68 Gen.l1· 19• s8.1o. 3 ·.A6r~b«mJ thirdAfr,Et ~avi[UJ eft. Prov.13.1l.o Gen.2..9. Of the NATIVITIE, Sermon & hold: That he faw His Birth;at the valley ofMamt"e, (Gen.I 8.) And hefaw His p 4 _· j?iM in the Mount of MoriA, (Gen.zz.) But, thu Day he f•wat Mamre. (Gm.I8.) Then was Cu a 1sT ,in perfon,there; one,ofthe three: Then madeAbraham the con– fellion,we before fpoke of. Then is twice mention of thetime of life : which is this time, ifever any. ThenJ{aac was delivered as a gage; And then washisfeall: ofjoy downe went his fat hey(er: So,all mer at the time juft. ' And, fo certainly He then faw it rhere,as after (we fee) he fware his fervant on his thigh:His thigh becameAdfanfla Dei Evangelia : He bad his fervam lay hu hand on In< thigh, andfweare by the Go n of Heaven. Et quid vult Dem Cadi,adfemur ,4. brah,e? What hath the God ofHeaven to doe with Abrahams thigh~ (faith S•. Au. guffinc:) And his anfwere is, 'l{ijiquia, Butonly,becaufehefaw(cerreinly)thc SonofGon was, from thence,ro rake flefh: Semenu1brah.e,defemore Abrah,.: and fo, to make us this ble!fed day. And this,ofchrifl's vi[u1: And now of Abraham's gavijiu, the end of hisjightandd<:fire both. ; · '· Hethat wasglad,he fhould fee ir,mufl: needs be glad,when he did.fee it.IfExulta.: vit,ut viderct; thenVt vidit,Vt exultavit? when hefaw,howglad a man was He,now his defire was accomplifhed ~ And thedejireaccomplifhed(faith Salomon) i4 4 Tree of life; And the tree of life(weknow )is in the midft, is the verycenterof all the joyes of Paradt{e. Now,we cannot poffibly take a view,ofthefe his joycs better,than out ofthe promife; which was the very lift (orbriefe)ofall, he was eythertofee, or to joy in. Gen. ,6. 4 • We begin with the blelfedjoy of Btnedicentur omnesgentesin fm;ine ttiiJ: Benedicmtur, fha/1 be bYejfed. And thatis of two forts; I Blelfedfrom: And. nJelfed rPith: and eyther bath his joyes. · I, 2 , Blelfed from: frompulvu &Ginu; duft of thegrave, andaf/w ofrhefi•rRac~: l'fal.>o. 9 . His foule bldfed from the C!ibanm fumam, which hefaw. Moreover alfohi<jle[b jhot1ldreft in hope; hope of riling againe,from theduft. Elfe, how could Godbeea!. Mot.».P• led the Godofu1braham: GoD unotthe GoD of the dead, but ojth.e living. Abra. ham then being dead fhouldliveagaine, and then 'Ngncdimittumay he fay, no lelfe then Simeon. Thefe two joyes firll:. And thefe two fir well the words of Joy in the Luk.~. Ver!e: 1 Exultavit, that is a motion of the bodie; for the bodies deliverance from duft : > Gavi(us,that,isa fruit of theSpirit; for the Spirits redemption from the fur– nace. Thefe are his two firfl: joyes. 3 , 4 , · Then two more, in bleffedwith, orconcerning. Concerning firll: his twogages; IfaacandCanaan: Ifaac,of Chrijl; Canaan, oftheKingdome ofHeaven. And,this !DJ was furely great; And,ifthe joy ofthe Pledge,(or Gage,) were grear,fargreater was flcb." .q. the joy of the Inheritance it felfe which he fo greatly delired. For,bothhe was,(faith the Apofl:le) and he bare him(elfe like a{lranger hereupon earth: !hewing thereby that he fou<>ht for another,a better, anabilingCitie, ••hofe btttlder i4 God, and that in Hea– ven. Fbor, that it was no earthly thing, which was the objed of his !try, nothing but Heaven; thence it may appe:ue, that when Godpromi{edhim, hufeedfhould be as the Gen.• p6• • duft of the Earth,(Gen.13.) It never moved him; it was noobjefl, that, ofhisfaith,or Gcu 1 , 1 • d<:fire: nor fo much as a Credidit followes uponit. Butafter,(in the 1 ). chap.) when Godbade him looke up,and wldhtm,they [houldbe a<theftars of heaven :thenprefcmly Vcrfc6. 5 followes, Credidit Abrabam Deo,Hecaught hold of that; beleeved th:u:,fl:raight ;and it was counted to him for righteoufnejfe: even that his faith, touching (noduft of the Earth,but rouching)heavm,and heavenly blellings.And thefearethe two next Ioyes• ofblejfedwith : Andthefe two anfwerrhe two fights, VI v1deret, the Pledge : andEt 'Vidit,the Inheritancc. Now thcfe foure, had they beene granted to himfelfe,and to hisowne houfe,' well mi<>ht it havebeenegavif us,with him: how much more then,that it fhould, by Gen >6.4. him,ha~e his extent,and ll:retch toOmnu famili.e ,omnesgentes,All kindreds,All Ill• ~ions ofthe Earth: begat.diHmmmipopulo; be aday of Joy tobot~ Hemijjhere~; t~e Joy of generalitie; That all the world lhould be the better for h1m ~ And thxs,h!S fifth,the joy ofomnesgenus. · ' And
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