5 Jtom.7.t8. l\oJD.8.7. Ofthe' NA T IVITIE.• , Sermon 6. we m<\y fay, vidimJMfordes ej tU, we daily fee that comes from it,as noneft vilimfler~ quil{mum, on the dung-hill, worfe is not tob~ feene. Set not fo pretious a fione in fo bafemetall. But thisi~notall, IfHe mufibe 111Mie, for love of Go o, make him fomcrhin<> ·wherein is (Qmegood : For, inottrftejh (Saint Pattl faith) theredwellet.hntJ good : ye~ the verywi{dome ofthejlefo at fiat defiance with theW1rd. Makeit fomewhat elfe. For there is not onely a huge difiance,but maine repugnancy betweene them. Yet,for all ~ohn, ro.JS. this, non poteff folvi S-criptara : TheWord waonadeftejh. . I·adde yet further : whatftefo? The llefh ofan Infant. What, Verbttm Infans, the Wordan Infant?The Word,and not be able to fpeakea word~Howevillagreeth t(lis~ This He put up. How borne, howentertained? In a ftately Palace, Cradle ofIvory, Robes ofej!ate? No: but aflable for His Palace; amanger for His Cradle; pooreclouts for His array. This was His beginning. Follow Him timher,ifany better afrerward, l;f•y·H-f· , whaiftefh afterward~Sudans &..<~ens,in coLd and heat; hungry and thirjly ;faint and weary. Is Hisendany better,(that maketh up all:)whatftefo then~ Cujm livorefanati:, blacke andblew; bloudy and fovolne; rent and torne; thethornes, andnayles !licking in Hisfte.fb : And {ttch ftefo He was made. A great faClumcertainly, and much robe H b. made of. To have been made caput Angelorr11nhadbeen anabafemenr : To be ' mi. b E!,/·;;7~. 3 . noratm .Angeli& is more: But,to be bnovijlim~t~ Vi,.rum,in worfi cafe ofall men,nay, ' ~ Pfal. u.6. <aworme and no man : So tobehorne, {oarraJed,and (o houfed,and{o handled; there is not the meaneftfoJl? b~t i~ better. ?o t_o bemde,and fo ~mmade ; to take it on,and lay it off,with fo great mdtgmty ; Wetgh tr,and wonder at tt,that ever He would endure to be madeftefo, and to bemade it on this manner. What was it made theWord thus to be madejlefo? Non eft. lex hominu iffa,ftejb would never have beene broughtto it. Invas Go o, and in~o o, nothing but Love : IJilexit, withSic, charita;, with a 11 Ecce: Fecit amor, t~"'Verbttm carofieret: Zelm IJ_omini exercitttum fecit hoc. Loveonly did tt. f2!!)djit,pojftt, debeat,non rectptt]mamoru : Thatonely cares not for anyexinaIohtf;.sG.. 1 John j •l• :-Rcg.I9·3I• nivit,anyhttmitiavitfe, anyemptying, humbling, lolfe ofreputation : Loverefpects it not, cares not,what lle!h He be made, fo theflefo be made by it. i .Anddwelt. Fac1umej!istheWordofNature; Habitavit,ofPerfon : Habitare eft Habitavir,md Per[on£. And, two there are not. It is not Habitavemnt .- therefore, but one dw<lt. Perfon. . 1 And, habitavit is aWordofcontinuance : that which was begun infac1um, is conz tinuedinhabitavit. Not onelymAde, but madeflay, mMleHisahodewith us: Not ap– .peared, and was gone againe firaight ; but, for a time tooke up His dwelling ; Fafltu caro,Fac1m ilvcola. And this wordconcernes this day properly. This is rheday,rhe firfi day ofhabitavit in nobi&. lncarn:uehe was in theVirgins wombe; His tlkirtgjlefo could not befeene. but thisdraweth after it avidimm ;drvelt and wasfeene vilibly. 3 Rom 1o.8. Phil. '·7· .. 4 £1'ltll:t(d:1f, dwelt, :isina Tent. And this leadeth us to athird: conver{atm eft. Fac1t.m,andjafl11m familiare : that He withdrew notHimfclfe into fome lolitary place, butwas verbNmprope nos, neare tts, neare neighboursto us. Habltuinventtts M homo, InHit habit, and in his habitation, j ottnda;aman. OnemightaskeHim (as they, atVerf. XXXVIII.)ubihabita;, Sir where drvellyort? and He invited them to come andfee. And ''""""" is not everydrvelling,but adrvdling in'"""' atent,that is,but for a time: Notaho11{e,to fiand for ever; but atent,tobe taken down againe.Which,asit fhew– eth His Tabernacle, ofthe nature ofours, morrall; fo withal!, that He camebut ofan errand, to fojournetill He had done it: Aworke He hadfor which hewMf ent; that be– ing done, He laid His Tabernacleoffagainc. 5 , And, even that y>orkeit felfe, is in'"""-""'' For, itis aword militare : Souldiers '""'~"' dwell in tents: As tfHewere now fac1m caro,mcola,mtles; as tffome battell were to- ;;~,h~~~oul- ward. _And(indeide)from the beginning,(the very third ofGenejs,)there was warre dier. proclauned, bctweene theWomans feed,and theSerpe111s. An enemy we had, firoJJg Gen. l· r ~. and mighty; had,and have frill: not one,but many,a whole campe ofthem. They . ~om,7·'3· had prevailed, md led us away captivetmder the Law of(inne. D1txnobu optM eft, A . charnpioll
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