Of the NA T 1vI T n. Sermon), Ezek. H· heards, ofthe birth ofaShepheard; Ezekiels Shepheard ; EcceJie(citabo vobis Pafforem ; Re.' 111 Pct~l· hold, I wiD raife yore a Shepheard: the' Chiife Shepheard, the b Great Shephwd, and the !: 'Goodshepheardthatgave His lifefor Hujlocke. And fo, it was not unfit newes, forthe Per· ~ H<b.,;. fons to whom it came. · cloh.• ~~· forthe Manner.· the Angell delivcrcth it Evangelizando, church-wife, (and thanvas "·a figne, this placdhould ever be the Exchange for this newes:) church-wife(I f.1y) for he ~ cloth it by a Sermon: here at this Verfe: and thenbyHymne or AntiJCmeafter, at the XIIII. Dix't/· Verfe. A Sermon: tl;e u1ngell hiiNfelfecals it fo, Evmtgelizo vobzs, I come to Evano-elize, to vange " 0 preach J9tta Go(Jzell: that hdl:. 'And prefcmly afrer hee had done his Sermon, t!~re is the Jlymne, Gloria mexceljis, taketl up by the OJ!ierc ofHeaven. An Angellrmkcs rhc one: A multitudeoflAngelslingtheother. The whole fcrvice of this day, the Sermon, the lAN. . theme, by Ang•ls, all. , · 4 Now, the end of both SermonandAntbeme, and ofthe u1z•gels, in publi!hing ir, and f."'••g•· oftheShepheards, and us, in hearing ir, isgaudium,joy, forthe Benefit,and Honour; Gaudrum :t.o gaH· magnum,greAt joy, for the great Benefir, and great Honour vouchfafed our Nature, and us, ,:;,""'·this day. Ioy ,is intheText,and if joy bein th~ time,it is no harme: We keepe theTfxt, ii we hofd theTimo with Ioy, For fo the Angelldoth warrant ns to hold it. TheDiOfthis Angelicall, or Evangelical! melfage, or (as nod, but theAngel!calleth it) Sor• 'll!fion, mon; thefe two Verfes, I have read, arc a parr. Wheteofthe former is but an Ecce, exciting; I them to heareit, by magnifying the melfage, as well worth their hezring, Be not a(raid,for 2 hehold Ibring yor~goodtydings, ofgreat joy, rvhichjhafl beto allpeople. Thdancr, is the very mejfageit[elfe, Thar,thereuborne,rentoyore, tlm day a SAVI ov~, whHh,· CH RI s r, the LoR o, intheCitieofDavid. Y In the former, arethefe points: r. Feare not, (it is no if!newes, I bring you) 2. ·Nay, itisgoodnMes. 3· Good,foritisnewesofjoy. 4· Ioy,andthatnoordinary,butgreatjoy. 5. Not to fome few, butto thervholopeople. G. And not toti populo to all one people, but omnipopulo, to aftpeople whatfoever. 7· And them, not forrhe prefem, but ~oderit omni populo, that is, and fo jhafl bee, to all, as long as there !hall bee any people, upon earth. And, by venue ofthis [~oderit,] to us, here, tlus day. Ecce, Behold, fuch is the newes I bring. 2 In the latter, the Me/Jage it felfe. (Thcfumme whereofis)theBirth ofachilde,A Chi!de The. mer- ishorne. Three thingsarepropofed ofHim. I. This Childe is a S • vI ova. 2. A Savi– ~ff.~' ottr, which is CH R I s T. 3· Chrift the Lord, Chriflm domimu. For, every Saviortrisnot I C H R I s T, nor every chrift C H R I s Tu s D o M I Nu s, C 11 R 1 s T the L oR o, or The the L o Ro CH ~ I s T. He, rs all three. Nam". Thenh~vewe befides, threecircumllances, ofthe 1 Perfons, •Time, and l Place. r The 2 Per(ons, for whom allthisis: twice repeated; 1 Evangelizo vobu in the fir!1 Vcrle, 'Natu< !"!efi~~: vobU in the fecond .. But this, Imake fomc doubt of, whether it be aCircumflance or no: I '"· rathtr hold it a principal! part ofthe Subjlance, as, the word ofconveyance, whereb}' it pafr feth to us. And fure, there is no joy either in Evangelizo, the c..Me/Jage; or Natrrs, the Birtl1, 'lo~~.Pcr. without it; without Vobu. But, ifthe Me/Jage, and theBirth it felte both, beorrrs; then it 2 is Garedir1mmagnumindeed.Specia!ly,if we adde (z.) the Timewhen,not many daycs hence, TbcTime but even thri very day. And (3.) the Place where,thatit is in no remote Region farre hence, 3 but in the Citie o(David, even here hard by. The Place. AAd thenla!1ly in a Word; what our parts are to performe, to the[c nvo parts, 1 this Our~uty dayes Mejfage, and 'this dayes Birthof our S A v I o v 11, C u R I s T, the L o Ro. rccipr<Kall " . IJ3e not afrmd. Th'' "'"'HEre is a llop, that the c..Mejf,.gecannot proceed: Forthe.lighto~the MetJ'enger, hath •ft•rd. almo!1 marred the hearing ofthe Me/Jage. The pames, to whom1t comes, be rn fuch feare, as they be nor in cafe to receiveit. They were afraid, and that (ore afraid (as is faid in theVtrfe before) at the fight ofthe Angel, that came with the newes. So were And this was not the cafe ofthe[e poorc men onely: Others,and other manner of peo– «hers. plc were fo, as well as they. This Gofpell of.~aint Luke is fcarce begun; we arc yet but a , little
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