664 Of the S E N D 1 to o ~$~~ii~i£~~t~liiiiiiit~~i$i~'~i~~'~'t~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I THouartgoneup,a Motibn: and, on high, aPlace. Chrif/,inHis afcendent,goin ~h"f!'rf!"•· up; chrifl,on htgh,lsa good fight .A better fight ro fee H1m fo,ranquamaquit~ 1,~:~ · "moinnubilm<, thantanquamvermil in pulvere; an Eagle in the clouds thana A ils 1·11· wonmin the du{l,as a gre:tt while we did. To fee :tclot<dtoreceiveHim,than;g,.w. . jlonetocover Him. Better, leadin$ C•ptivity, than bimfelfeledcaptive: Better, re. ceiving gifts for men, than receivmgwrong from them. Yer, it IS {!range, S. r4ul (Ephef.4.)commeming upon this ver[e\whereto we !hall often have recouife;)as we , F"'""'"'"" are looking at Hugorng "P onhigh,pulls us backe,and tells us ofHis being here down Epho(.H · below : In that He afcended,wbat is it(f2ithH~)hlll that He defcended firjl fA nore,our of feafon,one wouldrbinke. Bur, he befl: knew, what was proper,and perrinmt· and that is,that C 11 R I s T • going up, is afcenfm pojl defcenft•m. ' And rhis,as it is for Hu glory: (For, when one harhbeenedowne,then togelup,is twice to get up. Far more, for Hzs glory, than if He neverlud beendowne, And rhe lower He harh been donme, the more glorious is hisgetting up. Bis vincit quiv:a"' v incit; Being overcome, to overcome, is ttPice to overcome: For fo, beovercomes his overcomers, and that is a double viCI:ory) As, for Hrs glory; fo,for ourgood. For Hisbeing above, before He was below, is nothing to us. But being below iirll, and then, that Hewent up, rhar is it we bold by. As the Sonne of Go o Hecamedowwe: AsrheSonneof man, Hewent"!· If, as theSonneofman; there is hope,tbartbeSm ofmenmay <!loethe like. · Bur, alwaies remember, theremu{lbeade(cent before. t..Afcendit Angel;,;& f •t1u; ejl diabolta: Why~He neverde(cendedfir{l,and therefore is now inthebmome ofhell. Bur, He that fir£1: defcmded, and .jcmdedafter, is now in the top of heavm. To reach us, this high top mull have a deeperoot. Hetbarisrhushighnow, wa5 once low enough. We to be as He was, before we be as He is. Defcending, by h11mility ; ~on-de{cending, by charity. For,he that fodefcendethwith Him,heit is, and none other, that ihall4cenJup afcer Him. This is SAint Pa11!, uponLAfcendifti, His Motion. • Th• ptm Now, will you heare him upon inaltum, mhigh, the pitch ofbis motion (0~ which«, high, is fomewhat a doubrfull rerme : if it be but to fome high mo•ntaine (as they ~';Z.~!~ u 6 • thoughtof Eli,u) it isonhigh, that. Howhighthen~ The ApoHle takesrherrue " altitude for us. Neither, roSion, nor to Sinai, fet one upon the orher,andPl!tonup· Luke ••· on o.f!aroo; it is higher yet. So high (fairhSainrLuke) tillacloudwm•ndtoo.fe llph<f 4 ' 0 • Himortt oftheir fight. And what became ofHim then~ That, the Apofflcfupp!tes: He came~.-,~,""'~ above, ;,~aloft: -!:i;''•a.•·-,,~'.,.;,.,?tf·,e!f.,.-,, 4bo'11e aUthehea·. 1 'l!em,even the very highe{l ofthem. . ~ Keeping jufl: correfpondence betweene hishigh, and his low. That, was ad tml f ttrr<t, to the lowejl p•rts of thetArth, cban which nonelowcr, .none beneath them. This was ad[11mma Ca"li,rhe highefl: rop ofthe heavens,than which noneh1gber,none abovethem. . So Ext~rg..t Duu, the fidl verfe is not enough : that was but from the low~c · parrs oftheearrh, to the upper parts ofit. .Afcendatitulturn, Let Himgoe up on btg ; Efal.s7·f· Setttp thyfilfeo Lo R o, abovethehea'tlens ;there is His right pl:!ce. Andfonow, Heis whereHe fhould be. This for in altum, r{ , But, we mu{l not {land taking altitudes: This is but theg•zeof the A(mfi1~' 1\.lh ' ·" · !'The A~<gels bl~med the_ Apoftles; rlo!atblame willfall upon us, if we make bur a g•~e ofit. What ts there mtt,homtmb.<M,for us mm? . h d Fir{!, is Hegone ttp on high ? We may be Cure then, all is done and dlfparc~ er herebelow. He would not hence re inferiJ, till His errand were done, He came All
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