ergs', WWVeW*MtsiV.e Alstete'Ps9eqO 3+, -Wk t AriirMNEeric*Ak.3.CN:m3 t Iohn, 3. I. Beehaldwhat lone the Father bathfhewedunto vr, that thefhouldbe called Sonnes ofGod. Remember the holy policy vfedby Padbeing at Athens a, aA&s iv. feting among them an altar inferibed , lo the unknown God: and finding their humor of hearing newts, beetooke aduao. cage thereby to further his purpofeof preachingto them the true Iehouah: Whomye thenignorantly war(hip(faithhe) himfhew Ivntoyottb: You pretend worshiptoanvnknowne God :be. f Veena3; hoid,here a God, whom you hauenotknown : you liften fornewes ;feehere har which beforethistime you hauenot heard of. My delire is in this tobee a followerof Pan!at this time.Great is menu readines(chiefly in theftvnfet. ledand giddy times) to gaze vpon ffrangeandvncouth fights, to run tofee things that are either rare, ashavingbeen feldome feen,or elfe exquifite , as abounding with Arr,and full ofinutntion :Ihaue thought it fittingtherefore, toquickenyour attention vetome thisday, by promifrngtome kindof(off. fa&ionvnto thisfceiisg humour; and haue therefore chofenout this text; by thevery firff word whereof, asbyCome folemneproclamation, we are called to the viewingof a matter, which is withoutall prefidenr theworth alfo whereofis luth, that we may well with a kind ofaffonifhmentandamazed, nelleadmire it,but the eloquenceofnoman aline,is able fully and effellually to expreffeit. Beholdwhat lonethe Fatherhath(hewed ontovs,thatwe fhonldbe caü latheSonnetof God. I befeech yon affoard inc yourheedfullefl obferuation, while I ¡hall point my finger vntochoreparticulars whichare moil remarka ble in this fenteuce. And first l will openthewords,and then fecondly the Do&rines and iuffru- '!heard,,;, &ions riling outof the words.Inthe wordsthere aretwo things chiefly:firft, handling th s what thismeanes,fonnet afGod;fecondly,whatthis,TobecalledthefantesofGod. Scripture. Firfb,former ofGod, is atitle vied diners waies;the SonsofGod is either byna- ture,or by creation,or byparticipation,or bya generalprofeffron,orby adop. tion. The Son ofGodbynature,is Iefus Chrift alone,who is thereforetermed Gods onlybegotten Sanno', and hisproper Sanwa,The regenerate altoare Paid to a Iolas rat beborneofGod°;but that is aborrowedfpeech,fpiritually tobe vnderffoodof't'`h°f eo . anew creation,but not ofany naturali defcent.Sonneebycreation,areall both Rotn.l.3s. f tIohnt.r3; Angels andmen: to the Angelsare termed the childrenafeed . And,thatGod jloh s6, istheFather ofvs all bycreation,is prouedby that oftheProphet, Uanewee a not allone Father, bathnot one Godmade essi Sennes ofGodby participation, aregmtal.s.re; allMagilirates and meniutru¡fed with theCword ofciuill authorityh,becaufe hPfal,Sx.é, God dealeth with them asPrinces with theirchildren,towhom they commu- nicateCome part oftheir owneMaiefiies. Sonnet by generall profeffion,are all whichhue in thevifible Church,andhaue aPhewof Godlines,and profeffeto: worshipGod inChrifi;Cothepeople profeling true Religionbeforethe loud are called theSonnet ofGod+. Sonnet 6yadptian,are fonues choler thereunto,,not i Gen4.a beingfobynature ì thus Mofes maybefold to honebeen the adoptedchild of Pharaohsdaughterhewar so herronnek :andhe refnfed tohecalledthe fortofPhara- k Exod. s. to: ohs dangbtorl. And fo Hefter wasMardecaihisadopted child; Hoe tookeher for OH°b.n.a4. his ómndaughter'°. Now,when this Sonne-¡hip byadoption, is applied to tiiofe osHellav, whomGod chooCeth,: there aretwokinds olio mentionedin Scripture : The former ofwhich is buta refemblance and figure of the latter. Of it isthat Hh; fpeech
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