i. { Sermon 3• chat is amotion, a fwiftmotion 11\_unning: So to loo&.e on it, that We run. and fo torumze,that wefaiutnot. ' . And, ifthe time will give leave, ifour allowance will hold out, then wewill rake afhortview oftheSef?ion: That He isfet doume: Wherein is 1 rest and eafe oppofed to HisCroj]e, where He hung inpaine. •And'in a tl1rone: \'Vherein isglory oppofed to Jhame. 3 And at the rightiJand'of Goo, wherein is the fulnelfe ofboth the ioy1l>herein befitt~tb, andtbe)o1 "/lJhich i!JasJet before him, and which is fet before us~ · J.' . T ·O give the better afpetl to the Partywhom he prefenteth to our 'T~cOb;e~. view that \IVith better will wemay behold him, beforeb.c name ~~~:;:,,:'· his n;me, he giveth him this double addition; as irwere dilplay. ofo~rfa•rh, ingan Enfigne, proclaiming his Stile before him: wherefore ofthefetwo 15 sus; :~rethe two colours, 1 The Author, •The finijher of ourJaitb, Iefm. Autborand Fiuijher are two titles, wherein the Ho L ·Y GH osr oft fetteth him forrh, and wherein He feemeth to take fpeciall delight. In the ;. Ap.x.S. I I very letters, He taketh to Him the name of • Alpba theAutbor,and againe Apo. zx.6. otOmega, theFinijher ofthe Alpbabet. From letters goe to i!Jords: there is bJ"h'~::? he b Verbum in principio the Word at the beginning : And he is c Amen too, cdApoc-3- 14 the ll.>ordat the end. From words tobook.es : d In cApite libri fcriptum eft de Pla. 4 o. 7 • I h " f l b k h . dh . h . eEph.Lio. me, nt every 1 ronto tJe oo e1s:an eJsc.,.,.,.,«Jut,~""t erecapttulati. 'rApo. 1• 17 • on,orconclufionofittoo. Andfo, goeto Perfons: there He is fPrimm and no)!iftmzm,thefirft and the laft.And from Perfons toThiags:andcbere g Apo.I.S. Heis, the g 13e.gimzingand the end·; whereof.:rx.Hhebegi>t11ing is in <rx,~a, bCol. J.I 6 • theAuthor; and 7'"'· the1nd is in7"""7"' the Finifher• .Theftrft beginning, a q~o, He; by~homall tilingsare made: and the laft end He; Per or proptt~ quem, by,for, or througbwhom all things are made perfeCl:. 'Both thefe He is, in all things. And, as in all things elle, fo in faith; wherero they are here applied moll fully and fit!y ofall other. Therefore looke not afide at any in heaven or earth, for matter of Faith; looke full upon Him : He is worth the looking on, with both your eyes: He bath matter for them both. The honour that Zorobabel had in the materiall, is no leffe truly Hisin the Spiritual/ Temple ofourfaitb: Man11.s ejM, Hu l>ands haw laid tl>ecor· ner-ffomofourbeliefe, and Hts l>ands fhall bringforth the Head-ftone alfo, giving us theend ofour fait!>, which is; theSal-vation ofourfoules. . Of ourfaitb, and ofthe whole race of it he is the Author, calling up His ,zo-ve at the firfi fetting forth : He is the Fin:fher, holding out theprtet at the gole end. By His authority iris, .ourcourfe is begumte: we run~e nor without warrant. ByH1s boUitty, 1t fhall be fimfbed and crowned1n the end: we runnenotin vaine, <ir without hope ofrew.ud. . · - ·· - - · ··· · · - - - ·· · --- ·- · But,
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