48o Ofthe REsu RR E er 1 oN. Ser;;;;;-;. Andrhe famem!ybetheend of all Exaltations; that aS A vI o u a ev~ L oR o, hold that plaee: and hold ir, and be Loa o, not ro His owne but ~y 1 / Glory of G o·o,v:.ven G O·D the Father. ' 0 " i'rhe<onclufi· Thecndofall: And, vJe mufr needs know and rake tl)at, w.irh us; for which all ;:.;,h. 11• >6. thishereisbroughr. And it is a Lelfon ;even,His nifcitc :tme: and it is aPntte;oe· Iohn •l·' f · even,HisExemph•m dedi vobi<,to commend unto us,t'he venue ofthe Text;the Prop: ·Lttk_!•, ·~· ter quodofthe Feafr; evenH11mility: Hocerit jignum, iris Hisfigneat Chrijlm-u :!Is Hispgne then,fo HisPropter quodnow,at Eafler. So; the vcrrue of both Feafis, r will offeryou bur three lhort points touching ir. i . Iris no humble man is.fct before us here, it is the SoN NE ofGo o, aodl:lim. . 1lo,.ilia•it. fe!fe Go o: Et quomodo non hr1miliat11r homo, ,·gram humili neo? How is not the ~~~~.ISTS Sonneofmanhumb/e,and the SoN"' n of Go o is (Even for Him, toloveit;for f!is very Per[o11. And, in this verrue, He is not bare!y fer out to us,but in ir, and by it,hringing to palfe the workesofour redemption: Which, cannot b~t exrraordinarily cornmcod this vertuetous; in that it hath pleafed G o·o, rodoc more for us,inrhis His H,,.;, lohllt•.J 8 · lity,rhaneverHedid,inal!HisMajefiy: even, to fave andredeemeusby it.To love --~ '14'·~~; Jtthen; if notfor Him, yet for the worlm fake. But fpecially,(which is the third) for thePropter quod,in the Text :ifnot fort/re 'worke, yet for theRewardsfake. That) as C H .. I s •, was no lofer by it, no more fhall we: For, all this Glery here, the way to it, is, by rhe firfi verfe. H11mili••ir, is thebeginning, and the end ofit is E.'<Aiting. That, the mother; this the daughter: !•mu4,,;;; all riferh fr.omH11miliavit ipfe(e. Humiliamini ergo, faith Saint lames: Humili•minl ~ ~·S·~· rrgo,[aithSaint Peter; and after it there followeth frill, & exaltabit vos nuu, apro. mife of alike gloriom end. And'What faith the .Apoftlehere~ Thisminde <faith he) w.u in CH " 1 s T; and it ~as fe,;, awife minde : That, we count it a wife minde; andw~rth the carrying,;ind carry it; aadi~ lhall carry us, to the fame journeysend, it brought Him: even tubeglory of Go o theF itther. This for HNmilitie. 'o~eJims».: , ·And what ~ Shall we not give foll)e light triall, of ourobediencealfo, ro avem l!lim. < ourCDtlfefion,thar,Heuo/lr LoR D~ It would be, by,DoHJine,qllidnosvi•fmrtl (that is rhetrue triall.)Say then, nomine, quid11es'vis facere r And, He will anfwer ~s; HlcfocifeinMe!memorj~~m. Will ye know, what I wouldhaveyoudoe~ D11 ' thi!inrememhrance of Me: In fignethat I amLoR o,doe but this: Hereisac.&of infrance, aJ?d that now; ~venat this very prefent, a proofe to be made. By this, we fhall fee, whether He be I:o n·o or no. For, ifnot this ;but/lip the collar here,and ~~i."$.i3; fhrinke away : Si remgrandem di.xilfet,in afarre greater matter,howwould we !land with Him, then~We were wrong before,hereisrhe/ormdandfyflables (wcfpakeoO here iris. For, all is but found andfyflables,if, not this. Butof us, I hipefor better things, that byONr humhle carriage, and obedience (at · !!~!!>~~~ leaR,in this) we will fet our felves,fomeway toexalt Him, inrhis Huday ofExal· tation: Whicll,~s it will rend to Hisglory; fo will He turne it to matter ofourgforr a,nd that, inHis Kingdome ofglory; or (to keepe the word ofthe Text) i11theglory ~fGp·n the Father. Thatfowe mayend, asthe Text ends. A better,ormore blelfed end therecannot be. And, to this blelfed end, He bring us,that by His hu· mility~nd obedience, hath not onely purchafed it for ru: but let the way open, and goneitbefgreus, 1 E sils fH RI • T theBightcoH~,&c. •
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