6o ~crfe 13 . Ofthe N AT 1 v 1 T 1E. Sermon 7• The degrees of this exaltation, bethele: ' Firfr,A throne it is: and,that is not every feat ; but,a fpeciall ,and chiefe,and honourable feat. > And fecondly,ofthrones,there be Come inferiour,as,the thrones oflzlj/ice :This is the highef/;for it is athrone ofM,;– jejlie. 1 Thirdly,It isin exceijis; and that maketh up all. For, the throwes herebelow (evenoj'MaJefiie) fooneror later,they that {it inthem,mufr comedownefrom them. But,the throne ~n high, Thy feat, oGod, u for ever andever .. Not fading,and tranfiro– ry,as ours here. 4 Fourthly,in this throne,{et He is: and, Sitting is the lite or pofiti– on of rejl; that is,reftinglory. Here,wheremoftglorie,leafr refr. 5 And fifthly,on the right hand,which is,on thethrone,the beft,and next place to GodHimfelfe. And,by this,are we above the Angels:For,to which ofthem (as the Apojlleafter deduceth)faid Eeat ~ny time,Sit onmy right hand l No : but,ftandbefore 1fJe,as miniflringJPirits,all. 0 r, when they refr, it is on the other hand: theright hand is kept for us,and poifdfed already,by one in our Nature,who,in this feat will not fit alone,Sedconfedere nos fe– cumfecit,inca!leftibus,(Eph.z.6.) Even now,wec {it there,in Him ;and !hall there fit with Him in the end. So Hepromifeth,in expre!fetermes (Apoc.3.zr.) that wee{hall fit with HiminHilthrone, asH~ cloth inHis Fathers. Andfo, not in the throne, will He be above us,but only,tlm,He,in the middeft,and we,on His right hand. Ill. Our dutietlren is, forHisexcellmcit, to hono11r Him; for His Power,to feare Himi • Our duty to for His love lhewed,reciprocally to loveHim againe; tor His hopepromifed,truly to Cbr!JI. ferveHim. Goo, for His part, wouldhaveHu fervants the Prophets well ufed: buc how-ever they, in timespa.ft, were regarded by them,this He makes full accompt of. ~~'·'!·l7· If Hefend HiJ Son,wewillnot faile but reverence Him. Specially fuch aSon; offuch glory, fuch power, and, above all, .offuch love towards us, to provoke ours againe. And againe, of fuch ability, to reward with eternall glorie,asHe will even buyour fervice, at Whogives mm : andpay us for it to the full, with no leife wages thana. throne of glorie. This in generall. More particular: in three termes,He is fer out to us (here) in the 'F< ~ ht ~ext: •Speaking,, Pt~rging,and l Sitting: as a Prophet,Hejpeakes ;as a Prieft,purges i ~,~;:;,'1 '' as :1 K ing,Jits fPeaking;our duty is to heare Him,to lay "PHi4fayings ino11r heMt.Two · markes His word bath here,·' fecit,and • frljlinet; mAdeandmakes continue : Let it have the fame, ia us. In the Sermon time fomething i.s_begun tobemde in us,but,it cD~Jtinreeth not: which lheweth, it is not vrrbum virtutil, to us. Againe,let it not be;· as aBrightnejfe,only tobefeene by us;but as acharafler too,co leaveamarke behinde if, CO be (eene 011 US ; and then, it is right. Now,hodieJi vorem,To day if ye will heare hu voice,yeecan heare none but v.tgitum ~ral.,!.s• infantu,[ucha voice as ufcth to come from a new bornebabe.And even fo,He fpeaks to us,if we can underftand. For,even this rerb11m to·beinfans, andTonans to beva. !}ens;He,to fend forth fuch a voice; it fpeakethhumilitie, (Iam /}1re)and great love. that fo would humble it felfe; if we have eares to heare it. W~He, that was the hrightnejfeof Hil Fathersglorie, lhould be fo eclipfed: He thatJiJi onthe thr~ne, thUS be throwenin amanger. · .~ ProphetsJP4ke; butpurgednot. Purging was ever thePriejls office. It is true: the 'i . word,He fipeaks,hath amnndifying venue.: lam mundieflu,Now are •e cleAne.It clen- 'At 1 Priej}, 1• J purging. feth then.But,not that only,nor principally.For,the medicine,which purgeth expro- ~,!!~:~· prietttte, His flelh and bloud goe to it. By which willwee are{anflijed,even by the offeringofthehsdyof Iefeu.Thatbloud oflefeu Chri.ft,clenfethus from all.fin ( t Ioh.I.7·) Thefe, the true ingredients into this medicine. But better yet,if both goe roget.her.' And,this day,they firft cametogether,theWord,and Flejb : therefore, (ofall da1es,) this day, they would not tleepamd. For, willyoufeverthejlejbfromtheWord. that day, on which GoD joyned them~ Go o forbid. There is a correfpon– dencie, betweene theWord, andHiJ Brightnej[e; and betweene theSacrament, and Hi<Charal1er. TheWordgiveth alight,and Hil brightneffe lheweth in it Ad horAm,and n~much longer. The parts oft~c S4~rAmt~t1they are perll)anent,aa.dfti'ke byhus:. ~ ey,
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