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Sermon
2.
Of
theNAr
r v
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r
1
It.
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it_i_s-lu-ffi- ci_e_ut __
,-tl_u_t_t_he-fo_r_c--p-a-rt ofthe-Chapter is, by S.tint 1\f.rtthe:;;:-e-;;-prea;;;--
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plied to our
S<tvio
11
r :
and chat,
t
~~isv.-rftdo~h
mlcp:Jrably dtpcndonthar, andis:J,ilcagedas
M" ·i·
1
f,
thereafon of
it .
For, rmtot/5.
0[
Hun therefore, we takctt, and
to
Htm apply tt, rhat cannot
bet.tktn,ofan;, or applied to any other, butHtm.
.
..
But bow cunc
Efay
to
fpeake of
cbrijt,
to
Ab11:t.
?
Thus:
v1
ha:r.
was then m .very great The,._
dill:rdf~~
he
had loll: in one day tigbry chouf.tnd ofhis people; and rwo hundred thouland
c4]ionof
of them(more)
rarricd away captives.
And now, the two
Ktng1
~vere_rarfing
new
po>~er
thtsPrr.
acrainfl hii
11 :
Thetimes grew vtry much overcall. And,rlus you!hall oblcrve: The cluefell:
~hm•.
p~ophecies
ofChri{l
came ever, infuc]l times: That, S.
Peter
drd
well~
to
ref~mble
the
won~
,
Pot,L•9
ofpropheCie
to
:1
c.ndle,m!ococalzgmofo,a dark
roome.
Iaco6s:ofShdo,
1~
i£gypt,
a dark
place: ~~~-
49·
Daniel's,
of
Mefia<,
m
Bab7lon;
a
place as darke,as
£gypt
.-
fhts of
Ejay,wl1cn
the
ten
Tnbcs
D.m. 9 ,,
4 ;
were on the point ofcarrymg away, under
Hoj/J:a.
That of_I
ererme (
'-,f
Woman j!Ja!!mclofe a
•1;
4
N•n)
whenlt!da,
in thefamecafe, under
Iuhonia1.
Ever;
m
darkcnmes,who therefore nee-
Icr.l"'~'
ded mof! rhelight ofcomfort•
.
But· what's this to
Ahaz
cafe~
He looked for another melfage froni hrm; How to
ef~ape
hisenemies.
A
cold comfort might he thinke it, to be preached to, of
lilimamte!,
In-
deed, he fo thought it; and therefore hee gave over
E(ay,and
bctooke him
ro
She6na;
who
wilhed him to fccke to the
King
of
A}lmr
for helpe, and let
lmmantttfgoe.
Yet, for all that;
even then
ro
fpeake of
Cl;rift,
being looked into, it is neither impertinent, norout offeafon.
\V
ithall chc Prophetsit is ufuall,inthecalamitics of thispeople,
to
have recourfellill, to the
fundamenrall promilc of the
Mefi«r.
For that;
till
Hee were come, they might bee fure
they could_!J01 be rooted out; bur mull: be preferved, ifit were but
~otthis
childeJ
fake, till
He
were borne.- And yet, rfthey could beleeve on Hrm, otherwife tt ts no match:
Niji
cre–
dideriti!~
Then, thus the Pr\}phets argue : He will nor denie you this f.wour, for He will
EC.',7·9·:
grant yoi.t
af.me
greatetthan this;cven Hts owne
Sonne;
and, by him;
a
fartegteater delive-
rance; and, 1fHecan de!tver you from thedevourmg fire of
Hell,
ml!ch more; from theni :
and if give you peace with
God,
muchmore with them. So, teaching thofe that willlcarne,
the onely right way to compalferheir 01vne fafety, is by making fure worke of
Immam•ei,God
with"'·
To the true regard of.whom,. Go
D.
hath annexed the
promifes
as
well of thi;, a< of
the other life.
All
are, as lines drawndrom this d:mcr
;:11!
in Him;
yeaaild Amen.
Which
all'
Ti...f.3.
fervc,
to
raife
Aha:r.
up, and his people, to receive this
Childe, andtorejoyce in His day,
as rheir
:
0
~
0
'·'·
Father Abraham
did.
lohn S.jG
Thus, the
occajionyou
have heard. Theparrs;
adoml11m
evidently, ate. two; 'a
child-
Tb,
Di~ .
birth :
and a
'Baptifme.
1
The
Child-birth,
in thefe:
For rmtoye11, &c.
'The
llapti{me,
in
vifioii.
thefe:
His
name,
&c.
lntheformer; r.Firli:ofrhemaine poinrs; TheNatttm,
Ptrfonandofjice;
1
Natum,in
I.
thefe:
Chi!deand Sonne. 'Perfon,
in thcfe:
HisJhottldm,His
N"'me.
;.
office,
inthefe
;Hi1 Go-
I
'Vernmmt,
z.
Then ofthe deriving ofanimerell:to us in thefe [Tot«,]two tim.es, And chat
"
is oftwo forts:
1
By being
6erne;
a right; by his
birth.
,
By
being
given:
a right, by a
deed
~f
gift.
.
"
. .
'
In the latter,_ of His
Baptifme,
isfetd01vne Hisll:ileconfi(ting of five peeces, comeining
II;
fiveufes; for wh1ch He was thus
given:
each to be ton!idcred
in
his order.
I
T is ever our lirltcarc,to beg!nwith,and to fettlethe
mainepoint
ofthe myfreric : ;
Nature,
Ii
'Per
[on
and
l
office:
and after, to looke to our owne
benefit
by
th~m.
To begin with
Th<
cbiltl~
theN
dltlres,
of
Go
D
and
Man :
They
be
*
fi•per ha11cpetram :
upon them
i
yerh the weight
~"~be
of
all the refi; they arc the
twojlJoulderJ
whereon this
Government
doth refl.
A(,,~,.
. We
have.two words,
childe
and
Son.ne
.'
neither,walt But, ifno more in tbefe.cond,than
~':It:
N.,;
In the firfl,thc
fi~ll:
had
b~ene
enough: 1fthe firll: enough, the fecond fuperfluous. Bur, in this '""''
:Booke,notlung ts fuperlluous. So then, two diverfethings they import.
•
M"·'·~··
fi
Wergh the words:
Child
is norfatd, but
in humanis,among
men.
Somumay
beindivirlis:
AsA<'
8
romheayen, God fpake it,
This iJ
my
Sonne':
May; andmult be, here,
.
.
As
G~~:
.
h
Wetgh theorhertwo:
•6orneand 'given.
That,whichis6orne,beginrmhthen(firll:)M'"'7·f'·.
to
abvelusbcmg, That, which
isgi'llm
prcfttppofeth
a
fort~~
er being:
for,
b4t
inull-,,thar
it
may
egzwn.
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