5M~ttrmtt".. J'm Cr11os. lluke 'J..7. 11. Vcrfcg, Ofthe·R E sua R 1t c T 1 oN. Sermon 6. Enough now: For,death is tt!timali!fta (we [ay.) Nay, there is yet an t.Atttem more bchmdc,to make 1t up full fcven. For, One death IS worfethan another A d His, was .Mortem alltem, the wor/1 death ofall: the death ofmalefactors; andofrhe wor/1 fort ofmalefactors, .Mortem Cmcis. Nay; ifHe mull die, let Him die, an honcll, afairedearh. Notfo: nay Wo 1 t11rpijrma (faid they ofit, that put Him to it) the foulc/1 death of all other :of;.: mortem, mortem ttutemCrucu. Died, and, fodied. Everrhe (So) the mannerismorethanthethingitfelfc in all of C n R 1sT. Tobeborne(So) to be borne, u[quepreftpe, to theCratch ,'y 0 die, nay (So) rodie,ufqueCrrmm, totheCroffe. Yfquenaturamhominis;ufquefor. mamfervi ;ufqru morttm malefici. z. So great a Perfon: 1 . Thusrohumble ,. 3 , lfumble Hts BJvm fel(e : 4· To beobedrmt : 5. To be made obedient : 6. obedient wirhanufque,fofarre; 7· Sofarre, as to dwh: 8, And roadcath,f~opprobrious: Thefe cxten!ives, and Inren!ives put together, will (I tru/1) make up a perfect Prop. te; qt~od. And this,for lmmilitas claritatis meritum (in the firfi verfc.J Now, for ctarit~U hmni!itati> pr£mium (in the refi.) And, will yee obl'erve howtheyanfwcreoneanother ~ Forhr11mltavtt there, here is exaltavit .. Forltfe there; Dew, Goohere:Forlp[efe,Deruipfum. He,htJm6!edHim(elfo;Goo exalted Him, [or humiliavittt[qr~e, there: here is exaltAvit[uper. For,fafilliobedi: eNs there; here fa8us dominus. For mortem Crucil, the death ofthe Croifethere: here, is theglory ofGcdthe Father. supeNxalta· This exalti~<g, we reduced to two: J ofHu Per[o11; z Of lfu Name. OfHisPtr; uit Ip[.m. fon, in(t~pcr.exaltavit Ipjitm: OfHis N111tJe (in the reil ofthe verfe.) · EX, To begin with His perfonall exalwion. St~per.exaltavit,is a de-compound, There is, ExandSuper (both) in it. Hcsexalting harh an Ex, whence or our of~Vhat: His exaltinghath aJi•per, whither or whereunto. Ex, from whence~ from the two very !all words, Mortem Cruc$. Hisrailing to life oppofed ro .Mortem, the fo:rowes of death. The giving ofHis N•m<; toCr•· cis, the 01ame ofrhe Crof!e. Th1s dayes (Ex) was from death. His hu...,iliavit,had beeneadhrmmm, to the ground : Nay further, into the ground: Nayfurrheryer, Fphcf.H. ,;, ~""'"& into the very 10\yefl: parrs ofir. His exaltavit then, was from rhcnce,from Pt>l.9·'l· death: and not thegates of death (ther, Hc wasnotm:) nor the j•wesofdeath (then 1 Pw. 7 .• ;~·' 5· Hewas nor,qui~e downe :)but from inferiora, and interiora,thelowermoll,andinner· Mans... moll roomes or death. From undertheStone; thence : from theDungeon, with '1~> : ~:~):j~ 5 · (eph; From thebottome ofthe Dmne, with b _naniel} From thebe!lieofthe Whalt,wich clonu uo. cIona< .. (All three, Types ofH1m. )There IS H1sE.'C. Nowthen, whither~ FwmDeath, to life: From p,Ame,toglory : From ade,thof Jbame, to a life ofglory. From theforme of A (ervant, infa8us obediens; to the digni· tie ofa Soveraignc, in fa8us Dominus. super. But willye marke againe ~ For,NonJicut deli8rem,Jir: donum (faith He,elfe-where) So here, not as Hishr<mbling,{o rtll< Hisex•lting: but more. That,ofHis .bumbli6g, was difpatchcd inoneverfe. This,ofHisexalting, hath no Ieffethanthree. Sorhe !tom. 5.1 f. amends is large, three to one. , Bm, that is not it I meane: Butthis : Superisnotthitheronely, buraboveandbe. loh.r q 4 . yond it. From death to life: Nay, St~per; more thanfo: Not to La.,arm life, todte lob.to.•o. againe, but to life immonall: ut vitam habe•t, & ab~tndantilu babeat: Thatabundan· 1P.:t.1.4. Levit.t.3.1fl. Ioh.:.. Jo. t.Rcg.lo.ll, tim, isimmortalitie. From fhame to glory: onelythat~ Nay, Super,tothegl~ryef the Father (that is) glory, that foal/never fade, asallherdhall. Sodowneward,_tr was but tt[qt~e, bad his llinr, fo farre,and no farther: upward.now,it is,Super, no lhnt but higher at~d higher frill. . . · . . This day IS the feaft ofthejirft frnzts. On It, He had no more, butthe 6rllfrUJcsof His exaltin". He was exalted, but with Iona's exalttltiononcly,from the lower p~rtsf to the upp~· parts ofthcearrh. But we fhall follow Him higher, to theexaltaiiD:-0 . £11Af1
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