494 Of the RE suR RE c T 1 oN. t»lmitance,wh i.c~ is_to co~e. . I. Regmerating,or ~egetting,is (ofit felfe) abenefic . Wee gee lifebytt, 1f nothmgdfe. z. But, cohegettoanlnhmtance,ismorech · ~mP,l~ tohrget. 3• And yet, m_ore than that, tobeget,to Suchan Inheritante,as th: of whtch, fo many excellent thmgs are here fpoken. . ' . :'!"hree then, inthis; 1 To bebegotten:;, To be ~egotten to Inherite :l Tobe£t' gmm to Inherite 1 fuch an Inheritance. . . . • ;[Juu i . 7 ; , But then, ah inheritance is no prefent matter. All heires beheirei, ilnder hope 'Pf. 1"~dum, till the appointed time. So comeshope in; Therefore,firfl: tohopi. After to the thinghopedfor, the lnberitante it fe,lfc. There is a refemblance of both there' in the two Scafons of the yeare. At this time, the time of C HR 1 s T s Rt(urrem: on, _and of our celebrating it, tohope ; as to the b~ojformor blAde f riling now in the ·Sprmg: T~ the ~".herttanc~; t_har, as the~rop orJi:llttto,come after, at'harvejl, And )latch .. theh•rw{lof thtscrop(fatthour SA v 1 ou •) uthemdof the whole world. ----~ 'HI· _· Wearenotyetcorfi~tot)lepoinc_. .RegUJer•te,whereto~ coalivdyhope:Hbpe, · whereof~ of an Inhmtance: Iwher~ta11ce; what manner one~ SuchasJshetefct downe. , , But, all thefe, whereby ~ Per re(t~rrtl1:omm, by the .Refurrel1i•nofC H t z, 1 : 'VII!, hy Hir11: All, bythitt. ThisB7, isthemaine, here. Thisa.~rheJ).I~..,.-,, that iunnes thorow all this Text. For, all arife, from C H tt I s T arifi,gft 1 mt6e dead. Now, if from CH a Is T rijing; then from CH Jt 1sT, at this Feaft. For this is the Feajl of C u R1 s T s rijing: And fo, this the proper Benedi£1,.., for Luk. ;. n; thisFeaft. Wee hadaBenedifltumade byZacharie, Saint John BaptiftsFather,for His Birth, for Chriflma.f!e.day (knowne by the name of BenedilJtu:) Weehave here now another, for His rifing, for Eafter-day, of Saint PetersJetting. And this itis. · Th. D~;.,; For the Order;we will put the words in no other, for wecanput themin no bet: · · ter, than they fiand: Every one is in his due place,from the firfi to the!alto x. Go o Jir.ft,andtherrue Goo,rheFatherof 011rLdao hsus CH klsr~ :1. Then, His mercie, the cau(e moving. 3· Then, CH R 1 s T s .Refurre8io», the meanes working; .j.: Then, o~r regeneratiM theaflprod11cing. <11 ProduCing 1 hope(firfi) of rhe Inheritance: ' rh~n after, the lnheritantt, weeh111 f.o~. Of which,two points there are: • How it is qualified: Vncorrupt, undeji!ed,n~l {tding: Every one harh his weight. 'Then, howStated : Even, in Heaven: There it is ; there kept it is. And,which.is rhe Capitall chiefe point of all,kept,form,therc. , Nowth.en,forthefe. 1 For Hi< Mercy, firfi. • For our Regenerating, by His Ml1'· 't:ie. J Fotthe f{ope,of this Inheritance; 4 but more,for the inheritAnce it felfe: Sped·' allyfuchanone, fo conditioned, as here isfet downe. f For keeping it for m inHt4· Vt'd'< 5; >VeN(in thisVe&:) 6 Forkeeping m for it, on Earth (the next Viirfe.) Forrhefeall: butaboveall,forthemeanesofall, therifingofC HR Is T (thisdaiesworke)the dtwof this newbirth, thegate of this hope, the pledgeof this Inheritance. Forrhefe, 9wewerhis Benediflus, to Go o. A,nd; rhisdAy,are wee to pay ir,every one of us. It is :i Si1m~ of omijion, not to dodt; he that doth nor, is adehtotm , . To Go o the Father, the f2!!j, and to C a a 1 s T our Loa o,thePerqutll, py whom and by whoferifing, lofe this life when we will, wehave hPpe of abetter; betide our InheritAnce on earth whatfhall, weehaveanotherkept{ormi11HI~111P•. Jhus, every one naturally arifeth out of other. ·
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