMwn, ' I defire a little to invert the words , and fuall firll fpe'!k to Chritls .birih; fecondly , , to the effett_s of his, birth, of ri11hteou[nej[e looking down from .heaven. Th1rdly , to the meeting"'and agreement of all Gods Attributes as the iffue and effect of all . ' 'Ia hen rnercy and truth met together, and rif,hreou[neJTe and peace ~ijJed ·· ' each other. ' x. For his birth , our Vine doth bud; truth jha/1 bud out of the , . tArt h. (i .) ,Chrill {hall be horn upon the earth, or Chrifi: !hall be born of a womaa , for truth is Chrift, buU' i5 born. and the earth J _is a wo.man. . 1 , Tr11tb] is Chrill, I Am the 11711} and mtth fa1d Chrift; he IS the truth of all types, and the trilrh of . all prophefies , and the truth of aU promifes , for in him tm 111! the promifes, Yea llnd Amen. :z.,\ l>'udJ is borne ; tbe Vine bud- . ding, is the firft putting forth ~f~e~rape , fo Chrift being born was truth budding out of the earth , he then fi rit fhewed him;df to the world, and was firft feen (like the Vine fpringing forth) above ground. 3,· The earth] is the woman, thus o ercnder that text , , fet theearthbringforth a Savio11r; look how the fieldflowers fpring forth of themfelves without any feed·caft in by the hand ofman , fo the Virgin brings forth Chrill• . It is obfervable that in the creation of ~Jam was laid the prognofticks ofthis future birth: begin with the firft man Adam , and you may fee himp,araleldin this fecon~ Adam , Chrift. . A~amwascreated of the Virgin. earth , Chnll was born of aVtrgm-m<>ther , the earth had no husband , man yet brought forth without feed,Ma- .,.1 had no husband , yet brought forth without feed ofman ; in che creationGod faid , let us maks man , and now faith theHoly Ghoft the Word it mde fiefb, or the Word is man indeed , thofe were but types, but Chrift is the truth; he is the Vine that ]mds, - - the Meffias born ; the Angels own him , the ftar de!lgnes him the Pwphets fore~fue~ him , the Divels conf~ffe him : his miracles declare h1m ; the Sages feeke h1m , and .heaven and earth rings with the newes,thar tr;eth ;, fmdded out of .the earth, 2 . For the effeCt ofthis birth ; righteoufneJe/!lltlllo&/zdown from -heav en. No fooner Chrift born, but tighteoufrteffe looked down from heaven · {he caft lKr eye up·on earth , ~nd feeing truth . .frethly fprung'tbere, .!he looked and looked again , <ertainly it ' - was
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