Sermon 7_•_. ___O_Y_t_h_e_N_._A_T_I_v_I_T_r_&_._,________ 57_ ~oundcdCoeq114fl,and likeperomnia, 0 f"''"'@-: So like,as,Shew ru the Father !oh., 4,8, Cfaithl'hilip:) why, He th'lt fees rhe Charac1er, neverdeliresro feerbc fiampe; Ifye Vcrf<?• fee rhe one, ye feerhe other: He thatfeeth me, feeth tbe Father, whofc expref[e forme I anAgreeabJe to rhefe three, webeleeve of Him, .rhar He is con[t~bflantiall, as rhe S 0 " " •; coetcrnafl, as the BrightneJ!e; Coeqt~all, as the Charac1er: Againfi the ne 1 v. heads ofthe ol,dHydra fprungpp aga111e 111 ourdayes. . . This termc(So>~r< E of Gc o) IS fom:nmecomm~mcated roSatntf; fometime uagiflrates. Lefi we m1ght underfiand It, as we doe 111 SauJtS,or as we doe in Ma– t~{lrates, headdeth two words; 'the one, Glory; • t_he orher, Sttbjlana. Of ~;Vhich, ~/ory is imparted to qthers,: St~kflance to none but htm.HisGlory on Earth He Impar- Pfal.Sa.6, (ethro Magijlrates; and they ~<e called theSomofthemoft Htgh. His heavenlyGrace, , (which is Glory mcgo~te)H_e Imparretb to Jus Samts land, to them, gave Hepowerto be loh.t. u .. . sonnesof Gojio;.n . . . h F I " 6ft(' ~·1 ;11 ) b . d" . b p(,b.7· · But His ""J'ance IS mne1r er. or, tlc r "''' agtprates are, y Ego rxt: ut He by Egogenui. And, the fecond-(Saints,) to them He giverh priviledge, or prero. gative, [o to be. So,rhey, ._..T··~·•'t'; but He, •~7·',o7•v: Per pr«flantiam, tbey;Perfi•bjfantiam, He. , ' He, thebrightnef{e pfHisglory,andCharaffer ofHis fnbflance: that is, noringlorJ on~ly, which may be. imparted td another;- but e.vcn, in His veryfi•bftance Croo) it felfe. · · · ' And ,againe: notinfi•bfl•npe oftheDeiriealo~e, bur (inthat; which belongeth to it,) rheglor_ral[a. Suijlal/Ce, I?.Pe~<I, Glory IS Du, All, that Heis, and all, that He hath· fubfianceancjG{ory both_. ' , •. '"; ' - 1;kbrightneffi ofhis qtpr;,,.;· J:j~; ~as fuah afonne, as did no way edipfe His Fa_. th~rs g~J,; put(~~ a;P,eamc).rpapelt fhinti inore bright. The cb~raffer, rbe true fl::l!PP'Y'of.His fubfl'Vfff..i' Nor1 J~Gsendc_ed Indllrokm image, as iftheftamp~haq beene-fet 0 n,or driY.\\1 awry: bUh!1V.!\S H1s very ttue expreffe forme. · ·. ~notherm¥lterie1y&. Thektb'reeadte aproceeding : The Sorme, from the F•· ther : the Brightneffe,fromaLtght:tbe Charaffer,from theType : And fo, a fecund Iolu pi. perfan. I ftroceeded, and·c.me[ro111 the F ath<lr.;(He.faith it Himtelfe.) Firft, a trHe andpatura!lproc(edmg, from Hun, as the sonne. Secondly, (to take away all conceit ofgro(fe or c_arn;rij~enerarion,)by a pure and deaneproceeding, as JJe luce, l11x; in which, tber~ is U5>tbrngburpure, tmd undefiled: Thirdly, charaffer– w~fe,fro'? His hyp.oJfafh.' (\t js;~ll~gvord in the :T:exr, ·marke it well:) Nor, from His '"«'(t\la; I~)notfrom-His[U<iJI'II'r.~ 9t hrgc:;-but 1 , from Hts determmare Per(ondll ef– fence; ,(fa~, fo "is ~ypoff.aji~, pro~-erlj.r) :Tba~·is.• iior·frorn the JJiirie, ot effence ofit, .(;y(licP:1¥i1her bege,cs,..n,or.isb~gp,tren ;) but, from aPer(on, in the Deirie·. • · Nqw,rhefe th\~C"; if!We tefm,e,r])em.to·olim.,.tthe time1pafl; Tbeh~ as the Sonne .He~s ,opp~f~~ \OI;{if_[e~V4fl(~ (t:h'{~i~) t,he llrPj'hets; As He is'a.Bedmebflig-br,ro rbe m•ny parts (as 1t were many fparkes:)Thar,.w,as.a1lthcltg'ht before. As the Charac1lr ·· {or fi•Jya. ifilp,rell.iqrt) 51> the11'111.J;lVAitiiliin~J7!a.ipwu underrhaiLaw. · . ' . ~uJ:If, ,\q ri!~.di\GC[enr, weJei;t;rr><~hem: ,A~,He1s the s onnr : ~ved!1ill finde no e!lateGut,f~rvim<~q.qqadppriqnl,b11t;iltflim~·J\s:rh« Bxi~btneJI~ .•·noclee'relight of lmow1edge, norhi!)g h!I.r qt~fiS;'!Ilci darkenellt,: but by. Himt•uArM; as rh&charaf!er ! no true (91mdneff~1 gr fpu~<L~r.lltb'1\lmr,figu~~l:ld11ittirig Jha:aowes, wiehdut Him• ,, F~.om Huq, agh~r.f.9l'.Jit, ;e,cely'tJWfigrqce, \¥bdr,eby we areadopted: AstheBeame' Eph. q • . the c\eqr~neffe of f'!Jt~~ w)1ereh)(_lightned .-;As'th~ Charittl_e"r, rhcr~ue'lignarure ?f .' chant)!, V<hereby Qiltrl!lP.a,q"ll<1JQW<(Out(el'vdland be knd,;~e-ofothe~s~l t\Jat WC\: Iok.•.g.,> havebeard Him ar)ghf,,OJ)d,are.His-que !Difcijtles; ..:·:to'L,. ' · >t ' "'. :• · • ·: ' ( ... j~ .;lc<J .. :~1 - ,.., .C'I t r· . .; ,·,.., :!r , <. f .t·,':" Thefethree expreffe His DivineNature: Two morel!to prov'eir, tn them; His Th 0 ,txct//,~cy: in rbafe;Jii~ P;Q\'I~~·i\N:hichisfet our, two wa'y~&:i• In rlie.irh~~ion: Om- pro~:'::~; • nta f" 1 P[ttm{affa, &fine Ipfonihil, all madeby Him; noth.iftg·wiPh,ot#'liim. • And I6h.r.;• . ;tga!l1e~U\the Prqtrvatipf,(by'V;o:pieofHi$.£1{Qgo tt{que qe;h) 'Whklii~ His worke loo. 1'' 1 ' ~ ...., dJ ".. f;tL .) · ~ •
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