Serlllon 3· Ojthe NA TIVITIE. 21 ·u BlorvaTmmpetinSion, if any goodcomero us. But, whi!l:,let it not be heardin Gdfh, •Sam. '– :~~~Afcalon, ifanyevill fall upon us. Not fo much as Naomi (we fee,) but when fhe was Ruth.~:; fallen into poverty, fhe could not endure to be called by that mme: No, hername was <.Mara; as ifa1ehadbeene fame orher party: Soloth 01envas, to have her mifene made ·f, !1: g 11 militte mtrmfecallIS not fo much: lt Is themanifeflmgour lmmtltty that pofcth man~~ ;Davidfhould havebeeneh~tmbtein heart before Go o, and hisArke; that Mi- ~.tt co~ld have borne well enough: This was the griefe ; thjt Davidmu!l: make it mani- , Sam.~. fe!l: 1 mcuver himfelfe, wearc an Ephod, and thereby (as 01e thought) m1~huly d1fgrace, and -0 • ke himfelfevileintheeyes oflmfervants. Th:lt was1t, 01c tookefo tll: Not, to~,, fo mach· as tobemanifi!}l: That fame manifeffingmarrcd all. And, why would NicodmJtu John '9· ~~c ~0 CH R 1 s T, but not by Candle.light, but that to be{cene manife!l:ly tocome,was l9· (with him) afarrcgreater matter, than ro come. By all which Ir appeareth, tlm, mcafe of abafement, tofeeme, is more than to be; dtCI de,than q{em: And fo (here)no{~t, more than 114 Jci. And I make no qudhon, but we may reckon thcfetwo, as two di!l:mcr a~grees: 1 He abhorred not to bec_omejiejb : ' He abhorred,ot to have it manifi!}lly knorvne. It was not done All< 6 , 6 (this)inAcorner, man out-corner of Galtlee; but, m the CttteofDavtd, H1spooreclotttes Luk": •• manifi!}led, byasw: Hisjhameft~HdMth pubhfhed, by a great Ec!tpfe: Yea,thatlt might bemanifdf indeed, (as it followeth after mtheVerfe) He would have It preached over allthe world. But, when wee have doneand faid all that ever we can, if we had all Myjleries, and no love, The<..ApoJI!e tds us, it is nothing. We can have noMyfterie, except Lovebe mani1 Cor.r J· Jejl. So is it. Two feverall times doth the <..Apoftte tell us. ' (Tit.!I.) apparuit Gra- Tiu :;. tia: • (Tit.III.) apparutt Amor erga hommes.- At theopemng ofth!smy.flme, thereappea3 , 4 . red the 1 Graceof Go o, and the 'Love of Go o toward mankinde. vclatio Deitatis, N• velatio charitatiJ : As manife.ft as Go o was in tbe jlejb, [o manifi!}l was His love unto jlejb. And then, becaufegreat lave, agreat c..Myflerie, Dilexit goeth never alone, but with Sic· (fo, CH a rsT:) Eccequantam charttatem; (fo, Sa1nt John.) Sure, howgreat and IohnJ.t6. app~rent Humilitie, fogreat andapparent Love. And His Humilitie wa~ too apparent. So, 'lob.,.'· we have Go o manifefled m the (lejh, Dem <harttas: for, Ifever He were·Love, or fhew- •!oh -t.S._ ed it; in this, He was it, and fhewed_it both. Go o, (that is J1ove,) was manife.fledinthe jlejb. To makean end, one que!l:ion more. To what end~ Ct~ibo11o? who is the betterfor all The End this~ GoD, thatismanife.fted; ortheflejb, wherein He is manifdfed? Not GoD: To of this Him, there groweth nothing out ofthis ma,ifeJ!ation. It is forthe good ofthejlejb, that m•mfo– G o D was rRanifi!}lediMheflejb. I. Forthegoodprefent : for, welet goerhat ofthe P(al-ft•m•. mi(f, now,[Th01: that heari!}l theprayer, to thee}hallallj!efh come;] and much better and more p( 1 . 6p. properly fay; Thou that art ma,ifeftedin the fle}h, to Thee [hall allJlefh come: With boldnejfe Heb.ro , 9 entrileg into the holy place, by the new and living way preparedfor m, through the vei!e, that it, •o HiJflejb. 2. And, forthegood to come; For wee are put in hope, that the end ofthis mani. fefting Go o in thejlejb, will be the manifeflingofthejlejh in Him, even as He is: And, thatwhichistheendoftheverfe,betheendofall, The receiving "'"P i"t~his gloric. To this havenarriveth this Myfferie, ofthe Manifi!}latiunofit. The end of this Secondpartisbutthebcginning of the third. For, h~arino-thatiris IlL fogr~at,a~d of fogreatavaile riling by it, that it is qt~.ejlys wulto~tberrimM, a tr:de fo be- How neficiall; It makes us leeke, how to incorporate our (elves (as in the *III. ofthe Ephejians 1~'rs My– he fpeake~h ;) h?w to have ourpart andfellowjhip, inthisTrade or Myjlerie. And r~at 11_1ay c:.~:;,n· ~vedoe (faith he, mthe fam~ place) *Ji_operetter mnobu, (tlutls) Ifir prove to us, as It IS mtt us. · elfe, aMyjlme. I know, 1t were a tlungvery ealie, for a /}emlative Divine, toleadeyou 1Bythe tlong, and let yo~ fee, that this Myjlerie is the Stebftance of all thecmmo,ies, and the fidfl_t- ~{.';,~~;~;: i/gBof ~ll.Prophecm: Thatall c.Mofes vedes, and all the Prophets vijions, are recapitulate 1n. Eph. 3 . 6 • p' i Ut1t1sa pomtofflieculatton; We heare thofe points too often, and love them too well: • 9· . 0 tts ofJi"altzce are feffe pleaftng, but more profitable for us ; name!y,how we may get in- Eph,H• tot JepartnerJI"f ofthts Myjlerie. There Is tlusd1fference, betvreenc aCeremonie and a c..Myfterie: A Ceremoniereprefents · and
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