Sermon 9· 0 f the R_ E S UR R E C T I 0 N, E!iM,Super, above theclou~s: Nay, Super;above.the Starres,above the Heavews,and the heavens ofthe hMvens : till we have brought Htm;fr~m tkprofundi<, ro in excelfts; from rhelowdl parrs of rhe earth, ro the htghefi place m Heaven; even er; the right lt.imlof Go o. And higher, we cannot goe. . . . . . 473 Will ye obferveyet once morc,a kinde ofomenorprefage,of!:ioth thefeex41tingt; and char ar rhe very rime ofHi> humiliation?Fpr,even ehar HishumiliatioNwas acted, afterth;manner ofanexaltiwg(chough in ameere mockerie.)F<;>r;roall their difgra• ces they added this,offcorne: They life Him up,upon His crofle,for all the wdrld as rudic. al.ot; che,Philiflines didSamjo11; fee Himalofr,he:wem the twopilldrs,to~akefpdrt at Him. Mu. 'r·:6 : This was His exaltation. And they gave HtmaN4meroo,Ptlates mle over Hts head.; al. And6o1vedrheir knees ; and cried,AveRex(akinde ofConfej!ion.) This, as they performed ir,wasgrande ludibriuNJ; but as Go o turnerhir, it was zrt~~~de IISJfleritlm, For, to earnefi, G0 D turneth both. A kinde ofitrife, there fee. medtobe : thclowerthey, the higher Go o :the more odious theyfoughrco make Him; the more glorious G o o : He ExaltedHis Per[o11, in fiead ofthe Crolfe, to Hisownc high throne of Majdlie. And infiead ofPilates title,gave Him aTide of true honour, above all the Titles in the world. And this,for Saper·exa/i,wi'tip(um: And fo,I palfe from tlteexalti11gofHis Per{on (the amends for Mortem;) And come to the exaltingofHis Name (the amends for Cracis, (in the latter pare ofthefamever[e;) I Hega-rN JiimA'l'Vmt. For, wirhout.i N4mt, whatis exalti»g I What is His N~t. Dt<!itEiN~ tivitywitHout anEpzphany l For, tochore two, maychefe two here wdl be compa- m••· red. His Re(urremon, is a veryNativity. Toir,dothSaint l'aul apply rhe verfeof the P{alme, Hodiegenui te, AEis 13. And this Na~egiving; is asche. Epiph4wie; to M"I·H; make it apparent and knowne to the wodd. And •nde~d, why are thmgs exaltedor lift up, but that they may be inview, and notice taken ofthem ~ Sd that;they which .beexalted, feeme not fo to be, till their fo being be made publike, and, there goe a NAme ofit abroad in the world. And fure, when men arefohigh, as higherthey cannot be (as Kings) there is rid other way toexaltt/,em, left us, but this; eo fpread abro~d, to dilate their namer. Which every noble generous fpirit bad rather have, than any dignity; though never fo high. For, being in their dignities, how farre will they venture ; evenro jeopard dtgniry, lifeand all: and all, but tole:~veagloriousNamebehinde them~That, To gwe 4'l'&me, is even toexalt His veryexaltatim it felf~; and to make him, that isat the highelt, higher yet. v1 'l(.ame Hegave Him: what Name ? not (inter) among thetamous names on earth; but.(Super omne 11omm) above them all. Hereis, Sttper uponSuper: another Suptronnir Super to Hts '1(.4me,no lelfe than His Perfon. That,above allperfons; and this,above No•m. all namu whatfoever. And now, by this time, His exAltation is compleate; and not one(Super) to be added more. li . This Name,is named in theverfe, and it is the Name of Is sus, ' of the giving rll:, And then oftheSuper, ofit. 2 ~fthe.giiling; thfee doubts ~rife: I. Ho'': given Him, and.others had it alfo ~ 'JJedit El. iv aw~wennow;andHehadtt before,even mthe wombeofh1s Mdther ~ 3· How S ij" Ht.m ofgrace, a~yet He~eferv~d it ~ Propter qusd. . it befiWts thtsNamefatd tobegzvm Htm, (as fomefpecialldignity) and orhershad . I , p . 0de, andbeforeHtm ~ Ie{m the Worthy, thefonneofN.tm: Je{uJrhehigh- ~hmhad,r; .h;~eit'(the fonne of lofedele (tofayriothingofie{td, tlicfdnneofSir.ich.) They ~:t:: G 0 li ,'r,strue) butnotttven them by Go o, asHec, by themouthofihe;..AngeU; . . have a 5~pury •. Butthey, by men,had men to their God-fathers, As, no.w; w~ Matc.•.tr. gaveittheemorSoct~tyof Ie(td: butrhe)lg•v.ethemfclvesthe IYame: GoDnsver thatddthbu. DHega~et~here? for humtltavrt, avenue they ltttleregard: For he fpirits,they~ melloftt, IS e~ .tp(o, not meetto bedfthat Company. Other manner Ihave
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