Sermon ~9_.~-0.-:.'f_t_h:--e_R_&_su-::-R-:"R_E_c_T~I-O-:-N- ;' :------:-4_7...:;1;.;.. ·· ~tenwe fin~eexprefly in the vcrfe, tb~ N4mt isexaltedAbov_eall ~a~es,and h . " lt"mited to 1 t Jn dtreet words;andfo, thts.JMme abovc:them,mth1svety p· e· t ISJct, > fi h . liar. Why feeke we any urt er ~ cu Thirdly, What~ to the: two fyllables, or to the fc;>und of ~hem~ What needs his~ Who fi eakesoffound orfyllablcs ~ The_Tex:: f:mh, doe It to th_e 'l'{ame. 'fhe t · · tl~ "ound but the fenf~. The cannon IS eafie then, doe lt to the fenfe $ ,t~amnsnot l.t< ' 'dd · h h dfi have mirideonRim, that is na1~ed, and boe HJSh N4mhe th~ on~u~,.ar:_ pa~~ndot:· . Fourthly, J3utit cannotl:>edeme , utr e 1 rehat _,upefru 5 mon)Jeeneure 1hn1t. 'su ofethere bath. Andalmofl:, mwhatnot~ n eanng o ermons now, IS t ert; PK er/litionin a great many~ What !hall we doe then ~ Lay them dowoe ~ nbot dupon hearing as we doe Knee/in" r I trow, not; butremove the fuperll:ition,and aan ' r"' dll' ' rctainethemfiill; Do~butevenwhere,an a 1satanen~•.··' . . . , . Indeed, ifit ;yere a taken"up-worlhtp,or fome humanemjun_chon; It ~1ghtper- ) . baps, be drawne within the cafe of thebraun Serpmt._ . Butbc;mg thus directly fee •Reg.,a• .:. downeby Go D. Himfelfe; in us, there may be fuperlhoon i mi~the;ecan b.c: ne;>ne. And, if it be in us, we a·re to mend our felves, but n~t ~~ ~trre theact, whtch_l~ of Go n's owne prefcribing. It was never heard mDIVlmtte, that ever fuperlfmotl couldaboli!hadutieoftheText. . ·· That we fet our [elves to drive away fuperfiition, it is well: Bat it will be well too that we fodtive it away, as we drive not all reverent regard and decencie away with it alfo. And are we not well towar.d it~ we have driven it from our head: fot we keepeon, ofall hands: And from our Knees;for?Kneele we may not: weufe· n~t (I am fure.) Sure, heed would be.taken, that byukmg heed, we prove not.fuperlh~ tious weflipnotimo the orheNxtreme, before webeaware: Which, ofthei:wo extre~es, Religion worfe endurerh; as m.ore ?~polite unto it; For, beleevetllis,.as it may befuper!lirioufly ufed; fo1t may 1rrehgwutly be neglected alfo. , . · Looke to rhe Text then, and let n?manper(wade you, bu: that G o n requiretli :t reverent carriage, e,venof the body. it felfe: And name!>;' this ferVICe or thoKneC~; And that, to Hi5 Sonnes Name. Ye ·!hall not Ghfpleafe Him byu, feare not :{Jicarc this rather, for theKnu,if it will not baw; that it {hall be firiken withfome;Vh,;~t,that itilJall not be able tobow. And forthe Name, .that they, that will doe·no h6nour to· ir;wben time ofnoeedcomes,lhall receive no cop1forc by it.And.ro I Icavethis.poiilt. For, theKNee is not all: He furth~r requires fomewhat, from theTongue. And, 'l'hl To•g..,; reafon: That member, ofall other, the Ff~lf!Jijfc~ls ourglory :?peculiar, w~ h~e Pfal.3°·'~8~ more than the beafis :They, will be taught to ~»w, and bend thruqoyms :· w~have . f.L .. Tong11u befides, to doe fomething more, than they. And indte~ the Knee is:bilt a . .. , ' dumbeacknowledgemem; cloth but fignilie implicite: but a vocall confeji~n, that doth utter our minde plaincly. And fo, is lob'ked for, at o~r hands. . ; ., . :: ThisHecals;~.I"~'"'"'-' Threethings.aminin: Eirfi,~6),9'! fpeakewae mutt Toci•{tfft; fay fomewhat. And fecondly, "v-i'; doe it together; not, foll,1e fpeake, and feme ft~ · mme. And thirdly, ·~fpeakeour, not whifpering,or betwcene tli'e teeth l but dearely and audibly. And this i~. ·~·~<'"'"""'· And ir was the praife.of the Primi(we Church, rhis, that )oyntly they did it, andalowd1that their Amen(as Sainr'llie'ro1tl~ fauh) ~a~ l~ke aclap ofrhunder? A_hdtheit Alle!ttja; ~s- rbe'r~aring ofthe Se:t'fAnd, nopra1feu IS to us; who, as ouqoyms are fitfferb6ow, fo ourvoycesare hoarfe-ro tonfeffe.We can rrelrherf~ethe former, nor fcarc.ehearethelatrer: a:s if(thete-being but twoduties in the Text) wemeam to li1pprelfe rhem both. , .; · , , · b" TheKnu,~ndtheTontue_:· WhjrtheK;m.firft~ why)Jegi~sHethere. ~!hey ~·ttfhs1, .. 4 emarllulled nghr• .For, havmgby·our Knee6twed,, put our flllves inminde<of due "'"Tong,••., regt{~ off!tm in feare and ~ev.ererlce; we ar.e th€n the fitter,w fpeake ofHim, •and to 11 un, With that refpeCl: Is meel:l: And, nodielfo hotn!"I}I'With Him il:s iinheir ~ ure and fpeech both, fomearc::as,if rhey w~ro haile feUow~ even-fadti1i~r'wirh 'he 0 0 ' ~ffia all (forfooch) asth~y calht, toca.li:-ounheJlirit of hlmdaie~ ·•FF<im a m~~ l~d~ e.d with th7 humb!~ feare ofG on, frC>!n filch anheatr,Conft.fion is ever Y• Fa!thb.emg, asilie'heartj and feare~bcing as ~lil: lungs; ( [othc FaX x thers'
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