Sermon x6. QJ_the N ,A T 1 V. l T 1 E. Btaven isliketocortie by thelof\e:.we (on.e~rtl<)a.refc;~fibly g;tin.ers by ir. ;, It is a goo~hearing fqr us, ,that.?orb rllele lhall be thus gathered together. For, ifheaven andearth be [ 0 gathg~d,it IS,>h'\t,~eaven ll!~Y >!.avanceearthh1gh.er;apd nomeaning, thaiearth{hould drawitdowl;ie-~tther. M"£"' dtgnumfemper ad{e trahtt min1<1 dig1111m,istheo!drule._ ,r..' • or:<t·..;· I5I i ~" .:..:. -!."' :· , . • -~- l . ~ ~ c~- ...., , ~ . Bul:.,~t\i.: brnvee!JetheJ!l b.0tl~here is agre~t$,atherint ro~ard; well.elq>relt:ed. I/h' gathtr~ by theApoffle; in the tw'mcs of.~·SJ~t!fme. For, ,tt)SSumm4-Su_mmarum, a Gnntnemg deed; neavenandearth, and tht;[ulneffi ofth~m both• ..t .• _, , . 'y 1 <. ""· •. All rhefe to begathered: and wcll._Gat~ertng,G.o.l> (<\YOurs: fortt end§ mVm– tit io gather into one : AndVnitie G0 D loves, HimfelfebeingprincipaliJ. rnitM., G~ D favours it fure; Himfclf~·is_t.he Gather.er, ,Soatter~ng Gob favour,s;10t; that tends tO divijion, anddivifion upon divijionl ,,.(i_afhering i~good (OF .US"l rnity pre.,- fetvCS; divifion defiroy~s. Divijim• ef! (be it kou(e, or be~t kingd~mt) ever ends in M."·"·'f· difolabitur. Go :p. deltght$._noqndeJ!mc7tan, would hav,e none toperij]~; Jhe kzte, E,.k. Jl·" • he fcatrcrs: !hehen; h9w f~in;_would ibegather. -, , ·. . · • Pct.J. 9· But fi~y <I while, and take ~ith ps \vohat !linde ofiathtrlng l It is_nO'r.. ;.;..;:~";,a 1 G4thtri•i• tathering;but ~"''"~"'"'~"' agather_mgtogether.agam~ :. (We tn~~.n~t lo(~•·•· there •!•in<· is force in ir. )It IS not aCoflec7ton,bgt a J.i.e•~flr(lzop, • .Rt tmpoJ;tS,tt!$an.tw Co!ltc7ton a, · - gail?t; the fecond time. You fe eit,inre-i:a/1, re.turne; re-liflrt ;that is, tocaU,turne, bring back agame. . . · . · , · · Nowour Ruleis:. Av.l ever prefuppofeth•:hl; "'""'~"'·INmprefuppofeth .,,,,_,~,.~·iNOI<: that is aretur.nlng to,implies adepartingfrom ;_ag~therlngtogetheragaine,afcattering in (nnder before :adi{}enfatio11, '!dif.ipatio/1, S.Q;a t(ijiipation, a,departure, 4 f;attering there·had beene. . . . . . , . : ., , ,. .Y~t one degree more, ::.> (rha.t is, frottJ~evedmp!ie,s ~-~. that is,: a follJ)er}dng with. One cannotbe faid tobegope from, t~tW<!S neyer.wirh ·; ortp fallotlt. that was never in: Onec;mnot befaid tobefoAgaipe, that wasnever fo btfore• •So then, tsguherwewere firll, and infimder we fell after. W~ichfalling i»funder required an bd, ro bring us togethtragaine; to rcfiore us tothatthefeq:>pd rime, that we had before loft, to our former efiate. It is Saint Peter's word [refforing J the fame with Saint Pa•l's [gath(ring together againe]here. ~ Alt-J. ... Now thdethrec fer forth Unto us ourrhreefold efiate: 1 Togetbtr ("'')our firll: Originall,whichwe hadinAdam, while he fiQod with Go o tQgtther,> Infundcr(::.>) there came our mifery, by lAdam's not keeping his firfi efiate, butScatttringfrom Go!>. l But thcncomesdv.labour, and makes all well againe,by bringing us where we vrere at the firrt. There was a former ,C4-pitulation ; The articles werebroken : Then came this Recapitulation(here)anew: Anaccount wascafi, but it was mif-caft; and fo it is herecafi new over againe. . ., Bu>,when all is done, 'M~ is it, wemufi hold by. The firll is gone: All periibed, by being Scatteredfrom. All mufi be.recovered, bybeinggatheredto againe: Our Separation, our ruine; Our Reparation, our 'Avie, ourgathering •taine: :And not ours alone,butSalu.r mzmdi, ofall in heaven, allin earth. Bur this we may fee(by the way) 1 what cafe, al!wtrein: • what cafe, all are in 'fhll, that he loofe and smgathered,andwhom'Avd. bath not recollec7edagaine. We fee, what, and how '{.athered: Now (quo?) the next point is whmto? Into 4 1 "'""'· tne, Every thing,that isgailured, is fo. Bur, there is moreones, than ~ne, Oneheape, asofj/ones: Onejlqcke, as ofjheepe : Onepilt, as ofthematerials ofa building. All ate.g~od: but to take the word in the·native fenfe,the gathering,herc,is either to one "'~""""'• one Summe(as,manynumbers: )0 r (ro go neerer)to one"~"""'oneBead(as ~aGy members;) and, that is it, the lApoftle purfueth to the Chapters end. Both r dG (Sumclm1 e, andHead) are in the bodyoftheword "'~"""'";and rhey both ferve, an mt w • Thcbody:theHeadis(asitwere)theSummeof~U;all•fenfe, •moO 4 tion,
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