! 280 On the-1Vativity. cerned it it. 1'hefe mauntaitzs do leap for -joy becaufe the 'valleys, were filled with a fruitful ihower: for when thofe glorious fpirits did behold God !t0oping to the con– dition of a 1nan, and man raifed above the lowlinefs of his fiate, and the happinefs of all t~1e angels, they were tranfported with adrniration ,of the n1yfiery, and joy for the felicity of their fellow-creatures; and -did ·with the greateft chearfulnefs perfonn the cn1baffies they -were fent upon in this great ---.,,.4~ir. For having before adv~rtifed the ed virgin of her n1ir~culousconception, "left her .modefiy fuould have been offended at fo firange an accident, and having re– n1oved the fufpicion of her betrothed bur– band, -they rejoi~---hr-ing the firft ne-ws _of~that lnfiniten1crcy whieh we ·ren1en1ber this day. - For as c·ertain Jhepherds were fteding their flocks Vjr nig·ht the a11gel of the Lord appeared unto them, and the glury of _the Lordfoone round about them; and when this glorious ·appearance had confounded their fenfes and almoft fcattered their un– derfl:anding, the angel faid unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring unto ]"U tiel- · ings of great joy, which jl;al/ be unto al! people. For unto j ou is.-born this day in the– cJty of Darvid, a S:tviour) whicb is Chri/l' · the
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