Sermort 14. Ofthe N AT 1 v IT rE. F_larn ;.TheyhadfeeneHiJJlarre. 2. 'fheEnd, Venimm adortiJ(e, They are come tc worJMp Hun. Vtdemnt, venmmt, Adorarunt.. . That they ony come tO thm jim< ttltrm~, they mull have a meduufnis: That is, towor(hip, they mulljinde H1m where.He1s. . . · So they askc, ybi eft i' Not, whether He beborne; l:iut Whm He is borne. For, borne He iJ they arefure, byth~ fame tokenthey havefeeneHr< Starre • Hu Starrei~ up; that i;ri(en; therefore He is rifen too. . . . . · . . So theStarre in Heaven kindled another Starremearth, ( Samt Peter qll~ it the >Pct.•.•s· I>ay-ftar .vbicb rifeth in the heart,rhat is,(aitb) which fl)ined, and manifelled it felfe, by their l:tbour mcommtng, d1hgence menqremng, dutymworfhrppmg. . CHRI s T s birth made mamfefr, t.o them, by theStarremHeaven :. The1r fort6(thej/arre iiStbeir beurts) made l!lanifeilto C HR 1 • T, and to all, by the traveJJ of it, which fhewcd it manifeflly. . That (upon the matter) there £1ls a three-fold Manifejlation, (you may call them threeftars, ifyoupleafe:) 'Theftar in h~aven:' thedayjlar, in their hearts: 3 and, CH a I s T Himfclfc, the bright morning-ftarre, who!Il both the other guide us to; theStarre ohhis morning, whichmakes theDay, the greatdl Day in the yeare. The[ummeofall ri[eth to this: That GoD ~ath opened adoore offaith to the A<l.•i· •~·· Gentiles: And, among them, toWife menandGreat men, as well ~s to rhe fimpler fort. Bur with this condition; that they fay with them, venire adoremm .- Andfo, come, andfeeke{andfnde, andworj/,ip Him; that is, doe asthefe did. iiiil!litttlr~iltiitiii'Hiiiiliitiiiiiiiit~iiii VVHen I • sus w,u borne: That (when) is now. His Birthisthegrdund The Matter; of the Feaff, and the caufe of our Yenimm, our comming together. Where, this we not~ firfl:; It is the very firll time, the firll (wa< borne) inthe Bible: w.u borne, nevertillit:Jw. Here; the tideturnes; the fenfechanges,from jhall Ire to w,u, Ableffed change rand\ ti!Hlday·is bleffed, on which it happened. Before He wasborne,itwas fo fure He iliouh:l beborne,as Efay Caid,P~~er natm erl EC'Y9·1; nobis. But for all that, tHere is Come od.!es betwe.:neEfay'snatru eH, and Saint Mat. thnv's.That was but virtttn!ly ; as good as borne: This,aflr~ally borne indeed. . I • sus CH~ Is T ycfferday, and today, andthe f,rmefor ever. Th~ fame, yet H<br.r 3 .a. nor altogethera[tenhef.zmemanner. There is as much between I E sus CHRIsT, yefferd~y, not come; and I E su' CaRIST, today,n)mnatuiejftt;asisbetweene a frate m reverlion, and one in being. The Fathers aptly refcmble their cafe, that were theante-nati before CH Rr s.,._, :tnd ours that came after, rothe·twomen (Numb.I3.) that carried thegreat clufferof Numb.•t·•f· tY4pes, rtpon .jlajfi betweene them. Both carried; but, he that ca.me behind faw that he carried: So did not hee that went before. The poJf.nati (iiu·e) are of the furer hand : And fo, for cum 11atm e!Jet (the day and time') to hold a Feall: for Whm I • • u s "'"'borne. · . Wei~htic circumllances are ever matter of mo;ncnt; inajlory fpecially. Three Thcc;" 11 ;,.. ' there are mthe firll Yerfe: ' The Place: • the Time: 1 the J'er(ons, • I adde a Jl••m, fourth (out oftheSecond J7er(e) the Occ.jion. The place (Vbi,) Bethlehem l~<d,z. :r11e :r::• ( ~ando,) thedayes of Herod the King. The Perfons ( f<!!jbtu,) Wij'ermn frorn f, East•. The..occ.ifion, (whereupon) v1 new Starre appearing; Every one- of the o 1 u~e havtng afcverall Prophecie running of it; and every Propbecie, a fillina of ir, in t 1e1e words. " P Jhe Place: He was borne, inBethlehem Iuda: Andtho11 Bethlehem !ttda (faith the Mi"' 1 •· rop et Mica) oret of thee}hall He come. And now comeHe is. . The 7:· h d. . ' . d. {;. btda till •me ' t c aye: of Herod thu Kzng_. The Sapter jhallnot qutte cJ'_art I' om G<n••~.,0, ' F S 1 1 o come (fatd old Father lacob m Ius Prophecte :) S I 1 o rhen IS (now) ~~mei · 01 > the Scepter is in Herods hand: His Father, an Edomite; His mother, an 'J m8e tte : Iudacleane fi;One. The
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