St:rmon xo. Ofthe NATIVITIE. the G_od-b~ad,.che tnd of ourjo~rney.).i\s ~an,' He i~rhe way : bothWay;andGuide roo. His DoCiriilc, aurguide; H1s example, 'n the whole tract ofH1s hfe,rhe veryway 9T thither. . . · · ' ' ' · · ' · : . · ·· Nothing remainerh, but that we nowfetfbrw~rd m tlusway. Fdr (:fswedaily . £ "·ntheomedic1uo) He came; (not to whet our wlts,orro file ourtongues,bur) eo Luk.'-71, 1~JJ: OilY feet into tbq way. And, imo what war -~ NOt of. ~uef/ions and-~ontroverjies, ~vhereof ehereis no end,~bout wh1ch '!'e langmfh all our litelong :but,tntotbe way of even ot thofe duties, about whiCh there 1s no difagrccmcnr. Looke bur:ro rh1s ::::;,(it is Sr. Areg1rjfines note) didicerun~ Jl!agi, & abtemnt: doc1eeruntScrib£ & re– manjemnt, TheWtfe men, they learnt the way,and on they went :.TheScrtbu, they taught the way,but_they tarried ftill behinde. 0 do.e, as did r)te Wifemen, dimittu?t Scri/w i11aniler la1ttare, tpjipergtmtjdeltter adorare,let•vhe Scrzbes lit fhll,and fcau arid read lectures of c_he way ; On wem the Wife menon their way, and performed their woljhip, the end of their jorney: andfo let ~s. This for D11xvi.e.. . . . _ . · And, this. would {eJYe fonbeway pf~here were norhmg but the way: tfrhat ; were all. Bur if there be enemies befet rheway, to frop our paffage; then will ndt A c•prainc,to dux(agt~ide) ferve our .rurne, we mufihaved11x (a Captaine,) then: (thefecond fenCe g1urauo, ofrhe.ward ""'~-'''9-: ).one.toguardus ,and tom-ake way for us. For,we are not only to ~~ )edji~rely, without error : burfaftly, without danger alfo. Sucha Gt~ide we behove to have,as will fee us C:1fe, at .rhe place,wewould be at. And,Betblebembreeds (uch: Out of /itrle Bethlehem came he chat fetched downegreat GblitU, And againe,out of . ' ir,this day,He,thaf_flJalltreaddowne Sat~nunder 011rfeet: dux Mefia;; Captaine Mef- ' 5= ·•7· 'If Ji.u (as the A!lg~lt,"1n_Pam9.•.25. calhhlm•) . . , Rom.J6.,o • . ,'And,forqllip&[cct, we may notmiffe that neither, _For,faY;; \V.ebeguardedfrom Dan:9 ~r- .. ·e;1emies; yet !hall wego~our Journe_ll but evill,if wefamt by_tlie way, for hunger or A sb.plud;~ thirft and have not ro releeve us. He1snot a good Gutde,rhar,m that cafe,cannot lead {ttd"'· ll;S where we may be purveyed of neceffa~y food, for o~r releefe. It isall one, t6 p~0 yifh out of the way,byemr; and to perifh,in.the way,bywant of needfull refrefhing. se: }.(mhew therefore,tomake l:Iil)l a compleat Guide, by way-of fupplyaddes,~ pafcet :_Such a.nanc, ~s fhall/ud, more l?afforitio,«J.saSbepbeardcloth·his flocke ; nor, leadthem tb.e way only :. but leadthem alfo.togoodgmnepa{lure, hrftdes tbe waters of comfort; fee,.rhey want nothing, Du."< qt~i Pa{cet, er Paftor q11idum, chufe you whe- l'fll••j.:l; l ther; for,He is.both• ·. ·· ' · · Of all the three, the n:ime.of thePlace(He wasborne in) feemes to favorthis molls to beominous.toward.quipa{cet• .Beth,is a houfe; lebem, bread; and Epbr«ta; isplcntie: Bread,plentit. An~, there:V;a~? in Bethlebem, ~ •vtfi of fuchwater, as .Kiri~ . , Da'l/td(we reade)lon$edfor tt~ (the~efr,,nall t~ ~ounrrey.)Eetblebem rhen (fute) 1 Chro.••·• 7 l a fitplace,for ~tpafcetrobe bornem ; And, .Q[etpafcetas lit a Perfon, to be'borne ·· inBetMebim. He is not meet to be Ruler(faithEfay) tbatfaith,indomomea non eftpanu: E''Y H! lie can never fay,chat Betbl~bem ishishoufe: and that is domw pa11io:and in domopanis, femper eft pa11i!., N~v.ertakeHim without hre4d, His houfe is rhebotife.of h~ead, in4f- ~uch as BeHimfelfe is bread:that,in the houfe,or out of it; wherefoever He is;there IsBethlehem. There can rio.bread want. . . • • , ...· . · Thefe thrceapilities rhen, are inChriftoHr Leader; •Skill, to beaGuide:;. p-4:; lour, to.be a Captaine-: 3 andfot flJ!} pafcet, Betbtebem, theborefet!f.hread,is his houfe) .Of whJCh, 1 Sktll{e(Vcesfor.dtreCitOn ;-•Strengtb,for defence; 3 food; for refrefhing. '· : . I L'uce Sacerdotalisfcienti,.,by the lightofHis Prieftly knowledge ;So,Heguidel us: for thePriefts lif! are topre{e~~ekiJ.owl{dge. . . .. . . , . . . ,, . '. lhl.•.i; 2 And, bracbio RegaliJpotenti£, by the arine of His..Roy.z/1power;·So; Heguards lls: for Power pertaines to thePrincePrincipally: .. . . • Be ~ And,for quit1cet, He_is Melrbi(edek,Kin.~ itndPriefl 1 ready to6ringforth-(as Geo,it·•s'.i jirl) brtAdand .vzne. Butlnanother mnnner far,rhaa he did. Thehreadand wtne, ' 1,1 ~ chifedek brought fortb, were not Bis body andblottd; chrifts are : Bothquipa(cet, a~ j"opafcet, As before,pux.,& :vi~,theguide andtbeway: So, now,here,paftur;& ~~-~-um,the feeder and thcfood,bo!h• · · I 4 Yoll
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