17 •itiiiii~~iiii~iiiii~iiiiiiifi~itiiitiiii .s"tii~Hiiifiiiiiiiiii~iii~!~iiilliiiiiiiii Q~~~$~~~ft~~~~~~~'~"~~~~,~~~$$l$~~' A SERM .ON PREACH .ED before the K r N G s M A I EsT I E, at White~HaU, onThurfday, rheXXV. of'December, A. D. MD cv 11. being CHRISTMAS day. ------------------------~ I TIM. Chap. Ili. Ver.XVI. And Tvithout "contrdwrjie, great u the Myfterie ofGodlineffi, which is, Go o u maniferteiin the flefh, justified in the Spirit, fe.eneof.Angels, preached unto the Gentiles, beleewd on i11 t/Je Tvorld, and recerved tlp mglone. HE Myjlerie (here mentioned) is the "'yJferieofthisFeajJ; Aad this Feajl, the Feajl ofthjsMyjlerie: for, as at this Feaft, Godw.u 11JttnifeJted in the jlej!J. In that it is agreat Myjlerie,it maketh the Feajlgreat. In that it is aMyjlerieofGodtinejfe, it fhouldmakei~ likewifea Feajl ofGodtinejfe. Great, we grant, andgodly roo, we trufr: Would Go o, asgodly, as great; .and no 11JOre controver(le ofone, than ofthe other. • The manifejlation ofGodin thejlrj!J, the EvangeliJfs let downe by way of an Hiftorie : the Apoftlegoeth further, and findeth a deepe Myjlerie in it; and for aMyJferie, commends it unto us. Now there is difference be– tweene thc[e two; Many: This, for one; that a man may heareaStory, and never w~Jhhii hands;but aMyfterie requircth both the hands and heart to be cleane,that !hall dealc with it. SPeakingofitthen,as a 0Ylyjlerie, the r...Apojlle cloth here propound two things: 1 Firll:, The Di• thatitisone:Withot~tcontroverfie,&c. 'Then, what it is: Godmanifejled,&c. 3 And, vifion. out ofthefe, a third will grow necelfarily ;(Becaufe Myfreries will admit a frllowfhip,)how I. to ordcrthe matter, that we m~yhaveour/e!towjbip in this Myjlerie. Eph+9· In the firfrpm, fourcthingsheaffirmeth: 1 That it is a MJfterie: i A Myjicric ofGodlinejfe: l That it is agrea: one: 4 Agreat one, 1vithout controverfie. Thendoth Hc(as ic were) rend theveiteinfrender, andlhew us,what it is: I Go o, mttII. nifejled: • Manifefred, in thejlejh. WhichMyjlerie, how it may conccrne us,will be our third,and lal!conlideration. And Ill. thlt two wayes:. 'by theoperationofir, in us: • by the Initiation ofus, into ir. . A Myfterte lt!S: prcfe~ted to us il1 thattcrme, by the r...Apoffle, to frirre up our attcrt. r. !Ion. Omnes homtnes nat11raJctredefiderant, All men even by nature love to be knowmg: A MJ– The Phito[opher hath made it his grmmd, and [et it in ~hefront ofhis M etaphyfickes. So faith ft§rk it is Philo(ophie. · And, even:to this day (faith Divinitie,) doth the Tree ofkn 01 vledge ihll workein the fonnes ofEve; we fr1ll reckon the attatmngofkno 1 vledge, 4 thing to bee dejired, and, bee1t Gcn.;.6, ~ood,orevt!l, we love to beknowmg,all rhe fort ofus. .Knewing: but, what~ Not, fuch nmgs as every 0r1e knoweth, thatgoeth by the w;.y- vulaar and trivia!l. Tufh, thole arc nothing. But, Metaphyfickes, that arethe v1rcana ~fPhitoloohie · Myjleries, that arethe Secretsofn···· r 1 r blid ~·r{i'b 1 h' d" k . rvznrttepucJ, as rew e 1 es are admi•:tedto: Tho e ctlet mgswc eure . !F now. Wcfec it, in the Bethjhemites; they lonar:d to beprying into the Arkeof Go o : 1 Slm.~. hey were Heathen, We fee it in the People of Go ':' 0 roo: they prdfed too nearc the .Mount: Exo.• ,~~ C 3 .R.!Iiles
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