t8 Of the NATIV r Tu. SermDn3. R~iles wercfaineto be fer, to ~eepethem backe. It is, ~ecaufe it is helda point of adeepe Gen.4'. wa, to fearch outfecrcts: as; m lofeph. At leaft offpenal! favour, to be received fofarre as 45· robis dat11m eft, no!Te Myfleritt. All defire to be in credit. The mention ofLMyfteries w'i!t ~'t~r8;';, make us !land attentive: why then, ifour nature like fo well of Myjleries, Ecce ojlmdo vobi& • 51 Myflerir1m, Behold I fhewyouaUJtyfterie (faiththeApeftle.) z A Myfierie of G~dlinejfe •. The world harh !~er 011y.fteries in all Arts; aridTrades, (yea; ~~y~e: ~echamca/t, pmammg to this ltfe;) whKh are Imparted to none, bur fuch as are jilij fcien– l,'!J. d n..,apprcnnces to ~hem. Thefe have their Myftems : have them, nay, are nothing but My. jlerm. Sothey delight to firle themfelves by the name of fuch and fuch a011yflerie. Now VcrfeB. Pieta. ejlqtt.tjfru, (Chap.Y_I. Ver[e 6.) and (in the next Cha!'.) adomniat~tili<, aTrade of good retttrne; to bem requefi With us; whether welooke to thu lifeprefent (faith he)or to tiMt to come. Therefore to be allowed her My(feries: at leafi, as all other Trades are. The rather • The!!'.>. for that there is 011yfterit~m iniqttitati&: And, it were fomewhat hard, that there lhould no; 7 " be 011yfterium pietati5,to encounter and to march it: That Baby/on fhould bee allowed rhe llpo.t 7 . 5 · name ofa MJflerie, andSion, nor. Ir were an evident NM fequitltr, thatthere lhould bepro· >->i· f!md" Satan&, deepe things ofSatans; and thereihould nor be deep~ andproformd things ofGod and Godlinejfe, for the Spirit to fearch out. Bur, fuch there be; Myfteries ofgodli,;eJJe. And we will (I trufr) fiand affected, as in all other Trades,fo in this, to be acquainted with thefe; 'Cor.•. and (as theApoftll fpeaketh) to pierceadinteriora Velaminis,to that which is w#hinthe veile· Heb.6.~;: to the very Myjlerie ofGodlinefle. • 3 ... · Iris nor oncly a .011yf!erieofGodlinejfe; bur a Grwone. TheApeft!e, (where he f.1irh; ·A~reat *IfI /mew all Myftmes~ giv~th usro underfia_nd, there be more than one; there 1s aplurality c...M:Jff.rJ ofrhem. And, (here, m th1s place) rellerhus~ they be not all of one fcanrling l there is • 1 Cor· magi; andminru in them: fomelittle, fomegreat. 'Somegreat ;(if you will)accordino to Eph.;, 3 J ail ~he di~enfio'n?,length andbreadth, &c. :Or, Great, Virtute,. npn mole, .ofgreater value, ~P<'·'+·m.oreprecwusrhanorher: l Or,Great, athird way, that ls~gravtdaMyJierzi5; one Myflerie, t bm hath many Myjleries with it. That fuchrhere are,andthatrhishereisoneofthem: -Great. Now, that which leadeth us to make accotmt of Myfteries, willlikewifdead us ro .makeGreat account, ofGreat 011J.fleries; fuch, as this is. z Yet have we not all,onepoinr further. It is agreat one; a great one, Without contro-· A great 'tlerjie. For, evenofthofe ~fteries, that aregreat, all arenotg:reat alike. Many great th~re one, are 5 yet is not thegreatnejjeofall generally acknowledged, tn confejfo. Doubts are made, 11>itbout qudlions arife about rhem: all are QOt manifeJfe magna. We fee, in our dayes, how meA co•trolanguilh about fome points, which they would have rhoughrro begreat; andgre4t comro~ ver.fie. verfles there bee,'and great bookes ofcontroverjies abourthe11!1. Well, howfoever it is with other it is not fo with this. This is;,'"""-'"'"''"'' takenproconftjfo, Great; Great without con– troveif,e: the manifeftinguf.Go o ill thejlejb, is a Myfterie manifeftlygreat. Bein~ then one of-the011yfteriesofReligion; agreat one among them ; fo great, as though quelbons grow aboutthegreatneffeofothers, none may about this: I hope there ;~ill be no more <jUeilion, or controverfie ofourucotmt, and ourgreat acco11nt of1r, than there IS ofrhe Myjlem It felfe, and rhe Greatne!Teofit. . Bur, before wee goe any"further, to remove the veile, and ihewwhar it is, !et us paufe here a while till we haverendred thankes to God, and fa1d With '10lzranzen, x• 1 , rrJ f'"".!JP;9' eEn, &c.N ~w yer, blclfcd be G o o, that am~ng diverfe other Myfteries.,about which rhere . are fo many miflsand clouds ofcontroverjies ra1fed mall Ages, and even m this of.ours,harh yet left us fome cleare, and witho11t controverjie; manifeft, an~. yetgreat; andagame,great, and yet manifejl. SoGreat, as noexcepttontobe taken: fo mamfefi,as no q11efizon to be made about them. Wirhall,roreformeourjudgementsinthis point. For, a fJlfe conceit is crept into themindes ofmen, To thinke, the points of Religion, that bemanifeft, to becerrame per– tie points, fcarceworth the hearing: Thofe,yea, thofebegreat, and none but thofe, that ha~egreat Di{putes about them. Iris notf?: Td.p.•'vdv.-y,fi<,&c. Thofe that are nccef– {a~te He hath madeplaitte: thofe, that notplame, not .n~cejfam. What better proofe, rban , tlus here~ This here, a Myfterie, a Great one, (ReiiPion hath no greater~)yet 011anifeJf, ;tlldmconf~, with all Chriftians.Zacharies PropheCIC,and prom1fe,touchmg C u a r s T, - where.
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