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Sermon
1.
Of the
NATIV1TIE.
.
9 .
arc vouchfafed
[o
extraordinary a favour. Somewhat more, than common, would come
from us, ifit were bm forthJs
Dayes
fake.
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' To conclude, not onely thus to fran;e medttatwns and rcfoluuons, but even fome pra-
'For
Pr~lllct.
Ctice too out of this
act
of
apprehenjion.
It is very agreeable
to
reafon, (faith the
Apojlte)
P:" 1
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that we -gndevour and make a proffer, tf\Vee m:iy by any
m~·anes
to
apprehend Him, in
His,
b,y whom
we
are thus,_ iri our
'i'f..ature? apprehended,
or (as He termeth it
)~omprehended,
even
·chrift
Ie{tH;
and be umted
tO
Htm, th1s day, as Be was to us,
tl11S
day, by
a
mutual! and re-
ciprocall
apprehenfo;4.
Wee may fo,and
we
are bound fo:
vere dignum e!7 jrtjlrem
eft.
And
.
ve doe fo,fo oft, as we doe (wHh
Satnt l•mes)
by hold of,
apprehend,
orreceive
injitum ver-
Iamcu.u.
l,,,
rhe
IVOrd
whic~
;,
d,tily grafted into"'·
For, the
Word
He is, and, in the
Word,
Hee is
received by us. Bur, that is not the proper ofthis day, imlelfe there beanorher joyned umo
ir. This day,
verbttm caro faCium eft_;
and fo mull be
apprehended,
in both. But fpecially,
Iohn s.q.•
inHis.flefh,as this day gtveth 1t, as tl115 day would have us. No
w,the breadiVhich tve breake,
t1
it notthqartttktllg
of
the body, ofthejlejh,of IESVS CHRIST?
Itis_furcly; and by tr, (and
tCor.to.t5.
by nothing more,) are we made part3kersof th1s bleffed umon. A lmle before, He fa id;
Ee-
eattj;
the children were partakers ofjlej!J and blor.d, Hcalfo tvottldtake part with them;
May not
~"·'•··
we fay the [ame
~
Becaufe He hath fo done, taken ours of
us,
we al[o en[umg Hts fieps, will
panicipate with him, and with His
flefh
which He bath taken of us.
It
is mofikindely
zo
take part with Him, in that, which He took part in,with us; and thatto no other end, bu;
that He might make the receiving ofit by us a meanes, whereby He might
diVe!fin
m,
and
we
inllim.
He
taking our
Jl~fh,
and
we
meiving Hisj,birit;
by
Hisflejh,
which He tookeof
us,re-
cciving HisJPirit,
which
H~imparteth
to us; That, as He, by ours, betame
confors h11ma11.e
·
n•tttr«;
[o.we, by Hts, rrttght become
confortes di'Vm" natur£,
partakers of rhe Divine na-
•
Pct.x.f;
· turc.Verily, iris the moll fiwght and perfech•king
hold
that is. No union fo knittcrb
-·
· as it. Not
confdnguinity
;
Brethrenfall out :
Nor
mariage;
M
an andwife
are
fevered,
'
· :Uur, that which is nourifhed, :md the nouri{hmenr, wherewith, rbey never are
· never c:in be
fevmd;
but remaiue one for ever. Wirh this
Ace
thenofmu-
~
~ualltaking,
raking
ofHisj!efh,
as Heharh taken ollrs, let us feale our
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dmietoHim,rhisday, for taking
not<-dngels,
butthefle4,
•
of
A
B R A H A M.
Almighty
'-G
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grant, &c•
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