!02 Of the N A r 1 v I r 1 E. .Sermon I I, Ch:;n,hc. reritaJ wiJI fit CH R r s T well, who,' of Hi[llfelfe faid, * E.'{o ~'t~m---:;;;;;;;;;;_ T"'"'' ""''"' th t h s· . H N h f h ·c .r. h' h. b ' J'. r. ' prinur, am . e rut ._ OIS e: ort ato t' ~ IOlm~~·rerJ~' w 1c , 1:5 · ur verr~as_1 ec1mda, _ .• ;ohn 14.6. the truthfpoken or uttered forth: He, cb.e,verztasprtma, theJirfl trr1th, Withm. That AndYerittn ftcullda,too. ). Cor. r. tl<'.pcnds upohlris: Then are thewords uttel~ed true, when there is anadequationbc– tweenethem .rnd tlie minde• .So,thejirfl Tr11th He is. · Thefirfland lajf both. For now, by His comming, He is the ·adeq~tation of the 'WIWdand tileWork?, tlie Promift and the Performance>That way; Hee is trttth too : The tmth ofall Types, the trNI!. of all Prophecies: For, in Him, are aU the promifes Tea and Amm: rea:, m the ftrfl tmth; Amen, in the laff. That actual! verifying is . ; the truth, when ;~llisdone: and, that He is, by His birth. . ., c~,~~""'"· · And, asthe truthfits His Natttre,lodorhe.rth, Man. Ofwhom,G ob; •Earth :le:.;,:~!: thou art: To whom, the Prophet thrice over; b Earth heare the WordoftheLoa n : c ~c)cC.,,o 9· By whom, the Wife-man, cf<!!.idjitperbi<? Why {ho11td earth bee proudl d Germinet ti E.•Y 41 · s. terra Salvittorcm, L'etthis:f'arth bring forth a SA v r o u a, be the terra promifioni<, theBlelfedVirgin, who was, in thiS, rheL.mdofpromife. So was this very placeap– lrtn./ib.3. c.r. plied by Iren.ctu in his time, who couched theApojlles times: So, byLaflantius. So,' I.afl.l.•. c.z~. by Saint Hierom and Saint Augt~ffine. Thole foure meet in this [enfe,as doe thefoure , 'in the Text·: ~dejl veritas de. terra orta? ej1 C H a ' s Tu s d,f.emina natm; .f<.!!,id effreritas i Filim Dei : .f!.!!j-dterra? Caro noflra: What the truth? C u a I s T : ' What theearth.?OurJlejh. In thofewordst~cyfindethis Feajl all. . · ~.:'~?.'."ta ell For ort:;- ejf,it is double: Thet:efore,de terrJ is well added. Another OrtmHe haJ.' 1 n,c 01 ,. de c"'lo: to wu, H1s heavenly Dtvtne Natfl(t, whtch, asthcday,JPmngfomonhigh· Luke ~.78. and He,in regardofit,calledOrie,s,l;>y :Zachary,inthe New Tejlament. But this(here) a 'Dtttrra. isde.terri ;forth~word (properly) fignifies, thejhoot~ng forth ~faJPr~gge out of the: Za<h.J.S. . grot~nd : and He, mregard of this ortm, called theBranth,by Zachary1!1 theOlq. b ortade. 2: A~d,rhereismoreinOita. For, {it is Rab'hi M•fes n?te,) that is (properly) when It fpnng~th forthof tt felfe, as the field-flowers doe, wtthout. any feed caft in by the hand .ofman ;.fo (faith he) lhould the M • s s r A s come: Take His natnre not only in, but de;qfthee;j~th. Nor bring it with Him fromHeaven (theerrourof Gol.4-4the braine-ficke Anabaptifi,) but take it ofthe earth: be thewomans Sced,madeofawoE(ay "·'· 111an, out of the loynes of ])avid: Virga derAdice Iofe, the Root of Iejfe: Nothing more plaine; _ . . . ~ orl4<11: 3· Andyetmore;fromorrat11. For that, the tmth, while it is yet unaccom~ plifht, but in promife only, it is but (as theSeedunder ground) hidand covered with earth, as if no fuch thi(lg were ~ ;t~oone as ever it is actually accomplilhed(as,this day) then dorh it Springfonh (as it were;) is to be feme aboveground; thenOrta eft, de trrr a' in very deed. ~ ThcEffell. , 0 f tbe effeet, nowBirthsarc, and have beene, div~rfe times, theendingofgreat dijfentions <As was this here : For, by this Birth, woke end the twogreat 11o•{es -~ An union of them by it. , , On Trutb, . Firfi, by this, Truth is gained; Tmth will meet ·now. That truthwill come ro ~" is gained. this truth, tanq11am minm digm•m, admagi£ dignttm, astheAbjlrafl tO the ArchetJpt. And, Tmth,being nowborne ofour Na.ture,it will never(we may be fure) be againll: our 'l{Jture : beingmneofthe_earth, it will be true to his owne country;beingmad~: man, will be for"'"" now, all He can. . . . By this meanes, orie oftheoppofites is drawen aw~y, from the other: .Got to be on ourlide. It is three toone, nowRzghteott(nelfe IS !eh all alone; and thcretsgood hope, lhe will not fiand outlong. For (loe) here is good newes; Jidl:, that reJPtxit, dec,.lo, fheyttloakesdownefomheavm,now. . . . 9• Rigbteot~[- So as, thisbirth in eatth (you fee) work.~sin hewm; and.by na:me, upon Righte-~ ~{fo, bufne([e, rhere. For, though there were none mheaven, bur It wrought upon them; yet, theP(a/lrememions none, but Big~teoz1ne.f!e. For, (of all) fhe thcleaft hkely: and, if[he bewrought on; the refi there is no doubt of. How can there-:_ they are.alt won tou:. alreadie;
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