Of the N A T 1 v 1 T lE~ ·Sermon 11. ·uoufneife> who is to be our ludge, ahd to give the la!l: f~ntence upon us,~ 'with an afpeet, that promifes favour. ;. Th•Pauies. Theocc.fion, andtheEnd, we lhalltouch anon: Now, oftheParties. Ifthe Par~ tie:great, the Mutinggreat. The conjunCtion oftheGreat Lights in Heaven,Theen– terviewofgrt4l swe:ronearrh, ever bodes fome great matter. Who are theParties here~ Foure, as high, as excellentAttrlbllles, as therebeanyintheGod-head: Or (to keepe the £tile ofthe Text) foure,as great States,as any in theCorm ofHuwcn. '!heMmt~crof Thefe meet: and, inwhat manner~ Great States meet otherwhile, in a pi~ched thmmms.g. field: Not fo here: This is anobviaverrmt, with anofmlat.ejimt,they runne nor,one at another, as enemiu :they runne, one to another, andKijfe, as loving fiends. And that__which makcs.it memorable indeed, is, that thefe Parries, in this manner thus ttmt, who (ifall were well knowne) weremore like to turnetaile, than tomeet: one to rutme from another; Nay, oneto.runne at another, to encounter: rathenhanmn • one, toanother, to embraceandkif[e. Not meet at all: at lca!l:,not meet thus, !l:andina in fuch termes as they did. 0 !:::~'~,~;;,·~, M ercieandPeace, ifthey twohad met; or Truthar:d Righteoufnejfe, the~ twp, it.had l'•utb ond not beene firange. But, for thofe, that feeme to be moppofinon, to doe lt,that 1s it, Rigbttr~u{Htf!e. that makes this Meeti»g marvellous in our eyes. Will ye !l:ay a little,and rake aview ofthe Parties• . Fourethey are: Thefefoure; • M'ercy,and •Tmth,l Righteoufnejfe,and 4 Peace. Which quaternion,at the firfi fight, Bur Mmy•nd divides it felfeinto t:yvoand rwo: NercyandPeace,theytwoPaire well :they be colle– T•utb, Rith~<- [/anu.(as Bernar4fauh ofthemmone place) bed-fellowes,fleepe together :collaffane.c ••fo•ffe•nd (as,in another place)fuckedone mi!ke, one breft, both. And,as thefe two; fo,the other pem. two (tmth,and righteoufnef{e) feeme to be of one complexion and difpofition, ancl commonlytakepartto~et.her.Ofthefe.Merciefeemes to f•v our us;andPeace,no ene– m:e to us, nor to any: (leeu~ we mufi fpeake ofthem as ofperfons) mtlde,andgentle !\om.• H · perfons, both. For Rtghteoujne({e,l know not well what to fay: Geftatg!adittm,and (I feare)non frljlr:S.Nor ofTmth~whoisvera,and fevera;{evere too,otherwhile.Thefe (l doub9are not like effeCted.The rea[on ofmy doubt. Of on~ofthem (Righttouf-. neJTe)It JS told,her~,for great newes,that Sht(but)looked downe httherwards,{romhea~· ven: Before then,SHe would not have done that. Agreat figne it'is,of heart-hurni»g, when one will not t!oe fo much as looke at another; not endure his fight: Wecannot promifeour [elves much ofher. No, nor ofTmth. One was fo bold, in'J place to Bom.).4; fay, omni• homo mendax; and feared no challenge for it. By that, it feemes, all fiands ·Tht:ir.,Jtr, .J.ftrcit firft~ 1!1&~ lal\. not well with her,neither. So then;two, for us> two, againfi us. . . 'For their order: Mercy is firfi,and Peace lafi. With both ends,we lhall doe well enough: Go n fend us to doe but fo with themidfi. Yet this is not amilfe,that they, .which favour us lelle,are inthe midfi; hemmed in on both fides, clofedabout, with thofe that wilh us well; and, they betweene us and them. On the one fide, 011ercy, before: On theother, Peace, behinde. , Thti~ for~ng. Another; that,'in this double meeting, Mercy forts nor hcrfelfe; goes not ·to ~;::. 311 Righteortfnej[e: nor Righteoufnejfe, to h~r, but to Peace. A kinde ofcrolfemeeting(as · it were) there is : the better hope of accord. Nercy,and RighteottJ»ejfehavenosym– bo!iiing qualitieat all; no hope ofthem: but,TrtlthwithMercy ,bath.Thereis Trtlth - as well, in thepromift;ofMercy ;as, in thethreatof I11jlice. .. 'lli'bttoufntf!i . And'it fiands yetbetter,between the othertwo(Righteou{nes, and PeAU.) Melchifl.-· H'tPt•ct. dtk,which is by interpretationKing ofRighteoufnej[e,the fame is KingofStilem,(thac ' '·~6.~o. is) ofPwe. He, that i4•fter theorder ofMe!chifedek,K~ngofboth~likeenough,ro.fet accord between them two: both ofthem hts heges.'f.h1s,for the-v1ew ofthe Parties. :r,~ o"•fi4•· . · -Thefemeet here: bur,what is obviaverunt,without ofmlat.efu~t r ~etter,let thent, fiand in funder frill, and never 111eet. There feemes to betwomectmgs tmplyed. One ~bviavmmt,without: and another, with ofculat£{tmt. ' ·,Before they met here,.they were parted, the one from the other. For,they that meet, come from diverfe<;oafis. Before this meeting, they h:tve beene in diverfe quan.ers, one from the other,and not comW>gether !hu~ agOf:!d while~
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