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thejlefo•.

0 rharHe might be! and fo He was. _Nor onelf

manife.fl,

at all ;(that, is

great:)

but

manifejlmtk

Jl.tjh;

(tha_usgre.ater.) For, tf gold mtxed, though it be with fJ..lver, is

abafedby tt; whanftt bemtxedwtth the rull: oflronordroffe ofLeade

This mull: needs

be great, in

itfdf~:

But greater, with us : With_ us cfpecially, that makefuch adoe at any,

though never fo little

dtfparage~ent;

and that, tfany, (thougb not much our inferiour)

r~nked

wtth us, take our felves mtghnly wronged•. We camliJt choofe, but hold this

Myjle.

rtefor

Great,and

fay wtth S.

Aug:ljlme,) Deus: qrudglortojitu.? Caro: quidvi!i&

Detu in

carne :_guidmirabilim.?

God: what more

glorious~

jlejh:

what more bafe

(

Then, GoD

in thejtcfb :

what more

marvellous~

M~nife-

But,I aske

~urrher

manifejledin the

flejh;what

jlejb

r,how

manifejled?

JVhatjlefh l

lled~d

What,

the pndeand beauty ofour Nature< No: but,

the moll: difgracefull ell:areofit

;g..

mi-

that might be. And, how

manifejled.? Algloriam,

for His credit orgloric

No: bur

Ilia:.·

ignominiam,

His great contempt and

fhai~e.

So to have beene manifell:ed, as in the

holy

Chi/Je

Mount

Hts

face, as the

Stm,H

garments

ltghtnzng

;

hetll'tene Mofes

and

Elias

,in all glorie

lllat.•;.

and glorious manner:) This had not beencfo great an impeachment.Was that the manner;

No: But

how~

clottts,

ajlab!e,

in a

manger-

The

'· whom the

heavens, andthe

.E«.

''·4

heaven ofheavens fannot containe,

in a little

childs

flefh not a fpannelong: and that flel11 ofa

As~·,~~:

Childe not very well conditioned, as youmay readeinthe

XVI.

Ezekiel.

Jemntd

So, to day: but after, much wotfe. To day,

the

flefh

of a poore

Babe

cryioo- in the

perfon.

~ratch,

in medio animalium :

After,

the re!lt and tome

jlejl>

ofa

condemned

perfon~

hang-

thgontheCro.JTe,

inmedzo latronum,

mthemtdfl: ofother manner perfons, than

Mofes and

Eli,u;

That, men even

hidthe!rfaces

at Him; not, for the

brightneJ!e ofHisglorie,

but for

&.b.

o.•o

fo~row

and

jhame.

Call you thts

mamfejlmg.?

Nay, well doth the

Apojlle

call it,

thevei!e of

hrsjlefo;

as whereby He was rather

ob[cured,

than any way

Jet forth;

yea,

ecltp(ed,

tn all the

dar,kell: points ofit. Verily, the

condition

ofthe

jlejh

was more thanthe

jlefo

it felfe: and the

manner ofthemanifejlation,

farre more, than the

mani(ejlation

it felfe was. Both ll:ill make

theMyjleriegreaterand

greater.

The

And now, to weigh the word

manife~cd,

another while; becaufe, that may fceme

Manner

to bee

termint~~

diminuens,

a qualified terme, rather abating than any way tendino- to

th;{..

make

grw

the

c.Myjlerie;

In that,

thing may bee

manifejled,

and not bee that,"for

a~"

whi'ch it is manifelted; be

manifejled

for one thing, andbeanother. Would to G

0 0

Atson.

wee

had not too plaine examplesofthefe, even in that we are

about,ingod/ineff'eirfelfe~

Tim H

Thattherewerenot, rhatmanifell:ed themfelves

''~"'F~··

•

.,, in the

vizor,

maskeofgodli–

neff'e,

but be nothing leffe. Well, this, how or wherefoever it may be with men, with

GoD it is nor : Hee is not like to us: And howfoever, not herein this. For firfl:, it

i5 not in the

fbaddoi~,

fbew,

foape

jlejb :

but, in very

fief/>

it felfe.

Then, it is noc

(faith the

Greeke Scholiajl)

~4,~~,, but,~"''1"a,;,,~_,o,l,,

whichimportethbut an

apparition,

tranfitory, for a fcafon, and then vani!11eth againe;

•><v.r•o•,, a

manifeJfation;

fuch, as is

(fay they)permanenr, which paffethnot, but)all:eth forever. And to put all out ofque–

ll:ion, (that here is

nihilper{Qnatum,

but

evenpe~a,)

He that here is [aid robe Go

ma-

lo!m rj4;

nifeJ!edin the.flefo,

is, in anether _place, [aid to be

Verbum

~aro

facrum,

r!1e

Word madejlefo.

manifejled,

that

made: [o

taking our narure,as Hts, and lt arc growne

one

pcrfon,

ne–

ver to bee fevered, or takenin funderanymore. And,infignerhereof, rhatjlef/J wherein

He is

manifejled,

(in the beginning ofthe

Verfc;

in the end ofthe

Verfe,)

inthevery fame

j!efb,

He is

received up intoglorie;

And in the fame, l11all appeare againe,at His fecond

ma–

nifejlation•

. And yet,to go further

I fay,that_this wo:d [

mani(efted,]

farre from being

Tmnimu

a1minuens,

that 1t doth greatly amphate and mlarge the

Myjlerte

yet ll:tll. To be, and, tobe

m•nifefted;Eife,aAd videri;Dici de_,andejfe in,

are_rwo things. And,as,infome cafes,it is more

be,

than to be

mallifefted; [o,

fomeother, lt ts more robe

manifejled

than to

he:

And

namcly,inthishere. More,for Go

bemanifefled,

than

heintheflefh.

ltiswe!l

lmowne, when a great high Perfon_doth fall into

lowdr~te,

he careth

notfon:u~h

for

being

fo,as for

appearing

[u~h :

Manifejl

htm not, and yeu doe hml a pieafure. M

or~

lt 1s,for Hun,

tobe

made

knonme,than to

be,

that, He is.

it is naturally given us, to hiae our abafing,

what

we can. Our

miferic

muft

be kept

aMJfterie,andthat

Myfterie

not

manifefiedin

~nv.

wtfe~