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tookeNra_>had beene

pofitive.

But, fetting it downc thus;

Orm He tooke, the A/Jge!J He tooke

not,

~·ramly')comp.:rath•e,

Now, theMafiers offpeech tell us, that there is power in the

Poji't~ve,

ifit beo-iven

forth, w1th an earnefiaffcveratwn. But nothing to thar, that is in the

Comparative.

no–

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thing fo full, to fay ;

lrvillmv<rforget you

· as, rhus to fay it;

Can 4motherfor;getthechildeof

Luk.>9·'7

her01vne wombe? well,

jhecan, yet IVtllnot l.forgetyore.

Nothing fo forcible,to fay thus;

I111ill

holdmy 1Vordwithyort:

as thus,

Heaven andEarthjhall

paff~,

but my wordjballnotpajfe.

The

Comparatwe

expreiling 1s (Without all queltion) more fignilicaat: And this here is fuch.

Theirs, the Angels,

ntljquam,atno hand He tooke:

but, ours He did•

Now,

thecompari(onis,as

is thething in nature,whereunto it is made: Ifthe thing be

ordmary, the companfon 1s accordmg: But, then 1s 1t full offorce, when it is, with no meane

or bafe thing, but with the chiefc, and choice ofall the

Creatr~ru;

as, here, it is: even with rhe

lob l!-1

Angelsthemfelves.

Forthen, it is atthe highefi.

Thar of

Elihu,in lob: That Godteacheth

rts more than the beafls, andgiveth

liS

more rtnderflanding than thefowles of the ayre;

(that is)

that G o o bath beene more gracious to us,thanto them,being made ofthe fame mould that

l'fal.

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we are; chat (yet) He harh given us apriviledge, above them; this, is much:

That ofthe

,o.

Pfalmift, He hath n;t dealtfo,vith every '1'\.ation;

nay, not with any other Nation, in giving

the knowledge ofHis heavenly truth and Lawes; even, that we have a prerogative, ifwe be

compared with the refi ofmankinde: (More rhan rhe beafts,much: moreth<fn all

men

befides,

much more:)

3·

But this here,

Nufqr<am .Angelos,

&c. that He h.ath given us

prehcminence

above the

Angels

themfdves; granted us chat, that He bath not granted the

<..Angels;

chat, is

Comparifw

at the very higheft, and further we

c~nnot

goe.

3·

Onedegreeyet more: And that is this. As, in coll'lparifons rrlaking,ir skilleth much '

the

excellmcy

ofthe thing,wherewirhall it is compared; fo doth ittoo, the

manner,

how

rh~

comparifonis made, thepitchthatis taken in it. Itisonethingtomakeitin

tamo;

another,

intoto.

One thing, when it is i11 degrees; (that more, this leffe: this notfo

m~1ch

as that, yet

that, fomewhat though:) Another, when one is, the other is not at all. So is it here:

Ajfuml–

fit, non a{fumpfit:

~id

take;

TheAngel~;_·N~··not

in_anywife;

not,inaleffe, or a

lowerde_sree rhanus: but

tnem,not

all,

So, lt

wuh the htghefi,

and

at the highefi. So

much is laid here ; and more cannot be faid.

The aniy exception that may be made to rhefe

comparifvns,

is ; that,

(

moll:-what,) they

odior<I :

it breedeth a kinde ofdifdaine in the higher, robe matched with the lower;

Efpeci~

ally,

be over-matched with Him. We need not feare ir, here. The bleffed fpirics, (the

An.

¥~·'

·'

gels)

will take no offence at it; they will not remove

Iacobs ladder

for all this; or

defcmd

to us,

'·~'

&Jcmdfor

us, ever a whitthellower, becaufe He is become

theSonmofman.

Thereis not,

I.uk.ts.as

in them, that envious minde, that was in the

elder brother,

in the

Gofpdl,

when the

younger

was

received to grace after his

riotor<S

courfe.

•m;t

When the

Apbftletds

us of

thegre.ll myfferie,

that God was

manijeffedin thejlejb;

imm_e-

diately afrer, heeds, that He,.,.,.

(emeofthe Angels:

A11d (lefl: we m1ghr thmke, theyfaw 1r,

·' Pct.r.t•

as we doe many things here,which we would_not fee) SaintPeterrelsus,rhat

dejiderant profp!–

cere;

that, withdefire, and delight, they faw 1t; a11dcann_ot be fanslied w1ththc fight of1t,

Ilk

pleafeth them fo well. And, even this day, the day that 1t was done, an

<..Angel!

was the lirll,

''_;~~that

came to bring ncwes ofir, ro the

jheph~ards;

and he no

f~oner

had

d~livered

his n_reffage,

but

prefmtly there w.u with Him,. w_hole !0}er of<..Angels,

fingmg and JOymg, and makmg me–

lodic, for

this~""'>;,;..,;;,~~~·,..,,,

thts

Good.wtllofGod towards mm.

So that wuhour dread of

The

'DJ.

any difdaine or exception, on the

Angeh

pares, we may proceed

our Text.

f)ifi••·

. I.

Wherein, lidloftheparriescompared:

Angels,

and

Mm.

•

, . Then

' of that wherein they arc compared,

(

ajfttmpt•on,

apprehmfim;

the word

Taking:

•

A;d, not every

tAking,

but

apprehmfio feminis, taking

on Him

the (eed.

3· Laftly of this terme [

vfbrahams feed:]

rhe choice of that word, or terme

t<>

expreffemanki~de

by thus taken on by Him. That Hee faith

not~

But

0Um

Hee tooke :or,

Bur, the

feed of .Ad:O,;

or,

the

feed

of the

Woma11

Hee tooke: But, the

fud of AbraiJAm

Hee tooke.

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