Sermon 6. Of the N AT I vIr I E. 51 -------~--~--~~--~~~~~~--~--~~~--~ rier. We lhall not need~o.goeto :inyotherfiore-hou~e, orIidpeto{upply, or fill up ( chri.Jl with any orher,as tfHe were but halfe full. He ts f11ll, full o( both, Our care isrob~, to make our felves fit Velfds, and there 1~ all• Thus far,f!!!,'odJl'erbumfac1mn caro. ~0\V,Ji!.!!fd ferhum carni,the 6enejit;and(tim Ti. which the Benefiteve~ draweth·wtthtt)theD~ttt'e, f!.!f.zdCaro v_crbo? . r. Fatfm ~id J'" bmi> C4 0 benefociet carm, bemg made lldh He wtll be aBenefacrorto it; No manever ha- "~"'' rhcb&, ted hisj!ejh,and no morecan He us,who areJlejb ofHis jle{h; or rather,He ofours. He ~~h.'s ·'~' fteth us daily ir1 Himfelfe; He cannot looke uporJ Hrsflefo, butHe mull: thmke upon us· And Goo the Father carJnotnow hate theJlejb, whtch theWord is made; vhichis now taken into one perfon withHis only Son,and united to theDeitieit felfe. J{Helove theWl!rd, He mull love it too,for theWord u becomeit; either love odth,or hate both. But,lovc it certain!y: for,as this day,When He broughtHisSonne clodi.ed with it into the World,Hegave exprelfc commandemcm, all His Angelsfoould wor)hip Hcbr,,.f; Him rd clothed;and our ~efo in Him i Anew dignity whichis this day accrued to our Nattire,to be adored oftheblejfedAngels. Our NAtHre queftionlelfe is fet in high favour withGod; Godfend our perfons fo too,and alllhal! be well. . . Belides, good hopewe now have; that he being now ftejh, All flefo may come to J Him,to prefent Himwith their requefts. Time was,when they.fledfromHim;but ad Pf:U.6p,: faBmn ~•rnemjam veniet oi'J'mi< caro. For,li~ce J:Iedwelt am~ngFfus ,all may refort un- Lul<f , 5 .i.; tO Htm : Yea,even Smners 3 and ofthem 1t 1s Catd,Htc reCJpttpeccatores,& comedtt cum eis . He receiveth them,riceiveth them even ro. His Table. A fecond hope, that feeing He bath made ourjlefhHisTabernacle, He will not fuf– fd this of ours,the f.1mewith that ofHis,tofall downe quite and cometo nothin<>; zhefame,He dwdleth in Hunfelfe,not to perifl1 utterly;but repaire it againc,and raffe it out ofthe duft. Sothatinfuper_Caronojlr.arequte{cettn]ie, our verybody may reft in m1 <6 9· hope, t~ be refiored a&ainesanii ":ade ltkt tohf~glorioru bo1J· . . . .. Flul.;.u. A thtrd;that whcre tt was,ftef/i andUoudfoal!not tn hmtthe kmgdume ofGod,tt IS re3 .ver[ed;jlefbat:dBlo~d}ball;forjlifh anoblouqalready doth. It is that,S'. Iohn is about, , Cor.• 5-50,, toinferre the formerverfe ciutofthis,viz: to thcmgave Hepower. to be madetheSims of Vcrfc ,., God: For, Ex quo hoc ver•meft, Fifii,m Deijilillm hominisfieripotuif{e, non eft incredi- · -– /;ile, &c. Since,fure it is, th:it·theSon of Go o is made the Sonneof man,it is not incredible, but that the fons of mepmay bt; made the Sonnes of God. Not incredible, ·nay 1 SeturittH nobis dataeft,a kind ofbond is enrred,(emrity given; SeeirJg this Verfe is ttue,fois theJa!l,Dedit potejlatem; Hega_vepowrr; and well might; Why~ for tHe ·wordis madejlejh, and therefore flefo may have reciprocal! hope to be regenerate by theWord, and adopted tbroughgraoe, ·and fo exalted to the gloriousdignitie ofth~ .Sons of God. · · · . . An~bccaufeGraceandTraih 'doe this;we /hall faile ofneithei: ofthem. He isfi•lli 1 :and not for Himfelfe; He needsthem not. He bath themfor us,and-hath fuflicient. Neither /hall be wanting,ifwebe riot wanting to our [elves. Hisgrace /hall prevent us,artd ffistruth follow m,•fl the dayes of 011rlife• · pf,J., ;.t.: ' f, So WC fee f!.!f.itlrerlitlmcarni;what Henathdone for us: Now our Dlltie i•ecipronr.' call, tf0.idcaroverbo,wliat we{or Him agdine. IfcheWord becomejle(h.weto take !i!Jid car; order,thatjlefo ofours,- that t!ieWordbath taken,we take it not and make it una caro v a bo. _ . with youknow.whoin,ormay reade(r 6or.6.) G~d fdrbid: Kn~wyeen•t, thefJ!ordis ~c~~:':"i· becomeJlefb? ThatJlefo is then fo robe prefei:ved,that,ashe faith,we {aw the Glorii;fo · ' _,_,., may we,_weJaw Hisj/ejh;tH the Jlefh of the only begdttenS91l of God. Kept wirh fuch care,:mdmfuch cleannelfe,asit might beCeemellisJlejb to be kept.And as much rn~Y he fatd,for hahitaVit ?l:he-houfe would be fomewhat handfome . as handfomea5we could,that is to receiveHim : we blame them ·that thi~ day recei~ed Him itt a)lable; take'heedwedoe nor worfe our felves. ' •. But theEathers prdfe a further matter yct;out ofvir~um carofalltlm : that we{llfo are(af~~r our ma!_!ner)'!,l~'~!m '~r11em{Mere,to incarnate ~he Tf_Prd.W~h;iVe ~word,w~ F~ in~
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