Ofthe NA TIVITIE. Sermon 5 1. Which is CH 11. 1 s T. 3· CH R I s T the L o 1\ o. Three ofHis Titles, well and or. derly inferred one of another by good confequence•. We cannot milfe one ofthem; they be necclf.1ry all. Our method, on cmb,Is to bcgmWithgreat: In Heaven, rhey,begin witil goodfirfr. :A SAY!- Firll:tben aS A v I o ua, that is His Name: I B sus, Soter; and in that name, His bene. ?.v,.~;""' &!, Salm, fa~inghealth, or Salvation. Sucha name as the great Ora~or himfelfc f.1ith ofir, IV. Soter,Hocqtenntttm eft l Ita magnum ejl,tet latlflotlnoverbo exprtmt nonpojtt. Th1sname SA– V I ouR is fo great, as no one word can exprelfc the force ofit. But we arc notfo much to regard the Eccc, howgreat iris, as Ga11di11m, what joy is in it; that is the point we are to fpeakero. And for that; men mayrakewhatrhe¥ will,bur(iure) there is no joy in the world to rhe joy ofa manfaved: noJOY fogr~at, no newes fo welcome as to oneready roperi!h,incafe of a loll: man,ro bear~ ofone that willfave him. In dange: ofpen!h10g,by licknelfe,to heare of one will makebunwellagame: By fenrence ofthe Law, ofone with a pardontofave his life: By enemies, ofone that will refctte,and fer him in Cafe– tie. Tell any ofrhefe, alfurethem but of aSaviour, it is the bell: neweshc ever heard in his life. Thereis joy in the name ofaSaviottr. And even this way, this Chilcleis a SA vI 0 u R too. Potejl hocfacere.fedhoc non eft opm Ejm,This He can do, but this is not Hir worke: a fur– ther matterthereis, agreater Salvation He came for. And itmay be, weneedcnot any of thefe ; we are nor prefenrly licke,inno fearc ofthe Law,in no danger ofcnemies.And it may he,ifwewere,we phanlie to our f.:lves to be releeved fome other way. Bur, rhat which He came for, thatfaving we need all; and none but Hecan helpeus to it. We have therefore (all) caufc robeglad forthc Birthofthis SAv r o u •· I know not how, but when we hearcof[aving, or mention ofaSavio11r, prefenr!y our mindeis carried to the favincr ofour skin, ofourtemporall !l:ate, ofour bodily life, and fur– therfavingwe thinkc'n~t of: But, there is another life,not to be forgotten ; and, grcaterrhe dangers;and the dell:ruchon rhere,morc to be feared then ofthJs here ;and i~ would bewell fometimcs we were remembred ofit.Belides our skin.and llc!h, aJoule we have, and it is ou; better part by farre; rhatalfo hatb need of aS-aviour; that bath herdeffrul1ion,omofwhich· that harhherdeflroyer.fromwhich !hewoaldbc faved; andthofe would be thought on. In: .deed our chiefethought and care would be for that; how ro efcapc thewrath,how to befa– ved from the dell:ruchon to come,whither our linnes will certainly bring us. Sinneitis, willde!l:royusall. And (tofpeakeofaSavioter) thereisnoperfononcarth hath [o much need ofaSavio~~r, as hathajinner. Nothing fo dangerous,fo d.eadly umous, as is thefin in our bofome; norhing,from which we havcfomuch need to be[aved,whatfo– everaccount we make ofIt. From it, commeth upon us all the evill ofthis life: and from it, allthe evill ofthe life to come: in comparifon whereof,the[e here are not worth the fpeaking of. Above all then, we need aSavio11r, for our(otdes; and from ourJinncs ; and from the everla!l:ing deCrrucrion, which fin will b~in~ upon us in the other life, not £me from us, not from him ofus, that rhinketh it farthcil: ott. Then, ifit begood tidings to heare of a Saviour, whercir is but amatt:'rofrhe lolfe of earth, or of this .lifehere: how then, when it commethrothe lolfe ofHeaven ; to the dan– ger ofHell, when ourfot~le is at the !l:ake, and the wcll-doingor undoing ofit for ever ~ He that could fave ourJoteler from that DeJ!royer, were not thebirthoffuch an one good newes trow ~ IsnotfuchaSaviourworrhthehearkeningafrer ~Is henot~ Itisthenbecaufcwe have not that fenfc ofour foales, and the dangers ofthem, that we have ofour bodies :nor that fearc of our ghojlly enemies, nor thatlivcly apprehcnlion oftheeternal!torments ofthat place, and how neare we are to it, (nothing being betwixt us and ir, bur this poore puffc of breath which is inournoll:rils:) ·ourcarnal/ part is quickc and fenfiblc: our fPiritt~all is dead and dull. We have not the feeling ofourjinnes, that we ha·1e ofourjickne(fe: ifwe had, we would hcare this newes with greater checrefulnelfe, and hold this Day ofthebirth offuch aS A v, ouR, with joy indeed. We cannot conceive it yet, this ddlrucrionis nor Icr.;o.•4· neere enough to affecr us. But, in novifimointelligetisplane, in the end,when theDeftreyer lhall come, and we !hall finderhe want of a Savio11r, we /hall plainly underll:andthis, and value this benefit andrhcjoy ofit, as weoughl; and fi11de, thercisnojoy in theearth to the joy _ofa s Jwottr. · Thert
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