Andrewes - Puritan 02003

Sermon

4·

Of the

NAT

IVl

1 E,

fi"om

nder tha ThreJlJOidoftheTon;te

that cooke him t_o the

ankles

firfi, then to the

lmets;

af..

rerto the

loynes;

atlalt fo

h;ghrijen;

there was no mote pafi:1ge.

_ .

1 •

From

thcftdne!fe

oH-Its

Comfafton, Hefent

to releafc us:

2_.

From

thefulneffi

HI$

Love, Befent

H1i

Sonne: 3·

thefrdne(JeofH11mtltty, Hefent litm made:

4··

UW:ade ofa

Woman

tO make a

{lillttnzon

wtth our

Nat11re

Made rmder the Law,

to )nake

thcttnion

yet

mo:c

perfeeHy

frtll

with

ourfinfr•ll condition:

That we might obtaine a full delive–

rance, fi·omall

Evtll,

bemgredeemed

7· And a full el\ate.o(all the

loy

and

Glory

ofhis

heavenly inheritance, by being

Adopted.

So, there ts

frdnef!e

ofall hands. And fo much .

fonhejidnejfi:ofthebmejit,

we rccerve;

Now,

forthefrdlnej/i:oftlie D!ttiel

we are to

perfo~:meri1is

day. For,

in thefutnifJeof

time,

all rhino-s are

frill. Plenitudo tempons, tempru

plenitt~dimi.

And feeing God hath

fuffered us tolive,

fee the yeare

abour

to this

plenitudo temporu:

ifit be

Coon GOIJS

part ;meet alfo, it be fo on

011rs'

and that rnebe not

emptie,

tl11Sfulnej{eoftimt._

It is not.

fir if

be atthe

b~tnke,

thaove beatthe

botMm.

Bur,that

be wtllmg, toyeeld Htm of

011

againe; of

ourdutie(I

meanc:) thatir,to Him, in a meafure and ptoponion be like

full,

:rshis

Bo11nty

hath

beenejitll

above meafure toward us. That fofrom us,and on

ouryarts,ic

may be

plenit11do

t~mporis,

temptts plenitlldini.·, tliefr•lnejfi: of time,

time offulnejp,

chufe

yoll whether.

And a

timeoffnlnejfeit

will be,(I know) in a fenCe: of

fulneffe ofbml, offulnejfeof

hravery,

jiil11ef1e ofJPortandpajlime:

and this it may be. And

hath beeneever,

ajoy–

frdltime

in appearance, for it lhould be fo.

With the joy_

(1:1ithEfay, a vcrfe ortwo before,

Eray

;

P11er 11atus <iflnob;s,

unto us a Ch,lde rs borne)

that men rejoyce•vtth,

harv<ifl:

Notto goe

from our

Text

here, With thejoy ofmen that are come out ofprifon,have[caped the

Larv;

With the

joy

ofmen that have got the reverlion ofa

goodly heritage.

0 ne!y, that we forget

notthe ptincipall; that this outward

joy

eat not up, evacuate not our

fPiritt~all

joy,

proper to

the

Feaft

that we have inminde, inrbe middelt ofour mirth, thecaufe ofit, CH a

rsT

{ending,

and the

benefit~

hat come thereby; And it lhall qe a good figncunto us, ifwe

can thus rejoyce,

this

otii·joy

can be

fr.<}!,

if we

cat;~

make a

J}iritual!

blellingtheobjeCl of

our mirth.

Beat

poptdru,

qtti

fcit jubilationcm,

Btelfcd is.rhe people, that can rejoyce on this

PfJ.Sg.-rs:

manner.

And after

Mrjoyfidnejfe,

fulnejfi:"ofjoy; 0/lrfa/neJ!i: ofthankes,

tbankfttlnejfi:,is

tO"

en:

:l:

fue: For with Jlm

fulne/Te,

weare to celebrate irlikewife, Our

mindes

fir!\, and then our

moHthes;

robe filled with blelling, and praife, and thankes to Him, that hath maC!e our times

not to fall into thofe

cmptie

ages ofthe world, but t<i fall within this

fulnelfe

time,

which

(omany KingsandProphets dcjired to have livedin,

but fell fl10rtof

and lived then, when

Lukoo.~

the nmes were

fi•ll

offl1adowes, andpromifes, and n6thing.elfe. How infl:antly they longed

to have held fuch a

Feajl,

to have kept a

Cllfijlma,

it is eyrc\ent by

Dav_id's lnclinacxlos,

p£'-'H-f'

E{ay's

Vtinamdi{rt~mpa;

Cfl'los, B01v the Heavens,and breakethe Heavens:

How much (I fay)

Ef,y6+·!·

they longed for it: And therefore,that we make not llghtaccountofit.

To render our thankesthen;and to rememqerro

doe irfid!y,

To forget none: To

Him

that

IVas fent,

androliimrhat

Sent; SentliuSonne,

inthis;.the

SpiritofH•sSonne,

in the

next verfe. To begin with

ofmlamini

Filit~m,it

is thefir!\ durieenjoyned us this day,to

ki!/e

Pr.!. ;;.

the babe

new borne, that when his

Father

would

fend Him,

[aid,

Eccevenio, [o

readily: and

P£3.

40 . 7 .'

when He w:ould

make Him,

was content with

C~rp_ru

aptajli mihi,

eo have a body madeHim,

~eet

fa; Htm tofylfer in :who

wi~lingly

yedded "rt:lbee our SH

1 LO;

to this

<i..-t>H"

here;

Gcn.4,.xo

yea,to.b~

notonely CH a' s

but an wj>ojlfeforus,

(Heb.zii.v.z;) rfleniM Apojlleof

ourprofefton.

Andnotto Himtbat

IVIU fentand mal.e

alone: but to the

FATHER tl:iatfent Him,

and

}~;l~e

HOLY

GHOSTrha~

made Him,

(as by whom Hewasconceived.)torheFATHER,

H~1?2ijl'ton;the

SoNNE,

forl~tsredemptton;

the

HoLY GHOST, forhtsadopttun;

For,

Tt ls.wrought. He that

mM!e litm thefonne ofMan

cloth likewtfe

regenerate

m,tothc:

areo tke

SonnesofGod.

And this for our

thankefrdnejf/;

\vhaf(~

nd to thefet':"o, (tomakethemeafure

fidl)

ro joyne,

thefr•lne!feofduty,

even

ever

dlltifuit

mmded per[ons may yeeld to a

bountifi•l! rnmded

and a

bountifull

/;anded