Sermon 6. 0 f the R E s u R R E c TI o N. } A This was thed 4 y, whenGod[obroughtDavid (as appeareth by the 24 . verfe:) A;dHiceftdiu, Thisisthed4y, when He brought Hu c..MaJefiytobeHeadofthis Kingdome. ofthefe in their order. ~~~~~~~f~~~~,~~~~~~~,,~~$~$,$ff~~~'~'~'' liiiiiiitiiiitiitiiiiiiiiiiiii$iiiiiiiiiiii The Stone "tt!hich the 13uilders refufed 1 &c. 437 THe ellateofmankinde, as they are in Society, either ofChurch or Kingdome,is in divers termesferforth to us in Scripture: fometimes ofa Flocke,fomctimes of 'Hus6andry: otherwhile,ofaB11ilding• .Tee are HiJjlocke,divers times in the Pfalmes•. 16r1are Gods bu~bandry, You ar~ Gods btttldmg,bothmoneverfe. Now, the Style of_, c~r. J.:t; this Text, runs m termes of thts lafl:, ofButldmg, or Archttelltln.· For here areBut/. Jm,andhere is Stom, andaCoignf or Corner,anda Top or Tt~rrct over it. OfthisSpirituallBe~ilding, wo all are Stones: and (whichisfl:range) we all are B:!ildmcoo: To be bt~ilt, and to bt~ild, bothflones ;in regard ofthem wham Go o hatl1 fetoverus; who arc to fram~ us, and we fo tofufferrhem. B11ilders, in regard ofourfelvesfirl!: then, fuch as arh ommitted rous, by bond,kither of duty,or cha– rity; Every one, being (as Sdint chryj8Jiorm[aith wdl) de jtJbdita fibi plebe, quafidomum Deoftruere,ofthofeunderluscharge,to make Go n an houfe. As Stones; it is · · to Uf, bySaint Peter, Super•.edificAmini, Bey< B11ilt up, orframed. As Builders ;it • Pcr.q; to us, firlt,by S. Judo, Bmldyourfelv.es myour mofl holy f•ith. Then, bySaint l•Kl:'"· . yo,orbt~ildyooneanother. Bebmlt; byobedienceandconforrnity :Build • ..l~cr.f·"• , by increafe, in vertuc. and goodwork~s : Bu~l~ one an.other, bygood ex– and wholfome exhortation. The lhort 1s : Th1s 1S to be our fiudy, all : if but our [elves, every one in himfelfe, and ofhimfelf~, to !mildGo o anOra. an HouOlold, ofthem, tobuild Him a Chappo/1. Ifa larger circuit, Ifacountry or Kingdome, thenaBafilica, or Metropolitan Church:, is properly, the Princes Building. · This in the text (the Builders here were in hand with) as aBafilica : for it was the frame ofthe/owes Govcrnement : but, is applied, to all Statesingenerall. For,Iew– ry was the Scene or Stage~ whereonthe·errors or venues ofall Governments, wer~ reprefented to all pofl:erity. · Fourewords there be in the Text: 1• .!Edificantes, Bui!ders. 2. Lapit, Stone~ 3· Ang11lm, a Corner, and 4· Caput, the Head. From the firfi word .!Edijicames, this we have: That States would not be, as tents: fet up, and takcndowne, and re~ moveable. They would be bt~ildings, to f.bnd fl:eddy and fixed. Nothing fo oppo~ fite unto aState, as not tofland. :. Fromth~ fecon_d, Lapit : That, this buildingwould be, not ofclay andwood~ or (as wecall them) Paper-walls .: but, Stone-worke, as fl:rong, asdefen!lblc,as little, fub)echoconcuflion, orcombufl:ion: as might be. . 31 From the two parts fpecified, firfi, v!nguli·: ThisStone-workt, is not a wall forthnght, topartinfunder, ortokeepeout: but, it conlil!sofdiversfides: thofe Vdesmeete in one Angle : where iftqey meete, and knit well, all the better will the Dlllldmgbe• . 4· Caput, And they will knltthebettet, ifthey have:tgoodHtd. For, where ~~y~eete,no placefo much in danger ofwe:trhergoing i~, and.making .the !idesfly an:/~ 1~ want a.Cover:ng: Ahead1t wo,.pld have, to cover 1t: Ius a [pectall defence. e1des, tt 1saSoveretgne beauty, t<'l'the whole bttildi~g, 1 A~thatHtad, wouidnotbeofplay.fler, to crumble away :or ofwiJIJd, to warp Oi' o:w.n the weather: or oflead, to bow or bend, onocracke: but ofStone, and the ~nfitrl~efl: Stone,that could be. The chiefe part it is the he4d: thechiefe care, and on u tatwn wouldbe,what Stone meet forthat place~ for indeed,itis all inall. That.;'
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