Sermon 9· Ofthe NATIVITIE, Nor, till His Circumcifion: Nor,nll for us, andin our names, He became debtor of the whole Law; Princ1pall,Forfcuure, and all. To the hand-,vrttmgHnhen figned, Col.>.'t· with the firfi fruits of Hts bloud. And ~hen, name the ch,lde, and gtve Htm rms N e Immantlel. For, thusHewasa nghtlmmanuet; truly,Wtth ru: Wtthtu,as · an~ With tN,asiinfull men: With u.r,in all things, iinne it felfc not excepted. menMay r noradderhis: It is faidin the Text, shee (halt call: shee, that is, His M0 . Thi,N,me ther. Why, shee? To let us underfiand, tharfoee might give Him the Name, while~::~,~; His ~ Hec underrooke this for us. Bur, H1s Farher, nil ~11 was d1fcharged, and the ha~d- ·1;11gcancelled ·rill then, He fufpcnded, He g.lVe 1t Htm not. H1s Mother,She dtd. 70:en hedropped a lirrle bloud, at the !ealiog ofthe Bond. But, He wa~ faine,not t? drop bloud but to fweat bloud, and to lhed Hts bloud, every drop of 1r, yer rh1s With"" wc1~e full anfwered. And then,. His Father did ittoo; Dedit illi nomen fr•~r Philip.•.§: l omnenomen: Then,andnotbefore. H1sMother,now: H1s Father? not nU rhen. _,-– But, then, HehadprovedHimfelfefullywtthm,peromma, whennerther Wombe ~ ./ nor Birth Cratch nor Crolfe, Crolfe nor Curfe could pluckeHun away from us, or make Hi~ not to be with u.r. Then, vocabit illi nomen, both She andHe: Mother, Vcrfc 1 r; Father andall.Withus ,to eAt butter and honey, feemeth much: And it is fo, for Gon. What fay ye, todrinkevineger andgall? That is much more, (I am fure: ) yer, that ~~~9·""t Hedid: I cannot'(here) fay 1vith us, burfor us.Even,drunke ofrhe cup with the dregs 1 ·' 7·-t: ofthe wrath of Go o: which palfed notfromHim,thatir might palfe from us, and , wenotdrinkeir. . /' This, this is the great Wtth fiS: For, of this, follow all the rell:. Wtth us, once t/.( thus and then, wtthM in His oOlauon on the Altar ofthe Temple; Wtthus inHts facrifi;e, onrhe Altar of the C~olfc: Wtthus, in all the vertttes andments of H 1 s life; Wtthus, in the fattsfaElton and fatif-pajton (both) of H1s death: Wtth us, in His lle– {urre{!ton, to raife us up from the earth; Wtth us, in Hts Afcenjion, to exalt us to heaven: Wtthus, even then,.when He feemed to be rakenfrom us: That day,by His ,Spirit;as, this day, by His flelh. Et ecce vobifmm, and loc, I am true Immanuet, !$~tlp8. 20~ With you, by thelove of my 'Man--hood; With yor1, by the power ofmyGod-he.ul,ftill / totheendofthe world. ' One more ·yet. He wonne it, and Hee weares this name ; and, in it, He weares It is 1,..,,•., 1 us. And it is both a comfort to us, and a glory, that fo He wearesus. That, Hee •ndth~':"' is !lOt, cannot be named, without us: that when He is named, Et nos una tecum Do- ,,,..,.,. Hlrn. mint, wealfoaren~medwirhHim. Inlmmmm,isanu,andthatiswe. This is not it; but this: That He hath fer us in the fore-pattof it; Immanu btfore Et, NobifmmbeforeDms. · This note is nor our of place, in this place, where precedence is made a great matter of: That Immam1 is before Et : That is, Wee firft, and G 0 D !aft. . Good manners ':Yould,in anamecompound ofHim and us, that He ihould have Not F.'im– fiood before us,andrt have beene Eltmmanu, (at leafi,)Deus nobifct<m, andDeus be- ,...,,&.,,,we, f?rl::n,bifcum; Not; Immanuel,Nobifcum,before De11s :He,before us; He the priori-. be•o•eJum. tleofthe place, in"all reafon: Booz, he placed themfo (Ruth z.) and fo lhould we ci ~u,b~·· dare fay·)ifit had beene ofour impaling; Etimmanu : It had beene <>rear arro<>ancie orherwife. . Bur, He giving it Himfelfe, would haveit fiand rh~s- Vs fer before' litm. There is a meaning in.it. And whatcan it be but this~ That, in the very J: name we m~ghr readc,rhat we are clearer to Him,rhanHim[elfe;that Hefo preferred ~s; a~d that H~s owne name dothpr.e fe ferre no lelfe, but give our to all the world, the Ecce of Same Iohn.rGofpell, Ec&equomodo dilexit! the Ecceofhis Epillle, Ec•e !ohn q. 36 , ;z:m~ll! ckar:t•tem habuit! S'ee, how He lovedthem_! Behold, howgreAt love He.hare to~ lglu>3.~, · • "!,. Sem, mH1s very !tame: Vje are a partofrt; We.arethe fore-parrof1t, and ~~ t~elatter; He bel:und; and we, before: Before'Himfelfe; and that by order from : I~ C~e: He would have it lmmanllel. o, whether was greater, humility, orch;tmy L· \tn ! Ha.rd, ro.fay whether,but both Ut!fpeakabte. th . b usexammethts Sznenobi&,alirtle. How came Go o fromus~ Nay,askenot ~elll>dei! · aL ur;·how we came from Him~. For,.:we.wenr fr9m·Him; not ~from us: s,., ••!!b ~'!- Wr:
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