------------------------------ 0{ the N AT 1 v IT 1 E. Sermon 1• ...... tookeNra_>had beenepofitive. But, fetting it downc thus; Orm He tooke, the A/Jge!J He tooke not, ir ~·ramly')comp.:rath•e, r. Now, theMafiers offpeech tell us, that there is power in the Poji't~ve, ifit beo-iven forth, w1th an earnefiaffcveratwn. But nothing to thar, that is in the Comparative. It fs no– EC'·49·15· thing fo full, to fay ; lrvillmv<rforget you · as, rhus to fay it; Can 4motherfor;getthechildeof Luk.>9·'7 her01vne wombe? well, if jhecan, yet IVtllnot l.forgetyore. Nothing fo forcible,to fay thus; I111ill holdmy 1Vordwithyort: as thus, Heaven andEarthjhallpaff~, but my wordjballnotpajfe. The Comparatwe expreiling 1s (Without all queltion) more fignilicaat: And this here is fuch. Theirs, the Angels, ntljquam,atno hand He tooke: but, ours He did• .z. Now, thecompari(onis,as is thething in nature,whereunto it is made: Ifthe thing be ordmary, the companfon 1s accordmg: But, then 1s 1t full offorce, when it is, with no meane or bafe thing, but with the chiefc, and choice ofall the Creatr~ru;as, here, it is: even with rhe lob l!-1 1 Angelsthemfelves. Forthen, it is atthe highefi. r. Thar ofElihu,in lob: That Godteacheth rts more than the beafls, andgiveth liS more rtnderflanding than thefowles of the ayre; (that is) that G o o bath beene more gracious to us,thanto them,being made ofthe fame mould that l'fal. ,+ 7 • we are; chat (yet) He harh given us apriviledge, above them; this, is much: z. That ofthe ,o. Pfalmift, He hath n;t dealtfo,vith every '1'\.ation; nay, not with any other Nation, in givingus the knowledge ofHis heavenly truth and Lawes; even, that we have a prerogative, ifwe be compared with the refi ofmankinde: (More rhan rhe beafts,much: moreth<fn all menbefides, much more:) 3· But this here, Nufqr<am .Angelos, &c. that He h.ath given us aprehcminence above the Angels themfdves; granted us chat, that He bath not granted the<..Angels; chat, is a Comparifw at the very higheft, and further we c~nnot goe. . 3· Onedegreeyet more: And that is this. As, in coll'lparifons rrlaking,ir skilleth much ' theexcellmcy ofthe thing,wherewirhall it is compared; fo doth ittoo, the manner, how rh~ comparifonis made, thepitchthatis taken in it. Itisonethingtomakeitin tamo; another, intoto. One thing, when it is i11 degrees; (that more, this leffe: this notfo m~1ch as that, yet that, fomewhat though:) Another, when one is, the other is not at all. So is it here: Ajfuml– fit, non a{fumpfit: Vs He ~id take; TheAngel~;_·N~··not in_anywife; not,inaleffe, or a lowerde_sree rhanus: but tnem,not at all, So, lt IS wuh the htghefi, andat the highefi. So much is laid here ; and more cannot be faid. The aniy exception that may be made to rhefe comparifvns, is ; that, (moll:-what,) they beodior<I : it breedeth a kinde ofdifdaine in the higher, robe matched with the lower; Efpeci~ ally, to be over-matched with Him. We need not feare ir, here. The bleffed fpirics, (the An. ¥~·'8·'7 gels) will take no offence at it; they will not remove Iacobs ladder for all this; ordefcmd to us, 0 n '·~' or&Jcmdfor us, ever a whitthellower, becaufe He is become theSonmofman. Thereis not, I.uk.ts.as in them, that envious minde, that was in the elder brother, in the Gofpdl, when theyounger was T received to grace after his riotor<S courfe. 1 •m;t When theApbftletdsus ofthegre.ll myfferie, that God wasmanijeffedin thejlejb; imm_ediately afrer, heeds, that He,.,.,. (emeofthe Angels: A11d (lefl: we m1ghr thmke, theyfaw 1r, ·' Pct.r.t• as we doe many things here,which we would_not fee) SaintPeterrelsus,rhat dejiderant profp!– cere; that, withdefire, and delight, they faw 1t; a11dcann_ot be fanslied w1ththc fight of1t, tt Ilk pleafeth them fo well. And, even this day, the day that 1t was done, an <..Angel!was the lirll, L ''_;~~that came to bring ncwes ofir, ro the jheph~ards; and he no f~oner had d~livered his n_reffage, but prefmtly there w.u with Him,. w_hole !0}er of<..Angels, fingmg and JOymg, and makmg me– lodic, for this~""'>;,;..,;;,~~~·,..,,, thts Good.wtllofGod towards mm. So that wuhour dread of The 'DJ. any difdaine or exception, on the Angehpares, we may proceedmour Text. f)ifi••· . . I. u. 2. m. Wherein, lidloftheparriescompared: Angels, andMm. . • , . Then ' of that wherein they arc compared, (ajfttmpt•on, or apprehmfim; m the word Taking: • A;d, not every tAking, but apprehmfio feminis, taking on Him the (eed. 3· Laftly of this terme [ vfbrahams feed:] rhe choice of that word, or terme t<> expreffemanki~de by thus taken on by Him. That Hee faith not~ But 0UmHee tooke :or, Bur, the feed of .Ad:O,; or, the feed of the Woma11 Hee tooke: But, the fud of AbraiJAm Hee tooke. . J, of
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