sermon 7:_··__ __:_of_t_he_H_o_i.._Y_G_H_o~s T_.______ ~_6_7_ -w;ll;thcn fee this Captivtty turned away, and th<;>fe,thattookeus,takenthem- {j 1 , Lookc to Hisrefierrec7ton. Agmu occiflu efl, ts ttue; hkca tamheHe died • Revd. f ··~: b evchs ·t "as recpcCl: had to His Fat her. To Him,He was aLamlieinall meekenell'e t~ ~ U[t J V. ' 11 ' H' h .r: fc dc I 11 '' fatisfie His juHtee, and to pay tm. t c rA".J ome or ~s,an ror our en argemem,whofe P nfonersju!Hy we were. That r,a1~,and Jdufhce fans,?ded, theThhand.hwrdttHmge{t'he L 4 w, Cou. 111 ; 1 h l •fltU wasdehvereaHtm,an Hecanceue tt. en a egoodright t at wn< ag• ·~· ' •- ' .1' J h I d " fc " h Butde 4 tb andmthathadtt!Cporvero 1 aeat , t1e weu, ora,u..t at,wouldnot lieb, 1, 1"'' fo~: ' goe butdetainedHimfiillwrongtully. Withthem,the/amliewaulddono ' · e~oJ~so,He woke theLion. Died a lambe, but rofe aLton,and to?k~n !5 d ed. broke ttp thegates uf death, and made thegates ofbraflei'l1eiiilunder: trod on 1%~ rpents headand all tobrllifedit; came upon him, tookefrom him hil ilrmrmr"'here- Luke " ·" ! :, he~mfled,anddtvidedhu JPotfes. (S,o itisin the Gofl!ell; So, in this Pfalme.) Ttll Hc1 1 adright, He had nomight; was a lambe: :J3ut,He_ had no foo~errtght, but He made His might appeare; was aLton: Etvtctt Leodembu Iuda. Htsrsghtwas feene Revol.f.fl in Hisdwh ; His might, in His Rejierrec1ion. . . . _ Ycefeethemt•ken: Now, will yefeethemled. Ofthts VtCl:ory, thts(here)ts . { chetrit~mph. And ifyewillfeeitmoreatlarge, ye may; in the Prophet Hofl .ee IJ. Itorce.•t-•1' and out of him, in ~he v1pojlle <I Cor. XV.) .deaih led captivewithout His fling: •C~r.•f• 1J~,. Hell led· as one that had loft the vic7ory : Theftrength ofjinne (the Law) r'tnt, and - faJ!enulto Hi> Crof!e,, enfigne.wifc: theSerpen:s headhmifedbornebefore Him_in tri- / urnph, as was Goliah s head by' Davtd returmng from thevtCl:ory. And, thts was / His triumph• 1 . . . So then, upon the matter, here is a double CAftivity, a firll: andafecond. r. A fir/!, and in it captivans, they; and taptiv.ita, we. 2< A fccond,and init c~ptivans,He; andcaptivata, they. They too~eus, and Hee tookethem. And this is the Iubilee; that He that was overcome, dtd overcome; and they, that had overcome; were overco~e themfelves. That captivltns is becomu.iptivata, andcaptivata,is brought out of captivityand [et at liberty. For; the leadingof thisCilptivity; was the turn: ingaway of ours. . The live Kings(Gm. XIV.)tookeSodome, and cariedZotawayprifoner: Comes .,---- · ~Abraham upon them, takes the five Kmgs, andLot in their hands: SoLot,indl ~ they (both) became LAbrahams ,·aptives. The Amalekttes (I Sam. XXX.) tooke V Ziklag, navids torvne, his wwes, chtldrm, andall hu people. Davidmakes after { / them, takes v1malek, and wirh them, hisowne flocketoo: and fo became mafier of both. So did theSonneof v1braham, and theSonne ofDavid,in this captivity here. Forall the world, as an Englifo {hip takes aTtlrl:ifh Ga!ley,wherdnare held ma; " nyChriflian Captives at theoare. Both are taken, T11rkes; and chrij?ians; both be" come pri[oncrs to theEnglifb (hip. Thejioore foulcs in thegalley;when they fee;the Englifh jhip bath the upper hand, areglad(I dare fay) foto be taken :they know, it will turne to their good; and in the end, to theirletting goe. So was it with us, wee W~re the children of this 'captivity. Th~y, towhorrt we were captives; were taken raptive themfelves; and wee with them. So, both cameinto CH Jt I s T s hands-" They and we, His prifoners both• But with agreat difference. For; they are carried in triumph, to their confufion (as we fee) and after condemned toperpetuall pri~ fon and torments. And we,by this new captivi#e,ridof our old,and refiored to the ii.om. il.ifl lthertieof :heSonnes of Go n. So that, in very deed, thistaptivitie fell outto prove; .. - -·– our fchcmc :we had beene quite tindone;tittetly perifhed,ifwe had not had thegood hap, t~usto become CH tt 1st s prifoners. - ~ . . ~ttSnotgood (limply) tobctakenc.tptive: but thus, it.is. For, :FelixcAptivit.U V tap• ~,.~~num : He is taken in agood houre,that is taken for fo great agood• A happy ~aptwrtttthen?may we fay : indeed, fo happy,asriomancan be happy; if he be not t~?5 ~aken_ pnioner by CH a xs T. It is the only\vay to enjoy true liberty. Anq t ts, otthtsg~eat C&ptivitie here led. . . , . _ Other1nfcnor Capt~v~tieJ there be,in this life,and thoie not lightly t~ be rega.rded . {IC!the~
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