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Sermon
17.
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1 T 1 E.
The words feeme
ro~eefpoken
to one perfon only: but (as
lams
of
grace
u[~
ro
be) are ro
receivcamphan~n,and
to
be exre_nded,to rhe rrwfi benefit.
.
.
.
Dixit
d
me.
Said Helt to
l{tm,
and fa1d He1r, to
Htm
alone, and fatd he it to
no
other, but
wHim l
No :for,Hee_gaveirHimin
char~eropreach
it;
and
ropreachit,,
is
to
fay it
roothers.
~hereforc
lt 1s,
Dt:<zt adme,ttt
aaalm,
per me :
1t waslo fJtd to
Him
as that by
Him,
It
mtghrbef:ud
to
others.
Pr,edzcaho
makes lt
pia
me.
Pr,edica6o.
When
CHRtsr
dorh
preach,
He is not to beunderfrood to
preach
to
Mimfelfe:nomandoth fo at any rime; burro orhers more orlelfe, that may be, or
fhould bee the better for His
treaching.
For, what needed tt
be~prMched,
ifit con··
ceme none, but Him
~
ifnone
to
have
be(lefir,bur
He~
if
they,that heare ir
pr~ached
1]
1all receive no·benefit by ir
~
Sofay'we,of
Legem.
This
law
was 11orrilade for
CH
R
r
sT:
it needed not for
Him
(any
law.)Hc
was
Filim mtm t11
~,;.,,,ij ·,,~~'·needed
no
lmv
to mJke Him that,which
by
nature
He was. The
law
was for orhers,which, byrhis/mv,werero bemade rhar,
which, by nature,they were not(rhar
1s)
rhe
S~ns
of.God.
. .
Take thevery words. Youfee,Hts Tel<ttsnotm the
firft.perfon ,Ftltm tumego:
His Text
is,Filim
me
m t11.
Awl,who is rhar,T11
?
It cannot be
CH RI s
T
Himfelfe
by
common inrendment. The FatherfaithtoHim,
Thou art my Sm:
But, to whom is
it, rhat
C
H
a r s
T
faith,
Thou art my Son
?
For
,Filius mem
t~<,
is His Text ; thar,He
mufr
preach
on :He may notgoefrom the words, or
cha~ge
the tenour of His Text.
Who is then, that
Sonne ?
To whom applierh He His
Text~
To fame other cer-
I
3
4
tainely.
The
Apoftle
faith,
He.wa[et
and
Jent, that He might bfing many Sons 11nto God,
to
He&.•·•~:
whom Goaalfo might fay,
Pilitu'"'"' t11.
And Himlelfe likewife faith of Himfelfe
.
iirtlieProphet: Beh,ld, hereaml,andthecbildrenwhich Codhatkgivenme.
Efoy.S.,~
•
.
And whobethofe
Children?
Thofc,whom He
lhall
regenerate,and beget anew
The
Birth.
by His
Pr.tdicabo Legem,
the
immortal/ Seed:
For,
of HisownegoQdwillhegat He us,by
;.~~;_';;_l;
th~Word
of truth, that We might be thejir(lfi'uits of Hr5 creatures.
Thefe arc the
chil-
dren,that are here meanr. Of whom ir fhall be
faid,q~<oa',
perjilium,jilii,
that in and
by this
Son,
rheyfhall be
HisS~m,
aH. An'd, wharwas [aid ro
cbrift,
ll!all
b~faid
to
them, and every of them,
FilitH meus tu.
OfSionfaith the
LXXXVII. Pfalme, Jt {hall
be
(aid,He
1vas
borne in her.
And that
rru.&7-4,
is ·true, for fo Hewas. But he goes on further, and faith,
He didrm;ember Himfelfe of
Raha6,
a.~d
Bahy!on, the Pltiliftims, and the c.Morians land, for, loe, there He
JVM
borne.
Borne
there~
How canthat be<' Yes,
borne
there,and"here,and every where; where,
by this
Pr.tdicaho Legem,
He
hegets children to God.
The power,and verrue of His
'lJirth
reacheth even thither. Every place that receiverh His
law (
where ever it bee)
eventhere He is
borne.
This for His
Birth.
To·this
Birth
there belongs,a
Birth-right.
T'l1ey talke mu eh ofthe
law
,as of
a
The
Birlb.
Birth-right:
but (loe) this here, is a
Birtb-rlght,
indeed ;and thar,
veri nominu;
and
amounts to more,than
a
Childs part.
And itgrowes out ofthe d<;>uble title,or inrercfi,
whtch
HI!
hath ro
all
that is given Him. For,as He is twice aSon,twice
begotten,• An·
te
l~t_cifemm,.'and
•·Hodie:
fo hath He
a
double right gro1ves toHim,exptecfed in tw.o
diihuclwords{inthe next verfe) ' one of
inlmitance,
·•
the other of
Poffifion,
or
pt~r-
ehafe_;
for,
Ahazza
is true
Hebrew
for a
p~trchafe.
Of which two,
0
ne contents Him
:
mn~
litsntle,as Heire. Tbe other
He
tranfcribes
and
fets over rdus which is that of His
purchafe,as Hodiegenitm.
'
'
'
·
.
'
;:~t wenc~uotfomuch
as to gotothcne"t vcrfefor
ir.."Filifu nieru
ltewill-[crvq
·
·.
~~chwasfaidtmcecoHtm.' Once1t HJsBaptifme, HicejfFilit~<.VIem.
Andfott
MJt.p 7 ;.
15
h)(ewt(e at ours; to us; for,
therein
we
are made members cf Chrift,
and
the chttdren
fGud,
•
And againe,Hic
elfFilius me!"
;ar his
Transfiguration
in rhe
Mot<nt.
And we
MlC.t 7
.s.
._eeptng the
larl?
of our
Bapti{me,
rhe fatne lh
1ll be
faid to us likewife, the fecond
~~e
;dand whentime comes,we
!hall
be
transjig11redinro thegloriotw 1mage of the Soh
l'hil.p•~
0
J
Gc
11
•
~n.dthis is,•Lexfa{/~rHm
on his part: th.is
ll1all
be done for us by fiim. Thi's
we ea e ..
the
Go.Jfell
of
this
LAw.
·
·
And