~.Jtfaine.tluris tbt fte~nd timt.. pa!.6.1), { Ofthe RESuRRF/c TION. Sermonn. But; why is it not forhen, qt~igeneravif wirhouriie? .Why begin wee norwirh th;tt ~ Venly, even forthat, even for our nat4rallgeneratzm, we owe HimaBmtdi. aM. But,what ilJ?uld. I fay ~ Vnleife (befide ourjirftgenmvzt) w~ be fo happy,as to have our part mthls fecond!egeneravzt,. the former (I doubt) w1ll hardly prove worth a BenedzElru. · But, 1f this come to 1r, then, for both, aBenedifll#indeeq' O~hcrwife (~S OUI' SA V I 0 U R faid t~ NicodemH4) ~oma~, tmlejfe htbethUsborn; 4gAtn«, by IllS firfi bzrth, be 1t never fo h1gh 01· noble, 1s a wh1t the neerer rhisinheril tance following. Forallour good!y'generavit, we fo much boall: of, it wouldgoe wrong With us, but for this. Well therefore, may we all fay, BenedtEltu q~<i regtnc– r4vzt. 'NowRehath in it twopowers, Re is, ag.tine,the fecond time : So,it fuits well wirh Smmdum, it is the {icond. For, two therebe: I that oldcrtdtion; • and thenewCrt.. ture ii'J C a R I s -r : And,twobirths; (We fee it daily : ) A childis brought into rhe world, but it is carryed but·?%aine, to the Cht~rch, theretobeborneand brought f.orth.anew, by theSacrament tfJ Regeneration. '.&gaint,tlut But Re is not onlyagaine, but againt(asit were) up~n a lojfe. Not,a fmmdonly, P'"P•..I•Ifi· but _a feco~d, upon .the fathtig of t~e jirft. So dmhRe~mply, ever. Re-demption, a bwymg agamc, upon aformer ahemng. Re-conctlzatzon, upon a former falling out. Jf.e-fliiution, uponaformer attamder. Re-{rlrrellton, upon·a fall taken formerly, llt– genention,upona former degen~ratsng, from o~r firft eftate. . . · Our fidl would not ferve; tt was corrupt, 1t was dcfiled,1t d1ddegenerate, Dege~ rf!:,•.;:I;.j. ner4Jjng, made us Filior ir£: And, ir~tprindpi•(muth rilore'iraDei) morsejl, s 0 : children of death, death anddamnation : and there left us, and all by meanes of rh~ !=-Onuptionandfoile.of our former pegenerategeneration. --Never aske·rhen -.2!:9doptu eft re? Re cannot be fpared. There was morethan need of a new, a fecond, are-generation, tomake us children ofgraceagaine,andfoot Tit. ;.r: lzfe : which He hath given uspower to be made, by the wajhivgof the new birth,theJoun. Za<~.l p, taine whichHe hath!Jenedto the ~oufeoflfra'il forJinne anduncleannef!e; even,forthe finne and tmcleanneJJeof thejirft. Will ye have it plainely-: Benedif!H4 Dem quigt. neratos admortem, regeneravit advitam : or, quigeneratosadtimonm n-..orti~, regener<. 'V it ad If em vit£. That we, we that werebegotten to the feareof death, ortoa deadlJ ftafe; Vs 1 He l\ath.&tgoiten :mew, to thehope of life,or to a lively hope. tn sPem. ToHopt. .f . . .. This act ofregenerating is determined doubly : 'E" ts twice repeated. • ro hope nrll:r: • then, to the inheritance : ye may put them together, to the hope ofan Inheri– iance. But, thus parted, they ll:and, becaufe of our twoeftate,s, to fervethem both: ' Hope, in this life; •Inheritance, in that to come: Hope, w~ile herc)n ftate ofg,.ce; ·II'!INritance,when'thcre,in ft~teofglorie. ' . . But becaufe(as weefaid) anlnheritance, is no prefent matter : It is to comt,and tQ b.lle c.omen ·to : From begetting, wee fl:ep not ftraig;ht toentringupon our Jnbe– ri}qnce;. but, the lhue of heires, is a ftate of expeflancie, andfo a fit objectforhope, 1 pon(c, till the time come : therefore wee beginne, with that : Regmeravit it< Sf~HI. • There needs no great Benedic1H4 for in Spem : Hope, is no great tuatter. For,what ishope? Whar, but vigilantu fomrJism, a waking mans dreame ~ And fu~h .a hope indeed it may bee .: for, fuchhojesthercbemany, intheworld. But, thtstsnone fuch. . . . To iliew,it is none fuch;it is fevered by two termes: I Jl.egeneravit,and • rwam. They are worth the marking;both. " '"'''""•· I Regenera'!Jit?·firll:: that lt is Spes generata; which.implies,there is anorher,bur tam. , injlata, but blowmmto us, or wej]mnkled or;erfumedwnh tt. Such there ts; bur,~t this: butrhisisper"!!iam generAtionis, andCeneratio (we know) termmatllr ad,u • ft. 1 ntiam, brings forth aSubftance. So, this, a (ubftantia!l hope; called rh.erefore b/. 1Tfier.5.8. St. Pat~l, theHelmet of Hope (Thej{. r.) theAnchor of hope(Heb.YI.) thmgsofjitHeb. 6 .I9fla.nce;rhat willliold ;that havemetal/in them: , . bsp,•vivam. 2 Then markerivam. A.nd 0 vivamfollowes well, ofregmmw1t. For, they . . chat
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