SermonS. Ofthe NA T lVI T 1E. and faigne, Pt, that, he might fee; that is,hedejired,he longedmucb,tofee it. Gaude- [f. re ut, and veUem ut, expound one another. Tinsday the!), IS dus dejidertj, or dejidera- The Af/rof bilu. To be defired,even ofAbraham ;and,ifofhim,of all. OftheC•ufe firfi,Why: "''"b•m. and then,of rhe .Manmr, How, he deftred it. . . :;~;:v~'~;" ' TheCaufe:why{houldAbraham fo defire to fee this day,two thoufand Y_eares and Thecauftofi• more,after his da~e~ were at an end,and he mh1s grave~ What was 1r,to h1m.~how WaS heconcerned,m it~ We fay; Omma bormm appcttmt:wlm good had he,by 1t~ We fay againe, zndigentiadejidert] parens :what need had he,oflt,that he fl10uld fo d~lire it~ Yes: chrijls Birth~eneeded; he ll.ad good by ; ~nd,confequenrly,H1s Btrth day. Ye remember !ob s Eajler; that, mall h1s heavmelfe,du; wasjjes mjinu,h1sonly comfort andjoy,Thatwell yer,hir Redeemer jhBuldrifeag•ineoneday. The Ioy oflobs lob '9·'• EA}er, ·the fame is the joy of Abr~ham's Chriflmajfe: Even, that aday lhouldc0 me, wherein his Redeemer 1l10uld comemtorhe world. · For,Abraham's cafe was nor fuch, burrhar,aRedeemerhe fiood in need of.One he fioodinneed of,and one he had: you m·ay read it wtdem verbu (E[aJ 29.22.) Thta[atth Hethat Redtemes .llbraham. That parry; Him,heneeded:and Htm hedejired :Anddefired Huday, for H1sfake :Dzem for .Meum; rhe Day for Him char was borne on the day. . Will ye heare 1t from his ownmouth~ Thus heferreth downe h1s owne cafe,Gen. i8.(rhat very rime,when he had rh'sday firfi i11ewed him,the fid! glimpfe ofit:)Thus comphines he there,of his need,(andcomplaini~g,implies his defire:) Et ecce egoputvir& cinis: Andlo I am6t<tdttjl andajhes.Du.ft,is plam: ~trefers us to Pulvis es, & in Gen.ri.•7· pulverem:Hewasrhar,by narure;by his verycrearion.Bm,whyajl~es?howcomerhey Gen.J.I9. in~A}bes,hewas not madeof;Thar,is not natural! :That(furc)refers to fomwhat elfe. Ajbes(weknow)come offire,wirhomir,they ~re not made;ever prefuppofea fire pre. cedent. So rhar,belidesdeath to rcfolve Hun mrodu.ft, hefawaft re to turne H1m into 4Jhes. He faw irinhisvilion,Gen.I5. when the(un w,udown, and it was night; and a greatfeare,or Horror fell.upon .him ; he fawGlibanumfumantem,a fiery furnace. Blame Gm., r, 17 . him not,if,after fucha n1ghr,he deliredto feeday;and thu day;dm contranoElem,aday to vijit himftom on high,afrer fo fearefull a night,as this. But,this was bur avijion ofL"k.t. 78. the night: But, when all daies and nights fl1ould be at an end he faw, therewas yet a day,ro fucceed that day, whichEnoch raught the world, wherein theLordfhott!d come wtth thou[ands of his Saints, to execttte;judgement t<pon jinners. Which day (it feemes Iud Abraham took notice of.For [peaking ro God,(in the l:~mc cJ,ap.) Hecalleth Him by ·••·'f· this tide Iudge of the world. Ofwhichday,a vifible figne helud,b~forc his eyes,wa- G 8 . king,in the confuming ofthefive Cities,immediately after.Nomcrvaile rherr,though '"·' ·' f· he defireddiescontra diem, aday that i11ould quit him, ofrhe feare ofthat day. Inafmuch then as du.ft he was,andafhes he was tobe;dtif/ by crearion,afhes by condemnation; (and both thefc he confefferh himfelfe lyable unto;) he needed one,as to refiore the r~1incs ofthe firfl,fo to prevent the danger ofthe fecond. Being in need,hedefired; definng,he IVM gladto heare of; but moregladwould be, to (ee that day, that lhould bring him into the world: And,O when flull char daybe~ Andfure,the.fim mull:_toe downe with us too,and,wharfeare we fl1all then be in, or whither we !hall fee thefurnace,! know nor: but,fure !Jm;thar joyful! it wll be then, to have a comfortablefight and apprehenlion ofthe benefit and beginning ofthis day : when the world !hall bid us good:nighr,rhen (as S< .Attjlinexprelferh it) videre in noEle[ .wt!i, diemCH R Is T I. Th1s, forr~e cat~[e,why Abrahamhimfelfe i110uld defire this Vt; to fee this day: , The M<lllflr Why bur for rh1s day,Abrahamhad bin but afhes ofthe furnace.Which lhewerh,it isa of"· benefit to[eerhis day : And as a benefir,deftrtdby him;and as a bmejit,ar.Jd no [mal be– nefit,v~uchfafedhlm,(thejight ofthis day.)Now,for his Maner how how greatly he defired 1t.We may rakem.eafure,ofrhe grearnesoftheday,by rhe grea;nes of hisdeftre. ~t has no d~y offmallthmgs: for,Exultavtt 111 IS no fmall deftre:rhere is vJgour,there 15 othpaftq~ and afit on 10 1t.The nature ofthe word[ext<ltavit] is,He d1d even fetch 11 :Pr:ng for JOY that hei1JOu!dfeeit. And it is not exilijt neither, but e:wftavit. And t at IS afreq~entative:and fo,he did it more than once.To give a fpring; and nor once bL1t ofteelth1s,was much,ifall bewell conlidered.;For one to doe ir,one in yeares,fall: G 3 upon
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