474 Ofthe RE su R R E c · T I o N. Sermon 9 , serm.•t I have before this, told you, oftoure maine differences, betweenerhis Iefiu CbriJim.•6,o. all orhers. This one now, fhall ferve for all. All rhofclef.w, and every one of'hand Z•c.3.• 5 · had nee~ of, and.were glad, t? lay hold bftbukirts ofthis Ief ~~<,to be faved byktm~ Dedit £i. l He hadjt!Jc.. fort. orherw1fe, they had be.nfalfdyfo called 5lofl: men all, And fo, v,illbewilr m. religne rhis Name to Him; that He, may beareit (atleafl:) witha maine diff:~~,t<> from them all. nee Butwhattellyeeusofir, now, after the F.efimef!ion? doenot\ve knowit g}vm Him, being yet in the won~be~ It wa,ro,but .by a kindeof amici par:~~ For, tt never had the perfeCt ver.tfymg; the full Chnfl:enaome. (as they fay) till this day. Not yet full three dates lince,they upbratded Hm1 w1th 1t: I • • us a s• v Manh.<7 4•· o u 1, A wife SA vI ou •, and cannot fa:Ve Htmfclf(! For, Heefeem;d ropeiifu John •o. ,s. theo,.to lofc H•s !If~, mrheJrlighr: b11r, now, tlus d~y takmg ttagaine, Hefhe\vcd, He ,hd bttt lay tt doam<,Helofhr ilOr. He was nod I E sus mdeed,ablerofaveHim. felfe t and able rofave all tbofe,that trujl Htm wtth theirfal-r;~rim, So iit was neveriQ kmdenil now : bm now, tt was. Dedit Ei. Bur, ifHegave it H,m,and 1>.<tflcu1•. gave it Him, ofgrace: where is the merit then! ll< did ~er it it the Propter q~od we fpeake of, .what is become ofthJt ~ Safe en':>Ugh, ~0~ all rhis: That, wblclus orherwtfedue, tt nuybe fo chrerefully p1rred wtth, astf1t werea .! Cot. 7 ·>. franke and freegi~ indeed•. Th~. Apo{Ue elfeq>;herc, hatb taught us to joyrie tleb; 14 and benevolentza, ln one.: They Will fl:Jtid togedier wdl en0 ug.h. , ~n ma_~y thiqgs, we fuffer ilander by theCh~ch ofilome: In rhisamongrnanyi as 1fwe pmched at C n a ' s 1- s menr, .and werdorh, Hdhould be allowedHim. fclfc ro ni~rit oughr, b~caufe of this tJC<fi=n that fotindeth a!! upongracr. Where~ in,it is well know.Je, rake the mofl: thJt'can be made ofir, and we fay nootherrhin• thandoe their owne Schoolemen. It is norgratia adoptiimu, this; the grace of ado~ tion (as in us) th~tis, here fpoken of: It isgratiattmonu, rhe grace ofunion. And that graceC n R I s T had. For, feeing, in the hununiry ofC n R I s t, therewas nor, therecoul<l not be, any poflibility ofn~erir, to defcrve the uniting it felfe,onhe being a«umed into the G_od-h~ad: To be fo affumed, and ~o unired, was rhat grace, 'ivetermc,t.hegrace ofumon. ~thergrace, weknow nonemC a R Is T, Bur being once {o umted, th~re was mHun, to defervc, and deferve agame, :ir;d thar,amply. Propter q11od, might then be truly fatd o~Hun,every way. s.per omn•: This, for thegiving. But now,how ts tbrs N.!me, fatd to beabove ,<f!n4JJ1lt?wlut; !::~all above the Name of Go o ~ We may {ay, with the v1JoJI!e, When he Jatth, Go o didgiveit him, it is li14nifejf, He isexcepted, that ;/idgiveit Him. Bur wee need noi ,1 Co<.l~ .• 7 • !of.1y, For, thisisoneofGoo s owncNames, 1Am(fa1thHe)andbejideme,thtri i.<noSAVIOUR. . Efay4J. 11 . How is it then given lfm ? t.--fccepit ut hol'/10, quodhahel!atut Deid. What; as Go o, He had, as Man, He received: With Hisnature,His ~me; ami thcchiefeof all HsN•mu, the~meof aS A v 1 ouR. For Aboveal!,itisn..Aboveall,toHim; Above all to us• . . , .Abovl4Utt To Him: for though many'rit!es ofrhe Deitie, found; artd feerilel to bemore lii,., glorious; Yet, Hedl:eemes them all, not like this: Why? For no orher reafon,but that, they had not, nas homines,and noftram Salutem,in them. NoNameHe fersby, like that, wherein, with His glory,is joyned,ourfafetie. And this,ofali, Hemade choice of (as, to Him, above all) that we might ac,ordirtgly cfl:eerrteofHim, thJt efl:eemesitaboveall, ondy for oui'(akes. , , _, 6 .,..a,.m Butho;vfoever, to Him: Tousflirc, above all. FornoName, doewehoidBr, Ads.~. u. No name tmder htaven,givrn u; ,whereby >i>e may befaved,lmt it. To us more worth 11 is than all: yea(I may fay) than the very name ofG on; For, Gob inHimre&~ll- ·~cor.i.•9. cileththeivorld; without Him, isenerrtyto it, and to us: So, with th!s Name, there is comfort inthe Name ofG o b: Without it, none at all. The Name (ft1re) wh1ch we have ufe ofabove .u. For it is theName,whid1;inrhe.dept)l ofall our difl:relfc,~ (innc or by mifery,we even adjure Hun by, 111 rem n~mJI11S zmpleat 1 thathe makegolii$
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