

Sermon
z.,,
.
Ofthe
N
A
't
r
vI T lE.
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-~mcs,
as make amends
fonhemnnger.?
That he
is
not only
Puer,
a
c.hilde;
and
Filiit!,a s
orme
;
but
Princeps,a Prtnce.
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Truth is-, other
office!
wee finde.bdidcs. But, tl11s you fhal1 obferve, that
tQe.Prophets
(peakin" of
CH
R
s
s
T
,mgooll !:Ongrume,ever apply themfelves, to the!bte of them 1hey
fpeake
~
0
;
and ufe that
ojfiee,
and
Name,
which befi agreerh to the matterin hand. H,re,
that which was fought, by
Abaz, wasproteEit,on:
that(weknow) tsfora
Kmg:
As a
King
therefore he fpeaketh 0f Him, ·Elfe-where He is brought forth by
Davtd,
as,,
Prieft :
.and
1
againeeHl:-where, by
!llofes,
.as
a
frophet.
If
it be1natterof fin, for whiCh
famjice
ta,be
of.
PC:U,
1,,.;
fered,HeisaPrieft fir everafttr;6eortler·ofM
~
L
c
1-t
I
z •n •
K·
If thewt//of Go D,tf
+·
His great
Cot~n(ell
to be
re_ve;ikd~
<A
Propf~etwtll
the Lordraift;
&c.
Hedre Hun.
BJt he.re1s
o,.,.,,
::·
macrer of
delwery
(only) thhand : here therefore; he reprefemed Him, Crml
i'rmctpati<?
With
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a.Principalitie.
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A
Princip4litie,notofehu_ world. Herod
need not feare ',t,nor env1e tr.
I~
tt had, Hts offiGers,
as
they would have (eeneHimb_erter defended at Hts
Death!
fo would
mey
havefeenc Htm
::
.
betrerlodged
3.~
Hisl!irth,thanfn
aftable
wtth
beafts:
for,tt
the·lnne
were
fu//~rhe
Jlable
(we
Luk.•. 7 •
may
be fure) w:asnbtempne; _Of what worldnh,en
~
Of thar, He_ts
FatiHr;
F."tflri,
f~etillll,
_
Of tHat
Me
is
Father
;.and
He.LS~Prmce
of
thagovernment,
that gmderh us
rhtth~r
• . ,.
· " Yet
a
Prinfie
He fli;and
[o
He i'S
fryled-:·borve;
and
given,
to
e!tabli11J.ago·vernment
.·:rh
at
none
im~oine,rhey
fhalllivelike
Libertines
under Him :
ev~r.y
man bekeve,and liv<:>,
as
helifi.
' le
is
CH~
IS T,
nor
.Belial,rhat
is.bornero day: He bringeth,agoverJ1mMt with
Hiin~rhey,
that be His,mufllive in
fubjeEiion
under
a
government·
elfe,neithcr in
C
hilde,nor<Son;
rn
Birth,
norGi{t,haverht~anyimerefi-.:
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A:ndthisgpvernment
ts,
h>.y:
~e;a
n:ncipalttte:
~hereto,
netther
thepoptJ!ar
confufion
of
rrw1y;
nor the fattrou.r,atnbllli?n;.of
a-few~ b~Jre
all rhc fway; but, where on'e..ts
Suve-
,,
J
raigne;
$\.mhis_\hegovernme!Jt'oi:\'Heaven, c
·,Suchts,CHRISTsgovernment~ ,
, :
l ..
With a
PriNC!J!dJtle
,;or
C!overrmunt;
and that upon
Hts.jlfoulders
·
Somewhat-mQrange
ftttllltiM;
It
iswiffome,
that
•gMI~rn~s
.•
that
i~,
·in'
·t.he.~ea1;
imd
tl~er~
ts•tl\e.
Crown;.
w.ornc: . ,
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What havethe
fi~"ldm
todoc.v,.uub 11
~ &rn:unl.y,fom~what
by
thts Defcrt!'ltlon.The
Sb.ou!.
,
'.l
dr.
~s\ve
'know-) Is
the·hdarmg.memb'er
,.
and unldfe-it be.fot
he_avie things,
\ve 'ut:e ir rroo.
1Q
t–
din:trfth!ngs we
carrr
iri our:IJimdJ,dr
1if~
at
.the
armoAertd:
It mufi be 'very-hcavy,if we mull:
put/h8rtf?itY,
·and
a:H-r«Nt,:
Btlik~Giiverl:ments
have
theit,.Pti~ht;
be
ne~
vie
;And
fo ,they Be:
they'
R~d
not-ettti.
a
goad
~iul,
bmgvvdfooultkrs,
tl:Jar fuihme them. But that not f.,
n'llj~h.
while they be irt-good.ulnoa:nclltethper ;- tl.dh, rliey need tro grcar cartinge;; but whc.n<hey
grow unwealdie, (be it weakeneffe, or
way-w~rdneffe
of the governed;
)
in that cafe they
need: And inthat cafe, there is no
Go·vernour,
but, atone rime or other, he beares his
govern-
.
tiNt
upon'his
jbi!tclders
.his a,moral;the;y give;of
Aam1s 'Appnrelc·
He carved thet
welv~
'rh/>es
Exp~-
•
s'
inhi~Brcfo•ptJreylll!:r.this hean~a.o,lhew,:Hat·i~·care
he \vas to
bearer~am:
.But,the
l:udfhi!ln
Ex~.
:ff:
alfo
e~gravea
mtwo
onyx-Hone•~
mid trnofofen upon htweny
jlJut~ldei-s
i,
ra
!he)V', helfl\luft o.
''·&c.
tha,wnite·bl"att'tqe)niilfluiinc4·roo• .An.:J-i,inis-not
<..Anro/11<G:af~alb!le;
'il:wa;s
fa.wit+J':M.i>{es
.
'"
foo.A'le
-liiare His
govj»nment.ds
ill
'l'(;or{e
dot~<klr
childc
,.
(as He faith!,
Nilmb;;xi.k)
th:~r
i$ 1
fuU
Num.'
i;
tenderly.
But, when they fell a
mttrmtering(as
they didbfc(n;)
H~
ban:r.hem
npon His
fhwtl..
·
n~
itli~:.<;iri
g\leJ:t 'p;gMDG'el·add Iong.fu.!Ji:riu!J.I Y.eaj he
coin
plilr\ed,
~b'p9jfnm
'fDrtArc,-
I am nor
'
:thle(~>ille•l'l"ll.lhhis~ol?le>&c.·;o./:
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1
"-'>'
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Num.~';
• 1
Ih>R~re, (fu~e:)Jto·
l:ie~
'Wijhd, .:that they,
,tha~
are .ul placey
mighu~t;r
E>reopl!lttO-lt.
·· 1
Bear~
their
p~ople
?nly in their
a!'!!,es,
bJ:
l~vc;;tnd
in their
brefts,
by
c:"e·
Yet ifneed
~t;'thejf
~fl:tf~\()W ~li<lt·T
S
exampJeaoo
patt~nt:(!}'httli:;
ancf
eVCU
tflat
W3,Y
j
bcttr6'thiml'l
not.onJy
b'rare»~Jhthelf! {l!ni~l!ven-b-eJitlthem·alfo.
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'
::'\e!:
is-
adtiillJ~
<1:
H "
I
s rnrl~oarit:~g'1(~hough
this
He
did too
~J'
'tht<re i'syer a fartl1<'r
t~,-J.lleliith"<l'Patilfu'Ge patalnSunr,.beyoodu~hhe
refl. Two
diff~uwts
r
linde, behveehe
Htm and others:
I .
The
faults
and errours of their
goverl'lm'tflt,
othe'I"s
'dof.J;eatt,
.tocUt~ff<lr
.
lii
<"f?ti'd)
[ujfer
t/fDiil;
b1Ir,
f11ff<Wtl~/-or
rh!nt."'He
dtd
bt<>th
:,Endt,ted
them ;'and
thdur~'d,
for
~~m-, heav.,e~htil~~:
·A lh'ange
s:;p~rliflilierlllf; ~he
print wheroofw<ts
r<;llb~
feeh'eoh
ltis')haiil-
•
(('"'t
~fe
C
h}ffrfee
f
arapiJra
JP
tr<!fltl'a'i:et>Wi
6th~;· Th~
.i:a.P
lf;aM<p~n
Ji'H:fh•tttrkfsl:
t
A;n_d
[
c;!'tt
";a~-~?~i)
A
Mi'IAer.:cfairl\
SMn~Pmr)
nmT.Ir He,
nor'th<!
A]ill}les',
"or·~/itiP,FaPhe~s w~leJahle
A.,l.t.
'f·
tf
"',.e,
'!lilt lie did' : and
l!>ar~i~
fu
evehly~ ~sHe
btakr,t
naj'~r~(ifuloot<ikt,mmA!Tdrih~rk.
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B!!t,