__f__ f_0-----------0~~~th~e·Fl:~&-S_U_R_R-.-£-C-T~!O~N-.-----Se-r-m~ ~~--~~~~~----~--~~~--- lJcb-3-4· Job.J8.6, Pf:l(.,o,..J. I ~b,a!•7,, not be well,we called to fcrutiny againe ~ Is there anyhuilder yet left, befo;;-- wemay bring the matter ~ Yes, there is. E'fltry hotif'e is huilt•f{smem 4 n (fa· ho~,' Apofile) Sut Heth4t is thehuilder of~(!, is Go n. He that fetup thisgreatv~ul: d worke, of Heaven over our heads : that layd the C-.rner-flom of the earth, H .e Builder. But, HethatlaydHis Chamber-beamesin the waters, Et "'f'pe~ditte:~~ fupernihilum, hangst!Jisgreat Matfe, no manknowesuponwhat: He thatb ''!"' neth at the'tQppe,and builas downewards,Heaven firfi,and then Eanh (asHed~~ Hepatfeth all ours,He.is a skillfull Buililerindeed. Is He ofthefame minde ~ offi C 11 111 s r to His probation. He will repro!JArereprobames, condemnethem ther fo refufed Him :·~nd all ~11 turne, ·quite contrary. Saint Peterfaith it : Hew~' Mt.M.. ~•@-,rtproh~eW.tth me~,l111t .""-«1l,,chofenofG_on;Jf.'"'-'~l'.'r@-,nothing wmh: withtht111, but ;,?,p.@-, prwom;'l?lth Htm. Meet to bemthe huddmg; Nay, nohu;t_ ding, meet to be, without Him.. Andi~ thehttilding! ifany part moreobjechothe fight, than other, three. Andmthat, sfanyplacehsgherchaaanother; there, In ,edificil, <.Ang11lo 11dijicii, C11p!tt ~ngul~ : In theBuilding,th~Corner ofthe Building, the HedoftheCorner :(thatls) mthe h•gheft plate,ofrhe chsefeft part ofall. Thi~ He thought Him, and as He thought Htm, foHemadeHtm : andmadeHimfothis day, the day ofHis Refurreflion. yvhom th~y cafi downe, Go" lift up, fromthe grave: whom theyJlilified, Heglonfied; glonfied, ~ndmadeHunCaput Ang~li,rn: Head ofthe Corner. " . • . . . · How ofrheCorner 1TheCorner, sstheplace, where twowalls meet :3nd thetebe many two'~int~is Buildiltg : .The two walls of Nati~ns, ltJI!esand Gentiles: The two, ofCondmons, BmaandFree : The t":o, ofSexe, Male andFem•le: thegreat two(which this day we celebrate)ofthcktckeand the Dfd: above all,thegreardt Twoofall,Heave.iland Eitrth. ' · ' ThetwofirftmeetinHim: Thetewasapar~tion, SntHedownewithit, Etfo~ tit utraqueunum, Ephef. z. 14. So that, there Mtmther ICJII norGreefu, neither Btd 11or Fre~,neitherMalt nor Female, hut allonein C u 11 I s T I • • us ; Yea,the~~~~ and the DeaJ,both live toHim. Andall thefe, fo many Combirtations,as in the cen. ter,meetinHim:andH_e in them.id~ ofall, drawes all, ~dknits all, in one holy Faith~ and bletfed hope ofHtSCommmg ; one mutual! unfamedlove towards each orher. :Exie Angulm, well faid Zacharie. · ZJCh.••· 4 ; And as Ynitie.is in the <.Angle; fo order, is under the 'Hwl. As all one in Him; fo, HeisHe4dofall. Hedofthe'lewes, Iefmintheirtongue: H;adofrhe Col.•. 1 8, Gentiles, C u a i: s T intheirtongue : He•d of the Church ,. Hedofaft Pri11cipalitJ Col.•.•u. and Power. Therefore tliis day, C H R I s T that dyed rofe againe, that He might /;e Lordhoth offl!!,iclte andDed,Ro'"· 14·9· And ofthegreat Angleofall, confillingof . M••·•B·•~! HeavenandEArth; for;t~U jower lr!Mgiven Him in heaven and e.trtb,and He madeHtlll ofboth. \ · r Now then: will ye lay thefetogether~ There cancome to aflone no greaterdigJ tlity,tha~J,there to be(in the Head,) To any]lone: but it is much increafed,by thai Circumftance,that it is not onely,Lapis (barely;) but,Lapis ~utmrtprohavmmt, that now is thereiiHht Hedd: Not anyfone; but aftone {orefufed (as we heard)forfuclt aflone,there tobe; from that Termit~m 4quo,tocometo thisTerminm adque"' ;from fo bafe an efiate,there to be, that isagreat increafe to it. And thirdly,by fuch aperfdn,aBuilderfo match-letfe,there to be: tliat isyet ade~ gree higher: And this triplicity exalteth much HisExalwion. That byGod,andnot ' Godsfuffering, but Hisdoing: and that, fallum.mira!Jite, His wDnderfuUdoing, it came topalle: As indeed, wonderful! it istofee, thatwhich allrheWorldnowfeerh: C u R 1 ..,. ,that(for the prefent)was fo ftrangely dejected ; fince,to be fo exceeding· l'hil:1~.19, 1o, lyglorified: Somany kneesto how toHim, fs many tong11e~ to~onfef!e Him, His Namet~ - ,1_1. ~eaboveall ~mes,Heave11 andEarth to befullofthe Mll]tf!te ofHisglory. . Now from thefewords~Cap11t Anguli: th~t which we learne morally,is :tomak: much ofthe two verrues commended to us, mthefe two words : •. rmm .d11gui!, •and .tlngt~lifuh Capite! - - · - - fir~
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