Sermon ?·:____ 0.:...1_t_he_R_E_s_u_R_R_E_c_T_I_d_N•___;.___ 4:.... ' 7_9_..-' _ ~5 we like well; to fuccour and fave us,when we are in any dan"'er: He Jhall:e:reofus:then. But SaintP411l~ f<!!id me vis facere? when itcomes~o that, rhen our confefi'ionfumbles, and lhckesm ourreeth : Nay, then, .f<.e". ell Dominm l'CaJ.,.. 4; ,, ~ ,..ehaveno Loa o (we)rhen. So, we play fall and loofe, With ourcon'tl:. · · no,.er. ' • li . . h h ~ •r. ft f;ll atfuccour loofe at ervlcc;m,:uone,our,:ur eot er. Wl; :ut'what fpeake I ofdoing His will ~ when, ifHe doe not ours, in each refped i ifwe have not thisorrha~when we w~uld, we fall from confejmg, and fall t? murein And ir fareth w1th us, nor as 1fHe were L o Ro, and we ro doe H1s w11l : bmu gf. we (indeed) ,vere the Loa o's, and He ro doe ours: As if, rhere were no~ utas1, . b H d d h "" ' D · · thing benveene us ~nd J:Itmd, udt e to doe our turnes; an t en • u autem omtn(> His Lo<dn1ip were exptre. an at an en • . . . Vponrhepoim,thuslt IS: wecorJfej{e1t, the wrong way; the L o Jt o to 6e I • .· • us: bur nor, I, sus tobethe L oR o. o L oR 1> be I • sus: bur nor, o I E• 5 us be L o Jt o. 0 L o a o be I B s u •,to fave us: but not, o I • s us beL o a o; eocommand us. So that, all our humiliavit fiill, is.with?utfaCius obedimsyefee then, iris worth the while,toconfeffi th1s, as lt fl1e!uld beconfejfed. In this wifenonecandoeir,buthy the HoLY G Ho s -r. Orhenvtfe, for anOretenm only ourowneghoJi will ferve well enough: Butthat, is not it. fl.!!jdme visfacere ~is it 'chat makes the Loa o. He tels us fo Himfelfe, and with a kindeof admiration, rharanyfhouldthinkeotherwife : Howca/lyeme Loa o (faith He) Anddoemt,u 1 t.1<c6.4G; ~illyou? As much t? fay, ~s, ~r is to no purpofe, thou~hyou fay Domine, Do~ine, Matd1.7.u; double ir and treble it too, tt wtllgoe fornoconftfton, 1fa faCiff negant <:ome mthe 'I"·'·~~' J nccke of'ir: if, Saint Poittls .f2J!jdme visfacere? belefr our. And this,is yet more plaine,by rhe !all: words ofall.Namely,that this confejioM C••f•ff't ,. rbe is foro be made,as·ir redound t~ theglory ofGo o the Father. Whofe greatglory,it is, {t;V{.~?~ that HisS oN N• is L o 11. o of fuch fervants: That men lhall fay, See what fer- · · vams He bath! how full of reverence to His Name! How free,how forward to doe His will !Herein is H.is Name much magnified. As on the otherfide,~t mull: ne~ds be evil/JPoken •f, and that among the very Heathen, when, not :a Knee, go~ to bow; when Rom:fz4; this fyllable (Loa o) comes our of.our mouth, but ?O .fl.!fdme Vff facere? to[ollow it. When they fee, how unfervice-ltke, our ferv1ce IS ; how rude, our behav1our toward Him,and His Name, whom weterme L oR o (indeed) butufe Him norhin"' [o. Bur, come hirher into His prefence, and carry our felves here, for all the world: as rhefellowdidbefore Allgttflm, of whom, Mec£n.uwell faid: !liGhomo eruhefcit #mere C<tfarem.And fo, we: asifwe were alh1med, ro feeme to beare any reverence atall,toHim,orHis 'l{gme. It would notbe thus.I am privie, there is no'onething: doth more alien thofe,that ofa limple minde refufe the Church,thanthis; that they fee fo unfeemely behaviour,fo fmall reverence lhewed this way. But fure, theApojlle tels us, our carriage there, lhould befuch, fo decem, as ifa firanger, or unbeleever fuouldcome into our affemblies, the very reverencehe there feerh, lhould make him , Cor; f:j. siJ fall downe,andfay, Verily Go o is amongm; to fee us, fo refpedivcly beate our -- "· felves, in the ma.nner ofour worlhip. .· ThisConfeftlonthat l• sus is the L o 11. o~ is to be, to theglory ofG o o the i!a- tasvstnhi thtr:Sowetakeitoneway. Or,rhisConfdJ'ionistobe, that I•sus is the Loa 0 ~;?,~7<fo'J: tothegloryofGo o the Father:foa~o~hcrway. And both well. Toconfe!Je~thac thtF-.b!t, • Heuthe L o • o, that all Hts Lordflup ts, nottoHtsowneglory ;but toHir Fathers. Ihtnkenot then, that Gloria Fili1, lhall abate ought of Gloria P.rtri. The Sonne i!l oa o,totheglory of His Father, and not otherwife, Let thatfcare then bcfarre from us,that inexalting rhe Sonne, wee lhall intheleall minute eclypfe the glory of :" Fathtr, Here is no feareofemulation, that ir will prove the cafe of Jupiter and ~turn~ .. No, lobleffed is the accordofrhis Father, and this So~m;,as rhe Father. ~~~~eth tt fomc bl~mifh toHisglory, iffo pmfoundhumilitit, fo complete obedience, : '1 norfe~ne lughly rewarded, wirhSuper upon St~jer, And rhe Sonne, will ad– Lit 0 no glory, rlw fhall impaire His Father; in theleafi de"'ree: For loe, Hee is Oll 0 m heglory of Go o_Hs5 Father. This, is the end ofHis (ofC HR. Is -r s:) Xx 2 An4
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