------------~~h~=-----------~--------~--------~ Sermon 17· Oft eR. ESUR RE c T 1 oN. 575 ~----------------~ ~0 fourfinne originaH, died in thewool/; and th~nagainc of~:mr fins ac?ua/1, dieln the .:loth to 0 • Twtcedzed · fo was CH 11 Is T twtcc. Once 1? H1 s owne: a. aine in Hts enemies: nghrdtbaph~~«, a perfecr full colour, atruef""P.le, ofa double ~ie His too. So was it meet for crtmfinfinne~s to have acrtmfin Savzo11r: aSaviour orfucha colour it behovcd us rohave.Commmg then tofave~~«,offwemHts White; 00 went our Red: laid by His ow~e righr.eoufndfe,to beclorhcd.wtthour finne. He, to weare our colours; that we, Hts. He,m our Red;that we,mHts whzte..So we finde ( A oc VII.)our robes are not onely wafh~d ckanc,bmdycd aprtre whztem the blou.cJ . f ph L ~1'e. Yea He died and rofeagame both,m our colours; that we mtghtdte Apo,. 7.•+ 0 t e a,.v ' . 1 r . . h 1 d" dri(ctoo in His. We f.11l now aaame upon ne tame pomt mt eeo ours, we td b:fore,in rh~ cups. He todrinkeche"fowr<vinegar of ourwitdegrapes, thatwe might drinkeHisjiveet in the cup of blefi'mg•. 0 cuf ofBleftng, may we fay of.thts cup ! 0 flolam (ormo.fam, ofthat co~our ! I Ut glom{am~ nobiSfmBuofam .' glor.ous to Htm, 00 Jell'c fruitful! to us. He,m mount Golgotha, ltke to~~«; that we, u1 NountTabor;ltke eo Him. This is thefubfianee ofourrejoycing in this colour. Onemore : how well this colour fits Him, in refpecr of His two titles, Loqums From toqm• j 11 Hitiam,and Mtdtm adfervandt~m! Loquensjt~Jiitiam, is to weare red: Fotens adferjuifiwu•;u • vandum i~fo too. The firfi. To whom is this colour given~ Starlet is allowed the nollor. degreeofIloflurs. Why~ for theirpeaking righteou(nejfito us, the righteou{neJfe of G 0 "o that which CHRIsT f}ake. Nay, even they which fpeakebuttherighteoll{ne;/e ofmans Law, rhcy are honoured with it too. But CH 11 r s Tjjakefo .une- 'l!er manjjake,and fo,callye none on earth DoElor,but one : none in ~ompanfon of Him. Iohn 7 •• 6. So,ofall,He to weare tt. Thts yee fl1all obferve; 111 theRevelatton,at the firll: appearing oftheLambe, t!Jerewas aBooluwtthfevmfea!es. No !flan would meddle with it: rhe Lambetookett, opened the(eales, read It, read out oftra Lecrure ofrtghteouf- . neffe to the whole world; t~e fighteo:if"'!eJf~ of G o o, thatfhall make us fo before Rev.~.6. · __.-----:' Him. Let Htm be arr~yed mfcarlet, 1t 1s Ius due: Hts Docrorswe~ ~ This is no new thing. The Heathen King propot1iidcait ora reward to any that could read theham/.writing on the wall. Damel did it,and had it. Sed ecce major Daniele D.1n. r. 7 ; hie. Thus wasirin the Law. This colour was the ground of the Ephod; aprin- 'cipall ingredient into the Prie.fts vefiure. Why~ For, hi.; lips were 11 pre{erve know- M>1h.>.7; ledge; all to require the Law from hi.; mouth.' And indeed,thevery /ipsthemfclv's,that we fpeakerighteotif"neqe with, are ofthe fame colour. In the Canticles it is faid, His lips are like a{carletthreed. And the fruit ofthe lips bath Gon created peace:andthe c=. 4 ~: fruit ofpeace is {owen in righteot~[ilef{e : and; till that be fowen and fpoken, never any hope oftruepeace. Enough forf}eaking. What fay you to.th~ other, PDtens ad(erv~nd11m, which (of • From "'"' thetwame) .feemes the morepropcrto tlus time and place ~ I fay, that way; idits adfcrva!dum, Htm ~oo,thtscolour. Men ofwarre, great Captaines, mighty tD faveus from the "'• CaJ<ai.,. enemJcs, they takett to themfdves,and their colour it is, ofright. A plaineText for N h ir,~h.II. ;rheirvaliant men(or Captaines)are in(carlet.And l told you,C H 1t r s T, o~•. ";·:;~ b~Danul, IS calledCaptaine M • s s r As, and fo well might. So,in Hislate conflict wuhEdom, He fhewed Htmfelfe : fought for us, even to bloud. MJny a bloucly wound it coU Him, bur returned with the fpoile of His enemies, fiained with their ~loud: And,who fo is able fo to doe, is worthy to weare ir. So,in this refpecr alfo,fo mboth;Hts colours becomeHim well• .Shall I put you inmind~, that there is inthefe tw~, in either of them, akinde of ltltne-pre[Je? In '!'ighty to fa.'l!e, it is.evident: Trodeninone prelfe, treading in.another. ~Y~ foevtdent m the (}eaktvg of rzghteo11{nejfe. Yet, even in that alfo, there IS a preJfe g h g. For, when wee reade, what doe wee but gather grapes hereandrhere: and \V ~n we!ludy what we have gathered, then are we even in torCIIlari, andpreJfe them ~e o~, andpref{eotetof them that which daily you taft of. I ~now, thereis great ddes 10 rheJ,quors fo prelfed,and that aclufler ofEphraim i.; wortb • •vbule vmtage of F ff 2 Abiez.er:.
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