I 3H · B.oqk. lVJ . . r -------.-- aggravation of them, and take in every circumfiance both of Law , and qofpel, and fet but this in the other fcale that Jtnto thee is , borne a Saviour, furely all thy iniquities will fecm li ghter then · vanity, yea they .will -l?c .a~. ~oth2ng_in c_?mparifon thereof; m! Luk, 1 46 d 7j oul doth m~,~mfie the L ord (latd c..A1'ar~) and m_y Jpirit r~joywhin God my Sn;v:our .. Her foul, _a2d her fptnt Wtthm her reJoyced at rh_is_birth ofCh_nfr; there IS, caufe. that e~ery. fo~l, and «.lvery fptnt fhould rqoyce that has any mterell: 111 tillS btrth ofChrift.. 0 my foul,"how ihouldll: thou but rejoyce if thou wilt confide; thefe particulars ? 1. God himfelf~ ~com~ .c('qwp into the world; becaufe it was irnpofiible fo~ _thee: to com,e. to him, , he is come to thee; this c~nfidera_ti~l)l rna~~ the Prophet c.ry out,. Rejoyce greatly 0 daug hter Zion, (heut 0 dnughter ef [eru(dlem1 behold thy King cometh Zech.9·9· ulitothee·, he is called», King, and therefore he .is able and he is' th;C.rq~g;a,n~ t11e!efpre he_;is,w;ilJin.g, bu.t in that 'ih'j King cometh . untq thee, peq:; is the.marvello_ils love and mercy ofGod in Chrifi:; · Xiiigs. do aot ufually come to vifit, and to wait upoa their fuhjeds, ' it is well if poore fubjeds may come to them, and be,ad~ ·rnit·~cd into their ·prefence to w~ite on t_hem, 0 but fee the gr_eat King ofheaven an?.earth, the Kmg ofKmgs, and Lord of J!ord's ' fi:ooping, a~d b,ow.rng the heavens to come down to thee;· fu-rcly this · i~ goodtjdingsoj gredtjoy, and therefore rejoycepeat-ly 0 daughter of Zion. A ~ittle joy is too fcant ~nd narrow for this newes ; hearts fhould be inlarged , the)ioores and gates fbonld - be fet wide open for this ;King of glory to come in ; as Bal1111m iaidof Jfrael, God is with him and the /bout of a King is dmongfi them ( fo now may we fay, God is with us and the fhout of a N b • King is amongft us, rejoyce Zion, jhout '0 daJtghter of Je- um , ~3·•1• ' rufalem. , 2 . God is come down ip flefh, he hath laid afide, as it were, · his own glory, whiles he converfeth with thee; when God.ma. nifefted himfelfe as on mount Sinai , became down in thunder and lightening, and if now he had ;appeared in thunder and lightening, . if now he had been guarded with an innumerable company ofAngels, all having their fwords of vengeance and jull:ice drawn, well might poore fouls have trembled, and have run into corners, for who could ever be able to endure his coming .in chis way? but lo poore foul, God is come down in flelh, he hath . J
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