SERMON A PREACHED. before the K I N G s M A1 f s T I E , ~t White-hall on Wedne(d~ty, the XXV. of 'December,A. D. Mocxvt~ .. being C H RI S T•M AsS E day. PS AL LXXXV. Ver. X.Xf~ Mi~Ticordia & Veritas obviaverunt fibi: Iuftitia & Pax ofculata:'funt. -· .. - Verit~s de terra orta eft: & Iufl:itia de ca:Io profpexic.· Mercie-and Truth fhall meet : Righteotlfneffe and Peace __ foa!J:,!\}1]~ one another. · : T rl!th foa!J budde out ofthe earth ; ttndI(ighteoufneffe jha!J loof<.!do'Wnefrom Hea)Jen. Have here read you two rerfes,out ofthis Pfalm,which is one ofthe Pfalmes ideeted ofold,by the Primitivechurch,and fo frill retained by ours, as part ofour office, or fervice of(this day: Asbeing proper and pcrrinenrtothe matter oftheFe4}/, and fo to theFeaft it felfe. For,themeetingherefpecified was to be; atthebirthof the Mif'i.u : So faithRabbi Mofes,and other ofthelewes. Was, at thebirthofour S.aviour: So fay the Fathers with uniformeconfem, and eoNQtNine;have made this aChriftmajfe day Pfalme. · Ashis manner is,the P(almift,init,underone, comptifeth the type, and thetruth,' both. By thofe things which befell the people of the I ewes, the church typicafljha– dawingout thofethings,which were to befall the Amitypeofir, fihrijl AndHis church, For,primA &propria intentione,it cannot be denied, but the Pfalme was firfl: fet,accor– ding totheletter, upon the turning backe of thecaptivity of Babe!. Bur, the Prophet knew well, that was nor their worfl: captivitie,nor ihould be'their bell: delivery :There was another yet behinde, concerned them more (if they underfl:ood their own fl:ate aright) which was re(erved, to the Ul.fejl'i.-s, to free them from. To that, he points. Even that the :..Apojllecomplaines of (Rom. 7.) wherein theJoule is led away &aptive rmderfinandSatan (rhe very trueBabe!, indeed, as which bringeth with it roerl:.jiing conft•fion : From which, CHB. tn (the truczmbab~l) ~to !Ct us free: m,a~dthtm borh, · · · rkere
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