SermofiJ· Ofthe Rxsuaa&CTION, Now then,this is our conclufiof) : Come we mufi, and itaqtle ceiehremu.• .This is . our CAUtion: Thus we mull come, z.{Jn tn fmnentu, fed4zymu. If we fay; tt skills , not whither we come; It•quemeets With u~: Ifwe fay; 1t ~k1llsnor, how •yecplne, . zUnin /ermentomeers with us ton. It IS; wnh ushfre,as With the Prophet; whenwe Hofea,7 .; ; would heale one,the other breaketh forth. If we prelfe 'l{gn mfermento,we lofe Italite 1 demnr, they come not at all: No Feaft. If we urgellaqt~eepr-leiJ'ur,they 'I '1 holv' /evened, and 1mlevened, all; clap themdownetogethcr. Weneeda come· · A d · d " · il!!l,;odointrJfli hnc r to keepe fom'c backe: n yet, we nee aCompette mtrare, to b 11 0 others in. But themanner,but the cafltion,remember that. Themaine cot,clufi- ~~"'h."· "' nn, , l d B h. ( .1 ) Luk.••·•J· onis, that we come. Theotherwemufinot eaveun one: ut,t ts perempton y we are6oMJdto do.e. . . . . . The Apojlle b,ndes us to doezt : The tnne to doett; n~w. For, tf th1s follow : c u a Is r u ojfered,Timefore wt4re to come to Hu feafl: Th1s will follow as ftrong– ly C " A I s r u now ojfered,therefore let m now come. Goe by degrees: TheChrijlian p;f{e-over (our Paffe.ove~) a time itmull have; fo~etime it is to be•ept. We~ould doeir at that time,whenlt were bell for us to doe lt. When belt for us to doetr,but atrhe~ime,He didir Himfelfe ~And that did He,evenat this feaft,now. Now then, atthisfeafl,it is ~oft kindl:yto do it =. molll!ke to pleafc him,andro profperwithus. Andindeed,Jf at any nme we will doe 1t, !l.t!,ando pafcha,nijimpa{cha,what nme is the Pajfe.over fo proper, as at thefeaft of the Pajfe-over? .fl.!!,ando tempus ejNlandi, 11 ;ji quando tempm immDlandi, When the time of His receiving, as at therime of His offering r Therefore they both, the feafl and thelam6e, have one name; ro !hew the neere conjunttion,that lhould be between them. When theday commeth,ro remem– ber what was done on the day ;and fo, what we to do, on that day. Pafeha q~todcelebra '""',to put us in minde,ofpafcha quodepulamur. For,tell me,Will thefacrtjicecom. memorative, or theSacrament c~mmumcatweever fall more fit, than, when that was offered, w~ich we are tocommemorau andcommunicauwithal! ~ Is nor the firtell time Q[-doingu, thenmewhenltwasdone? of Ho& fmte, then, whenHoc falfumeft? .So that without any more adoe,the feafon it felfe pleadethfor this effeCtually. And now isthe time of Expurgate, for our bodies : the corrupt humours, that' !even ir, now wecaftrhem out. And why not, now likewife, thofc that lye{owre in ourfot~les i' And even NaturesPaj[e-o11er, thegenerall Pajfe-over is even at this time,' both inheavenandearth. Above,inheaven : where, theSun havingpa)l over all the Signes is come about, and renewes his courfe, at the fir!l: Signe inthe zodiacke. And beneath inearth, from the lharpe time ofWinter,arld fermenting time of the earth, to therenewing fweetrime,thetime of theSpring, wherein there isnova con.JPerfiO,in na– ture it felfe. And why lhould not thePajfe-ov.,of gracebe now likewifein feafon, andhave due concurrence withnature r Sure,all agree well,if we but agree our [elves. And ifwe agree,for our parrs,to doe. thedayes .duty, C ~ a I ' T will not be behinde with His, thed.tyes btnifit. But, dunlig oul: tlmt, and mth~ h~ateof death, be outtruePaff"t-over; Jhielding us from all deadly mifhaps, while we here live; and giving us a fure and fafe palfage at our end, even a palfageto thelall and great PA{Je.over of all; thetruthof that, whereof · thetrs was the /badow, and ourstheimAgenow. For, we have not yet done with out Lanzbe; no~the worke of this Pajfe-over isnot yet fullyaccomplilhed. . 1here ls.afurthermattetyet behinde: for as thisfeafllooketh backe,as amemd-' rz;/lof.that,Jsalreadypafi anddone for us: fo dothit forward, and is to us apledge a a~o,her, and abetter yet to come, The feaff of themarriage oftheLambehere, A . ..-.. ,, ~hans our PafTe..over : where, whofoever lhall beagneff, the Angels pronounce him poc.' 9 · 7 • ~~~~~ ~ That,ls the la{l: and great Feajl indeed,when all Dejlroym a11dall Je{lruifionsJhall eDeafe ~nd comifeto an endfor evermore;andwe heare that joyfull voice,Tranji ingaudium Mmh,•f·.•!, omznt •PA e.ve · 1 h · f h L . · · led . ' nn ° t <Joy o t e oR n ; the )oyes ofHeaven .: Ioyes normmg- \Vlth any form lewn (~s this worlds joy is) butptmandenti" :nor trtmjient (as -. - Tt · ---·---- that c .. 3 "
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