Sermon+· ofthe N ATIVI T 1 E. fend, as withal! to >IJake, aretwodi£l:incc meafures of t'tlisjilling. As He is, He is a Make~, a Creator,. If G 0 0 make Htm any rhmg, He mu£1: be a tlungmade, aCreatt<re_; and that 1s a t difparaoement. So that,howfoevenheTtmns rhefidler, fortlus; He1s rh~ emptier : !r~a=Xf'" J:N.=XF'''' The fulndfeof time, is His emprincffe; The exalting of that, his _ -b~frno And this very Exinanivit feip{tmt, emptying Himfelfe; for our fake; is aprellino Piu!.~- 7 down~~he meafllte ,. artdfo, even by thar, llill the meafnre is morefie!!. "' Yea the very manner ofthis making,hath,his increafe too,addeth to it llill. In the word '--- _,,~.,:'which is not everymakint;, but making it flu Nat11re. To have made Him~ body and taken it upon Hun for a nme, nll He had performed Hts Embaffage, ~md then b1d tt off againe that had beenemuch: But fo to bemade, as oncemade, and ever made; fo to take 1r, as nev;r hy it offmore, but continue fo !till -;;,•:m, it to become Hi5 very Nature; fo to bee ?nade is to make the union full. And to make the ttmon wtth usfidl, He was content, not to befent alone, but to be made; and that ~!ut>m, to bemadefo, as_never 11nmade _more. Our Man-hood becomming His Natttre, no leffcthan the God-head lt felfe. Tlus 1s Fzlmm fac11111J indeed. Made and twice made, (for fo it is in the Verfe) 1 FaCl11mex, and , Fac'l11mjieb; mada of, and made render : ofa •voman, nnder the Law. So, two m~kingsthere be; either of them; ofit felfe, a_filling to the meafure, but both ofthem makcth lt perfectly full. Made, fir£l:ofa1voman: that, I takecleerely to beone. For, if He, ifthe{onnebf G: o o 4 mu£1: bemade aCreature: it were meet He fhould be made the be£1: Creature ofall. And if~~~.'!" 111 ade ofany thing, (if any one thing betterthan another) ofthat: made fomegloriousSpirit, Some ofthe orders of the Angels. Nay, made, but made no Spirit; Verbum caro faai/Jn eft, lJ 1 1,'' '·'4 TheWordbecamejlej!J :made, but madenovfngell; NufquamAngdos,Heinno wifetooke ' _, 10 Angels nature upon Him. Bmmade man. Firft,I willaske with David,Domine, quideft homo? Lord,what is man~ pf.,,qH And then, tell you His anfwer: Homo quaji m nihili, Man is like athing ofnought.And this , he was made, this he became, made man, made ofawonMn: didnot abhorre theVirgins wombe, (as we fing daily,to the high praife ofthe fulnej[e ofHis humility,towhich His love brought Him for our fakes.) For, whatfoever el(e He had beenemade, it would have done us no good. In this then wasthefitlnej[eof His Love, as before of His Fathers, that He would bemade, and was made, not what wasjitteft for Him, but what was beft for 11s :nor, rvhat was moll: for H1'sglory, bm •vhat was moll fotOur benefi't and behoofe. . c.Made ofawoman. For, Man Hee might have heene made, and yet have had a bo– dyframcdforHim infleaven,andnotmade ofa Woman. But when He faith, Fac1ume.-c ?nfllim, it is evident, He paffed not thorow her, as water thoro•v" Conduit Pipe, (as fondly dreameththc Anabapu£1:.) Made of, Farfum ex: Ex dicit materiam. Made of her; She mintflred the matter, Fief/, ofherjlej!J. Semen nmlieri,-, The fe.ed; andSemen intimumjitbffanti£, 6co. l·'f· thans,rhepnnctpalland very :nward chiefe part ofthejitbjlance, Madeofrhat, made of hervery {ttbjlance, . . Andfo have we here now in one, both twaine FlinVatftres. Godfent His Sonne, There Hts Dwtne ·c.Made ofawoman,HereHis Humane Nature. Thatfromthe bofoineofHi; Father, before all worlds ; Thts from the wombe ofHu mother, in the world. So that as fi·om eter. nitie, Go o His Father might fay that verfeofthe Pfalme, Fibur met/S es1 11 , 'hodiegentti te, pf.,l.>-7. i Thouanmy Sonne, tlus day have I begotten thee: So, inthefidnef!e oftimt, miglmheVir– gmHrsmother, noleffetruly, Fili~M mmsest11, hodiepeperite, Thou art my Sonne, this day have I brought thee into the world. Th And here now, at this word,made ofawoman, He bcginncth to concerne us fomewhar. as Hcg~owcth an alliance betweeneus: For, we alfoaremadeofawoman. And our hope is, (f;ithwtllnot beconfounded, to be countedmter natos muliemm; No -more wtll He bee, Hcb.t.u; h. the Apollle)to fay ,mmedtOfratmm; to acknowledge us His B'ethren. And fo by Rom,8,•9 t 15 :;meHegrowethfomewhatneerett~. _ m d. hts now tsfrdt for the umon wtthournature, to be madeofawom•n• Butfotobc H: bf ~:•m•n, without ~e be alfomade11nderthe Lmv, is not neereenough yet. For, if M'"'~""' f t 11 of the compafle oftheLaw, that the Law cannot take hold ofhim, FaClumex der "'' mu mewl doe us fmall pleafure. And Hewasfobornc,fomade of awoman; as the verity Law. D ~ of
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