Sermon q. Vfthe NATIV,lTIE. Againe, we getglory by It; our Nature, fo. Fortheglor~, wecgt'tby G 0 n here below, to rcmrne tnmeglory tO . Go n therecnhtgh. Thts ts '1/0tum glori.e; this wiOJ we, when we wiihglortatn altijtmss. 12~ TheilextisvotumpMt5 1 rheywiih,Peact maybe uponearth. 1 Even Attgujfm .z . hispeace, firfl, (that is the ~rft, commcth tO ourmmds, whenwe heare thatword 1) Ptmm£4Ttb•. thefhutting of!anus : for, that alfo was a bleffed fruit of dus Btrth. Ef ay fore--told · ·There a 10 uldthen be abndge fromAjhttrtoEgypt,andfrom Canaantothem both; Efay •9 .•;. { 1 I' at is from every nation to other, to traffique, and to tradetog~ther. t 1 That: but not only that, butthetaking downe alto ofrhe partition wall, which Bph<f.•.•4·. formerly No(es had fer up, betwetne the lePJ and the Gmti!e; themaking ofthem both one in the body of Htsftefh : Samt Pauls peMt. . . And yet further. For, both thefearepcace ttpon earth? ofearthwt.thearth: vfu; gr~Jfu;can, theWorldcan give that peace, thoug~J many nmesthey wtll n?t· But he JpeJks in a Placeof thepeace whtch theworldtarmotgwe,that IS, peace Withheaven. That rherdhould no(be Efay's bridgeonly, but Iacob's laddtr fer up frotn Eethelto Gen.18, 10; }!eavm; apeaceable emercourfe with that place,by the Angtls defcending and afcen- · di?tg betweene us and them. ~. . And further y~r,peace at home with our(elves, and with our owneconfciences. pf,J.u6.7• Tttrll<·aqaine to thy reft o my Soule; for, in finding Him, wejhallfinde reft to our Scales. · At~dlafl, (toanfwer Clori4 in altijimis) Pax innovifimi<. peace at the parting, which is worth all; Simeon's peace, :1 good Nttnc dimittisin pace,adepartinghence verc,,_; in peace. Andall, by meanes ofviderunl omit, the fight ofthe falvauonofthts day. · · All thefe are in voto pacw. ~ The third is, there may be, in Go o, agood.will t~rvard men. And, goPd-will :r· ls a kinde ofPeace, but,fomewhat more, with an exremorprorogation; a kinde of Go.d,.,;u,.~ peace pecreliar to men, which the orher parts of the earth are nor capable o • So, a ,..,d"''"' further matter to men, than barepeace: Even .ro.,;, ·,1,, to thinke well, to beare Good, will, to bee well pleafed with men. And, what greater wifh can there be than In tJIIO complacitttm eH? CH a I s r hath no more, than <. ~~ ',/,J'iw•. Ir is His high MlltQ· p 1; glor)',that for His (and this Hts births fake, which we now celebrate) that which is verified of His Perfon,is verified ofboth His Natttres: ofllim, not ondyas Sonneuf Go v, but even as Sonne of man too. And, what is verifitd of Him, as Sonne of man,maybe verified alfoofrhefonnes of men, of allManlcinde. This 1vijb is at the higheJ!, and more cannot be wifhed,than thatthis favour,to day begun, may !till and ever continue to us all. So have you now the three parts ofrhe <-Angels wifi1, S11mma votorttm, Glory be to Go v, &c. · What is now to be done~ Three things more: To [cc the 1 Cunnexion copttl•tive; ·r- ·' the Sequence, land the Divifion. ' The Cenne::ion copttlative, (a bleffed couple) Thec•.•••rl,• Glory and Peace. 'TheStqttence: but, firll: Glory, and then Pwe. l The Divifion, 'Jt:!;';~'; . WhiCh to which: 'One ro Go o ; >The other, to earth; l The third, toman. P•:"· · Glory and Pe.ceare conpled tog~:her with an [and:] And in earth .peace: That, Clorywould nor be fung alone, but Peacnogcther with it. Wcwill nor,we may noc sktp the C•pulative:thac,couples together higl, and lo,v,heavenandearth,ond in rhcm Go o and Man. Bm, (that which I refp~Ct fpecially,) Glory and Peaee mufl be ftmg together. Ifwe ling Glory without Peace, wefing buttoha!fes. No Glory on high wtll beodmttted, without Peao·e upon earth. Ne>gift on His altdr (wluch is a fpeci~ll par,tofHtsglory,~ but,ldJ downe yottr ~ift, and there leave ir andfirfig.eyotiY rvay ana Mmh. S·!~~ tJM~epe. ' d o ' . . l ce on eartJt,an that done come againe,and you t1ull then he accepred,ro gtve ftY to He.ven l and no,befo~e. And o, .tbat we would <>oe and doe the like, have 1 errgardofHisglory, that hie hath ofourrace. But d~sknot ofGloria & P,tx,is agamfithofe,that are !hll (ever) wran<>lin<>with one tl;incr or other; and all for the ' 0 0 M z "' Glory
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