Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9318.S45 L5 1638

2OL v9ngals A1nprarition. there was never Fitch an apparition of Angels, as at this time, and ther,e wa4,4rear Cade, for there ,rs+neyi filch a pound forts, whetherWe In regardof the matter. regard Ehe my ter lf.., th i;neac(1At tg)11 : f' Ghrifl, therewas never filch a thing from thebe- ginning of -the '.World., not never (hall be in this Worlch for cod to rake mans nature onhim, for Heaven and Earth to joyne together, for the Creator tobecome a creature. Or whether we regard the benefit thatcomes Ofthebenest, to us thereby ; Cbri.aby this meanes brings God and man together fince the fall ; Cbrill is the accompli(l mentofall the Prophe ties, ofall the promifes ; they were made inliim and for him, therefore he was the 'exT)eaat a of he Gen- tiles, Before he was borne, he was revealed by degrees. Firft,generally,rhefee2ortheWoman,&c. Then moreparticularly , toegbr4Fp Ord hisfeed, and then tooneTribe, Add/ çhar ee fl',ota l come ofhim ; then toone famifr , clie hoùfe f David; and then moreparticularly, aVirgin fhal6 Conceiveand beare afonne, and the place, Blthlehear, till at the laft John Baptifl pointed him oit with the finger, Beholdthe Lamb ofGod,nhich takethaway; the¡nnes ofthe world. Even as after midnight,the Sungrowesupby littleand little,till hisbeames ftrike forth in the morning, and afterit appeares in glory; fo it was with the Sunne of Righteouf- nefe, as he came nearer, fo hee difcovers him - felfe more glorioufly by degrees , tilt hee was borne indeed, and then you feehere a multitude ofAngel's celebrate his Nativity. Now Gen. ;rg. r

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