Ofthe NATIVITIE. Sermon+· handedBenefactor. And with this to beginne, to confec'r~te this firfi day ofthisfi•lnef{t of mm :even,wirhourfervice to Him at the fi•ll; which is then at theft•ll, when no pan is mif– iing: when all our duties ofpreaching, andpraying, ofhy•mm, ofoffering, ofSacrament; and all, meet together. Noftt!nejfe tl1ere is of our Ltfllrgie, or publike folemne Service,without the Sacrament. Some part ;yea, the chiefe part is wanting, if that be wanting. But our thankes arc furely not ft•ll, without the HolyEt<charift, which is by ,interpretation, Thanl:f- :m.u6.<> givingit fclfe. Ft<lly we cannot fay, .f<Eidretriht~am Domino l but we mull anfwer, Ca!i– ' l &em .fidt~taris .ccipiam, we will take the mp ofJalvation, and with it in our handsgive th.tnlcts toHim, render Him our trueEuchArijl, or reall Thank(giving indeed. In whichC11p is the §lot~d; not onely ofour redemption, oftheCovmant, thatfrecth us from the Law, and ma– Hlt.>l•a keth the Deflroyer paf{e ov er m,· out ·qfour Adoption ofthe New-Ttftament alfo, which en– t;tlcs us, and conveyes unto us (TeJfament-wife, or by way ofLegacie) the elhte we have in the joy and bliffe of His heavenly Kingdome, whereto we are adopted. We are then made . partakers ofHim, and with Him ofboth thefe His benefits. Wethere are made todrinkeof ' Cor.••· thtSpirit,bywhichwt areJealed to the day of o11r Redemptionand,.Adopti8nboth. So that,our 10ph+;~: freeing from rmderthe L~w, our invell:iture into our newadopted ll:ate,are not fully confummate without it. Andwhat~ Shall thisbeall~ No, when this is done,thereis allowanceoftwdvt dayes more, for thisfi•lneJ!e oftime.- that wejhrinkt not up our dutie then into this d"J alone, buc in therefl alfo remember, toredumeComepart ofthe day, toadopt fom~heureat the leafi,to bethinke ourfelvesofthe duty, the Timecalleth to us for: that lo, we have not Io • s die$ . , vacuos, no day quiteempty in this ftt!ne.f[e oftime. Hereofaffuring our felves, that what we ~Cor. 6·'' doe in thisft•lmjfe oftime, will havefit!/ acceptance at His hands. It is the time ofHis Birth. which is ever a time,as a(cepttd,[oofaccepting;wherein,what is done,will beAC(tptahty takeR _ to thefitll.- Fr<lly accepted, and fully rewarded by Him, of whofefu!nejfe wee all rmive ~ ~o~., ' 6 ' With this condition, ofgracefor grace, ever, one grace for another. And fo; growing (romgrace tograce,finally from thisfu!neJ!e, we !hall cometo be parta~ "'\ 0 io. 6 • kers ofanother yet bchinde, towhi~hwe afpire. For, all this!sbuttheft•lntjfuftime: Buc P • that, the ft•lne!Je of etermty, when ume !hall be run out,and h1sglaffe empue, Et tempus nm ~ erit ampliu<; which is, at His nextfending• . For yet oncemOI'e !hall God fendHim, and He comt againe. At which comming,we !hall then indeed receive thefulnejfe ofour Rtdemptien, not from theLaw (that we have already,) but from Cemption, towhichourbodiesare yet fubject; and receive thefull fruitionofthe Inheritanct, whereto we are here but adopted. And then it will be perfect, compleat, ahfolmefulmJ!t indeed, when we !hall all bejlltdwith the J'.ph.t.>J· ftdnejfe offlim thatjilleth allin all. For fo fhall all be, whennothing !hallbe wanting in any: I•Cor.t s. for Go o jha!lhtallina!l. NotashereHeis, fomething,(and, butfomething)inevery ' 8 • one; but thenomnia in omnibJU. And then, themeafure !hall be fo foU, as it caMot enter into !>I•~·' f·~' us, we cannot hold it : We mull: enterinto it; Intra ingaudium Domini tui. :r o this we afpire, and to this, in thefttlneJ!eappointed ofevery one ofour times, AI: mighty Go o bring us, byHim, and for Hafake, that inthisfulneJ!eoftime. wasfent to worke it for us,_in His perfon :and worke it in us, by the operationofHis BleJ!ed SPIRIT. · Towhom,&c.
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