Sermon 11. Of theRE s v R RE c T 1 oN. } 497 '" If He notgenerate, we nor regenerate: then, no ,·bi!tlren; then, no Inh!ritant:; • 11 this Text void. For, m Hun, thts Text and all orhcr Texts art Tea and rhen, a o..dmen. 1. dd' . I . H. T" I f B this time we fee.., why tusa mon.' rts IS 1t eo Swerdnce:' Iris h h Yheft Tide of His honour: l Ittakes tn C H R r s r, who would not bdefc t e _sg Bnedt.""' DixitDomintuDomtnomeo, The LoR o fardtomy Lolt 0 Pf.d.Slo. i: our 1nour e "-· . r 11 1 · · ' 'k b rJ 1 L 0 R o s ih,aud leave nmher out. And 10 1al we kmt lt well to that, rota e o which foilowes. Fro·n the Paniewhom, wepJlfe to the caufe, why. Fo.r, we fay not this Rmc. j . · h .r: B d'" rh. N Th«..ftn>b.J diflm,as we fay many an onehere,wtt our any ca11 1 e: ene tc,u<,ror not mg: ay, orherwhile a BenedttliU, for a malefo_tlm~ for a fln·ewd turn~ ; yea, and gla_d and faine coo. No,herc is a ~i, and 1~ thtsqm, there IS a q111a. That doth ~~(that 1s) for doing i~: that rcgenerms'!'s(that!s)forregeneratmgw. For,Gon 1severafore. hand wtth us: Regenera'VIt, IS th~ Pr.<ter; that 1s pall,before anyBmedrClm can come fromus. . Pater, qt~i Regmer•vit followes wd), is kindly. For, Ge~<eration, it is ACl11<p.t- • Almk.. mmu, the proper .c1of a Father. Buc,beforcwecome to i~, Ice us notllrideover that which(inthe Text) llands before it, Sewndt~mmi{ericordiam. Go o didthis; did;ll that followes,but upon what motive~ Accordingeo what did He it~ <..According to His m_ercie. And tMercie accords well with a Father: Nocoml'afiim,no boo~els like Hts. And aswdl,wtth rege.~era'Vtt; for,o( Huorvpegoodrvt!ibegateHe 111 How elfe~ When as yet we were nor, what fl1.ould moveHim, burHismeere m;,.cie? Well therefore faid, regemravitfecnndtjm: for regenerationis bu,fecrmdum, bucafecmd, notajrj/: Would ye have aprimt~m, ajrjlfor it~ rhatfirfl: is Hisf.Jler- ' l rie,ever. . . But the benefits enfuing are,too great to run in the common current of tMercy. H" '""jd!"' As they then arc, fo is the mercietharg<ies to them,.Great: Thcreforea.-cording to rr:."'"' .,. Hisgrw Mercie. Mercie,che thing; Great,che.meafm. And,great would not bepaffed by, left we palfe norgreatly by ic; left we conceive, and count of it, as but of fome ordinary matter. . . • ' t . . Bur (indeed)~••Jis rather Mtdta, than Mtgna ;,aword ofnkmber, rathenhan H,. mam{ol~ <.Magnitude. Themeaning is : nojingle mercie would doe it; no, tl:oughGreat: "''!<"· there muft bee many. For, many the difec1s to be removed, many theftmzes to bee forgiven, many rhe perfetli~ns to be attained : Therefore, according to hi.· manifoU !./~-term. ,<-According is well faid. For, that indeed is the chord, to which this a'nd all o;tr Benedilluffisare to be tuned. That, cheCenter, from which all rhelilies are drawne. The line of C H 1\ '! s T s Birth, inZach4ries BcnediHm, through the tender mercies of our Go o, P)htrwy ·the day.Jirmg from on htghdirf(lately) 'Vijite m. Thelineof CH a I s T .' Refurre~ron,mSt. Peters BenedrHm, accordi11gto Hismanifoldmer<ies, Luk.t 7!. Whereby, rhtsd.1y-fpnng from on highdoth now vilite us. The fine of all thereft if we had time to goechrough allchereft. ' . At all times, mercy commeth in, 'at no rime out of time (I trufi;) we fhall di; 'f:thu,m~~~~ muuthes :let us make much of it while we live : Never palfe by it,buc aytr_;fay 1r, as ofcaswccan;btejfedbe Goo: hleffidbeHi<mer.- 1 . Goo,thac doth tt: Hu mercy,accordingrowhich He cloth ir. Doth ic,and doth allelfe,at this /< and all orber Feaflr:ac Ellj/er~at Chrijlm.u,che.fi(th of Nowmber,andall. Bfejfitlbe Ele or H" wercy : Yea,many umes6tejfed,for HtS?nanifold rnercier. }/. Mtrciethen firft: RegctJeravit(emndt.m, the aCl,of this mac• the fecond rhat is 4 egenerav 1 t R . b (; .d . J' ' . Chrifl • egenera'VIt may e at , wtth reference to C H R I s r. Gmerawt RtttntrllTiit Gene um, regenbeY4vit nos; and nor amilfe. Bur,better and more properly,both to 11§. nor. ravJt nos <got us fi ft . Ad I . . b . . 'H11h bcgotC llll I 5 J fc r ' m am, tot us : regeneravlf nof, egot us ag:ame, m "" "' a&•iRt. T le ccondAdam,co the hope of abetter life, · But
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