- 12 '-- Of the NATIVITIE. Sermon2. Againe, when we fay borne ;ofwhom~ oftheVirginHis Mother: when we fay Given. by whom~ by Go v his Father. ' ' l!fa.7 · ''· Efay l'romifed, the fiane, we fhould have, fhould be from thedupe herebeneath and fhould be lrom the height above: both, achild, from beneath; and a Sonne from above: To conclude: 1t1S an expofit1on decreed by theFathersaffembled in the Counce/1of Sevi/1: who ~"'·'·'l· upon thefe grounds, expo:and this very place fo : The child, to import His Humane. Th~ Sonne, His Divine 'N._gtttre. ' All along His life, you fhall fee thefe two. At His birth.: A Cratch for the Childe; a Star~e forthe Sonne: Awmpany ofShepheardsviewing theChild; A f2!!jreofv1ngels cele– branngthc Son. In h1s hfe: Hungry H1mfelfe, to fhew the natureof the child: yet feeding jive thottfand, to fl1ew the power ofthe Sonnt. At His death: dying on the Crojfe, as the Son ofv1dam; at the fame time difpofing ofParadife,asthe SonneofGod. If you aske, why both thefu Forthat; in vaine had beene the one, without the other. Somewhat there mufl: be borne (by this mention of Shoulders:) meet it is every onefl1ould beare his owne burd:n. Thenatrm, that finned, beare his owne finne; not, zibamake the fault, and lMephibojhethbeare the prmijhment. Our nature had finned, that therefore ought to (utfer: The reafon, why a childe. But,that which our nature fl10uld, our nature could not beare; not the weightofGods wrathdue to our finne: But, the Sonne could: the reafon, why aSonne. The one ought, but could not: the other could, but ought not. Therefore, either alone would not (erve; they mufibe joyned, childeand Sonne. Butthat He was a chi!de, He could not havefr1fered. But that He was a Sonne, He had (unkein Hisf0"ring,andnorgone through with it. Godhad no Shoulders; Manhad; bllt, too weake., to fufteine fuch a weight. Therefor~, that He might be lyable, He was a Chi/de; that He might beable, He was theSon: that He might be both, He was both. · ::: His This, why God. But, why this per(on, theSonne? Behold, Adam wof!ldhavc!momeon~ Perfon. of tu; the fault: Behold, one of us will become LAdam, is the fatisf;~ction. ·which ofus; Gen,p>. would He havebecome~ Sicut Dij,Scientef, the ptrfon of knowledg<. Hee therefore !hall Gcn.J.5· becomev1dam :ASonne !hall be given. D<jirt ofknowltdgt, our attainder; He,in"'hom all Col.q. the treafures ofknowledge, our refl:oring. Flefh,wouldhave beene theWord,as wife as theWord; lohn '· 4· the caufe ofour ruine: meet then, theWord becomeftefh, thatfo, our ruine repaired. There isa touch given, in the name C o u N s • L L o x, to note out unto us, which perfon; as well, the SONNE. 3 One more; ifthefe joyned, why is nor the Sonne lirft, and rhentheChi!de; but,the • thilde is lirfl:, and then the Sonne. The Sonne is farre the worthier, and therefore to have Cha. 7 .r4· the place. And thus too it was, in His other name lmmanutl, (Chap. VII.) It is not Eli– Luk.;.J~· mam 1 ; notDetuNobi{cttm ;but, Nobifct~wDuu. We,inHisname,fiandbeforeGod. It is fo 3 ·inthe Go(pell: the Sonnto[David, firfl:; theSonne ofGodafter. It is but this fl:ill, zel11s Do. ~~rfe 7· mini Exercitrmm fecit hoc: bur to !hew Hts zeale, how deare He holderh us, that He prefer– rech;and fetteth us before Himfelfe; and,in His very name,givesus the precedence. ThePerfpn, briefly. The childe,and the Sonne: rhefc two tnake but one Perfon,cleerely,' for, both thefe have but onename,Hicnamejhallbe called: and both thefe have but one payre offhoulders, vpon His jbordders. Therefore, though twonattms, yet but oneJ'erfon,in both. A meet perfon, to make a Mediator of Godand lMan, as fymbolizing with either, Godand ~h. '·'•· LMan. A meet perfon, ifthere bedivifionbetwecne them, (as there was, andgreat thoughts ofheart for it) tomakeanunion: Ex 11troque um1m, feeing He was unum ex tltroque. Nor11Jan onely · there lacked thejhordder ofpoJVer : Not Godo11ely; there lacked thejhoulder oflu:ftice: 1lut, b~th together. And fo have ye the two Supporters ofall, ' lr'.ftice, and • Power•.Ameet _ . perfon,toceafe Hoftilitie,ashavingtakenpledgcs ofborh heaven and earth; thech1efe na– (;cn:'l·'' t11re inheaven,and the chiefe onearth: To (et forward commerce berweene heaven and earth, by lacobs Ladder, oneendtouchinge.rrth, the other reaching toht.wen: To incorporat~e!therto other: Himfclfe,by His birth, being become the Sorme ofman, by our Newbirth gtvmg us a Iobn.. 1 ,, capac~tie, to become the fonnes ofGod. . . 3· His H1s office: TheKingdwe onHisjhotdders. For,Hef:tw, whentheCht!dewasborne, tt Ofh~· fhould fo poorely be borne, as (left weefhould conceive of Him too meanely) H~e tells us, Hce commeth mm Principatu, with aPrincipality ;is borne aPrin•e: andbeauttlieth Hun With
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