The still-borne nativitie, or, A copy of an incarnation sermon that should have been delivered at St. Margarets-Westminster, on Saturday, December the five and twenty, 1647, in the afternoone, by N.B., but prevented by the committee for plunder'd ministers, who sent and seized the preacher, carried him from the vestry of the said church, and committed him to the fleet, for his undertaking to preach without the license of Parliament ...
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             The still-borne nativitie, or, A copy of an incarnation sermon that should have been delivered at St. Margarets-Westminster, on Saturday, December the five and twenty, 1647, in the afternoone, by N.B., but prevented by the committee for plunder'd ministers, who sent and seized the preacher, carried him from the vestry of the said church, and committed him to the fleet, for his undertaking to preach without the license of Parliament ...
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           THE
           
             STJLL-BORNE
          
           NATIVITIE
           ,
           OR
           A
           Copy
           of
           an
           Incarnation
           Sermon
           ,
           that
           should
           have
           been
           delivered
           at
           St.
           
             Margarets-Westminster
             ,
          
           on
           Saturday
           December
           the
           five
           and
           twenty
           ,
           1647.
           in
           the
           afternoone
           ,
           by
           
             N.
             B
          
           BUT
           Prevented
           by
           the
           Committee
           for
           Plunder'd
           Ministers
           who
           sent
           and
           seized
           the
           Preacher
           ,
           carried
           him
           from
           the
           Vestry
           of
           the
           said
           Church
           ,
           and
           Committed
           him
           to
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           for
           his
           undertaking
           to
           Preach
           without
           the
           License
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           NOW
           Published
           by
           the
           Authoritie
           of
           that
           Scripture
           which
           saith
           ,
           
             Preach
             the
             Word
             ,
             be
             instant
             ,
             in
             season
             ,
             out
             of
             season
             .
          
           2.
           Tim.
           4.
           2.
           
        
         
           
             Isaiah
             37.
             3.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             day
             of
             trouble
             ,
             and
             of
             rebuke
             ,
             and
             of
             Blasphemy
             :
             for
             the
             Children
             are
             come
             to
             the
             birth
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             not
             strength
             to
             bring
             forth
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           for
           their
           sakes
           who
           love
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           and
           his
           Birth
           day
           :
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1648.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           whole
           Congregation
           of
           Beleevers
           assembled
           at
           St.
           
           
           
           
             Margerets
          
           Church
           in
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           on
           Saterday
           
             December
          
           the
           25.
           1647
           in
           the
           afternoone
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ,
           from
           God
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Lord
           
             Iesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             Worthy
             Christians
             ,
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           Had
           at
           the
           appointed
           time
           of
           preaching
           ,
           the
           same
           judgment
           befell
           me
           which
           befell
           to
           
             Zacharias
          
           the
           Father
           of
           
             John
             Baptist
             Luke
          
           1
           ,
           20.
           
           When
           I
           thought
           to
           have
           spoken
           unto
           the
           people
           
             that
             waited
             for
             mee
             ,
             and
             marvelled
             that
             I
             tarried
             so
             long
             ,
          
           I
           was
           
             struck
             dumbe
             and
             not
             able
             to
             speak
             .
          
           And
           could
           I
           conceive
           it
           had
           been
           done
           by
           an
           
             Angel
          
           I
           should
           (
           as
           a
           cause
           of
           it
           )
           suspect
           in
           my selfe
           the
           sin
           of
           
             unbeleife
             .
          
           But
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           am
           constrained
           to
           use
           
             Zacharias
          
           his
           way
           of
           expressing
           my
           meaning
           .
           On
           the
           day
           of
           your
           meeting
           in
           the
           
             Temple
          
           I
           could
           only
           
             becken
          
           but
           
             remained
             speechles
             ,
          
           whence
           you
           all
           
             perceived
          
           I
           had
           
             seene
             a
             Vision
          
           in
           the
           Vestry
           :
           and
           were
           not
           long
           in
           suspence
           what
           kind
           of
           one
           it
           was
           .
           But
           
             whatsoever
             it
             was
          
           I
           was
           
             transported
          
           or
           carried
           away
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           am
           yet
           
             dumb
          
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           Angell
           ,
           though
           he
           strooke
           
             Zacharias
          
           speechlesse
           ,
           yet
           tooke
           not
           away
           his
           
             writing
             tables
             ,
             v.
             63.
             
          
           So
           I
           conceive
           by
           the
           tenour
           of
           that
           
             order
          
           which
           commands
           a
           constraint
           both
           of
           my
           
             Tongu
          
           and
           
             Heeles
             :
          
           I
           am
           not
           interdicted
           the
           liberty
           of
           
             Pen
          
           and
           
             Paper
             ,
          
           but
           I
           may
           lawfully
           use
           both
           without
           
             contempt
             .
          
        
         
           And
           so
           by
           this
           meanes
           I
           shal
           (
           saving
           my
           regard
           to
           authority
           )
           now
           acquaint
           you
           with
           that
           message
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           should
           then
           [
           
             viva
             voce
          
           ]
           have
           delivered
           in
           your
           hearing
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ▪
           I
           in
           this
           Sermon
           represent
           as
           in
           a
           
             Sciagraph
          
           all
           the
           Ioynts
           of
           the
           History
           of
           Christ
           :
           but
           insist
           only
           on
           the
           blessed
           mistery
           of
           the
           Vnion
           of
           the
           two
           natures
           (
           God
           and
           Man
           )
           in
           one
           person
           
           without
           reaching
           unto
           his
           birth
           ;
           or
           so
           farre
           as
           his
           conecption
           by
           the
           wholy
           Ghost
           .
           Nor
           indeede
           as
           it
           falls
           out
           is
           there
           any
           neede
           I
           should
           put
           forward
           to
           speake
           of
           his
           
             Nativity
          
           though
           that
           were
           properly
           
             opus
             diei
          
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           For
           all
           the
           circumstances
           doe
           sufficiently
           proclame
           the
           
             Nativity
          
           and
           are
           now
           
             newly
             revived
             .
          
           Was
           all
           tho
           
             World
             taxed
             ,
             Lukt
             2.
             1.
          
           when
           the
           Messiah
           was
           borne
           ?
           Alas
           for
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           !
           It
           is
           so
           now
           .
           Was
           their
           no
           roome
           for
           Christ
           in
           the
           
             Inne
             ,
             Luke
             27
             ?
          
           There
           is
           none
           for
           him
           now
           in
           the
           Churches
           ▪
           Were
           there
           
             Wisemen
          
           that
           
             sought
             to
             worship
             him
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Herod
          
           that
           under
           pretence
           of
           worship
           
             sought
             to
             destroy
             him
             Mat.
             2.
             1
             ?
          
           It
           was
           so
           now
           :
           there
           were
           that
           came
           to
           Church
           to
           
             worship
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           there
           were
           that
           came
           to
           apprehend
           his
           Ministers
           .
           Was
           there
           
             a
             voice
             heard
             in
             Ramah
             ,
             lamentation
             and
             weeping
             ,
             and
             great
             mourning
             ,
             Mat
             :
             2
             18.
             
          
           There
           is
           another
           
             Rachel
             whose
             child
             is
             not
             ,
          
           if
           the
           newes
           of
           
             Cornehill
          
           be
           true
           ,
           Doe
           these
           things
           cause
           a
           necessity
           of
           
             Christ
          
           his
           
             going
             into
             Aegipt
          
           the
           sonnes
           of
           
             Israel's
             quondam
             bondage
             Mat
             :
             2
             18.
             
          
           There
           will
           I
           fear
           (
           but
           O
           the
           good
           God
           prevent
           that
           necessity
           )
           be
           such
           another
           
             violence
             ,
          
           to
           drive
           us
           to
           such
           another
           
             flight
             ,
          
           Lastly
           was
           that
           
             Herod
          
           not
           
             longliv'd
             :
             Mat.
             2
             19
             ?
          
           I
           prophesie
           no
           
             eternity
          
           to
           the
           men
           of
           his
           
             carriage
             :
             Psalme
             55
             23.
             
          
        
         
           But
           beloved
           ,
           I
           must
           once
           more
           crave
           your
           patience
           ,
           for
           I
           must
           leave
           you
           and
           waite
           upon
           the
           Committee
           .
           Whome
           as
           
             Gentlemen
          
           I
           
             respect
          
           as
           in
           
             Authority
             I
             Honovr
             :
          
           as
           my
           
             Enemies
          
           I
           
             love
             ,
             blesse
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             :
             Mat.
             5
             ,
             44
             :
          
           and
           (
           that
           I
           may
           performe
           all
           the
           duties
           I
           owe
           upon
           that
           score
           )
           I
           shal
           labour
           to
           doe
           
             good
             to
             :
          
           I
           must
           tel
           them
           that
           I
           have
           read
           a
           story
           of
           
             Tiberious
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           That
           
             he
             (
             upon
             the
             relation
             which
             Pilate
             made
             unto
             him
             of
             our
             Saviour
             )
             had
             an
             intention
             and
             to
             that
             purpose
             signified
             his
             meaning
             to
             have
             Jesus
             of
             Nazarath
             reputed
             and
             received
             among
             the
             Roman
             Gods
             .
          
           But
           the
           
             Senate
          
           of
           
             Rome
          
           withstood
           it
           ,
           because
           that
           
             Honour
             had
             been
             given
             him
             by
             such
             as
             never
             asked
             their
             consents
             .
          
           But
           after
           this
           I
           provoke
           any
           Historian
           to
           shew
           me
           where
           that
           
             great
             Councel
          
           did
           ever
           any
           act
           either
           
             Honestly
             ,
             Wisely
             ,
          
           or
           like
           
             true
             Romans
             :
          
           but
           were
           made
           the
           
             properties
          
           &
           instruments
           either
           of
           the
           
             Caesars
             lusts
             ,
          
           or
           
             Souldiers
             villanies
             .
             And
          
           now
           I
           wish
           these
           men
           seriously
           to
           advise
           how
           much
           short
           this
           insolence
           is
           of
           the
           former
           ?
           When
           men
           may
           not
           Honor
           ,
           Ministers
           may
           
           not
           preach
           Christ
           without
           their
           Licence
           under
           paine
           of
           
             imprisonment
          
           without
           
             Baile
          
           or
           
             maine
             prise
             .
          
           I
           speake
           not
           this
           out
           of
           Stomack
           for
           what
           I
           
             suffer
             ,
          
           but
           as
           hartily
           as
           I
           would
           beg
           pardon
           for
           my
           sinns
           doe
           I
           wish
           them
           a
           better
           
             exit
             ,
          
           hoping
           yet
           they
           may
           acquire
           a
           better
           and
           more
           glorious
           conclusion
           then
           these
           
             distempers
          
           can
           
             promise
          
           or
           the
           Roman
           Councell
           had
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           return
           to
           give
           you
           an
           account
           of
           that
           which
           otherwise
           migh
           seem
           strange
           .
           Which
           is
           that
           way
           of
           application
           you
           shal
           meet
           with
           all
           ,
           revers'd
           upon
           my selfe
           .
           I
           confesse
           it
           is
           not
           usuall
           ;
           nor
           indeed
           proper
           for
           one
           that
           speakes
           to
           others
           .
           But
           first
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Minister
           of
           Christs
           part
           to
           appeare
           in
           
             innocence
          
           a
           
             Dove
             ,
             Math
             :
             10
             16
             :
          
           So
           as
           the
           Doves
           feed
           their
           young
           ones
           with
           that
           which
           themselves
           have
           taken
           down
           :
           ought
           Preachers
           to
           digest
           in
           their
           owne
           brests
           ,
           and
           be
           
             fore-tasters
          
           of
           that
           
             spirituall
             food
          
           they
           
             divide
          
           to
           others
           ▪
           and
           this
           I
           had
           laboured
           to
           do
           .
           Secondly
           these
           meditations
           being
           now
           to
           be
           
             read
             ,
          
           not
           
             heard
             :
          
           I
           thought
           good
           so
           to
           dispose
           them
           ,
           that
           each
           Reader
           might
           as
           I
           have
           done
           suc●
           in
           the
           juice
           and
           influence
           of
           them
           :
           and
           by
           reading
           as
           it
           were
           engage
           himselfe
           upon
           the
           practicall
           part
           of
           them
           .
           Vnto
           both
           which
           no
           way
           so
           Organicall
           as
           prayer
           .
           And
           I
           doe
           humbly
           pray
           that
           every
           Reader
           may
           be
           also
           a
           Beleever
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           heart
           open
           as
           well
           as
           an
           eye
           .
           For
           I
           conceive
           (
           with
           humble
           reverence
           )
           that
           the
           Gospell
           if
           it
           go
           no
           further
           then
           the
           eye
           or
           eare
           is
           
             mortiferous
          
           and
           
             deadly
             ,
          
           a
           
             killing
             letter
             .
          
           But
           if
           it
           be
           transmitted
           to
           the
           more
           noble
           and
           vitall
           parts
           it
           is
           
             Soveraigne
             ,
             Food
          
           and
           
             Physick
             ,
             Meat
          
           and
           
             Medicine
             .
          
           Christ
           in
           the
           
             Flesh
             ,
          
           may
           vouchsafe
           to
           accept
           the
           
             Stable
          
           and
           the
           
             Manger
          
           but
           comming
           in
           the
           
             Spirit
          
           he
           must
           have
           a
           
             Temple
          
           to
           entertaine
           him
           .
           And
           by
           so
           providing
           ,
           we
           shall
           supply
           what
           was
           wanting
           not
           at
           
             Bethlem
          
           onely
           ,
           but
           at
           
             Westminster
          
           also
           .
           If
           any
           of
           you
           should
           be
           so
           ignorant
           as
           not
           to
           understand
           what
           I
           would
           be
           at
           in
           all
           this
           .
           I
           must
           tel
           you
           that
           though
           I
           cannot
           assent
           to
           the
           mind
           of
           them
           that
           would
           have
           the
           observation
           of
           this
           feast
           superstition
           ;
           yet
           you
           that
           
             give
             place
             to
             the
             Devill
             Eph
             :
             4.
             27.
          
           are
           more
           injurious
           to
           Christ
           then
           any
           ,
           Sinne
           ,
           sinne
           ,
           that
           is
           it
           must
           be
           taken
           downe
           ,
           it
           was
           sinne
           and
           the
           
             Devill
          
           that
           snatch'd
           this
           bread
           of
           life
           out
           of
           your
           mouths
           that
           sent
           me
           to
           
             Prison
             Revel.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           Can
           you
           (
           knowing
           what
           Christ
           is
           )
           think
           to
           honour
           Christ
           in
           commemoration
           
           of
           the
           Nativity
           and
           at
           that
           season
           so
           shufle
           the
           cards
           that
           sinne
           shall
           be
           Trump
           in
           every
           dealing
           .
           Remember
           
             Iohn
             Baptist
          
           must
           be
           born
           before
           
             Christ
          
           You
           must
           
             Repent
          
           if
           the
           
             Kingdome
             of
             God
             be
             at
             hand
          
           It
           is
           certaine
           that
           that
           
             Spirit
             which
             confesseth
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             is
             of
             God
             ,
             1.
             
             Iohn
             .
             4.
             2.
          
           and
           so
           on
           the
           contrary
           the
           Non
           confessor
           therof
           is
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           That
           
             Spirit
             of
             Antichrist
             ,
             vers.
             3.
             
          
           I
           remember
           St.
           
             Augustin
             ,
          
           with
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           pains
           proves
           every
           Heretick
           to
           be
           a
           denyer
           of
           the
           comming
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           in
           the
           flesh
           whatsoever
           his
           Heresie
           be
           .
           But
           me thinks
           
             Origen
          
           with
           much
           more
           ease
           and
           plainesse
           shewes
           that
           the
           best
           way
           to
           confesse
           Iesus
           Christ
           to
           be
           come
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           is
           by
           not
           
             committing
             of
             sinne
             ;
          
           unto
           which
           purpose
           he
           layes
           that
           text
           ,
           1.
           
           
             Iohn
          
           3.
           8.
           
           &
           9.
           to
           the
           forementioned
           4.
           c.
           2.
           v.
           where
           in
           4
           ,
           Chapter
           to
           
             Be
             of
             God
          
           is
           the
           
             Predicate
          
           to
           this
           
             Confession
          
           as
           the
           
             Subject
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           3.
           
           
             Chapter
          
           to
           be
           
             borne
             of
             God
          
           is
           the
           
             Subject
          
           and
           
             not
             committing
             sinne
          
           is
           the
           
             Praedicate
             .
          
           So
           that
           not
           to
           commit
           sinne
           is
           the
           remote
           (
           and
           but
           once
           remoov'd
           ]
           definition
           of
           the
           confession
           of
           Christs
           Nativiny
           ,
           or
           comming
           in
           the
           flesh
           .
           So
           that
           the
           commemoration
           or
           confession
           by
           way
           of
           Observation
           of
           the
           Day
           to
           the
           end
           is
           not
           Antichristian
           (
           they
           were
           mistaken
           that
           advised
           the
           Parliament
           so
           )
           But
           the
           
             Drunkenesse
          
           and
           
             Gluttony
          
           the
           
             Luxury
             &
             Ryot
             &c
             ,
          
           These
           are
           
             Antichristian
             ,
          
           &
           so
           far
           Antichristian
           that
           where
           these
           are
           !
           Men
           (
           even
           when
           they
           would
           confesse
           )
           do
           deny
           Christ
           Iesus
           to
           
             be
             come
             in
             the
             Flesh
             .
          
           And
           of
           these
           since
           the
           secular
           magistrate
           distinguisheth
           not
           it
           behoveth
           us
           Ministers
           to
           be
           carefull
           .
           For
           though
           I
           know
           not
           what
           State
           arguments
           there
           may
           be
           to
           prove
           the
           
             Holly
          
           &
           
             Ivy
          
           superstitions
           :
           yet
           when
           these
           things
           shall
           be
           set
           up
           ,
           sooted
           and
           smoked
           with
           the
           sins
           of
           
             Intemperance
          
           and
           
             Excesse
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           think
           them
           fitter
           Trophees
           of
           a
           
             Chimney-sweepers
          
           Birth
           day
           ,
           then
           a
           
             Saviours
             ,
          
           When
           we
           shall
           
             eat
          
           and
           
             drinke
          
           and
           
             rise
             up
             to
             play
             ,
          
           I
           must
           think
           these
           are
           Ceremonies
           fitter
           for
           the
           
             Golden-calfe
          
           which
           
             Aaron
          
           made
           in
           
             Horeb
             :
          
           then
           the
           
             lamb
             of
             God
          
           that
           taketh
           away
           the
           
             sinnes
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           And
           verily
           (
           let
           me
           be
           angry
           in
           it
           )
           
             I
          
           judge
           it
           a
           cause
           of
           greater
           
             feare
          
           and
           
             danger
          
           then
           a
           
             Prison
          
           or
           a
           
             Goale
             ,
          
           lined
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           This
           therefore
           was
           my
           first
           intention
           to
           perswade
           you
           all
           by
           renouncing
           sinne
           to
           celebrate
           the
           
             feast
          
           of
           
             Christs
             Nativity
          
           for
           then
           we
           best
           testifie
           the
           
           beleef
           of
           his
           comming
           when
           we
           most
           fear
           to
           offend
           
             him
          
           or
           his
           
             father
             .
          
           And
           in
           this
           way
           I
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           keepe
           
             Christmas
          
           with
           any
           one
           Being
           very
           desirous
           that
           all
           you
           which
           would
           have
           heard
           me
           that
           Day
           had
           been
           
             both
             almost
             ,
             and
             altogether
             such
             as
             I
             am
             ,
          
           Except
           the
           
             Fleet
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           I
           must
           confesse
           I
           take
           very
           pati●ntly
           ;
           blessing
           God
           that
           it
           overtook
           me
           not
           in
           any
           evill
           deed
           ,
           but
           in
           
             wel-doing
          
           or
           at
           least
           the
           intention
           of
           it
           .
           Neither
           shall
           the
           errour
           of
           the
           
             Committee
          
           in
           sending
           me
           to
           it
           ,
           (
           And
           O
           that
           it
           were
           the
           greatest
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           )
           make
           me
           forget
           the
           
             Ioy
          
           of
           
             Christs
             Incarnation
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Good
             will
             towards
             men
          
           the
           Angels
           sung
           .
           They
           are
           
             Men
          
           so
           was
           my
           
             Redeemer
             ,
          
           for
           whose
           sake
           ,
           and
           through
           whose
           Grace
           I
           can
           suffer
           greater
           wrongs
           then
           these
           and
           yet
           never
           hate
           the
           
             Men
             .
          
           Indeed
           there
           is
           somewhat
           in
           it
           that
           is
           not
           
             Man
          
           but
           
             Devill
          
           To
           make
           men
           
             Dumbe
          
           as
           to
           matters
           of
           Duty
           and
           Faith
           :
           that
           is
           the
           Act
           of
           the
           
             Uncleane
             Spirit
             Math.
          
           12
           22
           :
           It
           is
           
             that
          
           hath
           [
           in
           a
           sence
           ]
           made
           me
           
             lame
          
           so
           that
           I
           cannot
           walk
           .
           But
           if
           it
           hath
           made
           me
           
             Dumb
          
           and
           
             Lame
             .
          
           it
           hath
           made
           them
           
             Deafe
             ▪
          
           and
           
             Blinde
             .
          
           And
           truly
           Without
           a
           
             Miracle
          
           I
           feare
           neither
           of
           us
           are
           like
           to
           recover
           .
           And
           because
           my
           infirmity
           is
           but
           an
           appendant
           to
           theirs
           ,
           I
           shall
           hartily
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           
             receive
             their
             sight
          
           even
           in
           
             this
          
           their
           
             day
          
           that
           they
           might
           
             see
             the
             things
             that
             belong
             to
             their
             ,
          
           the
           Churches
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdomes
           
             Peace
             :
          
           That
           Christ
           would
           say
           
             Epphata
             :
             Be
             opened
             .
          
           That
           they
           
             that
             have
             eares
             to
             heare
             may
             hear
          
           What
           Christ
           himselfe
           hath
           said
           himself
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           the
           Parliament
           and
           all
           :
           
             Mat
             :
             22
             ,
             21.
             
             Give
             unto
             Caesar
             the
             things
             that
             are
             Caesars
             ;
             &
             unto
             God
             the
             things
             that
             are
             Gods
             .
          
           And
           then
           I
           doubt
           not
           (
           for
           I
           suffer
           but
           by
           simpathie
           )
           but
           I
           shal
           be
           able
           (
           with
           him
           
             Acts
          
           38
           :
           )
           
             to
             walke
             and
             to
             praise
             God
             .
          
           Vnto
           which
           time
           whether
           it
           be
           the
           pleasure
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           prolong
           my
           dayes
           I
           know
           not
           (
           for
           it
           hath
           some
           analogie
           to
           that
           time
           whereof
           our
           Saviour
           speakes
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           
             many
             Kings
             &
             Righteous
             men
             have
             desired
             to
             see
             and
             have
             not
             yet
             seene
             .
          
           ]
           but
           this
           I
           resolve
           on
           :
           While
           I
           live
           not
           to
           cease
           
             day
          
           and
           night
           ,
           praying
           for
           the
           hastening
           of
           it
           .
           For
           the
           time
           we
           live
           in
           now
           (
           I
           am
           confident
           )
           is
           part
           of
           
             that
          
           mentioned
           
             Mat.
             24
             :
             21
             :
             Except
             these
             days
             should
             be
             shortened
             no
             flesh
             can
             be
             saved
             :
          
           and
           the
           Promise
           which
           closeth
           the
           same
           verse
           :
           it
           revives
           
           me
           doubly
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           
             general
          
           with
           
             hope
             :
          
           to
           my
           owne
           
             particular
          
           with
           
             care
             :
          
           to
           
             give
             all
             dilligence
             to
             make
             my
             caling
             and
             Election
             sure
             .
             2
             Pet
             :
             1
             ▪
             10.
             
          
           The
           
             Elect
          
           (
           that
           is
           they
           that
           
             adde
             to
             their
             Faith
             ;
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             to
             Vertue
             Knowledg
             ,
             and
             to
             Knowledg
             Temperance
             ,
             and
             to
             Temperance
             Patience
             ,
             and
             to
             Patience
             Godlinesse
             ,
             &
             to
             Godlinesse
             brotherly
             Kindnesse
             ,
             and
             to
             brotherly
             Kindnesse
             Charity
          
           )
           have
           an
           interest
           in
           better
           times
           .
           
             For
             their
             sakes
             these
             dayes
             shall
             be
             shortened
             .
          
           VVherefore
           God
           stir
           up
           your
           hearts
           to
           endeavour
           be
           of
           that
           Number
           &
           to
           increase
           it
           .
           Neither
           is
           this
           spoken
           by
           way
           of
           Pharisaicall
           imposition
           to
           ease
           my self
           but
           what
           ever
           others
           intend
           ,
           it
           is
           my
           resolution
           (
           and
           the
           
             good
             Lord
             Keepe
             it
             for
             ever
             in
             the
             purpose
             of
             my
             heart
          
           )
           to
           begin
           this
           only
           
             saving
             health
          
           in
           stead
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           
             Psalme
             116
             18.
             
          
           For
           beleeve
           it
           I
           am
           very
           sensible
           wee
           live
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           times
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           am
           one
           
             Christ
             Jesus
             came
             into
             the
             World
             to
             save
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           
             the
             Cheife
             of
             Sinners
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
          
           
             From
             the
             Fleet
             ,
             
               
                 Ianuary
              
               8.
               1647.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Debtor
             in
             this
             service
             N.
             BERNARD
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           STILL
           ▪
           BORNE
           NATJVJTY
           
             OR
          
           A
           Sermon
           of
           the
           glorious
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           our
           Lord
           and
           blessed
           Saviour
           Jesus
           Christ
           Both
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           To
           have
           been
           delivered
           at
           St.
           
           
             Margaret's
          
           Church
           in
           
             Westminster
          
           on
           
             Saturday
             December
          
           the
           five
           and
           twenty
           1647
           :
           Being
           
             Christmas
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             Text.
             Iohn
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             And
             the
             Word
             was
             made
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             dwelt
             amongst
             us
             .
          
        
         
           THe
           Prophet
           
             Ezechiell
          
           before
           Christ
           ,
           and
           St.
           
             Iohn
          
           the
           Divine
           after
           Christ
           :
           had
           both
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Vision
           (
           
             Ezech
          
           1.
           10.
           
           
             Rev.
          
           4.
           8.
           
           ]
           of
           foure
           beasts
           or
           living
           Creatures
           .
           That
           had
           the
           
             faces
          
           of
           a
           
             man
             ,
          
           of
           a
           
             Lion
             ,
          
           of
           an
           
             Oxe
             :
          
           and
           of
           an
           
             Eagle
             .
          
           Which
           faces
           Saint
           
             Gregory
          
           the
           great
           ,
           applies
           to
           Christ
           ,
           As
           that
           of
           a
           
             man
             :
          
           for
           his
           
             Birth
          
           and
           
             Bowells
             of
             Compassion
             .
          
           That
           of
           an
           
             Oxe
             :
          
           for
           the
           
             Sacrifice
          
           of
           his
           Death
           ,
           and
           
             Plough
          
           of
           Doctrine
           .
           That
           of
           a
           
             Lion
             :
          
           for
           his
           
             open
             eyed
             sleepe
             ,
          
           (
           that
           is
           )
           his
           life
           in
           death
           ,
           and
           strength
           in
           Resurrection
           :
           
             Rouzing
          
           himselfe
           from
           the
           grave
           as
           a
           Lion
           from
           his
           denne
           .
           Lastly
           that
           of
           an
           
             Eagle
          
           for
           his
           
             ascention
          
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           leading
           Captivity
           captive
           .
           Others
           apply
           this
           vision
           to
           the
           foure
           Evangelists
           ,
           affixing
           :
           first
           the
           Face
           of
           a
           
             Man
          
           to
           St.
           Mathew
           :
           because
           he
           begins
           his
           Gospel
           with
           the
           
             Generation
          
           and
           
             Nativity
          
           of
           Christ
           .
           Secondly
           the
           Face
           of
           a
           
             Lion
          
           to
           St.
           
           Marke
           :
           for
           he
           begins
           his
           Gospel
           with
           that
           prophesie
           of
           Iohn
           Baptist
           :
           The
           
             voice
          
           of
           one
           
             crying
             or
             roaring
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             .
          
           Thirdly
           the
           face
           of
           an
           
             Oxe
          
           to
           Saint
           Luke
           ,
           Because
           he
           begins
           his
           Gospel
           with
           Zacharias
           
           
             Preisthood
          
           and
           
             Sacrifice
             .
          
           Lastly
           the
           face
           (
           to
           our
           present
           Evangelist
           Saint
           Iohn
           )
           of
           an
           
             Eagle
             :
          
           For
           he
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           Gospel
           acts
           perfectly
           both
           the
           parts
           of
           an
           
             Eagle
          
           which
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           
             Iob
          
           39
           27
           :
           and
           30.
           
           First
           like
           an
           
             Eagle
             mounting
             up
             on
             high
          
           to
           speake
           of
           the
           Divinity
           of
           Christ
           to
           such
           an
           hight
           ,
           that
           the
           sublimest
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Philosephers
           stand
           at
           a
           
             Gaze
          
           admiring
           the
           
             mounty
             .
          
           And
           this
           he
           doth
           from
           the
           first
           to
           the
           sixt
           verse
           .
           Secondly
           like
           an
           
             Eagle
          
           immediatly
           
             stooping
          
           to
           the
           
             Carcase
             ,
             Mat.
          
           24
           28
           :
           (
           
             For
             where
             the
             body
             is
             thither
             will
             the
             Eagles
             be
             gathered
             together
             :
             Luke
          
           17
           37.
           )
           And
           this
           is
           done
           in
           the
           words
           of
           this
           verse
           :
           
             And
             the
             word
             was
             made
             flesh
             &c.
             
          
           Which
           words
           taken
           altogether
           ,
           most
           excellently
           in
           a
           very
           few
           syllables
           ,
           expresses
           all
           the
           notable
           ,
           and
           most
           worthy-to-be-considered
           parts
           of
           Christ's
           whole
           History
           :
           So
           that
           
             we
             want
             understanding
             ,
          
           the
           
             text
             wants
             nothing
             to
             be
             accounted
             a
             compleat
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           
             Aquinas
          
           distinguisheth
           Christs
           life
           on
           earth
           into
           these
           foure
           divisions
           :
           first
           his
           
             ingresse
          
           or
           coming
           
             into
          
           the
           World
           .
           And
           this
           wee
           have
           in
           the
           former
           part
           of
           my
           text
           
             and
             the
             word
             was
             made
             flesh
             .
          
           Secondly
           into
           his
           
             progresse
          
           or
           going
           
             on
          
           in
           the
           World
           .
           Thirdly
           into
           his
           
             congresse
          
           or
           dealing
           
             with
          
           the
           World
           .
           Fourthly
           into
           his
           
             Egresse
          
           or
           going
           
             out
          
           of
           the
           World
           .
           And
           these
           three
           last
           parts
           ,
           may
           be
           understood
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           my
           text
           [
           and
           dwelt
           amongst
           us
           ]
           if
           the
           originall
           word
           (
           which
           is
           no
           more
           )
           but
           (
           he
           
             Tented
          
           or
           
             Tabernacled
          
           among
           us
           be
           duly
           knowne
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           go
           on
           :
           
             His
             Ingresse
          
           or
           coming
           
             into
          
           the
           world
           is
           by
           some
           record
           to
           be
           threefold
           .
           First
           in
           
             Carne
          
           in
           the
           
             Flesh
             .
          
           Secondly
           
             in
             Spirity
          
           in
           the
           
             Spirit
             .
          
           Thirdly
           
             in
             judicio
          
           in
           the
           
             last
             judgment
             .
          
           The
           first
           is
           a
           coming
           
             Ad
             homines
             :
             Iohn
          
           1
           ,
           11.
           
           
             Vnto
          
           men
           .
           The
           Second
           is
           a
           coming
           
             In
             homines
             Rev.
          
           3
           :
           20
           
             Into
             men
             .
          
           The
           Third
           is
           a
           comming
           
             Contrae-homines
             Iude
          
           14
           
             against
          
           men
           .
        
         
           His
           
             Progresse
          
           in
           the
           World
           likewise
           appeares
           to
           be
           threefold
           .
           First
           
             Locomotive
          
           in
           respect
           of
           place
           of
           abode
           .
           And
           then
           the
           
             Gest's
          
           of
           his
           
             Progresse
          
           are
           1
           
             Bethlem
             ,
          
           2
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           3
           
             Nazereth
             ,
          
           4
           
             Ierusalem
             .
          
           Secondly
           
             Naturall
          
           by
           way
           of
           
             augmentation
          
           growing
           1
           For
           
             mind
          
           in
           
             wisdome
             .
          
           2
           For
           
             body
          
           in
           Statute
           .
           3
           For
           
             successe
             ,
          
           in
           favour
           both
           with
           God
           and
           man
           .
           
             Luke
          
           2
           :
           52.
           
           Thirdly
           
             official
          
           by
           way
           of
           undertaking
           :
           1
           In
           
             circumcicion
          
           the
           
             fullfilling
          
           of
           the
           
             Law
             .
          
           2
           In
           
             Baptisme
          
           the
           
             Preaching
          
           of
           the
           
             Gospell
             .
          
        
         
           His
           
             congresse
          
           or
           dealing
           
             with
          
           the
           World
           is
           fourefould
           .
           First
           with
           
           
             Men
             ,
          
           in
           his
           
             Conversation
             .
          
           Secondly
           with
           
             Satan
          
           in
           his
           
             Temptation
             .
          
           Thirdly
           with
           mens
           
             Sinnes
             ,
          
           in
           his
           
             Preaching
             .
          
           Fourthly
           with
           mens
           
             Sicknesses
          
           and
           
             infirmities
             ,
          
           in
           his
           
             miracles
             .
          
        
         
           His
           
             Egresse
          
           ongoing
           
             out
          
           of
           the
           World
           containes
           (
           besides
           those
           memorable
           passages
           about
           his
           
             Passion
             ,
             Resurrection
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ascention
          
           )
           al
           those
           
             Testamentary
             provisions
          
           by
           him
           made
           against
           his
           departure
           for
           
             succeeding
             generations
             ▪
          
           Whether
           
             Commissions
          
           for
           his
           
             Ministers
             ,
             Legacies
          
           for
           his
           
             freinds
             ,
          
           or
           
             Seales
          
           (
           which
           wee
           call
           Sacraments
           )
           for
           
             Prooving
          
           and
           confirming
           of
           his
           
             will
             .
          
           These
           are
           the
           heades
           ,
           of
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Beloved
           (
           were
           it
           suteable
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           
             season
          
           or
           of
           my
           
             stay
          
           here
           )
           I
           could
           without
           any
           great
           Travell
           fixing
           one
           foot
           of
           the
           
             Compass
          
           in
           the
           center
           of
           this
           text
           :
           with
           the
           other
           fetch
           in
           all
           these
           points
           (
           though
           never
           so
           vast
           a
           latitude
           )
           within
           a
           just
           circumference
           of
           without
           any
           excentricity
           .
           But
           I
           had
           rather
           make
           another
           and
           more
           profitable
           
             use
          
           of
           them
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           
             review
          
           and
           
             consideration
          
           doth
           directly
           lead
           me
           .
        
         
           And
           That
           is
           :
           to
           admire
           the
           Infinite
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           to
           wretched
           mankind
           :
           Who
           being
           in
           this
           Earth
           a
           
             stranger
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             stragler
             ,
          
           without
           either
           
             freind
             ,
          
           or
           
             acquaintance
             ,
          
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           
             enemies
             ,
             dangers
             ,
          
           and
           
             mischeifes
             ,
          
           many
           
             snares
             ,
          
           no
           sure
           
             footing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sic
             erat
             instabilis
             tellus
             ,
             innabilis
             unda
             .
          
           Sin
           procuring
           ,
           Satan
           bringing
           great
           
             woe
             &
             wrath
          
           to
           the
           
             inhabitants
          
           of
           
             earth
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             Sea
             .
          
           Such
           is
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           toward
           so
           great
           his
           blessing
           
             upon
          
           Man
           (
           at
           whose
           hands
           yet
           
             mankind
          
           had
           merited
           no
           such
           
             kindnesse
             ,
          
           but
           rather
           
             curses
             .
          
           )
           that
           whether
           ,
           he
           be
           to
           be
           
             borne
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             grow
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             go
             in
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             deale
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             encounter
             with
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             dye
             out
          
           of
           the
           world
           :
           He
           hath
           given
           his
           
             own
             son
          
           to
           be
           ,
           
             Duxque
             comesque
             viae
             et
             vitae
             a
             guid
          
           and
           
             companion
          
           to
           him
           of
           
             life
          
           and
           
             way
             .
          
           And
           (
           what
           ever
           other
           men
           doe
           thinke
           of
           it
           )
           when
           I
           consider
           .
           That
           to
           be
           
             Borne
          
           to
           
             Grow
             ,
          
           to
           
             Live
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             Dye
             ,
          
           be
           things
           common
           to
           mee
           and
           my
           redeemer
           ,
           I
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           cry
           out
           .
        
         
           
             O
             Lord
             my
             God
             since
             in
             these
             states
             thou
             hast
          
           (
           so
           far
           as
           only
           nature
           goes
           )
           
             fashioned
             us
             alike
             ▪
             let
             these
             lineaments
             and
             parts
             in
             me
             which
             sinne
             hath
             drawne
             ,
             and
             overcast
             with
             the
             black
             coale
             of
             guilt
             be
             fil'd
             up
             with
             the
             colours
             of
             my
             Saviour
             .
             That
             through
             the
             beauties
             of
             his
             holinesse
             (
             as
             he
             glorified
             thee
             on
             earth
             ,
             so
             )
             in
             my
             life
             and
             death
             I
             may
             shew
             forth
             his
             praises
             ,
             and
             vertues
             who
             hath
             called
             me
             out
             of
             darknes
             into
             his
             marvelous
             light
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           so
           without
           hopes
           of
           further
           commerce
           with
           them
           (
           as
           to
           discourse
           )
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           I
           dismisse
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           my
           text
           &
           with
           it
           the
           3.
           last
           generall
           branches
           of
           the
           Gospel
           History
           of
           the
           life
           of
           Christ
           ,
           betaking
           my selfe
           to
           the
           former
           part
           both
           of
           the
           Division
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           text
           which
           speakes
           of
           Christs
           
             Ingresse
          
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           
             And
             the
             word
             was
             made
             Flesh
             .
          
           And
           therein
           of
           his
           comming
           in
           the
           
             Flesh
          
           only
           .
        
         
           How
           Christ
           is
           called
           the
           word
           ?
           If
           we
           should
           shew
           ,
           it
           would
           engage
           us
           upon
           a
           discourse
           of
           that
           other
           Mistery
           of
           the
           Trinity
           unto
           a
           
             length
          
           prejudiciall
           to
           our
           present
           businesse
           :
           or
           if
           we
           should
           shew
           how
           Flesh
           is
           put
           for
           our
           whole
           nature
           ,
           &
           why
           ?
           It
           would
           run
           us
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           out
           of
           breath
           .
           
             I
          
           proceede
           therefore
           to
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           The
           Incarnation
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           .
           And
           therein
           consider
           .
        
         
           First
           the
           
             Vnion
          
           of
           the
           two
           
             Natures
             God
          
           and
           
             Man
          
           in
           this
           mystery
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           the
           
             Conception
          
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Nativity
          
           or
           
             Birth
          
           of
           Christ
           of
           the
           most
           blessed
           
             Virgin
             Mary
             .
          
        
         
           In
           speaking
           to
           the
           
             Vnion
             I
          
           have
           foure
           things
           to
           go
           through
           withall
           :
           first
           to
           shew
           the
           
             severall
          
           unions
           in
           Christ
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           signification
           of
           this
           word
           
             person
             ,
          
           Thirdlly
           the
           
             manner
          
           of
           the
           Union
           ,
           and
           Lastly
           ,
           the
           
             Reasons
          
           of
           the
           Union
           :
           And
           of
           the
           first
           thus
           much
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           in
           the
           person
           of
           Christ
           
             three
          
           unions
           and
           
             ale-immediate
             ,
          
           first
           the
           union
           of
           the
           
             Deity
          
           to
           the
           
             soul
             :
          
           Secondly
           the
           union
           of
           the
           Deity
           to
           the
           
             body
             ;
          
           And
           Thirdly
           the
           Union
           of
           
             body
             &
             soul
          
           together
           :
           the
           two
           first
           werenot
           of
           
             nature
             ,
          
           nor
           of
           
             merit
             ,
          
           but
           wholly
           
             supernaturall
             :
          
           And
           
             so
             not
             subject
          
           to
           
             separation
          
           by
           force
           of
           any
           
             natur
             ,
          
           al
           action
           or
           passion
           But
           the
           third
           being
           
             natural
             ,
          
           did
           leave
           a
           place
           for
           suffering
           and
           
             separation
             :
          
           So
           that
           when
           Christ
           
             suffered
          
           death
           ,
           the
           Deity
           
             forsook
          
           neither
           
             soule
          
           nor
           
             body
             ,
          
           only
           the
           
             body
          
           was
           forsaken
           by
           the
           
             soule
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             plurality
          
           of
           which
           
             substances
          
           and
           
             Vnions
          
           notwithstanding
           ,
           Christ
           must
           be
           considered
           but
           as
           one
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           
             person
             ▪
          
           Which
           word
           that
           you
           may
           understand
           aright
           :
           know
           that
           it
           is
           derived
           a
           
             personando
          
           which
           is
           distinct
           sounding
           :
           And
           is
           nothing
           else
           in
           Logick
           but
           what
           a
           Noune
           Substantive
           proper
           of
           the
           singular
           Number
           is
           in
           Grammer
           (
           that
           is
           )
           one
           particular
           compleate
           subsistence
           ,
           which
           Logicians
           call
           an
           
             Individuum
             ,
          
           but
           with
           this
           differenc
           .
           That
           Person
           is
           a
           particular
           
             reasonable
          
           creature
           ;
           whereas
           a
           particular
           thing
           if
           it
           be
           unreasonable
           ,
           as
           a
           tree
           ,
           or
           horse
           ,
           &c
           ,
           is
           not
           called
           a
           person
           :
           but
           by
           the
           Schooles
           a
           
             Suppositum
             ,
          
           And
           in
           this
           
           sence
           Christ
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             one
             :
          
           Not
           in
           
             nature
          
           (
           for
           so
           is
           no
           man
           in
           a
           strict
           sence
           :
           for
           the
           
             soule
          
           and
           the
           
             body
          
           of
           men
           ,
           are
           of
           two
           different
           
             natures
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           fountaines
           or
           beginnings
           )
           But
           in
           
             person
             :
          
           wherein
           though
           there
           may
           be
           
             aliud
             et
             aliud
             ,
             one
          
           and
           
             another
             thing
             ,
          
           yet
           there
           cannot
           be
           
             alius
          
           and
           
             alius
             ,
             one
          
           and
           
             another
             person
             :
          
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           word
           
             person
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           this
           union
           ,
           we
           must
           know
           that
           things
           are
           united
           or
           made
           on
           many
           wayes
           :
           As
           1
           
             Faedere
          
           by
           a
           
             covenant
             ,
          
           as
           Christ
           &
           the
           faithfull
           :
           And
           this
           may
           make
           one
           
             body
          
           but
           not
           one
           
             person
             .
          
           2.
           
           By
           
             transmutation
          
           as
           Snow
           and
           Water
           ,
           but
           this
           makes
           one
           
             substance
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             suppositum
             ,
          
           but
           so
           is
           not
           Christ
           .
           3.
           
           By
           
             aggregation
          
           as
           many
           materialls
           united
           make
           an
           house
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           
             violent
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
             voluntary
             :
          
           as
           was
           Christ
           .
           4.
           
           By
           
             composition
          
           as
           body
           and
           soule
           ,
           make
           one
           man
           being
           united
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           
             natural
             ,
          
           and
           so
           is
           not
           the
           union
           of
           the
           Deity
           to
           the
           Humanity
           in
           Christ
           .
           Lastly
           therefore
           by
           
             Assumption
          
           and
           this
           is
           singular
           ;
           proper
           to
           Christ
           alone
           .
           For
           the
           cleare
           avoiding
           of
           old
           and
           dangerous
           heresies
           ,
           and
           errours
           which
           have
           risen
           about
           this
           Article
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           we
           conceive
           it
           not
           unnecessary
           to
           deale
           warily
           with
           those
           
             terms
          
           and
           
             words
          
           which
           we
           borrow
           from
           the
           Latines
           in
           expressing
           our
           mind
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           
             Vnion
             Assumption
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           As
           in
           this
           
             nice
          
           and
           
             narrow
          
           sence
           .
           To
           
             Assume
          
           and
           to
           
             Vnite
          
           do
           equally
           belong
           to
           the
           same
           
             Agents
             :
          
           But
           to
           be
           
             Vnited
          
           and
           to
           be
           
             Assumed
          
           cannot
           be
           praedicated
           
             equally
          
           by
           the
           same
           
             Subjects
             :
          
           Concerning
           the
           former
           ,
           it
           will
           appeare
           plainely
           by
           and
           by
           .
           For
           the
           latter
           ,
           the
           difference
           is
           thus
           ,
           To
           be
           united
           may
           not
           unproperly
           be
           attributed
           to
           
             God
          
           and
           
             Man
          
           in
           thus
           speaking
           :
           
             God
          
           was
           
             united
          
           to
           
             Man
             ,
          
           and
           
             man
          
           was
           
             united
          
           to
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           with
           this
           not
           a
           Caviller
           will
           find
           fault
           :
           But
           to
           say
           (
           as
           on
           the
           one
           side
           truely
           
             Man
          
           was
           
             assumed
          
           to
           ,
           and
           by
           
             God
             :
          
           so
           on
           the
           other
           )
           
             God
          
           was
           
             assumed
          
           to
           or
           by
           
             Man
          
           were
           erroneous
           in
           it selfe
           and
           dangerous
           in
           the
           consequents
           .
           For
           
             Relation
          
           we
           must
           allow
           to
           be
           in
           
             God
             ,
          
           if
           we
           acknowledge
           a
           
             Trinity
          
           of
           persons
           ,
           but
           
             suffering
             ,
          
           we
           dare
           not
           impute
           ,
           least
           with
           it
           we
           make
           him
           also
           
             changeable
             :
          
           Now
           to
           be
           
             Vnited
          
           here
           ,
           is
           only
           a
           terme
           of
           
             Relation
             ,
          
           but
           to
           be
           
             Assumed
          
           is
           alway
           a
           terme
           of
           
             Passion
             .
          
        
         
           To
           
             assume
          
           and
           to
           be
           
             assumed
          
           are
           words
           expressing
           ,
           
             doing
             ,
          
           and
           
             suffering
          
           and
           in
           the
           present
           matter
           divide
           unto
           us
           
             God
          
           and
           
             man
             ;
          
           God
           the
           
             Agent
             ,
          
           whose
           part
           therefore
           is
           to
           
             Assume
             .
          
           Man
           the
           
             Patient
          
           or
           
             sufferer
             ,
          
           whose
           it
           is
           therefore
           to
           be
           
             Assumed
             .
          
           To
           
             Assume
          
           as
           it
           is
           a
           compounded
           word
           ,
           so
           it
           doth
           signifie
           a
           double
           action
           ,
           the
           first
           is
           
             taking
             :
          
           
           the
           second
           is
           application
           ,
           
             taking
             to
             ,
          
           The
           first
           is
           caled
           
             principium
             :
          
           the
           second
           is
           called
           
             terminus
             assumptionis
             .
          
           The
           first
           belongeth
           to
           all
           the
           three
           persons
           in
           the
           Trinity
           .
           As
           the
           father
           did
           
             take
          
           and
           give
           the
           
             humane
             nature
          
           to
           his
           Son
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Lo
             a
             body
             hast
             thou
             given
             me
             .
          
           So
           the
           Son
           did
           
             take
          
           [
           
             not
             the
             nature
          
           of
           
             Angels
          
           (
           saith
           the
           same
           Apostle
           )
           
             but
             the
             seed
          
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           so
           likewise
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           did
           (
           whose
           it
           was
           ,
           to
           
             sanctifie
          
           the
           
             nature
             assumed
          
           and
           by
           whom
           also
           we
           believe
           it
           was
           conceived
           )
           
             take
          
           our
           
             nature
          
           in
           the
           first
           act
           .
           It
           was
           taken
           not
           
             to
             the
          
           father
           :
           nor
           
             to
          
           the
           Holy-Ghost
           :
           but
           
             to
          
           the
           second
           person
           which
           is
           Iesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           thing
           assumed
           it
           is
           worth
           our
           consideration
           :
           1.
           
           
             Negatively
          
           to
           observe
           that
           when
           God
           took
           our
           
             nature
          
           he
           separated
           it
           from
           
             sinne
          
           and
           
             personality
             ;
          
           he
           took
           not
           our
           
             sin
          
           for
           that
           was
           
             contrary
          
           to
           his
           
             nature
             :
          
           He
           took
           not
           any
           
             person
          
           of
           man
           at
           all
           ,
           for
           that
           was
           
             contrary
          
           to
           his
           
             Vnity
             ,
          
           for
           so
           there
           should
           have
           been
           
             Two
             Persons
          
           in
           the
           second
           person
           of
           the
           Trinity
           .
           As
           therefore
           our
           nature
           that
           was
           assumed
           received
           
             fulnesse
             of
             grace
          
           from
           that
           most
           holy
           
             nature
          
           which
           
             assumed
          
           it
           ;
           So
           it
           owes
           its
           
             personal
             existence
          
           to
           the
           
             second
             person
          
           in
           the
           
             Trinity
             ,
          
           (
           having
           none
           of
           its
           owne
           )
           to
           which
           it
           was
           united
           .
           2.
           
           
             Positively
          
           learn
           what
           we
           meane
           by
           our
           
             nature
             ,
          
           for
           
             Nature
          
           in
           Scripture
           is
           sometimes
           put
           for
           the
           
             corruption
          
           of
           our
           nature
           as
           Ephes.
           2.
           3.
           but
           so
           Christ
           tooke
           not
           our
           
             nature
          
           unlesse
           it
           were
           by
           way
           of
           
             imputation
             :
          
           For
           this
           is
           the
           
             Nature
          
           which
           by
           the
           Schooles
           is
           alwayes
           opposed
           to
           
             Grace
             .
          
           Sometime
           in
           Scripture
           it
           is
           taken
           for
           some
           
             part
          
           of
           nature
           ,
           as
           for
           
             Reason
          
           only
           Rom
           :
           2
           :
           14
           :
           Or
           for
           
             sence
          
           only
           .
           2.
           Pet
           :
           2
           :
           12
           :
           Iude.
           10.
           but
           so
           Christ
           took
           not
           our
           nature
           ,
           that
           is
           
             some
             part
          
           of
           our
           nature
           .
           For
           that
           were
           to
           fal
           into
           the
           errour
           of
           the
           
             Appollinarians
          
           and
           
             Monothelites
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             Nature
          
           therefore
           we
           understand
           (
           not
           one
           or
           some
           )
           but
           all
           the
           
             partt
          
           of
           nature
           (
           whether
           
             essentiall
          
           as
           soule
           and
           body
           :
           or
           
             integrall
          
           as
           the
           soules
           faculties
           and
           the
           bodies
           Members
           )
           united
           ;
           as
           also
           whatever
           
             flowes
          
           from
           the
           
             Principles
          
           of
           nature
           ,
           as
           
             Growth
          
           from
           
             Vegetation
             ,
             Eatting
             ,
             Drinking
             ,
          
           &c
           from
           
             Sence
             ,
             Discourse
             ,
          
           and
           
             speech
          
           from
           
             reason
             ,
          
           not
           refusing
           the
           very
           
             infirmities
          
           of
           nature
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Soule
           
             Sorrow
             ,
             Greife
             ,
             Anger
             ,
             Pity
             Vexation
             :
          
           in
           the
           
             will
          
           the
           
             contradiction
          
           of
           the
           
             naturall
          
           and
           
             Physicall
          
           part
           (
           though
           with
           subjection
           too
           )
           to
           the
           
             moral
          
           and
           
             deliberative
          
           in
           the
           
             understanding
             Negative
             Ignorance
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           
             Body
             Hunger
          
           and
           
             Thirst
             ,
             Wearines
          
           and
           
             Weeping
             ,
             Sense
          
           of
           
             Pain
             and
             mortality
             .
          
           Ine
           breif
           by
           nature
           we
           meane
           whatsoever
           is
           generall
           
             to
          
           and
           
             in
          
           all
           men
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           be
           not
           
             Grace
          
           or
           
             sinne
             .
          
           For
           nature
           is
           that
           which
           grace
           nor
           
           Sinne
           nor
           gives
           nor
           
             takes
             away
             ,
          
           but
           is
           only
           
             perfited
          
           and
           
             Sanctified
          
           not
           
             added
          
           by
           Grace
           ;
           
             corrupted
          
           and
           
             vitiated
          
           by
           
             sinne
             ,
          
           not
           
             extinguished
             .
          
           Againe
           that
           is
           
             naturall
          
           in
           a
           man
           which
           may
           be
           
             wel
             or
             il
          
           used
           .
           Grace
           only
           cannot
           be
           
             abused
             ,
          
           Sinne
           only
           cannot
           be
           
             wel
             employed
             :
          
           Nature
           only
           may
           be
           the
           
             weapon
          
           of
           
             unrighteousnesse
          
           to
           
             sinne
             ,
          
           Or
           the
           
             instrument
          
           of
           
             righteousnes
          
           to
           
             obedience
             :
          
           By
           which
           descriptions
           of
           nature
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           no
           hard
           mater
           for
           an
           ordinary
           understanding
           to
           find
           out
           
             what
          
           in
           man
           was
           
             united
          
           and
           
             assumed
          
           to
           the
           Deity
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           work
           and
           mystery
           of
           the
           
             Incarnation
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           when
           a
           man
           considers
           the
           severall
           immediate
           unions
           in
           Christ
           :
           and
           finds
           the
           supernaturall
           Vnions
           of
           the
           Deitie
           inseparable
           ,
           even
           where
           soule
           and
           body
           parts
           .
           He
           begins
           to
           be
           sensible
           of
           a
           naturall
           combate
           between
           
             Flesh
          
           and
           
             Spirit
          
           (
           I
           meane
           )
           soule
           and
           body
           :
           Yet
           ending
           in
           an
           acknowledgement
           of
           the
           faithfullnes
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           transcending
           all
           other
           freindship
           .
           For
           look
           we
           after
           
             Damon
          
           and
           
             Pythias
             ,
             Nisus
          
           and
           
             Eurialus
             ,
             Theseus
          
           and
           
             Perithous
             ,
             Scipio
          
           and
           
             Laelius
             ,
             Ionathan
          
           and
           
             David
             ,
             Ruth
          
           and
           
             Naomi
             ,
          
           (
           the
           only
           pair
           of
           Woman-freinds
           I
           never
           read
           or
           heard
           of
           )
           And
           we
           shall
           find
           these
           come
           short
           of
           the
           love
           betweene
           every
           man's
           soule
           and
           body
           !
           and
           yet
           these
           two
           are
           (
           in
           men
           )
           ready
           to
           fall
           out
           one
           with
           another
           to
           see
           their
           owne
           falsenesse
           ,
           discovered
           by
           the
           apposed
           faithfullnesse
           of
           God
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Soul
           ,
           chargeth
           faithles
           dealing
           to
           the
           body
           ,
           first
           recounting
           it's
           
             care
             ,
             study
             ,
             pains
             ,
             griefe
             ,
             joy
             ,
             suffering
             ,
          
           for
           the
           body
           ;
           all
           which
           were
           the
           body
           away
           the
           soule
           might
           be
           freed
           from
           ,
           as
           having
           no
           back
           to
           be
           cloathed
           ,
           no
           belly
           to
           be
           filled
           ,
           no
           posterity
           to
           be
           provided
           for
           ,
           no
           cheekes
           to
           blush
           ,
           no
           nor
           any
           subjection
           to
           corporall
           strokes
           ,
           nor
           temptation
           to
           sinne
           ,
           and
           yet
           how
           doth
           this
           accursed
           earth
           forsake
           me
           ,
           (
           
             saith
             the
             soul
          
           )
           then
           ,
           when
           if
           I
           am
           evill
           (
           and
           evill
           
             I
          
           am
           by
           conjunction
           with
           that
           too
           ,
           )
           I
           must
           anticipate
           those
           wofull
           torments
           due
           for
           sinne
           ,
           while
           that
           lyes
           steeping
           in
           the
           grave
           .
           Or
           if
           good
           (
           which
           I
           am
           by
           conjunction
           with
           Christ
           )
           then
           ,
           when
           
             I
          
           have
           most
           use
           ,
           and
           should
           have
           most
           joy
           of
           the
           body
           that
           unnaturaly
           sinkes
           from
           me
           ,
           Leaving
           me
           (
           indeed
           )
           to
           enjoy
           (
           but
           alone
           )
           the
           glorified
           
             Mansion
          
           of
           the
           
             Saints
             :
          
           wherein
           is
           the
           glorious
           body
           of
           
             my
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           
             my
             God
             ,
          
           a
           most
           blessed
           and
           beatificall
           object
           .
           But
           wanting
           a
           bodily
           eye
           to
           apprehend
           that
           fullnes
           which
           dwels
           in
           him
           bodily
           .
           
             I
          
           suffer
           a
           comparative
           imperfection
           which
           makes
           me
           cry
           out
           !
           
             How
             long
             Lord
             just
             and
             true
             ?
          
           Where
           
             I
          
           ow
           ;
           and
           without
           al
           wearines
           would
           and
           could
           tender
           
             all
             worship
          
           &c.
           
           But
           all
           bodily
           service
           I
           
           come
           short
           of
           ,
           having
           (
           as
           before
           )
           no
           eye
           bodily
           to
           see
           ,
           so
           [
           here
           ]
           no
           knee
           to
           bend
           ,
           no
           hand
           to
           lift
           up
           ,
           no
           tongue
           to
           speak
           
             To
             the
             honour
             of
             him
             that
             sits
             upon
             the
             throne
             and
             the
             Lamb
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           the
           body
           though
           slower
           ,
           yet
           fals
           in
           heavier
           in
           the
           charg
           ,
           
             and
          
           [
           like
           the
           Moon
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           Apologue
           against
           the
           Sun
           that
           would
           be
           divorc'd
           ]
           recriminates
           thus
           .
           The
           Soul
           is
           false
           to
           me
           and
           unkind
           !
           For
           its
           
             care
             ,
             study
             ,
             paines
             ,
          
           &c.
           are
           for
           its
           owne
           
             Pride
             ,
          
           and
           arrogancy
           .
           For
           when
           the
           soule
           is
           taken
           away
           a
           winding
           sheete
           ,
           is
           as
           good
           to
           me
           ,
           as
           
             Salomans
          
           Wardrobe
           :
           a
           grave
           as
           pallace
           ,
           yea
           an
           Vrne
           ,
           as
           the
           Vniverse
           !
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           soules
           Vanity
           ,
           nothing
           more
           thrifty
           then
           the
           belly
           ,
           nor
           more
           hardy
           then
           back
           ,
           the
           posterity
           nothing
           ,
           glory
           or
           sham
           too
           late
           ,
           stroks
           unfelt
           ,
           temptations
           unaccepted
           ,
           sinne
           unperfited
           .
           I
           have
           been
           a
           true
           drudge
           to
           the
           soul
           an
           ungrudging
           slave
           ,
           &
           [
           I
           see
           now
           an
           il
           rewarded
           servant
           .
           My
           two
           feet
           have
           been
           teady
           to
           run
           ,
           my
           two
           hands
           to
           work
           ,
           My
           2
           eyes
           to
           spy
           ;
           My
           two
           ears
           to
           hearken
           ;
           &
           my
           tongue
           [
           though
           but
           one
           ,
           yet
           as
           busie
           as
           any
           two
           twoes
           beside
           ]
           to
           speak
           :
           yea
           al
           my
           senses
           ,
           and
           organical
           members
           ,
           have
           been
           but
           the
           Pedees
           &
           Posts
           ,
           to
           bring
           home
           ,
           the
           
             farr
             fecht
             ,
          
           and
           
             deare
             bought
             Dainties
          
           of
           experience
           ,
           and
           knowledg
           ,
           to
           the
           Lady
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           this
           soule
           .
           And
           yet
           see
           her
           faithfulnesse
           !
           If
           I
           have
           done
           evill
           it
           was
           
             caeca
             obedientia
          
           [
           and
           were
           she
           a
           
             Papist
          
           she
           by
           her
           own
           doctrin
           ought
           to
           suffer
           alone
           ]
           she
           goes
           but
           before
           for
           a
           
             few
             more
             stripes
          
           which
           her
           knowledge
           demerits
           :
           I
           my
           ignorance
           notwithstanding
           shall
           be
           forced
           after
           to
           the
           encrease
           of
           her
           torment
           as
           well
           as
           mine
           ?
           if
           I
           have
           
             done
          
           well
           she
           anticipates
           my
           reward
           and
           Crowne
           and
           glory
           ,
           leaving
           me
           [
           unwilling
           to
           part
           with
           her
           ]
           a
           loathing
           to
           my
           freinds
           ,
           a
           companion
           to
           the
           Wormes
           :
           and
           brother
           to
           corruption
           ;
           not
           affording
           
             nec
             beneficium
             salis
          
           so
           much
           kindnes
           as
           
             salt
             ,
          
           or
           a
           searecloth
           will
           do
           me
           :
           to
           keepe
           me
           from
           stinking
           and
           putrefaction
           ,
           And
           here
           is
           the
           regreet
           of
           the
           two
           dearest
           freinds
           nature
           ever
           knew
           Now
           observe
           how
           much
           kinder
           and
           constanter
           Christ
           is
           to
           both
           ,
           then
           either
           to
           other
           :
           For
           beside
           that
           he
           
             is
          
           and
           
             does
          
           what
           ever
           each
           of
           these
           
             is
          
           or
           
             doth
          
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           
             per
             modum
             efficientiae
             ,
          
           as
           an
           Efficient
           working
           that
           good
           that
           is
           in
           them
           ,
           but
           also
           
             per
             modnm
             eminentiae
             ,
          
           by
           way
           of
           Excellency
           doing
           greater
           things
           for
           them
           both
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           able
           to
           apprehend
           at
           present
           .
           Like
           a
           soule
           
             caring
             ,
             studying
             ,
             labouring
             ,
             greiving
             ,
             joying
             suffering
             for
             both
             :
          
           Like
           the
           Body
           
             going
             ,
             working
             ,
             seeing
             ,
             hearing
             ▪
             speaking
             for
             both
             :
          
           Like
           a
           soule
           ,
           to
           the
           Body
           
             informing
          
           and
           
             conserning
             both
             :
          
           Like
           a
           body
           to
           the
           Soule
           
             serving
          
           both
           And
           al
           this
           in
           an
           ineffable
           and
           glorious
           way
           for
           the
           advancing
           
           of
           both
           :
           He
           doth
           further
           ,
           when
           the
           soule
           is
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           body
           (
           as
           it
           were
           out
           of
           a
           
             sheath
          
           )
           take
           it
           into
           his
           hands
           doe's
           of
           the
           rust
           ,
           
             forbisheth
          
           it
           ,
           and
           brightning
           it
           with
           his
           owne
           glory
           ,
           Clothes
           it
           with
           Majesty
           Nay
           more
           ,
           But
           I
           had
           need
           learue
           St.
           
           
             Pauls
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             unut
             terable
             words
          
           to
           expresse
           the
           happines
           of
           it
           there
           .
           For
           the
           things
           which
           
             eye
             hath
             not
             seen
          
           to
           supply
           the
           want
           of
           sight
           ,
           
             nor
             eares
             heard
          
           to
           make
           up
           the
           losse
           of
           bodily
           teares
           &c.
           are
           there
           ready
           to
           entertaine
           it
           :
        
         
           On
           
           th'other
           side
           the
           Body
           ,
           whose
           estate
           seems
           to
           be
           most
           deplored
           when
           freinds
           avoid
           the
           sight
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           soule
           in
           whose
           service
           it
           is
           either
           worn
           out
           or
           wounded
           to
           death
           forsaking
           it
           ,
           hath
           notwithstanding
           the
           
             everlasting
             armes
             underneath
             it
             :
          
           treasuring
           it
           up
           for
           one
           of
           his
           
             jewels
          
           in
           whose
           
             sight
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Saints
             is
             precious
             :
          
           For
           no
           doubt
           God
           who
           
             telleth
             the
             wandrings
             ,
             bottle
             up
             the
             teares
             ,
             numbreth
             the
             haires
             ,
             and
             writes
             in
             a
             book
             all
             the
             part
          
           of
           his
           servants
           living
           :
           Can
           ,
           &
           doth
           (
           though
           the
           grave
           cause
           all
           the
           joints
           to
           drop
           asunder
           ,
           the
           bowels
           to
           engender
           wormes
           ,
           and
           a
           stinch
           ;
           turnes
           the
           pleasant
           eye
           balls
           ,
           the
           sometime
           seat
           of
           delight
           ,
           into
           a
           rotten
           Gelly
           ,
           dry
           the
           braine
           ,
           consume
           the
           mucles
           ,
           rack
           the
           whole
           to
           peices
           ,
           and
           then
           grind
           it
           againe
           to
           dust
           )
           preserve
           each
           atom
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           most
           inscrutable
           providence
           ,
           keep
           every
           more
           of
           that
           dust
           ,
           to
           the
           
             glorious
             resurrection
             .
          
           And
           this
           although
           not
           comparable
           in
           it selfe
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           yet
           hath
           in
           it
           an
           unspeakeable
           weight
           of
           comfort
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           O
           My
           soul
           though
           I
           desire
           thee
           not
           to
           be
           so
           unnatural
           to
           cast
           of
           the
           body
           !
           Yet
           learne
           to
           know
           a
           truer
           freind
           ,
           then
           my
           flesh
           ,
           Let
           thy
           
             care
          
           be
           to
           
             gain
          
           and
           
             keep
          
           Christ
           ,
           thy
           
             study
          
           to
           
             please
          
           him
           ,
           thy
           
             labour
          
           to
           
             serve
          
           him
           ,
           thy
           
             joy
          
           to
           
             know
          
           him
           ,
           thy
           
             greife
          
           to
           
             offend
          
           him
           ,
           thy
           suffering
           for
           him
           ,
           rather
           ,
           yea
           more
           then
           ever
           it
           hath
           been
           for
           this
           body
           of
           mine
           ,
           who
           will
           stay
           longer
           by
           thee
           ,
           prove
           kinder
           to
           thee
           then
           e're
           that
           hath
           been
           or
           is
           like
           to
           be
           !
           And
           O
           My
           flesh
           !
           though
           I
           would
           not
           have
           thee
           unreasonable
           ,
           yet
           begin
           to
           be
           sensible
           of
           a
           truer
           
             Guide
             ,
          
           a
           constanter
           
             keeper
             ,
          
           and
           a
           blesseder
           
             governour
          
           then
           ever
           my
           owne
           soule
           hath
           or
           will
           be
           to
           thee
           :
           Let
           thy
           
             feet
             stand
             in
             the
             Gates
             of
          
           Sion
           ,
           or
           be
           running
           towards
           the
           house
           of
           God
           :
           Let
           thy
           hands
           be
           
             working
             the
             thing
             that
             is
             good
             ,
          
           Let
           thine
           eyes
           be
           
             lifted
             up
          
           to
           the
           place
           
             where
             Christs
             honor
             dwells
             !
          
           And
           let
           this
           be
           thy
           
             Covenant
             with
             them
             !
          
           and
           make
           thy
           tongue
           to
           
             tell
             of
             his
             praise
          
           and
           
             speake
             good
             of
             his
             name
          
           that
           will
           restore
           all
           these
           (
           left
           to
           corruption
           by
           the
           soul
           )
           to
           become
           
             vessels
             of
             glory
             in
             the
             resurection
             of
             the
             just
             ,
          
           And
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           keepeth
           them
           that
           
             that
             not
             a
             haire
             of
             thy
             head
             shal
             be
             lost
             ,
          
           
           
             And
             O
             thou
             very
             God
             of
             peace
             who
             when
             thou
             beginnest
             to
             take
             into
             favour
             lovest
             with
             an
             everlasting
             love
             (
             for
             such
             is
             thy
             Covenant
             )
             into
             protection
             never
             leavest
             nor
             forsakest
             (
             such
             is
             thy
             unchangeable
             nature
             )
             so
             take
             my
             soule
             into
             favour
             ,
             my
             flesh
             into
             tuition
             ,
             that
             both
             being
             sanctified
             throughout
             .
             My
             soule
             may
             long
             for
             thee
             ,
             my
             flesh
             may
             cry
             out
             for
             the
             living
             God!
             My
             Soule
             love
             thee
             as
             it
             is
             beloved
             of
             thee
             and
             my
             body
             serve
             thee
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             preserved
             by
             thee
             ;
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           when
           I
           contemplate
           the
           unity
           of
           Christ's
           person
           &
           therein
           consider
           ,
           how
           near
           
             Man
          
           is
           brought
           to
           God
           ,
           I
           am
           enforced
           to
           acknowledge
           all
           promised
           Vnions
           of
           God
           to
           man
           
             possible
             ;
          
           all
           commanded
           Vnions
           of
           man
           againe
           to
           God
           
             reasonable
             .
          
           The
           promised
           Vnions
           of
           God
           to
           Man
           are
           .
           1.
           
           
             Pastorall
             ,
          
           He
           our
           
             shepheard
          
           we
           his
           
             Flock
             .
             2.
             
             Oeconomicall
             ,
          
           he
           our
           
             Master
             ,
          
           wee
           his
           
             servants
             .
             3.
             
             Consanguineal
             ,
          
           He
           our
           
             Father
          
           we
           his
           
             Sonnes
          
           and
           
             Daughters
             .
             4.
             
             Conjugall
          
           he
           our
           
             Husband
          
           we
           his
           
             Spouse
          
           here
           ,
           his
           
             hride
          
           in
           the
           
             resurrection
             ,
          
           his
           
             Wife
          
           for
           ever
           :
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           :
           his
           call
           ,
           and
           our
           following
           ,
           declares
           us
           one
           way
           .
           In
           the
           second
           :
           his
           command
           ,
           and
           our
           obedience
           one
           Worke
           ,
           In
           the
           third
           :
           his
           tender
           care
           ,
           our
           dutifull
           honour
           ,
           one
           Generation
           or
           Kindred
           .
           In
           the
           Last
           :
           his
           holy
           desire
           ,
           and
           our
           chast
           submission
           ,
           one
           love
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           these
           unions
           made
           easie
           even
           to
           faith
           by
           the
           Vnity
           of
           Christ's
           person
           .
           
             He
             that
             gave
             us
             his
             sonne
             ,
             how
             shall
             he
             not
             with
             him
             freely
             give
             us
             all
             things
             .
          
           The
           commanded
           Vnions
           ,
           of
           man
           to
           God
           are
           ,
           1.
           
           Of
           
             Judgement
          
           that
           wee
           ,
           [
           as
           he
           doth
           ]
           
             approve
             the
             things
             that
             are
             more
             excellent
             .
          
           2
           Of
           
             Will
          
           for
           election
           that
           we
           (
           as
           he
           doth
           )
           
             desire
             truth
             in
             the
             inward
             parts
             ,
          
           and
           this
           is
           to
           
             chuse
             the
             better
             part
             .
          
           3.
           
           Of
           
             Affection
             ,
          
           that
           we
           (
           as
           he
           doth
           ]
           
             hate
             the
             evill
             and
             love
             the
             good
             :
          
           being
           
             merciful
             as
             our
             heavenly
             Father
             is
             merciful
             .
          
           4.
           
           Of
           
             Conversation
          
           that
           
             we
             be
             holie
             as
             he
             is
             holie
             ,
             perfect
             ,
             as
             our
             Father
             which
             is
             in
             Heaven
             is
             perfect
             ,
             that
             we
             purifie
             our selves
             as
             he
             is
             pure
             .
          
        
         
           And
           all
           this
           is
           but
           to
           be
           one
           spirit
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           
             He
             that
             is
             joyned
             to
             the
             Eord
             is
             one
             Spirit
             .
          
           And
           good
           reason
           !
           For
           God
           requires
           no
           more
           of
           us
           then
           
             St
             Paul
          
           did
           of
           the
           
             Galatians
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           the
           same
           ground
           .
           
             Be
             ye
             as
             I
             am
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             as
             ye
             are
             .
          
           O
           yee
           Sonnes
           of
           Men
           be
           ye
           as
           Gods
           !
           And
           the
           Children
           of
           the
           most
           high
           ,
           for
           the
           sonne
           God
           is
           God
           ,
           yet
           for
           your
           sakes
           ,
           became
           the
           sonne
           of
           Man
           .
           And
           O
           my
           Soule
           ,
           since
           thou
           hast
           no
           reason
           to
           doubt
           have
           faith
           to
           pray
           !
           Philosophie
           ●ath
           taught
           thee
           ,
           That
           every
           Essence
           is
           an
           Vnity
           :
           not
           only
           in
           number
           ,
           
           as
           opposed
           to
           multitude
           ,
           but
           even
           in
           nature
           ,
           as
           an
           undivided
           being
           ▪
           the
           desire
           of
           which
           last
           Vnity
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           sorrow
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           division
           .
           Thy
           sinfull
           (
           and
           therefore
           wofull
           )
           experience
           hath
           taught
           thee
           to
           feele
           thy selfe
           involved
           in
           the
           curse
           of
           
             Simeon
             and
             Levi
             ,
             to
             be
             divided
             and
             scattered
             :
          
           But
           this
           Mystery
           is
           that
           which
           teaches
           thee
           by
           the
           Gospell
           to
           expect
           
             Vnitie
             as
             a
             gift
             ,
          
           to
           desire
           it
           as
           a
           
             benefit
             ,
          
           On
           therefore
           my
           soule
           ,
           take
           with
           thee
           ,
           words
           ,
           and
           say
           !
        
         
           
             O
             Lord
             :
             I
             am
             by
             sinne
             either
             a
             solitary
             wild
             Wolfe
             ,
             or
             at
             best
             a
             strayed
             sheep
             from
             the
             sold
             of
             peace
             :
             but
             by
             this
             I
             know
             thou
             canst
             ,
             I
             hope
             thou
             wilt
             make
             the
             Wolf
             lye
             downe
             with
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             or
             cause
             thine
             owne
             immaculate
             Lamb
             the
             Lamb
             of
             God
             to
             take
             away
             that
             sinne
             which
             makes
             me
             a
             Wolfe
             in
             thy
             sight
             .
             Or
             if
             a
             strayed
             sheep
             ,
          
           seeke
           .
           O
           seek
           (
           
             according
             to
             thy
             promise
          
           )
           that
           which
           was
           lost
           ,
           and
           bring
           againe
           that
           which
           was
           driven
           away
           ,
           bind
           up
           that
           which
           was
           broken
           ,
           strengthen
           that
           which
           was
           sick
           ,
           feed
           me
           upon
           a
           good
           Pasture
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           high
           Mountaines
           of
           Israel
           fold
           me
           .
        
         
           
             O
             my
             God
             ,
             I
             am
             by
             nature
             a
             fugitive
             ,
             or
             a
             Captive
             :
             a
             Rogue
             ,
             or
             a
             slave
             ,
             without
             Master
             ,
             or
             under
             a
             cruell
             Master
             ,
             where
             my
             work
             is
             sin
             ,
             my
             wages
             death
             ,
             I
             sow
             the
             wind
             ,
             and
             reap
             the
             Whirlewind
             ,
             but
             O
             thou
             great
             Commander
             of
             all
             hearts
             who
             rulest
             by
             love
             ,
             and
             so
             makest
             thy
             service
             to
             be
             perfect
             freedome
             ,
             I
             want
             a
             service
             ,
             do
             thou
             entertaine
             me
             ,
             I
             am
             weary
             of
             my
             Old
             Master
             do
             thou
             redeeme
             me
             ,
             I
             yeild
             to
             thy
             Yoke
             ,
             accept
             thy
             condition
             ,
             embrace
             thy
             Covenant
             ;
             and
             for
             reward
             build
             upon
             thy
             courtesie
             .
             Thy
             Gospel
             shall
             be
             my
          
           Indenture
           ,
           
             thy
             Sacraments
             the
          
           Seales
           ,
           
             thy
             sonne
             the
          
           Vndertaker
           of
           my
           truth
           ;
           
             thy
             Holy
             Spirit
             and
             my
             owne
             Conscience
             the
          
           Inward
           ,
           
             thy
             holy
             Angels
             and
             the
             World
             the
          
           Eye-witnesses
           
             of
             my
             fidelity
             .
             Thy
             secrets
             I
             will
             keep
             ,
             Thy
             commands
             I
             will
             religiously
             obey
             .
             Thy
             talents
             improve
             ,
             Thy
             goods
             not
             wast
             ,
             No
             contract
             will
             I
             make
             prejudicial
             to
             thy
             service
             ,
             For
             this
             purpose
             I
             yeild
             my
             Eare
             to
             the
             awle
             and
             doore
             of
             thy
             house
             ,
             bore
             it
             ,
             for
             I
             will
             not
             go
             from
             thee
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           
             O
             Lord
             my
             God
             my
             poore
             soule
             is
             by
             sin
             become
             either
             an
             Orphant
             to
             my
             sorrow
             ;
             or
             a
             Bastard
             to
             my
             shame
             ;
             either
             fatherlesse
             without
             God
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             faulty
             Father
             ,
          
           Iohn
           8.
           48.
           
           
             The
             first
             is
             the
             object
             of
             pity
             ,
             but
             the
             last
             of
             reproach
             .
             Thou
             hast
             promised
             to
             succour
             the
             first
             ,
             but
             hast
             commanded
             thy
             doores
             to
             be
             shut
             against
             the
             last
             .
             Thou
             wilt
             be
             a
          
           Father
           to
           the
           Fatherlesse
           ,
           
             but
             a
             Bastard
             shall
             not
          
           enter
           into
           thy
           Congregation
           to
           the
           tenth
           Generation
           ,
           
             O
             my
             God
             ,
             my
          
           
           
             soules
             substance
             is
             true
             borne
             ,
             as
             in
             thy
             Creation
             :
             only
             ,
             since
             sinne
             an
             Orphan
             of
             grace
             ,
             the
             Child
             of
             wrath
             ,
             by
             nature
             !
             And
             so
             O
             Lord
             thy
             charge
             :
             Be
             a
             father
             to
             it
             !
             And
             like
          
           Iacob
           
             cause't
             to
             returne
             to
             its
             Fathers
             House
             in
             peace
             :
             Indeed
             in
             quality
             it
             is
             base
             ,
             of
             the
             linage
             of
             the
             man
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
             here
          
           the
           Crown
           is
           fallen
           from
           our
           heads
           ,
           
             Wo
          
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           sinned
           .
           
             The
             disherited
             may
             be
             restored
             ,
             the
             fatherlesse
             adopted
             ,
             the
             Stranger
             naturalized
             :
             but
             the
             bastard
             hath
             his
          
           BEND
           SINISTER
           or
           BORDER
           GOBANY
           
             an
             Indeleble
             character
             or
             brand
             of
             Infamy
             ,
             which
             though
             amongst
             men
             it
             be
             an
             evill
             that
             knowes
          
           no
           remedy
           ,
           yet
           with
           thee
           (
           
             O
             Lord
          
           with
           whom
           all
           things
           are
           possible
           )
           
             easie
             to
             be
             cured
             .
             Thou
             hast
             a
             fountaine
             of
             bloud
             to
             regenerate
             to
             a
             new
             man
             the
             infamous
             soule
             of
             siufull
             mankind
             .
             Do
             thou
             therefore
             who
             once
             tookest
             away
             the
             reproach
             of
          
           Pharez
           (
           
             the
             base
             Sonne
             of
          
           Iudah
           )
           
             by
             making
             him
             a
             Lineall
             Progenitour
             to
             thine
             annointed
             :
             By
             waking
             thy
             sonne
             to
             be
          
           progenitor
           genitrixq
           ▪
           
             to
             my
             soule
             in
             the
             wombe
             of
             Baptisme
             to
             repentance
             ,
             take
             away
             the
             sinne
             of
             my
             birth
             &
             conception
             ,
             that
             the
             Spirit
             of
             adoption
             may
             enable
             me
             with
             confidence
             to
             say
          
           Abba
           Father
           .
        
         
           
             And
             yet
             O
             my
             God
             if
             in
             al
             these
             relations
             (
             pardon
             me
          
           my
           Father
           ,
           
             if
             in
             these
             too
             far
             allusions
             my
             pen
             may
             seem
             irreverent
             ,
             my
             heart
             desires
             to
             honour
             thee
             )
             I
             measure
             thee
          
           by
           the
           line
           of
           a
           man
           .
           
             I
             may
             suspect
             the
             Vnity
             and
             feare
             a
             division
             .
             For
             if
             I
             am
             a
             sheepe
          
           smite
           but
           the
           Shepheard
           ,
           and
           the
           Sheep
           will
           be
           scattered
           ,
           
             For
             this
             is
             the
             prophesie
             .
             If
             I
             be
             a
             servant
             ,
             the
             yeare
             of
          
           Iubile
           
             may
             grant
             me
             an
             injurious
             liberty
             .
             For
             this
             is
             the
             Law
             of
             servants
             .
             If
             a
             Son
             on
             my
             marriage
             day
             ,
             I
             may
             forsake
             thee
             .
             For
             that
             is
             the
             rule
             of
             Espousals
             .
             O
             then
             so
             it
             must
             be
             !
             thou
             must
             betroth
          
           me
           to
           thy selfe
           in
           faithfulnesse
           :
           
             for
             so
             shal
             I
             in
             the
             day
             enjoy
             thee
             ,
             in
             the
             night
             embrace
             thee
             ,
          
           thy
           left
           hand
           shall
           bee
           under
           mee
           ,
           
             and
             thy
          
           right
           arme
           shall
           encompasse
           me
           .
           
             The
             yeare
             of
             Iubile
             for
             joy
             ,
             shall
             never
             go
             out
             ,
             for
             liberty
             ,
             never
             come
             in
             .
             How
             then
             O
             Lord
             shall
             I
             allure
             thee
             ,
             how
             shall
             I
             woo
             thee
             ,
             for
             my
             sinfull
             soule
             is
             like
          
           Thamar
           
             either
             a
             sad
          
           neglected
           Widdow
           ,
           
             or
             which
             is
             worse
             a
             prostituted
             Strumpet
             ,
             Once
             this
             is
             certain
             :
             the
             Maiden
             innocency
             thereof
             is
             lost
             by
             the
             first
             transgression
             :
             which
             to
             restore
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             World
             of
             Women
             ,
             the
             mock
             of
             Art
             :
             Yet
             in
             thy
             Church
             the
             miracle
             of
             Grace
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             as
             easie
             with
             thee
             to
             purifie
             a
             spirituall
             Harlot
             to
             virginitie
             as
             to
             preserve
             a
             fleshly
             mother
             in
             virginitie
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           having
           breifely
           described
           and
           largly
           applyed
           the
           
             Nature
          
           of
           
           this
           Union
           and
           the
           
             Natures
             united
             .
             I
          
           passe
           to
           speake
           of
           the
           
             Reason
          
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           with
           the
           bare
           mention
           whereof
           I
           shal
           conclude
           .
        
         
           The
           Reasons
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           may
           be
           reduced
           to
           these
           heads
           ,
           such
           as
           concerne
           God
           .
           Others
           that
           concerne
           us
           .
           Lastly
           some
           that
           concerne
           the
           enemies
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           
             Man
             ,
             Sin
             and
             Sathan
             .
          
           Of
           the
           reasons
           that
           concerne
           God
           ,
           these
           two
           are
           anciently
           given
           by
           the
           Fathers
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           God
           [
           whose
           counsel
           and
           purpose
           hath
           ever
           been
           the
           illustration
           and
           manifestation
           of
           his
           own
           glory
           ]
           might
           more
           eminently
           ,
           evidently
           ,
           and
           transcendently
           set
           forth
           before
           Men
           and
           Angels
           ;
           The
           super-excellency
           of
           his
           
             Goodnesse
             ,
             Wisdome
             ,
             Iustice
             ,
             &
             Power
             :
          
           Which
           no where
           so
           clearely
           shine
           as
           in
           the
           great
           worke
           of
           the
           
             incarnation
             .
          
           As
           may
           appeare
           by
           a
           Particular
           consideration
           of
           the
           even
           now
           named
           artributes
           .
        
         
           As
           first
           his
           
             goodnes
          
           is
           no where
           so
           manifest
           ,
           as
           in
           
             him
             ,
             in
             whome
             dwels
             the
             fullnes
             of
             the
             god-head
             Bodily
             .
          
           The
           
             Best
          
           of
           
             Creatures
          
           before
           ,
           had
           but
           the
           
             footesteps
             :
          
           And
           at
           the
           best
           but
           an
           
             image
          
           of
           God
           in
           them
           .
           But
           here
           God
           
             himselfe
             :
          
           not
           
             appears
             ,
          
           but
           
             dwells
             :
          
           not
           his
           
             back
             parts
          
           onely
           ,
           but
           his
           
             fullnes
          
           in
           man
           .
           Nor
           is
           that
           goodnesse
           here
           
             locked
             ,
          
           but
           
             treasured
             :
          
           that
           
             of
             his
             fullnes
             we
             might
             all
             receive
             ,
             and
             grace
             for
             grace
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Or
           if
           we
           take
           it
           not
           only
           for
           
             holinesse
             ,
          
           but
           for
           
             loving-kindnesse
          
           also
           !
           Where
           can
           we
           find
           a
           
             paralell
          
           to
           the
           
             goodnesse
          
           of
           the
           
             Incarnation
             .
          
           Wherein
           that
           God
           who
           even
           
             humbles
             himselfe
             when
             he
             daines
             to
             behold
             things
             done
             ,
          
           not
           in
           
             Earth
          
           only
           ,
           but
           in
           
             Heaven
          
           also
           ,
           is
           pleased
           to
           communicate
           
             himselfe
             ,
          
           his
           
             love
             ,
          
           yea
           and
           his
           
             very
             nature
          
           too
           :
           not
           to
           a
           
             creature
          
           only
           ,
           but
           an
           
             earthly
          
           creature
           :
           nor
           so
           only
           ,
           but
           to
           a
           
             sinfull
          
           nature
           ,
           to
           an
           
             enemy
             ;
          
           the
           Son
           of
           his
           
             love
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Children
             of
             wrath
             :
          
           so
           that
           as
           the
           Angel
           speaking
           of
           Christ
           his
           goodnes
           in
           the
           first
           sence
           calls
           him
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           
             That
             Holy
             ,
          
           so
           may
           we
           in
           the
           latter
           cal
           him
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             That
             Kind
             ,
             That
             loving
             ,
             That
             mercifull
             thing
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           so
           highly
           
             honoured
             ,
          
           and
           not
           despised
           the
           weaknesse
           of
           
             his
             owne
             workmanship
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           his
           
             Wisdome
          
           is
           no where
           more
           apparent
           then
           in
           Him
           ,
           
             in
             whom
             are
             hid
             all
             the
             treasures
             of
             wisdome
             and
             knowledge
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           the
           very
           Incarnation
           it selfe
           did
           reveale
           the
           wisdome
           of
           God
           in
           the
           contrivance
           of
           mans
           salvation
           so
           gloriously
           ,
           that
           if
           not
           only
           
             confounded
          
           the
           
             Divells
             ,
          
           and
           befooled
           the
           subtill
           Serpent
           ,
           (
           as
           wee
           
           shall
           see
           anon
           )
           but
           even
           
             posed
          
           the
           good
           
             Angells
          
           themselves
           .
           Of
           whom
           ,
           St.
           
             Peter
          
           testifies
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           ?
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             stoope
          
           to
           
             peere
          
           into
           the
           mysterie
           .
           For
           as
           the
           learned
           give
           the
           reason
           ,
           They
           could
           not
           conceive
           how
           man
           could
           ever
           be
           redeemed
           ;
           For
           the
           
             lawes
             rigour
          
           was
           so
           
             inexorable
          
           that
           
             Man
          
           could
           not
           be
           
             quit
          
           but
           by
           
             sufferings
          
           of
           infinite
           value
           and
           worth
           :
           Now
           they
           knew
           that
           indeed
           
             Man
          
           could
           suffer
           :
           But
           the
           
             sufferings
          
           of
           
             men
          
           and
           
             Angells
             ,
          
           could
           not
           merit
           ,
           or
           
             countervaile
          
           the
           
             Lawes
             rigour
             ,
          
           within
           any
           limits
           of
           time
           .
           Againe
           they
           knew
           that
           if
           God
           
             interposed
          
           he
           could
           add
           value
           ;
           But
           he
           could
           not
           (
           his
           very
           
             essence
          
           forbidding
           it
           )
           suffer
           .
           So
           that
           here
           God
           
             charged
             his
             Angells
             with
             folly
             ,
          
           who
           knowing
           Gods
           
             promise
          
           of
           
             redemption
          
           to
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           ;
           yet
           were
           nonplus't
           ,
           and
           to
           seek
           in
           the
           means
           .
           Till
           God
           in
           the
           fullnesse
           of
           time
           made
           knowne
           the
           mystery
           by
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           uniting
           
             God
          
           and
           
             Man
          
           together
           in
           one
           person
           ,
           for
           the
           accomplishing
           of
           his
           promise
           and
           covenant
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           his
           
             Iustice
             ,
          
           and
           that
           both
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             Law
          
           whose
           every
           
             iota
          
           and
           
             title
          
           stood
           firmer
           then
           
             Heaven
             ;
          
           (
           for
           the
           Heavens
           gave
           way
           to
           the
           descending
           of
           Christ
           :
           )
           or
           
             earth
          
           (
           which
           yeilded
           and
           trembled
           at
           his
           resurrection
           )
           But
           the
           Law
           stood
           strong
           ,
           not
           suffering
           him
           to
           passe
           till
           all
           the
           
             percepts
          
           were
           
             obeyed
             ,
          
           the
           
             prophesies
             fullfilled
             ,
          
           and
           
             trespasses
             satisfied
          
           for
           ;
           Not
           condoning
           ,
           much
           lesse
           conniving
           at
           sin
           ,
           though
           but
           imputed
           (
           and
           that
           )
           to
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           And
           then
           wherein
           (
           I
           pray
           )
           doth
           the
           
             senerity
          
           of
           Gods
           Justice
           appeare
           
             more
          
           or
           
             equally
             ?
          
           Zaleucus
           his
           one
           eye
           :
           And
           that
           Heathens
           selfe
           destroying
           ,
           besides
           their
           cruelty
           come
           infinitly
           short
           ,
           of
           this
           most
           strict
           ,
           yet
           aequable
           Justice
           :
           And
           secondly
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             Subject
             ,
          
           yeilding
           and
           exacting
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           
             same
             nature
          
           that
           
             had
             sinned
             ;
          
           and
           then
           
             rendring
          
           the
           purchased
           
             inheritance
          
           to
           the
           
             nature
          
           that
           had
           
             merited
          
           by
           
             obeying
             .
          
           And
           lastly
           in
           respect
           of
           
             Death
          
           it selfe
           who
           
             raigning
             over
             all
             by
             sinne
             ,
          
           lost
           not
           its
           dominion
           till
           Christ
           spoyled
           him
           of
           it
           .
           And
           that
           most
           justly
           for
           
             Death
          
           entring
           upon
           Christ
           (
           to
           whom
           he
           had
           no
           title
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           righteousnes
           that
           was
           in
           Christ
           )
           considering
           he
           was
           
             flesh
             ,
          
           not
           knowing
           that
           he
           was
           also
           the
           
             Lord
             of
             life
          
           made
           a
           breach
           upon
           the
           
             flesh
          
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           
             death
             dyed
          
           (
           as
           all
           things
           do
           in
           their
           contraries
           )
           
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           Having
           first
           ,
           forfeited
           his
           owne
           tenement
           by
           a
           forcible
           entry
           upon
           another
           mans
           possession
           ,
           which
           gives
           a
           good
           title
           among
           
             Kings
          
           and
           
           
             Souldiers
          
           to
           all
           things
           gotten
           by
           conquest
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           his
           
             power
          
           which
           is
           breifly
           ;
           more
           manifest
           in
           
             uniting
             the
             divine
             nature
          
           to
           the
           
             humane
             ;
          
           then
           it
           is
           in
           
             creating
             .
          
           Because
           there
           is
           a
           more
           
             reall
          
           and
           
             infinite
          
           distance
           betweene
           
             God
          
           and
           
             Man
          
           then
           between
           
             Man
          
           and
           
             Nothing
             ,
          
           between
           
             Heaven
          
           and
           
             Hell
             ,
          
           then
           betwixt
           
             Heaven
          
           and
           the
           first
           
             Chaos
             ,
          
           betweene
           
             sin
          
           and
           
             Grace
          
           then
           
             Emptines
          
           and
           
             Grace
             :
          
           As
           also
           more
           
             difficulties
          
           in
           redemption
           ,
           then
           in
           creation
           ,
           more
           
             corruptions
          
           to
           
             hinder
             ,
          
           more
           
             Enemies
          
           to
           
             oppose
          
           the
           very
           
             work
          
           and
           
             office
          
           of
           a
           Redeemer
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           first
           reason
           given
           by
           
             Damascene
             ,
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             1.
             de
             orthodoxa
             fide
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           there
           (
           in
           some
           manner
           )
           might
           be
           a
           
             proportionablnesse
          
           &
           
             analogy
          
           in
           the
           
             Mediatour
          
           to
           the
           
             Trinity
             ,
          
           which
           (
           if
           I
           forget
           not
           )
           is
           by
           St.
           
             Austin
          
           called
           a
           
             responsary
             Trinity
          
           for
           as
           in
           the
           Trinity
           there
           are
           
             three
             persons
          
           in
           one
           
             essence
             .
          
           So
           in
           Christ
           there
           are
           three
           
             essences
          
           in
           one
           
             person
             :
          
           In
           the
           first
           the
           persons
           of
           the
           
             Father
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Son
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           are
           but
           one
           essence
           ,
           (
           
             i
          
           )
           
             God
             ,
          
           So
           in
           the
           latter
           three
           essences
           ,
           the
           
             word
             ,
          
           the
           
             Soule
             ,
          
           and
           
             flesh
             ,
          
           are
           but
           one
           person
           
             Christ
          
           and
           this
           is
           Saint
           
             Augustines
             ,
             lib.
             13.
             de
             crtniate
             ,
          
           cap.
           1.
           
        
         
           The
           reasons
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           that
           concerne
           as
           are
           two
           .
           First
           the
           removing
           of
           
             Evil
          
           from
           us
           .
           Secondly
           ▪
           the
           promoting
           of
           our
           good
           .
           To
           the
           effecting
           of
           both
           these
           it
           was
           necessary
           that
           the
           
             word
          
           should
           be
           made
           
             Flesh
          
           and
           the
           
             Sonne
             of
             God
          
           should
           become
           the
           
             Sonne
             of
             Man
             .
          
           For
           (
           although
           I
           confesse
           with
           Saint
           
             Austin
          
           that
           God
           in
           his
           absolute
           power
           could
           have
           framed
           another
           possible
           meane
           for
           the
           salvation
           of
           mankind
           ;
           yet
           )
           by
           that
           power
           which
           is
           ordinate
           
             to
          
           and
           equall
           
             with
          
           his
           will
           there
           could
           be
           
             No
             other
             name
             given
             under
             Heaven
             whereby
             we
             should
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           but
           only
           this
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           we
           consider
           Sathans
           power
           (
           who
           now
           Lords
           it
           over
           seduced
           and
           enthralled
           mankind
           :
           And
           by
           a
           wofull
           CATACHRESIS
           is
           become
           the
           
             God
             of
             this
             World
          
           )
           his
           power
           and
           strength
           (
           
             I
          
           say
           )
           not
           to
           be
           overcome
           no
           not
           by
           the
           contention
           of
           an
           Arch
           angel
           without
           a
           
             Mittimus
          
           to
           God
           [
           
             The
             Lord
             rebuke
             thee
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           Or
           secondly
           sinnes
           most
           intimate
           adhearence
           to
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Adam
           ;
           whose
           vitious
           habits
           in
           us
           that
           they
           might
           appear
           (
           as
           it
           were
           more
           then
           accidentall
           to
           us
           ,
           have
           (
           by
           the
           best
           speaker
           Gods
           word
           )
           the
           denomination
           of
           our
           very
           parts
           and
           substance
           given
           to
           them
           .
           Being
           called
           
             the
             body
             of
             Sinnes
             ,
             and
             of
             death
             :
          
           our
           
             Members
             ,
          
           yea
           &
           our
           very
           
             Flesh
             too
             :
          
           whose
           crucifying
           vicinity
           and
           tormenting
           closenesse
           ,
           made
           a
           miserable
           
           Apostle
           make
           a
           more
           miserable
           '
           EPIPHONEMA
           crying
           out
           [
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           
             who
             shal
             deliver
             me
             ,
          
        
         
           Or
           thirdly
           the
           more
           then
           necessary
           Fluxe
           of
           sinfull
           acts
           and
           transgressions
           from
           those
           vitious
           habits
           and
           corruptions
           ,
           whose
           violent
           torrent
           like
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           Sea
           or
           the
           Cataracts
           of
           Nilus
           (
           though
           caused
           by
           nature
           cannot
           by
           the
           Lawes
           of
           nature
           ,
           or
           rules
           of
           Physick
           ,
           though
           with
           the
           
             poore
             Woman
          
           in
           the
           Gospel
           
             wee
             spend
             our
             whole
          
           time
           and
           
             substance
             upon
             the
             Physitians
          
           )
           be
           stopped
           ,
           no
           nor
           (
           with
           reverence
           be
           it
           spoken
           )
           by
           Christ
           himselfe
           ,
           without
           the
           Fountaine
           be
           dryed
           up
           by
           a
           vertue
           proceeding
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           Or
           lastly
           the
           strong
           Sequence
           of
           Gods
           law
           following
           
             sinne
          
           inevitably
           with
           
             Death
             ,
             malediction
          
           and
           
             curse
             ▪
          
           Charging
           upon
           transgressours
           invincibly
           .
           That
           vengeance
           and
           those
           intolerable
           plagues
           ,
           which
           Gods
           word
           can
           be
           understood
           to
           denounce
           ,
           or
           Gods
           wrath
           to
           inflict
           .
           So
           :
           that
           to
           the
           removing
           of
           these
           malignities
           there
           is
           required
           the
           interposition
           of
           a
           God
           .
        
         
           It
           must
           be
           more
           then
           an
           Angel
           that
           must
           disenthrone
           the
           Divell
           He
           must
           be
           
             God
             that
             must
             tread
             Sathan
             under
             our
             feet
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           it
           must
           be
           some
           thing
           more
           subtill
           and
           spirituall
           then
           any
           creature
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           must
           get
           between
           us
           and
           our
           luste
           even
           the
           God
           in
           whom
           we
           live
           &
           move
           and
           have
           our
           being
           that
           must
           
             seperate
             our
             sinnes
             from
             us
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           it
           must
           be
           somewhat
           above
           nature
           that
           must
           hinder
           sinnes
           actions
           ,
           and
           cause
           the
           naturall
           and
           most
           fruitefull
           wombe
           of
           concupiscence
           to
           miscary
           .
           It
           must
           be
           the
           God
           of
           nature
           ,
           that
           can
           make
           the
           
             fire
          
           not
           
             burne
             ,
          
           the
           Sea
           not
           drown
           ,
           the
           
             Lions
          
           not
           
             devour
             ,
             the
             Sun
             to
             go
             backward
             .
          
           He
           alone
           it
           is
           ;
           that
           can
           give
           sinne
           
             a
             miscarying
             wombe
             and
             dry
             breasts
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           the
           Law-giver
           himselfe
           :
           that
           must
           make
           the
           
             Fire
          
           no
           burne
           ,
           the
           
             Sea
          
           not
           drown
           ,
           and
           
             lions
             of
             his
             law
          
           not
           devoure
           guilty
           mankind
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           this
           :
           yet
           not
           to
           be
           done
           in
           a
           direct
           judiciary
           way
           without
           an
           union
           ,
           for
           although
           Christ
           as
           God
           be
           
             stronger
          
           then
           the
           
             strong
             man
          
           Sathan
           :
           Yet
           the
           
             stronger
             dispossesses
             not
             the
             lesse
             strong
             ,
             but
             by
             an
             entry
             into
             his
             house
             :
          
           Christ
           must
           be
           incarnate
           ;
           ,
           that
           man
           may
           not
           be
           a
           Divell
           incarnate
           ,
           Christs
           incarnation
           was
           an
           
             Ejectione
             firme
          
           against
           Sathan
           .
        
         
           Againe
           this
           only
           way
           was
           it
           ,
           whereby
           Christ
           had
           fairer
           evidence
           for
           
           his
           title
           to
           man
           ,
           then
           Sathan
           had
           :
           for
           the
           Divell
           got
           in
           Man
           from
           Gods
           Regiment
           ,
           (
           notwithstanding
           the
           right
           of
           Creation
           )
           by
           getting
           Man
           to
           be
           of
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           one
           work
           with
           him
           (
           man
           having
           as
           little
           communion
           in
           essence
           and
           substance
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           with
           the
           Serpent
           )
           but
           now
           Christ
           comes
           with
           this
           plea
           ,
           and
           defeats
           him
           ;
           For
           though
           Man
           and
           Sathan
           are
           of
           one
           work
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           not
           of
           one
           nature
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           one
           way
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           one
           flesh
           :
           though
           in
           this
           they
           be
           one
           :
           
             both
             lyars
             ,
             both
             deceitfull
             ,
             both
             sinfull
             :
          
           Yet
           in
           this
           Christ
           and
           Man
           agree
           better
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           
             bone
             of
             his
             bone
             ,
          
           and
           
             flesh
             of
             his
             flesh
             :
          
           And
           as
           the
           Serpent
           (
           for
           this
           very
           reason
           )
           when
           he
           separated
           God
           and
           Man
           in
           the
           first
           fall
           ,
           yet
           could
           not
           nullifie
           the
           Marriage
           of
           ,
           or
           divorce
           
             Adam
          
           and
           
             Eve
             .
          
           Nor
           Sin
           nor
           Sathan
           could
           
             separate
             them
             whom
             God
             hath
             put
             together
             :
          
           So
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           standing
           upon
           the
           same
           termes
           ,
           are
           so
           united
           ,
           that
           :
           
             I
             am
             perswaded
             that
             neither
             life
             nor
             death
             ,
          
           (
           life
           will
           not
           ,
           death
           cannot
           )
           
             nor
             Angels
             nor
             principalities
             ,
             &c.
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             separate
             from
             the
             love
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             .
          
           Rom.
           8.
           38.
           39.
           
        
         
           And
           so
           what
           hath
           bin
           said
           of
           Sathan
           ,
           is
           likewise
           to
           be
           said
           of
           the
           goods
           which
           he
           is
           possessed
           of
           ,
           (
           I
           meane
           sins
           and
           plagues
           though
           
             I
          
           confesse
           in
           some
           sence
           ,
           even
           Man
           may
           be
           accounted
           part
           of
           his
           chatrel
           goods
           .
           )
        
         
           For
           sinne
           like
           the
           Darkenesse
           of
           night
           is
           chased
           about
           the
           earth
           by
           the
           
             Sunne
             of
             Righteousnesse
          
           stil
           and
           only
           giving
           place
           to
           Christ
           whose
           advancing
           into
           our
           Horizon
           is
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           the
           
             day
             of
             Salvation
             ,
          
           and
           the
           driving
           away
           of
           the
           
             Darknesse
          
           of
           
             transgression
             :
          
           For
           al
           other
           meanes
           ,
           whether
           the
           
             Light
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             Counsailes
             of
             Men
             ,
             Rules
             of
             Philosophie
             ,
             Ingenuity
             of
             Education
             ,
          
           yea
           and
           the
           very
           
             Law
             of
             God
          
           it selfe
           [
           that
           is
           it's
           
             Letter
          
           ]
           are
           nothing
           else
           but
           Stars
           and
           Candlelight
           ;
           not
           to
           drive
           away
           the
           night
           .
           But
           as
           it
           were
           so
           many
           arguments
           to
           prove
           that
           there
           is
           a
           night
           .
           Things
           that
           serve
           rather
           to
           shew
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Heaven
           and
           an
           Earth
           ,
           then
           to
           inable
           us
           to
           enjoy
           either
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           that
           doe
           charitably
           ,
           acknowledg
           a
           possibility
           of
           salvation
           to
           the
           Heathen
           ;
           which
           never
           heard
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           say
           that
           this
           salvation
           doth
           accrue
           unto
           them
           from
           God
           for
           Christ
           
           sake
           .
           Man
           could
           let
           in
           sinne
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           Christ
           that
           must
           expel
           it
           ,
           Man
           could
           embrace
           wickednesse
           ,
           but
           God
           must
           send
           his
           Sonne
           to
           
             blesse
             us
             by
             turning
             us
             away
             from
             our
             iniquities
             .
          
           Israell
           
             could
             destroy
             himselfe
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           
             God
          
           must
           
             helpe
             .
          
           David
           needed
           no
           guide
           to
           
             goe
             astray
             like
             a
             lost
             sheepe
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           Davids
           Lord
           
             must
             seek
             and
             save
             him
             .
          
        
         
           And
           lastly
           concerning
           the
           Lawes
           rigour
           ,
           it
           fully
           appeares
           by
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           spoken
           already
           ,
           that
           it
           must
           be
           an
           
             Immanuell
             ,
          
           that
           must
           exonerate
           the
           burthen
           satisfie
           the
           court
           of
           justice
           ,
           arrest
           judgment
           ,
           and
           take
           of
           the
           seargeant
           :
           with
           a
           
             supersedeas
             .
          
           for
           an
           
             Execution
             taken
             out
             ,
          
           and
           
             not
             served
             .
          
           And
           all
           this
           is
           don
           by
           Christ
           as
           our
           
             Praes
             and
             Sponsor
          
           Surety
           ,
           and
           Advocate
           ,
           for
           the
           removing
           of
           evil
           from
           us
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           first
           reason
           .
        
         
           The
           :
           other
           reason
           concerning
           man
           is
           the
           promoting
           of
           his
           good
           which
           is
           done
           so
           many
           wayes
           so
           plentifully
           ,
           that
           St.
           
             Bernard
          
           after
           his
           manner
           ▪
           calls
           Christ
           incarnate
           
             Manna
          
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           joy
           of
           the
           
             hungry
             .
             A
             cluster
          
           of
           
             grapes
             ,
          
           sweete
           grapes
           from
           Gods
           vineyard
           the
           refreshment
           of
           the
           thirsty
           soule
           ,
           
             O
             yle
             of
             gladness
             .
          
           The
           health
           of
           the
           sickly
           ,
           and
           
             a
             stone
             cut
             out
             of
             the
             mountaine
             without
             hands
          
           that
           the
           negligent
           may
           feare
           .
           In
           a
           word
           :
           For
           the
           general
           let
           that
           goe
           for
           al
           which
           
             Fulgentius
          
           with
           fifteene
           other
           
             Bishops
          
           more
           have
           subscribed
           concerning
           this
           parti●ar
           
             except
             the
             Worde
             which
             is
             God
             by
             uniting
             in
             a
             singular
             way
             mans
             nature
             unto
             himselfe
             ,
             had
             been
             borne
             of
             a
             virgin
             a
             true
             and
             perfect
             man
             ,
             there
             should
             never
             have
             been
             bestowed
             upon
             us
             (
             that
             are
             borne
             fleshly
             )
             an
             Arise
             of
             a
             spiritual
             birth
             &c.
             
          
           But
           now
           what
           sweet
           enterchanges
           do
           there
           passe
           betweene
           the
           Lords
           Anointed
           and
           mankind
           :
           He
           borrowes
           our
           
             Flesh
             ,
          
           and
           gives
           us
           his
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           takes
           
             Earth
          
           returns
           
             Heaven
             :
          
           Exchanges
           his
           
             Peace
          
           for
           our
           
             chastisement
             ,
          
           his
           
             sonship
             ,
          
           for
           our
           
             servitude
             ,
          
           his
           
             grace
          
           for
           our
           
             sinne
             ,
          
           his
           
             crown
          
           for
           our
           
             curse
             ,
          
           his
           
             life
          
           for
           our
           
             death
             ,
             his
             joyes
          
           for
           our
           
             sorrowes
             .
          
           In
           sum
           of
           God
           he
           became
           Man
           ;
           That
           wee
           by
           communion
           with
           him
           ,
           of
           men
           might
           be
           
             made
             partakers
             of
             the
             divine
             nature
             .
          
        
         
           And
           because
           mans
           felicity
           stands
           in
           enjoying
           God
           :
           Thus
           familiarly
           ,
           hath
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           bartered
           Natures
           states
           ,
           and
           goods
           
           with
           man
           .
           His
           
             first
          
           nativity
           from
           
             God
             ,
          
           the
           
             Second
          
           from
           
             Man
             ,
          
           making
           him
           whose
           ▪
           
             First
          
           Birth
           is
           from
           
             Man
             ,
          
           to
           have
           a
           
             Second
          
           from
           
             God
             .
          
        
         
           And
           secondly
           in
           seeing
           
             God
          
           whose
           brightnesse
           ,
           dazling
           al
           sinfull
           sight
           ,
           with
           the
           
             beauty
             of
             holinesse
             :
          
           Therefore
           hath
           the
           Lord
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           like
           unto
           another
           meek
           
             Moses
             put
             on
             the
             vaile
          
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           that
           by
           it
           
             boldly
             we
             might
             enter
             and
             have
             accesse
             to
             the
             Holy
             of
             Holies
             ,
             to
             see
             as
             we
             are
             seene
             .
          
        
         
           And
           thirdly
           if
           there
           be
           any
           inhaerent
           happinesse
           [
           I
           understand
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ]
           in
           man
           aswell
           as
           sorrow
           ,
           it
           is
           [
           but
           like
           the
           
             axe
             among
             the
             Prophets
          
           [
           a
           tool
           not
           fit
           for
           their
           coat
           ]
           
             borrowed
             ,
          
           and
           that
           from
           Christ
           .
        
         
           For
           there
           are
           three
           several
           
             Gifts
          
           which
           are
           all
           of
           them
           comprehended
           in
           or
           subordinate
           to
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           concurring
           to
           the
           happines
           of
           man
           ,
           in
           the
           Scripture
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Grace
             :
          
           And
           distinguished
           by
           the
           immediate
           extrinsecal
           Giver
           .
        
         
           As
           first
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           which
           is
           the
           Father
           ,
           by
           which
           grace
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           
             Christ
          
           himselfe
           is
           specified
           .
           
             To
          
           which
           sence
           I
           am
           enduced
           ,
           by
           comparing
           that
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
             Tit.
          
           2.
           11.
           to
           that
           of
           St.
           
             Iohn
             c.
             3.
             v.
          
           16.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           the
           Grace
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           Which
           grace
           must
           needes
           be
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           promise
           
             Iohn
          
           15.
           26.
           
           Which
           is
           somewhere
           also
           called
           the
           
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           the
           
             Grace
          
           of
           the
           
             Spirit
          
           which
           is
           well
           known
           to
           be
           that
           frame
           of
           holynesse
           in
           the
           Saincts
           ,
           which
           being
           diversified
           is
           called
           the
           
             fruit
             of
             the
             Spirit
             Gal.
          
           5
           ,
           22
           
             To
          
           the
           introducing
           of
           which
           last
           it
           was
           necessary
           that
           the
           two
           former
           should
           precede
           .
           The
           
             Spirit
          
           as
           the
           proper
           fountaine
           of
           
             holinesse
          
           and
           
             comfort
             :
          
           The
           incarnation
           as
           the
           
             Mediam
          
           and
           Motive
           of
           the
           Spirits
           mission
           to
           ,
           and
           acceptance
           with
           man
           :
           But
           of
           this
           parhaps
           fully
           and
           more
           clearely
           hereafter
           ,
           when
           (
           if
           ever
           )
           we
           come
           to
           write
           of
           Christ's
           
             Egresse
          
           from
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           if
           in
           Mans
           felicity
           we
           may
           any
           way
           attend
           to
           mans
           actions
           :
           Or
           if
           there
           be
           any
           such
           thing
           beside
           the
           name
           of
           it
           as
           moral
           felicity
           .
           Christ
           as
           incarnate
           must
           be
           the
           procurer
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           done
           
           by
           him
           :
           As
           an
           Object
           of
           our
           Faith
           :
           A
           Ground
           of
           Hope
           :
           A
           cause
           of
           Love
           :
           and
           a
           Rule
           of
           Operation
           .
        
         
           Two
           things
           are
           required
           in
           the
           object
           of
           faith
           without
           either
           of
           which
           Faith
           failes
           :
           
             Affability
             .
          
           the
           Party
           we
           beleeve
           must
           be
           apt
           to
           be
           spoken
           with
           Rom.
           10.
           15.
           
           And
           
             Veracitie
             .
          
           The
           first
           is
           denyed
           ,
           to
           God
           though
           with
           imputation
           of
           fault
           herein
           to
           Mans
           sinne
           only
           :
           according
           to
           that
           
             Let
             not
             God
             speake
             least
             we
             die
             .
          
           The
           other
           to
           man
           ,
           God
           is
           not
           a
           Man
           that
           he
           should
           lie
           
             Let
             God
             be
             true
             and
             every
             man
             a
             Lyer
             .
          
           God
           cannot
           be
           beleeved
           though
           true
           because
           man
           cannot
           abide
           before
           his
           voice
           .
           Man
           cannot
           be
           trusted
           when
           he
           speaks
           for
           untruths
           .
           Now
           in
           Christ
           these
           two
           are
           united
           :
           The
           
             affability
          
           of
           Man
           Here
           is
           our
           
             accesse
             :
          
           The
           
             truth
          
           of
           God
           Here
           the
           object
           of
           our
           faith
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           the
           ground
           of
           hope
           as
           the
           most
           plentifull
           expression
           
             of
             Gods
             love
             ,
          
           [
           
             ●t
             quid
             non
             speremus
             amati
          
           ]
           being
           so
           loved
           what
           may
           we
           not
           hope
           for
           .
           
             He
             that
             gave
             us
             his
             Sonne
             how
             shal
             he
             not
             with
             him
             freely
             give
             us
             all
             things
             .
          
        
         
           The
           cause
           of
           love
           ,
           thirdly
           he
           is
           in
           God
           to
           each
           of
           us
           personaly
           in
           us
           to
           God
           dutifully
           .
           
             We
             love
             him
             because
             he
             loved
             us
             first
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           the
           rule
           of
           Operation
           ▪
           In
           a
           Rule
           that
           men
           work
           by
           Two
           things
           are
           necessary
           :
           
             Rectitude
          
           and
           
             Visibilicie
             .
          
           The
           first
           is
           in
           God
           without
           the
           second
           .
           The
           second
           in
           man
           without
           the
           first
           ,
           That
           Christ
           therefore
           might
           be
           a
           most
           perfect
           rule
           for
           man
           to
           work
           by
           ,
           To
           the
           righteousnesse
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           assumed
           the
           visibilitie
           of
           Man
           &c.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           the
           reasons
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           that
           respect
           sinne
           is
           (
           without
           the
           limitation
           of
           the
           power
           of
           God
           )
           that
           it
           might
           be
           a
           remedy
           to
           sinne
           .
           
             Tolle
             morbos
             ,
             tolle
             vulnera
             ,
             et
             nulla
             est
             medicinae
             causa
             .
          
           If
           there
           had
           been
           no
           sinne
           there
           had
           been
           no
           need
           of
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           glosse
           upon
           (
           1.
           
             Tim.
             1.
             
             Christ
             came
             into
             the
             World
             to
             save
             sinners
          
           )
           is
           not
           amisse
           
             Nulla
             causa
             veniendi
             fuit
             Christo
             Domino
             nisi
             peceatores
             salvos
             facere
             ,
          
           and
           is
           answerable
           to
           that
           Luk.
           19.
           
           
             The
             Sonne
             of
             man
             came
             not
             ,
             but
             to
             seeke
             and
             to
             save
             that
             which
             was
             lost
             .
          
           Man
           by
           sinne
           became
           like
           the
           
             Ax
          
           flowne
           of
           from
           the
           
             Helve
          
           and
           
             sunke
             in
             the
             water
             ,
          
           that
           this
           Ax
           may
           be
           restored
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           made
           emergent
           ,
           for
           this
           the
           Prophet
           
             cast
             a
             bough
             into
             the
             water
             ,
          
           Christ
           is
           that
           Bough
           which
           by
           the
           Incarnation
           is
           
           cast
           into
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           man
           ,
           that
           before
           sank
           now
           swimms
           .
           Sinne
           in
           man
           was
           like
           
             death
             in
             the
             pot
             ,
          
           that
           the
           pottage
           might
           be
           healed
           
             meale
             was
             cast
             in
             ,
          
           Christ
           is
           that
           Meale
           2.
           
           Kings
           4.
           39.
           wherefore
           
             St.
             Augustine
          
           upon
           my
           text
           
             Caro
             ●e
             obcaecaverat
             ,
             caro
             te
             sanat
             ;
             quoniam
             sic
             venit
             Christus
             ut
             de
             carne
             ,
             carnis
             vitia
             extingueret
             Flesh
          
           blinded
           thee
           (
           O
           Man
           )
           
             Flesh
          
           healeth
           thee
           For
           therefore
           Christ
           came
           that
           by
           his
           Flesh
           he
           might
           extinguish
           the
           sinne
           of
           the
           flesh
           .
           
             Behold
             the
             Lamb
             of
             God
             that
             taketh
             away
             the
             sinnes
             of
             the
             World
             ,
          
           Which
           sinne
           of
           the
           World
           reading
           it
           in
           the
           singular
           number
           :
           Bede
           interprets
           original
           sinne
           .
           Because
           that
           alone
           of
           all
           other
           ,
           is
           the
           sinne
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           And
           indeed
           taken
           extensively
           is
           without
           comparison
           the
           greatest
           sinne
           that
           ever
           was
           :
           no
           one
           actuall
           beside
           being
           to
           be
           charg'd
           upon
           all
           men
           :
           But
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           intension
           of
           sinne
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           least
           (
           becauss
           least
           voluntary
           now
           it
           is
           a
           rule
           
             quodcuuque
             malum
             est
             maxime
             voluntarium
             est
             maxime
             peccatum
          
           )
           But
           
             I
          
           conceive
           the
           word
           sinne
           is
           rather
           
             Genericall
          
           then
           
             Specificall
          
           containing
           as
           well
           actual
           as
           original
           ,
           For
           proofe
           where
           of
           I
           oppose
           St.
           
           Peters
           Comment
           .
           
             Act.
          
           3.
           26
           ,
           to
           that
           of
           Bede
           .
           which
           may
           serve
           as
           a
           final
           confirmation
           of
           this
           reason
           .
           Unles
           I
           may
           take
           leave
           to
           them
           the
           necessity
           of
           Christs
           incarnation
           to
           the
           removing
           of
           sinne
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           the
           expression
           of
           a
           
             Learned
             divine
          
           affirming
           that
           
             If
             the
             whole
             Heaven
             were
             turned
             into
             one
             Sunne
             :
             And
             the
             whole
             World
             into
             Paradise
             :
          
           I
           adde
           .
           If
           all
           the
           righteous
           men
           that
           ever
           were
           beside
           ,
           were
           composed
           into
           one
           Abel
           :
           And
           all
           the
           Angells
           of
           Heaven
           into
           one
           Seraphin
           :
           To
           make
           an
           universal
           holocaust
           they
           would
           be
           insufficient
           to
           expiate
           any
           one
           of
           these
           many
           sinnes
           whereof
           wee
           stand
           guilty
           before
           God
           )
           Christ
           alone
           is
           an
           al
           suffieient
           
             sacrifice
             for
             the
             sinnes
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             .
             Ioh.
          
           2.
           2.
           
           But
           of
           this
           sufficient
           hath
           been
           spoken
           in
           the
           fore going
           reasons
           which
           concerne
           us
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           the
           reasons
           that
           concerne
           Sathan
           are
           his
           utter
           confusion
           and
           overthrow
           :
           And
           that
           by
           man
           whose
           nature
           was
           by
           him
           first
           infected
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           infested
           :
           As
           It
           was
           the
           pride
           of
           Satans
           malignity
           against
           God
           that
           for
           his
           sinne
           had
           cast
           him
           out
           of
           Heaven
           to
           wound
           Gods
           Honour
           in
           the
           fall
           of
           the
           best
           of
           his
           earthly
           creatures
           mankind
           ,
           whome
           he
           therefore
           assaulted
           and
           overthrew
           
           So
           it
           is
           the
           praise
           of
           Gods
           infinite
           justice
           ,
           that
           although
           he
           might
           have
           immediatly
           vindicated
           his
           owne
           honour
           ,
           and
           avenged
           
             Adams
          
           fall
           ,
           as
           wel
           of
           himselfe
           upon
           Sathan
           ,
           in
           cursing
           him
           as
           he
           did
           the
           poore
           
             Snake
          
           his
           instrument
           .
           Yet
           he
           would
           not
           daigne
           to
           cope
           with
           him
           but
           in
           Man
           and
           therefore
           he
           sent
           his
           Sonne
           in
           the
           forme
           not
           of
           man
           only
           ,
           but
           an
           enthralled
           man
           ,
           A
           servant
           
             to
             destroy
             him
             that
             had
             the
             power
             of
             death
             that
             is
             the
             divel
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           that
           as
           Sathan
           by
           working
           upon
           the
           frailty
           of
           humane
           flesh
           deceived
           the
           first
           
             Adam
          
           so
           the
           
             Hooke
          
           of
           the
           
             deity
          
           (
           it
           is
           
             St.
             
             Hieromes
          
           phrase
           )
           being
           
             Baited
          
           with
           the
           
             Humaine
             Nature
             :
          
           The
           
             Flesh
          
           of
           the
           second
           
             Adam
          
           invited
           the
           Great
           Devourer
           to
           bite
           :
           And
           so
           the
           great
           taker
           was
           taken
           :
           The
           great
           Devourer
           ,
           was
           deceived
           as
           we
           shall
           see
           more
           in
           the
           treatise
           of
           Christs
           temptations
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           (
           and
           wherewith
           I
           will
           conclude
           the
           argument
           concerning
           the
           Divell
           )
           this
           may
           (
           
             a
             posteriore
          
           and
           by
           the
           effect
           )
           be
           added
           as
           a
           reason
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           ,
           that
           Sathan
           in
           his
           promises
           ,
           (
           though
           most
           false
           and
           lying
           )
           might
           not
           out
           bid
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           ,
           God
           in
           his
           most
           true
           and
           reall
           performances
           .
           The
           greatest
           Promise
           that
           even
           the
           Tempter
           promised
           to
           mankind
           ,
           (
           though
           that
           in
           his
           temptation
           of
           Christ
           to
           worship
           him
           was
           a
           very
           large
           lying
           one
           )
           was
           that
           to
           
             Eve
             ,
          
           Gen.
           3.
           5.
           
           
             Ye
             shall
             be
             as
             Gods
             ,
             knowing
             good
             and
             evil
             :
          
           Now
           he
           was
           so
           far
           from
           performing
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           effected
           the
           contrary
           (
           
             like
             a
             lyar
          
           as
           he
           was
           ,
           
             from
             the
             beginning
          
           )
           which
           Almighty
           Gods
           Irony
           ,
           verse
           25
           ,
           will
           prove
           (
           though
           at
           first
           sight
           it
           seeme
           to
           make
           good
           the
           Serpents
           words
           )
           This
           
             I
          
           say
           was
           the
           ●argest
           promise
           that
           ever
           the
           Divell
           made
           with
           intention
           (
           as
           he
           ●doth
           a●
           the
           rest
           )
           to
           deceive
           .
        
         
           This
           yet
           was
           somewhat
           lesse
           then
           the
           Incarnation
           did
           perform
           .
           For
           if
           we
           take
           mankind
           as
           comprehended
           in
           the
           Humanity
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           it
           was
           more
           then
           (
           as
           God
           )
           for
           it
           was
           true
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Hic
             homo
             Deus
             est
             ,
             this
             man
             is
             God!
          
           Knowing
           good
           in
           himselfe
           as
           God
           ;
           evil
           in
           his
           burthen
           as
           Man
           :
           The
           evil
           of
           
             sinne
          
           by
           imputation
           ,
           The
           evil
           of
           
             punishment
             ,
          
           by
           a
           most
           bitter
           passion
           ,
           Or
           otherside
           if
           wee
           consider
           mankind
           as
           it
           is
           in
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           The
           Company
           of
           true
           Beleevers
           ,
           they
           are
           at
           least
           
             sicut
             Dij
             ,
             As
          
           
           
             Gods
             ,
          
           And
           if
           I
           over
           value
           not
           
             St.
             
             Peters
          
           words
           ,
           2
           
             Pet.
             
          
           I.
           v.
           3
           ▪
           somewhat
           more
           :
           As
           
             being
             partakers
             of
             the
             divine
             nature
             .
          
           And
           for
           their
           knowledge
           it
           is
           by
           the
           Incarnation
           improved
           to
           the
           highest
           pitch
           of
           the
           Divels
           promise
           ;
           knowing
           more
           communicated
           goodnesse
           (
           the
           only
           object
           in
           its
           kind
           of
           created
           knowledge
           then
           ever
           before
           Heaven
           or
           Earth
           could
           represent
           to
           Men
           or
           Ang●ells
           in
           the
           
             glory
             of
             the
             only
             begotten
             of
             the
             Father
             full
             of
             grace
             and
             truth
             .
          
           John
           1.
           12
        
         
           And
           evill
           was
           never
           so
           objected
           to
           view
           of
           Men
           or
           Angels
           as
           it
           was
           by
           the
           exinanition
           of
           a
           Deity
           :
           The
           humbling
           of
           the
           supreme
           Majesty
           of
           Heaven
           to
           become
           a
           man
           to
           suffer
           the
           confluence
           of
           Gods
           judgments
           ,
           and
           curses
           for
           the
           expiation
           of
           Mans
           sinnes
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           use
           I
           must
           for
           ever
           make
           of
           it
           ,
           when
           I
           am
           tempted
           to
           sinne
           by
           enticing
           promises
           :
           I
           will
           perswade
           my selfe
           to
           hope
           ,
           farre
           more
           performed
           for
           me
           by
           Christ
           ,
           then
           is
           now
           For
           ever
           was
           or
           will
           be
           promised
           by
           the
           grand
           worke
           master
           to
           sinners
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             darkenes
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           when
           I
           seriously
           weigh
           these
           reasons
           ,
           and
           thinke
           to
           apply
           them
           ,
           I
           can
           nor
           hear
           nor
           see
           other
           object
           but
           (
           me thinks
           within
           me
           )
           
             an
             Heavenly
             host
          
           a
           
             multitude
          
           of
           Angels
           singing
           that
           excellent
           Anthem
           ,
           
             Glory
             ;
          
           Never
           such
           glory
           !
           
             to
             God
             on
             high
             !
          
           Glory
           to
           his
           
             goodnesse
          
           and
           
             mercy
             !
          
           Glory
           to
           his
           
             Wisdome
          
           and
           
             Contrivance
             !
          
           Glory
           to
           his
           
             Iustice
             and
             Severity
             !
          
           Glory
           to
           his
           
             Greatnes
             &
             Power
             .
          
           And
           if
           two
           infinites
           may
           beare
           a
           comparison
           I
           know
           whether
           be
           more
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             in
             the
             highest
             ?
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Glory
          
           or
           
             God
             ?
          
           For
           here
           is
           glory
           in
           highest
           ,
           to
           God
           :
           Aswell
           as
           glory
           to
           God
           in
           the
           highest
           .
           This
           for
           the
           first
           sort
           of
           reasons
           which
           concerne
           God
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           I
           consider
           the
           other
           also
           :
           I
           am
           againe
           Nonplus't
           and
           know
           not
           which
           will
           be
           the
           greater
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ?
           The
           
             Glory
             or
             the
             Goodwill
             .
          
           That
           which
           God
           hath
           reserv'd
           to
           himselfe
           ?
           or
           that
           which
           he
           hath
           imparted
           to
           man
           for
           if
           in
           this
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           wee
           shal
           consider
           Whose
           ,
           to
           Whome
           ,
           What
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           Manner
           this
           Goodnesse
           is
           expressed
           :
           We
           must
           confesse
           it
           a
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Such
             a
             commendation
             of
             Gods
             Love
             ,
             Rom.
          
           
           5.
           8.
           
           As
           no
           Words
           can
           set
           forth
           but
           Christs
           own
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           !
           
             The
             Father
             had
             such
             goodwill
             Mat.
             11
             26
             God
             so
             loved
             Ioh.
          
           3
           16.
           
           And
           though
           they
           raise
           in
           my
           weakeheart
           such
           ravishing
           joyes
           ,
           and
           light
           :
           That
           I
           like
           Peter
           in
           mount
           Tabor
           
             MATHEW
             ,
          
           17.
           4.
           must
           needs
           say
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             It
             is
             good
             for
             us
             to
             be
             here
             .
          
           Yet
           when
           I
           go
           about
           to
           pitch
           my
           
             Tabernacle
             .
          
           Like
           a
           Pilot
           without
           the
           Straits
           or
           Channell
           .
           I
           saile
           on
           the
           Maine
           On
           an
           abysse
           
             where
             no
             bottom
             is
             .
          
           Vnder
           A
           height
           without
           a
           Culmen
           .
           Nothing
           can
           describe
           it
           .
           But
           St
           
             Pauls
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Rom.
          
           11
           ,
           33.
           
           It
           is
           so
           far
           above
           a
           Poore
           Sinners
           
             Ela
             !
          
           so
           far
           below
           A
           mortal's
           
             Gamut
             ,
          
           That
           it
           is
           a
           Song
           indeed
           ,
           only
           for
           Angels
           to
           set
           a
           tune
           to
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           me thinks
           hitherto
           there
           wants
           something
           to
           make
           it
           full
           Harmony
           Musick
           ,
           must
           have
           three
           parts
           to
           make
           a
           Consort
           
             Glory
             to
             God
             in
             the
             highest
             ,
          
           There
           's
           the
           ALTVS
           .
           
             Good
             will
             towards
             men
             ,
          
           There
           's
           the
           BASSVS
           .
           Yet
           we
           want
           a
           TENOR
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           
             On
             earth
             Peace
             .
          
           This
           we
           want
           indeed
           !
           every where
           .
           In
           the
           Church
           .
           In
           the
           State
           ,
           In
           the
           Feild
           ,
           In
           our
           Houses
           .
           In
           the
           City
           ,
           In
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           In
           all
           places
           ,
           and
           all
           businesses
           .
           Over
           our
           heades
           may
           for
           inscription
           be
           written
           ;
           at
           all
           our
           Townes
           ends
           may
           be
           hang'd
           out
           for
           a
           signe
           those
           words
           of
           St.
           Paul
           
             Without
             are
             fightings
             :
             Within
             are
             Feares
             .
          
           Nay
           I
           had
           almost
           forgot
           to
           tell
           you
           that
           this
           is
           wanting
           among
           the
           reasons
           I
           have
           brought
           for
           the
           incarnation
           though
           this
           were
           a
           maine
           end
           thereof
           .
           Wherfore
           in
           the
           breife
           adddition
           of
           it
           
             I
          
           will
           conclude
           .
        
         
           Christ
           came
           in
           a
           time
           when
           God
           had
           made
           
             warrs
             to
             cease
             in
             al
             Lands
             ,
          
           and
           indeede
           he
           chose
           a
           time
           fit
           for
           his
           businesse
           ,
           which
           was
           
             to
             reconcile
             things
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             things
             on
             Earth
             :
             Col.
          
           1
           20.
           
           Which
           reconciliation
           though
           it
           was
           perfected
           on
           the
           
             Crosse
             ,
          
           yet
           was
           it
           articled
           for
           ,
           and
           treated
           in
           the
           Incarnation
           :
           
             v.
             22.
             
             And
             (
             Ephes.
          
           2.
           14.
           15.
           )
           Saint
           
             Paule
          
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             is
             our
             peace
             who
             hath
             made
             both
             one
             ,
             Having
             abolished
             in
             the
             flesh
             the
             enmity
          
           -
           In
           which
           words
           J
           humbly
           conceive
           the
           Apostle
           tyes
           not
           his
           discourse
           to
           the
           abolition
           of
           that
           legal
           Sanctification
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
          
           Nation-where
           by
           they
           were
           separated
           from
           al
           other
           people
           
             to
             be
             a
             peculiar
             people
             to
             God
          
           only
           ,
           but
           intends
           the
           Main
           busines
           Christ
           came
           into
           the
           
           world
           for
           :
           which
           is
           that
           mentioned
           in
           the
           forenamed
           
             Colos.
             1.
             20.
             
             To
             reconcile
          
           or
           make
           peace
           (
           It
           is
           true
           prophetically
           and
           
             de
             facto
          
           himselfe
           somewhere
           saith
           he
           
             came
             not
             to
             send
             peace
             ,
             but
             a
             sword
          
           (
           that
           is
           )
           men
           by
           occasion
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Doctrine
           would
           together
           by
           the
           eares
           .
           But
           if
           he
           had
           made
           this
           his
           busines
           
             de
             jure
          
           to
           sow
           contention
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           been
           still
           called
           the
           
             Sonne
             of
             man
             ,
          
           But
           hardly
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           if
           that
           text
           Math
           5.
           9.
           be
           true
           )
           No
           No
           ,
           we
           have
           experience
           enough
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Prophecy
           to
           shew
           what
           would
           be
           ,
           but
           commands
           enough
           to
           the
           contrary
           to
           make
           it
           apparently
           no
           Rule
           to
           tell
           us
           what
           should
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           Well
           then
           let
           us
           see
           How
           the
           Incarnation
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           that
           dearly
           wanted
           blessing
           On
           Earth
           ;
           Peace
           God
           when
           he
           framed
           the
           earth
           hung
           the
           happy
           affaires
           thereof
           on
           two
           hooks
           .
           The
           upper
           &
           more
           golden
           was
           
             The
             Love
             of
             God
             ,
          
           The
           Lower
           and
           
             like
             it
          
           was
           
             The
             Love
             ef
             our
             Neighbour
             .
          
           On
           these
           two
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             hang
          
           (
           not
           only
           the
           Earth
           ,
           but
           that
           Word
           by
           which
           that
           was
           made
           )
           
             The
             Law
             ,
             and
             Prophets
          
           Math
           :
           22.
           40.
           
           Sinne
           comes
           and
           unhinges
           the
           world
           :
           so
           that
           instead
           of
           Loves
           Conjunction
           ,
           All
           things
           fall
           in
           peices
           by
           Hate
           Convulsions
           .
           All
           men
           being
           naturaly
           thenceforth
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Hateful
          
           or
           
             Hating
          
           Tit
           3.
           3.
           
           Hateful
           to
           God
           ,
           He
           
             repents
             that
             he
             hath
             made
             man
          
           Gen.
           6.
           6
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           Haters
           of
           God
           .
           
             Rom
          
           1
           ,
           30
           ,
           They
           cannot
           endure
           him
           ,
           either
           his
           
             presence
             ,
          
           or
           
             voice
          
           Gen.
           3.
           8.
           
           Nay
           either
           of
           these
           is
           
             death
          
           to
           them
           .
           
             Iudg
             :
             13.
             22
             &c.
          
           Hatefull
           to
           one
           another
           :
           witnesse
           
             Gen.
          
           3.
           12.
           
           Where
           
             Adam
          
           litle
           lesse
           then
           grinds
           his
           teeth
           at
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           
             Gen.
          
           4.
           8.
           where
           
             Kain
          
           kills
           
             Abel
             .
          
           Nay
           witnesse
           our
           sad
           times
           wherein
           we
           are
           fallen
           into
           manifest
           Gentilisme
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           so
           much
           of
           it
           as
           that
           forementioned
           Character
           speakes
           .
           Tit
           3.
           3.
           
           To
           rectifie
           all
           this
           disorder
           ,
           it
           is
           contrived
           that
           our
           Redeemer
           may
           be
           
             God
             and
             Man
             .
          
           Had
           he
           been
           Man
           only
           ,
           and
           not
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Arrians
             ,
          
           and
           
             Socinians
          
           say
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           reason
           to
           have
           been
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Lovers
             of
             Mankind
             ,
          
           to
           
             love
             our
             Neighbour
          
           &c.
           but
           I
           doubt
           we
           should
           have
           been
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Haters
             of
             God
          
           neverthelesse
           .
           Or
           at
           least
           have
           been
           reconciled
           upon
           other
           grounds
           then
           through
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Had
           he
           beene
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           man
           :
           we
           might
           have
           thought
           our selves
           bound
           the
           more
           to
           
             love
             God
             with
             al
             our
             heart
          
           &c
           ,
           but
           
             I
          
           fear
           
           we
           should
           naturally
           have
           hated
           one
           another
           ,
           As
           we
           now
           doe
           
             Serpents
          
           or
           [
           
             I
          
           shame
           to
           speak
           it
           ]
           as
           we
           in
           
             England
          
           have
           done
           these
           late
           yeares
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           ever
           other
           men
           take
           for
           their
           course
           ,
           this
           must
           be
           my
           rule
           to
           love
           all
           the
           Lines
           that
           concen●er
           in
           my
           Saviour
           .
           And
           that
           with
           a
           Love
           not
           only
           
             Quoniam
          
           Psalm
           116.
           1.
           
           But
           also
           
             Amore
             tametsi
             ;
          
           not
           
             because
          
           only
           with
           David
           
             they
             are
             beneficial
             ,
          
           But
           with
           Iob
           (
           whose
           eyes
           opened
           to
           his
           Redeemer
           )
           
             though
          
           they
           [
           wrong
           me
           ,
           sequester
           me
           ,
           imprison
           yea
           )
           
             kil
             me
             .
          
           Math
           5
           ,
           44.
           
           Indeed
           Sinne
           I
           may
           not
           endure
           
             Heb.
          
           12.
           4.
           
           The
           Devill
           I
           must
           
             resist
             .
             1.
             
             Pet
             ,
          
           5.
           9.
           
           My
           Saviour
           took
           the
           nature
           of
           neither
           .
           And
           intended
           as
           really
           to
           put
           enmity
           betwixt
           me
           and
           these
           ,
           as
           God
           did
           put
           betwixt
           us
           and
           the
           Serpent
           .
           But
           for
           God
           and
           Man
           I
           shall
           offer
           violence
           to
           my
           Lord
           Iesus
           if
           they
           be
           not
           united
           
             qua
             tales
          
           in
           my
           affections
           ,
           
             I
          
           must
           not
           hate
           or
           forsake
           God
           though
           he
           kill
           me
           :
           
             I
          
           must
           not
           hate
           man
           neither
           though
           he
           kil
           me
           .
           For
           how
           shal
           
             I
          
           look
           upon
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           who
           being
           both
           
             made
             peace
          
           for
           both
           .
           
             Of
             whose
             fulnes
             I
             beseech
          
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           I
           may
           
             receive
             and
             Grace
             for
             grace
          
           even
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             an
             unhypocritical
             Love
          
           Rom
           12
           9.
           
           
             And
             let
             as
             many
             as
             be
             Christians
             be
             thus
             minded
             .
          
           Phi:
           3
           ▪
           15
           And
           for
           them
           
             that
             are
             otherwise
             minded
             ,
             God
             in
             his
             due
             time
             reveale
             it
             to
             them
             ,
          
           And
           let
           all
           
             England
          
           say
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .