44-4 4 4 ~Sam;~o.r~ A<lst.>).' 3 Hcbr.n.tg. Of theRE suR RE c T 1oN. Sermon 6~ Ycrfor all their Breves,andBrills; this Stone is the Head,forall that. Fa{f"' mad he is,and made by Go o. For,/t Domino, Go o's doing it was, evidently; th;t afte~ fo much ploning,fo many yeares togerher,at the very time, GoD bowed the hearts offo many rhou!ands,asi~had been the heart of one man,to agree in one: as that all rhat fore-faw it,thoughr it had nor beene poffiblc; and all that faw ir,confdfedit'ad– mirable; andall menfaid,This hat/, GoD done :furthey faw evidentlyitrv,u hi5worke TbeHeAd, Yottwerethen made: AndHead, norofOneAngle,asYortwerebe: fore (for, Caput Anguli, I hold a King.to be, though he have but onel~ingdome) but CaptttTrtangulz, Headnow of thr~e, even of awholeTrtang!e. So, thm titles were dafhed, their plots dif-appoimed, and all their devices, as the Potters clay. Totm it was ofright, and Go o bath brought Yottto it. So iris : and ourcyesdoe fee it, and our heans doe joy in it, and our tongues bleffe Go Dfor it; and herewe are, this day, with all praifeand thankesto acknowledge it, that fo it is. It io apatt of this Dayes dutie, that fo we fhould acknowledge it, and give Him thankes for it that brought it to paffe. ' And, may I notfurtherputyouinminde, of another making yet~ Anditis not impertinent neither: to this day, efpecially. For, aftcrthe firll: making or ;1 1• cing, looke, how many after-:met?prs are made, ro un-make or dtfplace rheHt4d– flone agJine; fomany rimes, as tt ts heaved ar, to that end and thofe attemprs dr– feated: fo many new ptacings, fomany newmakings, areweeco reckonof. D4-. 'Vid was made Head, not oncly, when Sa11! and u16ner fought to put him downr and were put downerhemfdves; which was, beforchecameto the Crowne: but' even after hee had ir, and had wornc it long,. when t.A6falom and She!Ja refuf 1 d him (being their Head) and cryed, 'l'(g part.m David, andfo, foughttofethim betides the Throne. And Builders there wanted not in that ddigne: Ah(alomhadAchitopheland <.A. mafa, rwoasprincipallMaffer-6uilders, asthenwcreany. When Go o brought David backe ro his Sear againe, and delivered him from them, that fought tore– move him from it: He did as good, asplMe him in it, anew. Davidhim[elfe faithfo, before (at the I 3· Verfe.) Herva•jhrewdly liftedat,and nadyto turne over: 611t Go o flayed him, &nd{et him right in hi; Seat againe. And in very deed, thererfenext be– fore, (the XX l.) where he faith, Go n hadheardhim, andwa 6e.:omehi6 Deliverer, ·makes rhe Writers ro thinke,this P(alme was endired rarhcrforrhis Second, than for his firfi placing. Now, a like Second making, wee may well remember: and wee cannot doe it better, than upon thu day. Tki; day (as we !hall fee) hath an intere!l:init. Thar, fince Your fettingin the Seatofrhis,Kingdome, Some there were, J3uilders one would have taken them to be, if hee had feene them, with their rooks in their hands, as if they had beenc to have laid Come foundation; where their meaning was, to undermine, and to call: downe foundati.ons and all : Yea, ro haye made a right Stone of You, and blownc You up amongrhe Stones, Y011, and Yours without anv more adoc. · - And,Ulfafler-builders they had among!l: thcm,(fo theywill needs be accounted) that encouraged their hearrs, and !l:rengthenedtheir hands to the Worke. And that, they might doe, there was noSealetohinder it: But difdofeit, that, they might not, for fearcofbreakingaSea/e: there was a Sealeforthat. And rhus did they ,tdifwe ad Gchennam: edifie their followers to Hell-ward,ro fer them forward andfend the/If to their owne place.That DaJ,which G o n undid rhat wretcheddeligne,and brought thcirmifchiefc upon their owne heads, That Day, did Go o makeToll ca;uttrta~guli, thefecondtime. That Day, that Heebrought Yeti backe (if nodi-am deathlt felfe, yet) from deaths doore, fi·om the very gares of dc!l:rucrion, That Day, was a very EJJ!er-d•y to r 011, though it were in November. And, ·.;;., ,;"-~'''"-· after aforr, a veryRefurreEiion: as very a refit~reffion, as Ifaaks was, which rhe Apofl!e there fpeaketh of: That Day, ~he deflroymg Ange_ll (I am fure) pafi over Totl, ~nd fo, it was truely the Feaft of the l'a!feover. F1t therefore to be remembred thiS Day, - lit&
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