I 2'bt p... d ftnfe, 71f.lliJ. Ofth'CRx sURR E t:T 10 N. Sermon_ 6 • due:fo, even in theBuildings, thathathgotfuch a Head: Such and f~ Head, as could en.dure, thus to be refufid by them; arid yet admi_r, yea,eve~~h~s a that fo rcfufed H.itn (tf th~ fault be not 111 themfelves A to beStones mHisbui!din [e, all that: and to be members ofrhe Body, whereof He isrheHead. :g, or . Thenfecondly,as Go oharh: fowc rofuakeHim, Head. Actually we c not ; f! eis made to our hands : bur, in accoul)t, we mar : Giving flim, the hi~h~~ place mail.<?ur refpeds; MagmfymgH~ N~m.e, andHts Word, al7o~eallthings ~ H~ Word; mal<mg tt our chtefe ground: HM 'l'{Eme, and the glory oftt, making it ou chicfe end. Thar other i:onfiderations cai:ry us not away;as thcfeBuildershereirdi/ ~fVef!ient Ro"!ani, or, ,I wot noF what; but that ever (as the Heathen Lawyerfaid) tt bePotm ratto, qu£factt pro re!Jgtone, the bell: reafon, that makerh bell: for Religion and for rhe good ofthe Body ofthis Head (that is, the peace ofHis Church.) And this, for, Lapr:t erat CH 1l Is T us. But, Lapu erat David, is likewife true. Therefore, that we doe King Davidno wrong, let us !hew, how it firs him roo : but briefly, becaufe, this, is not Htsdav. DAvidwtfl aftone. The Iewes fay, it was his Nic-name, or name of difgrace; 1 hj 1 in fcome t~e~callcdhim fo. Forrha~,all !1is credit (forfooth) came, by caf!ing; jlone, and htttmgGoltah, by chance? n~ht !n the fore-head : and.fo, they rhwired himwith that name. They gave1thtm,mfcorne: bur he bareu,mearnefl. For fure, much forrow he endured: bad, that propertie ofaStDne; And nothingcouldre– move him, or make him 01rinke, from his Tru!l: in Go o, or from his Allegianmo SarJI his liege-Lord: that qualirit: alfo. And refufedhewas: not as C 11 a I s T, we mu!l:notlookefor that, neitherin Him, nor in any. Goo forbid, that any, evedhould befo refit{td,asHee. As C 11 a r s T, none, but C " 1l 1 s l'. No : bur yet, in his degree refiljedhcwas though. A hard time he had, and many hard rermes, and hard ufages he endured: for many yeares together ; purfued, and followed, and fhould have betne no Htd, nay, fhould havehadno head, if he had becne gorren. ' _ ·3 Refrif'ed, and by whom~ Even bySard, all his life-time : and when SAulwlS ·.s.m.i..S. dead, L.Abnerrefufed him, and fer up anorheragain!l: him. And when he was out :~:;;;· :~~!·s. ofhis Countrey, in Gath, refiifedcherc too, by rhe Princes of <...Ach/5. And even .' Sam.,o,6. at home, by his owne brethren, and fathers houfe. Yea, SJmuel himfelfe, hadgi· venit away (theHead-place) from him,toEliab, andforefiif'edhim; but,forG oo. And rhefe, wenr then, for the chicfeBuilders in Ifratl, at that time. So, theBNildm refufed Him; 4 . But, after all this; all this notwithfianding; thisStonebecame the Heat/, (thatis) Ch>p.>.ls. DavidgottheCrowne,and was Kingatlafi. For (Head) is the Kings Name. So dothSamuelcall theKing, I Sam.I'j.I]. So dothEfay, chapq. 4· So dothH•/ie, chap.r.u. But efpecially,foDaniel, in exprdfe termes,.Tu es Cap11t aureum, [pea– king to the King, Thoreart the Head ofgold. , . Head,andofthecorner: that is (asfome interpretit) oflud.t,andl[rael. But, that is thought fomewhat hard. For; thofe two, werenortwoKingdomes,nor everfo reckoned, till Roboam's time. And, what if Davidhad not happened rohave beenefirll King ofone Tribe, and after! of all; thould he have loll: this namerhen~ Should he not have beene 'A""'"~"IU!>-' Shall no King be Caput Anguli, if hee have but oneenrire Kingdome ~ Shall not Sdlomon, as well as D•vidt No quefiwn but he01all. . The better parrtherefore think good, to give ir that fenfe, which never failes•n . anysi ate : and which fundry times ye !hail finde pointed at byDavidhimfelfe,as •n irV'crCe~, 10 • the ' 1 , 5. before, and in the b l3'i· after : Yea, even here in ' this Ffolmearrhebe· 6 v"r< , 9 • u. ginning,Domtu I{rael,,and Do~,.. Aaron, the Houfe of Ifrael, and theHoufe of AI· 'Vcrfo,J. ron. rhar is, the two ellares, Cw•ll•nd Ecdcfi,zJ!toafl,whtchmaketh the mameAnglt, in e~ery Government. Go o Himfelfe bath fevered them, and made rhefe; rwo.; bur eo meetin one: Not one tomalignc and confume.tb.e other. And, thehapp•e · comb~
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