Ofthe ~NAT IVIT IE. .Sermon 4· That, that fulnejfe commeth, by ll:eps and degrees; not all at once. 3· !i!.!£andpvenit .- That, it bath a!f!.!£ando, (that is,) th~re is a time, when time thus commeth to thisfulnejfe. 4 • And .wlien that When is~ And that is 1 When God fent HiJ S~n. And fo palfe we ov.er to the other parr,inthefameVerfe,Mijit D Bll's; Go n fentH/J Son. . · , U, Forrhe other part (touching thejilting of time.) There beTexts, the right way ro·con~ fider of them, is•ro take them in peeces. And this is of that kind. And if we take it in fut~-der, we thall fee, as it is of fulncjfe, foa kind offi•lnejfctherds in it :everyword, move f•ll than other: every wo.rd, all:ep in it,whereby it tifeth lUll highet;till by feven (everall degrees it commeth to the top,and fo the-meafure is fie!/; 1. Gon font, the firtl. 7> • ·S.ent'hP>Son 1 the fecond. 3• Hzs So>tnemade, thethird• .:j.. Andthaetrvictmade,Madeqfawoman,thefob,rrhl 5. <.Made under the Law, the fifth; every onefieller than orher,flill. And all this, for fome Perfonsyandfome P"!Pofe; The Pcrfons, Vt n3.s, that we. The pur-· pofe,Reciperemll4,that we might receive. Nay,<ifyou mark it)there be nvoVI's,, Vt i!fe, , Vt ms,that He might, and, that We might. He mightredeeme; and Wemightrecdve: that is, He, P"Y for it, and, Wereapetheli.ei\e&;' 6_, A'doqblebe~fir,pf • E:edemptioii (nr~)fiorrii:he fiate ofperfons call: and condemned, -rmdertheLarv, whichisthelixth. 7· And then, of • Tranjlation into the ftatc of adpjted childrenof God, which is thefevenrh,:md the very filling up of the meafure. • IlL All which, we may redli~;eto'~<loubf.fful!11fe. Co?s;:as!lluch as Hecan fend. 011rs, as muchaswecandelire."Go D s,inrhefivefirfr. t. Godfek 'z, Sent his son. 3· 'Hi4Somk made. '4- Madeq{aWoman. 5· -Mad•.rmder:the Lartl. A~d,qurs if!. thetvrolaftcr; 6. Jfear~ mleemed, the lixrfl. 7. We receive aloption, the f~venth. . - In that of Gods,every poinlis ftdl. Tbe thrng feiJt,:ji;lh tlTh!\Jm4ing,;~nd themdnner -of fendingft•ll. Themaking, -an~ t,het~() '?'annw of.making, 1' of • woman,and,• underth~ Law,both fn!l. And ourfril>~ejfe!n thetw'o tatter, (theetfelisofthefetwov1{1s, or makings, "'of ~trvoman, .rmdertheLaw,) Redemptumand <..Adoption, which make up all. Thatwhe~ we wereftrangers from the-Adop$foll; an4 tlOF that only,bud~y11nder the LAw, as men whom femence had palfed on: From th!s latter; \vc :m!redeemed; ('He imaer~heLary,that we from un. der th.e Law,) That,(being f<!l rtde811J!d}we mighrfurth~rmtin?UheaJoRtio'?. of cbildrin~Cand as He the Son of man. : So we m_ipht be made the Sons ofGod.) Which two are :tsmucha~ we can.wi{h.. And thisjs ourfuln~t<• .. · . · :. · . ,' ... i. ,' · • nu. And to thefe ; I will crave leave to adde anotherfrtlwejfeof OtlrS' tifing ollt of the~,and to make amotion, for it. That,as iris the time,whenwe from Go n,receiver.IU:fiiln<ff~of.His Bounty :. [o it might be the time alfo,whenHefrom us,may likewiferff!h,:ethe.fi•lnejfe ofour Durie. The time of His boimty-fulne/Je,and t\te time,of our'Thanl:-fulnejfe: That it may be Pknitudo temporis, quaadi/lnm,qi•aaa'nos;downeward,anQ.1l!pWard~from Him to ru,and from tu toHim againc: a11d fo be,both waies,'!he fMIJejfe of iithe_;·'' :• ·, . . . ' .~; .fl!'_f<ndo venit'Ji~t~;trtrlo t~m~'Uris•''' ,' ' · I 1T ·;, : ~~ l!J'~ ' ' ,), 1 l) j!•{l 1 F. _,Irft..thete is a f#lnifre .:in ~i(?~:·.'f~e Te~~~;~i~tneiJ'e,~ cahi~~h ~u~_conci~it ~o i.Me~fure; PleniruJo lfretgHt,from whcoce tt'tsbo'tm'Weli: whtc'li, ts rhenfa~d to be{uP, when 1t hath asmuch. "'"P""· as it can hold, Now, ,Godh4t.h made all(hin.gs in-:Mea{tirt'!·'apd if allthings, the~t-'r~~ ~i'h~:·.~~: Time-it felfe is by,\hc' ~p,oftle capecf, ~tnf"~"~. o.~is,tb~ !'i1eiillrc, ofTirtle.! A. ~ ~he~,aU-\>~het Meafnres ltavethetrs-lfo the Meafure of ttme a1f'O t}.'athht.S.flfYfkJ!t, whett.u:'recel¥,e\h ffi'rrlucb, as the c!!pacity \V,ill cotita,ine !lo ?J~te· So, 'I'i"(e ifap~eafure.:· it hatli a~~~.actfie'~ Thar~~dia _ fulmf!e. Tha~,t~~rbs.fucba,,rhmg~th~fulii1Jloftime. ; ,: _ . ·, '..' ', :• '.'.. 2 But, notbmg'ts ful( at'fir!H'!lo Jtit;.rets Tzmepyand 'rfy.· remtplemfNdo,itcommeth, not r<niz pte- at once, or ll:raightwayes) bllt 'bj'f~s and-paces,neerer and neerer: F.ifls;- futt :tt}uarter~ mrudo. and rhsnhalfe, till at la,ll: it·c~ to.the pri.rn. Apddegree_11I.fe!e b~e,~y{V~kb_it.~d~Rit'th. Eccepalmares pofuiftt'llie'smm, ( Pfal'lle 39.6.} From wh,cl\ Word'[pal'(J<\l'~l'] ttts an 6bfer– vation of one of t(lc' F!tthe('s-, '~· moil;f·may readc ltisTime'·l •lnl)is owrrtha;,d;i;ifibly,' tnere Al<ui•: in an .afccm, tl!ellngers rr[e ft'ill, ~ill i:l)'ey' corn{~ the top\~(the !tl.i~~l:-:fffig~'; a,ndwhen they be come th,ither; 'ilowne again\: !Jy likedefce.ht, till th<;.y'<;ome tot~F!irtlc, whiCH is rh~ loweft of all. So- ii il'in our-tii1ie. It rueth'ftitl bydegrm~illl we'Cl>nkc~'the]11/i pitchoE 0\1&
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