.{ Ofthe REsURREcTION. · Sermon 6,' The firfl fenfo That, is the confultation here. Here is C H a 1 s-r, what fay you tohun , B CHRIST. isaStone. z. uf bt~t!dmgftone. 3• A Cm•er Stone. 4• A HeadSt•m. ASton,c D>"•·J 4· SutheProphettermesHun. Dan.z. 34· ZMhar. 3• 9. E(4J z8.I6. Andfoh" :z;,ch.;9. ApolHes, Peter, ufff. 4· u. Pau!,rCor.to.4. I. InHtsBirch:Damets/e Ef'Y': 8 ·' 6 • tiitforthilmhontha~tds. a. In HisPaffion: ZMharies ftone,graven andrut fu~"',; eyes, allover. 3. In His Refurrection : Efays ftone!ayedm Sion, .fl.t!J credtdem .:. cMfimdetllr, He that 6eleeveth 111 Hzm then, fhall not be confounded, faith Satnt Ptt ' 'All. 4 .u. I Pet. z. 6. Hsc eft lapu. He is theStoneof ourfairh,faithS.Peter,Lapu era~ ChriuZ' .1. Cor.•0·4· And Petra erat ChriffU., faithS. Pa11l. He is theStone ofourSacraments, the Ware· ofour Bapti!ine and of our Spiritual! drinke (both) iffue from Him. AStone: fin{ for His nature, ofthe earth as Stones are, out ofAbrabams quarry (faithE{ay) ro{h 11 ; His Humanity. A~d; out.~f 'JI.-rrh•et 7n< ,;;, the "!ery loweft part ofthe earth (faith the v1poffle;)to !hew Ius Humthty. Indeed,nothmg fo [ubjedto contempt, to be 110 • den on, robe fpurned afide, as it. And fuch was His condition, Vcrmu, mnJ,., and,Lapir,noTJhomo. Awerme, oraStonr, andno man. ' A Stone will indure much forrow, nothing more. And, who did everfutfalile Him tor in His fuffering,who more panenr, or lhll, or fione-like, than Be i' 3 But thechiefeverrue <;>faStone is, that iris firme and Cure : And Co is He. Ya: may trull: Him, ye may bmld onHtm: He Wtll not fatle ~ou. Wha~yebyonHi,. •Pr 1 t. 4 o.J. is (urc. a Davtdmay have fure ~oonng,and refi htsfee:; '!'fofes, bu hands;'lm6, b Exo.tP•· h 1 <h.ad, on tlusStone. Thts ts tt He hath Hts denommanon from, Hethatcruns ~~,~·:/:8."" in him, nothing, not thegates ofhell, fha!l prev~iteagainft him. Trull:indfe, wirhnan · • · con(tmdet11r, the chiefe venucofaStone : of CH RI s T :and ofthoferhatatelfeaa''' floncs by, and under Him. · Pto. 8·l•· 3 . lphef.~·'f· But, there areStones, that lye fcattered, that will neither headweli,norhdweN(as they fay)not meer,tobuild wirhall: meer,fornorhing bur eo hurle, and to doehurt with. Bur C H R r s r is aStone; eo doe goodwit~, eo build.wirh. Lapu ad~diftc4• ttonem. And Heloveth not to fcatter; or be by Htmfelfe, h" deltght u to 6ewilhthl Sommofmen: and eo grow with them, imo one frame ofbuilding. · ..4Corner Stone. Ofall the placesin the buildin'g,rhar one fpcciall place,likab· Him: Whcrerhefidesmeet, there He is. Tojoynetogerher, to make twoo•e, He loveth it aboveall : ftrerchlng Himfelfe, to both walls, chat both may refr on Him. And lafrly, Laphprimarim, aHeadflone. For, there he !houldbe, there, islli1 right place, and it will never be well with the B11ilding, till He be in that place, till (,: H a I s -r oeA"Xf'Y'""'9-· Capnt,in omni procuratione, The higheft and chiefeftendof all. This He is, and in the end, This He will be: ifnot by Men,yet by G0 D. But now, we haveto doe with Men : and we are to put it to voices, theirvoices; with whom He lived, what they thinke of CH R r s -r, for Caput ufnguli. Iris re. turned, ~em reprobaverunt : Heis refufed. Will.ye heare it, from themfelves~ tuk., 9 ;, 4. Nolumiu hnnc regnare;We will~tot hAve Him King; Notinthatplace; noHead,inaoy, wife. · lfr.f.4· ~er. S· S· Bucaquibli<, whowerethefe ~ Thefewere foo!ifh people, that knew notthever: tueorvalue'ofaStone: no heed to be taken what they cry. We willget m, wirh!lr:· '"Y• to mm ~fskill,that know,what Stone is for every place; profeffedbuildm, byrhe1r trade: But tbefealfo,were no better conceited ofHim, than the other :for, doe ,wyoftbe r11len makeany account ofhim ?lohn7. 48. As who fay, None ofthemneither, Tbc vuyBuzlders refufe Htm too. Weli we will maketh~beftof it: Itmly be, not forrhe Head: But there be more place than that :Ifnot allow Him there,yer Hemay be infome elfe. lmproba7mtl!lt, it may be,hut or reprobavmmt: difallowed, but nor cafi afide quire. We askerheo~ ho"' farrc( Will ye put Him upthefecond time, and (to fee the ~oufqueinkmde) lclu11S. 1 o. willye put up Jiarabbas with Him~ Non htmc, (ed Barabbam. So it went: theirverdid. Now, by this rime it is reproba..,mmt (as fult as may be) A deed, and thatwith a foule indignity~ · -· · ·
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