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NATIVITIE • .
Sermon
4·
fefledi»thejlefo
fhall
manifeft,to
the
flefb,rhefitlne!fe
ofthis
Myjl<rie,
Hi~ e~ernitie,glorie,anq
bliffe So frill
ir
rcmaineth a
myfterie
in part ; Apar.t thereofthere frill remaineth.behinde, to
be
,;nifJied.
What He is,
app~areth
J
what we fhall be, doth not yet appeare
3,
but fhall,
atthefecoNdappe.tri»g.
Two
vet!es.we rtadeof:
1
The
:'ez~eof
Htsjlefo (Hebr.X. Yerfe
XX:)
.• And the
veile
where our
hope
bath call:
anchpr,
even
rv_ttbm the vetle
,meamng
heaven~~
felfe•
.The fir!! is rent; thefe
myjlmes
are remembtances ?f tr•.
T~e
fecond alfo lhall be,a$weal(o
· wirh ir; and as he, (tntheend.ofrhe
rerjl) {o
we,wHb Hun,m rheend,lhall be
re(ti'V~d"f'"•
. ..
toglory.
To the
confummattofl
of
W~uch
greatMyjlme,
evenrhatGreatManife.lt.itton,He
1
Iob.•,?'/
vouchfafero bring us all, that was,
~his
day;for
lis
all;
manifefled 1n the
jlejh,
le{
m
Chrijl the
·
Bightt#IIJ,
&c.
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1
J
r-r1'ryq
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A
SE .RMON
PREACHE:Q
before the K
1 N
as M
A.
1
E
s
T 1
ii:,
·at
White-HaUi
on
Munday
the XXV. of
'December,
A. ,
D.
MD cl
x;
being
C
H
R.
I S T M A S
d.ay.
GAL
AT.
Chap. III. Ver.IV. V.
When the fulneffo'Of time
'll>M
c~e,God
font bis Son; made ofa'll>oman,madeun:Jer
th~
Law.
.
That, He migl1t reJeenie tbem tb4t 'll>ere
under
ihe
Law
;ihat 'li>e migl1t receil1e the
Ailop~
tion of Sons.
r,wr""""'futmJfe~f
time;ometh, God font
Hi!
So» :
then,~hen
GoJ
His Son,isthe.fu,lnefe
oftilper~me.
And_atthisday,
Goafmt
His Sm.
This day therefore(fo oft as by the revolution of
the
year>:
it commeth about) is ro us a yearely rqirefeqrationof
the(Ulne/fo
of time.
So it is: and afpeciallhonouritis to the
Feajl,
thatfoir is.
And we our felvesfeeme fo toell:eeme of iti :Forweallowforeve–
ry
inonet~
a.day;
(Loo~e
how
m~ny m~neths
fo many
tf.dyes;)
to
thi~
Fe
aft,
as tf te werei and we fotbought tt
to
be;the/11!1recaptrulauon
of thqvhole yeare. .
.
.
.
.
.
. . ,
.
.,
from
Chrift,
who is the
fubfl.4llrt
of this; and all other
Solemniliu
,.
m•J>4,Irmnchrijls fending.
(Eor,tbey that readthe ancient
W
rirers of
the
Lati~e
Church
and
cyprian)
kriow,that Miji'a,and
Miji'io,~nd.Remiff"a,and Re~
mif•o,wtth
t~em,are
t:tken for one. So
rbat,Chrifti miji'a,is
the
fem(ing ofchri{l.)
And whetl
then bath thtsText place fo fit,as
Now~
Or what time fo[eafonable ro inrreat ofit,as This
~
Of
the (ending of hiJ Son
;as
whenGsd fent
bu
Son :
Of
the ftilne[feof#me;
as;on the yeare;
lyremrne and memoria!I o£,it. '.
.
.
.
'
' .
io !ntreat of it then.
1'ild1ead~
arer,wo :
I.
Of
the fulnef!e of
ti•ne.
z;
Andoftiiat,
Tb•D~
whe:ewttb it is
filled.
r.
Times
f~lnejfe,iri
the[e,Whenthe fqlpejfeof time
ea"!,'·
:i.
Times jil-
";;;.,• .
/mgtnthereft,Goo
fentHisSq»,madeif a.n76rim;,madiundertheL4w,&c.
.
r
·
, ..
· ·.I?
the fo:mer;
(
[email protected]·7J.'t)1itjlenitildo timporis,,).
there
b~
foure points:
I1
Pknit11db,lfm-
I•.
Jm
1
•
ih~r,
t1me
bath a
fldnijje;
or, ,thattbere is
a fJilnej[eof flme. ·
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renH
plenitetdo :
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