no OftheN AT 1 v l T 1E. Sermonq. brought all 'this to palfe in Heaven and Earthboth: refloring men toGods favour and grace,and all by meancs ofthis Child, their Reconciler to God~hat hath beene ; their Pt~cifier on earrh, that is; their GlorijierinHeaventhatOlallbe. They therefore, if any: nay more thanany· andnow,ifcver; nay more than ever,to beare theirpart in this glorious hymne~tthc cratch lide. Ita,canunt in 'J(gtivitate, q11£ per 'JV.tivitatem: Thus ling they at His 'JV.tivitie, of .•hofe things,that came by His Nativitie. C:.mctoHeaven,to Earth,to Men: Glo– rie,to Heaven; Peace to Earth; Grace andfauourtomen. TheVivifon• To take a Song righr, itbehovethtoknowthepartsofit. Andtheyareealily knowne; They dividethemfelvesintothe number blelfed above all numhers,becaufe it is the number of the BlejfedTrinitie; and the myflerie of theTrinitie doe the FaEph •., 4 . thers finde m the parts ofit: 1 In God on higb,the Father: ,Inpeace,Ipfeefl Pax nojl1a, the Sonne : l And inGood will, the Ho L y G Ho s T, theElfcmi~ll Lo·ve andLove– knot of the God-head; and,this dav,of the Man-hoodand it. Being ode naralitia;.{we confider it as aNativitie,they that calculate or cafl Na– tivities, in their calculations ftand much uponTriplicities, andTrigom, and Trine a– f}efls. And here they be all: Atriplicitieofthings: • Glorie, ,Peace, land Good"wi!l. ATrigonofParties: 1 God, • Earth,and l Men. Anda trine ajpe{/,referendofingtdajirJI. 11. nr. 3 4 ·gRliJ; 1 ToGod.glorie;' to Earth, Pc.tee;l to Men,favollr,grace,orgood-will. But if(as it is mofl proper) we confider the pans,as in aSong,th~ three will well a<>reewith theScale inM;t{tque: 1 Incxcelfts,on hzth,Hypate: • Onearth,Nete. l And ::Cn, howfoeverrheycomeinlafl,they make Mejc, the Meane: Moll: fitly; for they (as in the midfl: of both the other)partake ofboth : ' Their Joule, from on high; • Their body,from theearth. Not the heathen,but did confeffe, the fouledivin,e parti– crdamarlr<t. And,forthe body, there needs noproofe, thatearthitis: Earth to earth we heare,we fee before our eyesevery day. · Of thefe threeparrs then,afunder. And after, (as the nature ofaSong requireth) ofrheir 1 Conjrmflion,' order,andl Divifion.' Conjtmc1ion : Glorieonhigh,andin·earth Peace. ' Then,theorder, or Sequence: But,fi1·fl glorie ;thenPe.ce. lAnd lafl:, thedi.. vifion,[oningthem fimm mique, each to his owne: ' ToGod,glorie; • Peace, to the earth; 3 •&,Jio,i< to men. 4 Lafl:,of the tinging of the flymne, 1 when, the time:' and byWhom. ~-t~*'**~~A;~*"M*-*"*-'*~**'~'*-~~ I. THere are inthi~ flymne(asthe Greekes read, and we with them) three Refls. The Tht{evtraH groun,J of which three,arethree Parries. ' In excelfts V eo, God on high; • Inter- •"'ptionofxbt ra, earth; landHominibus, men. To the[etbree,otherthree;' Glorie,• Peace,l Good– Ttxt. will,as it were three flreames having their head or fpring in CH R I s T s cratch,and llyxheGrtt~s. fpreading themfelves thence, three fundry wayes, having their influenceintothc three former; One of thefe into fome·of them. Glorie ttprvard,inexcelfts : 1'cace, dorvn•wardto theearth: Good.wi/1, to men,in the middc!t betweene both,compound of both. You will marke: Thechi/d(here)is Go o and Man. Goo,from on high; Man, from the e.~rth. Toheaven, whence He is Go o, thither goethGlorie : To eartb, whence man, thither Peace. Then,as GodandMar.< is one CHRIsT; and as the reafo– nablefot~le andflejh is one man: So,CuR1sT conlifling ofthefc twobrings 'd.l'or.ia the fulneffe of Gods favour, the true and reall caufe ofborh ;yeelding thempeace, while here onearth, and alfurin<> them of glorie,when there on l1igh ; as thither on higl,, wee trufl:to be delivered, aft~rour time herefpent in procuringHeavenglorie, and mtb peace. Thus,three Rejls. ::. Bur, let mee not keepe from you, that the Latinehath but twoRejls, and of the Byxhe L<ti 11 ,;. Greeke fome likewife : To two they reduce all, and well. The Places arebut 11vo; 1 on high, • and in earth : ThePer(onrbut f!Vo : • Go o, • and<.Men :So, the Partr to bee but two; • Gl~rie on high, tQ Go o ; •Nace, on earth,to Men. But then what thall
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