Ofthe N A T 1 v 1 T 1E. Setmon 14. of their Greatnejfe; to point us, to the qualirie in them, wee are principally-to re. gard. You iliall not need ftartle, when you hearc the wordUUagi, as ifthey were fuch as Stmon Mag_us was. Of later rimes 1t founds not well.(this name:) Of old, it 'Yasa name ot great honour, as wasrhe name ofTyrannm,and Sophijles; all, in the ltkecaCe. Evtll and unworthy men rooke them up af cr,and fo,they loft their firfl re. purarion. 1£ur, originally, Mag&was aride of high knowledge. I adde, of Heathen knowledge, and comprehend in it this vet:y knowledge,that they w~rewell feene in the coude or heaven, in the flan and bodies celefliall. 'Their Yidimm fleUam iliewes as much. The Stars Go o hatbgiven> forJignes (faith the Gcn. 1,, 4 , hooke ofGenejis:) Even, theordinarie. And, if them, the extraordinary (Cuchas this) much more. For, Signu rhey are,open theSignatttre who can. This Learning oftheirs made them nevcrrhe further from C HR r s T (wefee;) It did them no hurr, in theircommingtoChrift : No morerhanit did UUofes, that heervM well/earnedin aUthe Wt[edomeof the JEgyptiam (faith Saint Stephen, LAth7• 22.) Nor no more than itdidSalomon, thatheepajfeda!LthechildrenoftheEaft, in theirorvttele.trning, (I Reg. !Ill. XXX,) No more thanitdidDaniel, that heew.t< brot~ghtupandwe!lfeene,inthecrmningofthe Chaldeam (Dan. I. IV.) No morethefe 1 than the gold andJJoylcs of JEgypt, did theTabema<le hurt, that was hung all ov~ with them. They, that are feene inthefeLearnings of JEgypt, of Chalde4, of the Eaft,arc not thereby barred ar all. This is their Sta•, their guide; aguideaprandproper for them, that knew the Starres; for them that were learned. c ·H If I >T apply– fth Himfelfe ro all; difpofes all things : what every oneis given to, even by that, C H R I s r calleth them. Saint Peter, <.Andrew, lames .md John, Fi{her~ men, by a draught of.ftjh. TheCe, that were ftudious in theStars, by aStar forthe purpofe. · And note that the apparition to the Shepheards was no fooner over, bur rh!s Star appeared preCemly, if not the very Came hnure: (rhat is) borh at once. In like manner, Chrift, at firfr (to iliewthe gloricof Hts grearnelfe)rooke and imployed Fijhermen, fuch as had no bringingup in Schooles. Bur, it was notlong after, but Learwedmencame in apace :Learnedmen ofall forts; ' ZenM,in Law; b Lt~!ce,in Phyi<Ti':l·'l· Jicke; c Apollo, with his Eloq11ence; d Dionyfe,wit1 hisPhilofophy; 'St. Pttul, wirh his 6 ~~'m8p ' · "'""<l :rPi¥•1• much learning, (which he had arThar{m, as famous anVnivertitie for ~ All~',/14~. Ajiaas Athens was for Greece.) Which Learning (for .lp Feflus phJntie)turnednot hu •All.>6.••· hraines,nor did thefl! any hurt at all. There is noStar, orbeame ofir; There is no truth:u all, in humane learning or Job.;4,6. Philofophie,tharthwarteth·anytruthinDivinitie; bur forrc.h well with it1and Cerveth ir, and all to honour Him, whoCaithofHimfelfe, Ego {umreritM, I amtbe tmth, .None, that will hinder this Venerrmt, keep back any wife man, or make him leffcfit forcomming toChrirt. > So, you fee your calling; all foure. 1 Gentiles may come, •Sinners of the Gm– tiles may come, (yea, though they bepeccaMt~mprimi, of the primer Con:) l _Men of place; •Men of Gifts,learned andW•fe may (Ome. In Magt4 infrmt omms hu, all are in renerunt M4gi: TheSt"r goes before them, guides them (all) to Chrift. 1 A I' . Itremaineth,that,what we may doe, we will doe; rhatis,come. <For,furrher !;.e PP'""" thanYenmmt, we are norlike to come,at this rime.) And,rhough we goe no further, - - it skills not 1 fo we doe but that; tome; Even that \v,UCerve. For, it is all in all. W.e !hallgoe in the companie of Wife-men, that is once. And,if the Shepherds were too homely to fort with, thefe arecompany for the bell; rhey were company for cyrm, andDarim,andall the great Mon~rchs of ferji4. - ]'.cc~
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