Sermon 8. Of the NaT[Vl TlE. And glad might he have beene,ro have received all thefe,by whomfoever: yea, though a meerefhanger. That all theferhen lhould comet? him,not,by any ftrange 6 arrie,but by oneeo come out ofbts ownc bowels; that hts {e~d lhould be his s avi– ~tr and out of his roote,lhould nfe hts Redeemer; All hts I oy lhould grow from the fruirof his owne body: That H~, that ZV.1quam .dngelos, in no wife, them; would Hcb.uG. take on Him, the feed ofvibr•ham : This may(I doubt not) be reckoned, for the fixth even the joy of in (emine wo• . Now,to if! Semine Abrab.<,adde m Jim• Abrah,e, and fo have w.e feaven complete: 7 That Hi& bofomc ll10uld be the receptacl~ ~fall, that fJ:ould entermto bltffe : Who- ' foeverrhere entertained, in {imt Abrah£ tt IS to be. Thts,ts thelaft ;that Semen Abra- Luk.16., 3 • ,1, 4 j] 1 all bring us toJin114 Abrah£, and make us partakers of his heavenly )oyes there. But, wemuftbcgin with inSemine, to day; thatafrer,in his good tim~, inflnumay follow. And this for Gavif"' eft, and for Abraham. Now to our [elves. And the firft point is, whether wee will bee out with the The Rck· ~ IeJVes,or in with Abraham,in the fellowlhtp of this dayu joy. In, with AbrahAm, we ;~":J::~:p;,. fute. If all be well weighed,we have greater caufe todejire the day,then he; we have moreneed ofit<! am fure:) Duft,ashe; but more indangerto be madeajhes than he; by Manajfe'sargumem, in his prayer. Thebenefit ofhisDay, and thelike,rhey doe nothing fo much concerne the lull, (fuch as Abraham,) as they doe finnefull M anaffes andfuchas he. And fuchare we: And ever, the more finner, the more it imports him, ro love the dawning of thisday. Greater caufe we have than he. And for our .fight we have_chat clearer than heb~much•. For,though we fee,as •. Our figbt. he; and he,as we; both by the light of Fatth .- yet,he 1~ the fatth of Prophecie,yetto come· we in the faith of Hijlorie,now paft: And there1s great oddes berwcenethefe two. We have the record of humane Writers, many; but,ofDivine,all; thatthis day is come and gone : Even of fuch,as faw Him with the eyes, both of the inward ando11twardman. Thegreatercaufe,and the betterfight: Then is our joy alfo to abound, and be a- J. Our'''· bove his. So itlhould, (fure.) Andwee would feemeas if it fo were; wee multiply the dayes, and where he had but one, we hold twelve together, as if we would exceed him, twelve to one,in this Joy. Being then fo bound, I1y agreeth well with us.at this time. TheText invites us to it,the whole Clreigne from the firft word to thelafr. It begi'ns withEx11ltavit,and ends inGwvifsu eft. Only, that from whence wetakeourjoy, from thencewetakethe rules of it: Whichbe three. 1 One ofthe two parts,E:mltavit,andGavijiuej1 :• One ofthe end; Diem meum: And 1 the !aft of our patterne, fieut Abrahampater nojler, to exprdfe it as he did.l Here be two forts: 1 One, Exultationa motion of the bodie: • The other, I~y a r fruit oftheSpirit: !am for both. I fpeakenot againft Ex1tltavit ·let the bodiehave r. Theft"'if his parr.. Reafonwould,the bodie and theflelh lhould be allowed~heir parts,fince all T~~r;~,.11,. the Joy IS for Corptu aptajlt m1ht, and that Verbttmcaro [afl11m eft, theVVordis become vir exceed no< fle(h: thatCH RI s T hath gottenhima bodie. But, let not Exllltavitbeall whole Gavifuscfl. andfole. Then,we joy but by halves: welofe halfe our jay; and the betterhalfe: for, .the )oy of the fpirit is the betterpart,whenall is done. The flelh fadcsdayly; fo do~ the]oyes ofit: thefpirits is thebetter pArt,thatjhallnot be taken.from/14. That of thefpi- Luk 1o 4•· , 711 fhould exceed the joyofthe out>vardman,as far,as Et vidit(towhich it is joyned,} doth exceedut videret. It lhould fo: Well, in rhe meane while I would they might burpartequally: At leafl: nottofl:ay fo long,notto make fo large allowance oftime, andco!l:,for the.flcjh,as we leave little or nothing,for theJPirit's parr.Surefome·what iliould be done; ,fo.me fpeciall ufe of this Feafi,thatmay tar.ry by us,when:hefe, ?f e flefh, we lhall etther have forgotten, or remember but w1th final!JOJ. Ttme w!ll comc,that one leffon in this kind,learnedrQis day, and laid up well, will doeus more pleafure,
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