St:rmon 10. jha/1 com; 4 Root out of Iejfe (E(ai'nerni.e, Cbap.XI. Ver. r.) and out of it, aBra~c~, Efal'lt.t. (Ieremies, cl 1 ap. XXIII. ver._5.) Thence, Germen, aFlower or blo/Jo.mt, ( Zacharte s, 1.,_, 3 _5 • cbap.VI. ver.u .) andfrom1tth1sFrntt of Ephrata, theFrutt of theVtrgins womb. z,ch.6.u. Root,branch, bloffome, and.frttzt,all of the ear~h, earthly. But there came forth, at the L"k·•·i'• fame time,a Sta~rt; too: to thew, He had another mote htgh and heavenly being. . For, this of Bethlehemwasnot Hts(ir.ft Jltght(aswefay:) the other, though it ~ ., ft:md behind in the verfe,wasbefore that,by far: Ex lltero,ante lucifemm: Antelucife- As God p,., mm before theSt.r of His Birth; nay, before any morning jlarcame forth,He was <v"l•fli•~· (om; forth. A principio (faith Mica.) And itis St. Iolm's Inf.rincipio; (the two firfi:Pfal.uo.l·. words ofHis GofPeU,) longbeforeMofes In prmcrpzo (thetwo,hrfl: words ofGenejis.)_ Bur,to leave no place to doubt ofhts meamng,he glotfeth hts it prmcrpzo,wtth,ab .:ter_ no, (that is) from everla.ftmg. By whtch very words, [from eternrtre] Arzuserror (of erat,q 11 ando ponerat) falls to the ground. For,nunquam erM,qt~ando non erat ,etermtat: Never was there(call it,what you will)whenmrnity was not.For,as ever14fing,for– wards, is, toquando tempus non erit amp/ius, therdhall be no more time: So, everla– fting,backward,is,ro quando ttmpus non erat .dh11c, when there was yet no time at all. Now, let it not trouble you, th~t thts Hts eternal!, ts the plural! number (outgo– ings) as if they were more than one : It is but the Hebrewphra{e: They ufe,to cx– ·pretfe the Superlativt, (ever) by theSubJlantive of the plural! number: tO call that man •'1'DNblifmgs,whorn they meane to be moft bleff<d. So that, outgoings, which is but one; but,fo high,afrer fuch a manner,fo pafi our reach, as Efay askes, Generatioisem Eju; qui<enarrabit,Whojha/1declare Hisgeneration?Noonc,nojingr1lar will reach Efay fl.i. i~: and [o,it is expretfedplurally. So ufe they alfo, to note our continuance. And fo ir fets out to us, the continuall emanation, or proceeding of H_im, from His Father, :~'"""'"""~'"-(the'Apojllzs word) Heb.l.:. 115 abeameof brightnej{e ttreamtng from Htm uncetfamly: Never paft, <Hisgenerati- ~~~;) but, as theSchoolemep c~ll it) afiu; com11'J~nfuratra_.ttern~t~fi· For,Hodiegem1i te, , . is true ofevery day: yet,becaufe it hath co-extfl:entewlth mahy revolutions oftime, Pfal. ·1·. (though it be indeed,in it felfe,but one drawen olli :ilong, yer)-according ro themany ages itlafrcth, ideemcrh to multiply itfdfimo many: And fo)s expretfed plurally. Though, (the principal! fenfealwaies favea) we may referrHhi<; Plt~ra/1ro both His outgoings; borh, asSon of God,bifsre alllimes, and1 as Sm of man, in thefrtlnejfe of timt. For,.this latter (though executed in time) had his outgoing (that is, the Decree foritwem forth) ab ,eterno. Even,thar out of Bethtthe.wHethould come; be the Son of man; the Saviour of mankinde, and their Gt~ide,toeternitie. Even that way alfo (in a fen[e) it may be faid; As Man,He came fbrth Aprincipio,A ditbus ,ete~nitatw: Aprin• cipio.fortheefficacy; ab £terno, for the Decree. From the beginning there went v~nue forth ofHim,which wrought,even then,when He was butforth-comming\as wc.t-.y~ •nd nor yet come forth. His lift, His death, aborigine mu,di. So,forthe efficacie~", Apoc. q. 8 : ;rrnctpzo.As for the Decm;that wasgoneforth,.from hefore the /oundattons ofth~ ifOTiil,,E,;heC:, +. ftomall etermtte, ;, · ·ll,IU .. So now have we this Partie,twice come forth; i:ompound of 7Jethlehem:and iter~, '}U. nttre. And,now we haveHtm,what thall we doe to Hun~ But firfl: what thall He.doe a.isof!i" tous~ With Goo, ofjirir"nfmdatur in 'heneficio: flefirfr doth f~r u,s, before he .re~ ' <Jlllreought ofus. Thts He fl1alldo for as: He thall be~to us,.,,,m:lts the word Q(ilie, r•xt; St. Matthew turnes ir 'H)-if'"@-· x Wl11ch,in rl~e hrfrand native fenfc is aGuil/e '. ,Z'\heway;(Dt~x vi..) to lead tu:> ln.;1 fecond,ts aCaptame,(DIIx mtlttt;) eoguard &e; And tothcfetwo,by way ofpara)jluafe, Sr. Matthewadds, ;•.,, ""~""'"· 'fUf p~fft ' ~ G~zdethatjhallfeedtus. 'To leade,m intheway. • T.oguardt.iintbe way.j To ~ ""nrheway. Inthe[~three,His ofjce. "' _, . ' Ftomapl~ce,Ij.e Fca ~e tohe qurgurde,to aplace:Still he holds,on wit!I. !lis loi:a/1 rermcs,q~ began wit!i•• G . ~ or a m eft . ;• 1 • • 1 1J ' , 11.o u1aet1 off2 t de erves properly, to brmg one,to aplace. T~erets,mthat word, bot!J t~,t"d,114• r ~' eetoperfor!lle to us;and theBmejit,'We ro r'e'etve,oy Hun,Cgulll'mg.) And tt - I 3 implieth
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