166 ., ;Of His olflw, Dcut.;3.Jl• Mic~6.16. Ofthe NATIVITI.E. Sermon 17. tternilie it felfe,as is Hodt'e• Why f For, there,all isHodie :there,is neither Heri,nor Cri#; noyejlerday, norromorrow. Allis, To day, there. Nothing pall:; norhiog to come : all prefent. Prefent (asirwere) in one infranr, orcenrer, fo in the H•dte of Eternitie. P4ft,'andto come,argue time; But,if it beeternal/, it is neither : •1\ll there is Pre[ent. To day then, fets for'theternitieb~ll: (fay they) which is frill pn!fenr;andin being. But,Genui (thar,being pall:) cannot be His etern~ll at any h.and,butmufr needs fiandforHistemporall. . , · But whether of thefeit be; Genui, His eternal! (asperfecr) and Hodie'('as nbtyet perfe6t) His temporal!> Or,vice verfa,Hodie reprefcnr eternitiebe.fr,andGenui,time, as being fpemand gone: Betweene them both, one way or orher, rhey willlhew His he, getfipgs. You may weaveHodie 1vithGenui, or Genui withHodtc, and betweene them both, they will make up the twoNatures of Him, that was tb~Hodiegenit~~o· ofrhis day. Concerning whom,we beleeve; as fir(l,that He is one intireperfon, ~nd fublills by Himfelfe;So,fecond,that He confills oftwodiilinct Natures,i:ternall,and temporaU, Theone,asperfee!God: the other,asperftc1 man. · N ow,for Hisoffices. Them, we have likewife in the two worqs, Pr,edic,ho, and Le.gem. Pr4dicabo: l:ly that, it is plaine, He clothpreach. And that feemes .frrange: for thelafr newes we heard of Him (in the verle betore) was, that He was fct a Kmg in Sion. , And the word legem imports as much: For, /awe's (with us) ~redie Kingr ~~ . AKingro Preach? Let that aloneforrhe Priejls. Thar, is their offtce; theyjhall teach lacob Hujttdgements,andpreach to !frael Hr! larv.But.preachHe will(as He faith.) So, meru FilitNwill prove aPrieft (as it lcemes: )A Pricjt,indeed. And,·v/liich is yet more !l:range,by vertue ofthefe very words: Filim metN lrl.'' Newords (one would thinke) to prove Him aPriefi by; and wefhouhl lurdlybeleeve it, but that(inHeh.). 4·) rhcApof/lededuceth His Prieft.hoodfrom thefe very words: No_man (faithhe)ta– keth unto him thit hmour, that is, the honour ofi.thePrie{l-hood) htit he, thafw,u called ,f God, ,u w<t< Aaron. And then he adds, No more di'd CHRIsT, He t•oke not thu ho– not~ruton Him,t• be our high Priejl: but He, thatfaidtoHim [FilttN_Iimu tll,·hodiege1111i te]Hegavert Htm. So,t~t by vertue of thefe words, CHR • STWasconfecratea Priefl; asby·vertue of the other[ Po{r1i te Regem]He was feta King in Sion. And rhe place (Sion) fuits well with both. For MountSion had two tops. On the one was theTemple built: on the other was theKings Palace liruare. Theonefoc Pr£dicabo: the other for Legem. In the one (as King) he makes a /,,w .' in the other (as Priejl) prmheth it. Firll, Pofui Rcgem; and then Pr£dicabo Legem. And indeed,theKings,that were his types,were mixt ofboth. M elchifedek; him, the Apollle !lands on at large,inHeb.7· And,if this Pfalme beDavid's (as quellion• Jeife it is, for, .his it is avowed to be AC!s+z5.) why then, h~preach'ttoo. And for Salomon, it is roo evident; we have his booke of thePrea,·her. The like, may be laid ofEzekiM,and the rell by whom,this King(h~re) was in any fort reprefenred. And, by verruethereof,they all had a greater care of publilhing this law, here,than of any of their owne !awes .- as,onthe conrrarie, Ahah, and his racehadmorecAre of the ku– ping thejiatutesof omri, thanrhey had of the Lawes of Go D. We belecve then,for His offices;thar,He is bothKing,andPrieft. Hath aKint– domt to rule: Hath aDiO!cefe topreach in. His Kingdome,the Heathen, to the 11ttermoft parts of the tdrth -· His Di(Ecefe, as la~. His Auditorie, all States,_eventhehightfl, Kings,and Iud-ses: for Pudicabo Legemconcernes them all. And thts, for lex ftdez .: what it binds us to belecveof Him. Now for Lex fae!orum•. Fir.ll:, what lhall be done to them, thatliveby and un– L /'a - derthis/a~. They f'peake ofLawes ofgract: This is indeed,a lawofgrace ;nay,it is, ,~~h:ch~"'"· The Lawof graa, not only as itisoppofite tothe lawofnature; but even, becaufeit ;;_~h :;:,'};;: offeret hgrace, the greatellgrace, that ever was. .For, what greatergraa, or favour can be done to any, than to have thefe words [F1l1114 metN tu] faydumo,hzm? Thts ~oh.•·.••· l~w doth it :fior tDthem,that recelveit,itgivethpcwertohemadetheSDns of Go n. ' - The
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