l I !. I M<~t9 to \,.,,, I I I M,...,.. I 168 The tide An Expojition Iefus. and fede notthemfdues to lland in neede of A thehclpcof Chrift. Naywhichismore, Ifa manbeknown tlm can cure llrange difeafes, men will feeke tohimby fea and land,and fell both goods &lands to get helpe at his hands. Eucn fo, ifmen were perfwaded that Q:hrill were a pcrf«'tSauiour, &that they were lick and vtterly vnable to bee faued without him, they would neuerreO: nor be quiet, but feeke vnto him for his hclpe, and cry with Dauid, Pfal.35.;. 0 Lord,f•J'vnto myfo•l<,that thourt are giucnby the prophetieall inllinfr or ac– cordingto the euetn: of things which ~ame to pafle aboutthe time ofthebirthofchild£ or they were borrowed fro theholyancellor: to putthe po~erity inmind tofollow their freps. And thus much ofthe duties: Now follow 1 theconfolations t):lat God• Church aodpeoJ.uk.!. !~ pie reapefrom thrs, thatthe Sonneof6.od is our Sauiowr. When asall mankind was ini:lu. dedvnder finne and condemnation , therithe Lord had mercy vpon vs, andgaue vntolnan the couenant ofgrace, in which hepromifed thathisowneSonge !hould be our redeemer This is agreat.and vnfpeakeablecomfort , .; may appeare mthat the Angels fo greatly re· ioyced herein when Chrill was borne.Luk. 2 • mr falu4tion. The woman that was difeafed with an iilcieofblood, came behind our Saui– our Chri!l:, &when!hehad buttouched him, fl1e was healed.In the fame manner,ifwe!hal feeke to come to Chrifl,anddo bnt touch his pretious body and blood by the band offaith, the iffiie and the bleeding wounds of oer foules Oull bedded vp.When a man that had beene ficke eightandthirty yeares was come .to the p9ole of Bethcfda, he wasfaine to lye there vncured ;becaufe when the Angel trou– bled tL1e water, cuermore fome llept before him:but ifwe wil feek to Chrifr for the falua– tion ofour foul~s, no man fuall preuentvs, or flep before vs. And ifwe finde our felues to be fo laden with the burden ofour finnes,that we cannot draw ncer vntohim, letvs then do asthepalfie man did:he gotfoure men to car· ry him on their 010ulders to the place where Chri!l: was: &whenthey could not by reafon B 1 o.u.Behold,fay they,Ibring yo11 tidingsofgrw ·~Jih<tJh•lb< to •lth•f<~pk,thatis,thas ""'•J•• u6orntin tht cit] ofD11NiJ, • Sawio11r, whi'h i4 {hrijlth<Lord.Nowiftheyreioice thusexcee– dingly at Chrillsbirth,:vho was not their Sa• uiour, becaufe they llood noti• need to bere– deemed ; then muchmore ought the Church o_fGodto reioyceherein,whom it doth prin- , ctpally concerne:and nomaruell,for ifwe had Wanted this blclfed Sauiour, it had binbetter to haue bina bruit beafror any other creature then a man: forthe death ofa beafris the end ofhiswoe, but thedeath ofa manwithouta Sauiour is the beginning of endletie miferie. Satan&hisangelsare fallen& haue noSauioftheprelfe ofthe peopleenter intothehoufe they opened the roofe, & let him down in his c bed by cords to Chrift, that he might be hea– led. And fo let vs vfe the helpe of fuch as be godly,that bytheir in!l:ru<'Hos& confolati6s, they may as it were put their (boulders, & by their praiers,as with cords,bringvs to Chrifi rhat w.e may receiue eternall faluation, being otherwifedead in fin &fitbie~ to damnation. Lallly, whereas Jof,ph.and Mary gaue this ! n.une not at their owne pleafitre, but at the I appointmentofGod himfelfe; this mini!l:ers a good in!l:mtl:ion to all parentstouching the namingoftheir children when they are bap– rizcd,tltat thev are with care a"ddeliberation J togiue conucrlient names vnto them, which our,butwhenmanwasfallen,Godof hismer– cy dealt not fo with him, butgaue his owse Sonto rellore him to a better e!l:ate,whereas hemightas iu!l:ly haue damnedallmen for the fall ofour Jirfr parents, as he didthe wicked angelsfor theirs; for God is notbound toany creature: behold then a matterofvnfpeakea– blc ioy: let vs-therefore receiue and embrace ChrifrourSauiour, flie to him for the pardon ofallour fins, and praife his name therefore. j may put them in minde of duties either to I God or men. This is worthy ofourobferuati– on, for many cate not how they name their children, yea it is at rhisday, and euer hath beene, that Come glue fuch names tothem. as that at the very rehearfing thereof, laughter Now weecome to the fecond title ofthe SonneofGod,whereby heistearmedChriff: which title is as it worethe furname ofthe fe– condperfon,as fume do thinke:yet according t() theo~inion offome others, itis ng name at all, but onely a meere appellation,aswhen in the like cafe aparticular man iscalledan,.~, D ora King.Itis al onewithM•fli•h in Hebrew wherewith the redeemer was named in 'the oldTe!l:ament,and both figni6e 4JJJJOint<d, I enft1eth. But this ought not to be fo ; for the r name is giu~.:n vnro children at the time of 1 their bapti{me in the prefence ofGod, of his · (;hurch,an1 angels. cuen then when they are ;tobeenrrcd into theChmch ofGod, & that ,in the nJmcof the Father, theSonne, and the ,holy Ghofbthcrcforethough wodo not place Irc.ligion in titles or names, yet neuertheleffr:~a wife &gadly choife in this matter is to be had I tlut the names impofcd m.1y be in fl:ead ofin– firuCI:i6s & admoniri6s to the parties named: anC: for rh!s caufc in the old tc!bmenr names .. Among the!ewes before the comming of Chrift,threedlatesorordersofmen werean. nointed with oyle: Fir!l: ofall, Kings, as S••l Dauid,andthereltoftheKing>of Iuda. Se~ Tet<ul. condly,thepri<j/sthat ferued in the Taberna- cowa cle and Teinplc before the Lord, when they p,.,.,.,, Were ordained)&as itwere,inftalled into the Dan.9. prieflhood,wereannoymed with oylo,asfirll 'I· ofali,Aaronand his fonnes, but afterward the high Pricfls alone.Thirdly,Prophmwere thus annointed,as Elifl'"· Now this lcgall annoiuting was a type and figure ofthe annointingofChrifr: which was nor with bodily oylc, bmby the fpirit, and it was
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