Sermon rr. Ofthe NAT IVI TIE. ~hat, at His birth, this meetingmight be: If to day then they fhould n~t meet, that ·wereinaforttoevacuateC HR I • r s btrth,:lftherelhquldbearem.uorta,with– out anob'!liavmmtjibi: So that if we procure it not, we had as good keepe no .Feafc at all. · k f h' d b ll'll · h ' Whatistbentheproperwor eo t 1s ay, ut 1 torenewt ismeetingonit~ For c, • 1 s .f s bittiJ\ve 'cannotentertame,but all thefewemufl:too; Necelfary atte~dants u.ponit; every one. They be the 'tlcrtner of His f{uti'tlitie, the(e. At His birth•. C ,H a I s r bethought Hunfdfe of all the venues, wluch He wouldha~e t.o attend on Him, then; and thefe He made choyce of,then,and for ever, to betltt: ver-. rues ofthis Feaff. . . Thefooner a;1d the better to procure th1s meetmg, the Churchmeets us (as Mel– chifodek didAbraham) withbreadandwine ; but, of a ~ighernature tha? his,. farre: prepares (ever.) .thisdAy a love-feafl:;.whereatthey mar. therarher meet. Where., ']'r 11 th from theeartp f!lay lookc up ro Hta'tlen.and co~felfe; and Righteoufnelfe fom HeaverJ, may looke do.Vne ro earth and parilont whcre we fnay fhewMe'rcy, ingi'tling where need is ;.:md.offer f/e4~e, iqforgi'tlingwhere caufe is;_ that fo, there x.uay bean ,bvia'tltrtlnt, ameeting, ofall hands. . . · · And even fothen let there be. So, mayour'end be as rhe end ofthe Firjl Verfe,' . jppuce; _and as thc_end of theSecond, inHta'tltn. So, may all theblefi'ingsthat carn_E to mankmdeby th1s meetrng, or by rhebmhof C H 11. I s T (the caufe of it) meet E h - ·., in us and renpine upon us, rill, as we nowmeet roger~er, at the Birth; So we may P er.•. r3, thenmeet in a perfect man, in themeafure of the fulniffe of the 4ge of CH R ~ ST : Asmeet (now) at the L... M• as :Yeaning; fomett c~e1.!> attbe LA Mu s ! Tliell:f.r7;• marr~age; becaught up m the-clouds.(then) to' m~etRim; - ·· . aP.d there to reigne for ever with.Him,in liis Kingdome o/GL ol\I a. ' [."'..14 . ,, ,! ~ \ ~- I \ J'"' J • ,, ( ' I· A SER-: '; ''~· ..····i .. . ··. · ~ ,; .. ·, .. - , : ~ •! ~·-o· ,·._ .).j,. •.,' I ) 1~ ....
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