Sermon7,; to this day; to continue and tepholdin their being, all that He hathmadeto be. One; yaJ.• 4 s, 5,6, by His w9>rd fpoken ; Se, m4de: the other,by His Law given : Somadefaftto cen- . rinuc. In a word: all had bin nothing, but for,Him! and~11 would fall to nothing, without Him. Now, in that He thns madeall,andm•kes all to laft,the meeteft perfon, Hewas,to make allnew;to reftorethat He hadmade. And,it was a conveniencie_,that He lhould; and it was an inducement, that Heewould undertake the butinelfe, and goe throtegh, with it. : All this Hcis,inHim[elfe: Yet not fo,but, in all His fplendor and glorie, He min~ ..W!ut cbriftis deth us. And that fo, as He isdetirous robring us, to thejoynt partaking of Hisin..: 11 "'' heritance, as Son; of Hisglorie, as theBrightntjfe; yea,of rh~ veryDivinenature, as theChar&Cler of His St~bifance. Theground whereofislaid,in[quem fecit huedem;] whom Hemadeheire; and that was,asman: For,per quem fecit(we [aid) is God;quem fecit ,is man. ,, H: ;, 1114 de Made him heire.] Heires, are either borne, or ma1k: So borne,by vaturt; or, Co litir<. made,bypt~rchafc.HewasHis Son; and,His mly: Sonandfoborne His heire. He was horne,andyet Hewould be .Made. Thereisamyfierie, in this : we are tolooketoit; It will fall out,to concerne us. Heire borne Hewas ; and fo,cllimerhall,asHis inhe– ritance, bydueof birth-right. Bur,itisfurrher (here) faid; Hewasmade: what meanesthis ~ fl.!!,em fecit? Nay, qNemgem•it. Thar,is true: Bur, quemficitistrue likewJ!e. Fecit h.. rcdem,qrtipriuofieit h«r~s : Soborne,and fo made,roo ; H.tres natm," andhues foCltu. So commeth He to :i double right; two titles. How fo ~ He ne<;decl but one: He would have two.To what end~ Not;for Himfclfe; for Himfclf,one wa:o enough. Belike, Mis meaning was tohave two, that He might fet over one to fome body elfe. Therc,isthe point. He was borneHdrt,.for Himfclfe: but,t11ade heire, fot liS. H«res natt«,that ferve.th Him; that He reteines to Himfelfe; H.tresfaClm,that He difpofeth of, to us. By th1s,we hold-; even by .fl!!.emfecit:that,is our renure,and bell hope. He is,and ever was,inthe bofome ofHis Father,ash.tfes natm:He now is,bur~ on our behalfe, and to our behoofe, attperight handof H#-Father, asH.tmfAflm. And now followeth,Hep•rged uurfins. ·· · , He purged• For, he could not bring us to tit with Himin Histbrone (thus purchafed) being fc) ~ur fins, [potted and foule,as we were,by meanes ofthe pollution of our fins. He was then t1 pt~rge and make cleane our Nature firfi, that He might exAlt it to partake His pur– chafe,being fo cleanfed. Where firft our cafe is fet downe,wherein He found us,and wherin we are,wid1out Him.A linners cafe(how gloriouliy foever he or lheglifier ira .the eyes ofmen) being in Goos eyes;as the cafe ofafoule difeafed perfon: And we , therby taught fo to conceive of fins,as,offoule Spots,without; or,offuch humours !!.C:,or.p.: '<within) as goe fi·om us, by p11rging. Inqllinamenta ;arnis &·Spiritm (it.SSaint Paul tcrmcs them right) defiling both fldhand Spirit: which unlelfe they bepurged,rhere is no entring into th~ heavenly IemfAlem (where,the thrum is;) intowliich,nihilin: '~P~:!'·'7• qt~inattem,~~ po!ltetedthing[hall ever enter. Exalt us Be couldnot,being in that plight: fer love or pitie therefore,purgeus He ,would-. And here now, is the top, or'highefi point ofelevationjin this ·Text. Wh1 ·being thebrightnelfe(or,rhough He were theBrightwejfe) thaf is,aParrie fo excellent in Nacure,Giorie,Per-fon,and Power; Nature as So~;Glorie,as Brightnejfe,Perfon,' .as char4c1er; Power,asmaker 4ndfupPDrter ()f 4ll :,who thoughHe were all this,did ·1:, nor abhorre to come, and vifit us, being in that foule and wrerc4ed cafe. This will rc.ts.~; teach us, I;omi11e qttideft homo? what is mAn,that 1h111 fhouldeflvifit him? Vitit him ;I !,ulc.!, 78 ,. .nor, as the day-JPring from an highcloth the earth ; but vilithiin,as ifa great Prince fuould goe imo an Hofpitall, eo vitit and looke on a lothfome difeafed creature. 2 An!!~, not onlyvijit him; but, not refufe the bafe offic~, to looke to hispurging from that his uncleanenelfe. · · · . 3 And thirdly,not caufe it to be donehyariother;but to comeanddoeitinSemt~ ';li tpfo,by hiJownefelft,inper[on. • · _ · . ·'.' ··.{ ·' ,, · 4 An.d,f.ourthly in doing,not tlj fiand by,:tndpref"ibe;but Hilnfelfe tomini!ler ,and make themed_!ciq~. · · · -· - - · · - - · i A~
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