T06 Of the N A T 1 v 1 T 1 E. Sermon 1 1, --------~----~--------------------- Ielfe thanfoure. _As C a R 1 s ·r Himfclfewas not one Nature,So neither cloth eh-; j!tamty coo/ifi ot anyoncvertr1e: Not underfoure. There is aq11aternion!n Cal\I sr H1s 1 Ejfence, and His • Perfon, ('·,;~,and hypoJtajis,) in Jivini<: His l Flejh,and Hi~ 4 reafonahle Sot~le, in htjmanu. Anfwerable to thefe foure are thefe here : thefe foure to His foure. ' , , ' . And, as iris ameeting,[o aCroffi meeting,offourcVertues, that feemeto be ina kmde ofOfpoftton, (as hath beene noted.) No matter forthat. They will make the .~ bett~r r~tracbon; the cooleofone, allay the heat; the moijl of<>ne,rempcr thedrortght oft he other. Thefuft vert11es need to beq11:ckned; the moreforward, to be kept from t.Alttem fapere. So are theElements, ofwh1ch our hod~e: So are the foure Winds of Pfa1. 9 p. which ~:>Ur hreathdothconfifi, which gives us life. And thefe (in the Texr)hav~an Eray 66. u . analogte, or correlpondence, with theElements,obferved by the Ancients. 1 Tmtb l'fal.+6·4· · as the Earth, which is not mo·ved at any time: • .fi.!!,afiJlrwim Pax([air)1 Efay,) Peat·e Efay.66.J6, tU awater-Jlreame, the quills whereof make glad the Citie of Go o. l c.Mercie, wee breathe and live by, no lelfe than we doe byaire: and • Rigbteoufvejfe,fhe vemuraejl judicare[£t"ldllmper ignem, in that element. ' Youmay happen finde one ofrhefe, in Scripture, fiood much upon, and ofthe otHerrhree nothing [aid there, but all left out; Conceive of it, as a figure ( synec– doche they call it.) As, ye have (here) mancalledeartb; yetis he not earthalone, but all the otherthreceltments as well. No more is Chriflianitieanyone, but by syn~cd0che: but inverv deed, a meettngofthem allfot~rc. Iohn '7·J· It deceived the Gnojlique, this pl<ice: Thi! iJ tterna/1life to know tlm. Knornledge (faith he) is ir; As if, it were all : and fo, he bade care for nothing elfe, but to know, and knowing, live tU they lift. The Encratite, hewas as farregone the'orherway; He Jived firaighr!y, and his tenet was, non eft curandum quid quifqrte credat; Id curandttm t110d'o quodqrtijquefociat·: So that ye hold a flraight courfe oflife, it skills nor, what ye hold iu points offaith. Nomeeting, with thefe: Single verruesall. \ \ Yes, it skills. For, Both thefewere wrong; both goe for Hmtikes. Chrijlianitie 1 is ameeting; and to this meeting, there goePia dogmata, as well as Bona opera; Righte. 1 oufnelfe,aswell .asTmth. Errenot this crrourthen, to /ingle any our, (as it were) 1 in difgrace oftherefi; Say not, one will ferve theturne, what fhould we doe with the rcfi ofthe foure; Takenotafigure,and make of it a pbine fpeech ;Seekenot to bcfaved by Synecdoche. Each ofthefc is a quarter of chrijlianitie, you fhall never while you live make it ferve forrhewhole. Thetruth is; fever them,and farewell all ;take any one from the refi,and iris as much as the wholeis worth. For(asBernardwell obferved)non[rtnt virttttes fi fepa– rentt~r, upon·rheir fcparation they ceafc to be vermes. For, how loofe a thing is Mer– de, ifit be quite devoid of Itiflice? We callir foolijb pitie, And how harfh:1thing Iriflice, if it be utterly without all temper-ofmercy ~ Summa injuria then (that is) In– ' jriflice at the higbeff. Mercy, take tmthaway, what hold is there ofit, who will truft it~ Tmth, take Mercy from it,it is Severity : rather thanverity: Then Righteorif'nelfe, without Peace; certainly wrong is much better; Betterrhan perpetual! brabhling : And Peace, without Righteoufnij{~; better afword f.1rre. This, if you [under them.• But, temperrhefetogether, and how blelfed a mixture ! Seta fong ofall fnure, and how heavenly a melodic! Enrertainethem then all foure; 1 Hope in mercy ;' F.1ith in truth : 3 Feare of · righteoufnelfe; +Lweofpe.ce : 0 q11am pr..dara concordia ! 0 how loving a knot ! . How by all meanes to be maintained ! How great pitie~o partit ~ . 'rhh•T•meo~ Alittlcofthe7ime(now,) whcnth1s meetmgwouldbe.Nonme amtlfe: no day ' 1 ""''"•· h ·11 b Y ·f d '·I intheyeare, butuponintreaty, t eyw1 ego.tto11Jeet. et1 ~nyone ay _1avea prerogativemore than another, ofall thedayes m they~are,on thtsday mofi kmdly; the day we holdholy ro the memory ofrhis meeting; the day of o~t1 eft ~the occajion ~f it. In remembrance ofthe firft meetmg, then, rhey'<tre apt arid w1lhng to meet upon It againe;forward(ever)to meer,the day,they firfi met ofthemfelves.Bur,Cu RI ST this day bdngborne, this day,to meet ofcourfe. Onefpeciall ead, that he wasborne,w~~ that,
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