Sermon 2. OftheNAr r v l r 1 It. --1~-~-;1~ it_i_s-lu-ffi- ci_e_ut __ ,-tl_u_t_t_he-fo_r_c--p-a-rt ofthe-Chapter is, by S.tint 1\f.rtthe:;;:-e-;;-prea;;;-- - .– plied to our S<tvio 11 r : and chat, t ~~isv.-rftdo~h mlcp:Jrably dtpcndonthar, andis:J,ilcagedas M" ·i·1 f, thereafon ofit . For, rmtot/5. 0[ Hun therefore, we takctt, and to Htm apply tt, rhat cannot bet.tktn,ofan;, or applied to any other, butHtm. . .. But bow cuncEfay to fpeake ofcbrijt, to Ab11:t. ? Thus: v1ha:r. was then m .very great The,._ dill:rdf~~ he had loll: in one day tigbry chouf.tnd ofhis people; and rwo hundred thouland c4]ionof of them(more) rarricd away captives. And now, the two Ktng1 ~vere_rarfing new po>~er thtsPrr. acrainfl hii 11 : Thetimes grew vtry much overcall. And,rlus you!hall oblcrve: The cluefell: ~hm•. p~ophecies ofChri{l came ever, infuc]l times: That, S. Peter drd well~ to ref~mble the won~ , Pot,L•9 ofpropheCie to :1 c.ndle,m!ococalzgmofo,a dark roome. Iaco6s:ofShdo, 1~ i£gypt, a dark place: ~~~- 49· Daniel's, ofMefia<, mBab7lon; aplace as darke,as £gypt .- fhts ofEjay,wl1cn the ten Tnbcs D.m. 9 ,, 4 ; were on the point ofcarrymg away, under Hoj/J:a. That of_Iererme ( '-,f Woman j!Ja!!mclofe a •1; 4 N•n) whenlt!da, in thefamecafe, under Iuhonia1. Ever; mdarkcnmes,who therefore nee- Icr.l"'~' ded mof! rhelight ofcomfort• . But· what's this to Ahaz cafe~ He looked for another melfage froni hrm; How to ef~ape hisenemies. Acold comfort might he thinke it, to be preached to, oflilimamte!, Indeed, he fo thought it; and therefore hee gave over E(ay,andbctooke him ro She6na; who wilhed him to fccke to the KingofA}lmr for helpe, and let lmmantttfgoe. Yet, for all that; even then ro fpeake ofCl;rift, being looked into, it is neither impertinent, norout offeafon. \Vithall chc Prophetsit is ufuall,inthecalamitics of thispeople, to have recourfellill, to the fundamenrall promilc of the Mefi«r. For that; till Hee were come, they might bee fure they could_!J01 be rooted out; bur mull: be preferved, ifit were but ~otthis childeJ fake, till He were borne.- And yet, rfthey could beleeve on Hrm, otherwife tt ts no match: Niji cre– dideriti!~ Then, thus the Pr\}phets argue : He will nor denie you this f.wour, for He will EC.',7·9·: grant yoi.t af.me greatetthan this;cven Hts owneSonne; and, by him; a fartegteater deliverance; and, 1fHecan de!tver you from thedevourmg fire ofHell, ml!ch more; from theni : and if give you peace with God, muchmore with them. So, teaching thofe that willlcarne, the onely right way to compalferheir 01vne fafety, is by making fure worke ofImmam•ei,God with"'· To the true regard of.whom,. Go D. hath annexed thepromifes as well of thi;, a< of the other life. All are, as lines drawndrom this d:mcr ;:11! in Him; yeaaild Amen. Whichall' Ti...f.3. fervc, to raifeAha:r. up, and his people, to receive this Childe, andtorejoyce in His day, as rheir :0~0'·'· Father Abraham did. lohn S.jG Thus, the occajionyouhave heard. Theparrs; adoml11mevidently, ate. two; 'achild- Tb, Di~ . birth : and a 'Baptifme. 1 The Child-birth, in thefe: For rmtoye11, &c. 'The llapti{me, in vifioii. thefe: His name, &c. lntheformer; r.Firli:ofrhemaine poinrs; TheNatttm, Ptrfonandofjice; 1 Natum,in I. thefe: Chi!deand Sonne. 'Perfon, in thcfe: HisJhottldm,His N"'me. ;. office, inthefe ;Hi1 GoI 'Vernmmt, z. Then ofthe deriving ofanimerell:to us in thefe [Tot«,]two tim.es, And chat " is oftwo forts: 1 By being6erne; a right; by his birth. , By beinggiven: a right, by adeed ~fgift. . " . . ' In the latter,_ of His Baptifme, isfetd01vne Hisll:ileconfi(ting of five peeces, comeining II; fiveufes; for wh1ch He was thusgiven: each to be ton!idcred inhis order. I T is ever our lirltcarc,to beg!nwith,and to fettlethemainepoint ofthe myfreric : ; Nature, Ii 'Per[on and l office: and after, to looke to our owne benefit byth~m. To begin with Th< cbiltl~ theNdltlres, of Go D andMan : Theybe *fi•per ha11cpetram : upon them i yerh the weight ~"~be ofall the refi; they arc thetwojlJoulderJ whereon this Government doth refl. A(,,~,. . We have.two words, childeand Son.ne .' neither,walt But, ifno more in tbefe.cond,than ~':It:N.,; In the firfl,thc fi~ll: hadb~ene enough: 1fthe firll: enough, the fecond fuperfluous. Bur, in this '""'' :Booke,notlung ts fuperlluous. So then, two diverfethings they import. • M"·'·~·· fi Wergh the words: Childis norfatd, butin humanis,amongmen. Somumaybeindivirlis: AsA<' 8 romheayen, God fpake it, This iJmy Sonne': May; andmult be, here, . . As G~~: . h Wetgh theorhertwo: •6orneand 'given. That,whichis6orne,beginrmhthen(firll:)M'"'7·f'·. to abvelusbcmg, That, whichisgi'llmprcfttppofeth a fort~~ er being: for, b4t inull-,,thar it may egzwn. r• /
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