Luke :&.l~. Rom.j.•. II.' Ofthis mtt-. tiil' inCbrj... JliQiei<. ! Iohn ,,~_; ttikc_l_s_.,.f. Of the N A T 1 v r T 1 E. Sermon rr. thisda1 pr?claimed by the Angtls. So, by.the veriue ofthis birth, Heave;;;;;;p;;;. With lt felte: a!ldHta'llen, w1thEarth, 1snow at peau. So is Earth too, with itfdf~ and a fulfilling ofthe Textby thismeeting is, there, coo. . ' The le1ves,they rcprefent Tmtb; to them it belongeth properly. For,Trrethwas wherewereEloqteilt Dei, theOracles of Go o: and they werewith the Itw. The Gen~ tiles theyclain\e byMercy, that is their venue: Where was <..Mercy, but wherewas mi{ery r and where was mifery' but with tlJem that lay in darkn<Jfe in the (/!Adorv of death? And, that was the Gentiles cafe, before this orta eft. But, when the partition wallw.u brokm d1wne, and the twomet in one, then alfo(ina fenfe) <..Mercy andTruth met together, So, thefe two; 1 And fo, the other two likewife. For, Righteou[nf/[e, lhe was where the.Lawwas,' (for,that, rheri</eofrighteoufnef!e,) where the Covenant ofthe Old Tcfiamem was, doethisandliv~ (the very voyceof IuJlice .:) But Peat-nvas, where CHRrs ·r was in theGoj}eU; ipfe eJI PaxnoJira, for He i< our Peac~, Peace, andPeace-malcer both,~ fecitYitmnque unum, that harh made the Law and the Goj}dl, the old Teffament and theNew, wbe bound together(now) both in one volume. Thus we have done with CH RI s -r. I wouldnowapplythi>mming to our [elves another while; For, I aske; did this hold; didthefemmonly inCH Rr s.,.-:. Doe they nor in chriftianitie likewife ~ Yes; there too. vVith C n 11 I s r came chriJiiA»itie: looke, what in His birth, now; in the newbirthofevery one, that thall be the better by it ; even the fame meetingofthevery fame vermes, all. · <.Mercy andTruth (lirfi) to meet. Truthofconfefion: con(efionofourfins; whicft ifwithjig-leaves we feeke to cover, and confdfe nor,there Hn6 tmth inus.And,fome truth there is robe ( at!eafi this truth) or, nomeetingWith Mercy1 But, when this tmth commeth forch,mercy meeteth it firaighr.Will ye fee themuting? Peccavi(faid David) there is truth : Tranjlulit DQminmpiccatum (faithNathan,) there is mmie; ~ercy andTruth ~net together. Homo in terri;, per verit•tem.ftimfllatus, pecca!fe fe &'9njitebatur; & Dem in c<rli<,per mifericordiamjlexus, cmjitenti< mtfercbatur. Truth prickedman to confejfe hiojinnes; and Mercy moved G o o to pitie him confejfing, 11nr/ Jend Mercy to meet Truth. Will yegoe on to the other Verfe? It holds theretoo(this.) For, where a true eonfefiM is by man made, Verit.u de terr~ orta eJI, Truth is brddedout of the Earth. And fo it mufi,yer Righteoufnef!ewill give us agood lookefrom Heavm. But will,af– foone as it is : for,when this truthfprings free!yfi·om the earch,to our ownecondem– nation; immediately upon it,Righteoufnejfc lhewes her felfefromHeaven,toourjujli– }ication.Will ye fee this too ~ Lordbemerciful!to meajinner, ( there is Tmthfrom the Earth;) defcendit domtlm fu•mjuJfijicatlu, (there is RighteoufnejfefromHeaven.) But, (will ye marke:) Here are two truths, and in either rerfc,one. This latter,' is the truthofVeritMorta efl, ofCnRISrs Religion. And in this treaty, it was anar– ticle ofInprimi<,mercy not to meet any,but them that profeffc the tmth of Cn fti sr s hirthfrom theearth. Both thefe were borne together : By and by, upon thdirthof <: n 1. r,s t (theTmth,) the other birth alfo,ofChriJ!ian truth, didflo"rifh andfired itfelfe all over the Earth. The whole world (b~forc) given over, and even growne– .over, with IcMatry, quite covered with the mill oferrourand ignorance, began theD to emertaine theChrijlianprofefion, (andby it, toworjhip G o D in Spirit and Truth,) thetrue Religion, which is nevertrue, ifit have notthismeeting : Anq this nmtiwgit cannot have, if.it have not themeant! of it, ortus veritati< de terra. The f.1me fay we likewife,for the ll.ighttOufnelfe which lookeddorvne,and lhewed herfelfe. It wasnot that.ofrhe Law, (which never came pafichetopoftMottnt Sinai,)bucanewrighteoufnejfe; cafiina newmould; a heavenly one, which neve! faw theearth (norrhe earth it) before, before thisbirth; which is, therighteoufmffi if C" a r s.,. revealed inHi:i Gofpells when that Tmth /}rang, this Rightm'.(nejft {ggkeddownc ttpM if• Now;
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