OftheN AT 1vi T I E. I. Their Faithfirlt: Faith; in thatthey never aske,whctherHeb~;bur,WkereHeis borne: For,_that Borne He is,thatthey' fiedfa!Hy beleeve; . .. .~-~ · . .. ' n. !Jhil.i.•7· 1 Pet.1.7. ~aJll,l.,tS. . Then;tlieWorkc,or Service ofthis Fairh,(as Saint Paul qllcrhit ~) tbi: Tat~ch, .or trt~!l,h•fP."'(as Sr. Peter;) theoftende mihias (Sr. lames) dLthistheir falthin.rhde five: i_ Their Confefingofit,invenemnt dicentes.Venemnt,they y,erelip fooner'come, but dt~entes, th,<Y tell it out: Confelfc Him and His Birth r2P:ee ~ne~caufc 6f th(ir commmg. • Setondly, As confelfe their Fa)th, So, the G.,ro!fitd, ?~(lieir~J; Vi. dim~« enim, For, they had feene Hisftar: And, Hisftar b'ting rl{en.f.by it they knew, 2 j He mull: beri{entoo. l1"hirdly, (as Saint Paulcalls them, in Ahraham's) Vejligiafi. ltom,t.u; det, the jleps of their faith, in venimu!, tbcircomming; Comming,fttchajot~rney; at 4 5 fuch a time,wjtll fuch f!eed. t Fourthly;When they were come;thcirDiliJ_<nt inqui– rmgHzmo11t byvbi eft? (fot,here,is the plac~ of it:')asking after H•m,rb find where He ~as. I And,la!l:, .whenthey had found Him, the Iind of their fieing,_.commi?Jg, feekmg; andall,forno orflerend,but roWorjbzp Hzm. Here-, they fay lt: A:tt!Te XI. Veife, they~oe ir,i11 rhefe t\vo A 'as, • .f!ro~~dei:tes, their J:.f{ing\forvn~ :' 'And, obm– lemnt, their offeringto Him. WorjhipHimwit~ their bodies;' wo.jhipHim with their Goods : ThmWorfhip ,and ours ; the trueWor[hip of C HRI s ·r. The Text is of ajlar: And we may make all run onajlar; that fo, the Textand -" P<t-•.j. day maybefuirable,and Heaven and Earth bold a correfpondence.S.Peter caUsfaitl1; the Day-ftar rifing in o11r hearts: Which forrs well with rhejlar, in the Text, rifing in rheSkie. That,in the skie;m'anifefli"g it fclfe from above, ro them :T his,in thdr hearrs,manife!l:ing it felfefuom below,to Him,ro CaR:fST. Manife!l:ing itfclfe, b)! • Rom , 0 . 10 , thefe live: • By; orefit Confe.fi•, the Confelling of lt ; • BybFides ijf {iibftahtia,rhe bHeb.u.1. Ground ofir : l By c Vejligiafidei, the !l:eps of it,in their painefnll cofi\!niflg : 4 By 'R~m·+·•~· their Vbi ejl? p~refull Enquiring: sAnd l~fl, by Adorare E¥rn, rhwflevout WorJhipping. Thefe five,as fo manybeames ofFaitlv, tire day-fiar rifen inth'ei~ he~rrs;To rake notice of them. For, every one of them is ot the narure ofaConditim;;,·So as, ifwe faile in rhem, non !t~cet nobisfie/la h,ec,we have no p11h in rhe light,or conduct of thisSt.r. Neither,inSte//.un, theStar it fe!fc; Nor,inEjtes,inHimwhofc:;rheStar is; tharisnotin CHR Is Tneirher. ' We have now gorusaftaron tarth,forrhat in Jiuvm: And thefe (both) lead us to a third. So a1, upon the matter,three j/ars we have; and each, his proper manife– fiation. I. Thefir!l:, in rhejirmament: That appeared unto rhem,and inthem,ro us: :ric.•-••· (A figure of Sr. Parels E.-,~b· x..Le<s, theGra+e oj Goo appearing, andbringingfalvMi2> on to allmen; /ewes, and,Gentilesand all.) z. The fecond, here qnearth, is Sr. Peters LteciferincordibU<: And; this appeared in them, and fo mull:, in us. Appeared, •in their Eyes, Vidimru: •intheir Feer, Venim~« : l in their Lips,Dicentes: ubieft .~4 In their knees, Procidentcs, falling downe : s In their Hands, obtt~lerruJt, byOffering. Thefe five, every one abeameof thisjlJr. 3· The third in CHRIST Himfdfe (Saint John's jlar,) The generation and root of David, the brighf morning ftar, C 11 RI s -r. 1 3 :ne.~·•l· And He, His double appearingo• 0 ne,ar this rime, now, when He appearedmgreJr bumilitie; and we fee, and come to Him, byfaith_- • The other, whiCh :ve wattefor; even, the blejfedhope, andlzppMritJg of the gre•t Go o, and our &av101er, 111 the M~ ejl:e of His Glorie. . Theferhree: 'The fir!l:, that manifefled Cau sT to them: • The fe:ond, that manife!l:ed rhem to C HRI s T: 3 The third, CH RI s THimfelfe,in whom,borh the[ewere(asirwere)inconjzmfiion. CHRIsT the bright Nornint, ftarof tharDay, which lh:!ll have nonight; TheBeatijica vifio, rheblelfed fight of whichDay, 1srhe Con{temmatum ejl of our Hope, and happinelfefor ever. · Ofrhefe1\hreeftars, the fir(l: isgone; rbe thirdyet to come; the f(Cond only is pre· fent. We,ro looketothat; and to the five beames ofit. That is ir,muftdoeusall rhe good,andbringustothethi~d. · . Saint
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