_7...:..9_s______ O_if_t_he_C_o_N_s_P_I_R_A_c_x_&____ Sermon 3, ---.:.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chrijlos meos.· ~t~~;,~;~:.' A. N honourableTitle ~obegin with :_and begin withit we mufi: the very Gram~ mar-Rules lead us to tt. Anomted, ts but an AdjCCJtve, we are to feeke the s 1 b Jlantive for it. But belides, we are to finde who they be, whom we are •ot to tou;h– lell: we to11ch them unawares. And as well, that we may know the right, and do; them theirnght; as,that we may dtfccrne them from the wrong: for wrong there be, thaccallchemfelvesChrijlos Domini, whom the Ho L Y G Ho • r' ncverchrill– ned by chat name. · ' . !\larke 'i·''· As,of CH R I ST Himfelfe, many come and fay, Ecct, Me eft CH~ 1 s 1 us· ec;e iUic '.Here is C HR 1 s r, and there u. CH It 1 .' T, and deceive many: So, of rhcfe Chrijfs herehkewtfe; See, here 1S Chrijlm Domznt, and there he is and nofuch matter. Ourfirll:point then is roknow, who they be. ' p,u;mhs,. . Thefe in the Text here, were rhe Patriarchs, it cannot be denied. They be fee !:bri,/JiO""'"' downe by their names, Abrah4m, lfaac, lacob, touching whom, prima intentione this charge is given, that they benot t811ched. ' And let not this feemefirange: For in the firll: world, the Patriarcluwereprin~ cipall perfons, and (as I may fafel y fay) Princes in theirgeneratisns,and for fuch hol· den and reputed by thofe, with whom they lived. I may fafdy fay it :for ofA6raf,icn.•3·6· bamit is in exprelfetermcs faid by the Hethites, Audi Domine, Princeps Dd es inter nos, Thou art aPrinc.eafGod(thatis, amighty Prince) here amongm: As indeed, a Princebee fhewed htmfdfe,when hegave battelland overthrow tofosm Kings at once. Gcu6., 6 • OfIfaac no lelfe may be faid, who grew fo mighty, as the King ofFale.flinewasgbd to intreat him toremovefurther ojf, and not dwell fo neere him : and then, to goeaf. Verfe .s. ter him in pcrfon, and fue to him, there might be a league ofamity betwcene them; <icn. 48·~·· And the like oflAcob, who byhisjivordand 6ow, conquered fi"om the<...Amorite (the mightidl: of all the Nations inCanaan) that Countrey, which by Will he gaveto Io{ephfor his polfeffion. It was ncere toSichar, well knowne; youhaue mentionof it, Iohn4·5· Great men they were certainly, greater than mofi conceive : but be their great-· ne!fewhatit will, this is lure, they were all the Rulers thepwple ofG on thenhad, and belides them, Rulers had they none. And that is it we fceke; Pater was in them, and <ex" too,father-hosdandgovernment: and thefetwo made them Patri.1rchs, & In Pfal.•••· Ynfios ante smflionern (faith Saint A11gujline) Amintedbeforethere was any material! Anointingat all. In them then this termebegan, and in them it held fo long, as they bad thego~ Pdnce!,C!ri· vcrnmem in them. Bur, Patria"hs were not alwayes to governe Go n's peoplc;but (liD•mi•i. Kings, in ages following, were to fuccced in their places. And fo did fumed the~; fucceed them in the wor.d Pater, and in the word a'p">!'' both, both in the righ:ofrhetr father-hood, and the rule of their government, as Fathers oftheir Countnes, and Govern011rs oftheir Common-wealths. Where the Patriarchal/ rule exp1red, the Re– gall was to take place, being both one in effect. For, .Abraha1n the Patriarch is tel:·. med aPrince, (Gm.XXIII.6.)and to make even, DavidthePrinccis termed aPAtri– arch; Let m'JPeake boldly tmto yo11 ofthe PAtriarchDavid,faith Saint Peter(A{/s z. :9·) So that two things we gaine here: r. That jus Regi11mcommerh ourofJmpatrltlm, the Kings right from thefathers,and both bold by oneCommandement.Then z: That this Tcxtbindeth,as aLawofNature, being given for fuch, to the old world, long before theLawcame in any Tables. · Now,that as in other things,(o in this termeofCbrijli DPmini,Kings do fucceed - -- - th~
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