Ch>p.7.p. ,l lohn2..17': Pfal.91. S, 6. /lpoc.6.~. , •. . S· ~' 4 Luke.•i."t~. f~ JYheitis; Jdarke 1~-3CHRIST ahelAmbtof ~Oj). Of theRE suR RE c T 1o N. Sermon 7 . fit the feafi wdl, and ferves us for apreparution to our Pajfe-over, and I wi~ itfarre,bmevenfrom the wordPajfe-over. For, all the labour is, but to make~ fedethewantofit. . 5 EflJapienti; qreerelti, irdnjire generationem, aliamfuccedere, aliam quoque tr.njin It is that, the Apoftletells us, and ':e feele ir, M11ndm tranjit! that the world paffes; n•pdy" (fatrh Samt Paul) .~:J<,..(fauh Samt John) m theAc1tveand PA}Jiveboth,the worldpaJTeth away. Et en Pa{cha, entranjitta,a kinde ofPaJTe-over,oftheworld it felfe ofthis tranjitory world(as We terme it) Vbi non habemm manevJem,&c.wherewecan: notlong have any abode. , But then, ifwe looke home to our fclves,we {hall finde another Pajfe-overrhett-1 even that ofthe Ffalme, Cito tranjit & ttvolamru, we paffe as a fhadow, as adreamef when one awaketh; we bringour yeares to an end, tU it were ti tale that is told. Cito tran. fit, fo foone paJTeth it and wte are gone. Saint lames veryexcellently exprelferhit: TeiX"•ave!y wheele of our natrtre whirling about: That the world pafferh; butwe, fafier thamt. But the third is the complaint indeed: that tranjitory though this world be, and we yet more tranfirory_; yet wecannotpa~e it9.uietly for allthat~ But, fomewipe we have of the Angelsfword; at!ea!l:-wtfe, m feare we ltvefitll, ofthofeinrhc Pfalme; Sagitta volans, or Terror noflurnm, or Incttr[uJ, or Dttmon meridi~Wtff; one of Egypts ten plagt~es : One ofthe Angtl's phials, or of theHor(es, red, bitcke, or pale, are Hill abroad; much adoe we have, without fome mif-hap, topafethislifc thatpaJTeth [ofafi. But lafily, fay thatwe have the good hap,to [cape well here; yet hencewemul1: yer long, to theRed-(ea-hanckt : we mufi come todeathall: and death is not Intedtnr (aftnall en1J but Tranjittu (apafageovert~anew efiate.) There,is the maine peril/, -that wemtfcarry not; (greatoddes rherets, for many doe;) bur paffewell omin· to the Land ofPromife. Thefe fourepaJTe-overs it will not beamiffe to_thinke of. And,in all thefe,need we not one, to helpeus well thorow, thatthefepenls may well pajfe us o·ver 1 Need we not one, that may make the rtd-(tapajfablt for us, that we may well come to the Land of the living? , · And now then, tell rile, what is the fumme of all our defires ~ Is it not Bonu,. pafchtt ~ Whilewe are here,theDeftroyers may paffe,andwhen we goe!Jence,we ma)' well get over~ Is it not, Sic tranftre trar;fitoria, ttt tran(mndo perveniamruad ~terna? So to paffe thefetranfitory things, that wemay well come to thofe, that {hall never paffc ~ A goodpaffe-over is our wijh ; and again!l: we !hall need it, agood one Goo fend us. Vpon the point, ifwe weighwell, Sa/m ipfa nihil eff, nifipafcha. The bentjt of all benpts (Salvation it felfe) iscomprifed, in this word; is nothing bur apaft· over: As much, in one word, as the other, traY}jire a malo, tobe faved from will; tranftre adbon11m, to be fetfafeingood: To thefetwomay all be reduced. This is all \VC need, and all wefeeke. And this Parafceve(or preparation) will fer us in hand to feekeir, and makeus fay (with ourS A v r o ua) dejiderio dejideraviut,&c. earnejliy to defire, to haveo11rpart in thupaffe.over. Thenext point; ifwe need one, and ifwe deftreone, wherefhall we have one~ !l!_;u revolvet nobi; h11nc lapidem ? Who will roll ru away thu flone ( faid the Wo– menthis day.) To our lineagaine, the Law. How did they there, in the 'l"ypc? (for, fo 'it mufi bee, in the tmth.) They had a meanes, that helped them rho· row both, which (per c.:Metonymian cauf"') they called their p•ffe·over. And tt was a Lambe. Have we [o ~yes: Ecce A o N us D • I (faid the BaptiJt, atthe fir!Hight.) But cveryLa?tibewillnotferve;itmultbeapafchallLambe. Is c HR Is nhatLtm6e? Saint Iehnputs it out'ofquellion: That which was [aidofthepafchaflLam6t [ye ftMil not bre•ke a bone of hi it;] he applies to C H R I s T; and faith, in Him the Smpwe 'f!_ttf fuljil(erJ. 'Eo~em_tempore, !~omm, &noflrum ~· adduatl!_~n Fejlo ipfo~ Jben,
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