1005 . . And fo wehave done withPr~rim now·. For, by this it is plaine, ' Ours ~as al– together without meanes, and fo_more lot-hk.e : •Ours was more miraculous in the 111 anner and (f9r all the world) hkea lilt: l Ours was more neere brou<>ht in time. -and (like a lot) drawen'at_,the inftant: • Ours was beyond theirs, in tl~e avettatrtr ~ •For, ours without {ack.clothor •flm,faflingor crying, at all: And in theconvertat;,,; . £or, ourfowlers came to afotelcr end than theirs; a~d w_hat w0uld wemore~ Never .·.., ,might D 4 v id m_ore uuely fay, than wee, 'Ihe lot ts fallm to tu mafa~rezrotend, T_he !'fa!.,~.~; .1o zt " .hathmamt~medour lot; '[his, G 0" hathdrawen for us: Shall we now 4rmvforHim againe 5and for It · thisfo fairea lot,a!lot Him fomewhatof our part~ <.Memepto is fet before thegreat, This/or , 0 . and fo before all holy-4ayes. All, I:'Ie would draw from.us is, but that the lot of this have arin< of day, ortheday of,this lot may never be forgotten. Abenefit would n9t. be forgottc;:n; ~;:;,~~f~~r,'· Not mans :. Go n's much Ieffe. Such a bepefit efpecially_. For,even in Go n's, ---- thereisadifferertce: Go n bath His dailybenefits, and thofeto be remembred of courfe. But,fofile other He bath fo rare, as the like never fee1;1e : Thofe wpu\~ha,ve a more than ordinary regard. For, where G o.n is Extraordinary, we to befo too, IfHe make it amemorable 4ay, byCome ftrange delivery, we wmake it memor•ble, by fome rareacknowledgement. They feeme willing fo to doe,here.I/li{nnt dies,quos (fay, .they;) Illi eft dies quem(maywe fay) nr<lla tmquam 'delcbit oblivio: and fo l~tusfay: ~and fofaid,andfo done, is as much as <:;on requ!reth,. But o,ur thankfi•lnejfe isno~ ;to flicaway,likeajl.jl!ofpowder. To fix it then, ftat volatileftxum; that would be ,done. And, fix it; in any thing elfe but time, timewill eat it out. Bel): t.ben, fix i; i{l time it felfe: and,thathath beene cverthoughta wifeway ;fo O;all it r0Il abourwitlt the time, and r_enew (IS it cloth. And fo, rime' whichdefacethall \hings, arid bri~geth ·~beni tO f~rgetfulne/Je, fhall be made tO preferve thememory of it, Whether it will or no•.Fix it in time;what part oftime? Aday; Mmuntodiem,(aithGo n in His 1aw,' :,mdfopo~nts us. to theprop~rtion ofit. Set fome day; andktthere, then on thatda7 1 be fome fpeciall commem~ration ofit. . . . · . But, tha~ d~y, or time, is to beafet day, Fixit intime; but,fix thetime too. The i' " wordottheText [lt::il] is an appointed day, that comes.oriceay~are; as solenne,i$ A/1ttimt,<!_' quodfolum i11.anno. Now this, fomewill notheare of: Nofet da1cs, no appointed "" 1 ' .times (they)!?ut keepe them inmemory, all the yeare long.. I lik~nor rhar. For, fo, •When timt waS;itmaS faid by fome,they would not havetfiisday,nor that day,tq_fAjl -on, but keepe a continuallfafl (they:) and it feemed a pretty f}ecdationat firfi, but .proyednot~!ng bur.afpe~f!l4tion: w!J,at their{aft is come to, by this tigie we fee: IJ; . is to be doubted, ifotherfet times w~r~likew~fe taken aw'!-y, _t,heir. conti!'rtallfeafj -:would•pro,v~tono b·etter paffe, than thm faflis : Better be as It 1~, and we doe, a:; .Go n andgoodpeople have done before us. . . , _ · . , Proviqedfhatit 0Ja!ll,>e lawfull for them to keepethememory of thisday,_t'l{,erJ d•y,ifthey be fo difJ?ofed. So yet,as they be content to allowCome fuchDay,as thi~_, for rhem, that are not offo happiemqnories; for feare~ left it be lcfr-at farge to every .mans dailyt/evotim, it may fall to be forgomn; and \\There it now hath inedaj, then toha-venone..-.t,.!l. . · , .. .· . . _ And ifaflt time, wh~tday canweJet fo fir, as theday it felfe 1t fell on~ With ·; 3 : them,tliefot~rteenth of Adar: with us;thejifthofNoV.ember. It cannot but be the be(! Theda,Jt/tU .w~y (this) tbar Go otooke Himfelfe : and Go o tookethis. ThH'am~ d.iyej,i:Ie'dip '"'vi<> . ~~~ nobleaets upon, thofe vet}' daycs,d1d He order once ayearefolemnely to be kept. Le • H · Thefot~;te~mbof Ni{an, did the::>e.flroyerpaffeoverthem i that day~ from yea~et\> , . . . yeare d1d HeordamethePaf!eover to be hold€n. Fifty dayes after,'Begranted them L<v~<,~3·•~· His Law : iG memory ofthis gur,they to keepe ye:trely theday Of Pentecoft. Cjmwe goeby,~ bctt~.r exampletpanthisof G' 0 n's dwne~ . . . . . .· T(le[e tW.91't.ere not all; but God did as great aCl:s a(rer,asthcfe.w~~i:,for the:f~ffi,e people, They then,fetting before themthis way SKOred them out byG.on ((ojt!m1, J . · ; •m~Tf~
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