Sermon ro. Ofthe NATIVITIE. g at be<>inner of their Monarchic: and not of theirs alone,bur the i:wo beginners of ~~~two ~nightyMonarchies of the Perjians,and Romans ; (Cyrm, :indRomrtlu:s) from theShepherds fcrip,from the Sheepcote, all three: Thofegrcat Magnalta, fromparvn mapalia, And; asrhe KirJgdomesof theeanhfrom ajlmpcote :So, H1s owne (ofthe cl. h) from af(herbote. We may well rurne ro them,with tlus Apoftrophe:Andthou Jl,::':ote; 011 t ofthee have ,·ome mighty Monarchs : And tho11jjiJerbote,out oftheefoureof Mar.4.18.>r; the~hiefe andprincipal! v1pojlles. . ' Jivetl fo Lord, (faith our Saviour) for ,fo fs :hy pleafure. And,lince it is His plea" M:>t<h.1 ••• 6, fure fa eo deale,it is His further pleafure,(and It IS our ldfon,out oftlusBethlehemmi- .. • Even this)Neminima mtmmt,that we [et not lmle by that wh1ch ISlttt!e,unlefTe ~~~~ill [o [et by Bethlehem, and byCH R 1 si and all. He w1ll not have littleplaces vilified; little :Zoar w1ll fave the body; lmle Bethlehen:,rhefoule. Nor have (f.11th Gcri. , 0 10 . zacharie) diesparvos, littletznm defptfed; unleffe we wtll dcf~tfe thts Day, the Feaft Zach.4. • 0 • ofHnmilitie:Nor have one ofthcfelzttleones offended: Why~!or,Ephr.tamay make Mmb.' 8 · 6 • amends for parvzda; Ex te, for 111' . .. ThisisonGoosbehalfe. On CH RI s'I'S yetfuhher,(ro-fbyal,trleupo!l this little.) Forthough there want not divers other good congruences,why CH R' s'!' fhould comefrom 'Bethtehem,rather than from another place: r Fo~ that, it was the Torvne ofDwili; and Hce was theSonn~of David; and foaplacenotunmeet for Ioh.7.,,. Him to comefrom; even mthat refpetl:, bemg (edes avtta. Our of thee cameD,rvid, and (well) therefore, out of thee fha/!come Davids Son; Dnvids Son,.nd Davids Lord; both. . 2 The Surname of Ephrataputs me in mindc ofanother; Loe,rveheard ofit at E. l'f•L•;t.6.: phrata, (faith the Pfi.lme) there, the firft newes of the Temple.· And, Loe we heardof Him,at Ephrata, (to day by the Angel!,) tber~, the firfl word ofthe Lordoftbe Temple. TheTemple was the Type of the ChHrch; "nd that washeardof, at Ephrata firil; Luk >.u, and, no wayesincongruenr, that, where the Church, there, the ll~ad ofthe Church; chrij1, and CHRI sTs church (both) atone place. · . 3 Thereis a third,in the very name ofBethlehem (that is)thehoufe ofbread. For, Hee that was Bome there, was Bread. But, that will bee more proper anon at ~i tafcet. . . But thefe, though they agree well;yet none of them,[owell; as this, that it was minima: the veryhliniminejfe (as I may L1y) of it; For, info being, it was a place tvellfutingwith His cftare now, (at Hisegredieturex te,) which was the flare of H«– militie;emincnr, in His (ifever,in any) Birth. Bethlehemwas not fo little,but Hee as little, as it. Looke, what Apoftrophe Mica made ro the Towne,may we make to Him; and thatwirh better reafon: And thott Bethlemite, thou rvert a< little among the So-m of men: as ever was Bethlehem, among thevil!.<ges of !Jala. So,novijim11m oppidorum (as Mica calls it) fuits well withnovifimuoviromm,(as Efay calls Him.) ~fay s 1 .!'-' And it was notthe Place alone, but,all were littlc,then. The rime,infl!Hitio hru– m•li, thedeepe of Winter, when the dqes are at the fl>ortejl and leaft. And rhe peo-· pie,(He cameof)little:Amos [aith,Whofoallraife ttp Iacob,for he is fmall? Small,ever: \1 but,never[o fmall,never fo low broughr,as,at hiscomming forth. Then,at the low- t\mo<p~ efl:,andthe v·ery leaft: as being(tnen) brought under the bondage of a ftranger: and he, one ofthechildren ofEdom,thatcried,Downe with them,dorvne tothegrormd. One,!'( ~1 that madeRachel moztrnein hergra've(hergrave was there hard by) forthe ilauahter •1.' 11 ' • . of thepoore innscents,within a while after. So,placc,and Time,and People,art'dall, M•nh,,, •!;. lmle: and, He Himfelfe leff;: than all, For,even in the place,Mitahath not faid all: for,He is leffeyet.Ifliitle Bethlehem ~!fend: what could have beene [aid, if he had gone further (and yet not further,than bJ· L•ke) Andtho~t,the !table, m the lnneat Bethlehem, Andthou themanger m the fta- Luk.•.T] <,Ex teegredietur,Mt of theejiJaUHe come, The[e are beyondBethlehemparva;leffe, · Yh.t : yetthence did Hecome too, at His entrance into the world. And,all thefe,no• ~r'nf{0 hi~ :j.oing ou::Another mann~~ ofdiminution,there<than all t.hefe. Such was ,~IS . unnliua,on thti Fe~!t ofHumtlme•
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