Ofthe NA T IVI TIE. )1!.!.7'··"; of His Exaltation ; That all.Kings fooujd lmeelc before JJim, all '.l{Jtion! doe Hi 111 ftrvtee. c .. - .o T~at which (then) was thus promifed, to, arid-by thePatriarchs; ihadowcd forth,m thefigures ofthe Larv,theTcmple,and the Tabernacle; That which was fore– fayd by the Prophets, ;ind forefuing qf in the,Pfalmcs; that,wa.s~liis day fulfilled ': , renmmt, herethey arc come; AndVeni!J"!, We, in the[Il~nnd with t_bem. .Who;n0t only in their owne names, b.urin ours-, make here their emrie; ~amr,. 4nd fought after ;md fotend _and Worjbippe_d fheir SA .v r o \1 a, andouq, the S;. v"~ 9Jl R r(thew,hoie World. _. ,,i·.. , " . -A lirtk _wicket th7r~waslef• o~en befure;whereatdivers.Ge>;ri/~J<lid,come in,' atob •·•· Many, aVemttherew~s; ~en\t')ob, m__rhe Patrtarc.fs qayes. b Vemtlethro,m M•fes: !f:co:_· ' 8 • f· 'Rahab, In Jofua's: d Rt<th, 1!11 .thelredgl'frFi~?e: 'lttai (tlieKing of Gaths(on,) in.~adRurh. '·•· vtds: 1 Thekeene of Saba,ln Sdlo"''ons,: The gWidow of Sarepta, in Eli.u: h Naa. • .s_,m.• s.•. man (the Syrian) in Elifa'stiitJt. Each ofthefe,in theirrimes,had the favour to be let ~ ~~'::.t.~o:;: in.This \nsbut a Veni~: alittlewicket,'Fot one-or two. ~ow, a v~nempt 3 the great b >King.pf. Gate fer w1de open, th1s day, for all : Forthcfehere, With thm Camellpnd Dto• medaries, to emer,and all their carriage. · _· . · ' - , - . In the fetting downe His Genealogic, {the cha)!ter before) That Sal'!"pntj}oufid ~~ttb.• .J· , Rahab theCanaanite; that Boo:c.likewife,R11th theMoabite; it is plaiqe,that CHI'• ,.,. defcended (according to the flell1)ol Heathen. D.cfcending ofHeath_e!';Hc will_!le\le~: . aifdaincthem,ofwhomHe is defcend~.d; never !hut them our,but [iiyite.them toHis . ~hild-houfe;f,\s(we[ec)thisdaybyHi~Star,hedid. i ,r .r _- .: And (ifyou marke it) of His firll ~fr"!on,theWidow of s.arepta,and.Naaman the luk.•4·' 1 '" syriaiJ were the Theme; which made, His Sermon was not liked, ,Yet, that 'Fheme Mat."·+',l'· He chofe purpofel:y. And the~e~neofthe South, and the_men ?fNi11ivemuch in his mouth : He.memwned them,w!lhn~Iy. And (to end rh1s pmm ;) He that, at His J~~·'·'£· J!irth(now) received rhefe of the Ell}t; !llittle before Hisdeath, in like[ort,recei'Zied Gr,e.:ians from theWeft ,toSeeandto falllte Him: And,llraighruponit (upon there- . ~ 3• ceiving them) brake out and {ayd,The houre i4 come nowthat the s~IJ of man i4glorified; whenE'!ftandWeft are come in,hoth. . I have a lirtle flood on this, becaufe it istheEccepoinr. I conclude; ThePlace,' tubp. He was borne in, (anlnne, which is for all paffengersof what country foever;) The Time, He was borne in, (of theTaxe, whena/! the worldcarnt~eptobe taxed;) The veryStar, which as the nature ofStars is) is comrr.onto all Coalts and Climats, peLuk.•·•· culiartonone; All fhew,that from all coalls they may now come l that, theGentilts are now to be(as the<.Apojllein three pregnamtcrmesdelivers it)"'""""'"""~-''"'~· J;phcr. 3 . 6 ' ""'>'"'"O" I"'• fellow-members, fellow-partners, and fol!ow-heires of one body;Co-paTt– ners ;mdCo.hcires ofC » R r s r,and His birth, This,for Stella Gentium,theGentiles Star; So both theirs and ours. 1'herecameGentiles: And they came from the Eajl. This may feeme tofet us Gcntll~,p,, backeagaine; for,we are ofthe Weft,the contrarie Climate. That is nomatter. For. tht Eafl. in that they came ftom the Eoj!, there lyeth yet further hope for us; even from that G•!.•.• 1 . point ofthecompaffe. For,rhat is not onely Gmtiles,butjinnersofthe Gen.tiles: Sin– ners, and that chie(e.jinners. For,fo were they ofthe Eaft; greater, far greater finners than the refl'. For tell me,what fin was there that came not from thence There was Cen. 11, ,, the Tower /et in hand, that fhould haveconftonted GoD : and of it cameBabe!, and from it,confiefi•n. • Thence came all tyrannie and opprellion amongmen,fromNimC••·••.g. rod, that huntedandrangedover men, .uover beajls in aforreft. l Thence,all Idolatrie, and worfhip of falfe gods; bothin earth, from Beltt< tombe,firll: And,mHeaven, 'Ail-Hlfrom the Star of their godRemphm(whichSt. Stephenfpeakesof.) 4 Thence (from · the Motcntaines of the Eaft) the polleritie of Balaam,falfe Prophets, that love the wages Num.~J.r· of unrighteoti[nef{e; and,from them, a~I that naug?tis. A~d_, ifin.all thefe it did, It 1'!'«-•-• 5 • cannot be denied, but that thf whole World rece1ved thC!t mfechon that way,ftom theEafl, And
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