668 Luke •.74, H· Of the S E N n 1 N o Sermon 7 • ne!~her. Bur, this ofM~nkinde is the maine: the reft, all derived fromrh~ pledges of ir, We havelived to fee, that.Afcet~[6rC~rli, was.AuxiliAt~r;,ffer D•Olorcaptivitati&noftr.e, even this way. . ,:m ' In LXXXVIII. the invincible Navie had fw~llowed liS upquicke, andmad full accompt ro haveled u>all into captivity. We fawrhem led, like afortofpoo e Captives round about this Ijle, funke and call away, the inoft part ofthem andrbe rel.t fem home agai!le with lh:~me. Eight yeares fince,.they that had v~wed rh~ rume ofus all ; and, tfthat had beene, the thraldome ofthts whole land: they IVere led captives in the literall fenfe, (we faw them) and brought to a wretched end he fore om·eyes. So,He,that here did; frill can, and frill doth feat/ captivityc;,ptivefo; thegoodofHis. Take thefe as remembrances here below; bmlookeupbeyond thde to our great capti'llamduxis1i here : And make thisufe ofborh, that we both t hefe wlies,heing delivered, out ~fthe h~ndsofsur enemies, and from the jlavery'if s 4 • tan, mtghtferve /l11n, whofe fervtce u perfefl freedomt,I11Ttghte~fl{iiejf'tandh1tint[ft before llim, allthe dayes ofoNr life. , And this forrhdirft poim of Afm~tlit in Iubilo, (a principal!part wh~reofwas thereleafing ofcaptives.) Aodfomuch forrhetriumph of His Yiflory : Nowfot thebounty of His Trit:mph. I~that,Hisv.Al~ur >valour inle'diPgt4ptivil1: In this; His"'"gnifim:ce, magntlicence lD asffnbutlliSHISgifts. ~tamti•g Hil v1m.pit dont: Ail this while,. there hari1 beerie .nothing, buf tol11,pp; •[tr. Here now, thereis fomerhing &~mming i!~JVIIt, even Lwe, with hi> handful! ofgifts, • to beftowthem on us: whtch 1s thefecond part; even His largeffeorboumy, asic A \v.ere the running oftheC1nduits with wine, or rhe cafring abro~d of His n~w coyn~, r 1\1 among the iookers on, On this, thegreat And /afl Jay l(t/,e FtAfl, rheconclufionor : \ lhuttingup of His TriNmJh. Thisisthedayof dow&deditinkinde, anddon•ekdit, J the highhonourofthis FeAfi. Alwaies, theheightofHisplace, thegloryofHis triumph, makes Him not forget us, wee fee by this. Hee fendsthefeforatokcn, 1 that He is ltill mindfull oflis. Foure points there be in it. r received, fitfi: •Then,gifts: 1Thirdlyfvslll~~ • And Iall, an enlargemedt ofchis lafi word 111111 ; for fuchmm, as ofallmen,fccmcd leafi like!y ioget any ofthem,Even for Hiunemits. Awpir,ntdir; Rtceived. The Pyqphet-hcrc faith, D~na accepit ; the Apojllehefaith,' /m • EpheL-f.B. dedit 1 andboth rrue: Accepit & dedit; for, A>cepit ut dartt: He didgive, whatHee received; for, He receivedto give. So, what Hereceivedwith one hand, heg•~t with the other. For, Hereceivednot for Himfelfe, but for others; Not, tokcepe, bur, to parr with them againe. And, part with them He did, witneffe thisday,rhe day ofthegiving. · Rmivtd; fromwhom~ vVho(oeverrhe party was,Hereceived them liom,Hc fecmes to fiand wdl affected ro us. Iris the FAther. And ,.,.efec, He fa1dtrueof • , .. ·~·•7· Him, I gbeupt• my FAT H B a, and to your FA 1' H B a; that is, yours<~;~ wdlas mine. Which appeareth, in His Fatherly goodndfe, ready to pa~t Withthe~ to us. Yer, not immediately to us; but, by Him, tous: that, feetng by whOle hands they come, we might know, knowand acknowledge borh, forwhof~fake, both Hegivetb, and were;eive them. We, ofHim: He, ofHis Fi11111f; but,,or us, ~nd for our u[c, l'omt. • Received gi(ti; AJ:is poorecaptiws ! Never thinke ofany: Tan.t~m ~~~~ nos isJII, they fay. Free us onely, and we ddi.re no more. This one gift ts ef.o gE: willricllycomcntthem, even the gift ofhbeny, we even now fpcakeo • 41 , nough for them j bur, not enough, for Him, The Scripture offireth greater £,~,i He willler them goe, but not let them goe away_empty ; fend them away ''"'ia rh~ and nor wich one gift, but plurally, aon.- ; wuh maay. So many, as t~tXt
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