Sermon 3· ofthe Gow a 1 a s. The more.rhey \Vere, the moreare we bound to magnifie Go;,, and to bldfe His holy name; yearely, yea weekely,yea da1l~to_ling our HaHeluj•of praife, arid thanks to him for this daycs Nonpermifit, and for thiS dayes CompUit,for them borh. That,whar He [peakcsmthiS Text,Hemade good upon th1s day: Shcwed,He would not have HISv1nnointe~touched : Shewed, Hewas d1[pleafed With them, that did 1011 ch him : kept HimWithout hrert, and cut them jhort :_fhonened~he1r arrnes, they could doe Him no harme,{hortnedtheu hvesfor attempung to doelt : fc•tteredthem fir!l:, in the imaginations of their hearts; and thena~ter,madethem peri(h ia that their wickedEnterpri{e: Aad bath made thiS ~t.te, th1s Precept, to us, Pr-tceptumcant 4• pfaJ "~ i.(• bile a Precept Pfalme-wi[e, that we may ling it to Him. Thereisanother,inanother · · · pla~e of another ditty and tune, wherein be takes up a dolefull complainr,thus: But rrar.s 9 1 8; tho11 h~fl cajl off thi»e Ann1inted, andart difpleafedwith him. The dayes of hlolife haft iH5! thoujhortened,andcaft his Crowne downe ts theground. With them indeed it is, Pracep· tumjlebile, but with us, Cantabile. Prai[e we Him for it. And withall, pray wealfo,thatasthisday He didnot,norhitherroHehath not; fo henceforth c.Malignm ne tangat er11n~ the malignagt wicked one may never sou:h 1 Ioh. 5 ., 8 ; H1m : never may any have the wtll; orif have the wsN, never have thepo..,errodtle --· Himh11rt: Suffer Him not to be to11ched, or, if fuffer him to he touched, fuffernot their touch to doe himany harme,nomore than this day it did: Make all Nolentes, with his Nolite ;if not,comewith His ~npermifit,that he may ever be Cafe ;andfiraightaf• ter, with his Csrrlpttit, that they may ever betakenfhort, that offerit. This day He fuffered themnot: nor le\ Him everfufferany•.This day Hecut thofefl1ort; fo may He ever doe them all : And ever niaketh1s Statute, our Song,all thedayes ·- of our Pilgrimage. This is nowtqe tenthyeare, and fo thefe theDe· · · rennalidof it :Thatasthisday tt is, fait may ll:ill bee celel:ira. - ' ted, from ten yeares to ten yeares., many ten yean:s · . mote; Which .GoD grant, &c. . (*~") . / /
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