.Sermon 5· Ofthe · NA T Ivt TIE, ·.They,that we):e npt the_ L o a o, couldfave but from JPartdty calamiti~I,could bur p~une ind cake offthe twigs, (as it were:) He, from J!n it felfe, and fo plucker? tt up'by cheroots. They chat werenocthe Loa o, pur itoftbuc for a nme, and afterttcameagaille,Tem4;rall oniy. He forever,once for all: and ii htc6me At~thorofettrnallfalvation,to a!hhacde- Hcb. s- 9; P end on Him. Andmarkethac word[eternall:] For none bur cbe L:o a o can·.workeeter- ~all(alvation. f. They all had needofaSavtopr chemfelves, andofthhSavJour-~ 'Henedls none receives ofnone, impans eo all; as beingnotaSa'lliouronly, bur Sal& ipfa inabflraflo, Vcrf< •o. Salv~rion it felfe, (as Sim.eon callech Him) ofrvhofe.fulnejfe we allreceive. Tofave, may a- Iohl' '· · reetoma 11 : Tobe(alvation,canagreerononebutto CH a 1sT the Lo R ,o·'''R.obegin · ~nd eoend. Tofavefouldmdbody,from bodily ana gho!l:lycncmtes; frorn•finth~rooc, 't ".·l and mifery the branches; fora time, and foHver; to be aSa'lliolir,-and td be;safvationit ·«--' fdfe CH a x s T, the Loa'o tsallchts;andcan·doc:rJlchls. N0wthenwearatghr,and never till now. A Saviourwh~ch is C ua 1 • T the-• Loa o. "' •' >' • iJ Bur the name[Lo ao] goeth yet further: not only-to[weus, and fet usfr~e from dan• ,, ger eo deliver-us from evill; bucto Hare us in as good and beccercondicion, than we f<S>rfeirelby ourfall; or elfc though wewerefaved, we fhould n0tfa'll~ b-y che march. _To make usth~nfa'llers, and nor {avmonly, burgainm, and char greatgainen by ourfatv_atidn, He dotb'-furcherimparc alfo che e!bce annexed of ch1s Iall mle, eye'n wharfocver He IS Lordof Hill/felfe. And He is Lord oflife, (faithS. Peter, Alh3·'5 .) Life chen He imparts. And He is L~rdofGlory, .(faith S. Par~l, I Cor.l.8.J Glory then He impam. •' And He is•Lordof ldy, (lntr,singaudiumDomini, ·Enter into the joy of the Lord, Mat.z5.2 I.) ioy-chen-Hei:mparts. Life, andGlory, and Ioy;and makes us LoYdi ofthem,andofwhatfoeveris within the Name, and tideofLord.Forhaving thereto'a d,e!lbknght, 'by Mheriwlr!e,a~~heSonne, (Heb.u.) ~Andby Purchafe,as aRedeeme!'(fo~, thirefo~e Ha di~d, 11ndro[ugaine, that Heemi'ght bet Lordofall, Rons.x4·9·) contennng h1mfelfe With the former; He 1s well plcafed eo fee over rhelarcerto us, and admit us with Himfelfcimo Hiseftate'ofjoym pur(hafeofHeaven,·or ,, ;· I whatfoever He is owner of; char, in right ofit, we may enter into the Life, Glory, and ioy ofour Lord,andfobe(.wdand be(a'llm,and morethanfa'llm every way. This alfo; is in thewoidLord : this benefit furcherwe have by'it. · And now, ifwe will put togecher,'Natui and Ser'lfatot, Servator andCbrifltu, chriJI~M :md' Domi11tu, Domin& and '1\ilttu: Borne and Saviolir, Sa'!Jio11r andchrift, Chrifl and che Lord, cheLordandBorne : take them which way you will in combination,any ofchefoure, thenhaveweHiscwo Naturesinoneperfon. InSer'llator,HisGod.head : None but Go o is aSaviour. InChrifftu, His Man-hood: Go o cannot be Anointed,Manmay. InDomi»w, His Divineagaine, the Lordfrom heaven. In 'l'{gttu, HisHumane Natllre, direct[y, borne of a woman: Both(ever) carefully joyned,and to be joyned together. WhenS. Matthew had begun his Gofpell rhus: The Bolkeoftbegeneration,of I,) sus CH 11 I s T the Sonne ofDa· M1t, 1 · 1 • v1d, one Nature, His humanity: S. M~rkewascareful! to begin his rhus; The beginning of ~«arke •·• the Gofpellof I" s vs CH R I s T the Sonneof Go o,rhe other Nature,His Divinirie. But S.Ioh~, he joynes them, Verbum carofatlum eft, theWord becameftejh. rerbHm the Word, Iohn •-•+ there1sDominu. ;andCarocheFlelh, chacis,Nattu. And even chis very conj11nl1ionisa newloy. For,chatfuchanone, that the Lo1t n would condefcend to be borne, (befides thebenifit,) there is alfo matter of Honour. Even that He, fo great aPerfon, would become fuch as we are, would fo efteeme our Narure as !O_take it uponHim; This certainely is agreat dignitie and exaltation ofour Nacure; And ~t ~~a matter ofnew Ioy : That He would fo highly valueic, aseo affume, affociace, and uhite lt Into one Perfon, with the Son11e of God. By chis, we fee, why a SA v I ova : why ir RI s T: why che L o 11 o. A SA v 1 ou a, His Nameofhenqit, whereby He is to H !Nrus. C H a I n,H1s Name ofoffice,whereby:He is bound eo untlertakeit.The Lord, 1 F' 15 ll: am_e ofPower,~vhereby ~e is able to effect it. We fee alfo why 011an,and why GoD: • u >So lt lhould be; for, ofnghc none was to make fatisfaction for man, but man. And 1~ 6 veryCdeed, 'none was able to give facisfaction eo Go o bur Go o. Sochar belno-to{atts e ~ ' · "· felves. lfn or 011an, Hewastobe Go o andMan. Secondly·, So we would wflhlc our a H. \bewouldbe(aved,wewouldbe (a'!JedbyoneofourNacure, not bY.anyftranl"er. els orne, and (o oneofourownenatme. Againe,ifwe'wouldl;>efav:a,wewould E 3 be
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