Oftbe NATIVidtE, Sermon 13. ------~--------------------------------- And, now ye have heard all the pans, what Otall we doe with this s~ it. J3utwe have ndAngels to ling it, and it wil~be Mtqikefor an Angdl,c <..Angels~ wouldbe,asatfirfl:itwas: Bur, when it is not, it will pleafethem wdl+.rhat mm fing ir, whom it moll concernes. But,ifbywen, ofvery congmitie, anAng'etsfong. wouldbe, bymeli, when in fome degree they drew fomJ;thing neere to the· Angels dlate-. ·Atleafl:,.when neererthanat orheuimes. ' · > ' ' . And when is\t~a't, tharm·en on earth come fo ~ atwh'attime ~ Sure,.ifever men doerifeabo~e themfe!ves, and approach in any fort neere_to tho~e hie/[~~pirlit~ ; if .. ever they bem fratewtth Angels and Arch-a'rlgels to l•ttd and magmfie His glonous '·I· name; ifin all their-lives they be inpeace andc!Jar#y, the bondofper.fe&ion, ~he ho– na voluntltf we fpeake of; ifat any time it be in inen! and 'theyhomines, ho.11« v•lun~4tit; upon thetaking oftheSacr.,Mnt iris ~At ~hat-tim<r, then, or nevet•, they lift up their hearts in true devotion. So; then in bell cafe, that in all .<>ur lives to fing it: if CH .. r s T dwellin our heartsbyfaith ;ifwe be temples ofthe Haty Ghoff. • And that we might be in rhat cafe, and fo·fing it, the Church is never lillprovi– ded, this day, ofthis meanes ofelevating our mindes: And itis oper"pretiumworth the while, ifit,were but for that ; and theremay'be joy among·the .A_ngels inheavm, to heare their Hjmlie kept fiill alive. Thouah, there is anochercongruitirl'or the ~ Tim.3;,~, Sacrammt; that the great My fiery ofGodlin;jfe, which is Goo mamf~fled in th~flifh• might not be celebrated wtthou,t theMyffery o6 Htsf!ifh·: that, the day, Hee..came '!mong us to be partake; ofjlifhand6toud, we.alfo.mtgh,t bep_artakmofthejleflr:and Uoildwhich he rookefrom .il~, to g!Ve them us ag~me. · ·; • c · But orherwife, this Day, io'rhis Hymne, and thisElymm; in this D,11y c0otinually have a fpetiall interell. Time inMttjike is much. And, ifwee wlH keepe tim~· with the Angels, doe it when they doeit,·this day they did it: A.nd what fitter time to ling it than the day, ifwas firfi fuilg, the dayof the firfi fingrng oftt, Can#c~<mdiei, in dlecantici? WhenfhouldtheHymneofC HR Is T s birth be.better fung, th:moh CH._ Is T s Birth.day ~ But, becaufe it is not rox, but.Yotum; the voice is not;~!!,. but the hearts defire. and wifh it is thaf Go o chiefly refpeCl:erh; r.o adde that•.. And, what lhou!d wee wifh from our heans,but,tbat theAngels may have their wilh; Every one may have his due as iris here fer out ~ . An'd for that Nihil «qttim eff, quam ut pro quo q111'< oret, pro eo t.~bortt, what we wifh for: wee lhould not fiand wijhingonely, but endevour withal!, ft m'ay·come ro palfc that it be our labour too, wtth all our endevours, to procure rnegfory of hea. 'Vtn ~nd thepeace of theearth: To findepel!ce in thegood-willof C 0 o, and ro give Hi~ all glory for it, who hath appointedpeAce our portion here, and glory oui· hope laid up there. Alfuring ?ur [elves that the fame ~lbxl• that was.able to bring the Son ofG 0 0 fom heaven mtoearth, 0Jall have thehkepo~ertohft u_p theSonnesof menfrom earth to thegloryof heaven·' Th~rewtth theblejjed Angels; to fingthisgloriou.- Hymneeternally. No more, tJfwi/hthen,. but offruition, and fo of everlafting Gratulation. A SER-- .., ·'
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