Sermon 6. Ofthe NATIVITIE. and [ojfake no more than they knew; nor teJtije no morc,than they hadfune. The , Iohni.>. bdlProofc that can be. Theyfarv (though, not the W9rdH1mfelf'e? yet)Hisglory: wefmv Hi<glory. And that glory fuch,as would fu1t wuh none but Hun ;and fo,ever way !ufuciem, to demonfirate H1m, the only Sonne of Go n. . . . y And afterall rlliS, one more there 1s, Without whKh,H1s maktng, nwe!lmg,and Seeing w~re ro little purpoie :Tint is, that as Became not obfcmely,bur wasfeem; [o Hc cahle not emptie,butfullofg~afeandtmth. Thisfr~lnejfc was not for Himfelfe, Vcrrc ·~, ; but for us: Et deplenitttdi/1~ EjM omnes accepimt#. · There is not any thing, that concerhe~h this' Myjferie, but is within this i'ext. His two Natures, iheWord, and Flejh: 1 Word, Divine; •Flejh,Ht~mane. TheV!.li– on ofrhcm in(aflmlJCjl; union into a Perfon, in Habitavit: Habitare, eft Perfon.<. 3 Then,His officeal[o, 'E""'"" which is not onlyhabitavit,bur caftrametavitinmbi<: nor onely, rooke ahoufe, but pirchsda£•vilion in'iU: Nor only,faClrulncola,made our Neinhbottr; bur, made achampron,tor us,ro undertake our quarrel!, and to fight acomb~tc. 4 And !aft, the Benefit: Made, thaHie might Dwell; andn.,eft, that He . might impart to us, (and we derive from Him) thar, whereof He wasfidl, and wee werecmptic; wehad need, and He had !tore ;graceandtr11t6. . .. All reducible to thcfc three : '· fl.!sod Verbr~m, caro: • !?.!!,id YcrGurn, Carni : t: • J ji@i! Caro, Verbo. ' That the Woril vecameflefh ; theMyjferic : ' What the Word If. ~d torflefh; theBmejit: lAnd, wharjlejh is to doe ro theWordagaine; the dt~ty. Ill~ Wcareinadecpe point, and a dangerous. Irwillriotbeamiffeto paufealittle f ontherhreerermes,Verbumcaro, .andfac1tmi eft. The Word. 1 There be, that rake . • this name to be givtn Him, as wi10 fhoM!d f:ty : Hec, of whom fo many excellent~:~ Pcrbom tvords are fpokcn, ill along this Booke; [o manywords of pr~mi(e, andprophejie, and r ..bu,, all ofHim : So, the 1vordobjective. • Others : forrhat Hedifcloferh to us all Gods TheWmi, counfell, even as rheword openerh the minde ofman; by wh<:>m as His Word, wee 1 know whatfoever we knowoftheFathmminde. So the •vordEjfeEiive. lA third; ::. for that He commeth, not onely as I E sus, to(aveus; but, as theWord, to teach -~ us : We, as to honourHim ;folearne HisWord, as the way re ourSalvatio11. So, the word, Pr.<>eptive. 4 Thefeareal!wefl,andtnleall: bur,allfhort. We mayhaveufe ofrhem; 4 butthere IS a further matrer, than all thefe. Tlus Word (as we finde,mthe Affidavtt) The worJ; iJ the onely begotttn ofthe F<~ther. Thefe.two are one, and the fame; bur need to be :':~;;·;~, fetm twotermes, that what1s wammg mthe one, may be fupplyed by the other: Ffftoer. (So high is rheDivine Nat11rcabovc our reach,as no one termeisable to expreffe it: Iris wdl,if diverfewill doe it.) In this they agree: As the Sorme is, to the Father; foisthe Word to the Minde. The Son, Proles Parentrs; theWord?Proles mentis:-They . proceed, both : theSonne, from the Father; the Word, from the minde : and fo note Tolhd~ His Outtmro us, a Partyproceeding,afeco~>dperfo~>, from rhe firft: from Him that beget- 1 ""' '"&·. teth, rheSonne; from Him tharfpeaketh, the Word; Againft Sabellilf.f. . TheSonne refcrrerh to a livingnature : TheWord adderh further an il1tellec1uaft nature. Generaree{fviventi11m, Loqui intelligentit<m: That,thcre is in Him,not only theNature, and Life, but theWi{dome ofthe Father. . BothPro,·eetl. The Word!heweth the Manner; TheSmne,thetrnth ofHisprocu; dtng. With us the Sonne is nor begot,but by flefh,by propagation: TheWordrhere– fh,e re.qmfite,to!hew,Iusproceedingwas after nocamalmanner;bm,as thewordfrom t tmrnde. A herterrermecould nor bedevlfed. For, there 1s not mall the Worlda morepure,jimple, inconcreteprocreatio~>,than chat, whereby the mindeconceiveth the :"ordwuhin it,bydixit incortle. For in it felfe ~nd ofit felfe dorh rhe mind produce ~~~~~thout help ofany mixture ofot;ght, with~ut any paffion llirdng o: agitation at 0 b uchwas \he lffuc ofrhe wordeternal!. But then,left we mtghnmagme God,- word t c,toH1m,no ·other thanours is to us,not ofour fubftance ; Hemakes amends for thar, -:
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