1240/the N ~ T J v 1 T 1 E. Sermon ,,_. Glory of Go o ( forfooth;) as if thefe two could nor joyne; Go o coul~ ,Hisglory, I[theChurchwere at peace: as 1f, (no remedie) the Angels Et ml)ll: our. 2 Glory, and Pe.ce: but, clory fir!l, and then Peace, There is much in rhe01·de;; '}"hese1"'"'" "Glory to be firll:, elfe you change the Glcff; theclelf is in Glory; that, the key of the Glory lx:foro ~ong. That is to be firit, ahd before all: Peace, to give place toher; Glory is rhe elder · rem. Sifler: Andno Pax interru, unlelfc it be firll: <;onlidered, how it willll:and withglo. 1'iainexcel.fi~ To fer Ptacebefore Glorj, lstoferearthabove heaven. Keeperheor. derchc'n ;each in her place. So goeth the Song: The ·childe borne is Go n and Man; Go n,from on high; Man, from the earth; Cirleffcm primo, dein & terrejlrem celebrant : They keepe the right,order in linging ofHiin; we to doe the like: Heavens part ever to be firll:. - Bur then, next afcer Hisgl~ry, nothing more deare, more precious; nay norhino Pf•I. s.ps. fodeare, fo precious to us then, aspe..ce. Set Glory f.1fe, and then by all meanes 1;:_ quire p.tcem (faith the Pfzlmiff,) Seeke peau; (iffhee hideher felfe, Seeke her om;) Etperfeqrureeam, and purfue her; (if fhee flye away, follow her hard.) Peace is not fought; No manfollowes her, to make any purfr•it; they know nor the value of Peace, thatl~fe her fo ealily, that follow her fo faintly. Nay, in fiead of purfuir, . perfecure her, and drive her away? and make the chafing her away, the feeking o{ Go n', glory. The fecond thu1gm the world 1s ~eace: Only one,One only before it, the Glory o(G o o. · 3 But, theAire ofthe fong is in the Divijion~ whdrcin each i~ forted.rohis owne: The Divifion Goo, to Hlf; TheEarth, tohers; Men, rothetrs. Iujlms d1v1fion (which makes bfthcSong. peace inHeaven andEarth) skored here our fo plainely, as it is eafily feene, which pmainesro ~vhich. And we by alln~e~~es fo to di!lribure and de<de them; and by all meanesro preferve and h<:>ld up thiS dlVlfion. El{e, we chang~ the note, which is as much as the wholeHarmony is worrh. . 1 Gt611 to Ga<l. Now,in thispartition,Glory goeswhithcr~Vpo11high.Towhom thereTo Gon,' and to none bur God.The l'l4Ceand thePer[On arc both fet forth. on htgh,thereis the Place: To God,there is thePerfon. Earth is not the place of Glory : It is in excelfis, 011 high.Earth isnor on high. Hereb~low itis,asit were the celleror vault ofthe world:' Where though there be Excelfa and Exc'Clji, highplaces ;mdhighperfon;both,yetrhe E<elcf.5.7. word is;, v{i<"' inaltijfimis ;andAltifimj they be not; there be higher th4n thty. JTim t.t7. Jude l. ~ . Pfll.tlf.t. And, as Earth is not theplace; Soman i"s nor theper{on: For,manis upon earth," and is eaxth. Noglory to man then; Efpecially, nonnhuday, of alldayes. Glory to Him, f01: what ~ For entert,zi;;ing C H R I s T, and lodgingHim in aflable ? Copfitjion rather; fomewhat to be afhamed of,nothing.ro gloryof. Had men dcferved ir,(omc to them: Now, let Go n above have theglory of this day. Yet, conceiveit aright: wewifhir, as our duty; not as any longingofHis.Irwere afilly conceit to imagine'of Go o, as if He wereavidiorglori.e, did hunger or rhirll for ourglor1. What is He the bcrrer for it. ~ Only,nothing we have but that; and fo, cith~-r that or riorbing: for, nothing but that canHe receive from us. Bur, we have nothing to render Him for all Hisgoodnef!e, for His O!JJI>xla,but .N~a.Gi.ve it Hir,n then; but, give it entirely; give it none but Him. S•liDeo(faith Saint Pat~!:) Soli, (faith Saint I11de: )Soli,letusall fay. Not rmto moLoR n, not rmto m: (It is David, asif r.a. , 1 .>+· hewcreafraidtorouchany partofir:) No: Bur, asPa11land B.arnab,u,•rendouc dmhes, if anyDivine honoar be forced upon us. '· Yet,glory,we may, (I grant;) bur not this,here :gl~riainaltijfimis,ifwe ling t() any but Him, we ling afalfe note. Men doe fo, now and then; but the Angels are never out: And thus fingthcy, and fer out GloryforGo n' s parr. ~~~~artu, Let,EM·tbbecontent with /'eace: Peace is herportion; and a !Jt.jfedportion, iffltc m:1ywell"hold it: afaire~ortion,u~ch •vifl'· .For, I :vo.uld faine know, what could be [;lid morc,to rhc praifeof tlus pomon, than IS herem t!us fong ~ Firll:, thaun genc– r:tllir reacheth to the Jvholqearth.: (Nor, ro men alone, tho.ugh theyhave.theirflwre roo,
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