II. 1 2 IU. .;. Of the NA T 1 vI T I x. Sermon 7• vanrs: (He.will doe as muchto the Angels,by and by after:) thatlookehow mucb. a son 1s bettcrchan aServant, fo much, our elbte abovnheirs·. This, for the Comparative. But then, fearing,it might be, we would not CQnccive big~ enough,ofthis Son,or weigh Hi~,as Heis wo_nhy; Hegoeth toit,Pofitiv·e; and (a's 1t were) fets up H1s Armes,conlilhng of e1gbt lcvcmll 'Cuats;or preclaimeth His fi'ile, of as many feverall Titles. Which we may reduce,to fourc feverall combinati– ons. , Son andlfdre: • the Brizhtmjfe and charat7er: l Maker,and S,upporterlf aft things : 4 That purgeth •ur finJ, and,that is{et downein the throne. And tb'efe againe may bee abridged cothefetwo: • what He is, in Himfelfe; ~and, \vhat, to us. la Himfclfe, all the reil: 2. To us, • made H.eire: •flfrgeth o11rfins; l and fo cbnfeth 1 our Nature ; that being focl~anfed,Hemay exalt it. For,it is for us,ar1d not for Him– felfe,He caketh up the place·memioned, at the right hand'on high. • Then,ourdutie: Bonajifua norint, If we can skill of ourownego·od, to findeour ellate greatly dignifie'd by it; and,to honour this day,the beginning ofrhis dignitie to us; wqerdn,God gave'Hi; Son, tofje~tke,vh;/i voa unto us: top~<rge oNr fins; and toexaltmt~ Hiuhroneon hjgh• J G 0 D in timetpajlfpalu to the Fathers; and His fpeech was """i"<f><; of m11ny feTh ' verallparce!J ;eo feverall perfons; at fever11l times; fome~r one rime, Come at tivc~:z;;•· another. And~~ the time wew, fo grew their knowledge (Jkeceand pcecc)ofthe <iifferenec. great mytlery,thlS day~amfdled. . . . . . . I Ggdm tzmu pajl,&c. mm1111y part!, fjalle, concernmg H1s Perfon. F1rll,onepeece: I~Nalter. C)l14n,Hdhoufd be; '' Ifthe WomanJfeed; That; /hould brtiiz.e the Serpent! head. and ; Gen.!~~~8. there wasall :Cm. 3• Then another peece :Of what Nation hefhould be;bofth( ·•Ge•·4?9• feed 1fvfhrah•m,(Gtn.~2.) Then, another yet: Of 'whatTribc,'oftheTriheo( 1-Ff:J.:~·~~;,Iud.t: (Grll.49·) z. Then ag:line, a fourth peece,o~ what Family;" of the hoHj( of u,&c. DAvid · (Pfal.IJZ.) . So likewife GoD, in timestafffpake of His offices. ToUMofu, one peecc, He 1D.at.J8.t!. lhould be• A Prophet · (Deur.r8.) TQ Davidanother; He lh,lllldbef /1 Pritjl.– fl'l:'l.uo.•. (Pfal.uo.) Toleremie,athird,Helhouldbeg A Kihg,anilhit'1(gme, I EHOYA ' 1 "·' 3 · 5 · 6 · fufliti4n'!flra: (imm.23.) . hEf>y 9.6. ;iMica.s.s. kiD.tn.9 :if. :6)&c. I• C<><. •l-9• .;_, ... - And, (not to hold youlonginthis) Go D,intimupajl,infundry pl:rts, fpake con– cerning this Dayes worke: That, camehy pceces,too. One parcell, toEs ... Y, ofHis Birth: (Efa.g.) To i Mic.t,the 1'lace ofit: .(Mica~.) To k Daniel,theTimeofit,by rvrekes: (Dan.9.) So you fee,itwashypum, andb1 manypeew,they hadit. Well faid the I Ap'!Jlle, that, Frophecying itinpart: One may now,ina few hourescom~ to as much, as came to them ill many hundred yeares. This forchc MHiter. 2 Now,forche.Mamur. ltwasmultiformi;. GoD,&c: Manyman/lutrMju. lntho Mann<r . One manner, by dreames in thenight, (Job 33) Another manner,byviftonJ; And Job 33-'5· tl1dfeagaineoftwo manners. , Eithcrprcfenrcdto the outward fenfe, as Ef•y VI. iJ:~~o~;.&c. , Or,in an extaGe,reprefented to the inward ;~s Dan.X, A_nothcr yet,by rrim,it~the 'R.og.•9· ••· brejlof your Pr;eft. And yet another, byafmafljlzUvotCe, mtheeares ofthe Pygphet. Zach.• ·9· 1 Reg.r9. And lometime~by an Angd!Jpeaking iahim ( ~ach.I.) But,moll.wbat,by His Spirit. And, (to trouble you no more)vcry fure u rs; thatas,for the matter,i# , many brokenpeeces .· fo,for the Manner,in 111any diverftfafoiom, fpake He eo them• . Butthen~f,in "''"'&"M', you underllandTropos,figures ; Then were they yet many aExod.xq. more.The Pafchal Lambe: a (Exod.u.) theScape-goat: b ( Levit.r6.) The RedCow.– b Lcv;,_;6~~: ' ( Nt<mb.r9.) and,! know not how many,evcn a world of them. Many they we_re; , Nuw., 9 ,, and tropa they were; lhadowed out darkly,ratherthanclear~ly expre~ed. Thc1rs, . ''&c. was bur candle-light,to our day-light ; but Ve{pertma cogmtro, mcompanfon ofours, Luke t.7B. 'whom the Day hath vijited, ffrungfro11Hn high. This, ior the Mafter andMannet: Now,for the Mm,
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