Sermon a. Ofthe NA T lVl ·T u. 115 'Ihotldidljl not abhoire the Virgins rvombe (fo we fing :) Thou didfl:not abhorre the . . fi · · ) A d · · h' H · s· . · · Hym.-tmoror.. beajlsmanger,(Cowcmay mgtoo. n 1snott IS ocmt tgn~m-,avcry~~Ji~~e ., · of love~ . (i f o· f .'+: . (fi ") b . Two wayestakc we mea ure o Love~ • qtw>tt 1 ecttnos rn yquantafecit pro nobu ; how much ~c~nadeof us,by h9w much He d1d for us, (thcordinary ~~~~ ofthc worldsmeafmm".) . . . . . . . .. , . . , But rhere is another,and that 1s, qt.antt fmt nos, ,by qNan.rtlltl' (aflns,~ftpro 'nobis, how niuch he made of us, by hDI:' '!ittlcHnvas made tor uSl' ·...' !his' iarl~·wt hold ro be the more, by how much 1t1s ealier for Hun many·nmes, ton\akegreat, then onct to be made little. . . , 1 Burchen will ye take in·(this in theTcxr)nobu (toma~eup athird) Fonts. r~. rhar even at th;ttime, whenHe !hewed fo great!ove to us, fhewed folittleto rr;m; that: if thebeafts had Mtbeene betterto Him, rhen we, He'had found no placero be bornein. For tts He came,and we thrufl: Htm out from us,and from all place w1rh us, · ' , . into theplace of bcajls. And,'ifHe had norborro~ved rheir.J?abf:, caruij{et tec1o, He '' badhad no roofe to cover Htm: tf He had not borrowed,thetr cnb,carHij{et leflo;Re J 1ad Iyen on the cold ground, at this time of the yearc. Nobu (fure) is fo111ewhat. And now,roquantafecit pro nobu;For,all this was not fo rriuch,to lhe~~ the love in Himfelfe,as to work in G d o ~vJl;J., ;, "'"rw:~·"· Good-willt01vizrdme'n, the foor ·of the Angelsfong ;) to regaine His Fathers love:to make Himwellpleafedtoward men; by His htemilitie, with whom,for theirpride,Hewas jufl:ly difpleafed..Thusunf6ve– ly He became,to make usbeloved; rhus_poore, to make us rich: !·ich i~ thegrace and favour of GOd, more worrh(when the nmecomes) thenall the nchcs ofrhnv6rld. This (lo) isthe eo-indicant jigne oflove,the[e the colours of ir; The cratch is tHe ·cradleof His love, no lelfe than ofHishumilitie,andable to provoke our loveagain<1. The lelfe He made for us, the more we to make of fliin: and that, nor fo much, fot that He was made ; as forrhelove, by which He.was made it. And,rhe[e twoSig– natures made in us, This ligneeritjignum nobu, andnobiJfignum, in bon11m : AJigne it. fhall bc,andto w,andto tu for ourgood. And this for theSigne; · I~ .- Will ye now,to this inglorious Signe,hearcaglorious Song; rothis crofteh ofhrt~ Jt rnilitie, ahymneo( cxlef\iall harmonie ~ Ifrhe Signemiilikeyou, ye cannot but like The Song; the Song,and the f!..r!_m that ling it.Thefong I lhall not be able to reach~o,will ye but · fee the fl.!!,eer ? and that /hall ferve forth is rirrie: For, by all meanes; befol'e I end, I would deale with fome-what,rhat might ballance thisSigne ofHislow eftare: . This,the EvaNgclifts,ncver faile to doe; Ever,they look ro this pointi:·arefully: Ifrhey mention ought,that may offend,to wipe it away ftreighr,and rhe Scandall of it, by fome other high regard. See you a fort of pooreshepheards? Stay, and ye/hall fee atroopeof Gods Angels. Heare ye one fay, laydinthe cr•tch heloJV? ablde,and ye Jhall heare many ling,Glorie on high, in honor of Him thatlyeth in it. Vidifli vilia<faith St. Ambrofe) audi miri}ica: Wererhe things meane; you have feene ~ Wondcrfulllhall they be,ye now fhall heare,and fee both. VilcfGii pr.efepe,~ tat Angcltcu canttbtts honoratttr: Is theCratchmeane ~ Meane as itis;it is honoured With the muuke of Angels; it bath the whole .Q.'!,eer of Heaven,to lino-about it. This -alfowill proveaflgne,if it be well looked inro ; ;~ cotmter-figne ro the cirher: Thar,of Htshttmilitie;this,of Hisglorie. j . Surely, fecin~ the other three Evangelifts omitted rhis ligne,one wouldwon~er; why Samt Lttkedtd nor fo too. Indifcrction,fmall credit there was in it; better have concealed it, (one would tltinke:) a great deale better. But, Saint Lukeknew wlut rcedtd; Hee would never have mentioned theJigne, bur thatfure hec was, when Jf[, hadlatdHun fo low, .hee wasablero up with Him againe,and lingawayallrhe, li grace of the Stgnc Witha llrangeCarro!l and as firanae a 6Juecr fent from Heaven to ngxt. · ' ,"::)• ~ To
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