~ A SER.MON PREACHED before the K 1 N G s. MA I E s TIE, at White-hall on JT'ednefd;~y, the XXV. of 1Jecember,A. D. MDCXlUI. being CH RI S T~M ASS E Jay. MATT. Chap. li. Ver. I, II. Behold there came VVIs E ME N~froni. theEaft to Hie... rufalem; · · · ' Saying,T.Vhere u theK I N G of the I & w E s,that iJ6orne? For weeha'lJe feene Huflarre in the E,ajl, andare come to"'))orjhip Him. be,in thefetwo Ver(ts~twoptincipall point~; (as was obferved, when nme was,) • The P&. (ons, that arrivedatHiemfalem : • And their Er– rand. ThePerfom, in the former rerfe : whereof hath bcene treated heretofore. Their Errand, io the latter:wherewith we are now to deale. · Their Errandwe may befileirne from them• [elves, out of their Dicentes, &c. Which (in a word) is, To worjhip him. Their Errand, our Er– rand, and theErrandof thisDay. This Text may feeme to come a little too foone,beforethetimc; and ihould have ftaied till the day, it was fpoken on, rather than on this day: Bm,if you markethemwell,thereare (in the rerje) foureWords, that be rerha Dw httjus, proper and peculiar to this very Day. ' For firfi,. Nattu eftis mofr proper to this Day of all daies, the Day ofHis Nativitie. • Secondly, ridiiiJM Ste/lam.: For, this Day, it was firll: Ceene ;appeared lirft. 3 Thirdly, renimM: For,th•s Day,they [et forrh,began their journey. 4 And !aft, Adorare e11m : For \hhenHe 6rougt-t Hi< only 6e$otten SoN NE into the World, Hegave in charge, Let all Heb,•.fii 1 '<Angels of Go n worjhip Him : And when theAngelsro doe it, notime more bprope:for Vs to doeit, as then. So thefi: foure appropriate it to this Day, and none m~ . The maine heads of their Errandare 1 Yidimmfte!lam : the occajlon : • AndThe Dill;~:.,~ remmus d · · · I ,~ - . 11 a orare, the Endof their Comming. But for thebetter concetvmgJt, Wl take another cour[e,to fet forth thefe points to be handled. N 4 Thei~
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