61~ . OftheSEN~ we yearely hold holy in thankful! remembr:mceof th~, tobefent,and {ent. . ,r,mzJea ,The 'Ho'L Y Gwos'!' is the Alphaandomegaof all our f?lemnities. In His eo , mm9. downe, allfhe Feafis begin ; at HiJ Annunciatioh, when he defcended 00 ~ Blejjed Ytrgtn;' whereby the SoN N• •fGo_I>,didrake ~ur na:ure,~henarureof m~p, . And, mthe Ho L' Y G HOS'!' s commmgrhey end, even m Hts defcendin ~ !'a:. 1 ·4· this d~y upon thcfonnes of men; wh.erebyt~ey a~ually becomepartakers~- .. ,~ ••• ~ of His nature, the nature of Go"'· O.f which Htslafiand greatcomming inthis ·Text.js the promife, arid at this time the performance: that, as l'romifeand Prrformance, fo the Text and timeagree. -- . Every promifeis g!adt~di_ngs;but every promifei~ ~ot Gaj}e/l: nor isitgoodro make aText of u, wh1le It ts mfufpence : But, when tt JS dtxtt & fatlum efl,fo[~d and fo done,then it is~ G•jjdl, :t!ld may be preached on. Being then made goodrhis day, the Church hath made it theGofPe/1of this day; ir beingFej/um folutionii,tbe Feaft whereon it \vas to be, and whereon it was paid. • ' . This promifc grew thus. T~1ey were to be deprived of CH .. r s 'l' s prefence: He to be gone. 1hey were troubled with: troubled at thellery heart. Inthatftate they needed comfort. AComforter He promifeth them. His promife is inmao~~er of a Deed ; not abfolute, but as it were with Articles on both parts ftrmodumSJngrA– ;h,e, A Covenant on His part; A Condition on theirs. He covenants two things: the one fuppo(ed, lDve: IfJe loveme. The otl:ler impofed, Then'keeJemyComm 4 nde. menu. Thefe two cmtheir parr well and truly performed and kept, He !lands bound toprAy,andpraying topromre them aCom{orter,another in His fread: And,thatthey might not be every other while to feeke (oranew, one thnt fhouldnotlem them,<!$ Hedid, but ..hide with them for ever. · Many are the benefits that cometous,by the Ho~ Ghofl; andfo, Hiscltlesma-' ny : He is here expretfed in the title of aComforter. Comfort nevercamesami[e: but it is moft welcome to men in their eftate (here) troubled inminde.lt maybe,our efrate is nor yet, as theirs was ; and we have our terrenAScon(olatiuncultH, whichyet ferve our turne well enough. Bur, there is none oftu~'JbUt thepaywillcome, when we fhall need Him and His comfort. ltwillbe_goodtolookealterHim:andthe Ais i .'• r: fooner, the bener. He came here (we fee) before the thirdhoureof the day, that~, nin_e in themorning : letusnotput Him off, rill nine at night. It will be toobte,ro fceke for ouro7le, when theBrid1groome iJ comming. . - . Matth.>f, Tbt l)ivifo~~o - I. II. ThofeAmcles were here drawne, fqr them : but, he that hketh the fame condi– tions, 111ay have title to the fame covenant to the worlds end., For, to the w01lds end;·this covenant here holdeth ; and the Ho L Y G uos 'l' otfeted to bee fenr (though not in vifiblemanner,as this day ; it was meet, it lhould be, withfome(o– lemnity at His firfi comming for the more credit,yet) fenfibly to rhem,th1rrewvc Him. No day excepted : yet, this day pleadethafpeciall interefr. . It will then not be ami[~, if we take infiructions, wi)at is re~r~don both ram, (o q~any as are defirous to be partakers ofHisheavenlycom~ort,wh1€h (Irrull) IS fl~e ~direof us all, that fo with comfort wee may celebratethis Fej/Hm l'aradetl, rhis Feall:of' rhe C1mjorter. Thus, they will rife to be treared of. x. The condition firft : ' .Their Lwe; • thcix looking tQ Hu CommNJdements lcuping. r· Then rhe Covenant: l c HIS T s intemfion: +l1iJ Fathers giving: f Giving theComflrler: 6 An,Qther Clmfmtr. Where, both will come to be couched :but, 11il diverfiry: 1 At lafrHisperpetR1'1• 0t ~b6de witht~emfo~ ~'ll_tr_. · Th~
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