2 ~he fttonJ: th:ltttbefor Of the N AT 1 vI T 1 E. Sermon·S. pleafure,than all the fporrs we thall fee,thewhole lWdve dayes after: That we come not bchindcAhrahamhalfc in halfc. Our next Caveat would be,that we looke this ourjoy be for Diem meum,andthat our Ioy in Diem, be for Meum. For, Meum is here theSubjf.tntivc,it is ehrift: and Diem,but anauident, oradjec1iveto it. That is,that wejoyinit,as it isHis, (Chrijft.) Diem me.m. As, Hi4; doe we notfo ~ As whofeelfe ~ To fpeakc pbinlythecommonforrgenerally all (fome few except) wilhforit,and joy in it ;nor,as itis C u a 1 s ,. s; but, asitis fomewhatdfe: That is, as it is a time of cheare, and feafiing, as it is a time of fporrs and revelling. E::ultavitut Vidmt,what ~ Why,that we !hall now fare well: looke you, that is it: As it is diu ef.uli, not Cu a Is T r. What farther~ that we lhall now fee pafiimes : that is,as it is diet lttdi, nor Cu a 1 su. Put both together; dswne Exod.J>.6. they [ate to feafl, up they rofetoplay: [o have you the Golden CalvuHoly-day right. As it is diu vituli, not Cuar sT 1. This is notdiem, for mwm: In verydeed,rhis isto defireHim, fortheDay; not theDay, for Him. C u R Is T s day is not defiredfor Cuu ST, Cuat sT is thcleafi parr of his ownc Feafi. If it be but matter of the belly,thelewu here could have been entreated to have kept this day,fo asdiet Epuli. For, before (at the 6. chap.) When their bellyes were filled, then, (and never but then,)Thu is th~ Prophet, Thit i4 he thatjhould come intothe world. This was all, they then made ;allthat many now doe make, ofC H a I s T s comming ioto <he world: That they may fill their belli~s. Never care for Benedicentt~r,no more thanEfau: but for bene ve[ant11r; and, if bene vejfient11r too,rhen all is well. 0 r,if it be but l11ewes and matter of fight,Herodh~ was glad to fee Chrifr,too : J.u~. ,,,s. and it is the fame word,which is here,glad, andveryglad,,.., i;x_dp11: Bur,why was it~ Becaufe hee hoped to kavefeene himdonefomeftrange featt. Thisperrayneth rather ro Sara't l411ghtcr,rhan Abrahamtjoy. There is a difference betweeneSara't laughter,and Abrahamtjoy. Take heed, that we change not Abrahamtjoy, into Sara't laughter. 'Tb 1!1 R 1 Now lafr,jicllt Abraham. He is propounded hereto us,as ourpatterne,we ro ex-· s;,;, fihr.." '· prdfc our joy, as he did his,uponthe day of his fighr,at the plaine ofMamre. So we ~.m. l11all begin right.Two things,hc did: Firfr,he got them (thethree) to turne imo him. t The fame would chrift do,to us,this day.That our joymaybe futable,toturne in hi. Gen. 13 ·l· ther: The beginning ofthe joy ofHis day would be,inhisHo,.fe, So the place and the Ef·.~•,7.· time would agree well.So He faith Himfclfe,l.et!ftcaho eot indomomea,Thefirfi thing I will do, I will make them joyfullinminc Houfe. There firfr tofatisfie us with the pleajimt ofHis houfe,wherewith (GodHe knowes) we are foone fatisfied. Well,this is done; Here we are, (and much adoe t6o,and long it is lid!) bur,here we are. 2 The next was,when they were turned in,;Jkrahamfaid, Let meJetfome-what before Gen. 1 s. 5 •. yo,._,Ideo enimdeclin!tftu,For,evenforthis, areyee turned in hither: Andfo made his Fea!t There is indeed no folemne emer,~ainemenr, or Joy,without aFeajf. Cu a r s.,. will be, in all refpeers,as courteousas Abraham.;Hcfaith, Let meJet fsme.thing before yot~too,for therefore areyou turnedin hither,Hc invites us,to His Feaft,(His Church(fo) cloth in His narrie:) Even,this day, prepares and fets Chriftt Feaft before us, wherein He offers Himfelfero us. Nor,asrhe objecrofone fenCe only, (of fight,) as toAhra- ~(,\.J4.S. ham in the Text : bur,astheobjcet of two, Sight andTajf; Guftate & videte, both. And we may not take the one,and leave the other; but,fince both be offered,receave both. For,wearecome hither for thucarif'c: Here then, fhew your Ioy, in His Feaft day, by partaking His Feajf, onHis Day, the only Feafi, ofall therefi, for which the foule is the better. Thuslhall we with joy keepethisday aright. And here nowone day ca!lt another: this day ofHis calls to minde another day of His, call~d fointwenty places (Hi4 Day:) Andcalled[ThatDay,] in plainerefe– rence ro thi4. So to joy this day,as,that day,we mayjoy alfo. As this,Hti Day,becaufe it is the day ofHis.ftrft comming: fo that,Hi< likewife,becaufe it is the day ofHiscom– ming agai11e. Aday (howfoever we do with this) whichwe mull: all fee: Abraham,the !<rves,weand all. Only,that wefee that Da¥ with joy:that we fo demeane our felve!;, mth1s, asthat alfo may prove aFe.flivdllw1th us, even the laft, andgreateft day of the Fea,r: now begun in this. All will be,howto make that aDay of Ioy, to us, when we . . , - fee
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