A . I sERMON PRE'ACHEQ before the KINGS MAIESTIE, at .TYhite-HaU> on Friday, the xxv. of 'Vecember, A. n~ MD c·x: ll:,_ ' ~ - bei1~CHRISTMAS day. • . . ·~ •v HE BR. Chap. I. Verf. I. IJ. I I I. 1; ',4t (undrie times and in diwrft manners, GoJJl!ak.qin fT'e olq time to eu~ .. · Fathersbyt/,ePrtJphets: . '" '-'' 2.. In t1Jtj~ laft da~es, He hat!> JPolr..en to us by Hir Sonne,~l'o,~ f:!e hat!> made, Heire ofall thiiW ;bflt!bomalfo He made the "!l'orlds; 11 _' , .• . , ;. Who being the br~J.htnefS.e ofHu~lo'!, and the tngrawd for»1t of. Bzs P.erJon,and bearing up all thmgs by bts tn'.'!,hty "ll>ord,l,atb by.f:lemfllfe·purged·,our, fins ,and Jittetb at the right hand of tf~e Majeflie in t/}e bigf,eJ!place's. ' niYVifimi,primi (faith our Saviour,)Add t~l lttjl.fha!l!Jejirjl; Matth.•t· ,~~ And this Text tells us of a great Prerogative,o'fth efe.lttfl dayes,a– bovethefirft. Ofwhich la!l dayes, this is the firlt day ; the dayof CH "' • s T s Birth. For, make a partition ofthe two times,olim, and Dies novijimi; and this day will be found ro end olim,and to begin Dies novifimi; to be the firll: -day ofthefe/.ft dayes; t-he very Kalends of Chrill:ianitie, from whence, we begin our AEra, oi tomJ)utation. ' The Dignity ofthis day, (aildoursinit) is here fer out two wayes: Fir'll:,bya cafe rlu S11~11i~ of comparifon: of comparifon, betweene the rimcspa!l,and thefe now;between the •ndDw•fioll, Fathers andVs. The poinr,wherein,is Gods (/>eaking,fPeaking, to both :but,in a nlore 1: excellent manner,and by afarre more excellent perfon,ro us,rhan'to them. The end: that fo we mightknow,know and acknowledge, qu,; .t Deodata ftmt nohu,}"hat God h~thAonefor us,and done for us,rhisday. For all the difference is,in this Day:all the . ~tgn.tte we have abovethem,is by it :thatfowemay be highly thankfull to Godfoe lt,andhol.d rheday it. felfe asari high F~aft. . . . Go n IS the fame mbeith; Herhat.Jfea.fethto both: • of Dld, to them: •of late,to rs. Thusfarr,even;theyandwe; One Go n,onefPeaker,toboth. Theoddes:Both Jfoken to; but riot bothjfokelito, alike :.Not alike in three Points : • Not in theMat. ter,or Parts,ofwhich: • Not in theFdrine; or Mann<l'",afcer which: 1 Not in the ,~er[ons, by whol)l,' ' To the Father,H~fpake"''"l'iprudy m.wy peeces; not entire!)'. ·sTo them, ""'ufbrus, after fundryfafotons; not uniformely; l To them, byHtS ervants,the Prophets; not byHis Sonne. . tw Bfi, when the Apo~le commeth to rejoyneupon thefe three,he rq!eateth not the · . 0 h rfl:, butpttcherhonly onthePerfon: ThatHe·that,thePerfon,bywhom,is Wlt outa1! cornparifon;more honourable,andexcelle~r,than the Prophers,His SerF 3 vane~ ; .-
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