rl2 H. Byway of wijb. Of the NA T 1 vI T .l E. Serm;;;;_ God.headand Man-hoodmcec both in one. Go o never fo pleafed as wh~ pleafed to a!fume it, into one Perfonwith Himfdfe, uniting both wi~h rhe fireighre~ umon tharcan be. Never that, nil tlusday, when, forwJbd•ivb:7p~·.,,,, good wilt to. !Vardmm, H~ forfookegloriamin exceljis, to come intorhecratch for them. So that for Go os favour, rhegratrdation is moll jull; more rl.l.an both rherefr. ' Bill1op Br.d!Vardinedid joyne agood ilfue : Letrhat'be the Religion,let that pre– vaile,as b-:11: and moft rrueofa!l orhcr; that is Deo honorabilior, brings more honour to Go o ; Paci amicitGi!ior, belt friend to the earths peace; and Hominifavorabilior moll favourable to man, as,,fl1eWing Go o better affeCted rohim, and making me~ better affeCted ro Go o, better oneto another. That Religion is chrijlian Rdigiom Nonclingsthis Hymneintimr, inrruenote, butit; al!otherare our. Soth~t, we have acompendiumoftrueReligion, and three nores ofir, our of the threenotes of the S~ng in rhis Antheme. And this,ifir be the Indicative; or by way ofGratulation. But I confelfe, it is more u[uall,p(rmodt~m voti, by wayofiVi(h; byfit, thanby eJ!. (Sit doeh better ~come rheChrmh militant .. Eft is more fir for rhe ChJJrchtri– tlmphant.) Glory ~et~ Goo, Peace be to theea~th, &c. Exoptando that thefe may be fo; and,fo be1ng, "onnoue lli!J, and be da1ly moreandmore: And fo taking ir, tochetriplicitieagaine. GI"J be" Firlt,glory we wifh to Goo. on high llands in the midll, you may either call: it codonhigtJ. to rhe firfiword Glory, Glory on high, and then rhe point, (that is, highglory:) Or (with the point, afcerglory,) and call [on high]to Gon. A third varierie, (bur,eali~ ly reconciled) if wetakeinborh: Glory on high, to Go o on high. One [on high] may fervc forrhe reafon, whywewlihglory to Goo :for Go o beingAltifi'imm, th( Gcn. 1 -,. 1s. mofl H:gh (as Melchi(edek firll ihled Him;) andglory being the altitude, or highell: pitch, we can fly 19r performe; by good reafon, wee !Vi(h ffun rhat is Highej!, the highell: thing wehave. 1 Bur, noreveryglory doewe IVijh, but wifl1 it Him at thehighej!. Allglory i5 high: ~Cor.t5.4 r. yet is there oneglory higmrrhananother. Ifany be fo,rhat, theywiili to Go n,thc veryheight ofit, even glory in altifi'imis, as highas it can goe. Now, the more He is glorified, rhe higher Hisglory .. Higher, if, byHeavenand Earth, on high and below, by .MenandAngels; rhanby either alone. This rhen they wiili;when they [ay,Glory be in the highej!; rharhighand loiV,He.t· venandEarth,MenandAngelswould doe their parts,ro make His praifegloriotu,glo– riotu at the highej!. On earrh, foundir out farre and wide, a!! the world over, to the FfJI.•so.4, 5. ends ofthe earth; and lifr up our voicu, and helpe them with injlmments ofa!! kinds, and inakethem robe heard up to the very ffe,wens, that fo i~ may beinaltifi'imu,in– deed. Yea, thar all creatures, in both, ravifl1ed with theconliderarion of the great htvourand good will of Go o, in rhis dayes Birth rellilied, would rake occalion io fi!! their mouthes with the praifeofHisgoodnef!e; in re(olving; His 1Vifdomc, incon. triving; His mercy in promiling; His tmth in pcrformingrheworke ofrhis Day,rhe ble.J!edbirth of his Sonne. Forrhe worke ofrhe Day, to make the day ofrhe IVorke agloriotu day: caufing ir to be attended wirh a number ofdayes,according to the number ofthemoncthsofrhc yeare; as no Feall: e!fe. G!orioru in all places, as we!! ar home vo(rh Caroils, as in the Church with Anthemu. GlorioU< in all Ages;even this day,this yeare, as on rhe very day,on which He was borne. Gloriom in habit,infare: But fpecially, (as we fee the Angels here doe)wirh the fervice of Go o, the moll: folem.ne fervice, thehighefl, themoll:melodious Hymnes,. we have: and namely, With this hereofrhe .f2!!,eere of Heaven. In a word: al! thewayes we can; a!!rhe wayes, Goo can have any glory fromm rolet Him haveir ;and have ir even ar rhe height,inaltifi'imu. Andaood reafon, wefl1ould fo wiili: CH .. r s T Jofi Hisglory, by being rhus in theer at~ h. We rookefom~ fwmHim:· ro wiili Hii_D f9me for ir ljaine. That was tgnominiain infimis: toW!iliHimglmamaltiftmiO,ll11iewof1t. Ag•in~,
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