666 In tritlmpb. Ofthe Sk N bIN ct Sermon 7 . arid fifty is the number ofthe !t~Gilee: we mulllooke for a iubilee ever a;;;---;;. Hervcnt11pin!ubilo. Now, toalt~bilce, .theregoet~voacrs: ' Thereli'tijing;~;:: ntrs, one. ' And thenewgwmgor grannng '!ftatesgrAtiS (donadedit) thcuthct f•d both are here. ~ · ,, ,_ · n , He wentup intrittmfh, as aRomane Vi{f~r up t.o the 'Cilp:rol ;_as David afrer h' conqueft; up t?Ston : !oHe, to theCapttol lnbcaven; to-rhe ~ton thatidqbve rh~ 'h:gh and holy places tnAde rvttbout ha11ds• . ~ow, tw.o'aututrtump,kt/esrnere 1 ;ere: , One, captwes led bound before the chartot: >The other, calhngabroadof · coin,or(as ~hey called them)mijfitia,among the multitud~ •.And thefetwo arc in~t This, the manner of Hugomgt~p, hkethe !ewes It~btlee, hkethe Heathe»striflm l: 'Firll theh, ofHtsvalollr, mHtsvtflory; leadmg Hu .-apttvitie, 'Theh·oFHisb1. ty,inHisTri~tmph;diJPerfingHiJgifts; ·I ' ' "'"· · 1 Ofthefirft: Hereisa Captivitjledintrimnpb. A Trittmph isncitbutafted z.wli•t"P'" 'Vic1ory : nor avtEtory, but upon.abattell: and (ever) abattell prefuppoferh hejlihiy' 'llitJ ~'~~vc. :md rhar, fom~qttarrell, yvhereupo~ it grew. His afcenfion is His triumph;His Re(t,: ru"fion, Hts vtccory; Hts death, H.s battell; Ht>quarrellishominibtu, aboutus 1 nen· for another taptiviry ofours, that had happened before thrs. ' Iaske then, what was this Captivity here~ Ofwhom I when takm?when led? (Fbr! titken it muft be, before it canbcledin tritemph.) Some interpret it ~y S.tan; f.1y, It was by Htm,and thepower.ofdarkmelfe. Some other, tflJ[J[ vi"Js<.Adum an<! alllus progeny: and fo,wearem It too• •And borh f.1y wdl: they and wewcre rakcn together. For, when they were taken captives, we thatthen wmirt their hand and power, asChptives tb them, were taken together wirh diem. So borh iveretakm·. and by CH R I s T, both: but not both alike. Both were taken, bbrnorborhlel They were takm, and l~d.: ':"e are taken !ind letgoe. And not let goe barely ,b~r re~ warded w1th tifts, as rt rs mthe Ver(e. Both thefe are within thecompaffeohhis . Pfalme. / To begin with this of theVerfe: we find irmoreparricularly fetdowne, Col. II. Col. '·'~·y There,ofthePrinctpalztmandptm~ersofhell,it is faid, CH ll Is T /}odedthem,madea Jberv ~(them, trtumphedO'Vtr them m Hi>1rvneper foP. With thefe He had battell at H1s death, and then He feemed to lofe the field. Bur; up againe Hegot at H1s Re[ttrreuiOn : and thengot the day,carried the viccory cleare. ~Cor.tf.H· For lo, asvwth a trumpet, rheApofllefoundeth theviccory,Abforpta cftmors invic11· ritl, death isjiva{lowedttp in 'uiflory. Bur what was thequarrel!? That, begah about us, Tiominibli! : (In ev<~nll>ranch! we mu£1: takein that word.) for no other quarrell had He, but that thefe; leads awaycaptivehere, had led us captiveaway before. . . pr,t.qs.s. Andtheqt~arre/lwasjuO: : for? wewereHu:twiccH;.-. 'Hisonce,bymatton; Er.,y'o 4 .s. the w~rke9f Hi5 hands. • Hts agame now, by redempl<oil, theprtee of HtJ 6loud. He ,cor.•. 10· had no reaforno 1de that, wasHu quite. It ll:ood not with His honour,to fee them 'P"·'·' 5'' 9' carried away withollt all recovery. Gen. 3 .&. But, howcamewecaptives r Looketo Ctn. Ill. Thereyelind Lex . Rom. 7·'3· rttm, (as Saint Pa11l calleth it; ) jlefoly lNjls (as Saint Peter; ) agarrifon, rbarlterh 'Per.•·" · in us, even in our loines, and litTht M~inll~ter rotlles. They furprife.dv1dam. (and, 1 P~t.:.t,. J'~ 0 'J" 1 ' d hm of whom one u over<ome, hi<captiveheu.) Sowasheledawaycap11ve, an m 1 . all mankind. Thedfect whereof we fee, at c l! R I s T • comming. The lfml of ei'ror had (in amanner) feazed on all the world. And, if Error had takenhiS thoufand; Sinnehad his ttn thote[a,.d (we may befure:) And this wasthefirtl:•F: tivity, under the power ofSatdn. Fcir, Stnne and Errour are but leaders under tm, take to his ufe : and fo all mankinde heldcaptive ofhim At hi<pleajitre. .And,d0 r~e thraldome andmifery, the poorefoule is in, that is thus held andhurned un err e {er'Vitudeoffinne andsatan! The Heathens piflrimtm, theTterkie Gallcy;sare norbt1J to it. Ifahy have felt ir, he can undctlland me, and from the deepc ot h1s heart w !f>l. ~.;6.4 · cric, Turn& our taptivitie 0 L o R D• ,Will
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