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tookeNra_>had beene
pofitive.
But, fetting it downc thus;
Orm He tooke, the A/Jge!J He tooke
not,
ir
~·ramly')comp.:rath•e,
r.
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.
It
fs
no–
EC'·49·15·
thing fo full, to fay ;
lrvillmv<rforget you
· as, rhus to fay it;
Can 4motherfor;getthechildeof
Luk.>9·'7
her01vne wombe? well,
if
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•
.
z.
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
1
Angelsthemfelves.
Forthen, it is atthe highefi.
r.
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.
,+
7 •
we are; chat (yet) He harh given us apriviledge, above them; this, is much:
z.
That ofthe
,o.
Pfalmift, He hath n;t dealtfo,vith every '1'\.ation;
nay, not with any other Nation, in giving
us
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
a
prehcminence
above the
Angels
themfdves; granted us chat, that He bath not granted the
<..Angels;
chat, is
a
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:
Vs
He
~id
take;
TheAngel~;_·N~··not
in_anywife;
not,inaleffe, or a
lowerde_sree rhanus: but
tnem,not
at
all,
So, lt
IS
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
be
odior<I :
it breedeth a kinde ofdifdaine in the higher, robe matched with the lower;
Efpeci~
ally,
to
be over-matched with Him. We need not feare ir, here. The bleffed fpirics, (the
An.
¥~·'
8
·'
7
gels)
will take no offence at it; they will not remove
Iacobs ladder
for all this; or
defcmd
to us,
0
n
'·~'
or
&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
T
received to grace after his
riotor<S
courfe.
1
•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,
tt
Ilk
pleafeth them fo well. And, even this day, the day that 1t was done, an
<..Angel!
was the lirll,
L
''_;~~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
m
our Text.
f)ifi••·
.
. I.
u.
2.
m.
Wherein, lidloftheparriescompared:
Angels,
and
Mm.
.
•
, . Then
' of that wherein they arc compared,
(
ajfttmpt•on,
or
apprehmfim;
m
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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of