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ofthe
N
ATIVI
T
1
E.
fend,
as withal!
to >IJake,
aretwodi£l:incc meafures of
t'tlisjilling.
As He is, He is a
Make~,
a
Creator,.
If G
0 0
make Htm
any rhmg, He mu£1: be a tlung
made,
a
Creatt<re_;
and that 1s a
t difparaoement. So that,howfoevenheTtmns
rhefidler,
fortlus; He1s
rh~
emptier :
!r~a
=Xf'"
J:N.=XF''''
The fulndfeof time, is His emprincffe; The exalting of that, his
_
-b~frno
And
this very
Exinanivit feip{tmt,
emptying Himfelfe; for our fake; is
a
prellino
Piu!.~-
7
down~~he
meafllte
,.
artdfo, even by thar, llill the
meafnre
is more
fie!!.
"'
Yea the
very manner
ofthis making,hath,his increafe too,addeth to it llill. In the word
'---
_,,~.,:'which
is not every
makint;,
but
making it flu Nat11re.
To have
made
Him~
body
and taken it upon
Hun
for a nme, nll He had performed Hts Embaffage,
~md
then b1d tt off
againe that had beenemuch: But fo to be
made,
as once
made,
and ever
made;
fo to take 1r,
as nev;r hy it offmore, but continue fo !till
-;;,•:m,
it to
become Hi5 very Nature;
fo to bee
?nade
is to
make
the
union full.
And to make the
ttmon wtth usfidl,
He was content, not to
befent
alone, but to be
made;
and that
~!ut
>m,
to be
madefo,
as_never
11nmade
_more. Our
Man-hood
becomming His
Natttre,
no leffcthan the
God-head
lt felfe. Tlus 1s
Fzlmm fa-
c11111J
indeed.
Made
and twice
made,
(for fo it is in the Verfe)
1
FaCl11mex,
and ,
Fac'l11mjieb; mada
of,
and
made render : ofa •voman, nnder the Law.
So, two
m~kingsthere
be; either of them;
ofit felfe,
a_filling
to the
meafure,
but both ofthem makcth lt perfectly full.
Made,
fir£l:of
a1voman:
that,
I
takecleerely
to
be
one.
For, if
He,
if
the{onnebf
G:
o
o
4
mu£1: be
made aCreature:
it were meet He fhould
be made
the be£1:
Creature
ofall. And
if~~~.'!"
111
ade
ofany thing, (if any one thing betterthan another) ofthat:
made
fomegloriousSpirit,
Some ofthe orders of the
Angels.
Nay,
made,
but
made
no Spirit;
Verbum caro faai/Jn eft,
lJ
1
1,''
'·'4
TheWord
becamejlej!J :made,
but
madenovfngell; NufquamAngdos,Heinno
wifetooke
' _,
10
Angels
nature upon Him.
Bmmade man.
Firft,I willaske with
David,Domine, quideft homo?
Lord,what is
man~
pf.,,qH
And then, tell you His anfwer:
Homo quaji
m
nihili,
Man is like
a
thing ofnought.And this ,
he was
made,
this he became,
made man, made ofawonMn: didnot abhorre theVirgins wombe,
(as we fing daily,to the high praife ofthe
fulnej[e ofHis humility,to
which His love brought
Him for our fakes.) For,
whatfoever
el(e He had beene
made,
it would have done us no good.
In this then wasthefitlnej[eof His Love, as before of His
Fathers,
that He would be
made,
and was
made, not what
was
jitteft
for
Him,
but
what
was
beft
for
11s
:nor,
rvhat
was moll: for
H1'sglory,
bm
•vhat
was moll fotOur
benefi't
and behoofe.
.
c.Made ofawoman.
For,
Man
Hee might have heene
made,
and yet have had a bo–
dyframcdforHim
infleaven,andnotmade ofa Woman.
But when He faith,
Fac1ume.-c
?nfllim,
it is evident, He paffed not
thorow her, as water thoro•v" Conduit Pipe,
(as fondly
dreameththc Anabapu£1:.)
Made
of,
Farfum ex: Ex dicit materiam.
Made of her; She mi-
ntflred the matter,
Fief/, ofherjlej!J. Semen nmlieri,-,
The fe.ed; and
Semen intimumjitbffanti£,
6co. l·'f·
thans,rhepnnctpalland very :nward chiefe part
ofthejitbjlance,
Madeofrhat, made of
hervery
{ttbjlance,
.
. Andfo have we here now in one, both twaine
FlinVatftres. Godfent His Sonne,
There
Hts
Dwtne ·c.Made ofawoman,HereHis Humane Nature. Thatfromthe bofoineofHi; Father,
before all worlds ; Thts from the
wombe ofHu mother,
in the world. So that as fi·om
eter.
nitie,
Go
o
His
Father
might fay that verfeofthe Pfalme,
Fibur met/S es1 11 , 'hodiegentti te,
pf.,l.>-7.
i
Thou
an
my Sonne, tlus day have
I
begotten thee: So,
inthefidnef!e oftimt,
miglmheVir–
gmHrsmother,
noleffetruly,
Fili~M
mmsest11, hodiepeperite,
Thou art my Sonne, this day
have
I
brought thee into the world.
Th
And here now, at this
word,made ofawoman,
He bcginncth to concerne us fomewhar.
as
Hcg~owcth
an alliance betweeneus: For,
we alfoaremadeofawoman.
And our hope is,
(f;ithwtllnot beconfounded, to be counted
mter natos muliemm;
No -more wtll He bee,
Hcb.t.u;
h.
the Apollle)to fay
,mmedtOfratmm;
to acknowledge us His
B'ethren.
And fo by
Rom,8,•9
t
15
:;meHegrowethfomewhatneerett~.
_
m d.
hts now
tsfrdt
for the umon wtthournature,
to be madeofawom•n•
Butfotobc
H:
bf
~:•m•n,
without
~e
be alfo
made11nderthe Lmv,
is not neereenough yet. For, if
M'"'~""'
f
t
11
of the compafle oftheLaw, that the
Law
cannot take hold ofhim,
FaClumex
der
"''
mu
mewl doe us fmall pleafure. And Hewasfobornc,fo
made of awoman;
as the verity
Law.
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