.Sermon 13· Ofthe NAriviTIE. too, in what[oever good commethtO thee.rth,but) it reacheth to all onearth.· om– nianim.mfirnnorvegetanttMngenen, to all the bea~s, all thegrecne thmgs on the 125 .earth; All are the better font. .. . .. • Secondly, what more-for the~cred.lt of peace, than tha~ !tJs-rpJtlm .mtlttare; it 3 comes from the mouthes ofSculdters that were there mthe1r military habJt, Even 'they fing ofpeace, and prai{e1t, ao,d wi.fo,lt, wh<'.re the¥ w1fh any go~d.; andkno:v not what better thing t\lw1fh to the-earth, than 1t. It Is theearths hllft!W1ejfe,_Pea>.e; it flourWJcth by it. Before,was rhe earth·as the G11rden ofP•radifc, ([a1th,the Prophe_c) Iool, 3: behiild,itw~tJaJVaffeandbttmnrVtlderne(ft; allJPotlulartilburnttlp. , 1 \, • , ,. : Thirdly, that itis PotmnAngelzcum,An .Angels.wifb, Peace. 'fhe.y, bemg hea. 3. ·venly Spirits, wifh not any thing arany mne, but heavenly: So that, aheavtnly thing is Peilce. And· [o it 1s, as Nazrmzene trere well obfcrved, PregntM &dijfidtdnefctre JJe 1111 , &Angelos; Nobroilts, nobr.abbles in heaven: nothing butpeace, there. Aod, a. kinde of heaven there is upofl earth,..when rhere IS pea>e upon e;~rth : andjufl:ly are . they bleff'ed, and rightlr arc they calledthe children ofGo o, themo~ blejfedrhat arc, or fbal.l be at any mne, that are the procurers of lt. Tlus (loe~) IS the Angels divifton, they fing. · . . · . . . . • But here·we are like to \uve no ltttl~ adoe to mamrame th1s : As we fa1d before, .Ht~icflgno amreltu contradicitrer; as theSigru, fothef~ngisga!n-faidvfmany.Tl1ede- Verfc h : J , vill doth all he can, tO marretheAngeJ,· Jrn!fike, to bnngm !liS, h1s owneblacke Sani!ru, to procure contempt to Go os glory on high, to bring Go os glory as low ··as be can, to•ma1<egarboiles·upon earth, to worke men all evill.vi/1, miji·hiefe, and malice that be can. And firfl:,ro make aconfiefion in this divifi~n, per[wadcs c.artb not to fl:and content ,with theAngelspartition,butearrh(forfoorh) mtfll h~veglory~mufl: be dealing with ileavenspart. It is well fatd,tg Go oon hzgh: Therebec~rtame Gods, h~rebelow, afpire toglory. And,glory we would allow, but noglory w11l fmoe, unlcfleglwia in altiji'iml<be[ungtoit. Simt JJii cannmbcgotren ourofus. We cannot yet get Gen.J .f , Domimu Detu nofter Papa out oqthe Gloffe, no, not now,afcer it is reformed. And King Herodwould b~ content robe made more than aman, and to heare...Nec vox Acts ''·••· : , homimmfonat. And we beneath are too ready to fing ir,.othenvhilc; to deifie thofe, rhzr are on high,and givcrhat belongs to Go o on bigh, toGods below. Now, that earth is rhus willing to entitle her felfe tOHeavens parr, this brings all out oftune. • Bur, in rune, or our of rune, to die for ir,have it we will. What the ApoH!es re'i:t .t\Cl . their dothesro put from them,we would rend our skins to pluck tO us.So greedy ar~ ''"" f· we, to be held for Gods upon earth. Nay, earth is content ro thrufl: from hcr;her owne part, (that is, peace} to inndc Gon • part (that is,glory ;)Et dumgloriam rt[urpant, pacem turbant,rouCurpeglory,t hey lofepeace: we can dilpen[e with that (fl1ifc Gon sglory how it can) ratherrhan our ownc fhould fuffcr the kafl: difgrace, away wnh peace, moveat11r terra, let all the world be on a welter. · What comes ofthis~ Pacem contemnentes &gloridmappetentes, & g!otiam per– drent & pacem: Even thispeace (their owne part) they fer light by Glory (Go o s {lart} they gape after, and lofeglory andpeace (both) by the meanes ;and when they have brought all to confufion, (et downe by their loifes. For firfl', by (eekingglory, -~lory 1s loO:. TheHeath~man well obferved; Glory ;sone ofthole things, that ro e~~rhem,ts thevery next way to lo(e; and t'? negleCt rbem,rhe way to gaine rhcm: ~re~doamzttrtrer, No readier way to m1ife It, than eager!yto feeke it.And againe, .Yfeektngglory ,Peaceislofl: cleare. Yeeldingglory to Go o, doth brino- with irpaccm "'terr,.: diverting it from Him cloth takepacetn de tern!. In very deed, Peace up~ on e~r~h,as it ltands afrer it, fo it hath adependance upon Go os glory; comes (as it r,vede rexchange for it. JJagloriam& accipepacem (laith GoD: ).Let men onearth en l ory u~ to Go n on high, and Go o on highvi'll [end ddwnepe.tee to men on· ea~~,andw1llnotfaile: Heavenspeau,forearthsglory. Whencbv wefee, if we ml -~peace on earthat·any time, what it is !ono- of.. It is that, which 'makes the An" gu erekecpeonrheirarmour !till: uponglo~y detained from Go o or w:ansferred .J-' M ~ whither
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