Sermon rt. Ofthe REsuRRB C TION. 49~ Lejfdh Gov. Yea,bleffedandth~nked,andpraifcd; Benediihu,Magnificat, J.' BlubiiAte; and all; All; But, here, bleffedfmtsbe(l :.that,thebefl, and moll: The~lt. l ·proper returne, for ablefing. That, weeInhmte, IS the Blefmg (Chap. III. ~;:;;,;~~JOI. 'Verfe 9 .) Thehope, is ablejfedhope (Ttt.!LI}·) Bur; the Inhmta.ncCJs, theState?f . · blifed 11 cffi it felfe. Therefore Benedttlm bene dmtur, Benedz{fttS IS f.11d well., S;nd :t . w;ll; of Go D,who i! aboveatt'utejfed forever: well.alfo, of aFath~r ; Bentdic1m, a ;i;~ i::."''• · fitrerme,for him. ·And GoD, in theTenour of rh1s whole Texr, 1s broug~t m, as R.om.1·f· aF•ther; a father begettiwg; begettingtu firft by 1/oAtllre j begettmg tuagame; mlt,by grMe. · . Bur thereby hangs a Scruple : For, what are we that we lbo~ld take~ponus to a:t!fe a ou: Uejfe G 0 D ~ s~int Pettr faies it, here: Saint Paul (eemes to galue-fay lr, Wtthoflt we may. 4 0queftion (faith he) thele./Je i; blejfedby thegmter. And is Helejfe, or wegreater, .. that we lbould offer toble.fe Htm? And, 1f not as GoD; not as aFather(the next Hcb. 7·7·. word.) For, lhan rhe Childprefume to h!ef!e hiJ Fath<r? It becomesHim riot. He ~«,then.: andnotWe,Him. Yes,HetM ;and We Him, too. Wehavefomany Textsforir,I make nodoubt; but there is blefingboth wayes. Of the m:my, I remember that one of Saint Pauls . . (Ephef.r.) BenedillttS Dem qui6enedixit ms, Blejfedbe GoD for blefingm. As if Ephcf.t.J; they were reciprocall, thefe: ~ne, .rheEcho, th-e re~edionofrhe other. EquaU they are Rot. It were fond, to tmagme; the FathergiVesthecht/dno other hlefing, but the childe can give him as goodagaine. No : aliter nos D1um,aliter Dem nos 3 Otherwife; Go Dblejfethm; and theParent, who reprefents Go n, in begetting our bBdies; and thePriefl, whu reprefems Him, inbegettingagaineourJoules. Other~ wife, we them. Go n s,ureafl: ours, butv"haU, His,cumejftflu;ever: Ours,if it bebur cum affic1ti,rhatis all. His,optr.:tive; ours,but optative. What then~ he,that wilbeth heartily, would doe more thanwilh, if his power wereaccording. Eveo that then, in walitof power, tolhewagood will (I know not how, bur)weetakeit well,ever. Go n dorh, I am fure: asappeareth, by thegoateshaireof theoldTefta. ment, a~d by theWiddowes. mitei in theNew. And this is Sr. Peters, but expreffing a good mmde only. And, wtthottt allque/lion, thus, theGreater may beblejfei, even of the leffi : Nor, tanqrMmpotejlatem lia&ens, but tanquam vota {aciens. So, we may fay BenedteltuDem : And let us then fay it. . . . • What fay we then, when we fay Bmediflm? It is a: word compound: Take it H"""'";,;; mfunder, and Dicere, is to fay fomewhat, toSpcake; and that we can: andbene, .is bltlfo GoD: (fpea~mg) to fpeake well; and, that we ought. To Speake, is Cimfefion : To fpeake well,Is Praife : AndpraifebecommerhHim, and tu to give it Him. , ~ · Put together in oneword,andrhen,Benedicercto Mcjfe,inrhe phrafe of ours and of a~l tongues elfe, is, not fo much om~i,.honadicere,tofpeake all good of Hi~, :ts omnt•bonavovere, to WI(hallgoodto Htm. And that becomes Him too: 'not onelby Law,burYOtr1m : fpecially,whererottlm is totHm,where we havelitde clfeleft us ~~ ' (fai~nd,whar good can we wilh Him,t~acHe bath not~ Bonormn noftrommnoweget l'fai.•i.z; . /hePfaltllijl) nor Benedziltonum, nmher. We can adde nothin"' to Hi1101 by o.ur Be~e~;m : Sayweir,fayweitnor,Heisb!ejfedalike. . . . " . , .. (And He? toHzm, wecannotw11h·.; not, toH1sperjon: But, ro HisNt~me,. weCo11) :. hhisNa/lie; [c d ~IS biejJed, when H1s Name 15 hle(fed:) We can wilb HistMmemortblejfedly u e }\nd not mcurftng, and curfed nthes, as dJily we heare it. , few fin.' to Hf,s Word, we can: We can wifhitmoredevoutlyheard, andnot;asa In~wm/, rames? .Wtt, as our manner is. · Y y 4 Yea;
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