The mirrour of humilitie: or Two eloquent and acute discourses vpon the natiuitie and passion of Christ full of diuine and excellent meditations and sentences. Published first in Latine by the worthy author Daniel Heinsius, and since done into English, by I.H. Master of Arts in Mag. Coll. Oxon.
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             The mirrour of humilitie: or Two eloquent and acute discourses vpon the natiuitie and passion of Christ full of diuine and excellent meditations and sentences. Published first in Latine by the worthy author Daniel Heinsius, and since done into English, by I.H. Master of Arts in Mag. Coll. Oxon.
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           THE
           MIRROVR
           OF
           HVMILITIE
           :
           OR
           Two
           eloquent
           and
           acute
           Discourses
           
             vpon
             the
             Natiuitie
             and
             Passion
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           full
           of
           diuine
           and
           excellent
           
             Meditations
             and
             Sentences
             .
          
           Published
           first
           in
           Latine
           by
           the
           worthy
           Author
           
             Daniel
             Heinsius
             ,
          
           and
           since
           done
           into
           
             English
             ,
             by
          
           I.
           H.
           
             Master
             of
             Arts
             in
             Mag.
             Coll.
             Oxon.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             :
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
        
         
           Aeschin
           .
           erat
           .
           in
           Ctesiphont
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Bernard
             Alsop
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           solde
           at
           his
           house
           by
           Saint
           
             Annes
          
           Church
           neere
           Aldersgate
           .
           1618.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           
             WORSHIPFVLL
             ,
             his
             worthy
             friend
             ,
          
           Thomas
           Nicholas
           
             Esquier
             ,
             as
             also
             to
          
           the
           vertuous
           and
           religious
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           
             Mrs
             Iane
          
           Nicholas
           
             his
             wife
             ,
             and
             my
             must
             louing
             Aunt
             ,
             all
             happinesse
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             a
             better
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Worshipfull
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           due
           respect
           I
           beare
           vnto
           your
           worth
           ,
           and
           the
           thankes
           I
           owe
           vnto
           you
           for
           the
           many
           
           arguments
           of
           your
           loue
           ,
           and
           incouragemēts
           of
           my
           studies
           which
           I
           haue
           receyued
           from
           you
           ,
           were
           the
           maine
           motiues
           that
           induced
           mee
           to
           tender
           vnto
           your
           acceptance
           ,
           and
           to
           commit
           vnto
           your
           patronage
           this
           little
           
             Pamphlet
          
           and
           
             Alpha
          
           of
           my
           endeauours
           :
           Let
           me
           entreat
           your
           goodnesse
           to
           entertaine
           it
           .
           It
           consisteth
           of
           two
           discourses
           ,
           vpon
           the
           
             Natiuitie
          
           and
           
             Passion
          
           of
           our
           
             Sauiour
             .
          
           The
           
             Matter
          
           thereof
           is
           as
           he
           spake
           of
           the
           
             yron
             ,
             borrowed
             :
          
           the
           
             Language
          
           is
           our
           owne
           .
           That
           wherein
           they
           both
           concenter
           and
           agree
           ,
           is
           no
           lesse
           then
           
             CHRIST
             ;
          
           then
           whom
           there
           is
           no
           
             greater
             ,
          
           no
           
             better
             .
          
           For
           if
           the
           pursuite
           of
           anie
           thing
           besides
           the
           happinesse
           of
           Heauen
           be
           still
           without
           end
           ,
           and
           neuer
           without
           danger
           :
           then
           may
           wee
           bee
           fully
           ascertained
           ,
           that
           
             CHRIST
          
           alone
           
           is
           the
           chiefest
           obiect
           ,
           whereon
           we
           may
           fixe
           the
           eye
           of
           our
           perpetuall
           
             contemplation
             ,
          
           and
           embrace
           him
           with
           the
           
             armes
          
           of
           our
           deuoutest
           Affection
           :
           who
           is
           a
           
             Load-starre
          
           to
           direct
           vs
           vnto
           Heauen
           .
           I
           will
           not
           so
           much
           preiudicate
           your
           zealous
           intentions
           ,
           as
           to
           perswade
           you
           to
           reade
           what
           I
           haue
           
             written
             :
          
           but
           rather
           to
           pardon
           ,
           if
           I
           haue
           
             written
             amisse
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           am
           I
           still
           iealous
           of
           mine
           owne
           errours
           and
           inability
           ,
           beeing
           no
           lesse
           desirous
           to
           submitte
           my selfe
           vnto
           your
           iudicious
           censure
           :
           hoping
           that
           hereafter
           I
           shall
           addresse
           my selfe
           vnto
           the
           perfecting
           of
           some
           larger
           proiect
           :
           yet
           euer
           acknowledging
           that
           you
           deserue
           more
           then
           I
           can
           performe
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           haue
           performed
           more
           then
           I
           can
           deserue
           .
           And
           therefore
           euer
           consecrating
           vnto
           
           you
           both
           my
           paines
           and
           my
           prayers
           :
           the
           one
           for
           your
           seruice
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           for
           your
           safety
           :
        
         
           
             I
             euer
             remaine
             ,
             Yours
             to
             bee
             commaunded
             ,
             in
             whatsoeuer
             ,
             IO
             :
             HARMAR
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           courteous
           Reader
           .
        
         
           NOthing
           more
           hard
           then
           to
           please
           all
           ,
           nothing
           more
           ahsurde
           then
           to
           endeauour
           it
           .
           I
           am
           therefore
           (
           for
           my
           part
           )
           resolued
           to
           content
           my
           friends
           ,
           and
           to
           contemne
           my
           foes
           .
           They
           I
           know
           ,
           will
           mildly
           iudge
           ,
           these
           will
           peruersely
           censure
           :
           being
           far
           worse
           then
           the
           Basilisques
           ,
           they
           kill
           before
           they
           see
           .
           Well
           ,
           it
           were
           impietie
           to
           flatter
           them
           ,
           imbecillity
           to
           feare
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Thine
             as
             thou
             pleasest
             ,
             I.
             H.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         THE
         MIRROVR
         
           OF
           HVMILITIE
           .
        
      
       
         
           HOM.
           I.
           
             Vpon
             the
             Natiuity
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           THe
           
             Epicureā
          
           Philosophers
           ,
           (
           Reuerend
           and
           right
           worthy
           Auditors
           )
           who
           neuer
           had
           so
           much
           as
           the
           least
           relish
           of
           coelestiall
           ioy
           and
           happinesse
           ,
           reposing
           their
           chiefest
           felicity
           in
           brutish
           and
           corporall
           pleasure
           ,
           were
           accustomed
           to
           celebrate
           
           the
           twentieth
           day
           of
           euery
           moneth
           in
           honour
           of
           their
           Archmaster
           
             Epicurus
             ,
          
           surmising
           a
           twentieth
           day
           to
           haue
           been
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Natiuitie
           .
           And
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           also
           they
           adorned
           their
           bedde-chambers
           with
           his
           picture
           ,
           and
           engraued
           his
           portraiture
           in
           their
           plate
           and
           ringes
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           alwayes
           behold
           him
           whom
           they
           meant
           euer
           to
           remember
           .
           Thus
           much
           homage
           and
           duty
           did
           those
           prophane
           &
           effeminate
           Pagans
           performe
           vnto
           him
           that
           was
           the
           patrone
           of
           their
           opinion
           of
           pleasure
           .
           No
           maruell
           then
           if
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           hath
           consecrated
           one
           day
           vnto
           her
           
             Sauiour
             ,
          
           for
           the
           solemnization
           of
           his
           
             Natiuity
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           perpetuation
           of
           so
           ineffable
           a
           mystery
           .
           And
           yet
           howsoeuer
           the
           mysterie
           of
           the
           
             Incaruation
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
          
           be
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           the
           benefite
           of
           it
           no
           lesse
           ;
           how
           lightly
           do
           we
           regarde
           it
           ,
           how
           perfunctorily
           doe
           wee
           celebrate
           it
           ?
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           we
           all
           plainely
           see
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           God
           was
           vnited
           vnto
           man
           ,
           and
           man
           reunited
           vnto
           God
           ;
           the
           rigor
           
           and
           seuerity
           of
           the
           Law
           abated
           ,
           graces
           giuen
           ,
           iniquities
           forgiuen
           ,
           and
           yet
           how
           lightly
           doe
           we
           regarde
           it
           ?
           how
           perfunctorily
           doe
           wee
           celebrate
           it
           ?
           Some
           there
           bee
           that
           rather
           desire
           to
           bee
           curiously
           inquisitiue
           into
           the
           mystery
           ,
           then
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           depth
           of
           it
           with
           modesty
           :
           and
           doe
           endeauour
           to
           apprehend
           that
           by
           naturall
           reason
           ,
           which
           farre
           passeth
           the
           flight
           of
           humane
           vnderstanding
           .
        
         
           But
           wee
           (
           Beloued
           )
           that
           thinke
           it
           to
           bee
           a
           more
           secure
           way
           ,
           and
           of
           lesse
           trouble
           and
           perplexitie
           ,
           rather
           to
           adore
           the
           supernaturall
           excellency
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           to
           assay
           with
           a
           Scotish
           and
           a
           sottish
           subtiltie
           ,
           to
           diue
           into
           it
           ;
           first
           of
           all
           ,
           let
           vs
           thinke
           vpon
           his
           cradle
           ,
           and
           then
           afterwards
           vpon
           his
           crown
           :
           Let
           vs
           take
           our
           flight
           from
           his
           humility
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           at
           the
           last
           so
           are
           vnto
           the
           chiefest
           height
           and
           sublimity
           .
           Let
           vs
           consider
           his
           conception
           ,
           his
           natiuitie
           ,
           his
           pouerty
           ,
           his
           infancie
           ,
           his
           impotency
           ;
           and
           let
           vs
           meditate
           vpon
           that
           blessed
           ,
           blessed
           time
           ,
           wherein
           hee
           tooke
           vpon
           him
           not
           onely
           the
           weake
           
           nature
           of
           man
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           weakest
           age
           of
           man.
           
        
         
           Let
           vs
           fixe
           our
           thoughts
           vpon
           that
           thrice
           happie
           and
           auspicious
           day
           ,
           a
           day
           farther
           excelling
           many
           centuries
           of
           yeares
           in
           
             goodnesse
             ,
          
           then
           it
           doth
           come
           short
           of
           them
           in
           
             extent
             .
          
           A
           day
           ,
           whereon
           Maiestie
           inuested
           it selfe
           with
           despicable
           humility
           ,
           whereon
           the
           Word
           became
           flesh
           ,
           
             GOD
          
           became
           man.
           
        
         
           And
           yet
           so
           ,
           that
           the
           dignitie
           &
           integritie
           of
           the
           Deitie
           were
           nothing
           impeached
           ,
           although
           seemingly
           degraded
           and
           impaired
           ;
           neyther
           was
           there
           any
           thing
           wanting
           to
           compleate
           and
           absolute
           humanity
           which
           was
           assumed
           .
           Now
           if
           any
           man
           bee
           so
           audicious
           ,
           as
           to
           prie
           into
           the
           secresie
           of
           this
           Mysterie
           ,
           and
           without
           witte
           or
           feare
           ,
           to
           addresse
           himselfe
           to
           the
           discouerie
           of
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           ,
           hee
           may
           perchaunce
           quickly
           strike
           saile
           ,
           and
           retire
           with
           an
           
             O
             Altitudo
             !
          
           and
           still
           bee
           as
           farre
           from
           the
           fruite
           of
           his
           labour
           as
           from
           the
           
             ende
             .
          
        
         
           If
           wee
           looke
           vpon
           the
           Diuinitie
           ,
           
           God
           the
           Father
           is
           ,
           and
           hath
           alwayes
           ●eene
           ,
           and
           is
           alwayes
           sayde
           to
           bee
           .
           Both
           which
           properties
           ,
           
             alwayes
             to
             haue
             ●eene
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             ,
          
           are
           as
           iustly
           attributed
           ●nto
           the
           Sonne
           .
           For
           the
           Deity
           of
           the
           Sonne
           is
           not
           distinguished
           from
           the
           Deitie
           of
           the
           Father
           .
           The
           Sonne
           is
           ●ee
           that
           was
           begotten
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           ●oequall
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           in
           respect
           ●f
           his
           
             Essence
             ,
          
           though
           not
           in
           regard
           ●f
           his
           
             office
             .
          
           Now
           if
           thou
           inquirest
           ,
           when
           Christ
           was
           begotten
           ,
           then
           thou
           must
           of
           necessitie
           deuolue
           thy
           imagination
           vpon
           some
           parcell
           of
           time
           ,
           vnto
           which
           the
           Deitie
           can
           no
           way
           bee
           ●onfined
           .
           And
           the
           Sonne
           ,
           beeing
           if
           I
           may
           so
           speake
           )
           paralell
           to
           the
           Father
           ,
           is
           as
           well
           beyond
           the
           boundes
           of
           time
           ,
           as
           the
           Father
           .
           For
           how
           can
           the
           Sonne
           bee
           limited
           by
           time
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           with
           the
           Father
           before
           all
           time
           ?
           begotten
           before
           all
           time
           ,
           as
           God
           ;
           but
           borne
           in
           time
           as
           man.
           
        
         
           As
           hee
           is
           God
           ,
           so
           he
           had
           no
           cause
           of
           his
           being
           ;
           as
           hee
           is
           the
           Sonne
           ,
           so
           hee
           may
           in
           some
           sort
           be
           say
           de
           to
           haue
           
           had
           his
           origination
           from
           the
           Father
           ;
           but
           such
           a
           one
           as
           is
           eternall
           .
           Heere
           may
           mans
           conceit
           yeeld
           it selfe
           to
           be
           but
           shallow
           ;
           heere
           against
           the
           marble
           of
           this
           difficultie
           ,
           may
           the
           edge
           of
           all
           subtilitie
           be
           rebated
           :
           here
           may
           the
           illiterate
           presume
           to
           know
           as
           much
           as
           the
           learned
           .
           For
           whatsoeuer
           is
           ,
           and
           hath
           beene
           before
           all
           time
           ,
           well
           may
           it
           be
           
             credited
             ,
          
           it
           can
           neuer
           be
           
             comprehended
             .
          
           For
           that
           that
           hath
           beene
           eternally
           before
           the
           existence
           or
           
             essence
          
           of
           man
           ,
           is
           no
           lesse
           beyond
           the
           reach
           and
           
             capacitie
          
           of
           man.
           For
           as
           the
           imagination
           and
           vnderstanding
           of
           man
           ,
           cannot
           bee
           euer
           drawne
           beyond
           the
           beginning
           of
           time
           ,
           or
           the
           extent
           :
           So
           neither
           without
           time
           was
           euer
           any
           man
           begotten
           ,
           besides
           Christ
           which
           was
           
             man
             and
             God
             ,
          
           and
           as
           vpon
           this
           day
           was
           borne
           
             Man
             :
          
           whom
           if
           wee
           surmise
           to
           haue
           beene
           made
           ,
           that
           is
           blasphemie
           :
           If
           wee
           thinke
           that
           hee
           was
           not
           begotten
           ,
           wee
           shall
           then
           derogate
           much
           from
           the
           Deitie
           :
           If
           wee
           denie
           his
           Humanitie
           ,
           we
           then
           runne
           the
           hazard
           of
           losing
           our
           eternall
           safety
           ,
           
           being
           the
           fruit
           and
           end
           of
           his
           Natiuitie
           .
           Thus
           (
           to
           speake
           in
           generall
           )
           must
           wee
           acknowledge
           euery
           thing
           in
           God
           to
           bee
           farre
           aboue
           the
           straine
           of
           reason
           ,
           but
           nothing
           beyond
           the
           reach
           of
           faith
           .
           No
           lesse
           ought
           wee
           to
           conceiue
           of
           
             God
             the
             Sonne
          
           in
           particular
           .
           For
           hee
           is
           also
           
             totall
          
           God
           ,
           as
           hee
           is
           
             totall
          
           man
           ;
           and
           yet
           not
           
             totally
          
           God
           because
           hee
           is
           also
           man
           ;
           nor
           
             totally
          
           man
           ,
           because
           hee
           is
           also
           God.
           O
           ineffable
           vnion
           !
           Surely
           ,
           this
           coniunction
           and
           combination
           of
           the
           diuine
           &
           humane
           nature
           ,
           proceeded
           only
           from
           the
           immediate
           and
           sole
           act
           of
           the
           Deitie
           .
           And
           therefore
           now
           ,
           O
           man
           ,
           see
           that
           thou
           adore
           and
           reuerence
           this
           mysterie
           ,
           and
           vpon
           this
           day
           thinke
           vpon
           thy
           happy
           estate
           and
           condition
           ,
           purchased
           by
           the
           obedience
           and
           humility
           of
           thy
           
             Sauiour
             :
          
           who
           being
           
             borne
          
           as
           vpon
           this
           day
           ,
           was
           notwithstanding
           
             begotten
          
           from
           euerlasting
           :
           &
           being
           God
           ,
           for
           mans
           sake
           ,
           became
           man
           :
           
             There
             being
             no
             way
             to
             saue
             man
             but
             by
             dying
             for
             man
             ,
             and
             no
             way
             to
             dye
             for
             man
             ,
             but
             by
             being
             man.
             
          
        
         
         
           Here
           may
           ,
           wee
           beholde
           both
           his
           
             Deitie
          
           and
           
             Humanitie
             :
          
           The
           one
           must
           worthily
           be
           
             esteemed
             ,
          
           because
           the
           other
           is
           worthy
           to
           bee
           
             admired
             .
          
        
         
           
             Man
          
           could
           not
           be
           made
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           
             God
          
           became
           
             Man.
          
           And
           to
           this
           end
           &
           purpose
           ,
           that
           thou
           ,
           O
           man
           ,
           mightest
           acknowledge
           thy
           
             Creators
          
           power
           ,
           &
           embrace
           thy
           
             Sauiors
          
           lowlinesse
           ;
           that
           so
           ,
           although
           his
           Maiesty
           
             confound
          
           thee
           ,
           yet
           his
           Humility
           may
           
             comfort
          
           thee
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           bee
           worthy
           our
           contemplation
           ,
           if
           we
           think
           ,
           how
           ,
           as
           vpon
           this
           day
           God
           that
           is
           most
           purely
           immateriall
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           all
           shadow
           of
           corporeity
           ,
           was
           vnited
           vnto
           a
           body
           :
           how
           he
           that
           was
           inuisible
           became
           apparent
           and
           euident
           ;
           how
           he
           that
           could
           not
           bee
           discerned
           by
           the
           touch
           ,
           was
           as
           vpon
           this
           day
           encompassed
           with
           the
           clasping
           armes
           of
           his
           tender
           mother
           :
           How
           hee
           that
           neuer
           had
           beginning
           ,
           now
           beganne
           to
           be
           :
           and
           lastly
           ,
           how
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           became
           the
           Sonne
           of
           man.
           So
           that
           as
           vpon
           this
           day
           ,
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           heauen
           and
           earth
           ,
           
           mortality
           and
           eternity
           ,
           humanity
           and
           diuinitie
           were
           combined
           .
           In
           whom
           ?
           in
           our
           Sauiour
           :
           
             Whom
             the
             Father
             hath
             appointed
             Heyre
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             by
             whome
             also
             he
             made
             the
             World
             ,
             being
             the
             brightnes
             of
             his
             glory
             ,
             and
             the
             expresse
             image
             or
             character
             of
             his
             person
             ,
          
           who
           being
           no
           lesse
           
             admirable
          
           for
           his
           humility
           ,
           then
           
             incomprehensible
          
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           descended
           farre
           below
           the
           pitch
           of
           his
           eminencie
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           
             preserue
             by
             his
             mercy
             ,
          
           what
           hee
           had
           
             created
             by
             his
             omnipotency
             .
          
           Hee
           that
           once
           was
           cloathed
           with
           the
           lustre
           of
           glory
           and
           maiesty
           ,
           
             no
             lesse
             terrible
             then
             admirable
             ,
          
           whom
           neither
           Angels
           nor
           Archangels
           ,
           nor
           Seraphims
           ,
           nor
           Cherubims
           could
           endure
           to
           behold
           ;
           he
           that
           once
           was
           Lord
           of
           hosts
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           glory
           ,
           hee
           that
           once
           could
           with
           his
           onely
           countenance
           turne
           the
           mountaines
           topsie-turuie
           ,
           and
           wind-shake
           the
           foundations
           of
           the
           whole
           earth
           :
           Hee
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           vpon
           this
           day
           ,
           
             for
             vs
             become
             as
             one
             of
             vs.
             
          
        
         
           The
           vnspeakable
           
             Maiesty
             of
             the
             Father
          
           manageth
           the
           mysterie
           ,
           the
           
             ineffable
          
           
           
             loue
             and
             affection
             of
             the
             Sonne
          
           assumeth
           our
           
             flesh
             ,
          
           the
           
             incomprehensible
             power
             of
             the
             Spirite
          
           resideth
           within
           the
           narrow
           limits
           of
           the
           wombe
           ;
           albeit
           it
           cannot
           bee
           contained
           in
           the
           vaste
           capacity
           &
           circuit
           of
           the
           world
           .
           On
           this
           day
           was
           death
           vanquished
           ,
           because
           life
           was
           produced
           :
           On
           this
           day
           was
           lying
           abolished
           ,
           because
           truth
           was
           mani
           feited
           :
           on
           this
           day
           was
           errour
           abandoned
           ,
           because
           the
           true
           way
           was
           discouered
           :
           on
           this
           day
           was
           the
           
             Manna
             of
             mercie
             ,
             and
             the
             dole
             of
             heauen
          
           distributed
           ,
           which
           hee
           that
           eates
           shall
           not
           die
           ;
           but
           liue
           eternally
           .
           O
           blessed
           day
           ,
           O
           beautifull
           and
           glorious
           day
           !
           A
           day
           without
           
             euening
          
           or
           
             ending
             ;
          
           the
           verie
           period
           of
           mortalitie
           ,
           the
           beginning
           and
           
             alpha
          
           of
           eternitie
           .
           A
           day
           of
           our
           second
           Natiuitie
           and
           Regeneration
           ,
           wheron
           ,
           that
           
             man
          
           might
           
             bee
             borne
             of
             God
             ,
             God
             would
             be
             borne
             like
             man.
          
           In
           the
           Creation
           
             man
          
           was
           formed
           according
           to
           the
           image
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           now
           God
           taketh
           vpon
           him
           the
           Image
           of
           man.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           beginning
           God
           made
           man
           
           of
           the
           earth
           :
           but
           now
           euen
           GOD
           himselfe
           is
           made
           that
           that
           hee
           made
           ,
           that
           that
           might
           not
           perish
           that
           he
           had
           made
           .
           Now
           therefore
           ,
           let
           the
           wisedome
           and
           power
           of
           man
           be
           defaced
           ,
           seeing
           the
           wisedome
           of
           God
           is
           so
           clearely
           manifested
           .
           Henceforth
           ,
           the
           lame
           shall
           walke
           ,
           the
           blinde
           shall
           see
           ,
           the
           deafe
           shall
           heare
           ,
           the
           dumbe
           shall
           speake
           ,
           the
           dead
           shall
           reuiue
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           one
           word
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           the
           
             Word
          
           that
           speaketh
           ,
           yea
           &
           without
           a
           word
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           
             God
          
           that
           commaundeth
           .
           O
           ioyfull
           day
           !
           O
           happy
           halcyonian
           day
           !
           whereon
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           by
           his
           voluntarie
           humiliation
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           assumption
           of
           our
           
             humanity
          
           and
           
             humilitie
          
           hath
           now
           affianced
           vs
           vnto
           himselfe
           ,
           by
           entring
           with
           vs
           the
           league
           of
           brotherhood
           and
           fraternitie
           .
           A
           day
           ,
           whereon
           hee
           was
           borne
           which
           was
           before
           all
           dayes
           ,
           euen
           the
           
             Ancient
             of
             dayes
             ;
          
           he
           that
           made
           the
           first
           day
           :
           he
           sayde
           ,
           
             Let
             there
             be
             light
             ,
             and
             there
             was
          
           
           
             light
             .
          
           A
           day
           ,
           whereon
           Emanuel
           (
           whose
           name
           is
           sweeter
           then
           the
           sweetest
           aromaticke
           odours
           of
           Arabia
           )
           being
           with
           
           man
           ,
           amongst
           men
           ;
           in
           man
           ,
           for
           man
           became
           man.
           A
           day
           that
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           
             Isaack
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iacob
          
           foresaw
           .
           On
           
           this
           day
           man
           ascended
           ,
           because
           God
           descended
           ;
           and
           our
           flesh
           was
           aduanced
           and
           ingraced
           ,
           because
           the
           
             Word
             was
             made
             flesh
             .
          
           
        
         
           Hitherto
           haue
           wee
           beene
           the
           sonnes
           of
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           now
           are
           wee
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           :
           a
           new
           people
           ,
           a
           new
           nation
           ,
           not
           
             borne
             of
             flesh
             and
             bloud
             ,
             nor
             of
             the
             will
             of
             man
             ,
             but
             of
             God.
          
           All
           things
           
           hitherto
           haue
           been
           too
           transcendent
           ,
           imperuious
           without
           entrie
           ,
           full
           of
           horrour
           and
           amazement
           :
           but
           now
           wee
           may
           haue
           free
           accesse
           vnto
           God
           ,
           the
           way
           is
           neyther
           chargeable
           ,
           nor
           tedious
           :
           And
           therefore
           now
           ,
           O
           man
           ,
           come
           vnto
           thy
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           by
           the
           mediation
           of
           man.
           For
           on
           this
           day
           thy
           Sauiour
           ,
           of
           God
           ,
           became
           
             Man
             ;
          
           that
           he
           might
           reioyne
           
             man
          
           to
           God.
           O
           ineffable
           loue
           !
           O
           incredible
           mercy
           !
           O
           vnspeakable
           grace
           and
           fauour
           !
           wee
           all
           acknowledge
           the
           
             inuisible
             Essence
             ,
          
           and
           
             indiuisible
             Vnitie
          
           of
           
             God
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Sonne
             ;
          
           insomuch
           that
           the
           Essence
           
           of
           that
           one
           hath
           not
           beene
           like
           to
           the
           other
           onely
           ,
           but
           euen
           
             identical
             :
          
           and
           yet
           hee
           that
           is
           one
           with
           
             God
             ,
          
           was
           as
           vpon
           this
           day
           made
           one
           with
           
             man
             ;
          
           that
           
             man
          
           might
           bee
           made
           one
           with
           
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Come
           now
           therfore
           vnto
           thy
           Creator
           ,
           O
           man
           :
           touch
           thy
           Creator
           ,
           &
           
             embrace
             him
             ,
          
           touch
           thy
           Sauiour
           ,
           and
           
             adore
             him
             .
          
           Come
           thou
           ,
           O
           blessed
           Church
           ,
           draw
           neere
           vnto
           thy
           Bridegroome
           ;
           O
           let
           him
           bee
           folded
           within
           the
           armes
           of
           thy
           zeale
           and
           affection
           .
           For
           hee
           hath
           taken
           a
           great
           iourney
           ,
           euen
           as
           farre
           as
           it
           is
           from
           heauen
           to
           earth
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           translate
           thee
           from
           earth
           to
           heauen
           .
           
             God
          
           hee
           is
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           free
           and
           enfranchize
           thee
           :
           and
           
             man
          
           he
           is
           ,
           that
           without
           terrour
           and
           amazement
           hee
           might
           come
           vnto
           thee
           .
           So
           that
           hee
           hath
           well
           tempered
           his
           
             Deitie
          
           with
           
             humanity
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             Maiesty
          
           with
           
             humility
             :
          
           for
           as
           the
           one
           
             confoundeth
             ,
          
           so
           the
           other
           
             comforteth
             ;
          
           as
           the
           one
           
             amazeth
             ,
          
           so
           the
           other
           
             animateth
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           come
           boldly
           ,
           and
           confidently
           meete
           thy
           Sauiour
           ,
           
           and
           as
           well
           with
           thy
           
             teares
             ,
          
           as
           with
           thy
           
             words
             .
          
           O
           crie
           out
           and
           say
           ,
           
             I
             haue
             found
             him
             whom
             my
             soule
             loueth
             :
             I
             helde
             him
             and
             would
             not
             let
             him
             goe
             ,
             vntill
             I
             had
             brought
             him
             into
             my
             mothers
             house
             ,
             and
             into
             the
             Chamber
             of
             her
             that
             conceiued
             me
             .
             O
             let
             him
             kisse
             mee
          
           
           
             with
             the
             kisses
             of
             his
             mouth
             :
             Draw
             me
             ,
             wee
             will
             runne
             after
             thee
             because
             of
             the
             sauour
             of
             thy
             sweete
             ointments
             .
          
           Come
           
           O
           blessed
           Church
           ,
           and
           sing
           ;
           
             Vnto
             vs
             a
             Childe
             is
             borne
             ,
             vnto
             vs
             a
             Sonne
             is
          
           
           
             giuen
             ;
             the
             almighty
             God
             ,
             the
             euerlasting
             Father
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             peace
             .
          
           Come
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           sing
           with
           the
           Psalmist
           ;
           
             I
             wayted
             patiently
             for
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             enclined
             vnto
             me
             ,
             and
             heard
             my
             crye
             :
             In
             my
             bed
             I
             sought
             him
             whom
             my
             soule
             loueth
             .
             Tell
             me
             ,
             whom
             my
             soule
             loueth
             ,
             where
             feedest
             thou
             ?
             where
             lyest
             thou
             at
             noone
             ?
          
           Let
           vs
           beloued
           ,
           goe
           into
           our
           Sauiours
           little
           and
           homely
           chamber
           of
           repose
           ,
           and
           let
           vs
           delight
           and
           imparadize
           our selues
           with
           so
           louely
           an
           obiect
           as
           our
           Sauiour
           is
           .
           Away
           with
           those
           proud
           and
           insolent
           
             Pharises
             ,
          
           who
           presume
           they
           know
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           yet
           know
           
           not
           the
           author
           of
           it
           .
           Away
           with
           
             Arrius
             ,
          
           who
           held
           that
           there
           was
           a
           time
           when
           Christ
           was
           not
           .
           O
           let
           him
           bee
           perpetually
           branded
           with
           the
           note
           of
           this
           his
           infamous
           and
           execrable
           heresie
           .
           Let
           him
           tell
           mee
           ,
           when
           had
           hee
           no
           being
           ,
           which
           had
           being
           in
           a
           beginning
           without
           beginning
           ?
           
             In
             the
             beginning
             was
             the
             Word
             .
          
           When
           had
           
           hee
           no
           being
           which
           is
           God
           from
           euerlasting
           ?
           
             And
             the
             Word
             was
             God
             ,
             ibid.
          
           At
           what
           time
           was
           he
           not
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           Authour
           of
           time
           ?
           
             All
             things
             were
             made
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             without
             him
             nothing
             was
             made
             ,
             ibid.
          
           Away
           with
           the
           
             No●tians
          
           and
           
             Sabellians
             ,
          
           that
           confounded
           the
           Trinity
           of
           persons
           ,
           that
           held
           but
           
             one
             person
             ,
          
           as
           there
           is
           but
           
             one
             Essence
             .
          
           Away
           with
           that
           ignominious
           Stigmatike
           
             Samosatenus
             ,
          
           that
           euen
           when
           he
           reposed
           himselfe
           vpon
           the
           prostituted
           carkasse
           of
           a
           base
           and
           odious
           strumpet
           ,
           was
           so
           impudent
           &
           audacious
           as
           to
           detract
           and
           derogate
           from
           the
           Deitie
           of
           our
           
             Sauiour
             :
          
           and
           besides
           this
           ,
           did
           not
           blush
           to
           affirme
           the
           
             eternal
             word
          
           of
           God
           to
           be
           nothing
           
           else
           but
           a
           meere
           vanishing
           voyce
           .
           Away
           with
           
             Ualentinus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Apelles
             ,
          
           and
           
             Marcio
             ,
          
           that
           laboured
           to
           disanull
           
             Christs
             humanity
             .
          
           Away
           with
           
             Nestorius
             ,
          
           that
           held
           ,
           that
           the
           diuine
           and
           humane
           nature
           were
           separated
           and
           diuulsed
           :
           and
           moreouer
           endeauoured
           to
           maintain
           ,
           that
           not
           the
           
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
          
           but
           one
           that
           was
           meere
           man
           ,
           was
           for
           our
           redemption
           nayled
           vnto
           the
           
             Crosse
             .
          
           Away
           with
           that
           wicked
           
             Ebio
             ,
          
           that
           ascribed
           vnto
           our
           Sauiour
           an
           earthly
           father
           .
           Away
           with
           the
           whole
           rout
           and
           rabble
           of
           
             Heretikes
             ,
          
           or
           whatsoeuer
           of
           that
           leauen
           ,
           preiudicers
           eyther
           of
           his
           Deitie
           ,
           or
           his
           Humanitie
           .
           Away
           with
           those
           
             Ethnicke
             Philosophers
          
           and
           
             Wizards
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           But
           let
           vs
           Beloued
           ,
           
             confessing
             our
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             professing
             our
             faith
             ,
          
           enter
           into
           our
           Sauiours
           chamber
           ,
           and
           sing
           ,
           
             The
             stone
             which
             the
             builders
             refused
             ,
             is
             become
             the
             head
             stone
             of
             the
             corner
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Lords
             doing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             maruellous
             in
             our
             eyes
             .
             This
             is
             the
             day
             that
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             ,
             we
             will
             reioyce
             and
             bee
             glad
             in
             it
             .
          
           Let
           vs
           enter
           into
           our
           Sauiours
           
           
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           sing
           ;
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             my
             strength
             and
             song
             ,
             and
             is
             become
             my
             saluation
             ;
          
           
           
             The
             right
             hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             exalted
             ,
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             doth
          
           
           
             valiantly
             .
          
           Let
           vs
           enter
           into
           our
           Sauiours
           Chamber
           ,
           &
           sing
           ;
           
             Sing
             O
             daughter
          
           
           
             of
             Sion
             ,
             shoute
             O
             Israel
             :
             Be
             glad
             and
             reioyce
             with
             all
             thy
             heart
             ,
             O
             daughter
             of
             Ierusalem
             .
             The
             Lord
             hath
             taken
             away
             thy
             iudgements
             :
             hee
             hath
             cast
             out
             thine
             enemie
             ;
             The
             King
             of
             Israel
             ,
             euen
             the
             Lord
             is
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             thee
             :
             thou
             shalt
             not
             see
             euill
             any
             more
             .
             Behold
             hee
             that
             is
          
           
           
             higher
             then
             Heauen
             ,
             and
             deeper
             then
             hell
             ,
             for
             thy
             sake
             .
             O
             man
             ,
             is
             become
             man
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             recouer
             thee
             from
             Hel
             ,
             &
             bring
             thee
             vnto
             Heauen
             .
          
        
         
           Behold
           therefore
           that
           sweet
           
             Beniamin
             ,
             Christ
             Iesus
             ;
          
           Behold
           him
           which
           is
           our
           
             life
          
           on
           earth
           ,
           &
           our
           
             way
          
           to
           heauen
           .
           Behold
           him
           that
           is
           sprung
           from
           the
           roote
           of
           
             lesse
             ,
          
           him
           that
           is
           of
           the
           
             generation
             of
             Dauid
             ,
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             woman
             ,
             the
             arme
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             vertue
             and
             power
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ,
          
           and
           
             his
             welbeloued
             in
             whom
             he
             is
             well
             pleased
             .
          
           Behold
           him
           that
           was
           begotten
           but
           not
           then
           born
           :
           Behold
           him
           that
           is
           now
           
             borne
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
           now
           
             begotten
             ;
          
           being
           God
           by
           the
           
             Fathers
             side
             ,
          
           and
           man
           by
           the
           
             mothers
             side
             .
          
           Behold
           him
           that
           was
           ,
           when
           hee
           was
           not
           borne
           ,
           being
           more
           ancient
           ,
           not
           onely
           then
           the
           
             time
             of
             his
             birth
             ,
          
           but
           euen
           
             the
             birth
             of
             time
             .
          
           Behold
           him
           whom
           
             Abraham
          
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           beleeuing
           receyued
           as
           a
           guest
           ,
           whose
           father
           hee
           was
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             Flesh
             ,
          
           whose
           sonne
           hee
           was
           in
           respect
           of
           
             Faith.
          
           Behold
           him
           whose
           starre
           
             Balaam
          
           
           saw
           before
           the
           Wisemen
           ,
           and
           foretolde
           it
           also
           
             truely
             ,
          
           although
           
             vnwillingly
             .
          
           Behold
           him
           that
           now
           powreth
           forth
           his
           
             teares
          
           for
           thee
           ,
           hee
           will
           hereafter
           his
           
             bloud
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           hee
           will
           shedde
           his
           bloud
           for
           thee
           ,
           because
           now
           his
           teares
           :
           who
           therefore
           weepeth
           that
           thou
           mightest
           reioyce
           ,
           and
           therefore
           commeth
           vnto
           thee
           ,
           because
           he
           loueth
           thee
           .
           The
           time
           was
           when
           thou
           ,
           O
           man
           ,
           diddest
           lye
           floating
           in
           the
           streame
           of
           luxurious
           delights
           ,
           when
           thou
           sacrificedst
           vnto
           strange
           gods
           that
           were
           not
           .
           Then
           didst
           thou
           ,
           O
           miserable
           man
           ,
           run
           the
           hazard
           both
           of
           Gods
           
             indignation
             ,
          
           and
           
           thine
           owne
           
             damnation
             ,
          
           the
           sorrows
           of
           death
           surrounded
           thee
           ,
           the
           surges
           of
           iniquitie
           ouerwhelmed
           thee
           .
           This
           
           did
           the
           onely
           begotten
           Sonne
           of
           God
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           as
           he
           lay
           in
           the
           bosome
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           &
           as
           he
           sate
           in
           the
           throne
           of
           his
           Maiesty
           .
           And
           therefore
           hee
           came
           downe
           speedily
           ,
           hee
           laide
           aside
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           assumed
           pouerty
           ,
           and
           vndertooke
           the
           heauie
           weight
           of
           miserie
           .
           Hee
           came
           vnto
           the
           earth
           ,
           Hee
           came
           vnto
           thee
           ,
           he
           came
           into
           thee
           ,
           borne
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           in
           the
           stormy
           winter
           ,
           being
           naked
           &
           distressed
           .
           He
           had
           no
           man
           to
           succour
           him
           ,
           no
           man
           to
           attend
           him
           ,
           no
           mā
           that
           regarded
           him
           .
           The
           best
           swadling
           cloaths
           his
           mother
           had
           to
           en
           wrappe
           him
           ,
           were
           but
           a
           few
           miserable
           rags
           .
           The
           best
           cradle
           hee
           had
           was
           but
           a
           manger
           .
           Hence
           is
           it
           that
           hee
           cryeth
           vnto
           thee
           ,
           and
           protesteth
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           haue
           done
           more
           for
           man.
           O
           what
           guerdon
           ,
           what
           recompence
           shall
           man
           bestow
           vpon
           him
           ?
           It
           is
           not
           beloued
           ,
           eyther
           the
           
             inuenting
          
           or
           
             venting
          
           of
           friuolous
           &
           fruitlesse
           questions
           ,
           concerning
           his
           
           wonderfull
           Natiuity
           ,
           not
           those
           Myriades
           of
           
             quirkes
          
           and
           
             niceties
             ,
          
           which
           haue
           beene
           extracted
           from
           the
           drossie
           ore
           of
           earthy
           imaginations
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           in
           acceptable
           sacrifice
           vnto
           him
           .
           Alas
           these
           things
           rather
           
             disturbe
             our
             tranquilitie
             ,
          
           then
           any
           way
           
             procure
             our
             safety
             :
          
           these
           
             abate
          
           our
           zeale
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           set
           vs
           at
           
             bate
          
           with
           our
           neighbour
           :
           Let
           vs
           therefore
           abandon
           these
           fooleties
           and
           fopperies
           .
           Let
           vs
           put
           on
           sackcloth
           and
           ashes
           ;
           let
           vs
           sit
           in
           the
           dust
           ;
           let
           vs
           sitte
           neere
           vnto
           our
           Sauiours
           c●atch
           ,
           let
           vs
           beat
           our
           brests
           ,
           &
           weepe
           for
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           that
           our
           Sauiour
           may
           heare
           our
           sobs
           ,
           &
           behold
           our
           teares
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           testifie
           how
           much
           we
           are
           engaged
           vnto
           him
           ,
           who
           being
           the
           euerlasting
           
             Word
          
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           for
           our
           sakes
           became
           
             silent
             :
          
           who
           being
           the
           
             wisdome
          
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           seemed
           to
           bee
           empayred
           :
           who
           being
           the
           
             Father
          
           of
           eternity
           ,
           became
           the
           
             Sonn
          
           of
           mortality
           .
           
             He
             came
             vnto
             his
             owne
             ,
             but
             his
             owne
             receiued
          
           
           
             him
             not
             .
          
           See
           how
           he
           placed
           himself
           in
           a
           degree
           below
           man
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           ,
           lift
           man
           vnto
           God
           :
           &
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           as
           for
           man
           his
           sake
           ,
           hee
           became
           man
           ;
           so
           
           for
           mans
           sake
           he
           became
           miserable
           ;
           &
           yet
           
             was
             not
             he
             whent
             hou
             wast
             not
             ?
             Who
          
           
           
             hath
             measured
             the
             waters
             in
             the
             hollow
             of
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             meted
             out
             heauen
             with
             the
             spanne
             ,
             and
             comprehended
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             in
             a
             measure
             ,
             and
             weighed
             the
             mountaines
             in
             scales
             ,
             and
             the
             hilles
             in
             a
             ballance
             ?
             O
             that
             my
             people
             were
             wise
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             they
             vnderstood
             ,
             that
             they
             foresaw
             their
             last
             end
             .
          
        
         
           And
           how
           happy
           should
           wee
           bee
           ,
           if
           ,
           as
           Christ
           became
           like
           vnto
           vs
           in
           
             flesh
             ;
          
           so
           wee
           would
           endeauour
           to
           bee
           like
           vnto
           him
           in
           
             Spirit
             !
          
           He
           is
           ours
           by
           the
           one
           ;
           let
           vs
           bee
           his
           by
           the
           other
           .
           There
           was
           a
           time
           when
           he
           came
           
             flying
             vpon
             the
             wings
             of
             the
             winde
             ,
             when
             hee
             came
             in
             lightning
             and
             thunder
             ,
             when
             darknesse
             was
             his
             pauilion
             .
          
           Now
           may
           wee
           finde
           him
           wrapped
           in
           swadling
           cloutes
           ,
           lying
           in
           a
           manger
           .
           Now
           may
           the
           Church
           cry
           out
           and
           say
           ,
           
             As
             soone
          
           
           
             as
             I
             heard
             him
             speake
             ,
             my
             soule
             melted
             within
             me
             :
             I
             sought
             him
             ,
             but
             I
             found
             him
             not
             :
             I
             called
             ,
             but
             he
             answered
             mee
             not
             .
          
           Now
           crie
           out
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Stay
             mee
             with
             flagons
             ,
             comfort
             mee
             with
             apples
             ,
             for
             I
             am
          
           
           
           
             sicke
             of
             loue
             .
             Now
             will
             I
             rest
             vnder
             the
             shadow
             of
             his
             wings
             .
             Yee
             are
             not
             now
             come
             vnto
             the
             mount
          
           (
           saith
           
             Moses
             )
             that
             might
             not
             be
             touched
             ,
             and
             that
             burned
             with
             fire
             ,
             nor
             vnto
             blacknes
             and
             darknes
             ,
             and
             tempest
             ,
             and
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             Trumpet
             ,
             and
             the
             voyce
             of
             words
             ,
             which
             voyce
             they
             that
             heard
             ,
             entreated
             that
             the
             word
             should
             not
             bee
             spoken
             vnto
             them
             anymore
             ,
             for
             they
             could
             not
             endure
             that
             which
             was
             commanded
             :
             and
             if
             so
             much
             as
             a
             beast
             toucht
             the
             mountaine
             it
             shall
             bee
             stoned
             or
             thrust
             thorow
             with
             a
             dart
             .
          
        
         
           And
           so
           terrible
           was
           the
           sight
           ,
           that
           
             Moses
          
           sayde
           ,
           
             I
             exceedingly
             feare
             and
          
           
           
             quake
             .
          
           But
           wee
           beloued
           may
           contemplate
           a
           more
           milde
           obiect
           ,
           euen
           our
           beloued
           Sauiour
           which
           was
           contented
           to
           act
           the
           part
           of
           lowlinesse
           &
           humility
           ,
           who
           when
           hee
           published
           his
           
             Law
             ,
          
           hee
           appeared
           then
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           in
           fire
           :
           but
           now
           manifesting
           his
           
             grace
             ,
             and
             mercy
             ,
          
           disdained
           not
           to
           repose
           himselfe
           on
           a
           pallat
           of
           Hay
           .
           Hee
           whose
           sublimity
           is
           incomprehensible
           ,
           deiected
           himselfe
           as
           low
           as
           might
           be
           .
           Hee
           as
           hee
           lay
           in
           the
           Manger
           ,
           had
           notwithstanding
           
           the
           Angels
           of
           Heauen
           about
           him
           ,
           as
           his
           ancient
           attendants
           ,
           and
           dependences
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           quier
           of
           heauen
           singing
           about
           him
           at
           his
           Natiuitie
           ,
           which
           sang
           about
           him
           in
           his
           glory
           .
           And
           although
           hee
           were
           confined
           to
           an
           obscure
           cottage
           ,
           yet
           the
           rayes
           of
           such
           a
           
             candle
          
           doe
           I
           say
           ?
           nay
           of
           such
           a
           
             Sunne
          
           could
           not
           be
           
             hidden
             vnder
             a
             bushell
             ;
          
           but
           were
           displayed
           euen
           vnto
           the
           remotest
           parts
           of
           the
           Easterne
           climate
           .
           His
           Deitie
           could
           not
           bee
           defaced
           by
           his
           pouerty
           ,
           nor
           extenuated
           .
           By
           the
           power
           of
           which
           Deitie
           a
           star
           in
           the
           firmament
           was
           commaunded
           to
           giue
           notice
           of
           Christs
           humanity
           .
           Whatsoeuer
           in
           this
           mysterie
           is
           atchieued
           beyond
           the
           capacitie
           of
           man
           ,
           plainely
           euinceth
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           God
           ,
           who
           notwithstanding
           was
           thus
           humbled
           .
        
         
           Let
           custome
           vanish
           ,
           let
           nature
           acknowledge
           her selfe
           to
           bee
           but
           shallow
           in
           the
           conceit
           of
           the
           miracles
           which
           are
           wrought
           by
           the
           immediate
           finger
           of
           God.
           Reason
           can
           hardly
           be
           brought
           to
           acknowledge
           that
           a
           
           
             Virgin
             was
             a
             mother
             .
          
           It
           may
           at
           length
           come
           within
           kenne
           of
           this
           mysterie
           :
           if
           so
           bee
           it
           bee
           furthered
           by
           the
           sterne
           of
           Gods
           word
           ,
           and
           wafted
           along
           by
           the
           breath
           and
           gale
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
           
             Bare
             reason
             is
             faiths
             contradiction
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           beloued
           ,
           let
           vs
           posse
           on
           vnto
           that
           that
           hath
           not
           yet
           beene
           touched
           .
           And
           seeing
           that
           wee
           haue
           consecrated
           this
           day
           vnto
           diuine
           and
           holy
           meditation
           ,
           let
           vs
           with
           a
           zealous
           and
           modest
           curiosity
           take
           an
           enterview
           of
           whatsoeuer
           pertaineth
           vnto
           the
           birth
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           .
           Let
           vs
           imagine
           whatsoeuer
           might
           haue
           then
           beene
           seene
           ,
           is
           now
           also
           set
           before
           our
           eyes
           .
           Let
           vs
           goe
           visite
           
             the
             childe
          
           and
           his
           blessed
           mother
           ,
           
             the
             Virgine
             ;
          
           and
           let
           vs
           thinke
           vpon
           all
           those
           to
           whome
           so
           gracious
           a
           mysterie
           was
           first
           reuealed
           .
           Let
           vs
           lay
           aside
           so
           many
           Centuries
           of
           yeares
           ,
           which
           haue
           passed
           since
           his
           birth
           ,
           and
           let
           our
           winged
           thoughts
           trauerse
           the
           large
           extent
           of
           ground
           which
           is
           betwixt
           vs
           and
           
             Bethleem
             ,
          
           and
           let
           vs
           take
           an
           exact
           suruey
           of
           that
           
             least
             ,
             but
             not
             least
             blessed
             Citie
             :
          
           so
           that
           not
           the
           slightest
           
           circumstance
           may
           passe
           vnexamined
           .
           For
           if
           the
           infancy
           of
           all
           children
           doe
           much
           delight
           &
           please
           vs
           ,
           how
           much
           should
           the
           infancy
           of
           this
           blessed
           babe
           reioyce
           vs
           ,
           which
           for
           our
           sakes
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           bee
           an
           absolute
           and
           compleate
           man
           ,
           dayned
           to
           take
           vpon
           him
           the
           impotency
           of
           our
           childhood
           ?
           Not
           farre
           off
           from
           the
           manger
           sate
           the
           blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           herselfe
           bearing
           a
           great
           reuerence
           to
           the
           miracle
           :
           who
           being
           not
           tainted
           with
           the
           contagion
           of
           any
           inordinate
           lust
           ,
           doth
           ingenuously
           confesse
           that
           ,
           whereof
           the
           reason
           shee
           cannot
           conceiue
           ;
           to
           witte
           ,
           
             ●hat
             shee
             is
             a
             mother
             ;
          
           who
           hauing
           been
           ●etrothed
           vnto
           
             Iosph
             ,
          
           had
           receyued
           his
           newes
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           an
           An●ell
           ,
           that
           she
           should
           not
           be
           the
           
             Spouse
             ●f
             man
             but
             the
             mother
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           shee
           euidently
           perceyueth
           ,
           ●●at
           shee
           is
           married
           vnto
           heauen
           ,
           and
           ●et
           her
           thoughts
           are
           still
           transported
           ,
           
             ●●
             well
             by
             amazement
             ,
             as
             by
             ioy
             .
          
           Shee
           
           ●eth
           ,
           that
           euen
           shee
           poore
           despised
           ●aide
           is
           become
           the
           
             Mother
          
           of
           her
           
             ●●ther
             ,
             a
             Gouernesse
          
           to
           him
           that
           is
           the
           
           
             Gouernour
             of
             Heauen
             and
             earth
             :
          
           Shee
           seeth
           ,
           that
           shee
           hath
           brought
           foorth
           a
           mightier
           then
           
             Dauid
             ,
          
           a
           senior
           to
           
             Adam
             .
          
           Shee
           seeth
           ,
           that
           shee
           herselfe
           is
           both
           
             mother
             ,
             midwife
             ,
             and
             nurse
             :
          
           that
           none
           might
           
             touch
          
           him
           ,
           lesse
           pure
           then
           herselfe
           that
           
             bare
          
           him
           .
           Shee
           had
           oftentimes
           before
           entertained
           many
           holy
           meditations
           vpon
           
             the
             childe
             ,
          
           which
           was
           in
           so
           many
           places
           of
           the
           holy
           Scripture
           spoken
           of
           by
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           that
           childe
           should
           spring
           from
           the
           
             roote
             of
             Dauid
             .
          
           She
           had
           often
           thought
           vpon
           the
           Virgine
           ,
           admiring
           whom
           such
           great
           and
           transcendent
           happinesse
           should
           befall
           .
           Shee
           well
           knew
           ,
           that
           Text
           of
           
             Esay
             ,
          
           Chap.
           7.
           14.
           
           
             Beholde
             a
             Virgin
             shall
             conceiue
             and
             beare
             a
             Sonne
          
           Shee
           had
           often
           reuolued
           many
           predictions
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           had
           read
           the
           storie
           of
           her selfe
           ,
           and
           knew
           it
           not
           .
           Shee
           seeth
           many
           Prophesies
           fulfilled
           ,
           many
           promises
           performed
           ,
           many
           types
           and
           prefigurations
           accomplished
           .
           Shee
           seeth
           a
           light
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           borrowed
           from
           the
           rayes
           
           eyther
           of
           the
           Sunne
           or
           Moone
           .
           She
           seeth
           a
           night
           whose
           serenity
           surpasseth
           the
           brightnesse
           of
           the
           clearest
           day
           .
           Sometimes
           shee
           being
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           ouerioyed
           in
           her
           happinesse
           ,
           her
           eyes
           distil
           a
           sweete
           shower
           of
           cristall
           teares
           into
           her
           yuorie
           bosome
           .
           Sometimes
           when
           shee
           thinks
           that
           shee
           is
           become
           a
           mother
           ,
           then
           a
           modest
           shame
           (
           a
           probable
           argument
           of
           virginity
           ,
           and
           the
           tincture
           of
           vertue
           )
           setteth
           in
           her
           snowy
           cheekes
           a
           pure
           vermilion
           .
           Sometimes
           with
           a
           chaste
           and
           composed
           aspect
           ,
           shee
           beholdeth
           her
           
             Sonne
          
           and
           
             Gods
             ;
          
           and
           (
           yet
           being
           solicitous
           for
           ●er
           Virginity
           )
           shee
           putteth
           on
           the
           most
           tender
           affection
           of
           a
           mother
           ,
           which
           notwithstanding
           is
           frequently
           ●nterrupted
           with
           the
           conceit
           that
           shee
           ●●
           still
           a
           Virgin.
           Now
           shee
           beginneth
           ●o
           nourish
           her
           Sonne
           ,
           and
           
             to
             bring
             him
             ●p
             ,
          
           whom
           she
           had
           now
           
             brought
             foorth
             :
          
           ●●staining
           him
           by
           miraculous
           milke
           ,
           ●used
           in
           her
           not
           by
           the
           help
           of
           man
           ;
           ●ut
           produced
           by
           the
           efficaeie
           of
           the
           ●pirit
           of
           God.
           The
           great
           Founder
           ●●d
           Architect
           of
           Heauen
           and
           Earth
           ,
           
           now
           resteth
           himselfe
           vpon
           the
           necke
           of
           his
           mother
           and
           Spouse
           ,
           and
           hee
           himselfe
           that
           feedeth
           all
           things
           ,
           deriueth
           nutriment
           from
           her
           sugred
           paps
           .
           Sometimes
           our
           Sauiour
           with
           a
           pleasing
           countenance
           beholdeth
           his
           
             virgin
             mother
             ,
          
           and
           seemeth
           to
           know
           her
           :
           Shee
           againe
           reflecteth
           a
           reciprocall
           Smile
           vpon
           him
           ,
           and
           confesseth
           that
           shee
           is
           his
           mother
           indeed
           ;
           and
           she
           parteth
           her
           loue
           (
           which
           she
           imparteth
           to
           no
           man
           else
           )
           
             between
             her
             Sonne
             ,
             &
             her
             Uirginitie
             ;
          
           constantly
           
             acknowledging
          
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           still
           
             retayning
          
           the
           other
           .
           Depart
           yee
           from
           this
           holy
           and
           blessed
           Spectacle
           ,
           yee
           vnchaste
           ones
           whatsoner
           yee
           are
           ,
           eyther
           actually
           ,
           or
           patronesses
           of
           lewdnesse
           :
           You
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           parget
           and
           sophisticate
           your
           faces
           ;
           you
           that
           are
           so
           nice
           and
           curious
           in
           your
           gates
           ,
           you
           that
           with
           your
           
             itching
          
           and
           
             bewitching
          
           fascinating
           glances
           discouer
           the
           wantonnesse
           of
           your
           minds
           ,
           and
           lightnesse
           of
           your
           liues
           ;
           you
           that
           so
           adorne
           your
           heades
           with
           borrowed
           hayre
           ,
           and
           your
           neckes
           with
           laces
           ,
           and
           doe
           laye
           open
           your
           milke-white
           paps
           
           as
           most
           powerfull
           allectiues
           ,
           to
           
             attract
          
           the
           beholders
           
             eye
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             intrappe
          
           the
           Spectators
           
             affection
             ,
          
           giuing
           him
           by
           this
           light
           taste
           of
           one
           or
           two
           partes
           ,
           hope
           to
           enioy
           the
           whole
           body
           .
           You
           that
           by
           your
           sugered
           kisses
           ,
           and
           amorous
           embraces
           set
           your
           bodies
           in
           combustion
           ;
           you
           that
           by
           your
           wanton
           and
           venereous
           thoughts
           deflower
           your selues
           before
           you
           are
           linked
           to
           your
           husbands
           :
           you
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           depart
           from
           the
           blessed
           societie
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           .
           For
           what
           else
           doe
           yee
           ,
           but
           that
           yee
           may
           bee
           espoused
           vnto
           the
           Diuell
           ?
           who
           as
           hee
           first
           cheated
           your
           grandmother
           
             Eue
          
           of
           her
           blessed
           estate
           ;
           so
           he
           continually
           attempteth
           by
           the
           like
           serpentine
           imposture
           to
           dispoyle
           you
           of
           your
           puritie
           and
           integrity
           .
           For
           his
           sake
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           inducement
           do
           yee
           dispose
           the
           tresses
           of
           your
           haire
           ,
           burnish
           your
           faces
           ,
           consult
           your
           looking
           glasses
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           you
           giue
           way
           vnto
           the
           Serpent
           to
           creepe
           through
           the
           crannies
           of
           your
           eyes
           into
           the
           secrete
           angles
           and
           corners
           of
           your
           hearts
           .
           If
           
           yee
           looke
           vpon
           the
           holy
           Virgin
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           that
           shee
           neuer
           fixed
           her
           thoughts
           vpō
           any
           thing
           but
           on
           God
           ▪
           and
           so
           first
           giuing
           him
           a
           place
           in
           her
           heart
           ,
           afterwards
           shee
           ,
           most
           happily
           entertained
           him
           in
           her
           wombe
           .
           Her
           soule
           was
           as
           it
           were
           diuulsed
           and
           separated
           from
           her
           body
           ,
           by
           an
           intentiue
           and
           serious
           contemplation
           of
           her
           Creator
           ;
           and
           the
           surrendering
           herselfe
           vnto
           him
           alone
           ,
           was
           no
           lesse
           
             wrapt
          
           in
           the
           bond
           and
           tyes
           of
           affection
           towards
           him
           ,
           then
           she
           was
           
             rapt
          
           in
           admiration
           of
           his
           loue
           towards
           her
           ▪
           This
           is
           that
           that
           quencheth
           and
           extinguisheth
           all
           the
           flames
           of
           lust
           ,
           and
           exorbitant
           loue
           .
           This
           was
           that
           that
           so
           rauished
           and
           extased
           the
           blessed
           
             Marie
             :
          
           This
           was
           that
           sacred
           fire
           that
           so
           sacrificed
           her
           hart
           vnto
           her
           GOD.
           This
           was
           that
           that
           made
           her
           (
           like
           a
           true
           and
           passionate
           Loue
           )
           neuer
           to
           turne
           her
           eyes
           frō
           her
           Sauiour
           whom
           shee
           totally
           and
           entirely
           affected
           .
           For
           indeed
           that
           soule
           which
           is
           illuminated
           by
           the
           reuiuing
           rayes
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           vniuocally
           made
           al
           eye
           ,
           all
           light
           ,
           
           all
           lustre
           ,
           all
           spirit
           ;
           no
           otherwise
           then
           combustible
           matter
           being
           set
           vnto
           ●he
           fire
           is
           turned
           into
           the
           nature
           of
           ●ire
           .
           So
           
             Elias
          
           in
           times
           past
           ,
           after
           hee
           had
           often
           fasted
           ,
           and
           had
           giuen
           the
           fire
           of
           zeale
           residence
           on
           the
           golden
           altar
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           was
           not
           long
           after
           rapt
           vp
           into
           heauen
           in
           a
           fiery
           Chariot
           .
           Thus
           is
           the
           operation
           of
           the
           Spirit
           as
           well
           
             attractiue
          
           of
           what
           resembles
           it
           ,
           as
           
             productiue
          
           of
           that
           it
           would
           haue
           resemble
           it
           .
           The
           Spirit
           is
           vnitiue
           and
           combining
           ,
           it
           makes
           ●s
           
             agree
             together
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             .
          
           For
           as
           they
           that
           are
           married
           ,
           are
           sayde
           to
           bee
           one
           flesh
           ;
           so
           they
           that
           are
           linked
           vnto
           Christ
           ,
           are
           as
           truly
           sayd
           to
           be
           one
           in
           spirit
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           the
           vnion
           of
           spirits
           is
           more
           neere
           and
           strict
           then
           the
           coherence
           and
           copulation
           of
           bodies
           .
           Great
           reference
           had
           Christ
           vnto
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           body
           :
           but
           shee
           had
           more
           alliance
           vnto
           him
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Soule
           and
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           Come
           now
           yee
           chaste
           Matrons
           ,
           and
           pure
           virgins
           ,
           which
           hitherto
           
           haue
           scarce
           defiled
           your selues
           so
           much
           as
           in
           thought
           ;
           come
           I
           say
           (
           according
           vnto
           the
           custome
           of
           women
           )
           and
           visite
           this
           blessed
           Virgin-mother
           deliuered
           of
           so
           happy
           an
           issue
           .
           Heere
           is
           nothing
           about
           her
           vnclean
           or
           menstruous
           ,
           nothing
           vnworthy
           your
           presence
           ,
           nothing
           that
           may
           not
           become
           a
           Virgine
           .
           For
           this
           blessed
           Infant
           ,
           was
           not
           begotten
           in
           lust
           ,
           but
           in
           entire
           chastitie
           ;
           
             Not
             by
             the
             will
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           Come
           therefore
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           yee
           chaste
           maidens
           and
           matrons
           ,
           embrace
           
             this
             babe
          
           your
           
             Sauiour
          
           with
           the
           
             armes
          
           of
           zeale
           ,
           apprehend
           him
           with
           the
           
             hand
          
           of
           
             Faith.
          
           Deuote
           your
           whole
           liues
           vnto
           his
           seruice
           ,
           and
           endeauour
           not
           so
           much
           how
           you
           may
           be
           
             fruitful
          
           in
           bodye
           ,
           as
           
             faithfull
          
           in
           soule
           .
           Come
           ,
           draw
           neere
           ,
           cast
           your
           eyes
           vpon
           this
           blessed
           maide
           and
           mother
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           whom
           wee
           see
           childe-birth
           not
           to
           haue
           impayred
           her
           virginitie
           ,
           nor
           her
           virginitie
           to
           haue
           hindred
           her
           childe-birth
           .
           O
           blessed
           virgin
           ,
           O
           happy
           
             Marie
             !
          
           Embleme
           of
           virginitie
           ,
           patterne
           of
           Modestie
           !
           For
           ,
           howsoeuer
           thou
           
           aboue
           all
           other
           women
           art
           crowned
           with
           honour
           and
           dignitie
           ,
           in
           that
           thou
           art
           a
           mother
           vnto
           thy
           Lord
           ,
           as
           thou
           art
           his
           handmaide
           ;
           yet
           such
           is
           thy
           pietie
           and
           humilitie
           that
           thou
           waxest
           not
           proud
           or
           insolent
           hereby
           .
           Many
           were
           those
           gracious
           thoughts
           that
           she
           continually
           entertained
           ,
           many
           were
           those
           patheticall
           eiaculations
           which
           she
           sent
           vp
           vnto
           heauen
           .
           Happy
           was
           
             Ioseph
          
           that
           had
           so
           gracious
           a
           woman
           espoused
           vnto
           him
           ,
           as
           
             Marie
             :
          
           and
           yet
           more
           happy
           was
           hee
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           protection
           and
           tuition
           of
           his
           blessed
           Sauiour
           was
           deputed
           vnto
           him
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           that
           hee
           was
           sorry
           that
           hee
           had
           no
           fit
           roome
           to
           receiue
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           place
           wherein
           they
           soiourned
           was
           so
           meane
           ,
           so
           vngarnisht
           ,
           so
           vnfurnisht
           ,
           so
           vnprouided
           both
           of
           
             meate
             and
             vtensiles
             .
          
           How
           
             carefully
          
           did
           he
           ponder
           euery
           circumstance
           ?
           How
           
             cheerefully
          
           did
           hee
           acknowledge
           that
           
             onely
             faith
          
           must
           
             beleeue
             ,
          
           what
           
             onely
             God
          
           doth
           
             effect
             ?
          
           Now
           (
           beloued
           )
           seeing
           we
           are
           proceeded
           thus
           farre
           ,
           let
           vs
           also
           thinke
           vppon
           those
           that
           came
           vnto
           
           this
           miracle
           .
           Surely
           they
           were
           no
           other
           then
           simple
           Idiots
           :
           
             There
             were
             in
             the
             same
             countrey
             Shepheards
             abiding
             in
          
           
           
             the
             field
             ,
             keeping
             watch
             ouer
             their
             stocks
             by
             night
             .
          
           Kings
           and
           Potentates
           were
           ignorant
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           notice
           of
           Christ
           his
           Natiuitie
           .
           They
           sleepe
           whiles
           Christ
           cometh
           .
           So
           secret
           and
           vnexpected
           shall
           hee
           come
           ,
           when
           hee
           shall
           come
           the
           second
           time
           
             as
             a
             thiefe
             in
             the
             night
             .
          
           Now
           a
           chiefe
           thing
           to
           bee
           obserued
           in
           this
           historie
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Angels
           made
           choyce
           of
           Shepheards
           an
           innocent
           and
           illiterate
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           &
           made
           thē
           first
           partakers
           of
           the
           blessed
           newes
           of
           Christ
           his
           birth
           .
           The
           reason
           was
           (
           I
           coniecture
           )
           because
           they
           might
           with
           more
           facilitie
           be
           induced
           to
           beleeue
           the
           tydings
           .
           For
           as
           Wooll
           that
           hath
           receiued
           the
           die
           and
           tincture
           of
           no
           colour
           ,
           is
           capable
           of
           any
           :
           so
           these
           blessed
           shepheards
           which
           were
           neuer
           before
           indued
           with
           any
           kinde
           of
           secular
           wisedome
           and
           knowledge
           ,
           were
           more
           apt
           subiects
           to
           entertaine
           celestiall
           and
           transcendent
           inspirations
           .
           The
           surest
           meanes
           to
           sore
           
           vp
           into
           heauen
           ,
           are
           the
           wings
           of
           faith
           :
           that
           that
           soonest
           
             depriueth
          
           vs
           of
           those
           wings
           ,
           and
           
             depraueth
          
           our
           affections
           ,
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           an
           insolent
           presumption
           ,
           and
           an
           eleuated
           conceit
           of
           our
           owne
           vnderstandings
           .
           O
           how
           hard
           a
           matter
           would
           it
           haue
           bene
           to
           haue
           perswaded
           
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           or
           any
           of
           that
           Leauen
           (
           I
           meane
           the
           Ethnicke
           opinionating
           Philosophers
           )
           to
           haue
           beleeued
           that
           the
           Soueraign
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           should
           be
           borne
           man
           on
           earth
           ?
           O
           blessed
           bee
           that
           wisedome
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           mysterie
           of
           our
           saluation
           ,
           hath
           excluded
           humane
           wisedome
           !
           For
           they
           that
           were
           neuer
           guiltie
           of
           any
           learning
           &
           extraordinarie
           knowledge
           ,
           they
           that
           could
           not
           dispute
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           but
           belieue
           ,
           were
           the
           prime
           and
           first
           that
           were
           acquainted
           with
           a
           matter
           of
           so
           great
           consequence
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Clerkes
           and
           Scholers
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           who
           examined
           all
           by
           the
           
             Touchstone
             of
             reason
             ,
          
           who
           euer
           preferred
           
             vnderstanding
             before
             beliefe
             ,
          
           were
           vtterly
           discarded
           ,
           and
           Heardmen
           admitted
           ,
           whose
           plainesse
           of
           simplicitie
           
           was
           a
           great
           cause
           of
           their
           mature
           and
           speedy
           proficiency
           :
           
             Unto
             you
             is
             borne
             this
             day
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Dauid
             ,
             a
             Sauiour
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             is
             Christ
             the
             Lord.
          
           First
           of
           of
           all
           ,
           they
           learne
           that
           Christ
           is
           borne
           ,
           and
           then
           vnto
           them
           .
           What
           followeth
           ?
           It
           is
           said
           (
           verse
           16
           )
           That
           
             they
             came
             with
             haste
             ,
             and
             found
             Mary
             and
             Ioseph
             ,
             and
             the
             Babe
             lying
             in
             a
             manger
             .
          
           These
           shepheards
           found
           that
           good
           shepheard
           ,
           which
           was
           resolued
           to
           lay
           downe
           his
           life
           for
           his
           sheepe
           .
           They
           finde
           that
           vniuersall
           shepheard
           ,
           that
           shepheard
           ,
           whose
           sheepefold
           is
           of
           no
           lesse
           extent
           thē
           the
           whole
           earth
           .
           They
           finde
           that
           shepherd
           ,
           which
           hereafter
           
           shall
           seuer
           the
           sheepe
           from
           the
           goates
           .
           Nay
           ,
           they
           come
           vnto
           that
           sheepe
           ,
           or
           rather
           vnto
           that
           
             immaculate
             Lambe
             of
          
           
           
             God
             which
             taketh
             away
             the
             sinnes
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           They
           come
           vnto
           the
           Lambe
           ,
           but
           vnto
           such
           a
           
             Lambe
             ,
          
           as
           was
           also
           
             the
             Lyon
             of
             the
             Tribe
             of
             Iuda
             ,
          
           Who
           although
           he
           then
           lay
           in
           the
           manger
           ,
           yet
           not
           long
           after
           hee
           was
           aduanced
           vnto
           his
           throne
           .
        
         
           Hence
           (
           Beloued
           )
           may
           we
           collect
           
           how
           much
           God
           fauoureth
           holy
           and
           modest
           simplicitie
           ,
           and
           disalloweth
           all
           nice
           and
           scrupulous
           subtiltie
           .
           The
           first
           that
           heard
           the
           voyce
           of
           the
           Angel
           ,
           were
           the
           shepheards
           ;
           the
           first
           that
           heard
           the
           report
           of
           the
           good
           newes
           ,
           were
           no
           more
           then
           shepheards
           .
           And
           yet
           notwithstanding
           ,
           euen
           these
           shepheards
           were
           farre
           more
           happy
           then
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           who
           hauing
           the
           third
           time
           barred
           vp
           the
           dores
           of
           
             Ianus
             ,
          
           and
           appeased
           all
           tumultuous
           garboiles
           of
           warre
           and
           sedition
           ,
           which
           were
           then
           raging
           and
           predominant
           ,
           both
           on
           sea
           and
           land
           ;
           yet
           knew
           not
           that
           Blessed
           ,
           blessed
           peace
           and
           reconciliation
           which
           was
           wrought
           betweene
           God
           and
           man.
           Go
           too
           therefore
           yee
           blessed
           shepheards
           ,
           vnto
           whom
           the
           good
           tidings
           were
           fully
           signified
           ;
           you
           that
           were
           neuer
           ambitious
           of
           soueraignety
           ,
           or
           a
           blast
           of
           fame
           ;
           you
           that
           neuer
           studyed
           the
           insnaring
           sophistrie
           of
           Monkes
           and
           Friers
           ,
           nor
           how
           to
           coine
           the
           copper
           Syllogismes
           of
           the
           fallacious
           Iesuites
           ;
           you
           can
           neyther
           deceyue
           ,
           nor
           this
           day
           bee
           deceyued
           ,
           because
           yee
           belieue
           onely
           
           what
           hath
           beene
           deliuered
           vnto
           you
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           God
           :
           Goe
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           relate
           vnto
           your
           friends
           and
           acquaintance
           what
           Christ
           hath
           done
           for
           man.
           Goe
           and
           sing
           an
           
             Hosanna
          
           vnto
           your
           Sauiour
           ;
           make
           vp
           your
           
             Cumaean
             Eglogue
             ,
          
           and
           let
           your
           tongues
           as
           sweetly
           
             warble
          
           it
           ,
           as
           your
           
             hearts
          
           doe
           soundly
           
             conceiue
          
           it
           .
           For
           now
           you
           see
           the
           beloued
           
             Emanuel
          
           hath
           presented
           himselfe
           vnto
           the
           world
           :
           now
           are
           the
           former
           ages
           renued
           again
           .
           Now
           are
           all
           things
           possessed
           with
           ioy
           and
           gladnes
           .
           O
           what
           sugred
           psalms
           &
           celestial
           odes
           were
           written
           by
           
             Dauid
          
           concerning
           Christ
           represented
           vnto
           him
           onely
           in
           the
           dim
           glasse
           of
           tipes
           &
           figures
           ?
           why
           should
           not
           we
           that
           liue
           in
           these
           after-times
           honor
           him
           with
           our
           prime
           endeauours
           ?
           Hitherto
           haue
           we
           treated
           of
           the
           shepherds
           which
           came
           to
           visit
           our
           Sauior
           :
           now
           are
           we
           descēded
           to
           speake
           a
           word
           or
           two
           of
           the
           Wise
           men
           that
           gaue
           the
           shepheards
           precedence
           in
           respect
           of
           order
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           regard
           of
           vnderstanding
           .
           But
           what
           was
           that
           that
           drewe
           the
           Wise
           men
           hither
           ?
           
           Surely
           a
           starre
           in
           heauen
           ,
           which
           was
           appointed
           to
           
             Blazon
          
           the
           royall
           descent
           and
           pedegree
           of
           that
           infant
           that
           lay
           in
           the
           Manger
           .
           Hence
           was
           it
           that
           those
           pillars
           and
           Atlasses
           of
           learning
           and
           knowledge
           ,
           who
           coniectured
           not
           future
           euents
           by
           booke
           ,
           but
           rather
           fixing
           their
           eyes
           and
           thoughts
           vpon
           heauen
           ,
           which
           they
           alwayes
           beheld
           enchased
           with
           so
           many
           glittering
           stars
           as
           Diamonds
           ,
           were
           well
           ascertained
           of
           the
           natiuity
           of
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Iews
           :
           
             For
             they
             had
             seene
             his
             starre
             in
             the
             East
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           now
           they
           repaire
           with
           all
           speed
           and
           officious
           zeale
           ,
           vnto
           that
           
           place
           whither
           they
           were
           directed
           by
           the
           starre
           ,
           which
           accompanied
           them
           euen
           vnto
           the
           borders
           and
           confines
           of
           
             Bethleem
             .
          
           There
           they
           finde
           him
           ,
           there
           they
           worship
           him
           :
           For
           so
           the
           Text
           saith
           ,
           
             When
             they
             were
             come
             into
             the
             house
             ,
             they
             found
             the
             Babe
             with
             his
          
           
           
             mother
             Mary
             ,
             and
             they
             falling
             downe
             worshipped
             him
             .
          
        
         
           In
           vaine
           might
           they
           haue
           sought
           in
           heauen
           for
           the
           Lord
           of
           heauen
           :
           seeing
           that
           it
           pleased
           him
           to
           be
           foūd
           on
           earth
           ,
           
           
             and
             that
             in
             an
             Inne
             ,
             in
             a
             stable
             .
          
           Come
           hither
           now
           all
           you
           that
           challenge
           vnto
           your selues
           the
           titles
           of
           Wisemen
           .
           ,
           you
           that
           would
           refuse
           to
           visite
           your
           Sauiour
           in
           so
           meane
           a
           place
           ;
           you
           that
           looke
           big
           in
           veluet
           ,
           and
           ruffle
           in
           silke
           and
           tissue
           ;
           see
           that
           you
           confront
           not
           the
           mysteries
           of
           God
           with
           an
           ouerweening
           conceit
           of
           your
           owne
           ability
           :
           Prie
           not
           into
           the
           Arke
           of
           his
           secresies
           ,
           enquire
           not
           for
           the
           reason
           ,
           why
           God
           the
           Sonne
           so
           humbled
           ,
           so
           emptied
           ,
           so
           deiected
           himselfe
           .
           Doe
           you
           rather
           with
           these
           Wisemen
           adore
           ,
           what
           you
           cannot
           conceyue
           ,
           &
           admire
           what
           you
           cannot
           comprehend
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           an
           Epidemicke
           and
           catholicke
           disease
           amongst
           vs
           ;
           Wee
           are
           too
           punctuall
           and
           pragmaticall
           in
           euoluing
           what
           God
           would
           haue
           should
           lye
           hidde
           ;
           and
           wee
           too
           perfunctorily
           neglect
           what
           he
           would
           wee
           should
           canuasse
           and
           discusse
           .
           For
           as
           the
           whole
           proiect
           of
           our
           safety
           and
           redemption
           hath
           been
           brought
           to
           passe
           on
           earth
           ,
           wee
           make
           a
           tedious
           quest
           
           the
           wrong
           way
           ,
           &
           ambitiously
           climbe
           vp
           into
           heauen
           to
           vnderstand
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           .
           Vnwise
           ,
           vngratefull
           persons
           as
           we
           are
           ,
           why
           doe
           we
           so
           disdainfully
           passe
           by
           our
           Sauiours
           cratch
           ,
           wherein
           he
           was
           reposed
           ,
           his
           thred-bare
           swadling
           cloutes
           ,
           and
           homely
           ornaments
           wherewith
           hee
           was
           inuested
           ?
           What
           are
           all
           these
           things
           but
           argumēts
           of
           his
           voluntary
           humility
           which
           hee
           assumed
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           readorne
           vs
           with
           the
           robes
           of
           glory
           ,
           &
           a
           crown
           of
           blissefull
           eternitie
           ?
        
         
           O
           Beloued
           ,
           you
           that
           are
           Artists
           ,
           and
           archprofessors
           of
           Learning
           ;
           you
           that
           are
           graced
           with
           pues
           and
           chaires
           ,
           come
           and
           learne
           one
           lecture
           of
           humility
           of
           these
           Wisemen
           .
           Come
           and
           fall
           downe
           before
           your
           humble
           Sauiour
           and
           adore
           him
           ;
           offer
           vnto
           him
           a
           more
           acceptable
           Present
           then
           
             Golde
             ,
             Myrrhe
             ,
          
           or
           
             Frankinsence
             ,
          
           euen
           an
           
             ingenuous
             confession
             of
             your
             ignorance
             .
          
        
         
           And
           you
           learned
           Sages
           of
           the
           East
           ,
           you
           that
           by
           the
           direction
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           manuduction
           of
           a
           star
           ,
           haue
           vndteraken
           so
           long
           &
           tedious
           a
           iorney
           ;
           
           returne
           yee
           now
           home
           againe
           more
           learned
           and
           more
           happy
           then
           euer
           yee
           were
           before
           .
           Goe
           and
           relate
           vnto
           your
           Countrimen
           the
           Chaldeans
           (
           or
           peraduenture
           yee
           are
           Persians
           )
           the
           newes
           of
           this
           great
           mysterie
           o●
           godlinesse
           ,
           without
           controuersie
           the
           greatest
           :
           to
           witte
           ,
           that
           
             God
             was
             manifested
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             iustified
             in
             the
             Spirit
             seene
             of
             Angels
             ,
             preached
             vnto
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             to
             bee
             beleeued
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             las●
             of
             all
             ,
             to
             bee
             receyued
             vp
             into
             glory
             .
          
           God
           and
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           heauen
           greater
           thē
           that
           that
           ye
           found
           in
           the
           manger
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           now
           sufficiently
           spoken
           o●
           the
           comming
           of
           the
           wise
           men
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           last
           that
           came
           to
           visite
           our
           Sauiour
           .
           Many
           indeed
           they
           were
           that
           came
           vnto
           him
           besides
           ,
           non
           were
           excluded
           .
           For
           he
           himselfe
           came
           humble
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           degraded
           and
           set
           below
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           all
           of
           what
           inferiour
           ranke
           soeuer
           might
           bee
           emboldned
           to
           approch
           vnto
           him
           ,
           and
           might
           haue
           no
           excuse
           to
           tarry
           from
           him
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           if
           you
           desire
           I
           should
           specific
           vnto
           you
           those
           that
           presented
           themselues
           vnto
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           I
           shall
           easilie
           accomplish
           your
           desire
           .
           There
           was
           first
           a
           Quire
           of
           Angels
           ,
           and
           they
           sang
           his
           birth-song
           .
           There
           were
           wedded
           people
           
             Zacharie
          
           and
           
             Elizabeth
             .
          
           There
           was
           the
           vnwedded
           ,
           
             Simeon
             .
          
           There
           was
           a
           widdow
           ,
           
             Anna.
          
           There
           was
           a
           Priest
           ,
           
             Zacharie
             .
          
           There
           were
           the
           learned
           ,
           the
           Wise-men
           .
           There
           were
           the
           rude
           and
           vnlearned
           ,
           the
           shepheards
           .
           All
           which
           if
           we
           compare
           them
           together
           ,
           we
           shal
           finde
           betwixt
           them
           a
           great
           disparitie
           :
           who
           notwithstanding
           were
           all
           equall
           ,
           and
           not
           one
           inferiour
           vnto
           an
           other
           :
           ●f
           we
           consider
           them
           as
           they
           all
           worshipped
           and
           adored
           the
           new
           borne
           Infant
           ,
           as
           they
           all
           submitted
           themselues
           vnto
           him
           ,
           as
           they
           all
           celebrated
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Natiuitie
           .
           Would
           yee
           how
           vnderstand
           what
           virgin
           was
           at
           the
           birth
           of
           Christ
           ?
           I
           may
           answer
           you
           that
           a
           virgin
           was
           a
           chiefe
           agent
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           patient
           in
           the
           mysterie
           .
           Such
           a
           Virgin
           as
           brought
           forth
           her
           Creator
           ,
           beeing
           notwithstanding
           no
           lesse
           
           a
           virgine
           then
           a
           mother
           ,
           and
           more
           a
           mother
           then
           hee
           was
           a
           sonne
           :
           for
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Diuinity
           ,
           he
           was
           her
           Father
           ;
           as
           onely
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           humanity
           he
           was
           her
           Sonne
           .
           So
           that
           Christ
           was
           not
           onely
           
             Dauids
          
           sonne
           ,
           but
           also
           
             Dauids
          
           Lord
           :
           and
           not
           onely
           the
           Son
           of
           man
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           Father
           of
           man
           ;
           not
           onely
           of
           the
           seed
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           but
           also
           the
           Father
           of
           
             Abraham
             ;
          
           beeing
           himselfe
           no
           lesse
           the
           promiser
           of
           the
           
             Messias
             ,
          
           then
           the
           
             Messias
          
           promised
           .
           O
           blessed
           and
           happie
           day
           !
           on
           which
           hee
           that
           from
           euerlasting
           hath
           had
           ,
           and
           hath
           his
           throne
           in
           heauen
           ,
           descended
           euen
           to
           the
           societie
           of
           men
           This
           day
           is
           the
           day
           of
           our
           Marriage
           ,
           of
           our
           affinitie
           ,
           of
           our
           restauration
           ,
           of
           our
           reunition
           vnto
           
             GOD
             ,
          
           of
           our
           redemption
           from
           Hell.
           On
           this
           day
           ,
           hee
           that
           is
           the
           eternall
           God
           ,
           and
           still
           remaining
           what
           hee
           was
           ,
           for
           our
           sakes
           became
           what
           hee
           was
           not
           .
           On
           this
           day
           ,
           he
           that
           without
           a
           Body
           was
           euery
           where
           ,
           by
           the
           assumption
           of
           a
           bodie
           seemed
           to
           limit
           and
           confine
           himselfe
           vnto
           place
           ;
           that
           we
           might
           obtain
           
           that
           happinesse
           by
           grace
           ,
           which
           hee
           had
           by
           the
           right
           of
           his
           nature
           .
        
         
           O
           happy
           day
           much
           wished
           ,
           long
           expected
           !
           the
           abrogation
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           period
           of
           all
           prophesies
           ,
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           yea
           the
           Gospell
           it selfe
           :
           The
           Gospell
           which
           was
           first
           proclaymed
           from
           heauen
           ,
           and
           after
           published
           on
           earth
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           there
           might
           not
           bee
           wanting
           
             authority
          
           to
           
             confirme
          
           it
           ,
           nor
           
             faith
          
           in
           men
           to
           
             acknowledge
          
           it
           .
        
         
           O
           how
           sweet
           is
           the
           remembrance
           of
           that
           day
           !
           how
           comfortable
           both
           to
           men
           and
           Angels
           !
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           wee
           cannot
           conceyue
           this
           Mysterie
           ;
           and
           yet
           wee
           reioyce
           in
           it
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           diue
           into
           the
           depth
           and
           profundity
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           what
           though
           we
           cannot
           ?
           Haue
           not
           holy
           men
           that
           haue
           totallie
           deuoted
           themselues
           vnto
           the
           exercises
           of
           religion
           and
           piety
           ,
           beene
           as
           ignorant
           as
           we
           are
           ?
           If
           yee
           beleeue
           me
           not
           ,
           let
           mee
           entreate
           you
           to
           cast
           your
           eyes
           vpon
           olde
           
             Simeon
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           howsoeuer
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharises
           were
           buzzardblinde
           ,
           
           and
           could
           not
           behold
           the
           
             Sun
             of
             righteousnesse
             ;
          
           yet
           hee
           foresaw
           him
           
           long
           before
           hee
           came
           .
           And
           when
           hee
           saw
           that
           hee
           was
           come
           ,
           O
           how
           was
           hee
           transported
           with
           ioy
           !
           How
           was
           he
           carried
           away
           vvith
           the
           streame
           and
           torrent
           of
           ouerflowing
           gladnes
           ?
           O
           with
           what
           zeale
           of
           heart
           ,
           with
           what
           swiftnesse
           of
           foot
           did
           he
           flye
           vnto
           his
           Sauiour
           ,
           so
           long
           expected
           ,
           and
           now
           at
           length
           exhibited
           ?
           how
           earnestly
           did
           hee
           embrace
           him
           ,
           not
           onely
           with
           the
           armes
           of
           his
           
             body
             ,
          
           but
           also
           of
           his
           
             affection
             ?
          
           How
           willing
           was
           hee
           to
           pay
           his
           tribute
           vnto
           nature
           ?
           How
           desirous
           to
           shake
           hands
           with
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           its
           emptie
           vanities
           ,
           and
           to
           resign
           himselfe
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           God
           ?
           With
           how
           relenting
           a
           soule
           ,
           with
           what
           sweet
           showers
           of
           teares
           in
           the
           instant
           before
           his
           death
           ,
           did
           hee
           warble
           out
           his
           Swan-like
           funerall
           song
           ?
           Now
           besides
           holy
           
             Simeon
             ,
          
           may
           we
           behold
           many
           of
           the
           sacred
           retinue
           ,
           as
           first
           of
           all
           
             Ioseph
             ,
          
           a
           continuall
           spectator
           and
           obseruer
           of
           the
           mysterie
           .
           Besides
           ,
           
             Ioseph
             ,
          
           there
           was
           
             Iohn
          
           the
           forerunner
           
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           a
           Preacher
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           :
           And
           besides
           those
           ,
           many
           holy
           women
           more
           
             religious
          
           then
           
             learned
             .
          
        
         
           Moreouer
           ,
           besides
           the
           Women
           ,
           there
           were
           the
           Apostles
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           were
           instructed
           with
           diuine
           wisdome
           by
           the
           
             inspiration
          
           of
           the
           holy
           Spirite
           ,
           not
           by
           
             anticipation
          
           of
           
             secular
             knowledge
             ,
          
           which
           wee
           commonly
           tearme
           the
           
             Handmaid
             vnto
             Diuinity
             .
          
           Neere
           vnto
           these
           Apostles
           stood
           blessed
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           and
           not
           farre
           off
           were
           the
           glorious
           Angels
           ,
           who
           though
           they
           were
           compleatly
           endued
           with
           varietie
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           yet
           now
           they
           could
           neither
           sing
           nor
           say
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           
             Glorie
             be
             to
             God
             on
             high
             ,
             and
             on
             earth
             ,
             peace
             .
          
           Alas
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           their
           ambition
           to
           purchase
           vnto
           themselues
           a
           blaste
           of
           fame
           ,
           and
           applause
           of
           the
           World.
           Their
           chiefest
           intent
           was
           to
           prayse
           him
           who
           was
           then
           borne
           .
        
         
           Let
           no
           man
           therefore
           sooth
           himselfe
           in
           his
           learning
           ,
           and
           multiplicitie
           of
           knowledge
           .
           For
           this
           day
           is
           a
           day
           whereon
           wee
           ought
           with
           modesty
           to
           
           confesse
           our
           ignorance
           .
           This
           day
           belongeth
           chiefly
           vnto
           the
           vnlearned
           ,
           and
           vnto
           those
           that
           are
           but
           punies
           in
           the
           Schoole
           of
           Christ
           .
           On
           this
           day
           the
           Wisdome
           of
           God
           vouchsafed
           to
           descend
           below
           its
           most
           eleuated
           &
           transcendent
           pitch
           of
           knowledge
           .
           On
           this
           day
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           vouchsafed
           to
           speake
           as
           inarticulately
           as
           man
           in
           his
           childhood
           and
           infancy
           .
        
         
           Let
           no
           man
           therefore
           take
           on
           ,
           or
           thinke
           himselfe
           disgraced
           ,
           in
           that
           hee
           is
           not
           furnisht
           with
           the
           abilities
           of
           nature
           ,
           or
           not
           garnisht
           with
           the
           rules
           and
           precepts
           of
           art
           ;
           seeing
           that
           God
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           disappoint
           those
           that
           were
           well
           seene
           in
           the
           points
           of
           learning
           ,
           made
           choyce
           to
           disclose
           himselfe
           vnto
           those
           that
           were
           but
           meane
           and
           simple
           .
           It
           shall
           therefore
           bee
           best
           for
           vs
           ,
           not
           to
           soare
           too
           high
           into
           the
           mysteries
           of
           God
           ,
           lest
           at
           last
           ,
           we
           flag
           and
           flye
           low
           with
           a
           broken
           pinion
           .
           Let
           vs
           ,
           beloued
           ,
           rather
           settle
           and
           rest
           our selues
           in
           a
           sober
           and
           safe
           ignorance
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           onely
           not
           
           preiudice
           vs
           ,
           but
           also
           bee
           much
           auaileable
           to
           procure
           our
           saluation
           .
           Farther
           then
           this
           ,
           neuer
           aspired
           any
           of
           the
           learnedst
           Diuines
           that
           euer
           were
           .
        
         
           The
           end
           of
           the
           first
           Homilie
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           VPON
           THE
           PASSION
           OF
           
             CHRIST
             .
          
           HOM.
           II.
           
        
         
           REuerend
           ,
           &
           right
           worthy
           Auditors
           :
           Wee
           solemnize
           a
           day
           ,
           whereunto
           neuer
           any
           former
           lge
           behelde
           the
           aike
           ,
           neuer
           any
           future
           time
           shall
           second
           it
           .
           A
           day
           whereon
           the
           eternal
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ,
           hauing
           formerly
           assumed
           our
           nature
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           thereby
           restore
           it
           vnto
           its
           prime
           and
           first
           state
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           reimpatriate
           vs
           ,
           
           and
           inuest
           vs
           with
           the
           glory
           of
           a
           better
           Kingdome
           ,
           was
           ,
           not
           without
           the
           horrour
           and
           amazement
           both
           of
           heauen
           and
           earth
           ,
           most
           barbarously
           slaine
           and
           put
           to
           death
           by
           those
           ,
           for
           whose
           sake
           he
           came
           into
           the
           world
           ;
           by
           those
           ,
           to
           whom
           hee
           had
           often
           sent
           his
           Legates
           and
           Ambassadours
           ;
           by
           those
           ,
           whose
           saluation
           he
           had
           resolued
           to
           purchase
           by
           the
           effusion
           of
           his
           most
           precious
           bloud
           .
        
         
           Such
           is
           the
           weight
           and
           grauity
           of
           this
           theame
           and
           argument
           ,
           which
           by
           my
           future
           discourse
           I
           determine
           to
           pursue
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           easily
           inaudience
           the
           Hearer
           ,
           and
           procure
           in
           him
           ready
           and
           fauourable
           attention
           (
           a
           thing
           that
           Oratours
           vsually
           entreate
           in
           the
           Proeme
           of
           their
           Orations
           .
           )
           And
           therfore
           for
           my
           part
           I
           will
           not
           bee
           so
           prodigal
           of
           my
           breath
           or
           vnnecessary
           paines
           ,
           as
           to
           importune
           you
           to
           heare
           me
           :
           for
           I
           am
           well
           assured
           that
           you
           expect
           not
           the
           enchanting
           flourishes
           ,
           or
           sugred
           blandishments
           of
           Rhetoricke
           ,
           being
           solely
           contented
           to
           entertaine
           a
           bare
           Discourse
           vpon
           the
           
             Passion
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             ;
          
           
           the
           remembrance
           of
           whom
           wil
           rather
           resolue
           vs
           into
           a
           stream
           of
           tears
           ,
           thē
           any
           way
           giue
           vs
           occasiō
           to
           wish
           for
           the
           fluent
           and
           harmonious
           straines
           of
           wit
           and
           eloquence
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           wee
           duly
           consider
           all
           those
           tragicall
           Scenes
           ,
           and
           dolefull
           passages
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           euen
           from
           his
           
             cratch
          
           vnto
           his
           
             crosse
             ;
          
           wee
           shall
           finde
           them
           to
           haue
           beene
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           
             Mappe
          
           of
           miserie
           ,
           or
           a
           
             sea
          
           of
           calamitie
           .
           For
           hee
           was
           no
           sooner
           borne
           ,
           but
           hee
           endured
           the
           sharpenesse
           of
           a
           bloudy
           circumcision
           :
           he
           was
           no
           sooner
           circumcised
           ,
           but
           by
           and
           by
           he
           was
           designed
           to
           the
           slaughter
           ;
           hee
           had
           no
           sooner
           published
           his
           heauenly
           doctrine
           ,
           but
           forth
           with
           hee
           was
           accused
           of
           sedition
           ,
           impiety
           ,
           blasphemie
           ,
           fury
           ;
           and
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           hee
           was
           tearmed
           euen
           a
           Diuell
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           those
           ,
           whome
           aboue
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           world
           hee
           had
           vouchsafed
           to
           stile
           his
           
             peculiar
             people
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           whither
           soeuer
           I
           cast
           mine
           eyes
           ,
           I
           can
           behold
           nothing
           but
           misery
           and
           reproches
           ,
           and
           pouerty
           ,
           and
           
           hunger
           ,
           and
           thirst
           ,
           and
           weakenesse
           ,
           &
           wearinesse
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           seemeth
           ,
           that
           our
           blessed
           Sauiour
           vpon
           his
           Crosse
           made
           vp
           the
           full
           measure
           of
           that
           griefe
           and
           anguish
           ,
           with
           which
           hee
           laboured
           &
           was
           perplexed
           all
           his
           life
           long
           ,
           &
           then
           to
           haue
           sucked
           out
           euen
           the
           very
           dregges
           of
           that
           bitter
           cuppe
           ,
           which
           hee
           had
           but
           formerly
           tasted
           .
           Insomuch
           that
           when
           wee
           meditate
           vpon
           those
           many
           troubles
           and
           torments
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           was
           voluntarily
           afflicted
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           hee
           might
           
             pacifie
             his
             Fathers
             wrath
             ,
             and
             satisfie
             his
             Fathers
             iustice
             :
          
           we
           may
           well
           imagine
           ,
           and
           bee
           ascertained
           ,
           that
           he
           alone
           is
           the
           absolute
           embleme
           &
           patterne
           of
           patience
           and
           perseuerance
           .
        
         
           The
           strict
           Stoickes
           that
           so
           pleased
           themselues
           in
           their
           obdurate
           
             indolency
             ,
          
           came
           very
           short
           of
           him
           .
           Whom
           that
           yee
           may
           the
           more
           admire
           and
           wonder
           at
           ,
           I
           will
           endeauour
           with
           the
           pensill
           of
           a
           large
           and
           ample
           discourse
           (
           the
           matter
           and
           substance
           whereof
           shall
           be
           borrowed
           from
           the
           Penmen
           and
           Actuaries
           of
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           )
           to
           
           
             Limme
             out
             ,
             and
             Delineate
             him
             vnto
             you
             .
          
        
         
           After
           that
           our
           Sauiour
           had
           sent
           vp
           many
           frequent
           and
           feruent
           eiaculations
           vnto
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           in
           the
           behalfe
           of
           his
           deare
           &
           distressed
           Church
           ;
           (
           for
           whose
           sake
           no
           lesse
           
             willingly
             ,
          
           then
           
             valiantly
          
           he
           endured
           the
           weight
           of
           so
           many
           grieuous
           afflictions
           ;
           )
           by
           and
           by
           after
           ,
           hauing
           retired
           himselfe
           into
           a
           shady
           priuate
           garden
           ,
           hee
           was
           most
           impetuously
           affronted
           by
           
             Iudas
             ,
          
           and
           a
           barbarous
           troupe
           of
           Souldiers
           .
           And
           that
           nothing
           might
           seeme
           to
           bee
           done
           rashly
           or
           accidentally
           ,
           euen
           this
           very
           assault
           was
           prophesied
           by
           
             Zacharie
             ,
          
           Chapter
           13.
           ver
           .
           7.
           
           
             Smite
             the
             Shepheard
             ,
             and
             the
             sheepe
             shall
             bee
             scattered
             .
          
           And
           thus
           he
           being
           surprised
           by
           so
           violent
           a
           gust
           of
           furie
           ,
           was
           notwithstanding
           left
           alone
           by
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           forsaken
           by
           all
           his
           familiars
           and
           acquaintance
           ,
           forsaken
           euen
           by
           those
           ,
           vnto
           whom
           ,
           not
           long
           before
           he
           had
           imparted
           the
           true
           
             Manna
             of
             his
             body
             ,
          
           
           and
           refresheth
           their
           languishing
           spirits
           with
           a
           cordiall
           of
           his
           most
           precious
           
           bloud
           .
           Hee
           that
           had
           beene
           alwayes
           reputed
           his
           constant
           friend
           &
           follower
           ,
           most
           basely
           prized
           him
           at
           thirty
           pence
           :
           and
           as
           if
           he
           had
           beene
           a
           vile
           and
           infamous
           malefactour
           ,
           by
           a
           false
           and
           Syren-kisse
           ,
           deliuered
           him
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           cruell
           and
           malignant
           enemies
           .
           O
           grosse
           impudency
           !
           O
           hainous
           impietie
           !
           Now
           may
           yee
           behold
           him
           ledde
           away
           captiue
           ,
           his
           armes
           and
           hands
           being
           fast
           bound
           &
           manacled
           :
           Now
           may
           yee
           see
           his
           beloued
           ,
           
             gracious
             Iohn
             ,
          
           who
           had
           often
           
             leaned
          
           vpon
           his
           heauenly
           
             besome
             ;
          
           who
           had
           often
           
             learned
          
           from
           his
           
             sacred
             lippes
          
           many
           transcendent
           mysteries
           and
           oracles
           of
           wisdome
           ,
           and
           had
           formerly
           best
           vnderstood
           ,
           that
           the
           Word
           was
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Word
           was
           made
           flesh
           ;
           him
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           may
           yee
           see
           lamentably
           deiected
           ,
           and
           ouerflowne
           with
           the
           waues
           of
           sorrow
           and
           pensiuenesse
           .
           Now
           may
           yee
           see
           the
           blessed
           Saint
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           whose
           soule
           was
           as
           it
           were
           the
           mint
           of
           Heroicall
           and
           holy
           resolutions
           ,
           follow
           and
           pace
           aloofe
           off
           ;
           being
           much
           appaled
           and
           affrighted
           
           at
           the
           view
           of
           so
           doleful
           a
           spectacle
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           his
           dependences
           ,
           those
           ,
           I
           meane
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           eyther
           peculiarly
           instructed
           ,
           or
           any
           way
           releeued
           ,
           eyther
           by
           restoring
           of
           their
           sight
           ,
           or
           by
           staying
           the
           fluxe
           of
           a
           bloudy
           and
           menstruous
           issue
           ;
           or
           by
           reuniting
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           cementing
           the
           crazed
           members
           of
           those
           that
           had
           beene
           possessed
           with
           a
           shiuering
           palsie
           .
           All
           those
           ,
           I
           say
           (
           whereof
           the
           multitude
           was
           almost
           infinite
           )
           basely
           hide
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           withdraw
           themselues
           cleane
           away
           .
        
         
           Thus
           was
           our
           blessed
           Sauiour
           forsaken
           by
           those
           that
           should
           haue
           rescued
           and
           supported
           him
           .
           Thus
           was
           hee
           exposed
           to
           so
           many
           perils
           and
           hazards
           .
           By
           and
           by
           after
           ,
           hee
           that
           (
           by
           the
           eternall
           decree
           of
           his
           Father
           )
           was
           to
           become
           the
           vniuersal
           
             Iudge
             of
             quick
             and
             dead
             ,
          
           was
           conuented
           before
           the
           pettie
           punie
           Iudges
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           being
           posted
           from
           
             Annas
          
           to
           
             Caiphas
             ,
          
           from
           
             Caiphas
          
           to
           
             Pilate
             ,
          
           from
           
             Pilate
          
           to
           
             Herod
             ,
          
           from
           
             Herod
          
           to
           
             Pilate
          
           againe
           .
           O
           
           turbulent
           &
           tumultuous
           people
           !
           how
           doe
           they
           bafle
           his
           doue-like
           innocency
           ?
           how
           doe
           they
           delude
           his
           ingenuous
           simplicitie
           ?
           how
           doe
           they
           oppose
           his
           truth
           and
           sincerity
           by
           false
           &
           suborned
           testimonie
           ?
           How
           doe
           the
           reprobate
           rascals
           ,
           the
           very
           froth
           and
           scum
           of
           basenesse
           ,
           audaciously
           dominere
           and
           insult
           ouer
           him
           ?
           How
           despicably
           do
           they
           veyle
           and
           hud
           winke
           him
           ?
           How
           contemptuously
           doe
           they
           strike
           him
           ?
           enquiring
           of
           him
           ,
           whether
           hee
           can
           tell
           
             who
             it
             was
             that
             did
             strike
             him
             ?
          
           and
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           the
           iniurious
           commaund
           of
           the
           High-Priest
           ,
           hee
           himselfe
           being
           the
           High-Priest
           of
           all
           mankind
           ,
           is
           disgracefully
           whipped
           .
           The
           
             ignorant
             and
             arrogant
          
           Pharises
           ,
           and
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           despitefully
           accuse
           the
           authour
           and
           publisher
           of
           the
           Law.
           
             Herod
          
           with
           his
           officious
           glozing
           Courtiers
           and
           accomplices
           deride
           his
           silence
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           may
           the
           more
           expose
           him
           to
           laughter
           ,
           they
           chaunge
           his
           garment
           .
           The
           Souldiers
           that
           had
           embrued
           their
           blades
           in
           the
           bloud
           of
           Innocēts
           ,
           
           most
           impiously
           batter
           and
           buffet
           him
           .
           And
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           they
           also
           discharge
           their
           filthy
           foame
           vpon
           his
           most
           glorious
           face
           .
           And
           that
           they
           may
           heape
           sinne
           vpon
           sinne
           ,
           and
           yet
           adde
           more
           maturity
           vnto
           their
           ful
           blowne
           impietie
           ,
           they
           set
           a
           crowne
           of
           thornes
           vpon
           that
           head
           of
           his
           ;
           wherein
           (
           as
           in
           a
           casket
           )
           all
           the
           Iewels
           of
           diuine
           wisedome
           and
           knowledge
           were
           inshrined
           .
           There
           was
           not
           scarse
           any
           part
           of
           his
           whole
           body
           ,
           that
           was
           not
           either
           exposed
           to
           reproach
           ,
           or
           tormented
           by
           griefe
           .
           His
           head
           pierced
           with
           thornes
           ,
           beaten
           with
           fists
           ,
           bruised
           with
           staues
           ;
           his
           face
           beslimed
           with
           spittle
           ,
           his
           cheekes
           swelled
           out
           with
           blowes
           ,
           his
           tongue
           and
           palate
           offended
           with
           distastefull
           vineger
           and
           gall
           ,
           his
           eares
           surcharged
           with
           loades
           of
           disgracefull
           contumelies
           .
           How
           thinke
           you
           did
           Christ
           behaue
           himselfe
           in
           this
           case
           ?
           The
           story
           informeth
           vs
           ,
           that
           his
           
             silence
          
           was
           no
           lesse
           then
           his
           
             patience
             .
          
           His
           aduersaries
           on
           the
           contrary
           side
           presse
           vpon
           him
           ,
           and
           with
           vehement
           exclamations
           and
           outcries
           presse
           him
           to
           
           speake
           something
           for
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           yet
           (
           maugre
           all
           their
           furie
           and
           exagitations
           )
           he
           replyes
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           word
           vnto
           them
           .
           Why
           doest
           thou
           O
           Infidell
           ,
           enquire
           the
           reason
           and
           cause
           of
           this
           patient
           silence
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ?
           Why
           doest
           thou
           after
           his
           death
           recrucifie
           him
           againe
           ?
           Let
           me
           but
           aske
           thus
           much
           of
           thee
           ?
           To
           whom
           should
           Christ
           haue
           returned
           an
           answere
           ?
           To
           
             Pilate
             ?
          
           Alas
           hee
           knew
           but
           little
           in
           the
           state
           of
           the
           question
           .
           To
           the
           Iewes
           ?
           No
           ,
           they
           were
           his
           accusers
           .
           What
           should
           he
           haue
           answered
           ?
           Hee
           had
           already
           made
           knowne
           vnto
           them
           that
           he
           was
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God.
          
           This
           was
           the
           onely
           motiue
           and
           impulsiue
           cause
           why
           he
           was
           cōuented
           .
           This
           was
           that
           that
           his
           Aduersaries
           so
           earnestly
           pursued
           ;
           should
           he
           haue
           denyed
           him selfe
           to
           haue
           beene
           the
           
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ?
          
           No.
           That
           hee
           would
           not
           ,
           hee
           could
           not
           doe
           .
           Truth
           cannot
           lye
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           he
           had
           both
           intimated
           and
           professed
           .
           As
           for
           his
           allegiance
           vnto
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           which
           they
           would
           haue
           induced
           him
           to
           haue
           denyed
           ,
           it
           was
           
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           to
           make
           any
           mention
           of
           that
           .
           For
           alas
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           his
           ambition
           to
           sit
           vpon
           the
           throne
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           placed
           in
           the
           
             honour-point
          
           of
           an
           earthly
           Kingdome
           ;
           it
           was
           not
           that
           hee
           intended
           .
           No
           ,
           he
           came
           into
           the
           world
           for
           no
           such
           purpose
           .
           Hee
           rather
           came
           that
           hee
           might
           gather
           together
           his
           Church
           ,
           dispersed
           and
           driuen
           to
           and
           fro
           vpon
           the
           surface
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           reedifie
           the
           decayed
           race
           of
           mankind
           ;
           that
           he
           might
           saue
           his
           people
           by
           his
           
             bloud
             ,
          
           and
           by
           his
           
             word
             ;
          
           by
           his
           
             miracles
             ,
          
           and
           by
           his
           
             oracles
             .
          
           The
           obdurate
           and
           peruerse
           Iewes
           were
           ignorant
           of
           this
           ,
           &
           much
           more
           the
           Romanes
           .
           They
           knew
           not
           what
           he
           meant
           by
           the
           destroying
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           repayring
           of
           it
           in
           three
           dayes
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           are
           with
           no
           lesse
           
             fury
          
           then
           
             blindnes
          
           hurried
           against
           him
           ;
           who
           after
           they
           had
           lashed
           him
           almost
           vnto
           death
           ,
           &
           most
           cruelly
           diuided
           those
           azure
           channels
           of
           his
           bloud
           ,
           they
           bring
           him
           in
           publike
           being
           ouerflowne
           with
           gore
           ,
           and
           most
           disdainefully
           expose
           him
           to
           the
           
           view
           of
           the
           scornefull
           multitude
           ,
           with
           an
           
             Ecce
             homo
             ,
          
           Behold
           the
           man
           !
           Oh
           my
           Soule
           ,
           stand
           here
           erected
           ,
           fixe
           the
           eye
           of
           thy
           contemplation
           vpon
           the
           countenance
           of
           thy
           blessed
           Sauiour
           .
           Shake
           off
           the
           multitude
           of
           thy
           fruitlesse
           vanities
           ,
           with
           which
           thou
           art
           so
           encombred
           ,
           and
           bestow
           all
           thy
           time
           and
           meditation
           vpon
           him
           alone
           ,
           a
           person
           so
           much
           to
           be
           honoured
           ,
           so
           highly
           to
           bee
           regarded
           .
           
             Ecce
             homo
             ,
          
           Behold
           the
           man
           ,
           behold
           the
           man
           of
           sorrow
           .
           Behold
           him
           that
           was
           the
           
             fayrest
             among
             men
             ,
             being
             both
             white
             and
             ruddie
             ,
             the
             chiefest
             among
             ten
             thousand
             .
             His
             head
             is
             as
             the
             most
             fine
             golde
             ,
             his
             lackes
             bushie
             &
             blacke
             as
             a
             Rauen
             :
             His
             eyes
             are
             the
             eyes
             of
             doues
             by
             the
             riuers
             of
             waters
             ,
             washed
             with
             milke
             ,
             and
             fitly
             set
             :
             His
             cheekes
             as
             a
             bed
             of
             spices
             ,
             as
             sweet
             flowers
             ;
             his
             lips
             like
             Lillies
             ,
             dropping
             sweet
             smelling
             myrrhe
             .
          
           Hee
           that
           was
           thus
           set
           out
           ,
           and
           embellished
           with
           so
           many
           gracefull
           ornaments
           ,
           lyeth
           now
           disfigured
           with
           wounds
           ,
           weltring
           and
           panting
           in
           a
           crimson
           riuer
           of
           his
           owne
           bloud
           .
           O
           blessed
           Sauiour
           !
           what
           hauocke
           doe
           
           those
           tyrāts
           make
           of
           thy
           life
           ?
           How
           lauish
           &
           prodigall
           are
           those
           Canibals
           of
           thy
           bloud
           ?
           How
           many
           wide
           sluces
           &
           passages
           haue
           they
           opened
           for
           the
           venting
           of
           it
           ?
           What
           full
           streams
           &
           torrēts
           gushed
           out
           at
           his
           nostrils
           ?
           And
           that
           that
           was
           most
           lamentable
           &
           grieuous
           vnto
           him
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           captiuated
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           had
           not
           means
           to
           wipe
           away
           either
           his
           bloud
           or
           his
           Teares
           ,
           that
           trickled
           downe
           all
           about
           his
           precious
           bodie
           .
        
         
           
             Ecce
             homo
             :
             Behold
             the
             man
             ;
          
           This
           is
           that
           most
           glorious
           Face
           ,
           at
           whose
           Maiestie
           ,
           men
           and
           Angells
           stand
           agast
           !
        
         
           This
           is
           hee
           ,
           who
           although
           hee
           now
           stand
           mute
           and
           silent
           ,
           yet
           is
           his
           voyce
           heard
           in
           the
           clouds
           ,
           and
           the
           ratling
           of
           his
           thunder
           is
           able
           to
           strike
           terrour
           into
           the
           stoutest
           heatts
           .
        
         
           
             Ecce
             homo
             :
             Behold
             the
             man
             ;
          
           Behold
           him
           that
           is
           Lord
           
             Paramount
          
           of
           whatsoeuer
           is
           inclasp't
           within
           the
           circuit
           of
           this
           spacious
           World
           :
           and
           yet
           now
           hee
           standeth
           poore
           and
           vnfurnished
           of
           all
           things
           .
           He
           that
           freeth
           vs
           all
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           onely
           authour
           of
           our
           libertie
           ,
           
           
             leading
             Captiuitie
             captiue
             ,
          
           is
           himselfe
           apprehended
           as
           a
           
             Malefactor
             ,
          
           and
           led
           away
           as
           a
           
             Captiue
             .
          
           He
           that
           cureth
           vs
           all
           by
           the
           precious
           Balme
           and
           
             Panacea
          
           of
           his
           bloud
           ,
           is
           now
           himselfe
           miserably
           wounded
           .
           And
           see
           now
           ,
           here
           he
           standeth
           before
           the
           Iudge
           ,
           before
           vs
           all
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           for
           vs
           al
           ;
           He
           standeth
           naked
           &
           disrobed
           ,
           that
           the
           wounds
           &
           gashes
           which
           were
           inflicted
           by
           the
           enemie
           ,
           and
           endured
           for
           vs
           ,
           might
           lye
           hid
           to
           no
           man.
           All
           which
           ,
           mee
           thinke
           ,
           might
           easily
           soften
           and
           intenerate
           a
           flintie
           heart
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Iewes
           were
           nothing
           moued
           at
           it
           .
           Who
           being
           transported
           with
           furie
           and
           madnesse
           ,
           they
           now
           goe
           about
           to
           depriue
           him
           of
           life
           and
           all
           .
           And
           that
           they
           may
           make
           his
           griefe
           paralell
           to
           his
           disgrace
           ,
           they
           charge
           his
           weary
           shoulders
           with
           the
           weight
           of
           his
           burdensome
           crosse
           .
           And
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           they
           appoint
           their
           malepert
           officious
           Sergeants
           to
           attend
           him
           ,
           and
           giue
           in
           charge
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           pace
           it
           slowly
           ,
           or
           falter
           vnder
           his
           carriage
           ,
           they
           should
           with
           bloudy
           scourges
           force
           him
           on
           amaine
           .
        
         
         
           Our
           Sauiour
           being
           brought
           to
           this
           grieuous
           streight
           and
           exigent
           ,
           his
           strength
           fainting
           ,
           his
           heart
           panting
           ,
           his
           voyce
           fayling
           and
           euen
           
             drops
          
           doe
           I
           say
           ?
           nay
           ,
           
             flouds
          
           of
           water
           and
           bloud
           springing
           from
           all
           the
           pores
           and
           passages
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           doth
           notwithstanding
           vouchsafe
           to
           direct
           his
           deiected
           countenance
           and
           languishing
           eyes
           vnto
           vs
           miserable
           and
           most
           vnthankeful
           caitifes
           ,
           that
           neyther
           sympathize
           with
           him
           in
           his
           calamity
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           remember
           ,
           that
           hee
           himselfe
           stood
           in
           the
           vantguard
           of
           the
           battell
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           helmet
           of
           
             Patience
          
           sheltred
           vs
           from
           the
           gunneshot
           of
           his
           Fathers
           indignation
           .
           And
           as
           his
           eyes
           are
           directed
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           so
           is
           his
           voice
           also
           .
        
         
           Let
           vs
           suppose
           him
           speaking
           vnto
           vs
           with
           these
           words
           :
           O
           my
           people
           what
           haue
           I
           done
           vnto
           thee
           ,
           and
           wherein
           haue
           I
           wearied
           thee
           ?
           testifie
           against
           
           mee
           .
           When
           I
           created
           thee
           of
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           I
           made
           thee
           like
           vnto
           my selfe
           .
           But
           thou
           by
           the
           allurement
           &
           instigation
           of
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           diddest
           most
           disobediently
           desire
           to
           be
           like
           vnto
           
           mee
           ,
           in
           what
           was
           not
           fitte
           thou
           shouldest
           ,
           and
           so
           becamest
           like
           vnto
           the
           Deuill
           ,
           that
           arch-lyer
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           patronizer
           and
           abettour
           of
           thy
           ambitious
           enterprise
           .
           Thou
           ,
           sinfull
           as
           thou
           art
           ,
           hast
           almost
           razed
           out
           the
           sacred
           impresse
           of
           my
           Diuinity
           ,
           set
           with
           mine
           owne
           finger
           in
           the
           chrystall
           table
           of
           thy
           soule
           ;
           and
           yet
           notwithstanding
           ,
           I
           so
           much
           disparaged
           my selfe
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           vpon
           me
           the
           forme
           &
           shape
           of
           thine
           abiect
           and
           contemptible
           nature
           :
           For
           thy
           flesh
           I
           assumed
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           its
           impurity
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           in
           its
           prime
           integrity
           ,
           refined
           and
           purged
           from
           that
           drosse
           and
           menstruous
           corruption
           which
           resided
           in
           it
           .
           And
           yet
           for
           al
           this
           I
           affected
           no
           state
           or
           pompe
           in
           my
           
             comming
          
           vnto
           thee
           ;
           howsoeuer
           the
           Fathers
           and
           Patriarks
           in
           the
           Nonage
           and
           infancie
           of
           the
           World
           longed
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           Prophets
           after
           thē
           often
           mentioned
           it
           .
           
             Moses
          
           did
           foresee
           it
           ,
           
             Dauid
          
           did
           did
           fore
           sing
           it
           ,
           
             Salomon
          
           did
           foresay
           it
           .
           The
           Euangelicall
           Prophet
           
             Esay
          
           did
           most
           plainely
           and
           punctually
           expresse
           it
           ,
           hauing
           then
           no
           
           other
           meanes
           to
           relieue
           the
           discon
           solate
           mindes
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           but
           onely
           by
           assuring
           them
           of
           my
           
             comming
             .
          
           But
           when
           I
           came
           ,
           I
           found
           my
           entertainement
           not
           squaring
           to
           my
           expectation
           .
           Where
           I
           looked
           for
           
             amity
             ,
          
           I
           found
           
             enmity
             ;
          
           I
           receyued
           hatred
           for
           my
           good
           will
           ;
           and
           for
           casting
           out
           of
           Diuels
           ,
           I
           was
           accounted
           one
           for
           my
           labour
           .
           O
           senselesse
           ingratitude
           !
           Thus
           was
           my
           
             humilitie
             no
             lesse
             misconceyued
             ,
          
           then
           my
           
             maiesty
             vnconceiued
             !
          
           and
           yet
           notwithstanding
           ,
           it
           was
           my
           dayly
           endeauour
           to
           doe
           good
           vnto
           all
           men
           .
           Eyther
           I
           cured
           the
           bleeding
           wounds
           of
           an
           afflicted
           conscience
           with
           the
           balme
           of
           consolation
           ;
           or
           I
           reclaimed
           the
           stragling
           sinner
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           againe
           vnto
           my
           folde
           ;
           or
           I
           gaue
           eyes
           vnto
           the
           blind
           ,
           or
           feer
           to
           the
           lame
           ,
           or
           speech
           to
           the
           dumbe
           ,
           or
           health
           to
           the
           diseased
           ,
           or
           bread
           to
           the
           hungrie
           :
           and
           ,
           if
           at
           any
           time
           bread
           were
           wanting
           ,
           there
           neuer
           wanted
           a
           myracle
           to
           supplie
           it
           .
           If
           a
           mother
           lamented
           the
           death
           of
           her
           onely
           sonne
           ,
           eyther
           I
           restored
           life
           to
           the
           dead
           ,
           or
           consolation
           to
           the
           suruiuing
           .
           
           If
           any
           woman
           wanted
           water
           ,
           I
           gaue
           her
           better
           then
           she
           thought
           ,
           
             Euen
             the
             water
             of
             life
             .
          
           I
           abhorred
           not
           
           so
           much
           as
           
             Publicans
             and
             Sinners
             ,
          
           I
           was
           familiarly
           conuersant
           with
           all
           men
           .
        
         
           
             Now
             therefore
             ,
             O
             Inhabitants
             of
             Hierusalem
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             Iudah
             ,
             Iudge
             I
             pray
          
           
           
             you
             betwixt
             me
             and
             my
             Vineyard
             .
             What
             could
             haue
             been
             done
             more
             vnto
             my
             Vineyard
             that
             I
             haue
             not
             done
             vnto
             it
             ?
             Wherefore
             when
             I
             looked
             it
             should
             haue
             brought
             foorth
             grapes
             ,
             beought
             it
             foorth
             thornes
             ,
             with
             which
             now
             the
             Temples
             of
             my
             head
             are
             wounded
             ?
          
           Wherefore
           ,
           when
           I
           looked
           for
           
             Wine
             ,
          
           brought
           it
           foorth
           
             vinegar
          
           to
           offend
           my
           taste
           ?
           Why
           had
           shee
           nothing
           but
           myrrhe
           and
           gall
           to
           quench
           the
           thirst
           of
           her
           drooping
           Lord
           ?
           These
           and
           the
           like
           dolefull
           complaints
           ,
           the
           Iewes
           had
           both
           heard
           and
           read
           ;
           they
           had
           noted
           and
           obserued
           all
           the
           holy
           actions
           of
           our
           
             Sauiour
          
           whiles
           he
           breathed
           vpon
           this
           Theater
           of
           earth
           .
           They
           had
           often
           heard
           him
           teaching
           in
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           teaching
           in
           the
           
             Synagogue
             ,
          
           teaching
           vpon
           the
           
             Mount
             ,
          
           
           teaching
           in
           the
           
             high-wayes
          
           and
           thorow-fares
           .
           His
           goodnesse
           would
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           conceale
           or
           masque
           vs
           any
           thing
           in
           darknesse
           and
           silence
           :
           that
           might
           make
           any
           way
           to
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           hearer
           .
           For
           now
           the
           time
           was
           come
           ,
           wherein
           God
           had
           determined
           to
           dispell
           the
           thicke
           fogges
           of
           errour
           from
           the
           mindes
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           clearely
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           the
           mysteries
           of
           his
           truth
           .
           And
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           he
           had
           also
           decreede
           by
           one
           sole
           
             Hilasticall
             and
             propitiatorie
             Sacrifice
             ,
          
           to
           purge
           and
           expiate
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           .
           This
           was
           that
           pure
           and
           vnblemished
           oblation
           ,
           free
           from
           all
           staines
           of
           corruption
           and
           impiety
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           euen
           the
           very
           aduersaries
           of
           our
           
             Sauiour
          
           could
           not
           but
           auerre
           ,
           who
           continually
           yeelded
           vnto
           him
           honor
           &
           regard
           sutable
           vnto
           his
           person
           .
           For
           indeed
           nothing
           was
           done
           in
           vaine
           ,
           nothing
           by
           chance
           or
           accidentally
           ,
           nothing
           without
           the
           directing
           hand
           of
           him
           that
           was
           afflicted
           .
           Who
           as
           he
           stood
           bound
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           
           hands
           and
           power
           of
           others
           ,
           yet
           notwithstanding
           ,
           hee
           himselfe
           
             disposeth
          
           whatsoeuer
           he
           
             suffereth
             .
          
           O
           the
           hidden
           secresie
           and
           prouidence
           of
           God!
           whatsoeuer
           appellation
           or
           title
           the
           Church
           doth
           seriously
           giue
           vnto
           Christ
           ,
           the
           same
           doe
           the
           Iewes
           attribute
           vnto
           him
           by
           way
           of
           mockerie
           and
           illusion
           .
           The
           prophane
           Souldier
           derideth
           our
           
             Lord
             and
             Sauiour
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           adoreth
           him
           ,
           bowing
           his
           knees
           vnto
           him
           ,
           
             Unto
             whom
             euery
             knee
             shall
             bow
             .
          
           He
           denyeth
           Christ
           to
           bee
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           yet
           by
           and
           by
           ,
           he
           crowneth
           him
           .
           After
           hee
           had
           crowned
           him
           ,
           hee
           gaue
           him
           a
           reede
           for
           a
           scepter
           ;
           and
           that
           nothing
           might
           be
           wanting
           ,
           they
           put
           a
           purple
           garment
           vpon
           him
           ,
           the
           chiefe
           ornament
           of
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           whiles
           rhe
           people
           play
           vppon
           him
           ,
           and
           contemne
           him
           ,
           yet
           notwithstanding
           they
           confesse
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Prophet
           ;
           for
           by
           that
           name
           they
           saluted
           him
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           enemies
           of
           Christ
           acknowledge
           him
           to
           be
           both
           God
           ,
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           a
           Prophet
           .
           But
           by
           what
           meanes
           ,
           I
           
           wonder
           came
           the
           Romanes
           to
           know
           thus
           much
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ?
           Certainely
           ,
           to
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           will
           and
           wisdome
           of
           God
           so
           to
           dispose
           .
           It
           was
           also
           by
           his
           iust
           permission
           ,
           that
           the
           false
           
             accusation
          
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           was
           truth
           it selfe
           :
           and
           the
           iniurious
           
             condemnation
          
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           was
           innonocency
           it selfe
           ,
           should
           bee
           reuenged
           by
           the
           desperate
           and
           voluntarie
           death
           of
           that
           debosht
           Stigmaticke
           
             Iudas
             ,
          
           who
           had
           formerly
           engaged
           himselfe
           to
           betray
           his
           Lord
           and
           Master
           with
           a
           
             kisse
             .
          
           O
           how
           was
           that
           
             candide
             Diuell
             ,
          
           that
           
             varnisht
             hypocrisie
             ,
          
           that
           
             outside
             of
             a
             friend
             ,
          
           that
           
             coppergilt
             Apostle
          
           tortured
           in
           soule
           by
           the
           racke
           of
           his
           raging
           conscience
           ?
           How
           earnestly
           did
           hee
           desire
           to
           set
           a
           period
           to
           a
           
             couetous
          
           base
           
             life
             ,
          
           by
           an
           
             infamous
          
           and
           miserable
           
             death
             ?
             Pontius
             Pilate
             ,
          
           vnto
           whom
           the
           iudgement
           and
           arbitrating
           of
           the
           cause
           was
           assigned
           ,
           had
           oftentimes
           witnessed
           &
           auerred
           ,
           that
           our
           
             Sauiour
          
           had
           not
           deserued
           any
           punishment
           at
           all
           :
           And
           that
           he
           might
           the
           better
           confirme
           his
           assertion
           ,
           hee
           endeauours
           
           to
           cleare
           himselfe
           from
           the
           aspersion
           and
           imputation
           of
           iniustice
           ,
           by
           washing
           his
           hands
           in
           the
           viewe
           of
           the
           multitude
           .
           By
           and
           by
           after
           hee
           constantly
           affirmeth
           ,
           that
           
             Christ
          
           was
           no
           seducer
           of
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           
             Herod
             ,
          
           who
           had
           formerly
           
             derided
             our
             Sauiours
             silence
             ,
          
           dareth
           not
           to
           
             condemne
             his
             innocency
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ioseph
          
           of
           
             Arimathea
             ,
          
           being
           one
           of
           the
           chiefe
           Senators
           ,
           retires
           himselfe
           into
           his
           priuate
           chamber
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           bee
           seene
           at
           the
           Bench
           ,
           lest
           peraduenture
           he
           should
           bee
           forced
           to
           determine
           something
           contrary
           vnto
           his
           conscience
           .
        
         
           The
           malicious
           Iewes
           ,
           although
           they
           suborne
           false
           witnesses
           against
           our
           
             Sauiour
             ,
          
           yet
           notwithstanding
           they
           testifie
           publikely
           before
           the
           Iudge
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           guilty
           of
           any
           crime
           .
           The
           same
           Iewes
           that
           exclaimed
           against
           him
           as
           against
           a
           seditious
           person
           ,
           doe
           now
           stile
           him
           their
           King
           by
           that
           writing
           vpon
           his
           crosse
           ,
           whereon
           hee
           was
           adiudged
           to
           die
           .
        
         
           
             Caiphas
          
           the
           high
           Priest
           ,
           by
           enthusiasme
           
           prophesieth
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           hee
           persecuteth
           ;
           &
           with
           a
           loude
           voice
           both
           accuseth
           and
           absolueth
           him
           ,
           pronouncing
           the
           mysterie
           of
           our
           saluation
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           necessary
           that
           one
           should
           dye
           for
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           and
           worst
           of
           our
           Sauiours
           aduersaries
           ,
           was
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           who
           although
           hee
           earnestly
           and
           constantly
           endeauoured
           by
           all
           assayes
           to
           vexe
           and
           trouble
           our
           
             Sauiour
             ,
          
           yet
           (
           as
           the
           Ancients
           coniecture
           )
           hee
           could
           not
           but
           incite
           
             Pilates
          
           wife
           to
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           surely
           the
           man
           that
           was
           thus
           maligned
           ,
           accused
           and
           condemned
           ,
           was
           a
           iust
           and
           righteous
           man
           ,
           who
           although
           at
           length
           he
           suffered
           death
           vpon
           his
           crosse
           ,
           yet
           hee
           suffered
           it
           not
           as
           an
           
             impious
          
           and
           infamous
           malefactor
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           
             glorious
             conquerour
             .
          
           God
           the
           Father
           together
           with
           his
           whole
           family
           &
           Court
           of
           Heauen
           ,
           stood
           and
           behelde
           the
           pangs
           and
           passion
           of
           his
           beloued
           Sonne
           ,
           on
           whose
           shoulders
           hee
           had
           layed
           the
           weight
           of
           the
           punishment
           which
           euery
           one
           of
           vs
           in
           our
           owne
           persons
           should
           most
           deseruedly
           haue
           
           endured
           .
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           tearmed
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           a
           deuouring
           fire
           ,
           an
           ouerflowing
           torrent
           of
           wrath
           ,
           as
           violent
           as
           a
           rough
           storme
           of
           hayle
           ,
           as
           impetuous
           as
           a
           tempestuous
           gust
           of
           wind
           maketh
           our
           
             Sauiour
          
           the
           onely
           butte
           to
           receiue
           the
           shafts
           of
           his
           fury
           and
           indignation
           .
           Who
           lying
           thus
           wounded
           and
           pierced
           with
           the
           sharpenesse
           of
           his
           extreame
           agonie
           ,
           (
           in
           respect
           of
           which
           all
           those
           tortures
           inuented
           by
           tyrants
           ,
           all
           those
           massacres
           and
           torments
           of
           the
           holy
           Martyres
           ,
           were
           but
           dreames
           and
           loue-trickes
           )
           is
           forced
           not
           to
           a
           duell
           or
           single
           combat
           ,
           but
           to
           encounter
           a
           multitude
           and
           throng
           of
           aduersaries
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           the
           which
           hee
           was
           to
           conquer
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           that
           olde
           
             Hydra
             ,
          
           and
           arch-enemie
           of
           mankind
           .
           Who
           as
           hee
           had
           beene
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           
             first
             Adams
             expulsion
             ,
          
           so
           doth
           hee
           now
           attempt
           no
           lesse
           to
           inthrall
           and
           captiuate
           the
           
             second
             Adam
             ,
          
           and
           to
           cast
           him
           into
           vtter
           darknesse
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           second
           place
           he
           was
           to
           vanquish
           death
           ,
           that
           had
           a
           long
           time
           tyrannized
           
           ouer
           all
           mankind
           .
           Our
           Sauiour
           being
           to
           enter
           the
           lists
           with
           these
           furious
           Antagonists
           ,
           was
           publikely
           brought
           along
           to
           an
           infamous
           place
           ,
           where
           all
           wicked
           persons
           were
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           which
           place
           the
           people
           that
           liued
           thereabout
           ,
           called
           it
           
             Golgotha
             ,
             a
             place
             of
             dead
             mens
             sculs
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           the
           reason
           why
           hee
           was
           to
           conflict
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           was
           (
           as
           wee
           may
           imagine
           )
           that
           hee
           might
           giue
           death
           the
           foyle
           ,
           euen
           in
           its
           strongest
           hold
           ,
           wherin
           it
           had
           so
           long
           triumphed
           ,
           and
           erected
           so
           many
           trophees
           of
           its
           victorie
           ;
           that
           ,
           where
           the
           first
           
             Adam
          
           had
           beene
           interred
           ,
           euen
           there
           by
           the
           force
           of
           the
           second
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           the
           sharpenesse
           &
           sting
           of
           death
           might
           be
           rebated
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           ,
           howsoeuer
           death
           was
           there
           conquered
           ,
           yet
           not
           without
           the
           death
           of
           the
           conquerour
           :
           for
           euen
           there
           Christ
           himselfe
           was
           nayled
           to
           his
           crosse
           ,
           in
           the
           view
           both
           of
           men
           and
           Angels
           .
           Who
           although
           he
           was
           brought
           into
           that
           lamentable
           straight
           and
           exigent
           ,
           although
           hee
           lay
           groueling
           and
           gasping
           vnder
           the
           heauy
           burden
           ,
           both
           
           of
           the
           
             pangs
          
           of
           
             death
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             paines
          
           of
           
             Hell
             ,
          
           and
           the
           wrath
           of
           his
           Father
           ;
           yet
           notwithstanding
           the
           loue
           hee
           bare
           vnto
           man
           ,
           was
           euen
           then
           no
           lesse
           entire
           then
           euer
           it
           was
           .
           For
           euen
           then
           I
           say
           ,
           hee
           saued
           the
           theefe
           at
           the
           crosse
           ,
           and
           prayed
           for
           his
           enemies
           .
           By
           and
           by
           after
           ,
           he
           surrendred
           his
           blessed
           Soule
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           What
           shall
           I
           now
           say
           vnto
           you
           sinfull
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           by
           whose
           barbarous
           fury
           ,
           and
           fatall
           blindnesse
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           was
           crucified
           ?
           What
           
             penne
          
           can
           expresse
           ,
           what
           
             pencill
          
           can
           decipher
           your
           hainous
           and
           execrable
           fact
           ?
           yee
           haue
           slaine
           ,
           yee
           haue
           slaine
           the
           very
           Author
           of
           life
           ,
           the
           first
           begotten
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Creatour
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           
             Israel
             :
          
           yee
           haue
           slaine
           that
           innocent
           and
           immaculate
           Lambe
           ,
           in
           whome
           there
           was
           no
           deceit
           :
           yee
           haue
           slaine
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             Peace
             ,
             the
             Herald
             of
             grace
             and
             of
             our
             reconciliation
             vnto
             God.
             Oh
             that
             my
             head
             were
             waters
             ,
             and
             mine
             eyes
             a
             fountaine
             of
             teares
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             weepe
          
           
           
             day
             and
             night
             !
             I
             will
             bewayle
             with
             the
             weeping
             of
             Iazer
             ,
             the
             vine
             of
             Sibmah
             ;
             I
          
           
           
           
             will
             water
             thee
             with
             my
             teares
             ,
             O
             Heshbon
             ,
             and
             Elealeh
             .
             For
             the
             righteous
             perisheth
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             layeth
             it
             to
             heart
             .
             The
             Lord
             of
             Heauen
             and
             earth
             was
             slaine
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             no
             man
             considereth
             it
             .
          
        
         
           O
           hatefull
           and
           hated
           Nation
           !
           O
           cruell
           and
           abominable
           people
           !
           destitute
           of
           wisdome
           and
           vnderstanding
           ,
           how
           forgetfull
           wert
           thou
           of
           him
           that
           begate
           thee
           ?
           You
           haue
           slaine
           him
           that
           
             brought
             you
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             that
          
           
           
             ledde
             you
             thorow
             the
             wildernesse
             ,
             thorow
             a
             land
             of
             deserts
             and
             pits
             ,
             thorow
             a
             land
             of
             drought
             and
             of
             the
             shadow
             of
             death
             ,
             thorow
             a
             land
             that
             no
             man
             passed
             thorow
             ,
             and
             where
             no
             man
             dwelt
             .
             You
             haue
             slaine
             him
          
           
           
             that
             fed
             you
             in
             the
             wildernesse
             ,
             euen
             with
             the
             bread
             of
             Angels
             .
             Him
             ,
             that
             found
             you
             in
             the
             desert
             land
             ,
             in
             the
             waste
             howling
             wildernesse
             ,
             that
             led
             you
             about
             ,
             that
             instructed
             you
             ,
             that
             kept
             you
             as
             the
             apple
             of
             his
             eye
             .
             As
             an
             Eagle
             stirreth
             vp
             her
          
           
           
             nest
             ,
             fluttereth
             ouer
             her
             young
             ,
             spreadeth
             abroad
             her
             winges
             ,
             taketh
             them
             ,
             beareth
             them
             on
             her
             wings
             :
             So
             the
             Lord
             alone
             did
             leade
             thee
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             no
             strange
             God
             with
             thee
             .
             Bee
             astonished
             O
             yee
          
           
           
           
             heauens
             at
             this
             ,
             be
             yee
             horribly
             affraide
             ,
             bee
             yee
             very
             desolate
             .
             Tell
             it
             not
             Gath
             ,
             publish
             it
             not
             in
             the
             streetes
             of
             Askalon
             ,
             lest
             the
             daughters
             of
             the
             Philistines
             reioyce
             ,
             and
             the
             daughters
             of
             the
             vncircumcised
             triumph
             .
          
        
         
           That
           face
           that
           vpon
           Mount
           
             Horeb
          
           the
           people
           could
           not
           behold
           without
           astonishment
           ,
           nor
           the
           Angels
           themselues
           with
           horrour
           and
           amazement
           ,
           the
           wicked
           Iewes
           defiled
           it
           with
           spittle
           ,
           and
           bruised
           it
           with
           staues
           .
           And
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           they
           euen
           killed
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           ,
           whose
           name
           is
           
             Iehouah
             .
          
           O
           fanaticke
           and
           furious
           miscreants
           ,
           how
           could
           yee
           dare
           to
           murther
           his
           
             Sonne
             ,
          
           whose
           
             Name
          
           yee
           could
           not
           vtter
           without
           trembling
           ?
           O
           extreame
           and
           sottish
           impietie
           ,
           no
           farther
           to
           bee
           remembred
           ,
           then
           detested
           !
           O
           peruerse
           and
           wicked
           generation
           ,
           how
           are
           your
           rebellious
           hearts
           wrapt
           in
           the
           filme
           of
           ignorance
           ?
           See
           yee
           not
           all
           the
           creatures
           of
           the
           world
           standing
           agast
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           your
           cruelty
           ?
           See
           yee
           not
           the
           
             earth
             shaken
             ,
          
           the
           
             rocks
             rent
             a
             sunder
             ,
             the
             graues
             opened
             ?
          
           See
           ye
           not
           
           the
           glorious
           beauty
           of
           the
           Sunne
           masqued
           with
           prodigious
           fogges
           ,
           as
           defying
           your
           dismall
           fact
           ,
           and
           not
           enduring
           to
           behold
           the
           sadde
           estate
           and
           distresse
           of
           its
           Creatour
           ?
           Alas
           ,
           why
           stand
           yee
           gazing
           vp
           towards
           heauen
           ?
           why
           stand
           yee
           wondring
           to
           see
           the
           brightnesse
           and
           lustre
           of
           the
           day
           turned
           to
           an
           abortiue
           night
           ?
        
         
           Here
           is
           no
           defect
           of
           nature
           ,
           no
           ordinarie
           or
           vsuall
           Eclipse
           of
           the
           Sunne
           .
           This
           vnexpected
           darkenesse
           cannot
           be
           excused
           ,
           eyther
           by
           the
           head
           or
           taile
           of
           the
           Dragon
           ,
           vnlesse
           yee
           meane
           that
           old
           Dragon
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           by
           whose
           incitement
           yee
           haue
           cut
           off
           your
           owne
           hopes
           ,
           and
           the
           life
           of
           the
           blessed
           seede
           of
           the
           woman
           .
           And
           therefore
           because
           yee
           destroyed
           him
           in
           whom
           there
           was
           both
           
             light
             and
             life
             ,
          
           yee
           are
           now
           ouerwhelmed
           with
           Egyptian
           and
           palpable
           darkenesse
           ;
           darknesse
           not
           caused
           by
           the
           
             course
             of
             time
             ,
          
           but
           by
           your
           owne
           
             iniquity
             .
          
           Darkenesse
           accompanied
           with
           feare
           and
           horrour
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           that
           yee
           haue
           read
           in
           
             Esay
             ,
             The
             windowes
             and
             cataractes
             of
             Heauen
          
           
           
             are
             opened
             ,
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             earth
             are
             shaken
             .
             The
             earth
             shall
             reele
             to
             and
             fro
             as
             a
             drunkard
             ,
             and
             shall
             bee
             remoued
             like
             a
             cottage
             .
          
           And
           all
           this
           shall
           come
           to
           passe
           ,
           because
           yee
           haue
           slaine
           him
           ,
           who
           
             commaundeth
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             and
             it
             ariseth
             ,
             who
             sealeth
             vp
             the
             starres
             as
             vnder
             a
             signet
             .
          
        
         
           The
           earth
           acknowledged
           him
           its
           
             Creatour
             ;
          
           the
           rockes
           that
           claue
           asunder
           confessed
           him
           to
           be
           
             God
             ;
          
           the
           Temple
           to
           be
           a
           
             Priest
             ;
          
           who
           after
           the
           abrogation
           of
           the
           ceremoniall
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           disanulling
           of
           all
           superstitions
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           placed
           his
           
             true
             worship
          
           in
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             man
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             chiefest
             Temple
          
           in
           
             the
             soule
             of
             man.
          
           Now
           besides
           this
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           rending
           of
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           the
           temple
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           plainely
           manifesteth
           that
           all
           sacrifices
           ended
           in
           that
           one
           
             self-sacrifice
             ,
          
           being
           both
           the
           
             abolishment
             &
             accōplishment
          
           of
           all
           oblations
           whatsoeuer
           .
           This
           Sacrifice
           was
           the
           most
           
             Hilasticall
             and
             propitiatory
             of
             all
             others
             .
          
        
         
           This
           sacrifice
           was
           a
           most
           perfect
           and
           absolute
           
             Holocaust
             ,
          
           for
           it
           was
           totally
           
           consumed
           by
           the
           flames
           of
           Christs
           feruent
           loue
           vnto
           man.
           And
           as
           it
           was
           burnt
           ,
           so
           it
           sent
           vp
           a
           most
           sweet
           sauour
           vnto
           the
           nostrils
           of
           God.
           This
           sacrifice
           consisted
           of
           the
           purest
           meale
           ,
           neyther
           was
           it
           euer
           sowred
           with
           the
           leauen
           of
           any
           iniquity
           .
           Part
           whereof
           was
           offered
           vnto
           God
           vpon
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           and
           part
           was
           reserued
           for
           the
           Priests
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           all
           vs
           ,
           that
           thereby
           wee
           might
           bee
           nourished
           to
           eternall
           life
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           was
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           appeased
           ,
           and
           our
           peace
           procured
           .
           Neuer
           was
           there
           such
           a
           sacrifice
           as
           this
           before
           offered
           ,
           that
           could
           so
           fully
           mitigate
           the
           displeasure
           of
           God
           conceyued
           against
           man
           ,
           whose
           sinne
           was
           so
           hainous
           and
           notorious
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           eyther
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God
          
           was
           to
           dye
           once
           for
           man
           ,
           or
           man
           eternally
           .
           But
           if
           peraduenture
           any
           man
           be
           so
           incredulous
           as
           to
           demaund
           ,
           how
           Christ
           beeing
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           could
           suffer
           ,
           seing
           that
           the
           Deitie
           is
           not
           subiect
           vnto
           passion
           ;
           hee
           may
           bee
           fully
           resolued
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           whose
           assertion
           is
           ,
           that
           Christ
           
           suffered
           not
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           
             diuine
             nature
             ,
          
           but
           
             his
             humane
             .
          
           For
           though
           the
           Deity
           was
           in
           the
           
             Sufferer
             ,
          
           yet
           was
           it
           not
           in
           the
           
             suffering
             ;
          
           though
           it
           was
           in
           the
           
             body
             of
             Christs
             passion
             ,
          
           yet
           was
           it
           not
           in
           the
           
             passion
             of
             Christs
             body
             :
          
           so
           that
           the
           Humanity
           onely
           suffered
           ,
           and
           the
           Deity
           onely
           sustayned
           it
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           able
           to
           endure
           the
           affronts
           of
           its
           impetuous
           aduersaries
           .
           The
           impotency
           of
           the
           one
           required
           the
           omnipotency
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           thinke
           vpon
           my
           
             Sauiours
             Humanity
             ,
          
           then
           mee
           thinke
           ,
           I
           see
           him
           faultering
           vnder
           the
           burden
           of
           his
           Crosse
           ;
           When
           I
           thinke
           vpon
           his
           Deitie
           ,
           then
           me
           thinke
           ,
           I
           see
           him
           walking
           vpon
           the
           Galleries
           of
           Heauen
           .
           When
           I
           thinke
           vpon
           his
           Humanity
           ,
           then
           mee
           thinke
           I
           see
           him
           lying
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           and
           weltring
           in
           his
           owne
           gore
           :
           When
           I
           thinke
           vpon
           his
           
             Deity
             ,
          
           then
           mee
           thinke
           I
           see
           him
           flying
           vpon
           the
           winges
           of
           the
           glorious
           Seraphims
           .
           Oh
           how
           different
           are
           these
           two
           natures
           of
           Christ
           !
           And
           yet
           howsoeuer
           
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           betwixt
           them
           bee
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           the
           disparity
           so
           euident
           ,
           yet
           notwithstanding
           in
           him
           are
           they
           both
           combined
           .
           For
           although
           he
           be
           not
           
             one
             nature
             ,
          
           yet
           is
           a
           
             one
             in
             Person
             ,
          
           one
           Christ
           ,
           one
           Mediator
           ,
           one
           Redeemer
           ,
           one
           Sauiour
           .
           For
           euen
           as
           the
           body
           and
           soule
           of
           man
           being
           two
           diuers
           things
           ,
           doe
           notwithstanding
           constitute
           one
           man
           :
           So
           the
           
             Deitie
             and
             humanitie
          
           of
           Christ
           ,
           albeit
           they
           be
           two
           diuers
           natures
           ,
           yet
           they
           make
           vp
           one
           person
           .
           Christ
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           humanity
           ,
           died
           :
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Deitie
           ,
           he
           still
           remained
           entire
           ,
           vntouched
           ,
           impassible
           ,
           invulnerable
           .
           This
           was
           that
           ,
           that
           rowsed
           vp
           the
           interred
           carcases
           from
           their
           graues
           ,
           (
           for
           many
           of
           the
           Saints
           that
           slept
           ,
           arose
           ,
           and
           came
           into
           the
           holy
           City
           ,
           and
           appeared
           vnto
           many
           .
           )
           This
           was
           that
           that
           rent
           the
           veile
           of
           the
           Temple
           .
           This
           was
           that
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           sealed
           vp
           the
           Sunne-beames
           vnder
           a
           Signet
           of
           Cimmerian
           clouds
           .
           This
           was
           that
           that
           caused
           that
           generall
           conquassation
           
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           This
           was
           that
           that
           made
           the
           
             Centurion
          
           auerie
           ,
           (
           maugre
           all
           the
           peoples
           vehement
           reclamation
           )
           that
           
             Christ
          
           was
           the
           true
           and
           essentiall
           Sonne
           of
           God.
           It
           was
           the
           
             flesh
          
           that
           trēbled
           ,
           that
           stood
           so
           affrighted
           and
           appaled
           at
           the
           grimme
           visage
           of
           death
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           
             flesh
          
           that
           would
           haue
           hindered
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           haue
           fore
           slowed
           the
           purchase
           of
           our
           eternall
           saluation
           .
           It
           was
           the
           
             flesh
          
           that
           suffered
           vpon
           the
           Crosse
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           the
           
             Deity
          
           that
           triumphed
           ouer
           the
           bitternesse
           of
           death
           .
           It
           was
           the
           
             flesh
          
           that
           was
           the
           sacrifice
           ;
           It
           was
           the
           
             Deity
          
           that
           was
           the
           Priest
           that
           sacrificed
           it
           .
           It
           was
           the
           
             flesh
          
           that
           in
           the
           anguish
           of
           its
           passion
           groned
           and
           breathed
           out
           this
           sad
           and
           dolefull
           complaint
           ,
           
             My
             God
             ,
             my
             God
             ,
             why
             hast
             thou
             forsaken
             mee
             ?
          
           And
           yet
           howsoeuer
           the
           
             flesh
          
           was
           thus
           perplexed
           and
           afflicted
           ,
           yet
           its
           vnion
           with
           the
           
             Deity
          
           remayned
           still
           entire
           .
           Neyther
           could
           it
           possibly
           bee
           cast
           off
           or
           forsaken
           by
           that
           ,
           vnto
           which
           the
           links
           and
           ligaments
           of
           loue
           had
           so
           strictly
           
           obliged
           it
           .
           O
           that
           our
           dull
           and
           mistie
           
             vnderstanding
          
           were
           so
           illuminated
           ,
           our
           
             zeale
             and
             affections
          
           so
           seruent
           ,
           as
           truly
           to
           
             conceiue
             the
             Maiesty
             ,
          
           and
           earnestly
           to
           
             embrace
             the
             humility
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             !
          
        
         
           Oh
           that
           wee
           could
           sufficiently
           meditate
           vpon
           the
           
             grieuous
             wounds
             ,
          
           that
           hee
           
             suffered
             ;
          
           vpon
           the
           
             gracious
             words
          
           that
           hee
           
             vttered
             !
          
           If
           we
           reuolue
           all
           the
           Annales
           and
           records
           of
           time
           ;
           wee
           shall
           neuer
           finde
           his
           paralell
           ,
           neuer
           any
           man
           that
           spake
           as
           hee
           spake
           ,
           that
           suffered
           as
           he
           suffered
           :
           Neuer
           any
           man
           that
           so
           
             loued
             his
             friends
             ,
          
           that
           so
           
             pittied
             his
             foes
             ;
          
           neuer
           any
           so
           kind
           to
           the
           religious
           ,
           so
           mercifull
           euen
           to
           Publicans
           and
           Sinners
           .
           Who
           a
           little
           before
           hee
           dranke
           the
           bitter
           cuppe
           of
           his
           passion
           ,
           ministred
           a
           sweet
           cordiall
           of
           consolation
           vnto
           the
           theefe
           that
           was
           to
           suffer
           with
           him
           :
           
             To
             day
             thou
             shalt
             bee
             with
             mee
             in
             Paradise
             .
          
           Thus
           was
           that
           miserable
           sinner
           acquited
           from
           the
           death
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           although
           hee
           suffered
           the
           death
           of
           the
           body
           .
           Thus
           was
           hee
           by
           the
           power
           and
           mercie
           
           of
           
             CHRIST
             ,
          
           of
           a
           
             malefactor
             ,
          
           made
           a
           
             martyr
             .
          
           Surely
           so
           strange
           and
           suddaine
           a
           conuersion
           could
           not
           but
           bee
           immediately
           wrought
           by
           the
           efficacie
           of
           Christs
           Deitie
           :
           which
           euen
           in
           this
           act
           shewed
           its
           intensiue
           &
           superlatiue
           loue
           towards
           that
           
             Flesh
          
           of
           ours
           ,
           which
           it
           assumed
           .
        
         
           Oh
           blessed
           and
           happie
           day
           ,
           whereon
           our
           fraile
           &
           forlorne
           
             Flesh
          
           was
           vnited
           vnto
           that
           nature
           which
           was
           neyther
           obnoxious
           to
           Corruption
           ,
           nor
           subiect
           vnto
           Passion
           !
        
         
           But
           ,
           Oh
           ,
           more
           blessed
           and
           happie
           day
           was
           that
           ,
           whereon
           our
           
             Flesh
          
           being
           ioyned
           to
           the
           Deitie
           ,
           so
           died
           in
           Christ
           ,
           as
           that
           wee
           not
           suffering
           death
           ,
           were
           notwithstanding
           restored
           vnto
           life
           .
        
         
           For
           as
           
             CHRIST
             tooke
          
           vpon
           him
           our
           
             nature
          
           in
           the
           wombe
           ,
           so
           hee
           
             vndertooke
          
           our
           
             death
          
           vpon
           the
           Crosse
           .
           For
           whatsoeuer
           he
           suffered
           as
           man
           ,
           he
           suffered
           for
           man
           :
           from
           whom
           he
           can
           be
           no
           more
           separated
           or
           divulsed
           ,
           then
           from
           his
           
             Deitie
             ,
          
           with
           which
           he
           ioyned
           our
           humanitie
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           saue
           and
           secure
           it
           from
           the
           hazzard
           of
           eternall
           
           death
           and
           damnation
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Oh
           infinite
           loue
           !
           Oh
           incomprehensible
           mercie
           !
           Oh
           blessed
           &
           happie
           day
           ,
           wherein
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Serpent
           was
           brokē
           ,
           the
           
             Leuiathan
          
           wounded
           ,
           the
           vast
           
             Behemoth
          
           ouerturned
           ,
           the
           powers
           of
           Hell
           subdued
           ,
           the
           Graue
           conquered
           ,
           the
           sting
           of
           Death
           rebated
           .
        
         
           Oh
           blessed
           and
           happie
           day
           ,
           wherein
           the
           force
           and
           guilt
           of
           Sinne
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           sinner
           taken
           vp
           into
           heauen
           .
           O
           blessed
           and
           happy
           day
           ,
           wherein
           by
           our
           Sauiours
           passion
           ,
           the
           gates
           of
           heauen
           were
           opened
           ;
           wherein
           it
           so
           came
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           wee
           that
           were
           once
           exiled
           and
           banished
           from
           the
           
             celestiall
             Paradise
             ,
          
           may
           now
           againe
           bee
           freely
           therein
           instated
           ,
           and
           reimpatriated
           .
        
         
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           Cherubim
           to
           hinder
           vs
           ,
           no
           flaming
           sword
           to
           affright
           vs.
           Now
           may
           wee
           all
           bee
           easily
           admitted
           ,
           and
           bee
           made
           free
           denizens
           of
           that
           
             heauenly
             Ierusalem
             .
          
        
         
           O
           let
           not
           our
           impenitent
           insolencie
           ,
           and
           insolent
           impenitency
           bee
           the
           
           cause
           of
           our
           exclusion
           .
        
         
           Let
           vs
           consider
           that
           the
           incredulous
           and
           proud
           Pharises
           that
           challenged
           vnto
           themselues
           so
           much
           purity
           and
           piety
           ,
           were
           the
           first
           that
           were
           reiected
           ,
           their
           Synagogue
           neglected
           ,
           and
           euen
           theeues
           &
           malefactors
           preferred
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           was
           that
           that
           so
           discouraged
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           when
           hee
           saw
           those
           that
           had
           beene
           his
           slaues
           and
           vassals
           to
           bee
           rescued
           and
           absolued
           from
           death
           ,
           by
           one
           that
           was
           condemned
           to
           death
           ;
           when
           hee
           saw
           that
           Christ
           was
           more
           powerfull
           in
           his
           death
           then
           euer
           any
           Emperour
           was
           in
           his
           rule
           and
           soueraignety
           ;
           when
           he
           saw
           not
           from
           
             stones
             ,
          
           but
           from
           the
           
             gallowes
             ,
          
           euen
           from
           hell
           it selfe
           ,
           children
           raysed
           vp
           vnto
           
             Abraham
             .
          
        
         
           When
           hee
           saw
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           after
           his
           
             buffets
             and
             his
             bonds
             ,
          
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           euen
           in
           his
           death
           ,
           to
           erect
           the
           glorious
           building
           and
           edifice
           of
           his
           Church
           ;
           when
           hee
           saw
           that
           blessed
           inheritance
           of
           Christ
           being
           but
           a
           little
           part
           and
           moytie
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           still
           
           to
           
             flourish
             as
             the
             Palme-tree
          
           vnder
           the
           burden
           and
           weight
           of
           its
           afflictions
           :
           when
           hee
           saw
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           was
           
             created
             by
             his
             power
             ,
          
           now
           
             redeemed
             by
             his
             bloud
             ,
          
           vnited
           by
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           instructed
           by
           his
           Prophets
           ,
           comforted
           by
           his
           Euangelists
           ,
           and
           freede
           from
           that
           heauy
           yoake
           of
           ceremonies
           ,
           with
           which
           it
           had
           beene
           long
           oppressed
           :
           When
           hee
           saw
           it
           ,
           howsoeuer
           diuided
           in
           body
           ,
           yet
           combined
           in
           spirit
           ;
           
             Hauing
             nothing
             ,
             and
             yet
             possessing
             all
             things
             in
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           is
           all
           in
           all
           .
           In
           whose
           
             passion
          
           it
           gloryed
           ,
           whose
           
             patience
          
           it
           imitated
           .
        
         
           Which
           Church
           of
           his
           ,
           although
           it
           seeme
           to
           wither
           by
           the
           heate
           of
           persecution
           ,
           yet
           doth
           it
           still
           grow
           &
           waxe
           greene
           by
           the
           dew
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           sappe
           of
           consolation
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Saints
           on
           earth
           are
           frequently
           perplexed
           with
           variety
           of
           exquisite
           torments
           ;
           and
           yet
           these
           are
           not
           of
           force
           &
           validity
           to
           diuert
           their
           zealous
           and
           constant
           resolutions
           ,
           
           to
           separate
           them
           from
           their
           grand-Captaine
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           whom
           they
           follow
           ,
           not
           as
           beeing
           confirmed
           in
           their
           purposes
           by
           the
           irrefragable
           peruersenesse
           of
           the
           Stoickes
           ;
           nor
           as
           beeing
           induced
           thereunto
           by
           the
           Sophistrie
           of
           Logicke
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           inchantments
           of
           Rhetoricke
           ;
           but
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           beeing
           bound
           by
           oath
           ,
           and
           deepely
           engaged
           vnto
           their
           Sauiour
           :
           by
           whose
           bloud
           they
           are
           refreshed
           ,
           by
           whose
           flesh
           they
           are
           nourished
           ,
           by
           whose
           Spirit
           they
           are
           reuiued
           ,
           by
           whose
           promises
           they
           are
           inuited
           ,
           by
           whose
           precepts
           they
           are
           directed
           .
           The
           chiefest
           scope
           they
           ayme
           at
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           bee
           one
           with
           Christ
           ,
           as
           Christ
           is
           one
           with
           God.
           
        
         
           For
           thou
           sweet
           
             Sauiour
          
           art
           our
           head
           ,
           and
           wee
           thy
           members
           :
           Thou
           our
           shepheard
           ,
           and
           wee
           thy
           sheepe
           ,
           thou
           the
           Vine
           ,
           and
           we
           thy
           branches
           .
           By
           thy
           death
           wee
           liue
           ,
           by
           thy
           life
           are
           we
           raysed
           from
           death
           .
        
         
           And
           although
           wee
           are
           here
           sorted
           and
           mixed
           with
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           
           our
           cogitations
           and
           our
           conuersations
           are
           in
           heauen
           ,
           whither
           our
           Sauiour
           is
           gone
           before
           .
        
         
           Oh
           that
           wee
           could
           follow
           him
           ,
           that
           wee
           could
           waft
           our selues
           vnto
           that
           Hauen
           of
           ioy
           ;
           vnto
           that
           secure
           rode
           of
           felicity
           .
        
         
           But
           seeing
           that
           as
           yet
           wee
           cannot
           follow
           thee
           (
           sweet
           Iesu
           )
           with
           our
           bodies
           ,
           yet
           wee
           pursue
           thee
           with
           our
           desires
           ,
           with
           our
           sighes
           ,
           with
           our
           affections
           ,
           with
           our
           teares
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           
             interim
             ,
          
           whiles
           wee
           heere
           suruiuing
           ,
           seriously
           ponder
           those
           trāscendent
           afflictions
           of
           thine
           ,
           which
           for
           our
           sakes
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           for
           our
           deserts
           ,
           thou
           sufferedst
           vpon
           thy
           Crosse
           ;
           whiles
           we
           meditate
           vpon
           those
           griefes
           and
           torments
           which
           were
           as
           propassions
           vnto
           thy
           passion
           ,
           how
           are
           we
           rapt
           into
           admiration
           of
           thy
           loue
           ?
           Then
           doe
           wee
           abandon
           all
           our
           fruitlesse
           and
           friuolous
           cogitations
           ,
           then
           doe
           wee
           discard
           all
           our
           ambitious
           
             Babel
          
           building
           thoughts
           ;
           then
           do
           wee
           disclaime
           the
           insolent
           selfe-conceites
           
           of
           our
           owne
           abilities
           ,
           then
           doe
           wee
           deepely
           lament
           our
           supine
           and
           stupid
           negligence
           ;
           then
           doe
           we
           grieue
           that
           wee
           haue
           beene
           so
           prodigall
           of
           our
           precious
           houres
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           haue
           not
           embarqued
           our selues
           in
           those
           actions
           which
           most
           of
           all
           procure
           our
           safety
           and
           indemnity
           .
        
         
           Then
           are
           our
           eyes
           become
           fountaines
           of
           teares
           ;
           then
           cry
           wee
           out
           and
           say
           ;
           O
           Lord
           ,
           thou
           hast
           ascended
           on
           high
           ,
           thou
           hast
           ledde
           captiuity
           captiue
           .
           Then
           crie
           wee
           out
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           what
           is
           man
           ,
           that
           thou
           art
           so
           mindefull
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           the
           Sonne
           of
           man
           that
           thou
           so
           regardest
           him
           ?
           Oh
           good
           
             IESU
             ,
          
           what
           is
           man
           ,
           that
           thou
           so
           regardest
           him
           ?
           
             Thou
             hast
             cloathed
             mee
             with
             skinne
             and
             flesh
             ,
             and
             hast
             fenced
             mee
             with
             bones
             and
             sinewes
             ,
          
           sayth
           
             Iob
             ,
          
           Chapter
           10
           11.
           
           
             Remember
             ,
             I
             beseech
             thee
             ,
             that
             thou
             hast
             made
             me
             as
             the
             clay
             ,
             and
             wilt
             bring
             mee
             into
             the
             dust
             .
             Hast
             thou
             not
             powred
             mee
             out
             as
             milke
             ,
             and
             crudled
             mee
             as
             cheese
             ?
          
           Chapter
           10.
           ver
           .
           9.
           and
           10.
           
           
             Am
             I
             not
             to
             bee
             consumed
             as
             a
          
           
           
             rotten
             thing
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             garment
             that
             is
             moth-eaten
             ?
          
           How
           then
           can
           it
           be
           that
           I
           ,
           being
           of
           so
           abiect
           and
           corruptible
           a
           constitution
           ,
           should
           bee
           saued
           from
           death
           ,
           by
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           life
           ?
           O
           strange
           and
           admirable
           loue
           !
           as
           farre
           beyond
           comprehension
           ,
           as
           end
           and
           measure
           .
           I
           haue
           sinned
           ,
           &
           thou
           (
           sweet
           Iesu
           )
           hast
           suffered
           ;
           nay
           ,
           and
           I
           haue
           also
           suffered
           in
           thee
           ,
           which
           sufferedst
           for
           me
           .
        
         
           Thus
           by
           thee
           am
           I
           lyable
           neither
           to
           death
           nor
           punishment
           .
           My
           nature
           which
           I
           had
           corrupted
           ,
           thou
           hast
           refined
           ;
           that
           that
           happinesse
           might
           re-accrew
           vnto
           mee
           which
           I
           had
           lost
           by
           the
           fall
           of
           my
           first
           parents
           .
           What
           now
           therefore
           shall
           I
           say
           ?
           How
           shall
           I
           sufficiently
           eyther
           admire
           thy
           power
           ,
           or
           prayse
           thy
           goodnesse
           ?
           Thou
           that
           art
           infinite
           ,
           thou
           that
           art
           neyther
           confined
           to
           time
           or
           place
           ,
           thou
           that
           art
           subiect
           neyther
           to
           death
           or
           passion
           ,
           didst
           out
           of
           thy
           most
           entire
           and
           intensiue
           loue
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           cloathe
           thy selfe
           with
           our
           fraile
           flesh
           incident
           to
           
           both
           .
           Which
           flesh
           of
           ours
           (
           maugre
           the
           Diuels
           malice
           and
           malignity
           )
           thou
           hast
           highlie
           exalted
           it
           ,
           and
           placed
           it
           aboue
           the
           Angels
           ,
           the
           Archangels
           ,
           aboue
           all
           the
           glorious
           Hierarchies
           of
           Heauen
           ,
           euen
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           thy
           Father
           ,
           where
           is
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           ioy
           and
           pleasures
           for
           euer
           more
           .
           But
           before
           thou
           couldst
           ascend
           vnto
           that
           verticall
           point
           and
           
             Meridian
          
           of
           thy
           glorie
           ,
           with
           what
           massie
           loades
           of
           calamities
           wert
           thou
           oppressed
           ?
        
         
           What
           Hunger
           ,
           what
           Thirst
           ,
           what
           Nakednes
           ,
           what
           Iniuryes
           ,
           what
           Reuilings
           ,
           what
           Spittings
           ,
           what
           Stripes
           ,
           what
           Wounds
           ,
           what
           contumelyes
           ,
           what
           disgraces
           ,
           what
           Death
           ,
           and
           Crucifying
           didst
           thou
           most
           mildely
           and
           patiently
           endure
           for
           vs
           !
        
         
           And
           therfore
           ,
           
             Oh
             sweete
             IESU
             ,
          
           giue
           vs
           grace
           ,
           that
           as
           thou
           dyedst
           for
           vs
           ,
           so
           wee
           may
           liue
           heere
           to
           thee
           ,
           and
           hereafter
           with
           thee
           .
           Graunt
           wee
           beseech
           thee
           ,
           that
           thy
           Passion
           may
           be
           our
           perpetuall
           Meditation
           .
        
         
           Oh
           let
           vs
           alwayes
           reflect
           our
           Eyes
           
           vpon
           thee
           ,
           and
           let
           thy
           sufferings
           take
           a
           deepe
           impression
           both
           in
           our
           Memories
           and
           in
           our
           affections
           .
        
         
           And
           graunt
           
             Oh
             sweete
             Sauiour
             ,
          
           that
           wee
           may
           put
           ,
           not
           the
           bodily
           finger
           with
           
             Thomas
             ,
          
           but
           euen
           the
           finger
           of
           Faith
           into
           thy
           side
           ,
           and
           into
           thy
           wounds
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           hand
           of
           Faith
           apprehend
           thy
           merites
           .
        
         
           Graunt
           that
           we
           may
           crucifie
           all
           the
           inordinate
           Lusts
           of
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           all
           our
           wanton
           and
           Lasciuious
           cogitations
           ,
           and
           that
           wee
           may
           be
           like
           thee
           in
           sufferings
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           like
           thee
           in
           glorie
           .
        
         
           That
           wee
           whom
           thou
           hast
           reconciled
           vnto
           thy
           
             FATHER
             ,
          
           we
           whom
           thou
           feedest
           with
           thy
           Flesh
           ,
           we
           whom
           thou
           refreshest
           with
           thy
           Bloud
           ,
           wee
           whome
           thou
           perpetually
           reuiuest
           by
           the
           celestiall
           influence
           of
           thy
           grace
           ,
           may
           hereafter
           bee
           one
           with
           thee
           ,
           as
           thou
           art
           one
           with
           the
           Father
           .
        
         
           To
           whome
           with
           thee
           and
           the
           Holy
           Spirite
           bee
           ascribed
           and
           rendered
           
           all
           power
           ,
           might
           ,
           maiesty
           ,
           dominion
           and
           prayse
           ,
           both
           now
           ,
           and
           for
           euermore
           ,
           AMEN
           .
        
         
           Gratias
           tibi
           Domine
           IESV
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Imprinted
           by
           
             Bernard
             Alsop
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           solde
           at
           his
           house
           by
           Saint
           
             Annes
          
           Church
           neere
           Aldersgate
           .
           1618.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A02894-e550
           
             Gen.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             27.
             23.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Esay
             9.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ioh
             ,
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psa
             :
             118.
             22
             
          
           
             Ver.
             14
             :
          
           
             Ver.
             16.
             
          
           
             Z●p
             .
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             11.
             3.
             
          
           
             Num.
             24.
             17
             
          
           
             Ps
             .
             18.
             14.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             1.
             11.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             40.
             12.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             20.
             12.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             18.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             2.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             2
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             25.
             21.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             29.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             2.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             2.
             21.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A02894-e4420
           
             Iohn
             6.
             
          
           
             Mich.
             6.
             7.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             4.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             5.
             34.
             
          
           
             Ierem.
             9.
             1.
             
          
           
             Esay
             16.
             9.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             57
             ,
             1.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             78
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Deut
             :
             32.
             10
             
          
           
             Ier.
             2.
             12.