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Of the

Sermon),

Ezek. H·

heards,

ofthe birth ofaS

hepheard; Ezekiels

Shepheard ;

EcceJie(citabo vobis Pafforem

;

Re.'

111

Pct~l·

hold,

wiD

raife yore

Shepheard:

the' Chiife Shepheard, the

Great Shephwd,

and

the

'Goodshepheardthatgave His lifefor Hujlocke.

And fo, it was not unfit newes, fort

Per·

H<b.,;.

fons to whom it came.

cloh.•

~~·

forthe

Manner.·

the Angell delivcrcth it

Evangelizando, church-wife,

(and thanvas

"·a

figne, this placdhould ever be the

Exchange

for this newes:)

church-wife

f.1y) for

cloth it by a

Sermon:

here at this

Verfe:

and thenby

Hymne

AntiJCmeafter,

at the

XIIII.

Dix't/·

Verfe.

Sermon: tl;e u1ngell

hiiNfelfecals it fo,

Evmtgelizo vobzs,

come to Evano-elize,

vange "

preach J9tta Go(Jzell:

that

hdl:.

'And prefcmly afrer hee had done his

Sermon,

t!~re

is the

Jlymne, Gloria

exceljis,

taketl up by the OJ!ierc ofHeaven. An

Angellrmkcs

rhc one: A

multitudeoflAngelslingtheother. The whole fcrvice of this day, the

Sermon,

the lA

theme,

Ang•ls,

all.

Now, the end of both

Sermon

and

Antbeme,

and ofthe

u1z•gels,

in publi!hing ir,

and

f."'••g•·

oftheShepheards,

and us, in hearing ir,

isgaudium,joy,

forthe Benefit,and Honour;

Gaudrum

:t.o

gaH·

magnum,greAt joy,

for the great Benefir, and great Honour vouchfafed our Nature, and us,

,:;,""'·this day.

Ioy ,is

intheText,and if

joy

bein

th~

time,it

is no harme: We keepe

theTfxt,

we hofd the

Timo

with

Ioy,

For fo the

Angelldoth

warrant ns

hold it.

TheDi-

Ofthis Angelicall, or Evangelical! melfage, or (as nod, but the

Angel!

calleth it)

Sor•

'll!fion,

mon;

thefe two

Verfes,

have read, arc

parr. Wheteofthe former is but an

Ecce,

exciting;

them to heareit, by magnifying the melfage, as well worth their hezring,

Be not a(raid,for

hehold Ibring

yor~

goodtydings, ofgreat

joy,

rvhichjhafl beto allpeople.

Thdancr,

is the very

mejfageit[elfe, Thar,thereuborne,rentoyore, tlm day a

SAVI

ov~,

whHh,·

the

LoR o,

intheCitieofDavid.

In the former, arethefe points:

Feare not,

(it is no

if!newes,

I bring you)

·Nay,

itisgoodnMes.

3·

Good,foritisnewesofjoy.

4· Ioy,andthatnoordinary,butgreatjoy.

5. Not to fome few, butto

thervholopeople.

And not

toti populo

to all one people, but

omnipopulo, to aftpeople

whatfoever. 7· And them, not forrhe prefem, but

~od

omni

populo,

that is, and fo

jhafl bee,

to all, as long as there !hall bee any people, upon earth.

And, by venue ofthis

[~od

erit,]

to us, here, tlus day.

Ecce,

Behold, fuch is the newes

I bring.

In the latter, the

Me/Jage

it felfe. (Thcfumme whereofis)the

Birth ofachilde,A Chi!de

The. mer-

ishorne.

Three thingsarepropofed ofHim.

This

Childe

is a S • vI ova.

A Savi–

~ff.~'

ottr,

which is

R I s T.

3·

Chrift the Lord, Chriflm domimu.

For, every

Saviortrisnot

H R I

T, nor every

chrift

H R

Tu s D o

M I

Nu s, C

11 R 1

the L oR o, or

The

the L o Ro

I s T. He, rs all three.

Nam".

Then

h~vewe

befides, threecircumllances, ofthe

Perfons, •Time,

and

Place.

The

Per(ons,

for whom allthisis: twice repeated;

Evangelizo vobu

in the fir!1

crle,

'Natu<

!"!efi~~:

vobU

in the fecond .. But this, Imake fomc doubt of, whether it be a

Circumflance

or no: I

'"·

rathtr hold it a principal! part ofthe

Subjlance,

as, the word ofconveyance, whereb}' it paf-

feth to us. And fure, there is no

joy

either in

Evangelizo,

the

c..Me/Jage;

Natrrs,

the

Birtl1,

'lo~~.Pcr.

without it; without

Vobu.

But, ifthe

Me/Jage,

and the

Birth

it felte both, be

orrrs;

then it

Garedir1m

magnumindeed.Specia!ly,if we adde (z.) the Timewhen,not many daycs hence,

TbcTime

but even

thri very day.

And

(

3.) the

Place

where,thatit is in no remote Region farre hence,

but

in the Citie o(David,

even here hard by.

The Place.

AAd thenla!1ly in a Word; what our parts are to performe, to the[c nvo parts,

this

Our~uty

dayes

Mejfage,

and 'this dayes

Birth

of our S

o v

11,

C u

R I

the

L o Ro.

rccipr<Kall

IJ3e not afrmd.

Th''

"'"'HEre

is a llop, that the c..Mejf,.gecannot proceed:

Forthe.lighto~the

MetJ'enger,

hath

•ft•rd.

almo!1 marred the hearing ofthe

Me/Jage.

The pames, to whom1t comes, be rn fuch

feare,

as they be nor in cafe

receiveit.

They were afraid,

and that

(ore afraid

(as is faid in

the

Vtrfe

before) at the fight ofthe

Angel,

that came with the newes.

were

And this was not the cafe ofthe[e poorc men onely: Others,and other manner of peo–

«hers.

plc were fo, as well as they. This Gofpell

of.~

aint Luke

is fcarce begun; we arc yet but a

little