Sermon 7· 0 f the RE su R R E c T 1 o N. 4-4-9 P A(i:ha, 3 Pdj[e-ove~. * .f2.!i«11Jdmeft h,.cReligio(faith .Go n) ihall beourque!H1~ on~ wh.1t utlte mcamngoftin; obferva!llce, and what good JS there mH ~ For, The Am"'•' evcryFeall is in remembrance offome benefit (iop/d,rr~h'opw].,.) Pajmg over is ~·~·h . ~· ;ff, d b d l fi h . h' I (]' I "" (ofit (dfe) 3 thing indiyerent; goo or a ,tJcre-a rer as t JCis, w !Ca p3 Ctl over·m''"' by Pa(- vs,or we over it. For,~fany good over-paffe us, we lofe bY: Jt; bur, ~fany danger, ~h;~od.,,,,,. we arethe better. Agame, 1fwe paffc from better to worfe, tt 1s adetrtment: Bur, 1f - · from aworfe cafe or place, to a better; iris abenefit. And this is a benefit: for, here is aFeajl holden forir. Then didfomeevillpatTeoverus; or we our felves palfe over, into fome better eflate• TheLawmu!t beourlinc,to!~ad us all along rhis "I:ext; theCharac1cr ofir is legaff. How was it there~ Evi/lpaffed them; adejlroying Angtll, thatflew thejirft- Exod,,·,~,2; j borne in every hottje rhorow Egypt, burpalfedthem over, and touched them not. And yet rherewasanother: Theypa/Jedout of Egypt, to the L~11dofPromife, over the&d fe<. Thcypaffcd it well: a; for Pharaoand huhoaft, they pmf!Jedin it. Ye fhlll finde both thefethusfetdownetogether (Heh. X I. in the z8. vcr(c) the Dejlroyer aidpajfe overthem .- (In the 29· verfe) thcydtdpa(Je over Into Ca11aa11, The Egyptians petifhed in both; had noPajfeovar: Go .,·s people had. But what is this to us~ Here isPafchA; but whercis Noji'mm? We arc not in >Our P•f<" Egypt,no fcare ofourfirJI·borm; here is no deftroyi;;g Angel!: Audw~ are far enough mr, wba, itit) from the redfea. What rhen, tf our cafe fall out to be hke, tf our da~gcr as great: · l!nd foie will. Htre we live, we call it avale of mifery ; inaworld, w::e;·"of Egypt rw.si-'· is but acorner, and was but aType; Norrheir Pharao bur alimbe ofthcgreac p. arao, that ryrannizerh here in this world. • We have every oneaJoule; it is nor ourjirft6orne, it is more; even rni<am meam (as thePfalmijl calleth it) the.firjl, and ali that Pfll.>•.•~ we have. J It skills norfortheAngeU: Go n' • •vrath u .flillread1e to berevtaledon • onr.finnes: fi·om that, commeth all dell:ruccion. TheAngels doe but carry thephtals Apoc.•6i of it.. 4 Anddeath will march theRedfea: all mull through ir, and fome paffe well, bur the1110ll: parrperifh. Now then for Nojlmm. Our abode here is as daogerous, as theirs in Egypt: as many dejlroyers, yea, as many Crocodiles too; and therefore wee need a Pafcha, to efcape Go n's wrath,rohave irpalfeover us here. And yet, there ull:s another befides. For, how well we !hall doe with that fonner, I know not ; but, to the latter we mu!t all con1e, rodeath, ro the Red.fea– brinke: andrherc,.eirherP"ifh,or paffewellover, one of the twainc. Sure, PA{ch4 nofirnm isnotmorerhannecds; Pafchat~obu opi!S eft, we need one (a Pajfe-over) n<J lelfe than they. . Nay, I goe further: Ours is fuch as theirs. Theirs is nihiladnoftrum, nothing toours. For, whattalkeweof a deliveryofonepooreNation; and that, but from abodtly danger; and bur one neither~ Call yerhat a PAj{eover 1 How much more fhcn,ours, the great, andgernnll Pa(Jeover, that freeth us ~ thar.frccth all mankmde, ;om the tora\l dejlruc1zun both ofbody andJoule; and that by an etern 4 !ldelwery,both P~~ and for ever~ How to cfcapc that, Go n's wrath, tra vmtura. th~r is the true ~b•lh·I·7; a11 eover And h · I 1 ' 1 K' · w at menuon we Ca/Jaan f s t 1cre any companfon betweene t 1e ~wd dngdmues, ofCanaanand Heavm, whither C a a I s T /hall ~1ake us pajfe? thcnbfiPa{~hanoflr"m isit:or~rs,andnonebutours. Theirs, but ajhado;v_; Ours, ~ 11 anuall? very PafTeovtrmdeed: When all is done, pafcha noflrumls it. 1 yee giVe mekwe,to prefent youwith a meditation upon thi's point: it will m .. -
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