A sermon preached before the King at Whitehall, on Christmas-Day, 1696 by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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             A sermon preached before the King at Whitehall, on Christmas-Day, 1696 by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
          
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           PRINTED
           By
           His
           Majesty's
           Special
           Command
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           KING
           At
           WHITEHALL
           ,
           ON
           
             CHRISTMAS-DAY
             ,
          
           1696.
           
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           
             GILBERT
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           SARUM
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Ri.
             Chiswell
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Rose
          
           and
           
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           MDCXCVII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           BISHOP
           of
           
           SALISBURY's
           Sermon
           before
           the
           KING
           ,
           ON
           CHRISTMAS-DAY
           .
           1696.
           
        
         
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           KING
           .
        
         
           
             GAL.
             IV.
             VER
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             
               
                 But
                 when
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 the
                 time
                 was
                 come
                 ,
                 God
                 sent
                 forth
                 his
                 Son
                 made
                 of
                 a
                 Woman
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           THE
           Mysteries
           of
           God's
           Providence
           ,
           are
           of
           all
           others
           the
           most
           Amazing
           .
           A
           small
           Measure
           of
           true
           Reason
           ,
           with
           good
           Degrees
           of
           Humility
           and
           Modesty
           ,
           will
           easily
           bring
           one
           over
           to
           Submit
           to
           Matters
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           Divine
           Essence
           ,
           if
           it
           appears
           that
           they
           are
           expresly
           Revealed
           ,
           
           though
           the
           forming
           Distinct
           Apprehensions
           of
           them
           be
           above
           our
           Faculties
           ,
           which
           God
           knows
           are
           Weak
           and
           Short-sighted
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           a
           more
           obvious
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           more
           pressing
           Difficulty
           ,
           that
           arises
           from
           the
           Methods
           of
           God's
           Governing
           the
           World.
           There
           is
           no
           great
           matter
           in
           that
           which
           is
           drawn
           from
           the
           Varieties
           and
           seeming
           Partialities
           of
           Providence
           :
           The
           Prosperity
           of
           Bad
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           Afflictions
           of
           the
           Just
           ,
           have
           often
           such
           visible
           tendencies
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           are
           followed
           with
           such
           a
           just
           Distribution
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           in
           another
           State
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           no
           formidable
           Objection
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           the
           world
           should
           be
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           abandoned
           ,
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           it
           being
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           delivered
           up
           in
           Bulk
           to
           Ignorance
           ,
           Idolatry
           ,
           Immorality
           ,
           and
           Magick
           ;
           so
           small
           a
           part
           of
           it
           being
           enlightned
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           so
           very
           small
           a
           part
           being
           either
           guided
           or
           bettered
           by
           that
           Light
           ,
           carries
           in
           it
           a
           Train
           of
           Difficulties
           ,
           which
           we
           can
           never
           hope
           to
           see
           through
           ,
           till
           welcome
           at
           that
           Light
           to
           which
           we
           cannot
           now
           approach
           .
           Why
           the
           world
           was
           let
           run
           into
           so
           much
           Corruption
           for
           about
           4000
           Years
           ,
           before
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           was
           sent
           forth
           into
           it
           ;
           Why
           this
           Light
           has
           not
           Shined
           into
           all
           the
           Corners
           of
           the
           world
           ever
           
           since
           ;
           And
           that
           which
           is
           the
           most
           Amazing
           of
           all
           ,
           is
           ,
           Why
           do
           those
           who
           enjoy
           it
           value
           it
           so
           little
           ,
           and
           are
           so
           little
           reformed
           by
           it
           ,
           are
           indeed
           Mysteries
           that
           we
           cannot
           see
           through
           .
        
         
           Yet
           though
           we
           cannot
           quite
           comprehend
           them
           ,
           we
           have
           some
           hints
           given
           us
           to
           shew
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           certain
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           by
           Consequence
           a
           wise
           Direction
           in
           this
           great
           Transaction
           .
           A
           time
           was
           prefixed
           for
           it
           ,
           long
           before
           it
           happened
           ;
           and
           the
           Accomplishment
           did
           punctually
           Answer
           the
           Predictions
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           name
           only
           Two
           of
           the
           most
           Remarkable
           .
        
         
           About
           1800
           Years
           before
           it
           ,
           
             Jacob
          
           when
           dying
           had
           foretold
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Scepter
             should
             not
          
           
           
             depart
             from
             Iudah
             ,
             till
             Shiloh
             should
             come
             ,
          
           by
           whom
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           were
           to
           be
           called
           to
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           God.
           The
           Importance
           of
           which
           was
           ,
           That
           the
           Tribe
           of
           
             Judah
          
           should
           continue
           to
           be
           God's
           People
           ,
           under
           their
           peculiar
           Laws
           and
           Government
           ,
           till
           the
           Messias
           should
           come
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           were
           to
           be
           
             gathered
             .
          
           The
           other
           Tribes
           were
           for
           the
           greater
           part
           so
           lost
           ,
           that
           scarce
           any
           Remnant
           of
           them
           was
           left
           :
           But
           the
           Tribe
           of
           
             Judah
          
           still
           remained
           a
           visible
           Body
           of
           Men
           ,
           Governed
           by
           their
           peculiar
           Laws
           ,
           till
           
           the
           time
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           coming
           into
           the
           world
           .
           
             Herod
          
           had
           been
           made
           their
           King
           by
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Senate
           ,
           and
           was
           afterwards
           Confirmed
           by
           
             Augustus
             ;
          
           they
           were
           thereby
           brought
           under
           Subjection
           ,
           though
           
             Herod
          
           Governed
           them
           indeed
           according
           to
           
           Mose's
           Law.
           
             Augustus
          
           ordered
           a
           Taxing
           of
           all
           the
           Empire
           ,
           of
           the
           Tributary
           or
           Subjected
           Provinces
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           that
           which
           was
           incorporated
           into
           the
           Empire
           :
           And
           this
           happened
           precisely
           at
           the
           time
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Birth
           .
           Soon
           after
           that
           ,
           
             Judea
          
           was
           made
           a
           Province
           ;
           their
           Current
           Money
           was
           only
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Coin
           ;
           
             Pontius
             Pilate
          
           the
           
             Roman
             Procurator
          
           Condemned
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           and
           by
           that
           time
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Prediction
           ,
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           were
           called
           to
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           (
           through
           this
           
             Shiloh
          
           the
           Messias
           ,
           )
           the
           
             Jewish
          
           Nation
           was
           Destroyed
           ,
           their
           Temple
           burnt
           down
           ,
           their
           City
           razed
           down
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           they
           scattered
           to
           the
           Four
           Winds
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           but
           far
           the
           greater
           part
           adhering
           firmly
           to
           their
           Religion
           ,
           still
           owned
           the
           Prophecies
           ,
           which
           we
           hope
           are
           to
           have
           at
           last
           a
           Glorious
           effect
           upon
           them
           for
           their
           final
           Conversion
           .
           Here
           is
           one
           Character
           of
           the
           Time
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           the
           fulness
           of
           it
           was
           come
           .
        
         
           Another
           is
           yet
           more
           express
           ,
           given
           out
           about
           500
           Years
           before
           the
           Accomplishment
           ;
           It
           was
           
           revealed
           to
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           That
           within
           Sixty
           nine
           Weeks
           
           after
           the
           going
           forth
           of
           the
           Commandment
           to
           build
           
             and
             restore
             Ierusalem
             ,
             Messiah
             the
             Prince
             should
             come
             ,
             and
             be
             cut
             off
             .
          
           That
           by
           
             Weeks
          
           are
           meant
           so
           many
           Sevens
           of
           Years
           ,
           is
           confessed
           by
           the
           
             Jews
             ;
          
           and
           can
           easily
           be
           proved
           to
           have
           been
           a
           common
           form
           of
           designing
           such
           a
           Period
           of
           time
           among
           them
           .
           The
           
             commandment
             to
             build
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           was
           
           given
           in
           the
           
             20th
             .
          
           year
           of
           
             Artaxerxes
             Longimanus
             ;
          
           the
           Edict
           given
           out
           before
           by
           
             Cyrus
             ,
          
           and
           confirmed
           by
           
             Darius
             ,
          
           being
           only
           for
           the
           building
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           worshipping
           of
           God
           in
           it
           .
           Sixty
           nine
           Weeks
           of
           Years
           are
           just
           483
           :
           Now
           we
           have
           the
           certain
           Characters
           of
           those
           times
           left
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           are
           sure
           ,
           That
           from
           the
           
             20th
             .
          
           year
           of
           
             Artaxerxes
          
           to
           the
           
             19th
             .
          
           of
           
             Tiberius
             ,
          
           in
           which
           our
           Saviour
           suffered
           ,
           there
           were
           just
           so
           many
           years
           ,
           neither
           more
           nor
           less
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Calculation
           of
           Years
           that
           we
           know
           the
           
             Caldeans
          
           then
           reckoned
           by
           ,
           of
           360
           Days
           to
           a
           Year
           ,
           which
           they
           divided
           into
           Twelve
           Months
           ,
           assigning
           Thirty
           Days
           to
           every
           Month
           ;
           which
           we
           see
           by
           
             Jeremiah
          
           was
           likewise
           the
           measure
           that
           the
           
             Jews
          
           counted
           by
           ;
           and
           of
           such
           Years
           only
           can
           that
           Prophecy
           of
           
           Daniel's
           be
           understood
           .
        
         
           Here
           are
           two
           evident
           Characters
           that
           the
           
             Fulness
             of
             the
             time
          
           was
           come
           ;
           that
           a
           time
           was
           prefixed
           to
           this
           great
           Transaction
           long
           before
           ,
           and
           
           that
           it
           happen'd
           punctually
           according
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           do
           likewise
           find
           in
           the
           state
           of
           the
           
             Gentile
          
           world
           a
           great
           Conjuncture
           of
           favourable
           Circumstances
           previous
           to
           its
           Appearance
           :
           The
           
             Roman
          
           Empire
           was
           as
           calm
           at
           this
           time
           as
           it
           was
           great
           :
           The
           World
           was
           conquer'd
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           course
           of
           many
           years
           Wars
           
             Janus
          
           Temple
           was
           shut
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Constitution
           made
           up
           of
           Justice
           and
           Morality
           ;
           but
           was
           under
           a
           Religion
           that
           was
           then
           so
           strangely
           corrupted
           ,
           that
           the
           Tempers
           as
           well
           as
           Laws
           of
           that
           Nation
           did
           very
           much
           dispose
           them
           to
           an
           aversion
           to
           that
           Religion
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           that
           mixture
           of
           all
           Religions
           ,
           which
           the
           wiser
           and
           better
           sort
           among
           themselves
           could
           not
           but
           despise
           and
           abhor
           :
           By
           consequence
           this
           prepared
           them
           to
           receive
           a
           Religion
           that
           not
           only
           agreed
           to
           all
           their
           Notions
           of
           Morality
           ,
           but
           that
           tended
           to
           improve
           and
           exalt
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           who
           cannot
           know
           why
           this
           was
           the
           time
           marked
           for
           the
           Appearance
           of
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           yet
           do
           certainly
           know
           that
           it
           was
           precisely
           marked
           out
           ,
           and
           was
           as
           exactly
           fulfilled
           ;
           and
           from
           that
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           acknowledge
           and
           adore
           that
           Wisdom
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           we
           cannot
           yet
           discover
           .
        
         
           I
           go
           next
           to
           the
           Great
           Article
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Messias
          
           
           who
           was
           
             sent
             forth
             ,
          
           was
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God.
          
           The
           
             Jews
          
           understood
           these
           two
           designations
           to
           be
           so
           inseparable
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           no
           other
           Controversy
           at
           first
           with
           the
           Apostles
           and
           the
           first
           Converts
           ,
           but
           about
           this
           ,
           Whether
           
             Jesus
          
           was
           the
           
             Messias
             ,
          
           or
           not
           ?
           But
           supposing
           him
           to
           be
           the
           
             Messias
             ,
          
           they
           never
           questioned
           his
           being
           
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ;
          
           nor
           did
           they
           object
           to
           the
           Christians
           their
           giving
           him
           Divine
           Adoration
           .
           We
           have
           the
           Martyrdom
           of
           St.
           
             Stephen
          
           the
           most
           punctually
           related
           of
           any
           of
           all
           the
           Passages
           that
           happen'd
           in
           the
           first
           beginnings
           of
           Christianity
           :
           The
           
             Jews
          
           heard
           and
           saw
           all
           that
           past
           ;
           St.
           
             Stephen
          
           died
           calling
           upon
           the
           
             Lord
             Iesus
             to
             receive
             his
             spirit
             ,
          
           and
           praying
           to
           him
           not
           to
           
             lay
             that
             sin
             to
             the
             charge
          
           of
           his
           Murtherers
           .
           If
           the
           
             Jews
          
           had
           not
           then
           believed
           that
           the
           
             Messiah
          
           was
           to
           be
           truly
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           that
           as
           such
           he
           was
           to
           be
           invocated
           ,
           they
           must
           after
           this
           have
           reproached
           the
           Christians
           with
           Idolatry
           ;
           with
           making
           a
           Man
           God
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           worshipping
           him
           as
           such
           .
           This
           they
           did
           not
           do
           ;
           which
           shews
           that
           then
           they
           owned
           that
           the
           
             Messiah
          
           was
           to
           be
           truly
           
             God.
             
          
        
         
           This
           was
           yet
           more
           instructing
           to
           the
           Christians
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           but
           observe
           that
           St.
           
             Stephen
          
           ended
           his
           life
           in
           Acts
           of
           Invocation
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           with
           those
           in
           which
           Christ
           himself
           had
           called
           on
           his
           Heavenly
           Father
           ,
           when
           he
           gave
           
           up
           the
           Ghost
           :
           
             Into
             thy
             hands
             I
             commit
             my
             spirit
             ,
          
           being
           of
           the
           same
           importance
           with
           that
           of
           St.
           
           Stephen's
           ,
           
             Lord
             Iesus
             receive
             my
             spirit
             :
          
           As
           ,
           
             Father
             ,
             forgive
             them
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             what
             they
             do
             ,
          
           being
           the
           same
           Act
           in
           effect
           with
           this
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             lay
             not
             this
             to
             their
             charge
             .
          
           If
           Christ
           was
           not
           truly
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           worshipp'd
           as
           such
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           excuse
           this
           from
           a
           very
           high
           degree
           of
           Idolatry
           .
        
         
           I
           love
           not
           in
           such
           an
           Audience
           to
           dwell
           long
           on
           Points
           of
           Speculation
           :
           Yet
           since
           this
           is
           the
           Capital
           Article
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           since
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Infelicities
           of
           the
           Age
           we
           live
           in
           ,
           that
           as
           many
           have
           been
           carried
           to
           question
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           whole
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           not
           a
           few
           have
           with
           a
           particular
           Eagerness
           attack'd
           this
           Fundamental
           Point
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           hope
           the
           Day
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Time
           we
           are
           in
           ,
           will
           justify
           the
           insisting
           a
           little
           more
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           confess
           that
           the
           New
           Testament
           was
           a
           Book
           writ
           by
           Divine
           Inspiration
           (
           which
           those
           who
           deny
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           profess
           they
           do
           acknowledge
           )
           ,
           we
           must
           also
           confess
           ,
           that
           Divine
           Honours
           are
           through
           the
           whole
           of
           it
           ascribed
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           From
           this
           ,
           Common
           sense
           seems
           to
           infer
           ,
           That
           either
           he
           was
           truly
           God
           ,
           by
           such
           a
           Real
           Union
           with
           the
           
             Eternal
             Word
             ,
          
           who
           is
           
             God
             ,
          
           as
           makes
           both
           Natures
           one
           Person
           in
           him
           ;
           the
           nearest
           resemblance
           to
           which
           
           is
           the
           Union
           of
           our
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           very
           different
           Natures
           arises
           one
           Man
           ,
           or
           one
           Person
           :
           Or
           if
           this
           is
           not
           true
           ,
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           That
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           one
           of
           whose
           main
           Ends
           was
           to
           banish
           Idolatry
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           did
           really
           only
           change
           the
           Object
           of
           this
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           draw
           men
           from
           worshipping
           the
           Deities
           of
           the
           several
           Nations
           ,
           to
           worship
           one
           who
           according
           to
           those
           mens
           Doctrine
           was
           only
           a
           Creature
           ,
           and
           yet
           was
           to
           be
           worshipp'd
           with
           the
           same
           Honour
           which
           is
           due
           to
           the
           Eternal
           God
           ;
           which
           were
           indeed
           a
           Strain
           in
           Idolatry
           beyond
           that
           of
           most
           Heathen
           Nations
           .
           But
           to
           make
           this
           Matter
           yet
           plainer
           :
           All
           the
           Sects
           among
           Christians
           that
           have
           rejected
           our
           Saviour's
           Divinity
           ,
           who
           yet
           acknowledge
           that
           Divine
           Honour
           is
           due
           to
           him
           ,
           may
           be
           reduced
           to
           these
           Two
           ;
           Either
           such
           as
           hold
           him
           to
           have
           been
           some
           Excellent
           Created
           Being
           ,
           made
           before
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           imployed
           by
           God
           in
           Making
           and
           Governing
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           so
           Dignified
           with
           Divine
           Honour
           .
           These
           were
           the
           
             Arians
          
           of
           Old
           ,
           who
           under
           many
           high
           words
           ,
           seem
           to
           have
           meant
           no
           more
           but
           to
           acknowledge
           that
           he
           was
           some
           Created
           Mind
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           
             Jews
          
           and
           we
           all
           apprehend
           
             Angels
          
           to
           be
           ;
           Superior
           indeed
           ,
           in
           rank
           and
           order
           ,
           to
           any
           other
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           no
           Idea
           can
           be
           formed
           of
           a
           Created
           Mind
           ,
           
           how
           perfect
           soever
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           Angels
           .
        
         
           Now
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Hebrews
             ,
          
           begins
           it
           with
           the
           rejecting
           this
           conceit
           ;
           and
           he
           pursues
           that
           in
           the
           Two
           First
           Chapters
           ,
           in
           expressions
           ,
           that
           considering
           the
           Simplicity
           of
           Stile
           in
           which
           the
           New
           Testament
           is
           writ
           ,
           are
           as
           full
           as
           can
           be
           imagined
           .
           They
           are
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           Negative
           words
           ,
           which
           are
           always
           to
           be
           severely
           understood
           .
           They
           are
           likewise
           set
           in
           the
           terms
           of
           opposition
           ,
           and
           so
           must
           be
           strictly
           expounded
           :
           The
           bare
           repeating
           them
           will
           make
           this
           yet
           more
           more
           sensible
           .
           It
           is
           said
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             the
             brightness
             of
             the
             Father's
             glory
             ,
             and
             the
             express
             image
             of
             his
             person
             .
             Being
             made
             so
             much
          
           
           
             better
             than
             the
          
           Angels
           ,
           
             as
             he
             hath
             by
             Inheritance
             obtained
             a
             more
             excellent
             name
             than
             they
             .
          
           Whatsoever
           Dignity
           they
           have
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           free
           donation
           ,
           whereas
           Christ
           has
           his
           by
           
             Inheritance
             .
             To
             which
          
           
           
             of
             the
          
           Angels
           
             said
             he
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             Thou
             art
             my
             Son
             this
             day
             have
             I
             begotten
             thee
             .
             But
             when
             he
             bringeth
          
           
           
             in
             the
             first-begotten
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             And
             let
             all
             the
          
           Angels
           
             of
             God
             worship
             him
             ;
          
           an
           opposition
           as
           express
           as
           it
           is
           full
           .
           These
           words
           are
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           Psalms
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           also
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           
           of
           the
           last
           Song
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           Septuagint
           Translation
           ,
           tho'
           not
           in
           the
           
             Hebrew
             :
          
           
           
             Rejoyce
             ,
             O
             ye
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             let
             all
             the
             Angels
             
             of
             God
             Worship
             him
             .
          
           This
           being
           then
           the
           Translation
           that
           was
           in
           use
           among
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           when
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           writ
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           probable
           that
           he
           had
           regard
           to
           it
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Jews
          
           think
           is
           more
           full
           of
           Mystery
           and
           Prophecy
           than
           that
           Song
           .
           The
           Angels
           being
           thus
           called
           on
           to
           Worship
           the
           Messias
           ,
           is
           a
           very
           strict
           Expression
           of
           another
           nature
           in
           him
           ,
           Superior
           to
           theirs
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           they
           are
           subject
           .
           That
           is
           farther
           prosecuted
           :
           Of
           Angels
           ,
           this
           is
           said
           ,
           
             He
             makes
             his
          
           Angels
           
             Spirits
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Winds
             ,
          
           which
           
           imports
           the
           quickness
           of
           their
           Motion
           )
           ,
           
             and
             his
             Ministers
             a
             flaming
             fire
          
           (
           a
           Figure
           importing
           their
           subtil
           force
           )
           .
           In
           opposition
           to
           which
           ,
           this
           follows
           ;
           
             But
             unto
             the
             Son
             he
             saith
             ,
             Thy
             Throne
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             is
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
             —
          
           And
           ,
           
             Thou
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             in
             the
             beginning
             hast
             laid
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             the
             Heavens
             are
             the
             works
             of
             thiue
             hands
             ▪
             —
             they
             shall
             be
             changed
             ,
             but
             thou
             art
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             thy
             years
             shall
             not
             fail
             .
          
           The
           Creation
           of
           the
           Heavens
           and
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           Eternity
           ,
           being
           in
           these
           words
           plainly
           affirmed
           of
           the
           Messias
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           said
           without
           Blasphemy
           ,
           if
           he
           was
           not
           truly
           God.
           This
           is
           carried
           yet
           further
           :
           
             To
             which
             of
             the
          
           Angels
           
             said
             he
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             Sit
             thou
             at
             my
             right
             hand
             ,
          
           
           
             until
             I
             make
             thine
             enemies
             thy
             footstool
             ;
          
           in
           opposition
           to
           which
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           further
           of
           Angels
           ,
           
             Are
             they
             not
             all
             ministring
             Spirits
             ,
             sent
             forth
             to
             minister
             for
             
             them
             who
             shall
             be
             Heirs
             of
             Salvation
             .
          
           This
           is
           more
           expresly
           prosecuted
           in
           the
           next
           Chapter
           ,
           where
           this
           is
           made
           a
           part
           of
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           Mosaical
           and
           the
           Christian
           Dispensation
           ,
           That
           
           the
           former
           
             was
             spoken
             by
             Angels
             ;
          
           whereas
           this
           was
           
             first
             begun
             to
             be
             spoken
             by
             the
             Lord.
             For
             unto
          
           Angels
           
             God
             hath
             not
             put
             in
             subjection
             the
             world
             to
             come
          
           (
           a
           Phrase
           importing
           in
           the
           
             Jewish
          
           Stile
           ,
           the
           Dispensation
           of
           the
           Messias
           )
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Messias
           ,
           
           
             though
             made
             a
             little
             lower
             than
             the
             Angels
             ,
             was
             crowned
             with
             glory
             and
             honour
             ,
             and
             set
             over
             the
          
           whole
           Creation
           .
           In
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           that
           Chapter
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           Expression
           that
           makes
           all
           this
           yet
           more
           evident
           ;
           
             For
             verily
             he
             took
             not
             on
             him
             the
             nature
             of
             Angels
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             he
             took
             on
             him
             the
             seed
             of
             Abraham
             ;
          
           which
           fully
           shews
           that
           the
           
             nature
          
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           before
           his
           
             Incarnation
             ,
          
           was
           not
           the
           
             nature
          
           of
           Angels
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Supposition
           on
           which
           those
           who
           deny
           his
           Divinity
           ,
           do
           yet
           pretend
           to
           assert
           the
           High
           Dignity
           to
           which
           he
           is
           raised
           ,
           is
           the
           Sublimity
           of
           that
           Ministry
           and
           Dispensation
           that
           was
           committed
           to
           him
           ;
           in
           conclusion
           of
           which
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           reward
           of
           his
           patient
           Sufferings
           ,
           he
           was
           raised
           up
           ,
           and
           exalted
           to
           Divine
           Honour
           .
           This
           
             Artemon
          
           of
           old
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Socinians
          
           of
           late
           ,
           have
           advanced
           :
           But
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           does
           in
           the
           next
           place
           destroy
           this
           conceit
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           which
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           was
           the
           best
           
           suited
           to
           the
           Notions
           of
           the
           
             Jews
             .
          
           He
           sets
           Christ
           in
           opposition
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           not
           only
           in
           a
           priority
           of
           rank
           ,
           and
           precedence
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Superiority
           of
           Nature
           .
           He
           Prefaces
           this
           with
           a
           charge
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           
             consider
             the
             High-Priest
             and
             Apostle
             of
             our
             Profession
             :
          
           
           To
           which
           he
           adds
           ,
           That
           both
           
             Moses
          
           and
           he
           were
           
             faithful
             ,
          
           but
           with
           this
           distinction
           ;
           
             That
          
           
           
             this
             man
             was
             counted
             worthy
             of
             more
             glory
             than
             Moses
             ,
             in
             as
             much
             as
             he
             who
             hath
             built
             the
             House
             hath
             more
             Honour
             than
             the
             House
             .
          
           He
           adds
           to
           this
           ;
           
             That
             he
             who
             hath
             built
             all
             things
             ,
             is
             God.
          
           But
           the
           opposition
           follows
           ;
           
             Moses
             was
             faithful
             in
             all
             his
             House
          
           
           
             as
             a
             Servant
             ;
             but
             Christ
             as
             a
             Son
             over
             his
             own
             House
             .
          
           Words
           that
           are
           as
           clear
           as
           they
           are
           full
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           this
           yet
           more
           sensible
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           That
           the
           Degree
           of
           
           Moses's
           Inspiration
           ,
           is
           set
           by
           God
           himself
           above
           any
           other
           Prophecy
           ,
           in
           these
           Words
           :
           
             If
             there
             be
             a
             Prophet
             among
          
           
           
             you
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             my self
             known
             to
             him
             in
             a
             vision
             ,
             and
             will
             speak
             to
             him
             in
             a
             dream
             .
             My
             Servant
             Moses
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             who
             is
             faithful
             in
             all
             my
             House
             ,
             with
             him
             will
             I
             speak
             mouth
             to
             mouth
          
           (
           or
           
             face
             to
             face
             ,
          
           as
           one
           man
           speaks
           to
           another
           )
           
             even
             apparently
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             dark
             Speeches
             ;
             and
             the
             similitude
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             he
             behold
             :
          
           Or
           ,
           to
           put
           this
           in
           Modern
           Expressions
           ,
           he
           shall
           see
           God
           in
           a
           true
           and
           compleat
           Idea
           .
           Thus
           
             Moses
          
           was
           above
           all
           other
           Prophets
           .
           The
           peculiar
           Excellencies
           of
           the
           
             Pe
             al
             pe
             ,
             
             face
             to
             face
             ,
          
           is
           well
           known
           to
           all
           who
           have
           any
           acquaintance
           with
           
             Jewish
          
           Notions
           .
           Now
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           Christ
           is
           not
           only
           preferred
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           but
           is
           put
           in
           such
           an
           opposition
           to
           him
           as
           is
           that
           of
           a
           
             Son
          
           to
           a
           
             Servant
             .
          
           These
           are
           plain
           and
           simple
           Authorities
           ,
           that
           need
           only
           a
           little
           Reflection
           ,
           but
           no
           Commentary
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           apprehend
           the
           force
           and
           evidence
           that
           is
           in
           them
           .
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           good
           Providence
           ,
           and
           the
           care
           of
           all
           the
           Churches
           ,
           we
           have
           this
           Book
           brought
           down
           to
           us
           ,
           in
           its
           first
           genuine
           and
           uncorrupted
           State
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Inspired
           Penmen
           delivered
           it
           to
           the
           World.
           It
           was
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Enemies
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           to
           corrupt
           it
           .
           They
           understood
           that
           ,
           and
           followed
           it
           ;
           for
           which
           we
           have
           an
           undeniable
           Testimony
           Recorded
           to
           us
           by
           a
           Writer
           who
           was
           too
           favourable
           to
           them
           to
           be
           declined
           as
           partial
           against
           them
           .
           It
           was
           
             Eusebius
             ,
          
           who
           in
           his
           
           History
           cites
           a
           passage
           from
           a
           Writer
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           3d
           Century
           ,
           believed
           to
           be
           
             Gaius
          
           Presbyter
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           who
           tells
           us
           that
           
           Artemon's
           Disciples
           had
           endeavoured
           to
           corrupt
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           but
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           could
           shew
           no
           Ancient
           Copies
           to
           justify
           their
           Corruptions
           ,
           so
           they
           did
           not
           agree
           among
           themselves
           ;
           and
           these
           Corruptions
           were
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           ,
           very
           strange
           and
           enormous
           ones
           .
           So
           notwithstanding
           
           all
           the
           Cry
           that
           they
           do
           now
           raise
           of
           the
           Corruption
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           we
           see
           who
           they
           were
           that
           begun
           it
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Church
           was
           watchful
           in
           preserving
           this
           sacred
           
             Depositum
             ,
          
           and
           did
           early
           detect
           this
           Impious
           piece
           of
           Fraud
           ,
           and
           stopt
           it
           in
           its
           first
           beginnings
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           shall
           ask
           ,
           
             How
             can
             these
             things
             be
             ?
          
           It
           must
           be
           Answered
           ,
           
             We
             cannot
             tell
             :
          
           We
           can
           form
           no
           distinct
           apprehensions
           concerning
           them
           .
           This
           is
           
             Wisdom
          
           indeed
           ,
           in
           a
           Mystery
           :
           It
           is
           
             Wisdom
             ,
          
           because
           it
           comes
           from
           God
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           
             in
             a
             mystery
             ,
          
           because
           we
           cannot
           attain
           unto
           it
           .
           Can
           we
           apprehend
           Eternity
           ,
           or
           God's
           being
           every
           where
           ?
           and
           that
           in
           one
           single
           act
           he
           sees
           all
           things
           past
           ,
           present
           ,
           and
           to
           come
           ?
           Can
           we
           form
           any
           distinct
           thought
           concerning
           Creation
           ?
           How
           Beings
           arise
           out
           of
           nothing
           ,
           in
           consequence
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           an
           Infinite
           Mind
           ,
           who
           said
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           
             Let
             them
             be
             ,
          
           and
           they
           were
           ?
           Or
           can
           we
           so
           much
           as
           apprehend
           how
           Matter
           thus
           Created
           ,
           shall
           move
           at
           the
           Act
           and
           Will
           of
           its
           Eternal
           Creator
           ?
           Can
           Matter
           know
           that
           Will
           to
           obey
           it
           ?
           Or
           can
           an
           Intellectual
           Act
           give
           Motion
           to
           insensible
           Matter
           ?
           Can
           we
           apprehend
           the
           propagation
           of
           Plants
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           Animals
           ?
           And
           as
           to
           that
           which
           of
           all
           other
           things
           we
           perceive
           the
           most
           sensibly
           ,
           Can
           we
           apprehend
           how
           Soul
           and
           Body
           dwell
           together
           ?
           How
           Thought
           and
           Motion
           ,
           
           how
           distant
           soever
           in
           their
           Natures
           ,
           have
           that
           Union
           with
           ,
           and
           Influence
           upon
           one
           another
           ?
           How
           a
           Motion
           of
           Matter
           can
           throw
           an
           inexpressible
           Agony
           into
           a
           Mind
           ;
           and
           how
           a
           Mind
           can
           command
           so
           many
           regular
           and
           unaccountable
           Motions
           of
           Matter
           ,
           as
           we
           perceive
           in
           Memory
           ,
           Imagination
           ,
           and
           Speech
           ;
           are
           difficulties
           that
           confound
           us
           .
           These
           are
           such
           plain
           and
           home
           convictions
           of
           the
           defectiveness
           of
           our
           Faculties
           ,
           which
           can
           much
           more
           easily
           apprehend
           difficulties
           ,
           than
           resolve
           them
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           be
           no
           just
           Objection
           to
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           that
           it
           contains
           matters
           out
           of
           which
           great
           difficulties
           do
           arise
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           are
           not
           able
           to
           give
           our selves
           any
           account
           of
           them
           .
           Our
           apprehensions
           are
           not
           only
           finite
           ,
           but
           very
           much
           bounded
           ;
           we
           see
           but
           a
           very
           little
           way
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           plead
           our
           want
           of
           capacity
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           any
           thing
           that
           appears
           to
           be
           plainly
           revealed
           to
           us
           in
           Scriptures
           .
           When
           such
           things
           occur
           to
           us
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           take
           the
           
             Shield
             of
             Faith
             ;
          
           maintaining
           our selves
           with
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           
             God
             of
             Truth
             ,
             who
             cannot
             Lye
             ,
          
           has
           revealed
           such
           things
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           are
           sure
           of
           that
           ,
           we
           are
           at
           the
           same
           time
           as
           sure
           that
           it
           must
           be
           true
           ,
           because
           it
           comes
           from
           him
           :
           And
           by
           this
           we
           may
           beat
           back
           
             all
             the
             fiery
             Darts
             of
             the
             Devil
             ;
          
           all
           those
           Objections
           that
           arise
           out
           of
           a
           mixture
           of
           
           Pride
           and
           Weakness
           ;
           for
           our
           Faculties
           are
           as
           weak
           ,
           as
           our
           Arrogance
           and
           Self-conceit
           is
           high
           .
           This
           is
           so
           important
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           that
           it
           deserves
           well
           to
           be
           insisted
           on
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           made
           out
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           or
           rather
           as
           much
           as
           our
           Nature
           is
           capable
           of
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           is
           the
           ends
           for
           which
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           was
           sent
           forth
           into
           the
           World.
           They
           were
           certainly
           great
           ,
           since
           such
           extraordinary
           Methods
           were
           taken
           to
           promote
           them
           :
           When
           it
           was
           introduced
           with
           so
           many
           particular
           and
           distinct
           Predictions
           ;
           when
           all
           was
           supported
           with
           such
           a
           series
           of
           Miracles
           ,
           done
           not
           only
           by
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           ,
           but
           by
           those
           who
           were
           sent
           in
           his
           name
           :
           The
           propagation
           it self
           ,
           considering
           the
           Instruments
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           and
           the
           opposition
           it
           met
           with
           from
           all
           hands
           ,
           being
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           of
           all
           Miracles
           .
           Now
           since
           it
           is
           unsuitable
           to
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           ,
           to
           employ
           extraordinary
           Methods
           for
           the
           attaining
           of
           some
           ordinary
           Ends
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           just
           to
           conclude
           ,
           That
           the
           Ends
           must
           be
           great
           ,
           when
           the
           Means
           used
           in
           order
           to
           them
           were
           such
           .
           They
           were
           indeed
           the
           greatest
           that
           the
           humane
           nature
           was
           capable
           of
           :
           All
           the
           Principles
           of
           Natural
           Religion
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Tradition
           concerning
           the
           first
           beginnings
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           were
           so
           corrupted
           ,
           or
           so
           intermixed
           with
           Fables
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           necessary
           
           to
           restore
           these
           by
           a
           Mighty
           Authority
           .
           That
           which
           we
           call
           strictly
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           was
           turned
           wholly
           to
           Idolatry
           and
           Magick
           ,
           Charm
           ,
           or
           Superstition
           .
           It
           was
           therefore
           necessary
           to
           raise
           up
           just
           and
           great
           Ideas
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           the
           Philosophers
           had
           attempted
           ,
           but
           faintly
           and
           with
           small
           success
           .
           Barbarity
           and
           Vice
           had
           so
           over-run
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           the
           plainest
           Ideas
           of
           Virtue
           were
           either
           quite
           lost
           ,
           or
           rendred
           very
           doubtful
           .
           Under
           such
           a
           Corruption
           of
           Religion
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           wonder
           if
           Atheism
           made
           a
           great
           progress
           ,
           since
           few
           can
           be
           much
           concerned
           to
           support
           a
           Religion
           that
           is
           visibly
           made
           up
           of
           Fraud
           ;
           and
           that
           may
           make
           men
           the
           worse
           ,
           but
           cannot
           make
           them
           the
           better
           for
           adhering
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           such
           was
           the
           Heathenish
           Religion
           .
           
             Judaism
          
           it self
           ,
           though
           sound
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Divine
           in
           its
           Original
           ,
           yet
           was
           but
           low
           ,
           and
           was
           become
           much
           more
           so
           by
           the
           increase
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           part
           by
           Tradition
           ,
           which
           still
           as
           it
           increases
           too
           much
           ,
           does
           sink
           the
           Moral
           and
           best
           part
           of
           Religion
           .
           It
           being
           then
           necessary
           to
           free
           the
           
             Jews
          
           from
           their
           
             Bondage
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           occasion
           upon
           which
           these
           words
           are
           in
           this
           place
           made
           use
           of
           by
           St.
           
             Paul
             )
          
           as
           well
           as
           to
           deliver
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           out
           of
           their
           darkness
           ,
           which
           was
           become
           black
           and
           thick
           as
           
             the
             shadow
             of
             death
             ;
          
           God
           sent
           his
           Son
           to
           give
           the
           World
           true
           and
           high
           Notions
           of
           God
           and
           his
           
           Attributes
           ;
           of
           his
           Justice
           and
           Goodness
           more
           particularly
           ;
           to
           open
           a
           way
           of
           Worship
           that
           should
           be
           plain
           and
           simple
           ;
           suitable
           to
           the
           Ideas
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           Faculties
           :
           And
           to
           set
           such
           Rules
           to
           mens
           inward
           Thoughts
           and
           Tempers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           their
           Lives
           and
           Actions
           ,
           as
           should
           rectify
           Human
           Nature
           ,
           and
           render
           mutual
           Society
           both
           safe
           and
           happy
           .
           For
           this
           end
           he
           delivered
           his
           Doctrine
           to
           his
           Hearers
           ,
           and
           lived
           it
           as
           well
           as
           he
           spake
           it
           .
           If
           an
           Angel
           from
           Heaven
           had
           pronounced
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Law
           was
           given
           on
           Mount
           
             Sinai
             ,
          
           it
           could
           not
           have
           had
           so
           sensible
           an
           effect
           ,
           as
           when
           the
           Person
           who
           delivered
           it
           set
           such
           a
           Pattern
           as
           gave
           more
           distinct
           Ideas
           concerning
           his
           end
           in
           it
           .
           In
           it
           he
           expressed
           what
           a
           sort
           of
           Holiness
           he
           came
           to
           promote
           :
           Not
           the
           Affectations
           of
           a
           pompous
           Exterior
           ,
           but
           the
           real
           purity
           of
           genuine
           Virtue
           ;
           of
           Truth
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           of
           Modesty
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           and
           Charity
           .
           Here
           was
           one
           great
           end
           for
           which
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God
          
           was
           
             sent
             forth
             :
          
           A
           great
           one
           it
           was
           ;
           to
           raise
           and
           reform
           mens
           Natures
           ;
           to
           give
           us
           Noble
           Thoughts
           and
           Excellent
           Rules
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           clear
           Pattern
           ,
           that
           can
           neither
           fail
           nor
           misguide
           us
           .
        
         
           A
           Second
           end
           of
           his
           Coming
           ,
           was
           to
           open
           such
           a
           Method
           of
           reconciling
           Sinners
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           should
           both
           render
           them
           capable
           of
           the
           Mercies
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           give
           them
           great
           Impressions
           
           both
           of
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Justice
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God.
           No
           offer
           of
           pardon
           at
           all
           ,
           must
           have
           made
           men
           desperate
           ;
           as
           too
           Easy
           a
           one
           ,
           must
           have
           made
           them
           bold
           in
           Sinning
           .
           The
           offer
           of
           a
           pardon
           was
           necessary
           to
           be
           begun
           with
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           made
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           not
           encourage
           men
           to
           live
           on
           in
           Sin
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           it
           gave
           them
           the
           hopes
           of
           Mercy
           .
           The
           Ideas
           of
           the
           guilt
           and
           odiousness
           of
           Sin
           were
           to
           be
           kept
           up
           in
           a
           Religion
           whose
           chief
           design
           was
           to
           reform
           and
           purify
           Mankind
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           a
           general
           offer
           of
           a
           pardon
           was
           to
           be
           proclaimed
           to
           the
           World.
           Therefore
           this
           Messias
           ,
           who
           was
           to
           procure
           that
           offer
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           was
           to
           become
           a
           
             Sacrifice
          
           himself
           in
           our
           
             name
          
           and
           
             stead
             ,
          
           he
           was
           to
           
             bear
             our
             Sins
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             take
             them
             away
             :
          
           He
           was
           not
           to
           be
           brought
           by
           Priests
           ,
           to
           be
           offered
           up
           on
           an
           Altar
           ,
           as
           the
           Heathens
           did
           with
           their
           Piacular
           Victims
           ;
           much
           less
           was
           he
           to
           Slay
           himself
           ,
           according
           to
           some
           Stories
           that
           the
           Heathens
           had
           .
           Every
           thing
           in
           him
           was
           to
           be
           innocent
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           great
           ;
           such
           as
           became
           both
           the
           Majesty
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Purity
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Dignity
           of
           his
           Person
           .
           He
           was
           therefore
           fallen
           upon
           by
           an
           enraged
           multitude
           ,
           who
           to
           satisfy
           their
           own
           brutal
           fury
           ,
           first
           treated
           him
           most
           barbarously
           ,
           and
           then
           put
           him
           ignominiously
           to
           death
           ;
           all
           which
           he
           who
           could
           have
           
           saved
           himself
           by
           Miracle
           ,
           if
           not
           by
           other
           ways
           ,
           not
           only
           bore
           patiently
           ,
           but
           with
           an
           intire
           submission
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           an
           unconquerable
           Charity
           towards
           even
           those
           his
           Persecutors
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           only
           the
           outside
           ,
           and
           the
           visible
           part
           of
           his
           Sufferings
           ;
           but
           with
           these
           he
           endured
           an
           inexpressible
           Agony
           in
           his
           mind
           ,
           both
           before
           and
           during
           his
           being
           on
           the
           Cross
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           who
           understand
           only
           the
           Agonies
           of
           guilt
           ,
           of
           pain
           ,
           or
           of
           passion
           ,
           can
           form
           no
           distinct
           Idea
           .
           All
           this
           he
           offered
           himself
           to
           bear
           ;
           he
           was
           not
           surprized
           in
           it
           ;
           he
           foresaw
           it
           coming
           ,
           and
           longed
           for
           it
           .
           It
           is
           by
           this
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           account
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           Sinners
           are
           encouraged
           to
           come
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           claim
           their
           pardon
           .
           In
           this
           they
           find
           great
           Characters
           ,
           setting
           forth
           both
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           the
           Holiness
           ,
           the
           Justice
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God.
           By
           such
           a
           Ransom
           it
           appears
           ,
           how
           hateful
           a
           thing
           Sin
           is
           ,
           since
           God
           has
           thought
           fit
           to
           offer
           the
           pardon
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           so
           solemn
           and
           so
           severe
           a
           manner
           .
           By
           this
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Messias
           has
           this
           most
           effectual
           recommendation
           accompanying
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           shewed
           he
           loved
           us
           ,
           in
           instances
           beyond
           imagination
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           expression
           .
        
         
           A
           Third
           design
           upon
           which
           God
           sent
           forth
           his
           Son
           ,
           was
           to
           bring
           men
           to
           awaken
           much
           within
           themselves
           ,
           the
           Ideas
           of
           God
           in
           the
           seriousest
           and
           tenderest
           manner
           ,
           by
           frequent
           Meditation
           ,
           and
           
           earnest
           Prayer
           :
           To
           which
           he
           added
           the
           most
           encouraging
           of
           all
           Promises
           ,
           That
           God
           will
           not
           only
           hear
           ,
           but
           answer
           our
           Prayers
           ;
           and
           more
           especially
           that
           he
           will
           give
           his
           
             holy
             Spirit
             to
             every
             one
             that
             asks
             it
             .
          
           Our
           Faculties
           are
           not
           only
           under
           a
           great
           depression
           ,
           but
           a
           vast
           disorder
           :
           Appetite
           and
           Passion
           do
           soon
           fire
           us
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           easily
           resisted
           ;
           we
           may
           have
           some
           good
           Minutes
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           many
           more
           weak
           and
           bad
           ones
           :
           We
           do
           plainly
           perceive
           that
           without
           some
           inward
           assistance
           to
           cure
           and
           rectify
           our
           Nature
           ,
           we
           cannot
           go
           through
           with
           the
           business
           of
           Religion
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           has
           assured
           us
           of
           this
           ;
           and
           he
           has
           made
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           attaining
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           that
           which
           is
           both
           in
           it self
           easy
           ,
           for
           nothing
           can
           be
           easier
           than
           to
           have
           a
           thing
           for
           the
           asking
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           properest
           Method
           possible
           ,
           to
           keep
           alive
           in
           us
           great
           and
           powerful
           impressions
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           are
           the
           Seeds
           and
           Principles
           that
           must
           reform
           our
           Natures
           ,
           and
           mould
           them
           unto
           the
           likeness
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Before
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           was
           sent
           forth
           ,
           there
           were
           some
           general
           Ideas
           of
           God's
           hearing
           and
           answering
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           furnishing
           his
           Worshippers
           with
           an
           inward
           aid
           .
           But
           it
           was
           our
           Saviour
           only
           ,
           who
           made
           it
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Covenant
           that
           he
           came
           to
           establish
           between
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           That
           a
           Divine
           Power
           should
           be
           conveyed
           into
           the
           Faculties
           of
           all
           such
           as
           should
           earnestly
           pray
           
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           should
           be
           enabled
           to
           pay
           him
           that
           sincere
           Obedience
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           is
           pleased
           graciously
           to
           accept
           ;
           and
           in
           consideration
           of
           which
           ,
           he
           does
           through
           the
           Merits
           and
           Intercession
           of
           Christ
           ,
           pardon
           all
           our
           other
           errors
           and
           defects
           .
           This
           is
           now
           to
           us
           ,
           a
           foederal
           promise
           ;
           we
           may
           depend
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           humble
           confidence
           claim
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Fourth
           great
           design
           of
           God's
           ,
           in
           sending
           forth
           his
           Son
           ,
           was
           ,
           That
           he
           might
           give
           the
           World
           the
           most
           powerful
           of
           all
           motives
           ,
           to
           work
           either
           on
           their
           hopes
           ,
           or
           fears
           ,
           by
           offering
           them
           both
           a
           full
           assurance
           ,
           and
           a
           particular
           description
           of
           a
           Future
           State.
           Some
           notices
           of
           this
           were
           still
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           both
           doubtful
           and
           dark
           :
           The
           greatest
           Assertors
           of
           it
           among
           the
           
             Greeks
          
           and
           
             Latins
             ,
          
           did
           it
           but
           faintly
           :
           They
           proposed
           it
           ,
           rather
           as
           an
           opinion
           that
           was
           highly
           probable
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           than
           as
           that
           which
           was
           certainly
           true
           .
           The
           hints
           given
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           are
           very
           general
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           made
           capable
           of
           other
           senses
           :
           By
           it
           the
           
             Jews
          
           might
           be
           inclined
           to
           believe
           not
           only
           another
           State
           ,
           but
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           but
           the
           account
           they
           contain
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           very
           defective
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           brought
           it
           to
           Light
           ;
           he
           not
           only
           affirmed
           it
           in
           many
           expressions
           ,
           that
           were
           so
           full
           and
           so
           plain
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           doubt
           any
           
           longer
           about
           it
           ,
           without
           rejecting
           his
           Authority
           :
           He
           gave
           a
           very
           express
           proof
           of
           the
           possibility
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           rising
           from
           the
           dead
           :
           He
           went
           further
           ,
           and
           assured
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           then
           be
           made
           
             like
             unto
             Angels
             :
          
           That
           our
           
             Bodies
             should
             shine
             as
             the
             Sun
             ;
          
           that
           we
           should
           be
           
             for
             ever
             with
             God
             ,
             inheriting
             that
             Kingdom
             which
             was
             prepared
             for
             us
             ;
          
           previous
           to
           this
           ,
           he
           told
           us
           ,
           That
           
             we
             shall
             hear
             his
             voice
             ,
          
           by
           the
           power
           of
           which
           we
           shall
           be
           raised
           out
           of
           our
           Graves
           ,
           and
           be
           judged
           according
           to
           all
           that
           we
           have
           done
           in
           this
           Life
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             micked
             shall
             go
             into
             everlasting
             punishment
             ,
             and
             the
             righteous
             into
             life
             eternal
             .
          
        
         
           This
           being
           then
           so
           evidently
           delivered
           ,
           and
           so
           fully
           described
           by
           him
           ,
           we
           have
           in
           it
           given
           to
           us
           
             exceeding
             great
             and
             precious
             promises
             ,
          
           with
           the
           greatest
           encouragement
           possible
           ,
           to
           undertake
           that
           course
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           set
           before
           us
           ,
           in
           consideration
           of
           the
           glory
           which
           ,
           with
           it
           ,
           he
           hath
           also
           set
           before
           us
           .
           We
           are
           assured
           by
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           go
           through
           Life
           in
           an
           imitation
           of
           his
           Example
           ,
           and
           an
           Obedience
           of
           his
           Laws
           ,
           as
           well
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           submission
           to
           those
           Sufferings
           by
           which
           he
           may
           think
           fit
           to
           exercise
           our
           Faith
           and
           Patience
           ,
           we
           shall
           at
           last
           escape
           out
           of
           this
           evil
           World
           ,
           and
           from
           these
           Vile
           Bodies
           :
           We
           shall
           arise
           above
           the
           depressions
           of
           Sense
           and
           Imagination
           ,
           and
           the
           disorders
           of
           Appetite
           and
           Passion
           .
           We
           
           shall
           drop
           our
           Bodies
           with
           all
           the
           necessities
           and
           weaknesses
           that
           hang
           about
           them
           ;
           and
           shall
           arise
           into
           a
           state
           of
           pure
           and
           clear
           light
           ;
           into
           a
           state
           of
           purity
           and
           perfection
           ;
           into
           the
           fellowship
           of
           Angels
           and
           Saints
           ,
           and
           be
           brought
           to
           see
           and
           enjoy
           God
           to
           all
           Eternity
           ;
           And
           that
           too
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           fulness
           of
           comprehension
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           joy
           ,
           that
           our
           Faculties
           in
           their
           utmost
           enlargement
           and
           elevation
           are
           capable
           of
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           hopes
           that
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           has
           given
           us
           .
           I
           will
           not
           turn
           the
           prospect
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           black
           face
           of
           that
           dismal
           Eternity
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           at
           the
           same
           time
           denounced
           against
           the
           impenitent
           .
           The
           joy
           of
           this
           Day
           agrees
           not
           so
           well
           with
           that
           ,
           as
           withthe
           other
           more
           lovely
           and
           more
           animating
           prospect
           ;
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           carry
           ever
           in
           our
           Thoughts
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           
             lay
             hold
             on
             that
             eternal
             life
             ,
          
           which
           he
           who
           
             cannot
             lye
             has
             thus
             set
             before
             us
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           great
           ends
           for
           which
           
             God
             sent
             forth
             his
             Son
             :
          
           They
           are
           all
           worthy
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           the
           greatest
           that
           the
           Human
           Nature
           is
           capable
           of
           .
           But
           what
           are
           we
           the
           better
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           if
           we
           come
           not
           under
           the
           influences
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           we
           are
           only
           brought
           to
           have
           chaster
           thoughts
           of
           the
           Divinity
           ,
           a
           decenter
           way
           of
           Worship
           ,
           with
           correcter
           Expressions
           ,
           and
           more
           reasonable
           Opinions
           ,
           but
           come
           not
           under
           the
           vital
           Energy
           of
           it
           ?
           
           If
           neither
           our
           hearts
           nor
           our
           lives
           are
           made
           the
           better
           for
           it
           ,
           we
           do
           very
           little
           consider
           or
           pursue
           the
           ends
           for
           which
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           was
           sent
           into
           the
           World.
           Can
           we
           imagine
           that
           all
           this
           was
           designed
           for
           no
           higher
           end
           ,
           than
           to
           bring
           men
           under
           some
           forms
           ,
           and
           to
           bind
           them
           to
           some
           opinions
           ?
           This
           amounts
           to
           little
           ,
           and
           must
           needs
           give
           but
           a
           mean
           Idea
           of
           a
           Religion
           ,
           that
           with
           how
           much
           pomp
           soever
           it
           might
           be
           introduced
           ,
           seems
           now
           to
           have
           very
           little
           effect
           on
           the
           great
           numbers
           of
           those
           who
           profess
           it
           .
           This
           alone
           disposes
           the
           World
           more
           to
           doubt
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           all
           that
           prophane
           minds
           can
           draw
           from
           any
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           prejudice
           against
           it
           :
           Then
           shall
           these
           be
           the
           most
           effectually
           confuted
           ,
           when
           the
           World
           shall
           see
           many
           instances
           of
           such
           true
           Christians
           ,
           over
           whose
           Thoughts
           and
           Actions
           this
           Religion
           bears
           sway
           .
           Human
           Nature
           is
           too
           universally
           corrupted
           ,
           to
           expect
           great
           numbers
           of
           such
           ;
           but
           a
           happy
           mixture
           of
           some
           of
           these
           among
           the
           Crouds
           of
           those
           who
           are
           called
           Christians
           ,
           but
           are
           the
           reproaches
           of
           their
           Profession
           ,
           would
           give
           another
           air
           of
           Authority
           to
           all
           that
           we
           can
           say
           in
           behalf
           of
           our
           Faith
           ;
           If
           we
           could
           at
           the
           same
           time
           appeal
           to
           such
           who
           are
           the
           living
           Apologies
           for
           Religion
           .
        
         
           This
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           noble
           Ambition
           of
           those
           ,
           whom
           God
           has
           eminently
           distinguished
           from
           the
           
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           exalted
           above
           them
           :
           To
           be
           patterns
           to
           others
           to
           follow
           ,
           is
           an
           honour
           far
           beyond
           the
           Authority
           of
           Commanding
           them
           :
           The
           Examples
           of
           those
           in
           great
           posts
           ,
           will
           be
           both
           followed
           and
           observed
           in
           that
           which
           is
           good
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           that
           which
           is
           bad
           .
           Happy
           they
           who
           live
           so
           as
           to
           convince
           the
           World
           of
           the
           power
           that
           Religion
           has
           over
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           give
           such
           an
           Essay
           of
           the
           beauty
           as
           well
           as
           the
           purity
           of
           true
           Holiness
           ,
           as
           disposes
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           to
           love
           it
           as
           well
           as
           to
           follow
           it
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           all
           then
           consider
           for
           what
           ends
           God
           
             sent
          
           his
           
             Son
          
           into
           the
           World
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           comply
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           correspond
           to
           them
           .
           Let
           us
           fill
           our
           minds
           with
           great
           thoughts
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           just
           ones
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           generous
           Principles
           of
           Virtue
           ,
           even
           in
           its
           most
           Heroical
           instances
           .
           Let
           us
           study
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           enlightened
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           it
           in
           all
           its
           branches
           distinctly
           before
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           memories
           ;
           that
           so
           we
           may
           ever
           know
           how
           to
           conduct
           our selves
           by
           it
           :
           And
           let
           the
           pattern
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           holy
           Life
           and
           Deportment
           ,
           be
           ever
           as
           a
           Picture
           before
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           always
           study
           and
           copy
           after
           it
           .
           Let
           the
           Meditations
           of
           what
           he
           suffered
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           Sins
           ,
           be
           ever
           tender
           upon
           our
           minds
           ;
           to
           humble
           us
           when
           we
           reflect
           on
           our
           Sins
           ;
           to
           give
           us
           
           deep
           horror
           for
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           and
           great
           cantion
           for
           the
           future
           :
           That
           so
           we
           may
           learn
           to
           value
           those
           Souls
           that
           were
           to
           be
           purchased
           at
           such
           a
           price
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           these
           Sins
           that
           were
           to
           be
           expiated
           by
           such
           a
           Sacrifice
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           sink
           under
           the
           sense
           of
           our
           frailty
           ,
           since
           we
           have
           great
           assistances
           at
           hand
           ,
           such
           as
           will
           strengthen
           us
           against
           all
           difficulties
           ,
           and
           will
           enable
           us
           to
           resist
           all
           temptations
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           to
           be
           more
           than
           Conquerors
           .
           All
           this
           is
           offered
           to
           us
           through
           him
           ,
           in
           whom
           ,
           as
           
             the
             fulness
             of
             the
             Godhead
             dwelt
             bodily
             ;
          
           so
           out
           of
           that
           
             fulness
          
           we
           shall
           all
           receive
           
             grace
          
           proportioned
           to
           our
           occasions
           ,
           to
           our
           necessities
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           services
           in
           which
           we
           are
           to
           be
           imployed
           .
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           Let
           us
           with
           joy
           look
           beyond
           Life
           and
           Mortality
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           fading
           glories
           of
           this
           World
           :
           Those
           scenes
           that
           change
           so
           often
           ,
           and
           so
           suddenly
           .
           Let
           us
           look
           beyond
           Sense
           ,
           and
           Matter
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           train
           of
           Vanity
           and
           Vexation
           that
           accompanies
           them
           ,
           unto
           those
           Regions
           above
           ,
           where
           dwelleth
           Light
           and
           Love
           ,
           and
           Life
           for
           evermore
           .
           Let
           us
           look
           unto
           
             Jesus
             the
             Author
             and
             Finisher
             of
             our
             Faith
             ,
          
           whom
           God
           sent
           forth
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           seek
           and
           save
           lost
           Sinners
           ,
           of
           whom
           we
           ought
           to
           reckon
           our selves
           among
           the
           Chief
           .
           
             To
             whom
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             H.
             Ghost
             ,
             be
             all
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             both
             now
             and
             evermore
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A30449-e220
           
             Gen.
             49.
             10.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             9.
             25.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             2.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Ezra
             .
             1.
             2.
             
             Ezra
             6.
             8.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             97.
             7.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             43.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             1.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             13.
             6.
             
          
           
             Eus.
             Hist.
             l.
             5.
             c.
             28.