Sermon 16. Ofthe NA TIVI Tu. 157 But He,out of thefolnefeof His fatisf4Clions, can rd.eeveus ,:ii_~t way, ro r;tke off(odbike off) agreat part of~~ronm. And Hecanea~m, of tht:: flflno/{e off:lis erits ro make up char,is foutldmmuo habens,or d'efe~:hve,m ours that \\Tay. For,rhe fuort i;,He isbothPes;and Cltput (omputt,the "'~an,and the x.t~ah; Heis c.1lled both, in the Text. His .:V-"""'"~: mull: hcl~e us,1f ever we come to ourAt~dtt. , ,.~ . . But forefecne, rhar rh1s be no hmderance toourgathertng. No :g~twerlf!gwe Yeeoot,r~ . mull: be fiill,thofe of heaven (j}it;ituall; ) :\nd turnea~ much of our wthtyas we can ~~~~;~/~',~ inro them'.' And {!ill order rhematter Co,.as whtle we h.a"!e t~lm,we be dm:ggood. We Gal.6. io.• lhall but cvilllumme upall,inCH R·IsT ,1fwe have no parppulars to ratfe our {ttmmt · of. ifwe have norhin_l;,butwhar is our ofC H 1t I s T,tore"c~tpitt~late, inCH RI s T .· T~garher, Ifay; Eltc arc weliketo.ha:~·e bur an emp.ry fea\on of it. . . . · And even ro begm, now: to tmtrare G olb , mHtsttme,when; and mH1sortler how. His time : this isrhetime, Go n made His in; Now, wetotakerhefame tim'e, tofallongat!mir;g. His order: this is the order; Go n made his by; ~ebe~ gan withheavenly things; we ro .keeperhe~ameorder, foll.ow,Hts rn~thode, begmne; where He be"ins : Beginoe w1rh rhe rhmgs, rhat have the pnor.ue of place mthe . .. , Text; begin~ith chetti: MakeRegnNmejuo, ourprimum qrt<trite, ~nd rhe things rhat Mattbi!t. perraineto in And nor pervert Gon s order, and be fo wholly g1ven to the fidneffe ofrherhingson earth,rlianve fallrorhem, firll. Nay,l pray Gon,ir be not.firft,and t 4 .ft,andall. WelhallJhcbetter,dilfel{nhefeafon,if wegather, to Prayers, to Go os; Word: Ifwe beginwith them :I(\vith the difpenfationofHis holymyfteries: gather tothar,fpecially. . · For, there, we doe not G~tther to~nRUT, orofCnun; bur, wegafher +b.apoliari~ C'il RI s T Himfelfe :and,gatbemlgHun; wdhall garherrhetree,.andftuit, and all fn,.to the L~~ uponi.t> For,as.rhere is are(a;ftulationof~lli~~venandearth,in CH RI s T : s~, ••"~' there 1S a recapttulattonof all m C n ll I s T, mtheholy Sa(fament. You may fee 1 t cleerely: Thereis inCHRIST, theWordeternal!; for t/lings in heavew; There is alfq Fltf";forthings~nearth. Semblably, rheS4framentconfifl:erh, of aHeavmly, and ofaTerrene parr 3(It is Iren.euo owne words: )'.the Heil'ilenly; there theWord too (the abfl:ract of rheorher;theEarthly, theElement; . . And in theEkmetJts;youmay obferve, rhere is.afnlnejfeofrhe Sedfons ofrhe na; turallyurt-J of thectrn~-.floore (orhATvefl) in the one, Bread: of the wine-preife (or 'Ziintage) in r.he orher, WiJ<t.- And, inthehetTVenlj, of rhewheate corne, whereto He comparerh Himfelfe(Io;XII:) Bred, even the tiying bread(or bte/rdoflife)that c411le roh. 1 i ;i:j: dot~~nefiom heaven; the rr1,1e Mamia, whereofwe may gather ea,ch,his Gomer. And a6.p~· gaine, of Him, rh.~.tr.ue rine (as f!ec~ls Himfdfe;) the bto11~ofJhegrapes ofthat ro&.rr.•· 41• rm. Both rhefe1!fumg out of thiS datesruapttHlattQTI; Borh,mtorpuoa/Item aptafli l'fal. 4 o.6. .J mihi, of this day; , . . , . " . · -· · ~ And thegatheringorrintageof tnefe two, ,intqe ble!fed Eitcharifl, is (as I n):ty f?Yhkind ofhypoftati(a/1unionoftheSigntJand thethingjignijied,[ounited rogether, :IS are the two naturesof Chrift. And,even from thisfacrAmentAilrmion,do the Fathers borrow their refemblance,_t<1 illulhare, by ir; theper[o11aUunion in chrift: I name Theodoretfor theGreeke, andGtlafiiiJ for theLAtine church, rhat infill: upon it (both) and pre!feir againfr Et~tyches. That even as, in rheEucharijl, rieirher part isevacuAte er tur~ed.inro the other, bur abide e:ich I!ill in hiS foi:mer nature andji;hftance; N~ more 1s e1rher of CHRrn s mtureunnuUed, or one ofrhem convertedinto theother (asEutycfmheld;) bur, eachnatureremainerh (fl:ill) full and \Vhole,in his own kind; A~d_backw,:uds·: As rhetwoN.atures in ~HR I ST, fo theSignumandSignatum !ri the Sacr.menl; econverfB; And th1s later dev1ce,ofthefuhft~tnceof rhehreadandwme,to be flowen away and gone, andintheroomeof it, a remainder of nothing elfebu~ lAcculentt ro fray behind, was ro them not knowen; And (had it beene rru~) ~ad madeforEuty~lies, andagainfithern. AndthiSfor thelikene!fe of rmo111!1 vorh• • :G ~~~w ,forthewordg4thering together in Dllt. itiswell knowne, the.holy Euchari}i lt e eIS.caiedSyn~xis(l:>y no name more uluall,in all Antiquitie)th~m,(a~~Ueflion P, ~; .;!tf··
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