SERMON A PREACHE-D before the K r N G s MA 1 EsT I E, at White-hall onSu11day, the XXV. of 'December,A. D. MDCXIllio being C H R 1 S T·M ASS E day. ESAY Chap. VIII. Ver. XIIIL _ .. t., ...... Ecce, Virgo concipiet, & pariet filium, & vocabiturno.: menEjus I M M A N.UEL. - \ l 'Behold, aJlirginfoaUconc~i1Je,and heareaSonne; and She}hall , caflJ!u ~me, fM M A ~UEL. ; . ~ail the Writersof' the old l'el'!ament, the PropbetE. A i ' hath the honour, to bethefirll:, thatisvouchedinthe New. And, of all the plac~s,this place, the honour to be the firll: of all; even, in the firfi Ev~ngelijl, Saint <.Matthew; and, in the· veryfirfl:Chapterof him. Wemaywellthinke, SaintMat. thew would be carefull, to make choife of a verie prime and pregnant placc,tofet it (as it were) in the front ofhis Gofpell. !7€i!U!I)J~~ This,is much honour, St. Mattherv doth it. ;tuk. 1.31• But, the c.Angell G A • 11. I • L dothit more, (L11k.z.) who takes thisvcrfe,asit ftands, word for word, and makes it ferve for his Annuntiation,or Melfagc,to the ,BlelfedVirginwithout any alteration: Not fo much, as theEcce left out. The tenour of it is,all about a Childto be borne; a child with anEcce : in whom,' and in whofe birth, God jhouldbervith m : So, J~~ithm, as never before. Onwhofe fo being_withm, depellds all o~r well or evil~ bein~,here, and foreyer. For.,bett~ nor he at all, tlien be wuhout Htm : and, havmg Htm, we need noth,ng elfe: for,tlt 'C!olof.q 7 . ip{o bmnia, in Him is all. . . The Eunuch's quell:ion falls fitly in, here : of whomjftJfw the Prophetthis ?' Who is His Mother? Who,theChild? St. Matthewwill be as good to us, as St. Phit.a.a. H· lipwas to him :Who,where he enrolls it, tells us, Who theMother, the blelfed f/ir– gin .- Who, the Child, our bleifcd Saviour. Who elfe ~ NoVirgin ever bAre cbiU, but She: No child, ever,nobiJcum Dem,(and, foDem) but He. There is none other to lay clayme to it 1 but they. . TheDivifi••· Eccehathinit,twoPowers.• Onefortheeare; to awake tttofomemattermore then ordinarie. , Another,for the eye;to direct it,by poynting to fome certeinty: A> here; to two certaine perfons: the Mother,and theChild. And lhewes us, two frrange fights,mthem, Mater, rirgo; andDem homo.- Avirgin,tobecome a Mother; God,to becomeman. A Yirgin,to beare;God,tobe borne. In both,and in eyther of them,t~ree I. JI. pollltS •
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