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Sermon
7•
A
time,
whenfoevcr it lharl happen,which will be tous no le!Te memotable,than
the
day
of our
birth,
or the
day ofourcommingto
any
place
or
dignitie.
And as mucli
joy and comfort fhall we take in theremembranceofit,as of any of them.
Therejl
and
repg(e,
our
j)irits
fhall find upon the accomplilhmemof ir, will be worth our
paines,and abundantly recompenfe ourgoing through with it.
And, when come backe againe to St.
John Baptijl,and
to bring him word, you
have
brought forth this fruit,
he will then fhew you
t.Agnm Dei :
And,thenis (in.
deed)the /hewing of
Him
in
kind,~nd
the right time of
Seeing Him.
And,that fight
{hall be worth all :wewill thinkc,we never faw Him before.
·
We lhall be fureto
Ry
thewrathtocome.
Nay,it fhall
Ry
from m; by
HG,
or
over
m,
but,
from su
fure
Wraththall
Ry;
and in fiead of it,the
Kingdomeofhe~tvcn
lhall come neereto us, and wetoit. For,
Rpent
1
andit is 4thand,[ay
Sr.
John
and
CHR I
sr,both. It is our daily
Prayer,it
may
come;
and,rhis
is rhe way to make it come. Whatfhall I
fay ~
we
fha!lfan-
'
Cfijie
thereby thistime off'!ft;and as it hath ever bin
coumed,makeitan
holy time:
And
w~
init,fhaU
Rom,6.».
have our fruit inholinejfe, 4ndtheemle-
·
verl.:fling life.
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