2 5~ o,~_ the Nati'Vity. . ~ord, what is man, that thou ttike(l k!to7U– ledge ofhitn? or the jon ~fman, that thott' '1nakefl jitch account of' him, ::;.r.? and that thou jhouldefl Jet thine heart fo much upon him t? Oh that men would therefore prnife t!Je ' Lord fi.r his goadnefs, aJtd.for his wonderful works to the children of men! 0 g·irve – than~s unto the Lord, for be is good: for his mercy endureth for er-uer. BleJ!erl be the natne oj the L.ord from this time forth and · for everm?re, Amen. · * Pfalm. exliv. 3· t Job vii. I 7. On the Nativity of our Savio"ur. P sA L. ii. I I. the latter part. Rejoice with trembling. THE obfervation of fefiivals _being ~ne of thofe balls of con!enuon wh1ch have been to!fed fo hotly in the religious debates of this unhappy age, it may per– haps be expecred, that we ihould begin-with a vindication of this day's folemnity fro1n the exceptions that are wont to be taken againfi it; and that the <?ne half of our .fer- .\ mo11 fhould be fpent in apology for the o– ther.
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