Sermon 8. Ofthe NATlVI TIE. and rhar,afrer fomewhata Change manner: For, it is not here. (ifyou marke it) Ex· !tavit tllvideret Me oBuc,vt vtderet Dtem meum.,Hemakes Hts Day,rhe objectofall ;hisext;ltatimandI•/ His Day (I f.1y) and nor Himfelf~: commends him, that he re– joyced at thefight, not ofhtmfelfe, but of lto 0 Venly, rhts lpeech ofHisismuch to the honour of His Day; and the very folemmty of the Feafi, and all the Ioy and . gladnejfe thereon, may well be thought, to have beene founded upon this fpeech of His. Alwaies, if Ex11ltavzt 11t vtderet, were a pratfe,to Htm; We may be [ure,Exnl– tavit c 11 mvidcrct, can be no dtfpratlc, to us. Add thirdly: vfbrahams example approved by_CuR Is T. Nor fo approved,<Is he leaves it at liberty: They,rhar wtll, may doethehke._Butrhar,H~ reproves them, that doe it nor, For,He blames the Iewes here,for no~dotng herem as Abraham: Yo11r ·~ Father Abraham did it, yot~doettnot. Whtch tsagamfi them, that havea fpleene at thisFCA_jl: thatthinke,they e1n Joy in Him well enough, and fer a;,- D•y by; Nay, andabrocrare it quite: and,in fo doing,they Joy in Him all the better. Nay;love Him, love Hisfeafi: IQ] nor in ir,nor in Him,neirher. you!hall fee, how they are mifiaken. Therefore they dbefo (they tell us,) !ell: Gal. 4 o 'oo obferving dayes andtimes, they fhould feeme to Ittdaize. It falls our quite contrary. For,who are they,whomChrifl here bhmeth ~ are they nor Iewes ? And,wherefore blamcrhHethem~ For not doing, as Abraham: And~what did Abraham? Rejoyceon hi5 Day. So,upon the poinr,it will fall out, that, not to rejsyce onHis Day,thar, is indeed to Itidaize,and rhey lirrle better, thanrhefe !ewes, that follow them in ir. Nay,hereis another thing yet,willgric.ve rhem more: Iewes they !hall be; But, none of Ahrahams children; no more, than rhefe were. Obferve it well. It is the Occafion of dus fpeech,rhe very iffue chrijl takes with them : Pater nojlert.Abraham was !till in their mouthes (in rhq3, 39· 53· Verfes:) If (faith Chrifl) yore were H$ children (markerhat If,) ye wouldpatriffare ;defirewhar He ddired,and Ioy whar He Joyedin. Now, My Day hefo highly e!l:eemed, asgt..dhe wa<, chat He might fle it: And you, that would fo faine father your [elves, upon Him, are fo far from that, a~ what He defired abfent, ye defpife prefenr: what He would have beene the beerer ro fee; ye are rhcworfe,rhat ye fee it. Now then,how are rhcfe Abrahams Children,rhat have norhing of Abraham inthem~ Before, (at the 40. Ver(e,) ree feektto killme,for tellingthe tmth. Thi; didnot Abraham, and ye doeit. Here now againe: He rejoyced in my day;AJld,ye doeirnor. Doethat,he did not; doe not rhat,Hedid' Howcan rhefe beAbraham's fons~ Verily,as it is inEfay 63. Abrahamnefcivit nos: Abrahamwould Ef•-~lo .~. never know them for his. None of Hi5 Sonnes, rhefe. :Thofe are his fonnes, that doe, as he did. And, here now,comein we. They, Iewes; bur,not t.Abraham's Children : vVec,vfbrahams children; butnorlewes: For,ashe did,fodoewee. There isloy with us,at thefight of His day: we renew our Ioy,[o ofr,as,by rhe Revolution of rh~yea,oc, it commcrh about. And, for this very point,we find our felves the neercr toAbraham : Even, forrhe joy of Hisday. Alwaies, fure we are,fince 'Abraham did it, and 'CuR r sr allowed it, and l difallowed the conrr:try : by thefe three, we have good warrant to doe,as we doe: To make it a rime ofJoy. And fo,a time ofJoy, Go o makeitrous• • 0 0 Thus ir fi:tnds,for theorder. There be,in the Texr,rhree acts fpecified,from one, Th• Divif•n· •lfumg; fromAbrahama!l: All directed,to one marke; f1lling all upon one Object. I. Thar Objec1is 'Dzem mettm, My day: Of that then firfi. The three Acts be, •E.-<ttltaII, 'Vtt,rtt vtderet: •Vzdzt --and l gavifiu eft. • Firll:,w•uld beglad,retvideret,that He might - fee; that IS,\VJS defirous to fee it: • Then,had his defire,didfee it : l And laltly,feeing lt,tDokejoyof hisficrhr. alfe Of which rhr~e,rhe firfi and !aft, Deftderium andgaudi 1 ;m, deftreand joy are two d~tons arrendmg uponLove; and are ever furefignes ofir. Deftre, when we want fr~ Tave not,,vhat \~el~ve.o And Joy ,when we now poffeffe,or (~s the terme is) enjoy b • he m,ddle, whtcl11s Stght, rhar,perrames tofazth: Faith~ hghut was he faw lt _ Y B So,hetetsfides per charttatemoperans: Abraham's fmth nghr. Gou,so5; utlkeepethcorder m the Text, I change it nor,it cannot be mended. All goes G ; by
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