Sermon 5· Ojthe NATIVITIE. little way in the fecond Chapter; and we have already, three No!itimerc'sin it: and all, as here, at the comming ofan Angel!•. •J:earr not Z•<harte, (Chap.!: I 3•) So he w:\s afi·a!d. , Feare not JJ1arie, (Chap. I. 3o.) So, fhe was a.fr.1!d•. 1 And now, Fearenot thefehere, That it feemes to be gener:lll, tofeare, aranLAnge!s appeanng. What was it~ Ir was nm rhcfearcof an evt!l conjCJCncc : They were aboutno harme. ~~."'h" zach,rriewas at Chmch at hts office; The blcffedVtrgm ~~doubtnot)bleffedly tmpLoved: , Thefe here, doing their duty; Watc~mgovertharjlocku vy mght' Yet, feared, all. What Of'"""· lh Id rhc matter be~ It is a plamt ltgne, our Natur~ ts fallen from her ongmall: Heaven, :.mc~/'wearenot in the tcnncs, we lhould be: not the beltofusall . .Angels are the Mcffengers ofHeaven. M~ffengers ever come with tydings; but whe- :i:!'~~~cl. ther good or bad, we cannot tell. Here comes an AngdlWith newcs from Heaven: w~1at ewes he brinas we know nor, and thnefore we feare, b~caufe we know nor. Whtch fuewes all is n~t'well berweene heaven and us; that uponev'ery comming ofanAngel!, we promife our [elves no better newcs from thence; but lhll arcafraidof th~mdlages and me[– [enaers that comes from that pbce. "Thatthemeffage then may proceed, this flare mull: be r~mrwed.. In a troubled water, :J,~:;~ no face will well be feene: nor, by arroubled uunde, no mdfage rece1ved, ull tt be ferled, To'fettle them then for it; no other way, no other word to begin with, but No!ite timere, feare not, and that is ever the Angels beginning. Such is our infirmity, ever he mull: begin with thefe two words, Nolt mnere,feare not: And fo he dothjeven tunes m this Gofpelh But,fean will not be cJ/l: out with a couple ofwords, till they fee fome rcafon to quiet 1 them. And no betterrc>fon, than to fl1e·w, they have no reafon tofeure. For, fcare is the For, no ia expeCtationof evill, and there is noevill roward them: and fothey have no teafon toflare; 'Jd"gr. ~11 odtrepid•vmmt timore, uhi non erattimor. As if he fhould fa:[; Angelshave come with Pfl. 5l·f· 1 veepingnewes, asl11de z.v.5. Ifi were fuch an one, tfi came wtth f.1d rydmgs, ye had rea– [on,yemight feare. But now, your terrot~rgroweth out oferror. You are mtll:aken mme, I am no fuch Angell; I amAngelm Evangelzzam,an Angel! with a GoJpell,onethat comes with no badnewes. Fearen~tthen. There is no evill toward. No evil!: and that were enough for feare not. But here is a further matter; Not onely z privative, I bri11gno if!; burpojitive, I bringyo11goodnewes. Andgood newes is 'l'(g!ite timere, ~~~.~:.d and fomewhat befides,(thar is) Feare not, but, be ofgoodchme. They be two degrees phinly, though one be inferred ofthe other. Feare no ill, rhcreis none to feare; there is no ill, nay there isgosd towards. For,good newes is good, in that it reprefems the good it felfe to us before it come. Iris but words: true: Bur fuch words made Iacob revive agaiie, when hee G"l.if·'7 was morerhanhalfe dead, eventhegooAnerves ofiojephs welfare. Ifl migiJt blit heare goodty- ' dings (faith David, when his hones rrme hroken) it would makemerveUagaine: TharSdlomon l'f>!. 1 .•. s. {aid well, A good mefferzger is agoodmedicine. · . . l'•<>·••·•t Specially, this here which is fo good, as it carrieth away rhe name from the rea, to be calledThe Goffell, or, the gladtydings, as if none fo glad, nay, nonegladat aft without it. It is(faith the Aport!c) odor{ttavilatzs,acomfortable fweet favour. It is (faith rhe wife man) • Cor. u. d~cedoani1Ju, & fanittUofinm, the fweetneffe of the foule, rhe very health ofthe bc;mes. p, 0 • 16 \t Iusfuch (fatth the Prophet) tU theltps areprectom,andthefeet bwttifit!l,ofthemthat brm:tzt, Eby 5 •. 7 • that _aSaviottr is borne, asby whom, things in heaven and things in earth, Men and }~hgels Cot. .. 00 • (whtch were infoare one ofanother) are{et atpeace, and love : and Love'cajlcth011t (eare, g:- xioh , 4 • veththetrueNo/itimere. · ,~. Good newes ofjoy: For, ofgood newes, there are more fons than one. Goodnerves it 3 __ had beene, tftt hadbeene but E_v_angelizo_v~bi< Spem. Newes ~fgood Hope : that had beene·~~~~:g• • (llough, for Noltte ttmere. Thtstsmore, tt!SofJoy. I wot well, there is":! joy in hope, Spe Rom.u. gaodentes, fa1rh theApoll:le : But that joy is not (td!, tillthefulnejfeof time come. Nor it is '~· not~etfeCl:,for it is allaiedfomewhat, with an unpleaGna mixture which is Spes dijfertur, ~~ 16 '! :and:hat(as the wifeman faith) affligit animam : Hope deferred afjlic1eth the{ottle. G,wdittm Jf,~,;i;; • sl," IS norh10g toGaudi11m Rei : thehopedefttttN"o, ofa thin" to come hereafter, nothina to t eactuallfruitionofa thingprefent. ~ . " And tndeed, this dayes newes, it was ever Evangcli 11 m Spi: ever in the future teofe, .. . before. Even the very lall:bcforc this, to the bleffed Virgin, Em cMcipies, Thonfhalt'co~· r.""''·l ( m'lli';-
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