Andrewes - Heaven Collection BX5133.A56 X3 1641

Sermon II. Of the REsu R R E c T 1 o N• fi fonhckecpi 11 g, rhepreferving ofit.there,inHeavm. . , · : . o, Kept, and.for:ufept; Elfe,allwerenothmg: that, makesupall, rhatitjsnot For111, onelypre[erved,but re(erved fonu, there. As BemdttJm, the<..Alpha ; fo this the omegaofall. .f ·h d. d I . f h' . h 1l ,, ., 11 [erved (as the nature o r ewor 1s, an as r1e nature 1s; o t mgs oped ota., .•f, ut '~crrhe veile :for, Spes qu.. videttlr no11 eftJPes. Bur,timefhall come,when ' f~r)ye~ un all betakenoff,and of that, w~ich is now within it, there 0Jall be a revea- :- e :!(' {, Itowerh in the next verfc.) And fo,all begins and ends, as the Bibtedoth, Verf• r; A;rh~s //ue, with GemjiJ ; Sorhis.T.ext,, WithRegeneratiON: ~s the Bib!~ ends, in the A calyf{e .So this here, wuh a Revelatton. , • . . 'P" Onel/it fraycth till the worke ofregeneratiowbe accomplin1ed. Generation,and it, take end both tog~ther; and \V,hen gene~a~iondoth, then fhall corruption likewife, and with ir, theflareof dij/Jonour, whicl11slll fot~lenejfe, a~dthefiat~ofweakneffe, which is infading; And in ftcad ofrhcm,mcorrupttoncomes mplace w:thhonour and p 6 wer. Andrhel'e three, 1 incormption, •hon011r, and l p~wer, make the perfed ell:are o£b!if{e: To which, CH" Is T th~ day arofe; and whichiliall ~e o~r efiare, at the Re[HrreElim. That, as all beganwith areJtmeElta'n, fo lt fhall end With one. Came to us,by C a " I s T s rifingnO\¥, this firll: Ea11er ; and v~·e fhall come to it, by our owne rijing, at the bfl and greatEaHer, th~~r~e Pajfe.over mdced: when, from death and mifery, we fhall palfe to hfe and fehcme. Now,forthis Inheritawce, which is blilfeit felfe, and in the interim for the 'lejfed Heb.~.!t;ij> hopeJet befmm, Which we ha~e a< an <..Anchor o{o11rfot~le,Jie'!f4f andJtm, Which_etJte. ~ rethevenwtthmthe•mle,where CH R 1 $ T thefore-ttmner f4 alreadyfeafedofttmollr, 114 mesandfor et~r behoofes : For thefe, come we now, to our BenediEliu, ' ' For,ifG o D, amrding t~ His manifoldmercy, have doneall this fort«; we alfoi ~rcording to our duty (as mamfold as His mercy)are~odoe(orfay, at leall:) fomewhat againe. It accords well, that, for fo many beneficiA, oneBenedtltm, atleaft. It ac. · cord,s weU, thatHisrijing iliould raifoinus ; and our regeneratingbeget, in us,fome praife,thankes, blefSi»gat lea!l:: but, blejiwgfits bell: withBenedittm. Firfl then, diElm, fomewhat would be faid, by way ofrmgnition. This hat& GoD done for us, and more alfo: But, this, this very day. Then,BenClet it be: to fieake wellofHim,fordoing thus well by us ; Averball BerJedittm, for areaflbtejing• is as little as may be. For the Inheritance, which is hlejing; for thehope, which is· hleffid.; for thehlejfedcau[eofboth, Go e's mercy, and the blelfed meanes of both c HR Is T's Refurreelio~, this blelfedday, Blejfedwe G 0 D. ~ut, to fay :Bemdit!tuany way, is nc5tt0 Colltentus; but, to fay it, fo!emnefJ.' Ho\yis rim~ Beneditlm in our mouth, and the holy E11charifl in our hands. ~o; to faYJt· To feale up, as He (in the old ) His quidretrib11amwithcalicem{altttaru, the l'(al.u6.u,r3: Cup offalvation_: So we(in the new) our BeneditltM,withCalix benediltionu, the c 11 p ~ Co.r. 10 ' !~! of blejlmg, wluch we bleffi inH i5 ~mt. So, {hall we fay it, in kinde; f.1y it, as it would b,e faId, Tile rather,!o to doe; becaufe, b:y that Cup ofblejing, we fhall par– taketheb~o~doftheNew Tejlament; by which, this Inheritance, asir was pm·chafed for us, fo 1t 1s palfed to us. _Alwayes making full accounr,that, from the c,.p ~fbleffing, we cannot parr, but with ablefing. fir' And yer, this is not all; We are not to fray here, but to afpire farther; even to !Verobel!keto Go o·: and, be hke GoD wefhall nor, unlelfe our dicere befacere as His 1s; ~nlelfe forn;what be done withal!. In very deed,,there is noblefSing, but },~~rh lev•taand e:<tenfa manr~,rhehand firerchcd out; So, ourS A v 1 o u R Himfelfe . . ~ ffed,L,.kt 24. The vocal! ble11m.-alone IS notfull,· nor theSacramental!alone with- bke •4· ro, OUtB d· :~· J" 0 ' befla'"' "zomanU<,thar~s, rheaCJuallblejing. T~leave ablejJingbehinde us, ro G wfomcwhar,forwhichrheCh11rch (the poore,Inir, fo) {hallb!e!fem,and b!ejfe x;/orm. In wluch refped, theApojlle(o ca!lethit exprdly(z Cor.9.)iNM-yf"',be- •Cor.9.r; ft~ '0:•z;m~a:d by that name, commend_si.r to the C~rinthians. And~rharistheb!e[- . , , ~ 1 efm"s• whenalllsdone: That IS It, for wluch venite benedtlttfhall be fa1d Matth.•f.ll•, z~~ ~

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