Of. the N.A.n v. 1 u E. Sermontj. befaved, by no inferiour,b!lt by ~hebelt :He is tlteJLurd, and fo the very bell: ofall. And![oc our delire isfatisfied every-way.. • 1. . .. .• . . . . - 1 " ' This.btelfedBirthofthis SavioNr, whi~hJJ chriif the Lurd, thus furnifhed .inevery point' tofave usthroughly., bodyandfouk, from finne the dell:ruetion; and Satan -the defiroyer of both, and that both here, and for ever ; thi~ bleJfed, and thrice blelfedbirth, is the fubfiance of this Dayes folcmnityof the Angels Meffage, and ofourIoj. . . > - ' (.; ~ I ~ i I • • I ' THi Cir· And now to theCirmrnjlance) :.and firft ofthe Perfonsj v;bis; 1briiJgyougoodtydin'fS : cumfi:mce Tl . •b · & , , ' "' ofti.lepCI:"', "JAP.fflJOU.PIJ Of~C, C. •, . ) '";, I r 1 r·"! ' • • • .J ,\) • ' • fons ro We !inde not any word throughall, but there 1SJOJ m1t.:andyet all 1s fufpended, till we "hom. com.ew this one word [ vubis :] thi$makes up all. This word therefore we '!hall doe well ever to looke for, and when we finde it, to make.much ofit. Nothingpalfeth,without it ;ic is theword ofapplication. But for ir, all thereft are loc>fe; this girdsit on, this fall:ens it to M1t.s., 9 . m, andm'll.kes it 011rs. But for·ir; \V.e are but in their cafe, ,Qgjd~hi; & tibi, What have we to doe witl:tthee ~ .ThisSavio11r chriffthe Lord, in thisgood·tiil)e>and fit place, ~idad 11 os?. What arewe thebetter ~. OIJ'Jni popt1lo, is fomewhat too generall, and the ~undreth patt6f th€m-lhall nor be benelited by Him, We would heare it inmore par'ticularicy, .Why, voM, for yon- it is; Bornejory1il: Yea,nQW ye f:ty fomewhat. . ,.. ~~;~~:- And twice it is repeated for failing, in either verfc once; F.va?>gelizo vobi;,andnatrisvo~ an~ Na . hi<', that ye may know the Meff.ige isyours, and theBirth isy~11rs; thereforethemeffage is fent tuaobil. toyort, becaufe thehirth concernethyo11. Buryours they be, both. The ure May \VC then be bold to change the perfon, and utterit in thejrft, whk!l he cloth in the we. have fecond, andfay 'l!{ghis! '!'femay fure,Puernatus. eftno_hi<.; * Efay hathfaid it before us. And ~~(' ' 6 thereby, lyetha myfiene: The Angels they fay, robu; The Prophets were·men; men fay;· H~~:/;6: 'l!{gh%. Bid theAngellfay, Nobu,hecannot, neither qng nor fay it: Angeli;he canno't, ta · v"re 'f· Angels, Nufquam_Angelos: .but Hominihtu untom~n, he can and doth. And this is afpe.~i: all high Prcrogauve; that w\l~ch the Angels can nwher fing nor fay? wecan c(oeboth. ~ · Ifthen He behome tOlls, ttts to Come end. Efay tels us, what 1t ts, when heee:o:poun· dethNattJs, byD•tus, home to tu, bygiven 11s. Borne, to bebell:<;>wed upon us. And ifgi. venus,heftoweduponus,thenHeisotlrs. ours His Benefit, His office, His Power: His Be– nefit tofave us, .His 0 fficetotmdertake us, His Power to afJitre us. Ours Hisfalvation, as, IJ E– ' sus; Hisanointing, as CH tt r s T; his Dominion, as the L o tt D. An<! if.Hee beo11rs, Luk.!s , th_ena/1Hi; are ours: omnia Ejtesnojlra funt : His Birth ours, and ifHisBirth; all tlaat fol_low 3 Hts Btrth, ours too. Nowthen,feeing He and theybeo11rs, will it not be well done; tomakeourentry,· to take feifinofHim and them, and difpofethem to our bell: benefit~ And how can we do that better, Than as God hath offeredHim to us thisday, that Hewasborneforus : fo we recipro· cally this day, that He is borne, offer Himagaine to God, as the bell: plealiog' Oblation that we·can offer Him. Today, as in theTemple alive, for our morning Oblation : And when the time commeth ofHi<death, offer Him as on the Croffe, llaine for ourevening Sacrifice. So !hall we, as Bernardwifhcth us, uti nojlro, in lltilitatemnojlram, & de Salvatorefaltttem ope· rari, Imploy,or make u[eofHjmforour bell: hehoofc: drawHi; proper ex~raetfrom Him, and workefalvation out ofthis our S Ay 1 o u R. .• Ourdutie Now, a word onely, what is to be done on our parts,~nd that refpectively tothefe two reciprocal! points, what we are to rerurne to them; what to this Meffage, and what to thisBirth. 1Tohe"c To the Me!/age, Evungelizo vobis, this we are to returne, this is due to amef!age, to ~~ Mcf: heare-it. And that wedoe, and that is all: wecometothe Sermon, we heare it,andlirde we 'o'· doe befides. But weheareit but heavily, with a faint affection (God knoweth:) wee heare it not as anEcce, as matter ofhigh admiration : we heart it not as Gaudiu111 magnum, with that alacritie andcheerefulneffe wefhould._ We heare it not as nobi<, ,asificneerelytou– chedus, but as amatter that little concerned us, it skilled not much whether weheardit or no, Many meaner things affeCt us more, bur this fhould be the joyfulleft hearing that wee ever heard. ~J.o~%. And fhall we not likewife performefom~duty to Natus eft ? yes, event<;> that a!Co. And not heareofHim, and let Hsm alone: he4f't his tydi11gs, and let Hsm(elfe goc. . - . ~
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