Sermon 14. ofthe HoLY GabsT• 749 as C H R 1 s T f.1id, and the thirdday to heperfec1, perfectly perfell. Now, as we are rofollow rhebeflgifts (it is Saint Put~ls counfell) the l>efl; the i Cor. ,;,' 3 ;; niOft perfe8 : [o are we ro rak~notice too oftheg8od, th<iugli ~otallo.ur_foper{efl,as ~":.~u~::;;; Saint lames adv1feth us: knowmgrh1s, that be~rgwtng, or be ftgift; be rtgood; or be V•n•m· - irperfe8,Hepurs an omnc to both; cdmes over twice,' Every good; • Evrryperfell.· both wereceive,bt>tharegwends. Setlldwne that. There was among the Heathen, one that went for wife, that faid. To becomerich, he wo_uldpray andfacrijice toHerCIIles; but to b~vertttotes or wife, he would doe ne1ther,ne1ther to Hercules,nor to any Go v ofthem all; he would be beholden for that,tononebut h~mfelfe.Looke in this cleft, he rooke to himfelfe the rMre; left Go n the leffc:. Th1s was agroffe . em11r: £ogroffe, I will not bid you take heed ofit; But there be; that will not fiand The I!. Err,;; with Go v for rhe greater: but for the leffr, that the~ nlay be bold )VIth, a_nd take thofeto themfelves. This is an errourtoo: Erre not th1s. No: datttmhath hrs 0111ne; as wellasdm11m; thegoodno lcffe than the perfe8; given both, one as well as th~ other. Saint Paul puts us to it with fl.!!;idhaGrs? that is, nihilhahes: Wbat haveyou? , Cot. 4 •7 : rhat is,yotl have nothing, but you havereceived it, but hath beene gived you, ''{"and · .r~.,,ar~ relations, one conferres the other. Away then with this fecond error. He that made the Elephant, made the Ani> He,thattheEagle, theFlie: He that, the moft glorious AngetJ in heaven, thepoo– reft Wonne, that creeps on the earth. So, He diat will give us the kingdome ofhea– 'Ven,Heit is,that gives ils every peeceofbread and meat,and puts us to acknowledge it: In one and the fame prayer making us ro fue, for regnum tuttm, and for panem no. flrrtm. Be not deceived to thinke otherwile. And hea~e you, you are to begin with dat11m; Nottodefpife the day of [mal/things: It is the Prophets counfell: to learneto .. . . feeGodin them. C.e(ars lmdge,notonely inhiscoineofgo!d, butevenuporithepoore Z<cb.p?.; penny. See Go n infm•ll, or you fhall never fee Him ingreat; ingood, or never in 111 ''·"·'·· perfdJ. This forthefi•hjett. There is acleft: all are not ofone fort :fomeleffe,fome greater: Greaterot leffe, both aregiven. Notlelfe had, and greatgiven, but givm hoth. Andevery one ofboth kindes, oftheonekinde as wefl as ofthe other. We have~alked long ofgood;* whorvilljherv .u ar1y gdO'd, time be many th4twiU i .. fay, nay there rs not any but will fay. That; will Saint fumes here. Andfirft to thew . The Pr~d~ea· llS, turnes our.eye.tot~e right place, whence it comes. Tharis JvM.'7.'V .fromahove. ~'':Vbm<tlx!J There arerwo m thrs "'M""' • ~"from, •and ;;,,M, above. From: thatrs; .from(ome- "m''. where elfe, nor from o~r fel~es: Fromwithout ;and not out ofus, from within. Ali- :'{ffi:~: unde,"~.a,,. and tbat•ltunde rs from ,;;,M above, not from .a,, rholelower p'arrs upori the earth. Erre notthen,eitherof thefe two wayes: I. Firfi,no't to reflect upo'ri our felvcs The m. and to look like [wannes into _our own bolomes. It growes not there,out of yoi1r [elves: l'V.Errm. lt .sthe gift ~f Go n (fa1th Sr. Paul.) The verygiving gives as much. Of our owne Eph.•. s. ,we have it not. · , 2. If we looke forth,let it not be aGo11t us,either on therigf;t hdnd,or on the left, llnanyplaceherebelow. Lookeup,rurne youreyerhither. fr:isaninftuence; itisno ""four; anmJPtratton,no e.v:halatton: thence it comes,hence it riles nor: our!Jirit lt~fls , .fur en'!llc, and worfe marter (lames IV. V.) why f/mddtho11ghti arife inyour bedrts r:uite 1 f·li. (fauh CH R Is T ()If :heyari{e,they are norgod; if they begood,then rhey come ~owne from above .. Samr John Baptijf is direCt: LA manc4nrmivenothing, 11nlef{e lohn p 7• Jt hegtvtn htm,andgtven htm.fomahove. And,of all other,not rhegift of rhis DJJ: The Dove, the tong,es c:rm~ fi·om on high,6Mh. From our (elves, is one erro"r: frodm any other beneath here, is another, Erre not then, the place is defurfnm,rvithOIIt an abovetu. JJ .r:Next,the manner,how; that.it defcencls: for even that word wants not his force. ·• fiannhey · i' e,d.cendtngis avoluntary motion: it concludes ;he will and the purpo'le of him,that cvo;•· , .. ' 0 ef'cends I · .r. 'l · · f: ll d b d b f • ''"""'"'' li J' • osnoca;ll•lte;tt a snot owne ·ychance:Iuomu oovne, ecauert 0 n>t/1; a••illitlmh: Et 11bi v~t!tJfirat, it hiowes nor, 'outrvN'ereit !!lilt : and it diflr~- Iohn 3.8', bmeJ
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