Sermon Il$. Of the N A T -I v 1 T 1 E. If? 3 As it is derived: So lhall we-have the na;ive fenfe ofit. It comes ofx,~"'"'"· and that of.,~•.,; (Greeke for ahead.)Bell: expreffed mthe word recapttulate; that is,. to reduce all to a' head. Each of thefe ts a g.ehermg together mtoone (as~ we read.) Which ofthethrec,yo~ rake; nay,takethem all three,you cannot.doe amtf'Ie. They " b ll t ·ue: all tend to edtfie. CH 1\ I s NS the 'Summe ofour account;' The Shut- _e a.•/ofourdifcoMfe; ; The Headofthe6odymj'Jhcall,w'i:tereto thisgathering(het•e) ;~~g ~efhail mak~ no goodaHdit without Him: no, nor good Ap~~ogit. Wbatfo- cotor.,,, s. ever•be the·premtff«s, With c HRI s T we mufr conclude : As we <\oe the yeare Ephc~~-·'!"6; ;thChrif/mafe,<Coconclude.allwtthm' C:H·R\lsro. ' ·1·,-,... ,,, , . , .'C."· \\1 ' \ .{~(~'fi :,, . \ r,p : . : ,. -r, Theo!.d Divilionis---Yt res,itatempora rerum. Here i: holds· : >Here arehotl-tSea- Th,~i;i}ion; flns and'fhin~s: Thmgs,forfea[ons; and Seafons,for thmgs. 0 Twdparts 6 heerebe:' Seafons, firfi; Sea{ons, more than one. i Hcereisafulnefe {. ofthem· l Heere is adif}enfation ofthat fr•lneJ!• : ·4 And thar byG o o : That Hee {tharis,Gob) That in thedij}enfatien ofthe frdntjfe<Ojtimes, He might. This is th.e Jirll:parr- . . \ . . TheThings. For firll:,hcre areallthzngs: Thmgs tn htaven,Thmgs onear.th; All,in U~ both. 2 , 0 fthc[e,aCollectionorgathering them ~ll together: or ratheraRecollu1iotJ or gathering them together agaim. 3· Agathering them all into one : All into one .,~.,.,;,, 0ncSummt ;Or all to one•~r•••lone head : And thc[etwo are one; and that oneisCHRIST• . you'ob(erve, that as thethingsat\(wer the(ea(ons, and rhe Se4{ons them ; £o iloth the·fl•lmffian[werrhegathering,•andithegathtring, i_t. I. Tojillrhefeafons,tomake a fidm!Je ofthem, here is a·gathering. z, 4gat~ertng, whereof~ Ofa//inheaven; andallonemh(agreatgathering f~rc,and able to fill the feafoTJs full up to the brim.) , 3· Bu~, this is not agMhering_at the firft hand,but agatherint againe; that is,a new, at fecond hand. 4· Ag:.thermg, whereto ~- Toone.- 0 ne,.euher.oneJi•mme,or one head (both are in the bodyoftheword::) ~n_d•,the,fetwoat•eone, andrhatoneis C " R x s r. 5. · Agathering, how ~ (that ts tn rhe wordtoo: ) By way ofcon. trafiingor rtcapitulation. 6. Andwhen~ When G o o di)penfedit ; and that is at CH"' 1 s r s Birth. 7•. Now !all:;) what weareth~ better by this gathering, what fruit wegather by or from it, what our lhare is in this S~<mme, which.is Sttmma divi– denda. 8. And then how we inaybethebettcrforit: ifwedivide, M Go o; and 1vh;n Go n did it. 9· As G 'o. o ; gathenhings inheaven,firll:: 10. When Go o; and that is,this (ea(oh ofthe yeare, thegathering time, with Gdo, and withus. So lhall wediJPenfe thefeafon well. ' Find thcthings, they will bring you to thefeafon: find thefulnef[e ofthings, you llnll find the f,.tnejfe'o{Sed{ons. Find thegathering, you !hall find thefitlnelfe: find CH R 1 sr, and you lhall find'thegathering(for, thegathering is full and whole, in CH R 1 sr.) So, uponthe point find CH R 1 s r,and find all. And this-is thefirlt day,wecan find Him; forrhis day, wasHeborne,and (o firll:to &e found by us. ~~~ii~~ii~i~~~~i~ii~i~iii~ii~tiiiitiiiiiii VVEhave heretofore de~Ir.~ith the • fi•lnejfe oftime : and now arewe to deale l i , . wtth the (;.tne/fe ofSea{on:·Time and Seafonare two, and have inall tongues, 'Tcmport; ~~ t1~o dtfferemwords to fhew, they differ. InHebrew: 101 & nV,InGreeke, x.eJ"'' and !'~{'~hdl!. ,.,.,p&: InLatmc, Tempu; andtempeftivllm. ma£1<:.--<.7>,' And, dtfferr~e~ doe as much, as atime, and agoodtime, It istimealway, all rhe ~601· ~care long: Sots It not Sea{on,but when thegoodtil.oe is. Time is takenatlarge,any ~~e 'S~{on~n?t Co; but is applied ro that with which it (uites,or for which it ferves The~ etc,tt ts apphed togatbermg: the Seafonof gathering. . b e{cafonsbe '""!•"nn the plural! :for, ---Vt res,ita temporil rerum ;as the thmgs I~ e$thercdaremany, fo are theseafons, wherein they are to be gathered, many t'Wl e. Each,htsfewrallfeafon,tobe gatheredin. · o 3 Now
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