Noab'r Tive. - - ---#- Will yecaO: your eyes to M.1n? ye !hall fee him not finglc, but branched inro infi A nitediverlitie; not hareand naked,but fumifhed with gifts: not fuperfluou> but dtO:iri'd to due Cervices: notidle, but bulie in meet operations: Neither arc th~fe operations, Cervices, gifi:s, all ofone kind, but diverfly di!linguifi1ed and ''aried : And whence are thefe fo manifOld graces fo divers imploymenrs, bmfromone God, rhe Father,Lord,Spirit? And wherefore are all thefe,but that thefe operarions,minificries, gifis, proceed!ng from one ~ad, Lord, Spiri~ be direcrcd to one, and may ._ end as they began, m aparfeet Llllrty? 0 marvelous conjunllionafdi~ioc and humane things! 0 unutterable communion ofheaven and earth : Wherein is1aid forth unto us theintirerefpecrs and union ofGod to himfelfe byconfttbO:anriality, ofGod to man bymunificence, ofman to God by the bond ofthankfulnes, ofmen tQeach other by the bondofcharity of B ~frs tominiO:eries, ofminiO:eties to operations, ofall to :t\1. ' I !hallnot no.y need, neither indeed would it befit me, i~ fo awfull an arfemblyof ivines to dwell upon Catccheticall points' concerning the mifiery of the faCI ed rinitie; although this iabor iswell worthy ofyou elfewhere,my brethren, and fiKh (if! may perl\vade you) you fhallcarefully bellowar home; This familiar kmd of aching theword ofthe beginnings ofChrifi is grown omoffa!bion ;likeambitins Orators, wee overlook rhis popular firain , and arecarried to an atfe&.ation of perfetlion. You Cee hqw rife Hem• can foare high, yet lives,for rhe mofi parr,inthe lowifr valley;builds in the talleO: rrees,yer feeds in thehumblemarifhes: Sodoe ye, mydeere fellow laborers, not fo much caring to !hewyour felves learned, as to make 'our P!X'Pie fo. Thf1 by theway. Such asGod is, fuch he expreffeshimfelfto us; anr;l fi1ch as he C ~xpreffes hi~lelfe ro us, fuch heform:s us to h~mfelfe : A.s the Sun loo~ing upon a qloud lidy d>fpofe~, f~>r that purpofe, tmpnms m that m01fr glaffe a cert~ bright 1tp~e ofhimfelf; fo dothpod to his Church :From that CeleO:iall and divine TriniIY, iffer!Ore, is here apparently deduced another Triniry,fublunaryand humane· Of gifts,minifieries, operatiom: Fromthe fpirit are derived gifts; miniO:eries frorr: the Son, operations from the Father : Tbm4re diverfrtiu ofgift I, h11t the [aNJe Jpirit; of minifleriel, hHt thefavu Lord; ofoperation, b11t tbefameGot!. Away withall niceties ofPythagoreancalcula£ions; All nnmberoare alike to me, fave thofc which God himfelf bath chalked our untQ us, as here hehath manifel1ly done. ln one word, anUnity and aTrinitymake up.this golden fentcnce. Thereis a Trinity in this Unity, .There isan Unity in this'l:rinit)l: li'irfi, here is a perfeCi D (that is,a Triple)Trinity; aTrinity ofdiverGties, aTrinityoffaculties,a Trinityof givers; for there arefo many diverGties as faculties, apd fo ma~y faculties as givers: The faculties are three;gifts, minifieries, operations: Thegiversthree, The Father, 1 theSon,tbeSpirit, which all are included in one Unitie (~·,<',.0) rhefamcGod· And yet even that linity bathhi; difiiRCtion,whiles gifts are (as ir were) by a fpeci~ airy afcribedto theSpirir, mioifieries to the Son,to the Farher operationsThat our difcourfe may not feem too perplexed, wewill fullow the foot-O:epsof rbeApofile, and with all poffible petfpicuity, will apply the diverfities ro the faculties, the faculties to the giverssThefe Trinities to their Unitic, and(thisdone)draw toabriefe conclufion. A threefoldffiverlity arguesmultiplicity; What meantthe Ancienrsrodreame E but ofthree Graces?there are athoufand graces, gifrs infinite : Look upon all the grand-childrenofAJam,thatever were; amongfi fo many rhoufand millionsoffaccs ye !halleafilyobferve fame varietyoffavors : It is a wondcrro fenvhardiverfity of formes there is, in that whichwe call beauty: No twins are fo like as not ro bewray fame diffimilitude: Certainly there isnot fo great varietyoffaces; as ofmindes: As features are tothe countenance, fo are gifts to the mind; Each one bath fame, all havemany, nonehave all. Tl~re arediverjitiuofgifts. . S•lmer•n, with Cajet.in, under(taods here rhofe gifts which wecaU Gratil1<gratir tlatM,Graces freely given; wherin he faies true,bur not enough:For as rheold word is, Favorsmufiheenlarged; and thofe gifrs which make usgraciousarebefiworthy
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