Sermon 9· O.fthe NAviVITI:s. 7~ points areofferedrous. •Ecce concipiet.- 'Eccepari(t: l. Eccevocabitno111en: Our 1 , 2 , 3• Saviour C H a 1 s, s lirll: mpltcme : ' TheMyjfery of H1s holy Inc,trnatton, m con- .cipiet : ' His holy2'{;ttivity, inpariet: l HAs Circ11mci{io11, in'l{ocabit nfin~n•. And, every one, of rheferhree, makes a/everall ·Fcafl. Eccc conctpzet, the J!mumctalton: Et pariet, this Feall, o~the Birtho, our L.o R o :Et vocabtt nomm, 'lV>v-Yt~:cs D~y, when His Namnvasg.ven. · · . . . . .· But, we apply ir,rotlus Feaji.So dorh Samt Matthen>!m Ius InJPextmf. ~fit,:. To the Birth of C 11 a Is •· The bmh of C !J-R 1sT (l.11thhe1 wtuonfhrs,fa(lizon,: Mtttl!.us. And then brings in this Record out of E{ay. As if, this Eco~d1din p:n<tidthr point · . at this daY, As (in rrur.h) we ll:and not I?uch up6n His concei'.:>ing, (n01V'Hc·is borne fpecially, as, borneHe1s:) Ecce pamt, JS the Point. For; rhe.h \velee H1~1),_ta.ke H1m in ourarmes; then, He IS 1vtth ,.,., mdeed, And, when was tlut ~ E<ceparlet (faith the Text.) Ecce pcperit, (faith the day,) this very day. This is.thechiefe. But, finding them here all, we will deale with them all. ' C Ha r s Tj-its Em– brio, in His conception : ' CHRr s. as ip71JI"'"' Cpi~~.a-new.-born~babe, out yet """."~"'qwirhout a name: 1 And C H ~ r s T w1th H1s full Chnllendome, as n~~Rted; and named withthis name herein the Text, the Name of Immanu'el. Of which three, ye may reduce the firft two[conceived, and horne] toHis~ture: And (tomake two, to two) ofthe later, make two more; Vocabit, and Nome11, HisName,and His Vocation, (For, in His Name, is His Voration,) To bring Go o to us ; to make Go o with'" : Him to be withm: thar· w,cmay be with Hiin for ever. Nobifwm Deu!,theway: Nos cum Dco, the end: which is (atttlrfo maybe) the end of the Text, and ofthe day, and of us all. Nothing more worth our fight th;tn this Birth: Nor more worrh our hearing, than this Name, ECce fpreads it felfe overrhe whole Text, m:iy be repeated, at every point ofit: I. Bur, it firft points to Ecce Virgo. There, we niay make a !lay: there,is a blocke Eca rirgw•· in ourway,by the I ewes. In no one place, doth that ofthcApojlle's fpeech ap- cipiu . . peare,that,atthereadingoftheprophecies of CH~ Is T, the veile iilaid over their :t::: .~~~·· hearts: no where,how true the Proverbe is,that Malice 1villeven blinde am.m,as,here ' in this. This Verfc fo dazles them, as, faincwould they mrne another way,andnot fee, that they doe. They fee noVirgin here: Efay's word [ Alma] fay they, is but a · yo~~~tgwoman; and, notaVirgin, properly. Bur, they C:1y againft the1r owne know– ledge, in fo faying. For, firft: Bcfide the mturwfthe word,the veryenergie gives as much. For, it is, ofAlam, and, that is, tocover: and fo (properly) is one, that is vet covered, and never yet knowne : oppofed to them, that h;~ve beene uncovered, ~nd knowen, afrertheHebrew phrafe. And, befide theufe ofthe word, for avirgin, in other places. Rebccc,t (rhen, a z yirgin) called by this name, Gen.24. And Miriam (then, but fix yeare old) called by ~;~;~+·4!· lt, hkew1fe, Exod.z. Exod, s. And, beiide their owne·taking ofrheword, theythemfdves (the more ancient 3 ofthem,fo) in their Targum, this very word Alamoth (c,mt.2.) they gloffe and pa- C'"'·'·'· raphrafe lt by Betttlotb, the proper word, for virgins : where it lbnds, this day, to befeene. Beiides all this,See,whirhcrrheirmalicecarrieth them,by denyina this· even,ro 4 o~erturnc Prophecie, and Prophet :mdall. For, he calls us, to fee a~"ne .'and that With an Ecce: And, what is that~ ifit be but ayormg wom,m, toconceiv~ and novir- <?'~; bhereisthe fignewhat is become ofthe Ecce? Iris no iigne or wonde,?,unleffe £. e e!idethecourfe of Nature: And, is it any whit, beiide th~courfe ofNatllre, or ayoungwomau, ro bC!vith childe i Therefore take awavVirgo,and away with the Ecce;downewiththeJigne. Thus,ratherrhan to beare wirn.effe to the trmh,llickt they nzr, to expofe theWord ofG 0 D (and fo, Goo Himfelfe) to fcorne; Make theProp et,or (asS.M.,ttlmv, well faith) Goo, by the Prophet, to fpeakc idly: give them a Mmh.• .... H ligne,
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