4 . ' - """"-- Of the NA T 1 vI TIE. Sermon I. beyond rhe rules and reach ofall reafon, is furely matter of afl:onilhment : Ti7o, &c. (Cairn Samr Chryfoftome,) thlS, tt cajfeth meznto an extaji3, andmaketh me to imagine, ofour Natrm, 1 s,m; 1 g. fome greater matter,I cannot >veilexprejfewhat. Thus ltlS : It ts theLord,let Him doervhatfeem&th goodin His Olvnc eyes. JI. And, with this, I palfe over to the fecond point. This little is cnough,tolhew what oddes bel'\vccnc the Par!tes here marched. It will much better appeare (this) when we !hall weigh the word '"'"''"f''4"""'·that, wheremthey arc matched. Wherctn, two degrees weobferved : 1. Apprehendrt, and 2. Apprehendtt Semen. · x. Of Apprehendit, firfl:. Many words were more olfvious,and offered themfelves to the In appn~on• Af!oftle (no doubt,) Stt{cepit, or A/fiempjit, r>r otherfuch like: This word wasfouaht for(ccr· dtt,he,to,~~e. tamly,) and made choice of(faith rhc GrukeScholia{f: And he can belhdl us, I~is no corn– ~;';"' •··'" ,. mon word, And tell us alfowhar it weighcrh :) "'"'' o (faith he) l,J "~'-"' 'f"PI'"."'""'"i""'• ~ "'"'""'' i'~-~,, ~ ~:;.;"":' '""'"''1" This word[uppofeth aflight ofthe one parry, andapurfu#of the other: A purfurt eager, and fo long; nll heovertake; and when he bath overtaken a,,,l'– '"''~'-"15' apprehendens, laying fail: hold, and feazing furely ot1 him. So two things i;fuppo. t · feth; 'ajiight ofthe one, and 'ahot purft~it ofrheorher. · It may well fuppofe aflight. For,ofthe*Angels there were that I fled, that kept not their ~;~~;.~.6• originall, but forfooke and fell away fron11 their firfl: efl:are. And Manfell, andfledroo; and hidhimfdfe in the tbicke trees, from the prcfence of God. And this is the firfl: ilfue. Vpon thct...dngels flight, He fl:irred not; fare frill ;never vouchfafed to follow rhe.m: Let them goe whither they would; as if they hadnotbeeneworrhrhewhile. Nay, Hee neverajfumul ought,by way ofpromife,forthem: No promifc in the old,tobe horne and to fujfer; No Qq. jjell, m the NCJv Teftammt, ·, nerrher was borne norfl1fered, forrhem. · Bm,whenMan fell,He did all. Made after him prefemly,withvbies: fought toreclaime him, wbat have you done f Why have you done fo~ Prorefl:ed enmitieto him, !hathaddrawne him thus away: Made his affi•mpjit ofrhe Womans feed. . · And (which ismore,)when that would not fervc,Jent after him fiill, by the hand of His Prophets, rofollicit his remrne. And (which is yet more,) when that would not ferve neither; •vent after him (Himfelfe) :tu~e ss.1. in perfon: left His ninety a"dnineinthefold, and got Him after the/oftJbeepe: Never left, till Heforend bim, laidhim on His fbeuld.ers, andbrot~ght him homea~Aine. It was much, even butto looku{ter m; to refpeEI us,fo farre, who were not worth the call: ofHis eye : Much, ro calltes backe-, orvouchfafe us an vbi es. . Bur more, wheri we came not for all rhar, tofendafrer us. For, ifHec had but onely beenccomenr togiv~us leave, tocomeroHtm againc; bur given us leave to lay hotdon Him, i:o touch but the hemm: ofHtsgarment; (Himfdfe fitting frill,·and never calling to us, nor fending afrer us;) it had beene favour enough: farreabovc that we were worth. Bur nor on· ly to feQd by others, but to come Himfelfe afrerus; to fay, Corpm aptamihi, Ecce venio.; ):'fal.1'b.v. Get M' a body, I will My felfe af.er him: this, was exceeding much. That wefled, and Hee followed us flying.. . . . . . . But yet, this, rs not all; Thrs IS but ro follO>v. He not onely followed, bot drd 1t fo, Wttb fuch eagernejfe, with fuch earne!~nerfe,as,rhat rs worthy a fecond confideranon. To follow,ts what; yet that may be done faintly, and af~rreoff: bur to follow rhorow th~c~e and rhrn; ra follow hard, and nottogive over; never to grve over, nil he overtake.: that ts tt. . And Hcaave nor over Hispurft•it,rhoughir\vere long and labonous,and He full weary; though it'cad"Him into aftve,lt, a [wear ofblured. Angelisflds non pepm~t (faith Saint Peter,) ~ Pct.:";4, Th~ Angelsoffending, Hee!pared nQt them: Man otfendmg Hee [pared h1m, and tofl'are.Hrm (faith Saint Pare!) He!pared not His owneSonne · Nor Hts owne Sonne (pared not Hrmfdfe; bm followed His purfuir, through danger, diflref[e, y~a, throughdeath 1t fdfe. Folluwea, and fo followed. as notbin<>made Him le:,tve follow1ng, nll Heovertooke. And wl;en He halovertaken<for thofe two ate but prefuppofed,the more kindly tobring in the word '"'''"' "':)When (I fay) aee hadovertakmthem, commeth in firly and proper• ly,a.'"'"'""""· Which is nor every taking; not (ufcipere,or afTumeri: But,inanum i»jicere,ar· ripere, apprehendere; to feaze up'bn it with great vehemeney, to lay hold on it with botlt hands, as upon a thing, weeare<>l~li we have got, and will beloth tolergoe againe. Wee g know,
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