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Ofthe
NATIVITIE.
Sermon+·
handed
Benefactor. And with this to beginne, to
confec'r~te
this firfi day ofthis
fi•lnef{t of
mm :
even,wirh
ourfervice
to
Him at the
fi•ll;
which is then at the
ft•ll,
when no pan is mif–
iing: when all our
duties
of
preaching,
and
praying,
of
hy•mm,
of
offering,
of
Sacrament;
and
all, meet together. No
ftt!nejfe
tl1ere is of our
Ltfllrgie,
or publike folemne Service,without
the
Sacrament.
Some
part
;yea, the chiefe
part
is wanting, if that be wanting. But our
thankes
arc furely not
ft•ll,
without the Holy
Et<charift,
which is by ,interpretation,
Thanl:f-
:m.u6.<> giving
it fclfe.
Ft<lly
we cannot fay,
.f<Eidretriht~am
Domino l
but we mull anfwer,
Ca!i–
' l
&em
.fidt~taris
.ccipiam,
we
will take the mp ofJalvation,
and with it in our hands
give th.tnlcts
toHim, render Him our true
EuchArijl,
or reall
Thank(giving
indeed.
In which
C11p
is the
§lot~d;
not onely ofour
redemption, oftheCovmant,
thatfrecth us from the
Law,
and ma–
Hlt.>l•a
keth the
Deflroyer paf{e ov er
m,·
out ·qfour
Adoption
ofthe
New-Ttftament
alfo, which en–
t;tlcs us, and conveyes unto us
(TeJfament-wife,
or by way of
Legacie)
the elhte we have in
the joy and bliffe of His heavenly Kingdome, whereto we are
adopted.
We are then made
.
partakers ofHim, and with Him ofboth thefe His benefits. Wethere are made to
drinkeof
' Cor.••·
thtSpirit,by
whichwt
areJealed to the day of o11r Redemptionand,.Adopti8nboth.
So that,our
10ph+;~:
freeing from
rmderthe
L~w,
our invell:iture into our new
adopted
ll:ate,are not fully confum-
mate without it.
And
what~
Shall thisbe
all~
No, when this is done,thereis allowance
oftwdvt dayes
more, for this
fi•lneJ!e
of
time.-
that we
jhrinkt
not up our
dutie
then into this
d"J
alone, buc
in the
refl
alfo remember, to
redume
Come
part
ofthe day, to
adopt
fom~
heure
at the leafi,to
bethinke ourfelvesofthe
duty,
the Timecalleth to us for: that
lo,
we have not Io •
s
die$
.
,
vacuos,
no day quite
empty
in this
ftt!ne.f[e oftime.
Hereofaffuring our felves, that what we
~Cor.
6
·''
doe in this
ft•lmjfe oftime,
will have
fit!/
acceptance at His hands.
It
is the
time ofHis Birth.
which is ever a
time
,as
a(cepttd,[o
of
accepting;wherein,
what is done,will
beAC(tptahty
takeR
_
to
thefitll.- Fr<lly
accepted, and fully rewarded by Him, of
whofefu!nejfe wee all rmive
~
~o~.,
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With this condition,
ofgracefor grace,
ever, one grace for another.
And fo; growing
(romgrace to
grace,finally from this
fu!neJ!e,
we !hall cometo be
parta~
"'\
0
io.
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kers ofanother yet bchinde, to
whi~h
we afpire. For,
all
this
!sbuttheft•lntjfuftime:
Buc
P •
that, the
ft•lne!Je
of
etermty,
when ume !hall be run out,and h1sglaffe empue,
Et tempus nm
~
erit ampliu<;
which is, at His next
fending• .
For yet oncemOI'e !hall God
fend
Him, and
He
comt
againe. At which comming,we !hall then indeed receive the
fulnejfe
ofour
Rtdemptien,
not from the
Law
(that we have already,) but from
Cemption,
towhichourbodiesare yet
fubject; and receive the
full fruition
ofthe
Inheritanct,
whereto we are here but
adopted.
And
then it will be perfect, compleat, ahfolmefulmJ!t indeed, when we !hall all
bejlltd
with the
J'.ph.t.>J·
ftdnejfe of
fl
im thatjilleth allin all.
For fo fhall all be, whennothing !hallbe wanting in any:
I•Cor.t s.
for Go
o
jha!lhtallina!l.
NotashereHeis, fomething,(and, butfomething)inevery
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one; but then
omnia in omnibJU.
And then, the
meafure
!hall be
fo
foU,
as it caMot
enter
into
!>I•~·' f·~'
us, we cannot hold it : We mull:
enter
into it;
Intra ingaudium Domini tui.
:r
o this we afpire, and to this, in the
fttlneJ!e
appointed ofevery one ofour times,
AI:
mighty
Go
o
bring us, by
Him,
and for
Hafake,
that
inthisfulneJ!eoftime.
wasfent
to worke it for us,_in His perfon :and worke it in us, by the
operationofHis
BleJ!ed SPIRIT.
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Towhom,&c.