J26 Of the N A T 1 v 1T tn. Sermon , 3: ~ -whither it !Jiould n?r, they are up in _annes fr:aight, have power to takepeace from the earth,ull the pomt ofglory befet nght agame; The femng nght of which point is~he way to recover it. ~etHeaven, le_r GoD bewell ferved with theirpMt, pwe will notlong be away. ItJs coupled to it (yoti[ee,)it followeth clofe, Et pax inter. ru. Somuch for that Dzvijt'on. · Gf'otlwilltD• ward men, To men agood will. For, be/ides EartMlpeal:e; wherein t)1ey cntercotnmon, UUen have a part by themfelv:es, which is rheirprerogati1(<· And firfr, I would have you to note, that here it is c,ntei·ed firfr into 'the c.M11jike of heaven. In rhe lAngelr Hymne,inEf•y,inthe otd"Tes1ament, Me~areoutthere: Nomemionatall, not;~ word of them;in that. Hc~venis in, and Earth; bur, no Men, there. In the Angels Hymne, here, in the NewTeftament, here, Menare in: that, all may know, that for this Childes[ake nowmademan, .Men arc now come into the Angels (ong; to bea parr, and a principall part there, who before were left our. · Aprincipall parr (I fay: ) for, marke againe: They have never anEt, they frand by themfelves. For,both thofe former refolve into tlus ofMen; They, the Epitome ofheaven and e.lrth; Theparties,fromwhom thisglory, to whom thispeace is prin. • cipally intended to come. Glory to GoD; Glory andpeace: Why botb. ~For, GoD. hath receivedmen tograce: Menare now in £wouragaine. But heaven, andedrth, andmen, andall refolve mto the free grace and good.wid of GoD.How{hall they perfonne either peace o.r glory, but if therebe toward them firfr; and fewndly, but if there be in them this rhirdofgood-wif!, Thence iifues GoDs glory; thence the Earths peace. The foumaine of both, that: Nay, of C H& I s Y and all. For Him, this glory; for C H ll I s T : Through Him, this peace ;through CH a I s T: But,C HR Is T Himfdfewhence~ Whence,bm from thegoodwill of GoD towardmen? From whencealfo,thegood wi//inmen,to Go o·' and one to another, if any be in them. That ifwe goe higher yet, even ofthis Birth G o Ds good.will was the caufe; and, becaufe His willwas, men lhould be refrored thereforeHis will was, C H R ' s T lhould beincarnate and borne. Can we goe any higher~ are we notin•ltifimi•? Verily, as we faid, thehumility oftheSignewas fo deepe, we could not found it ; fo may we now, that thefublimitie ofthis point is fo high, we cannot reach it. There is apart ofDivinitiethat dazles: if wee looke too long on it, we may welllofe our light. Tow"d men, Then to c,.:,~,~·~,,. Jafr. It may be turned two wayes, it will bcare both: (and,' 'ndiu<n.l for my part! wi!h no word ever narrowed by atran!lacion, but as much as might be, left in thelatitude ofthe0 riginall tongue.) 1 ·E, "'~P~'""' will beare .;, <i>itpN·....,, in homines, to, or tow.rdmen. So weturneit, andwe turne it well. • But e..-,~p~·~"' is alfoin hominibm,in,or among men; ;., ,,;,~tpN'~"'· a~ well as e. J..j.i,'"· and no Ieife pro– perly. And, no hurt, ifwe turne it fo, in hominibtu; provided, inorergahominesgoe firfr, be fung before it. In hominibm [o ever,as commmg from in hoiiJines. For then, Donum magnum bon.< v~luntdtts Dei, bona voluntM~nhomi~ibus; itis Augtfffine: Of thegood-will ofG o DtowJrdsmen,a fpec1all gtft ltlS :thtsgoodwtllmmen, to Goa and man both. The bell: way is, where there arc two, to take in both: So we !ltall be fure, to leave out neither. •But 'I'""'ard Yet, in their fequcnce. To, ort01vard men thenfirfr : But, to, ortowardthem for mm,6dl. thisChildes[ake. In whom He u {owellplea[ed, as, for His fake,He is pleafed,firfrto receive men to p~rdon, though grievous linners,and (o utterly unworthy.ofit: Secondly, He is pleafed to reward their workes alfo,orherwife (but for tlusgood tvi/1 in GoD, inaccepting them) that might jufrly be excepted to0, forrhetr many ·imperfeetions: to take them well inworth,though they want·worth; and to vouch· Chop."·! i. (~fe them areward, and that a high reward; for, itisyour heavenly Fathersgoodplufurc tb give youaKingdome. • . Thirdly, beyol)d boththcfe, He 1s further pleafcd, mfome cafetoacce~t even of ,cor.S.n. this "'"'•i•, at our hands; and tholtghskl/1andpowe~ both fa,le,and bewantmg;yeca M"k" 4 .s. willingmindeifthcrcbe,Jfthere be but that,a man IS accepted,accordmg.to that,he_hAth, Mar,l;e ' • 44. !Jot a,·cordingto thAt, he hAth mt• Nary Magdal~fl~ quodpotuttfept i the poorewtdowes · · · qrml
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