u8 0/the NAT IVI T 1 E. SermoJJ 11. You fay well,forthar wehaveheard,we may;bur,not for anySigne,(we.) Yes: For that roo.TheSacrAment we lhall have bdides,and ofrhe S~crAment we may well fay, Hoc erit Signum. ForaSigneir is; and by ir, invenietupuerumye lhallfind this Child. ForfindingHisflejb and 6/oud,yecannor milfe,bur find Him too. And,aSigne, nor much from this here, "For,chrifl,in rhesacrament, is not altogether unlikeChrifl in the cratch, To the crauh wemay well liken thehtukoroutward Symholes of it, Outwardly, it feemes li)rlewonh,putis rich of contents; as was thecrib,this day, with CH R.I sT in it. For,what arethey,butinjirma & egenaelem~nta,wcak and poore tlements of themfelves: yer,in them find we CHR. rn. Even as rhey did, this day, in pr.tfepi jumentorum,panem An$elornm, in thebeajls crib the foodofAngels : Which ve– ry food our fignes bothreprt.Jent,andprefent unto us. · Let me fay this further; It is the l:tfl: wordin the Sacrament, Thu u aSacrijiceof praife andthankfgiving :and the whole Text refolves into laudantium 'l>wm,topraife God: And not to praife Him alone,burto praife Him with this Hymneofthe Angels. Now, being to praife-Him with the Angels Hymm, it behoves, to be in or as neere the State of <..Angels as wee can; of very congruitie, ro bee in our be!Hlate, when they andwetomakebutonc~eer. Andwhenarewefo~ if atanytime, at that time when we have newly taken the holySacrament ofHisblejfed body andmoll: prtci0114 bloud. when we come fre01 from it. And,as if there were Come neere alliance be– tweene this Songof the Angels,and~hefe Signes; to lhew that rhe Sig11ts or Sacr4ment have afpeciall intercfr in this Hymne; therefore i,ir, that even then, upon the admini– firarion of it, hath the church ordered this veryHymne, ever to bee fung or faid, what ever day it fall,in the whole yearc;. Forthen (fure) of all other times, are we ' on earth mofi neere to .4ngeliqueperfeCtion; then, meetelho giveglorie untoG o D ; then,arpeace with the whsle earth ; then,agoodwilland purpofe in us,ifever. But, as the time falleth our,we have moreinducements rhan one.The day it felte is one mofi proper: For,itis the very day, this Yymnewasfirfl: fung on. And, the celebration oftheSacrament, that is another. But theSacrament now falling on the day,a double. Either ofthefe,ofit felfe apart; but,together,much more. For,theSa– &rament,that comes at other times; theday,but oncea yeare, On thisDay, they both meet; and nevet but on this : Not to1lip it then; but then, wheni): is moll: proper, moll: kindly,then to doe it. I would toGod,we were as meet to doe it,as the Sacra– mmt is todoeitar, and as the time is to doe it on. But as we may, let usendea. vourto doeit. So enuring our [elves to recordir, as oft as wemay (fpecia[. ly,when mof!: meetly we may)hereon earthamong men; thar,in His good time,weem:ty be counted worthy rodoeitonhigh, with the Angels in rhe Blijfeof Heaven. (* * *) 0
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