A The PaJ!ionSermJn, I~ all informed andqaickncd; by the precious blo?dof t~lt Sonr.eofGcd, wh;cn 1 l thi; day,and this houre, was!bed for our r<dempoon, bemc!mcd ro peace and !ov" rhoughourbraines be different, yer let our hean.s be o~e. Ir Wa'i, as l heard, rhe dyinn fpeech ofcur I are reverend,worrhy and gracJOUS DJocefan; Mod• me~'""'"" viva?acftoreat Ecclejia; oh,Jtt if, n·ben I am d~ad, tbe ChHrch f!ldJ livennd ftrur~fh. Whara fpirirwas here? what a fpeech? how worrhy nevcrrodie? howworthy of J fonle fo neere to his heaven? how worrhyoffo happy a.fuccdlion? Yeewbom God bathmade inhetiroms ofthis b!dfed clte, who doe no lefie long for the profpe· riry ofSJon,live you to effetr wharhedid but Jive to wif!1; all peace with our fell'<', and warre with nonebur Rome and Hell. And ifthere be any waywltd Separatif!, whofe foule prof<fietb to hate peace; I feare to tell him Pa11/r rneiT2ge , yet r mu([: Would to God thofc w<re cutoffrhar trouble you. Howcmoff? A S{!ood Theodoji11s ;~:,~:':,~,[·· B faid to Demophil111, acomentious Prelate; Si lit pa:cnJfugk, &c. lfthoH fliepeace, I E<d</i<fogm I will nuke the<Jlie theCh•rch. Ala<,they do f! ieit: that which !honld be theirpunifb- m.md,. menr, they make their commtment ; howare they worthyof pity? As opt•lltJof his Don•tills;thcy are Brethren,mig~t becompanions,and wiH ~o~.Oh wilfoll men; whither doe they run? from one Chnll to another? IsChnrt dtvtded? we have him, thanksbe to our good God,and we heare him daily; and whether !hall we goe from thee?thou hall the wordsofeternalllif<. Thus theCeremonies are finijh<d: now heare the endofhi; [offerings, with like patience and devotion : hisdearh is here included, it was fo neere that he fpakeofit as done .i and when it was done,aHwas done. How caGe is irro lofe our felves in this difcourle !howhard not to be overwhelmed with matter ofwonder; & to find either C beginning or end!hisfutferingsfound an end,our thoughrsc5not.Lo,with this word he is happilywaded cmof thofedecps offorrows, whereoforr conceirs can find no bottome: yet let us,with Peter, girdourcoar,and call our felves a little into thisfea. All his lifewasbur aperpetuall Paffion: In that he becameman, he (offered more thanwe can doe, eitlierwhilewe are men,or when we ceafe to bemen; he humbled, yea,he emptied himfelfe. We, when we ceafe to be here, ar~cloathed upon,2 cor.5. l;.i;;;';~"' Weboth win by our being, and gaineby our loife; he loft, by takingour tnore or le!Te to himfelfe,that is,manhood. For, thoughever asGod, I and "'l FatheNreohe: yeras man,MJ Father;, greater th•ni. That man !hould be turned ioroa beart, irito:i worme,inro dull, into nothin!!; is not (o great adifparagemenr, as thlt God !hould becomeman:and yet it is not fini!hed; it isbutbegun.Bmwhat man; If, as the abfaluteMonarch oftheworld, he hadcommanded rhe vaiTalage o£311Emperours, and ' Princes,and had trodon nothing but Crownes and Scepters,and the necks of Kings, 0 and bidden all rhe Potentates ofthe earth to attend hisrraine; 1his had carried fome port with it; fuitable to the heroicall Majefly ofGods Sonne.Nofuchmatter: here is neither Fonne norBeamie; uole!Te perhaps (!<•r<• .r... ) the forme ofa fervanr : you • E have made me to fervewith your finnes. Behold, he is aman to God; a fervanr to man ;and,bcit fpoken with holy reverence, a grudge to his fervam,. He is defpifed and rejelted ofmen ; yea (as himfelfe,ofhimfelfe) a worme,and no man, thefbame ofmen, and contempt ofthepeople. Who i1the King of glory? theLord'ifHoafil, l.•ei1 theKivgofglorJ· Serrhefe two together; theKing ol~lory; the fl1ameofmen : the l'fll. , 4 _ 10 . more honour;the more abafemenr. Leak back to his Cradle: rhere you finde him rejeC!,ed ofthe Bethlemites; borne and laid, alas, how homely, how unworthily· fought for by Herod, exiled ro £gypt, ob(curely brought up in the Cottoge of~ poore Feller-father, rranrporred and tempted by Sarhan, detirl<d ofh;s kindred, blafphemouOy rradoced by the]ewes, pinched with hung<r, rellldfe, harbonrlefle, forrowfull, petfecmed by the Elders and Pharifes, fold by hisown fcrv,nt, apprcben~ed, !fralgned,fcourged,condemned,and,yet it is not fini!hed. Let m, with that D,fctple,follow hrm a far otf;and palling overall his cont~mptuousufage in the wJy, fe~ him brought tohisCr?a:e. Still the limber we looke, themore wonder: every Alh• , _ thm~ adde~ to thiS tgnommieoffuffering, and triumph of over-commin{!. Where ~. :r->i~ . , . was1t?nm 1n acorner, nsl,aulfaith toFtjlJtt, bot in Jrmfalem, the eye-~theheart of theworld. Obfcuriry abJteth lhame: 'pubiique notice heightens it: Before •IIIJiwl -'-----~-----------------------(/'!:!: _____
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