On the Nathjity. 28'r the Lord. And fuddenly there was with the$ ancrel a<multitude of the heavenly hofl, · the whole choir of glorious fpirits, who all . joined in this- heavenly anthen1, Glory td God on hig/1, on earth peffce, andgood-will towards men. And may not that help to l1eighteri and advance our- joy and our thankfufnefs? Can we be infenfible of our happinefs when angels do fo heartily con- . gratufate it? 'Tis a nativity whrch we ce:... lebrate, and any birth dorh muci1 rejoiCe· · perfons interehed': a woman forgets her pangs when a 1nan-ehild is born in to the worl~ -_ · • ·But, tbat our joy and thankfufnefs n1ay _be the n1ore excited', we fhaH, fi:dl-, confi- · dler the exceilency of rhe perfon who ·was . born;. .fecondly the defign of his birth ;; and, tl1ird!y, glance a· litde at the circumflanccs ·of it. · Firfl, then, ne was no· eommon and' or.;.. dinary perfon whofe birth . occafions our .Joy. If we fharf but fix our eyes on his– human nature, and confider thofe excel:.. Iencies that were obvious to the eyes <YJf the– world, ·we ihaU yet acknowledge, tllat ne– ver ·fi.1d1 a perfun appear:ed~ on the face of the earth. It is he whofe nativity was pro-: , mifed iinmediately~ after t!\e faU and fo exA a. :> wly
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