~~~-----------------·~----~~--------------------~------~----~ Ofthe N AT i v 1 T 1 E. 121 Sermon 13· tJillecome ofGood-will~ Good.wiffisagoodword; would not be loft or left our; N 0 more it fhal.And indeed,the dtverferc~dmg ofthat onewordmakes the pans to be either two,or three.TheGreeks reade 1t mthe Nomznattvecafe,;,.,;,,;.,which re– fers to men: thc;n thcr~ muft needs bethree ;there ar~ twobelides. The Latmes feeme to have read it in the GmitiJ!,wlhxl.,.(buta l:,but one letter more:)And fo th~y make it ofthe narureofa limttatron, Peace on earth to men: ~hat, to me~pr~mifme, good and bad, elect and reprobate~ No: but to fuch as pertameco Hts <u.l'ox••,Go Ds Be. ne lacitum, His good-wzlland purpofe: tothe chtldren of tt. 1' 'Eulhxi<,o<',U«i"<, Nominative or Gemtwe, let 1t not trouble you : To men, agood . will; or, n menofgood-will; no great matter, whether; fo long a~ iuJ'or.l•, referresto G 0 0 and to Hisgoodpleafim; Not, toMen, or any w1ll ofthetrs. And that fo it isto b~ referred; I willufeno other wirneffe but Cardinal! To!et himfelfe; who;in his Readings at Rome, andmthe Popes owne Chappell, and upon t11lSvery place conf<;f– feth as much,that fo is the native figmficanon ofthe word;and fo,and ~10 othenvtfe to be taken here, but in thatfenfe. · And in that fenfe being taken, it goes well. Glory from~to Him : Peace, from Him,to su: Frommen on earth,toGodon bzgh,Glory;From God"1!11 btgh,to men on earth; l'eacr. Men,1fay!towardwhom He is now appeafed, and with whom (now) Me is well p1eafed; aridboth, for thischildes fake here in the cratch, <. ~~;.J';,,.,, in whom He is [oabfolutely wellplea(ed, as, oftheft<lne([e of his favoilr we aD receive. Go v Mauh.(.•1: fpakeit oncc,and twice: • O~ceat His Bapti(me; 'andagaine in the Holy mo~mt. '7-S, And Het mt Jignum, Thts may be a furefigne, that he ts well p\eafed Wtth our Narurc,that he hath in this cbilde taken it, andunited it to His owne; which, if He had not beene highly well pleafed, He would never have done. What greatergood willcan there be than this~ Itpaffeth the greate£1:, (evetl that of Marriage,) unionof Nature, tmitie of Perfon. Then rifeth there another doubt,what rcrbe to put to here ~.For,never arerbe there is at all. Whetherfomelndicative, Glory is or{hall be: and then,it is anHymne ofGratt<lation, and agreethwe!\ with laudantium,apralfeto GoD, that thefe(now) are. Now, hath Go v glory : Now,earth peace: Men are now received tofavourand grace. Thus: Or whetherfit or eflo,in the optative: and then, it isYotum bene omina– . t11m, arowonvifh, thatglory may be to Go o ; and fo to the re£1:. ' I fay againe here (as beforeIfaid: it skill'd not then, whetherNominative or Genitive;) it skills not now, whether Indicati1ieor optative. Tebilla (a Prai(e, it is) andTephilla (aWifh it may be) doe 'ommence. Either is well; But, bCJth are belt : .For, both are moft true. _ By way ofGrdtulation: Glorienow is,orlhall be to GoD, forthis71ilth. Before 1 lt was not: at!eaft, not fo, as after. Before it was Gloria inexceljis,but Deowas left ~~::r.~ .. , out. All Nations (in amanner) worjhipping the H oft of Heaven, the fuperior bodies ; Glory« 10 01•J, deifYtng the creature, palling by the C a E A T o R quite: Excelfa, they did.; butDetlm m excel(zs they did not; But, by this Birthnow, downdhould all Idolat riegoe; as, downe it went, wherefoever chriftian Religion tooke place. From the Creat11rc; there, all totheCR • A-i o Jl, 1:ononeonhigh, but Go Donbigh. Thepointof Glommuch mended; GoD more qlorie; than before. :And the Earthmore at peace, if you takepeace in things fpiriruall,' matters con: ·" cemmgthefoule. One onely I will mention. There was (as out of rarru, S. Aug:~o ~'"";'~" flme reckonsthem) no Jeffethan two hundred fixty and odde feverall Opinions, 1nd Ea><b. thatof_thc wife~ then on the earth,touching mans Sovrraignegood;or chiefe End.The l>bn.•4·6'· yery h·~hefl:_pmm,and that dtdmofrconcerne them;and;\eaO:peace, moft variance it\ tt. Th1s tmft alfo was fcatrered, andthat point well cleered, by Him that was rhe Way ••dtheTr11th .. That this '.Lhr.i• here is it; the favour of Goo it is, and the affuranceof lt, andno:hing but it makes a man trueiy happy, when all is done. . . . D As fotthe pomt of Goo' sgood.will,and favour,thltwas never mkmd, ttll thiS ~ ay· M:tny favours,muchgood wil/,before; Never fo;as when G o " and Man;, the' AndGood wi!J M God- <~wardmln.
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