Sermon It. Ofthe N AT r vI TIE. 97 There is aMeeting, here. Ameetingat a Eirth. A birth, that did the~ in Heaven Th, s,.,.,.,_ (Righteot{nelfeby name)good to behold, TheMeu~ng, mobv<avemnt: The Birth, inorta eft : Thepleafr~re to behold It, 10 f'ofPexzt de C<l'{G. Proj}extt lS to fee with delight, as, when we Jooke mto fome plealan,rptofpeCI:. , , _ _ Ameetil•gquahfied, for the manner. for, they doe not meet, andpaf!eby; but, meet, and salt•teas_friends, with anofcrtlat£frmt, a figne oflove be~,un,, or renew~d. Thismeeting lS offoure. Foure, wh,ch ofthemfdves (proprteloqt~endo) areno. thino- b~t Attribute[, or Properties, ofthe Divine nat11re. Bur, are (here) by thcPfal– miflbrought in, and reprefented ro us, as fo many Perfonages. Perfonages (.I fay) in– atmuch as they havehereperfonaft afls afcribed to them. For,tomeet,to kijfe, to loolre donme, are all of them ac1s perfonafl. And, looke how the Pfalmijf prefenrs them, fo we treat of them; in the fame termes, the Textdoth. At a Birth,atOrta efl, thcfefoure meet here: Atorta efl Verita<, thebirth of 'J'mth ;deterra, from the earth. For, twoOrtm there were: and this, not His antef,e. utl.:ri! orttU de c<l'lo, His Eirth before afiJVorlds fromheaven; bur, His ort111 de terra,His temporal/ birth,from the earth. . Lafl:ly,thebirthofthis Birth (as I may fay;) thedfecbt wrought; Of which; more there are in the neighbouring verfes: Here, in thefe (bdides the meetingocca– fioned by it) there is but one.Thar,fuch a fpechcle it was,as it drewRighteoufnef!e it lelfeftomheaven, to looke at ir. Time was,when Righteott{neffe would not have done [ 0 much; not have vouchfafed alook'! hitherward: Therefo;e rej}exit nos Irtjlitia, is good newes: That then, and ever lince, She hath beheld rhe earth, and the dwellers init with afarre more favourable regard, than before. And all,for this Births fake. 'And when was all this~ When He that faith of Himfdfe I am the Tmth, when Iohn 1f.16;· He was borne upon earth: For, orta eft VeritM, and nat.uefl C u a .I s T u • will fall outto be one Birth. What day foeverthat was, this meetingwasupon it~ And that was,this day, ofall thedayes ofthe yeare. TheMeeting, and theD4y of this meeting, here all one: and the Birth~f CH R r s T, the caufeofboth. So, being this dayu worke; thisday, to be dealt with moll: proper!y. ~ Qnwardwe have here foure Honor~rs ofthis Day, Every one ofrhe foure giving f {'!/' , it ablejfing. 1 It is the dayoforttU Veritatu. 'J'ritths birth: • And the fame, thed,.y of /:. occur{"' Mifericordi.e, theMeeting herementioned : l And, ofofculr~m Pacu,the K if(e here exprelfed: • And ofproj}ec1tU!ujliti.-, Bighteor{mlfes gratious rej}efl of us. ~ _Thefe,f.om each ofthem in feverall. And general!y,the day ofreconciling them all. ·ox . . . ~(, ' .. Holding us tothefe, we are tofpeake of the 1 Meeting, the • Parties,the l-$irth, n,, Divif.•f; ~nd the • Effi8here fpecified to come ofir. Of thisMeeting,in C F! R I s T: T;hen, I. .,v. mChrijfianity, not robe broken offby us, but to be renewed, and fpecially this day. I f:;•'\ 'I )fi ~.~~*****·~~*'~~~*':t~~~**'M'*~Jt·Jtu~; ·, HEre is aMeeting: And that is nq great mmer; ifit ben" jnore. How ~a~~ i ' Meet we, as wepalfe to and fro daily, and how little doe we regard it~ But The ~m· that meeting is cafuall. . . , ,, _, .. , Notealu.•ll:•:· Somewhat more there is, inSet Meetings. It was nor byhap : no~ obviav~"'f_nt, B'at ofputpolf; ~mply; but, obvtavemnt Jibz. Stbt fheweth, rhey had an imem; they cameforths'On - othfides;Notwmeetanyffthperfon,bu~tomeetoneanother. . ·, ,, .,, . · . Bur, notevery Set Mming is tnemorable: This,is. I finde a Pfalme (here) mil9e, And ohu .,.,: Ill rememb~anceof it. And (lightly) Songs be not made, but de raro contlngmtibm; morab!o, • not, ofordu\ary, but offomefpeciall great Meetings. . ~ · '· The greamerfe ofa Meetinggroweth three wayes : 1 By the Parties,Who: • The ~ccajio~, W~ereqn: and l theEnd, Whereto theymeet. All three are in this. The artaJim,mthefir{I Verfe :theoccajion,and End,in thefecond.The Occalion,abirth; an occ '.on ofr,ofmaking gr.cat Perfonsmeet: And the End,tbat comes oflt,thatRigh· · K . ttoufnejfe,
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