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           THE
           Soul's
           Communion
           With
           her
           SAVIOR
           .
        
         
           OR
           ,
           
             The
             History
             of
             our
             Lord
          
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           Written
           by
           FOUR
           EVANGELISTS
           ,
           
             Digested
             into
          
           Devotional
           Meditations
           .
        
         
           
             The
             First
             Part.
          
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             Crooke
          
           at
           the
           
             Green
             Dragon
          
           nigh
           Devereux-Court
           without
           Temple-Bar
           ,
           1685.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           Devout
           Reader
           .
        
         
           SIr
           
             Edwyn
             Sandys
          
           in
           his
           
           
             Europae
             Speculum
          
           observs
           ,
           That
           ,
           as
           one
           principal
           Means
           used
           by
           the
           Papacy
           to
           countermine
           the
           Progress
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           they
           took
           such
           Care
           to
           
             fill
             all
             Countries
             with
             Books
             of
             Prayer
             and
             Piety
             in
             their
             own
             Language
             ,
             that
             they
             forbore
             not
             to
             reproach
             
             the
             Protestants
          
           (
           who
           had
           upbraided
           them
           for
           confining
           the
           Peepl
           to
           the
           dark
           Devotion
           of
           an
           unknown
           Tong
           )
           
             with
             their
             Poverty
             ,
             Weakness
             ,
             and
             Coldness
             in
             that
             kind
             ,
             as
             being
             forced
             to
             take
             the
             Catholick
             Books
             for
          
           their
           
             Supply
             therein
          
           .
           And
           since
           the
           time
           wherin
           he
           made
           that
           Observation
           ,
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           hav
           been
           too
           long
           exposed
           to
           the
           same
           Reproach
           and
           Inconvenience
           :
           for
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           the
           highest
           Mark
           of
           deplorabl
           Servitude
           ,
           that
           
           
             the
             Israelits
             went
             down
             to
             the
          
           
           
             Philistins
             to
             sharpen
             evry
             man
             his
             Share
             and
             his
             Coulter
             and
             
             his
             Ax
             and
             his
             Mattock
          
           ;
           so
           it
           must
           needs
           prov
           a
           very
           dangerous
           Snare
           to
           the
           most
           religious
           Protestants
           that
           they
           were
           constrained
           to
           hav
           Recours
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           for
           their
           best
           Helps
           to
           Devotion
           ;
           whose
           Care
           of
           Souls
           ,
           in
           making
           that
           necessary
           Provision
           for
           Piety
           ,
           carried
           with
           it
           so
           fair
           a
           shew
           of
           tru
           Sanctity
           and
           Godliness
           as
           invited
           too
           many
           of
           the
           unwarily
           Devout
           ,
           first
           to
           a
           favorabl
           Opinion
           and
           then
           to
           the
           absolute
           Espousal
           of
           her
           Errors
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           craftily
           mingled
           and
           recommended
           in
           those
           
           Prayers
           and
           Meditations
           that
           were
           hammer'd
           out
           at
           her
           Forge
           .
           And
           what
           was
           so
           〈◊〉
           a
           Temtation
           to
           win
           her
           Adversaries
           ,
           may
           wel
           be
           thought
           a
           more
           forcibl
           Argument
           to
           establish
           and
           confirm
           her
           own
           Friends
           and
           Abettors
           ,
           to
           her
           〈◊〉
           :
           So
           that
           without
           a
           proportionabl
           Care
           to
           countermine
           her
           Policy
           ,
           there
           could
           be
           littl
           hope
           either
           of
           with-drawing
           any
           of
           her
           Members
           ,
           or
           withholding
           many
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           from
           her
           Communion
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           hath
           both
           exprest
           her self
           sufficiently
           sensib
           
           of
           that
           Defect
           and
           made
           abundant
           Provision
           for
           its
           Supply
           ,
           in
           compiling
           and
           publishing
           such
           and
           such
           store
           of
           Books
           of
           Devotion
           in
           her
           Mother-Tong
           ,
           as
           neither
           the
           Roman
           nor
           any
           of
           the
           Reformed
           can
           boast
           of
           more
           or
           better
           .
           It
           may
           therefore
           be
           questioned
           to
           what
           purpos
           this
           littl
           Tract
           should
           be
           super-added
           to
           those
           many
           excellent
           pieces
           of
           Devout
           Meditation
           already
           in
           Print
           ;
           which
           makes
           me
           judg
           it
           requisit
           to
           giv
           the
           Reader
           som
           short
           Account
           both
           of
           its
           Occasion
           and
           Design
           .
        
         
         
           A
           most
           Excellent
           Person
           ,
           eminent
           (
           not
           to
           mention
           her
           quallity
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           considerabl
           )
           as
           wel
           for
           her
           Devotion
           as
           Intelligence
           ,
           being
           ,
           by
           a
           just
           and
           rational
           Conviction
           of
           those
           gross
           Errors
           and
           Forgeries
           ,
           on
           and
           by
           which
           the
           Church
           (
           or
           rather
           ,
           Court
           )
           of
           Rome
           hath
           founded
           and
           upheld
           her
           Greatness
           ,
           reclaimed
           from
           her
           Communion
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           to
           evidence
           how
           far
           she
           was
           from
           being
           induced
           therunto
           by
           any
           other
           Motiv
           besides
           that
           of
           disinterested
           Religion
           ,
           resolved
           to
           confine
           her self
           to
           
           the
           same
           strict
           Rules
           of
           Devotion
           and
           Abstinence
           ,
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           her
           Protestant
           Principls
           ,
           whereby
           she
           had
           exprest
           her
           exemplary
           Zeal
           in
           the
           Popish
           Superstition
           .
           And
           that
           her
           Soul
           ,
           in
           those
           many
           hours
           which
           she
           daily
           allotted
           for
           Retirement
           ,
           might
           not
           grow
           languid
           and
           dull
           in
           the
           same
           Act
           either
           of
           Prayer
           or
           Reading
           (
           as
           the
           Body
           is
           apt
           to
           becom
           stiff
           and
           unweildy
           if
           long
           held
           to
           the
           self-same
           Posture
           or
           Motion
           )
           these
           brief
           Aspirations
           on
           the
           Gospel-History
           were
           composed
           to
           diversify
           her
           Entertainment
           ,
           
           and
           fill
           up
           those
           Intervals
           which
           a
           pious
           Difcretion
           thought
           requisit
           for
           the
           better
           Improvment
           and
           more
           orderly
           Disposal
           of
           the
           time
           set
           apart
           for
           such
           Religious
           Exercises
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           hath
           been
           thus
           used
           and
           approved
           in
           the
           Devout
           Solitude
           of
           a
           Privat
           Closet
           ,
           now
           appears
           in
           Publik
           with
           Design
           to
           supply
           the
           vacant
           Hours
           of
           other
           pious
           Votaries
           ,
           especially
           at
           such
           times
           as
           either
           the
           wise
           Authority
           of
           our
           Superiors
           ,
           or
           their
           own
           particular
           Resolution
           ,
           shal
           dedicat
           a
           whol
           day
           to
           the
           Duties
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Humiliation
           .
        
         
         
           But
           lest
           that
           different
           Order
           wherinto
           the
           several
           Evangelists
           hav
           cast
           their
           Relation
           of
           our
           Savior's
           Acts
           and
           Speeches
           which
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           hath
           thought
           fit
           to
           transfer
           unto
           succeeding
           Ages
           upon
           Record
           ,
           might
           occasion
           a
           fruitless
           Repetition
           of
           any
           one
           Part
           ,
           or
           an
           unseemly
           Confusion
           in
           the
           Whole
           ;
           I
           have
           reduced
           it
           to
           such
           a
           Method
           which
           Gerard
           and
           Chemnitius
           hav
           digested
           their
           Harmony
           of
           the
           Four
           Gospels
           into
           :
           that
           the
           Religious
           Peruser
           may
           more
           regularly
           pass
           throu
           the
           entire
           History
           ,
           or
           the
           
           more
           readily
           hav
           Recours
           to
           any
           particular
           Transaction
           in
           it
           which
           may
           best
           suit
           with
           the
           present
           Scope
           of
           his
           Devotion
           .
           Wherunto
           if
           this
           small
           Essay
           prov
           any
           way
           serviceabl
           ,
           it
           will
           at
           once
           recompens
           my
           present
           Labor
           and
           encorage
           me
           to
           proceed
           ;
           being
           ardently
           desirous
           to
           express
           my Self
           ,
           in
           Communion
           with
           my
           Savior
           ,
        
         
           
             A
             sincere
             Lover
             of
             Souls
             ,
             P.
             Traheron
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           General
           Prayer
           Preparatory
           to
           the
           ensuing
           Meditations
           .
        
         
           O
           Father
           of
           Mercies
           and
           God
           of
           all
           Consolation
           ,
           
             who
             art
             the
             Fountain
             of
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             ,
          
           my
           So●
           and
           all
           that
           is
           within
           me
           bless
           thy
           Holy
           Name
           ,
           
             for
             sending
             thine
             Only-begotten
             Son
             into
             the
             World
             to
             redeem
             Me
             and
             all
             Mankind
             to
             thine
             Eternal
             Glory
             .
             I
             beseech
             Thee
             withdraw
             mine
             Affections
             from
             this
             World
             ,
             that
             I
             may
          
           serv
           Thee
           in
           Spirit
           and
           in
           Truth
           :
           
             Enlighten
             my
             Understanding
             and
             reform
             my
             Will
             ,
             that
             my
             Heart
             may
             be
             entirely
             united
             to
             Thee
             ,
             and
             (
             all
             other
             Business
             set
             apart
             )
             as
             well
          
           secretly
           among
           the
           Faithful
           ,
           
             as
             openly
          
           in
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           
             adore
             and
             prais
             the
             God
             of
             
             my
             Salvation
             .
             And
             since
          
           the
           Mercies
           of
           GOD
           
             do
             at
             once
             oblige
             and
             encorage
             me
             to
          
           present
           my
           Soul
           and
           Body
           a
           Living
           Sacrifice
           
             at
             thine
             Altar
             ,
             let
             this
             my
          
           Reasonabl
           Service
           
             be
             so
          
           acceptabl
           
             unto
             Thee
          
           ,
           that
           neither
           Death
           ,
           nor
           Life
           ,
           nor
           Angels
           ,
           nor
           Principalities
           ,
           nor
           Powers
           ,
           nor
           Things
           present
           ,
           nor
           Things
           to
           com
           ,
           nor
           Hight
           ,
           nor
           Depth
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           Creature
           be
           abl
           to
           separat
           me
           from
           the
           Lov
           of
           God
           which
           is
           in
           Christ
           JESUS
           our
           LORD
           .
           
             Giv
             me
             a
             clear
             Sight
             into
             all
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             His
             Life
             ,
             and
             a
             du
             Sense
             of
             all
             the
             Miracls
             of
             His
             Lov
             unto
             Death
             ,
             til
             I
             be
             so
             ravished
             with
             the
             Contemplation
             of
             their
             gracious
             Design
             upon
             my
             Soul
             ,
             as
             to
          
           count
           all
           things
           but
           Loss
           for
           the
           Excellency
           of
           the
           Knowledg
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           my
           Lord
           ,
           and
           be
           ready
           to
           suffer
           the
           Loss
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           count
           
           them
           but
           Dung
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           win
           Christ
           ;
           and
           be
           found
           in
           Him
           ,
           not
           having
           mine
           own
           Righteousness
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           throu
           the
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Righteousness
           which
           is
           of
           God
           by
           Faith
           ;
           that
           I
           may
           know
           Him
           ,
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           His
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           the
           Fellowship
           of
           His
           Sufferings
           ,
           being
           made
           conformabl
           unto
           His
           Death
           .
           
             And
             let
             the
             constant
             secret
             Meditation
             of
             His
             Life
             and
             Lov
             ,
             His
             Sufferings
             and
             Glory
             ,
             His
             Virtues
             and
             Graces
             ,
             His
             Precepts
             and
             Promises
             ,
             His
             Presence
             and
             Power
             ,
             be
             the
          
           hidden
           Manna
           
             of
             my
             Soul
             ,
             its
             Food
             and
             Refreshment
             in
             all
             Conditions
             ;
             in
             Afflictions
             ,
             my
             Support
             ;
             in
             Poverty
             ,
             my
             Treasure
             ;
             in
             Reproaches
             ,
             my
             Glory
             ;
             in
             Darkness
             ,
             my
             Light
             ;
             in
             Sickness
             ,
             my
             Health
             ;
             in
             Troubl
             ,
             my
             Repose
             ;
             in
             Prosperity
             my
             Defence
             ;
             in
             Life
             and
             
             Health
             ,
             my
             Joy
             and
             Consolation
             ;
             that
          
           Christ
           
             being
             thus
          
           formed
           in
           me
           ,
           
             I
             may
             (
             through
             Him
          
           who
           giveth
           us
           the
           Victory
           )
           
             overcom
             the
             Vanities
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             the
             Lusts
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             Temtations
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             til
             He
             becom
             my
             Life
             in
             Death
             and
             my
             Happiness
             in
             Heven
             .
          
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           Soul's
           Communion
           WITH
           HER
           SAVIOR
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           Book
           ,
        
         
           
             Containing
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Gospel-History
             as
             relates
             to
             the
             Infancy
             of
             the
             H.
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             that
             time
             of
             his
             Privat
             Life
             which
             passed
             before
             He
             entred
             on
             his
             Publick
             Ministry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             I.
             
               Of
               His
               Incarnation
            
             .
             
             
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               O
               Holy
               and
               Ever-blessed
               Jesu
               ,
               Eternal
               Son
               of
               the
               eternal
               God
               ,
               who
               didst
               descend
               from
               thy
               
                 Father's
                 Bosom
              
               ;
               from
               
               the
               highest
               Hevens
               ,
               thy
               Royal
               Throne
               ,
               to
               this
               Vale
               of
               Misery
               ;
               that
               by
               taking
               My
               Nature
               upon
               Thee
               ,
               Thou
               mightest
               not
               only
               suffer
               and
               satisfy
               for
               Me
               ,
               but
               also
               impart
               Thy
               Nature
               unto
               Me.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 this
                 thine
                 unspeakabl
                 Lov.
                 I
                 adore
                 thee
                 for
                 thine
                 infinit
                 Wisdom
                 and
                 Goodness
                 :
                 I
                 am
                 astonished
                 at
                 thy
                 stupendious
                 Humility
                 and
                 Condescension
                 to
                 lost
                 and
                 undeserving
                 Man.
                 
                   Bow
                   the
                   Hevens
                
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 once
                 more
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   com
                   down
                
                 ,
                 touch
                 my
                 Heart
                 with
                 thine
                 Almighty
                 Power
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 having
                 cast
                 out
                 whatsoever
                 may
                 be
                 offensiv
                 to
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 fill
                 it
                 with
                 thy
                 blessed
                 Presence
                 for
                 ever
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               Blessed
               Jesu
               ,
               whose
               Incarnation
               was
               so
               sublime
               a
               Mystery
               ,
               
               that
               ,
               to
               usher
               in
               a
               matter
               of
               such
               extraordinary
               Concernment
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               
                 the
                 Angel
                 Gabriel
                 
                 was
                 sent
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 unto
                 a
                 City
                 
                 of
                 Galilee
                 named
                 Nazareth
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 Uirgin
                 espoused
                 to
                 a
                 man
                 
                 whose
                 Name
                 was
                 Ioseph
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Hous
                 of
                 David
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Uirgin's
                 Name
                 was
                 Mary
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Glorious
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 
                   making
                   thy
                   Spirits
                   Ministers
                   unto
                   them
                   who
                   shal
                   be
                   Heirs
                   of
                   Salvation
                   .
                
                 As
                 the
                 Angels
                 and
                 Arch-Angels
                 prais
                 Thee
                 ,
                 the
                 Cherubim
                 and
                 Seraphim
                 adore
                 Thee
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 hevenly
                 Host
                 bow
                 down
                 unto
                 Thee
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 fitting
                 upon
                 thy
                 Throne
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 at
                 the
                 lowest
                 Degree
                 of
                 thy
                 Foot-stool
                 ,
                 wherunto
                 thou
                 hast
                 voluntarily
                 humbled
                 thy self
                 in
                 thine
                 Incarnation
                 :
                 So
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 in
                 concurrence
                 with
                 the
                 Celestial
                 Choir
                 ,
                 celebrat
                 
                 this
                 Mystery
                 of
                 thy
                 Lov
                 on
                 Earth
                 ,
                 &
                 worship
                 the
                 Majesty
                 of
                 thy
                 Glory
                 in
                 Heven
                 ,
                 til
                 my
                 Life
                 becom
                 Angelical
                 by
                 rejoicing
                 in
                 Thee
                 and
                 in
                 Thy
                 Salvation
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               When
               
                 the
                 Angel
                 came
                 in
                 unto
                 
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 thou
                 that
                 art
                 highly
                 favored
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 is
                 with
                 thee
                 ;
                 blessed
                 art
                 thou
                 among
                 Women
                 :
                 she
                 cast
                 in
                 her
                 mind
                 what
                 manner
                 of
                 Salutation
                 
                 this
                 should
                 be
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 Holy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Blessed
                 Jesu
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 thine
                 Eternal
                 Lov
                 to
                 this
                 Holy
                 Virgin
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 all
                 Mankind
                 in
                 her
                 .
                 O
                 make
                 me
                 sensibl
                 how
                 highly
                 I
                 my self
                 am
                 favor'd
                 in
                 this
                 great
                 Transaction
                 ,
                 since
                 She
                 was
                 thus
                 blessed
                 among
                 Women
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   all
                   the
                   Families
                   of
                   the
                   Earth
                
                 might
                 
                   be
                   blessed
                   in
                
                 her
                 
                 Seed
                 .
                 A
                 Salutation
                 of
                 such
                 infinit
                 Importance
                 doth
                 worthily
                 deserv
                 to
                 be
                 frequently
                 revolved
                 in
                 our
                 minds
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 being
                 particularly
                 brought
                 to
                 a
                 privat
                 Family
                 in
                 Jewry
                 ,
                 hath
                 prov'd
                 of
                 universal
                 Concernment
                 to
                 the
                 whol
                 World.
                 O
                 let
                 me
                 also
                 tast
                 and
                 see
                 how
                 gracious
                 the
                 Lord
                 hath
                 been
                 to
                 my
                 Soul
                 :
                 No
                 matter
                 for
                 the
                 Favor
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 so
                 we
                 find
                 Grace
                 with
                 God.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               4.
               
            
             
               While
               
                 she
                 was
                 troubled
                 at
                 
                 his
                 saying
                 ,
                 the
                 Angel
                 said
                 unto
                 
                 her
                 ,
                 Fear
                 not
                 Mary
                 ,
                 for
                 thou
                 hast
                 found
                 favor
                 with
                 God.
                 And
                 
                 behold
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 〈◊〉
                 in
                 thy
                 womb
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 forth
                 a
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 shalt
                 call
                 his
                 Name
                 Iuses
                 :
                 He
                 shal
                 be
                 great
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 shal
                 be
                 called
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 the
                 Highest
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 God
                 shal
                 giv
                 unto
                 him
                 the
                 Chrone
                 of
                 
                 his
                 Father
                 David
                 .
                 And
                 he
                 shal
                 
                 reign
                 over
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 Iacob
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 his
                 Kingdom
                 there
                 shal
                 be
                 no
                 end
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 for
                 thy
                 great
                 Glory
                 and
                 endless
                 Soveraignty
                 ,
                 for
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 thy
                 
                   Kingdom
                   is
                   an
                   everlasting
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   thy
                   Dominion
                   endureth
                   throu-out
                   all
                   Generations
                   .
                
                 O
                 thou
                 Root
                 and
                 Off-spring
                 of
                 David
                 ,
                 vouchsafe
                 to
                 extend
                 thy
                 Scepter
                 over
                 all
                 Nations
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 
                   for
                   Salvation
                   to
                   the
                   Ends
                   of
                   the
                   Earth
                   ,
                
                 that
                 under
                 thy
                 Government
                 all
                 Peopl
                 being
                 saved
                 from
                 their
                 Sins
                 may
                 liv
                 and
                 prosper
                 in
                 Peace
                 and
                 Holiness
                 .
                 Sit
                 upon
                 the
                 Throne
                 of
                 my
                 heart
                 by
                 the
                 Power
                 and
                 Presence
                 of
                 thy
                 Holy
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 reign
                 over
                 all
                 the
                 faculties
                 of
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 subdu
                 them
                 to
                 thy
                 Will
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 thou
                 my
                 God
                 and
                 King
                 forever
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               5.
               
            
             
               
                 Then
                 said
                 Mary
                 to
                 the
                 Angel
                 ,
                 
                 How
                 shal
                 this
                 be
                 ,
                 seeing
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 a
                 Man
                 ?
              
               Wherunto
               
                 the
                 Angel
                 answered
                 ,
                 The
                 Holy
                 
                 Ghost
                 shal
                 com
                 upon
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Highest
                 shal
                 overshadow
                 thee
                 ,
                 therfore
                 also
                 that
                 Holy
                 Thing
                 which
                 shal
                 be
                 born
                 of
                 thee
                 shall
                 be
                 called
                 The
                 Son
                 of
                 GOD.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 the
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 thou
                 
                   Son
                   of
                   God
                
                 ,
                 for
                 thine
                 in
                 finit
                 Condescension
                 to
                 becom
                 the
                 
                   Son
                   of
                   Man.
                
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 less
                 Blessed
                 and
                 Mysterious
                 to
                 conceiv
                 Thee
                 in
                 the
                 Heart
                 by
                 Faith
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 carry
                 Thee
                 in
                 the
                 Womb
                 of
                 Flesh
                 :
                 Send
                 therefore
                 ,
                 I
                 befeech
                 thee
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 Spirit
                 and
                 Power
                 to
                 rest
                 upon
                 mine
                 Affections
                 ,
                 til
                 
                   Christ
                   be
                   formed
                   in
                
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 thy
                 Humility
                 and
                 Holiness
                 ,
                 
                 thy
                 Life
                 and
                 Lov
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 brought
                 forth
                 in
                 my
                 Conversation
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 adapt
                 me
                 to
                 be
                 called
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               6.
               
            
             
               Holy
               Jesu
               ,
               who
               ,
               for
               the
               more
               
               rational
               Engagement
               of
               the
               Virgins
               Faith
               ,
               didst
               further
               acquaint
               her
               by
               the
               same
               Angel
               ,
               
                 Behold
                 ,
                 thy
                 Cousin
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 
                 called
                 barren
                 ,
                 she
                 also
                 hath
                 conceived
                 a
                 Son
                 in
                 her
                 old
                 Age.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 Becaus
                 
                   with
                   God
                   nothing
                   
                   shal
                   be
                   unpossibl
                   .
                
                 This
                 Maxim
                 may
                 suffice
                 to
                 silence
                 all
                 the
                 Cavilling
                 Inquiries
                 of
                 human
                 Reason
                 ,
                 
                   How
                   this
                   should
                   be
                
                 :
                 For
                 the
                 same
                 Power
                 that
                 makes
                 the
                 barren
                 Womb
                 fruitful
                 ,
                 can
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 facility
                 dispens
                 with
                 those
                 Laws
                 of
                 Nature
                 that
                 render
                 it
                 unlikely
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 a
                 
                 Virgin-Mother
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 by
                 breathing
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 was
                 abl
                 to
                 make
                 
                   dry
                   Bones
                   liv
                
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 very
                 rationaly
                 believed
                 of
                 sufficient
                 Power
                 to
                 impregnat
                 a
                 Virgin
                 's
                 Womb.
                 And
                 therefore
                 ,
                 in
                 Considering
                 this
                 transcendent
                 Mystery
                 of
                 my
                 Savior's
                 Incarnation
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 rather
                 admire
                 and
                 recount
                 his
                 Goodness
                 and
                 Truth
                 ,
                 than
                 question
                 his
                 Power
                 ,
                 or
                 pry
                 into
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 its
                 Accomplishment
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 all
                 his
                 Trials
                 of
                 my
                 Faith
                 or
                 Pati
                 nce
                 ,
                 my
                 Soul
                 shal
                 say
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   the
                   〈◊〉
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                
                 did
                 ,
                 
                 
                   Be
                   it
                   unto
                   me
                   according
                   unto
                   thy
                   〈◊〉
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               7.
               
            
             
               Upon
               this
               Information
               the
               Blessed
               Virgin
               
                 Mary
                 arose
                 and
                 
                 went
                 iuto
                 the
                 Hill-Country
                 to
                 the
                 Hous
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
              
               to
               visit
               her
               Cousin
               Elizabeth
               ,
               who
               no
               
               sooner
               
                 heard
                 her
                 Salutation
              
               ,
               but
               
                 the
                 Babe
                 leaped
                 in
                 her
                 Womb
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 was
                 filled
                 with
                 
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 Ghost
                 :
              
               so
               that
               
                 she
                 said
                 with
                 a
                 〈◊〉
                 voice
                 ,
                 Blessed
                 
                 art
                 thou
                 among
                 women
                 ,
                 and
                 blessed
                 is
                 the
                 fruit
                 of
                 thy
                 womb
                 ,
                 whence
                 is
                 it
                 that
                 the
                 Mother
                 of
                 my
                 Lord
                 should
                 com
                 to
                 me
                 ?
              
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 this
                 marvelous
                 Effect
                 of
                 thy
                 Presence
                 ,
                 O
                 Blessed
                 Jesu
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 powerful
                 Influence
                 of
                 thy
                 Spirit
                 manifest
                 therin
                 ,
                 even
                 before
                 thy
                 Manifestation
                 to
                 the
                 World.
                 Help
                 me
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 so
                 to
                 correspond
                 with
                 Thee
                 in
                 thy
                 gracious
                 Visitations
                 as
                 to
                 discharge
                 all
                 the
                 Offices
                 of
                 Lov
                 ,
                 Friendship
                 ,
                 and
                 Christian
                 Piety
                 incumbent
                 on
                 me
                 toward
                 all
                 Relations
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 also
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 Joy
                 unto
                 thy
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 such
                 unto
                 Me
                 ,
                 as
                 Thou
                 art
                 unto
                 
                 us
                 all
                 .
                 And
                 let
                 
                   the
                   voice
                   of
                   
                   thy
                   Salutation
                   ,
                   sounded
                   in
                   mine
                   
                   Ears
                
                 by
                 the
                 Ministry
                 of
                 thy
                 Word
                 ,
                 make
                 me
                 Blessed
                 in
                 believing
                 that
                 
                   there
                   shal
                   be
                   a
                   Performanre
                   of
                   those
                   things
                   which
                   were
                   told
                
                 us
                 
                   from
                   the
                   Lord
                
                 ,
                 as
                 wel
                 concerning
                 the
                 second
                 Coming
                 to
                 judg
                 the
                 World
                 as
                 hath
                 already
                 been
                 of
                 thy
                 first
                 Coming
                 to
                 redeem
                 it
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               8.
               
            
             
               O
               my
               dear
               Redeemer
               ,
               who
               ,
               in
               making
               choice
               of
               this
               Holy
               Virgin
               to
               be
               thy
               Happy
               Mother
               ,
               hast
               
                 regarded
                 the
                 low
                 Estate
                 of
                 
                 thy
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
              
               preferring
               that
               before
               all
               the
               outward
               Pomp
               and
               Grandeur
               wherwith
               we
               are
               too
               fondly
               taken
               ,
               to
               giv
               us
               an
               instructiv
               Instance
               that
               Humility
               is
               the
               Fountain
               and
               Fore-runner
               of
               Honor
               ,
               
                 for
                 behold
                 from
                 thenceforth
                 all
                 Generations
                 do
                 call
                 〈◊〉
                 Blessed
                 :
              
            
             
               
               
                 My
                 Soul
                 doth
                 magnify
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 
              
               
                 
                   For
                   He
                   that
                   is
                   Mighty
                   hath
                   don
                   great
                   things
                   ,
                   and
                   Holy
                   is
                   
                   his
                   Name
                   ;
                   He
                   hath
                   shewed
                   strength
                   with
                   his
                   Arm
                   ,
                   when
                   He
                   
                   put
                   down
                   the
                   mighty
                   from
                   their
                   Seats
                   ,
                   and
                   exalted
                   them
                   
                   of
                   low
                   degree
                   ,
                   to
                   help
                   his
                   Servant
                   Israel
                   in
                   remembrance
                   of
                   
                   his
                   Mercy
                   .
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 Poor
                 and
                 Lowly
                 in
                 heart
                 are
                 so
                 acceptabl
                 in
                 thine
                 Eys
                 ,
                 teach
                 me
                 to
                 lov
                 Retirement
                 and
                 delight
                 in
                 Devotion
                 as
                 this
                 Elect
                 Virgin
                 did
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 me
                 truly
                 content
                 and
                 happy
                 in
                 the
                 lowest
                 degree
                 wherin
                 thy
                 Providence
                 shal
                 think
                 fit
                 to
                 place
                 me
                 .
                 And
                 since
                 thou
                 art
                 graciously
                 inclined
                 to
                 
                   fill
                   the
                   hungry
                   〈◊〉
                   good
                   things
                   ,
                
                 let
                 her
                 Faith
                 in
                 relying
                 
                 on
                 God's
                 ancient
                 Promises
                 of
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 which
                 
                   he
                   spake
                   to
                   our
                
                 
                 
                 
                   Fathers
                   ,
                   to
                   Abraham
                   and
                   to
                   his
                   Seed
                   for
                   ever
                
                 ;
                 her
                 Wisdom
                 in
                 treasuring
                 up
                 all
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 tho
                 Mysterious
                 Verities
                 ;
                 her
                 constant
                 Obedience
                 to
                 thy
                 revealed
                 Will
                 ;
                 her
                 exemplary
                 Humility
                 amidst
                 all
                 thy
                 Graces
                 conferr'd
                 upon
                 her
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Prais
                 and
                 Thanksgiving
                 wherwith
                 she
                 
                   rejoiced
                   in
                   
                   God
                
                 her
                 Savior
                 ,
                 added
                 to
                 her
                 modest
                 Chastity
                 and
                 holy
                 Fear
                 ,
                 replenish
                 and
                 adorn
                 my
                 Soul
                 and
                 Life
                 in
                 all
                 Estates
                 and
                 Conditions
                 :
                 for
                 thy
                 
                   Mercy
                   is
                   on
                   them
                   that
                   fear
                   Thee
                   from
                   Generation
                   
                   to
                   Generation
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               9.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               
                 Day
                 spring
                 from
                 on
                 
                 high
                 ,
              
               who
               
                 throu
                 the
                 tender
                 Mercy
                 
                 of
                 our
                 God
                 hast
                 visited
                 us
                 ,
                 to
                 giv
                 Light
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 in
                 
                 Darkness
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Shadow
                 of
                 Death
                 ,
                 to
                 guide
                 our
                 Feet
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Peace
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Blessed
                 be
                 the
                 Lord
                 God
                 of
                 Israel
                 ,
                 
              
               
                 
                   For
                   he
                   hath
                   visited
                   and
                   redeemed
                   his
                   Peopl
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   
                   raised
                   up
                   an
                   horn
                   of
                   Salvation
                   for
                   us
                   in
                   the
                   house
                   of
                   his
                   Servant
                   David
                   .
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 
                   grant
                   unto
                   us
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   being
                   delivered
                   
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   our
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   may
                   serv
                
                 Thee
                 
                   without
                   fear
                   ,
                   in
                   Holiness
                   and
                   Righteousness
                   before
                
                 Thee
                 
                   all
                   the
                   days
                   
                   of
                   our
                   Life
                
                 ;
                 till
                 we
                 acquire
                 the
                 saving
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   of
                   thy
                   Salvation
                   given
                   unto
                   thy
                   Peopl
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Remission
                   of
                   their
                   Sins
                   .
                
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               10.
               
            
             
               Holy
               Jesu
               ,
               With
               what
               Wisdom
               didst
               thou
               delay
               thine
               Incarnation
               so
               long
               ?
               With
               what
               Mercy
               no
               longer
               ?
               Thou
               didst
               defer
               it
               so
               long
               ,
               that
               the
               Scriptures
               fore-going
               it
               might
               testify
               of
               Thee
               ,
               according
               to
               that
               saying
               ,
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 Volume
                 of
                 the
                 Book
                 it
                 is
                 written
                 of
                 Me
              
               ;
               to
               the
               end
               all
               holy
               Souls
               ,
               in
               the
               sundry
               Ages
               and
               Nations
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               might
               be
               filled
               with
               Expectations
               &
               Desires
               of
               Thy
               Coming
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               confirmed
               in
               their
               Faith
               by
               the
               Prophecies
               accordingly
               fulfilled
               .
               Yet
               wouldst
               thou
               not
               delay
               it
               longer
               ,
               that
               the
               Over-flowings
               of
               thy
               Lov
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 Fulness
                 of
                 Time
              
               ,
               might
               satisfy
               all
               holy
               Longings
               with
               the
               Accomplishment
               of
               thy
               wonderful
               Incarnation
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               our
               compleat
               Redemtion
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 
                   exceeding
                   Riches
                   of
                
                 thy
                 Grace
                 and
                 Wisdom
                 treasured
                 up
                 in
                 this
                 thy
                 mysterious
                 and
                 sacred
                 Dispensation
                 :
                 Beseeching
                 thee
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 Thou
                 art
                 
                   the
                   〈◊〉
                   of
                   all
                   Nations
                
                 ,
                 so
                 to
                 render
                 thy self
                 
                   altogether
                   lovly
                
                 in
                 mine
                 
                 eys
                 .
                 O
                 vouchsafe
                 to
                 com
                 into
                 my
                 Soul
                 in
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 thy
                 Compassion
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Pardon
                 of
                 my
                 Sins
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 ,
                 to
                 subdu
                 my
                 Lusts
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 thy
                 Power
                 ,
                 to
                 strengthen
                 me
                 in
                 resisting
                 Temtations
                 ;
                 as
                 thou
                 camest
                 in
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 thy
                 Lov
                 ,
                 to
                 redeem
                 me
                 from
                 their
                 malevolent
                 Influence
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               11.
               
            
             
               O
               Blessed
               Jesu
               ,
               who
               didst
               endure
               nine
               Months
               Confinement
               in
               thy
               Mother's
               Womb
               ,
               
                 til
                 the
                 
                 days
                 were
                 accomplished
                 that
                 she
                 should
                 be
                 delivered
                 ,
              
               that
               beginning
               at
               the
               Root
               of
               our
               Nature
               thou
               mightest
               throuly
               cleans
               its
               Original
               Corruption
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 thy
                 patient
                 Conformity
                 to
                 thine
                 own
                 Laws
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 
                 attending
                 till
                 her
                 ordinary
                 Time
                 and
                 Method
                 should
                 open
                 the
                 doors
                 of
                 the
                 Matrix
                 for
                 thy
                 Releas
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 moderat
                 that
                 Impatience
                 wherwith
                 we
                 usualy
                 crave
                 any
                 expected
                 Good
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Eagerness
                 of
                 mind
                 which
                 precipitats
                 us
                 into
                 irregular
                 Courses
                 to
                 evade
                 whatsoever
                 we
                 fancy
                 uneasy
                 or
                 troublsom
                 :
                 And
                 when
                 I
                 am
                 reduced
                 to
                 any
                 great
                 Strait
                 ,
                 enabl
                 me
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 contented
                 Patience
                 and
                 humbl
                 Resignation
                 ,
                 to
                 wait
                 on
                 Thee
                 ,
                 my
                 best
                 Aid
                 and
                 Exemplar
                 ,
                 for
                 Deliverance
                 in
                 thy
                 good
                 time
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               12.
               
            
             
               
                 When
                 as
                 his
                 Mother
                 Mary
              
               ,
               
               being
               
                 espoused
                 to
                 Joseph
                 ,
                 was
                 
                 found
                 with
                 Child
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 came
                 together
              
               ;
               and
               that
               
                 just
                 
                 man
                 ,
                 not
                 willing
                 to
                 make
                 her
                 a
                 public
                 Exampl
                 ,
                 was
                 minded
                 to
                 put
                 her
                 away
                 privily
                 ;
                 the
                 
                 Angel
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 appeared
                 unto
                 
                 him
                 in
                 a
                 Dream
                 saying
                 ,
                 Joseph
                 thou
                 Son
                 of
                 David
                 ,
                 fear
                 not
                 to
                 take
                 Mary
                 thy
                 wife
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 conceived
                 in
                 her
                 ,
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ;
                 and
                 she
                 
                 shal
                 bring
                 forth
                 a
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 shalt
                 call
                 his
                 Name
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 shal
                 save
                 his
                 Peepl
                 from
                 their
                 Sins
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 celebrat
                 thy
                 saving
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 fulfilling
                 that
                 
                   which
                   was
                   
                   spoken
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   by
                   the
                   Prophet
                   ,
                   saying
                   ,
                   Behold
                   a
                   Uirgin
                   
                   shal
                   be
                   with
                   Child
                   ,
                   and
                   shal
                   bring
                   forth
                   a
                   Son
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   shal
                   call
                   his
                   Name
                   Emmanuel
                   .
                
                 Evidence
                 thy self
                 ,
                 O
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 
                   God
                   with
                   Us.
                
                 in
                 making
                 us
                 tender
                 of
                 our
                 Neighbor's
                 Reputation
                 ;
                 and
                 instead
                 of
                 judging
                 rashly
                 according
                 to
                 appearance
                 ,
                 let
                 us
                 rather
                 follow
                 the
                 Dictats
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 from
                 the
                 
                 immediat
                 Direction
                 of
                 thy
                 Holy
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 yet
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 charitabl
                 Prescriptions
                 of
                 thy
                 Holy
                 Word
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               13.
               
            
             
               
                 Then
                 Joseph
                 being
                 raised
                 
                 from
                 Sleep
                 did
                 as
                 the
                 Angel
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 had
                 bidden
                 him
                 ,
              
               laying
               aside
               all
               the
               unkind
               Determinations
               of
               his
               mistaken
               Jealousy
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
                 O
                 God
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 that
                 steddy
                 Faith
                 and
                 perfect
                 Resignation
                 wherwith
                 this
                 thy
                 Servant
                 entertained
                 the
                 Intimation
                 of
                 thy
                 Divine
                 Will
                 ,
                 who
                 
                   was
                   not
                   disobedient
                   to
                   the
                   hevenly
                   Vision
                   ,
                
                 but
                 readily
                 submitted
                 to
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 the
                 Message
                 without
                 disputing
                 the
                 Truth
                 or
                 Possibility
                 of
                 the
                 Mystery
                 therin
                 revealed
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 render
                 me
                 more
                 
                 inclinabl
                 to
                 employ
                 my
                 Talent
                 in
                 a
                 hearty
                 Obedience
                 to
                 thine
                 express
                 Commands
                 ,
                 than
                 spend
                 my
                 Time
                 in
                 the
                 fruitless
                 Disquisition
                 of
                 those
                 unaccountabl
                 〈◊〉
                 which
                 thou
                 hast
                 been
                 pleased
                 to
                 reveal
                 from
                 Heven
                 :
                 And
                 let
                 his
                 unparallel'd
                 Abstinence
                 who
                 
                   took
                   unto
                   him
                   his
                   
                   Wife
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   knew
                   her
                   not
                   til
                   she
                   had
                   brought
                   forth
                   her
                   first-born
                   Son
                   ,
                
                 not
                 only
                 so
                 shame
                 all
                 mine
                 inordinat
                 Affections
                 and
                 engage
                 me
                 to
                 
                   abstain
                   from
                   fleshly
                   Lusts
                   which
                   war
                   against
                   my
                   Soul
                   ,
                
                 as
                 to
                 
                   keep
                   under
                   my
                   Body
                   and
                   bring
                   it
                   into
                   Subjection
                
                 ;
                 but
                 withall
                 heighten
                 our
                 Esteem
                 and
                 Emulation
                 of
                 the
                 transcendent
                 Chastity
                 and
                 conjugal
                 Lov
                 of
                 that
                 immaculat
                 Pair
                 whom
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Heven
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 honor
                 and
                 entrust
                 with
                 the
                 Birth
                 and
                 Breeding
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Son
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 not
                 so
                 styled
                 
                   her
                   First-born
                
                 
                 as
                 to
                 imply
                 there
                 ever
                 was
                 any
                 other
                 succeeding
                 Fruit
                 of
                 her
                 Womb
                 ;
                 the
                 Mother
                 of
                 God
                 being
                 worthily
                 believed
                 an
                 Eternal
                 Virgin
                 ,
                 as
                 wel
                 In
                 and
                 After
                 as
                 Before
                 the
                 Bringing
                 forth
                 of
                 that
                 Son
                 whose
                 
                   Name
                   they
                   called
                   JESUS
                
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 mystical
                 Import
                 of
                 that
                 abstruse
                 Prophecy
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 44th
                 Chapter
                 of
                 Ezekiel
                 ,
                 
                   This
                   Gate
                   shal
                   be
                   shut
                   ,
                   it
                   shal
                   not
                   be
                   open'd
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   man
                   shal
                   enter
                   in
                   by
                   it
                   ;
                   becaus
                   the
                   Lord
                   the
                   God
                   of
                   Israel
                   hath
                   enter'd
                   in
                   by
                   it
                   ,
                   therefore
                   it
                   shal
                   be
                   shut
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               14.
               
            
             
               O
               Dear
               Jesus
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               same
               Act
               of
               assuming
               our
               Humanity
               〈◊〉
               also
               evidence
               thy
               Divinity
               ,
               being
               as
               well
               
                 conceived
                 by
                 the
                 H.
                 Ghost
              
               as
               
                 born
                 of
                 a
                 Virgin.
              
               
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 adore
                 thine
                 Eternal
                 God-head
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 thy
                 great
                 Wisdom
                 and
                 Care
                 in
                 the
                 Discovery
                 and
                 Confirmation
                 of
                 this
                 sublime
                 Mystery
                 of
                 thy
                 Hypostatical
                 Union
                 ;
                 which
                 thou
                 didst
                 not
                 only
                 transact
                 in
                 Secret
                 by
                 the
                 Message
                 of
                 the
                 Angel
                 Gabriel
                 ,
                 the
                 Overshadowing
                 of
                 the
                 
                   H.
                   Ghost
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Conception
                 of
                 the
                 Virgin
                 Mary
                 ;
                 but
                 hast
                 openly
                 ratified
                 by
                 the
                 Report
                 of
                 those
                 Shepherds
                 that
                 had
                 seen
                 a
                 Vision
                 of
                 Angels
                 by
                 the
                 Brightness
                 of
                 the
                 Star
                 which
                 appeared
                 in
                 the
                 Hevens
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Deportment
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Wise
                   men
                
                 whom
                 it
                 conducted
                 from
                 the
                 East
                 to
                 Jerusalem
                 ;
                 by
                 the
                 Testimony
                 of
                 Simeon
                 and
                 Anna
                 in
                 the
                 Templ
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 of
                 thy
                 Precursor
                 John
                 the
                 Baptist
                 in
                 the
                 Wilderness
                 :
                 All
                 publick
                 and
                 unquestionable
                 Arguments
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 
                 confirm
                 as
                 exhibit
                 the
                 Truth
                 and
                 Import
                 of
                 the
                 Annunciation
                 made
                 in
                 privat
                 to
                 the
                 devout
                 Virgin
                 ;
                 that
                 this
                 first
                 Step
                 towards
                 the
                 Great
                 Act
                 of
                 our
                 Redemtion
                 ,
                 being
                 alike
                 Glorious
                 within
                 and
                 without
                 ,
                 might
                 appear
                 worthy
                 to
                 be
                 received
                 of
                 All
                 with
                 full
                 Assurance
                 ,
                 and
                 contemplated
                 by
                 All
                 with
                 infinit
                 Gratitude
                 and
                 Delight
                 .
              
               
                 
                   O
                   my
                   dear
                   and
                   gracious
                   Redeemer
                   ,
                   whose
                   Humanity
                   and
                   Divinity
                   are
                   inseperably
                   united
                   ,
                   in
                   Thee
                   
                     are
                     hid
                     all
                     the
                     Treasures
                     of
                     Wisdom
                     and
                     Knowledg
                     ,
                  
                   being
                   
                     filled
                     with
                     the
                     Fulness
                     of
                     God.
                  
                   Grant
                   ,
                   throu
                   the
                   Dispensation
                   of
                   thy
                   Grace
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   same
                   Godhead
                   which
                   
                     dwelleth
                     in
                  
                   Thee
                   bodily
                   ,
                   may
                   spiritualy
                   abide
                   in
                   Me
                   ;
                   that
                   ,
                   as
                   thy
                   Body
                   is
                   united
                   to
                   thy
                   Soul
                   and
                   both
                   unto
                   God
                   ,
                   so
                   my
                   
                   Body
                   may
                   be
                   incorporat
                   with
                   thine
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Soul
                   enflamed
                   with
                   such
                   a
                   degree
                   of
                   thy
                   Lov
                   as
                   shal
                   be
                   an
                   Earnest
                   of
                   our
                   ever-lasting
                   Union
                   .
                   Fill
                   me
                   with
                   great
                   and
                   reverent
                   Apprehensions
                   of
                   that
                   inexpressibl
                   Honor
                   wherunto
                   we
                   are
                   advanced
                   in
                   Our
                   Union
                   with
                   the
                   Deity
                   ,
                   in
                   regard
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   End
                   and
                   Effect
                   of
                   Thine
                   ;
                   and
                   let
                   this
                   Consideration
                   disentangl
                   me
                   from
                   all
                   things
                   here
                   below
                   ,
                   that
                   living
                   the
                   Life
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   from
                   which
                   the
                   whol
                   World
                   is
                   alienated
                   by
                   Sin
                   ,
                   I
                   may
                   enter
                   into
                   an
                   Hevenly
                   
                     Fellowship
                     with
                     the
                     Father
                     and
                     with
                     his
                     Son
                     Jesus
                     Christ
                  
                   for
                   ever
                   .
                
              
               
                 Amen
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             II.
             
               Of
               His
               Nativity
            
             .
             
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               O
               Thou
               
                 King
                 of
                 Kings
                 and
                 Lord
                 of
                 Lords
                 ,
              
               who
               dost
               dispose
               and
               turn
               the
               hearts
               of
               Earthly
               Monarchs
               as
               it
               seemeth
               best
               to
               thy
               Godly
               Wisdom
               ,
               making
               that
               〈◊〉
               which
               went
               
                 out
                 from
                 Cesar
                 Augustus
                 that
                 
                   
                     verse
                  
                   1
                
                 all
                 the
                 World
                 should
                 be
                 tared
                 ,
              
               subservient
               to
               thy
               Celestial
               Decree
               long
               before
               
                 Cyrenius
                 was
                 
                 Governor
                 of
                 Syria
              
               revealed
               by
               thy
               H.
               Prophets
               touching
               the
               place
               
                 where
                 Christ
                 should
                 be
                 born
              
               :
               for
               ,
               in
               Obedience
               to
               the
               Imperial
               Edict
               
                 All
                 went
                 to
                 be
                 
                 tared
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 one
                 into
                 his
                 own
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 Joseph
                 went
                 up
                 from
                 Galilee
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 Nazareth
                 ,
              
               
               
               
                 into
                 Judea
                 ,
                 unto
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 David
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 called
                 Betl
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 tared
                 with
                 Mary
                 his
                 espoused
                 wife
              
               then
               
                 great
                 with
                 Child
              
               ,
               in
               such
               a
               juncture
               
               of
               time
               ,
               
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 they
                 were
                 there
                 the
                 days
                 were
                 accomplished
                 
                 that
                 she
                 should
                 be
                 delivered
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 thy
                 over-ruling
                 Wisdom
                 and
                 Providence
                 in
                 making
                 those
                 Occurrences
                 ,
                 which
                 seem
                 contingent
                 ,
                 and
                 arbitrary
                 to
                 human
                 Reason
                 ,
                 instrumental
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 
                   good
                   purpos
                   of
                
                 thy
                 Divine
                 Will
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 what
                 the
                 Prophet
                 Micah
                 had
                 fore-told
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 Chief
                 Priests
                 and
                 Scribes
                 themselves
                 did
                 readily
                 explain
                 and
                 apply
                 it
                 )
                 may
                 at
                 this
                 day
                 serv
                 for
                 the
                 Direction
                 and
                 Establishment
                 of
                 our
                 Faith
                 in
                 the
                 tru
                 〈◊〉
                 .
                 
                 Lord
                 ,
                 let
                 that
                 admirabl
                 Concent
                 and
                 Harmony
                 between
                 thy
                 Old
                 and
                 New
                 Testament
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 evident
                 in
                 this
                 and
                 many
                 other
                 singular
                 Instances
                 of
                 thy
                 Truth
                 and
                 Power
                 ,
                 be
                 effectual
                 to
                 convince
                 the
                 obstinat
                 Jews
                 ,
                 convert
                 the
                 unbelieving
                 .
                 Gentils
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 All
                 Mankind
                 to
                 
                   the
                   Obedience
                   of
                   Faith
                
                 in
                 
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                
                 our
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               
                 most
                 High
                 Possessor
                 of
                 Heven
                 and
                 Earth
                 ,
              
               who
               didst
               humbl
               thy self
               to
               be
               
                 wrapped
                 in
                 Swadling
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 in
                 a
                 Manger
                 ,
                 becaus
                 there
                 was
                 
                 no
                 〈◊〉
                 in
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
              
               having
               made
               choice
               of
               a
               poor
               Virgin
               for
               thy
               Mother
               and
               a
               mean
               Carpenter
               to
               pass
               for
               thy
               reputed
               Father
               ,
               both
               being
               destitute
               (
               not
               only
               of
               a
               numerous
               Train
               of
               Attendants
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               Marks
               of
               
               Worldly
               Pomp
               and
               Grandeur
               ,
               but
               even
               )
               of
               ordinary
               Conveniences
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 Glorious
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 thus
                 
                   taking
                   upon
                
                 Thee
                 
                   the
                   form
                   of
                   a
                   Servant
                
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 mightest
                 heal
                 the
                 Error
                 of
                 our
                 Ignorance
                 and
                 Ambition
                 .
                 Let
                 the
                 continual
                 memory
                 of
                 this
                 thy
                 blessed
                 Exampl
                 giv
                 an
                 effectual
                 Check
                 to
                 the
                 Vanity
                 of
                 my
                 Mind
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 utter
                 extirpation
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Pride
                 or
                 Avarice
                 incident
                 to
                 my
                 Nature
                 :
                 And
                 ,
                 having
                 dispossessed
                 all
                 sensual
                 Thoughts
                 and
                 beastly
                 Appetits
                 of
                 that
                 Room
                 which
                 entirely
                 belongs
                 to
                 Thee
                 ,
                 be
                 thou
                 pleased
                 to
                 accept
                 of
                 my
                 poor
                 Heart
                 ,
                 as
                 thou
                 didst
                 of
                 that
                 homely
                 Stabl
                 to
                 reside
                 in
                 ,
                 supplying
                 their
                 place
                 with
                 such
                 unfeigned
                 Humility
                 as
                 may
                 render
                 me
                 cheerfully
                 contented
                 in
                 all
                 Estates
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 
                 impart
                 needful
                 Consolation
                 to
                 the
                 Poor
                 ,
                 a
                 sanctified
                 Poverty
                 of
                 Spirit
                 to
                 the
                 Rich
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 abundant
                 Riches
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 to
                 All.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               There
               being
               
                 in
                 〈◊〉
                 saine
                 
                 Country
                 Shepherds
                 abiding
                 in
                 the
                 field
                 ,
                 keeping
                 Watch
                 over
                 their
                 Flock
                 by
                 night
                 ,
                 the
                 Angel
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 came
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 Fear
                 not
                 ,
                 
                 for
                 behold
                 ,
                 I
                 bring
                 you
                 glad
                 Tidings
                 of
                 great
                 Joy
                 which
                 
                 shal
                 be
                 to
                 all
                 Peepl
                 ;
                 〈◊〉
                 unto
                 
                 You
                 is
                 born
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 David
                 ,
                 a
                 Savior
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 Christ
                 the
                 Lord
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 this
                 admirabl
                 mixture
                 of
                 Humility
                 and
                 Glory
                 wherwith
                 thou
                 ,
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 hast
                 beautified
                 and
                 signalized
                 thy
                 Coming
                 into
                 
                 the
                 World
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 the
                 Ministry
                 of
                 an
                 Angel
                 ,
                 to
                 proclaim
                 thy
                 Birth
                 ,
                 is
                 no
                 less
                 Glorious
                 and
                 Sublime
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 Inmate
                 with
                 the
                 Beasts
                 of
                 the
                 Stabl
                 seems
                 base
                 and
                 mean
                 in
                 our
                 Eys
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 since
                 thou
                 hast
                 vouchsafed
                 to
                 direct
                 thy
                 winged
                 Herald
                 to
                 those
                 vigilant
                 Cottagers
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Poor
                 and
                 Simpl
                 might
                 hav
                 as
                 much
                 Occasion
                 to
                 shew
                 forth
                 thy
                 Prais
                 as
                 the
                 great
                 and
                 Learned
                 ;
                 I
                 cannot
                 but
                 admire
                 (
                 and
                 heartily
                 desire
                 to
                 imitat
                 )
                 the
                 perfection
                 of
                 thine
                 impartial
                 Lov
                 to
                 the
                 Souls
                 of
                 men
                 .
                 Thou
                 art
                 not
                 deluded
                 with
                 the
                 beautiful
                 Vizard
                 of
                 a
                 Great
                 Estate
                 ,
                 nor
                 enamor'd
                 on
                 empty
                 Titls
                 of
                 Honor
                 ;
                 but
                 ,
                 seeing
                 throu
                 the
                 Veil
                 of
                 such
                 human
                 Additaments
                 and
                 beggarly
                 Inventions
                 ,
                 dost
                 infinitly
                 prize
                 the
                 naked
                 Souls
                 and
                 Bodies
                 of
                 thy
                 Servants
                 .
                 Quicken
                 me
                 (
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 to
                 an
                 industrious
                 .
                 
                 Attendance
                 on
                 my
                 Calling
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 stricter
                 Watchfulness
                 over
                 my
                 Thoughts
                 ,
                 Words
                 ,
                 and
                 Deeds
                 ,
                 (
                 those
                 numerous
                 Flocks
                 which
                 are
                 very
                 apt
                 to
                 wander
                 and
                 go
                 astray
                 )
                 that
                 my
                 Soul
                 may
                 be
                 precious
                 in
                 thy
                 Sight
                 :
                 And
                 ,
                 tho
                 
                   I
                   walk
                   in
                   Darkness
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Vale
                   and
                   Shadow
                   of
                   Death
                   ,
                
                 yet
                 let
                 thy
                 gracious
                 Visitations
                 not
                 only
                 enlighten
                 and
                 refresh
                 me
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 draw
                 and
                 direct
                 my
                 Heart
                 to
                 follow
                 these
                 honest
                 Shepherds
                 ,
                 who
                 (
                 in
                 obedience
                 to
                 the
                 direction
                 they
                 receiv'd
                 from
                 Heven
                 )
                 left
                 all
                 
                   to
                   go
                   unto
                   Bethlehem
                   and
                   seé
                
                 that
                 
                 
                   thing
                   which
                   the
                   Lord
                   had
                   made
                   
                   known
                   unto
                   them
                   ,
                
                 where
                 
                   they
                   
                   found
                   the
                   Babe
                   lying
                   in
                   a
                   Manger
                
                 ;
                 that
                 I
                 also
                 ,
                 being
                 filled
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 Joy
                 in
                 Believing
                 what
                 they
                 found
                 verified
                 by
                 
                   this
                   
                   Sign
                
                 which
                 the
                 Angel
                 had
                 given
                 them
                 ,
                 may
                 boldly
                 publish
                 
                 thy
                 Goodness
                 and
                 Truth
                 together
                 with
                 my
                 own
                 grateful
                 Apprehensions
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 these
                 Shepherds
                 did
                 ,
                 who
                 
                   when
                   they
                   had
                   seen
                   it
                   ,
                   made
                   known
                   abroad
                   the
                   
                   Saying
                   :
                   which
                   was
                   told
                   them
                   concerning
                
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   returned
                   
                   glorifying
                   and
                   praising
                   
                   God
                   for
                   all
                   the
                   things
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   heard
                   and
                   〈◊〉
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               4.
               
            
             
               And
               how
               could
               they
               do
               less
               .
               having
               so
               lately
               seen
               
                 a
                 Multitude
                 of
                 the
                 Hevenly
                 Host
                 ,
                 praising
                 God
                 and
                 saying
                 ,
                 Glory
                 to
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 highest
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 Earth
                 
                 Peace
                 ,
                 Good
                 Will
                 towards
                 Men.
              
               Shal
               Angels
               descend
               to
               
               celebrat
               our
               
                 Peace
                 on
                 Earth
              
               ?
               and
               ,
               Shal
               not
               We
               lift
               up
               our
               Eys
               
                 on
                 High
              
               to
               giv
               
                 God
                 the
                 Glory
              
               ?
               Can
               they
               rejoice
               in
               the
               manifestation
               of
               
                 His
                 Good
                 Will
                 towards
                 Men
              
               ,
               and
               Men
               themselvs
               be
               unaffected
               
               with
               such
               an
               inestimabl
               Benefit
               ?
               May
               I
               be
               silent
               or
               insensibl
               ,
               while
               the
               hevenly
               Host
               sing
               Praises
               ?
            
             
               
                 I
                 will
                 prais
                 and
                 bless
                 and
                 giv
                 Thee
                 thanks
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 Dear
                 Redeemer
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 transcendent
                 Efforts
                 of
                 thy
                 Lov
                 to
                 Me
                 and
                 all
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 exprest
                 in
                 this
                 Angelick
                 Carol.
                 O
                 be
                 thou
                 graciously
                 pleased
                 to
                 warm
                 my
                 breast
                 with
                 som
                 Sparks
                 of
                 this
                 Celestial
                 Charity
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 like
                 unto
                 the
                 Angels
                 in
                 doing
                 thy
                 Will
                 and
                 shewing
                 forth
                 thy
                 Praises
                 upon
                 Earth
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 at
                 last
                 be
                 made
                 equal
                 to
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 fruition
                 of
                 thy
                 〈◊〉
                 Presence
                 in
                 Heven
                 :
                 and
                 in
                 order
                 thereunto
                 ,
                 let
                 that
                 
                   Lov
                   of
                   God
                
                 which
                 was
                 thus
                 
                   manifested
                   towards
                   us
                
                 ,
                 by
                 
                   sending
                   his
                   only
                   begotten
                   Son
                   into
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   might
                   liv
                   throu
                   Him
                   ,
                   even
                   
                   when
                   we
                   were
                   Enemies
                
                 to
                 God
                 and
                 all
                 Goodness
                 ,
                 powerfuly
                 engage
                 us
                 to
                 the
                 Practice
                 and
                 Improvement
                 of
                 that
                 Peace
                 thou
                 hast
                 restored
                 
                   upon
                   Earth
                
                 by
                 transcribing
                 the
                 most
                 excellent
                 Copy
                 of
                 thy
                 
                   Good
                   Will
                   towards
                   Men
                
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 
                   if
                   God
                   so
                   loved
                   Us
                   ,
                   we
                   ought
                   also
                   to
                   lov
                   one
                   another
                
                 ;
                 Upon
                 the
                 unfeigned
                 Discharge
                 of
                 which
                 grateful
                 and
                 advantageous
                 Duty
                 ,
                 the
                 whol
                 Success
                 of
                 His
                 means
                 of
                 Grace
                 and
                 Our
                 Hopes
                 of
                 Glory
                 doth
                 so
                 much
                 depend
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   without
                   following
                   those
                   things
                   which
                   make
                   for
                   Peace
                
                 as
                 wel
                 as
                 
                   Holiness
                   ,
                   no
                   man
                   shall
                   see
                   the
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               5.
               
            
             
               Now
               ,
               
                 all
                 they
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 were
                 told
                 
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 wonder'd
                 at
                 it
              
               ;
               but
               the
               blessed
               Virgin
               
                 Mary
                 kept
                 all
                 these
                 
                 
                 things
                 and
                 ponder'd
                 them
                 in
                 her
                 Heart
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 thou
                 uncreated
                 
                   Angel
                   of
                   the
                   Covenant
                
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 astonishing
                 Power
                 and
                 peculiar
                 Influence
                 of
                 thy
                 Divine
                 Revelations
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 usualy
                 attended
                 with
                 a
                 various
                 Effect
                 upon
                 the
                 minds
                 of
                 different
                 Persons
                 .
                 Grant
                 (
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 not
                 entertain
                 any
                 Discovery
                 of
                 thy
                 Saving
                 Truth
                 or
                 more
                 especial
                 Presence
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 short-lived
                 Flash
                 of
                 a
                 bare
                 transient
                 Wonder
                 or
                 fruitless
                 Amazement
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 loos
                 Exampl
                 of
                 the
                 un-thinking
                 part
                 of
                 Mankind
                 :
                 but
                 rather
                 so
                 imitat
                 the
                 pious
                 Prudence
                 of
                 thy
                 matchless
                 Mother
                 ;
                 who
                 discreetly
                 observed
                 evry
                 Intimation
                 of
                 thy
                 God-head
                 ,
                 and
                 carefuly
                 kept
                 in
                 mind
                 whatever
                 might
                 enlighten
                 her
                 Understanding
                 therin
                 ,
                 
                 as
                 to
                 treasure
                 up
                 all
                 the
                 sacred
                 Notices
                 of
                 thine
                 
                   Eternal
                   Power
                   and
                   Godhead
                
                 in
                 the
                 safe
                 Recesses
                 of
                 my
                 Heart
                 ,
                 and
                 allow
                 som
                 Time
                 and
                 Thought
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 du
                 Reflection
                 on
                 such
                 considerabl
                 things
                 as
                 may
                 thereupon
                 be
                 worthily
                 committed
                 to
                 a
                 Religious
                 Memory
                 in
                 my
                 Soul
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 
                   whoso
                   is
                   wise
                   will
                   ponder
                   these
                   things
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   shal
                   understand
                   the
                   loving-kindness
                   of
                   the
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               6.
               
            
             
               O
               Thou
               
                 Light
                 of
                 the
                 World
              
               ,
               who
               wast
               born
               in
               the
               Night
               ,
               an
               Emblem
               of
               that
               dark
               and
               disconsolat
               Estate
               wherinto
               We
               by
               Transgression
               fell
               :
               Thou
               art
               
                 the
                 Sun
                 of
                 Righteousness
              
               ,
               by
               whose
               Rising
               upon
               the
               Earth
               
                 the
                 Peepl
                 that
                 walked
                 in
                 Darkness
                 hav
                 seen
                 a
                 great
                 Light
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 them
                 that
                 dwell
                 in
                 the
                 Land
                 of
                 the
                 Shadow
                 of
                 Death
                 hath
                 the
                 Light
                 
                 shined
                 .
              
               Thy
               glorious
               Appearing
               hath
               dispersed
               the
               Cloud
               of
               thy
               Father's
               Wrath
               ,
               under
               which
               the
               whol
               Creation
               groaned
               ,
               together
               with
               those
               unwholsom
               Mists
               of
               Sin
               ,
               Error
               ,
               and
               Ignorance
               wherin
               Mankind
               was
               lost
               and
               benighted
               :
               Thou
               hast
               dissolved
               the
               Everlasting
               Chains
               of
               Darkness
               which
               were
               justly
               prepared
               to
               bind
               us
               in
               Hell
               and
               Despair
               ,
               and
               once
               more
               restored
               us
               a
               Day
               of
               Hope
               to
               rejoice
               in
               
                 the
                 Light
                 of
                 thy
                 Countenance
              
               for
               ever
               :
            
             
               
                 All
                 that
                 is
                 within
                 me
                 doth
                 bless
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 Who
                 hast
                 said
                 unto
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 
                   Arise
                   ,
                   shine
                   ,
                   for
                   thy
                   Light
                   is
                   com
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Glory
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   ,
                   is
                   risen
                   upon
                   thee
                   .
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 grant
                 that
                 
                   in
                   thy
                   Light
                
                 I
                 may
                 
                   see
                   Light
                
                 :
                 let
                 the
                 Light
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 prepare
                 mine
                 Eys
                 to
                 behold
                 the
                 illustrious
                 Splendor
                 of
                 
                 thy
                 Glory
                 .
                 And
                 since
                 it
                 is
                 
                   the
                   Night
                   wherin
                   all
                   the
                   Beasts
                   of
                   the
                   Forrest
                   do
                   mov
                   ,
                
                 let
                 me
                 
                   hav
                   no
                
                 longer
                 
                   fellowship
                   with
                   the
                   unprofitable
                   Works
                   of
                   Darkness
                   ,
                   but
                   rather
                   reprov
                   them
                   ,
                
                 by
                 walking
                 
                   as
                   a
                   Child
                   of
                   the
                   Light
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Day
                   ,
                
                 remembring
                 that
                 
                   the
                   Day-spring
                   from
                   on
                   high
                   hath
                   visited
                   us
                   ,
                   to
                   giv
                   Light
                   to
                   them
                   that
                   sit
                   in
                   Darkness
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   shadow
                   of
                   Death
                   ,
                   to
                   guide
                   our
                   Feet
                   into
                   the
                   way
                   of
                   Peace
                   ,
                
                 which
                 is
                 
                   the
                   Work
                   of
                   Righte
                   usness
                
                 ,
                 as
                 its
                 
                   Effect
                   is
                   Quietness
                   and
                   Assurance
                   〈◊〉
                   ever
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               7.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               Prince
               of
               Peace
               ,
               who
               ,
               by
               disposing
               the
               States
               of
               the
               Earth
               to
               Peace
               and
               Quietness
               at
               the
               time
               of
               thy
               Nativity
               ,
               hast
               shew'd
               that
               the
               gracious
               Design
               of
               thy
               Coming
               into
               the
               World
               was
               to
               remov
               the
               Enmity
               between
               
               God
               and
               Man
               ,
               by
               reconciling
               them
               to
               each
               other
               in
               thy Self
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 glorify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 so
                 suitabl
                 an
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 that
                 what
                 was
                 written
                 by
                 the
                 Prophet
                 Isaiah
                 is
                 fulfilled
                 ;
                 
                   for
                   ,
                   unto
                   Us
                   a
                   Child
                   is
                   born
                   ,
                   unto
                   Us
                   a
                   Son
                   is
                   given
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Government
                   shal
                   be
                   upon
                   his
                   Shoulder
                
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   increas
                   of
                   his
                   Government
                   and
                   Peace
                   there
                   shal
                   be
                   no
                   End.
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 How
                 coms
                 it
                 to
                 pass
                 that
                 such
                 as
                 call
                 themselves
                 after
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
                 be
                 no
                 less
                 Contentious
                 and
                 Bloody
                 than
                 〈◊〉
                 who
                 are
                 Strangers
                 to
                 the
                 Doctrin
                 of
                 thy
                 Gospel
                 ?
                 How
                 long
                 shal
                 Christendom
                 be
                 the
                 Scene
                 of
                 those
                 Tragick
                 Wars
                 and
                 injurious
                 Villanies
                 which
                 Barbarians
                 detest
                 and
                 blush
                 at
                 ?
                 O
                 ,
                 Be
                 thou
                 pleased
                 to
                 extend
                 thy
                 Golden
                 Scepter
                 over
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 
                 Inhabitants
                 thereof
                 may
                 at
                 length
                 be
                 induced
                 to
                 
                   beat
                   their
                   Swords
                   into
                   Plow-shares
                   and
                   their
                   Spears
                   into
                   Pruning-hooks
                   :
                
                 And
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 the
                 publick
                 Peace
                 ,
                 put
                 an
                 end
                 to
                 mens
                 privat
                 Animosities
                 ,
                 and
                 pacify
                 the
                 particular
                 Commotions
                 of
                 their
                 Minds
                 :
                 Compose
                 all
                 our
                 tumultuous
                 Passions
                 whensoever
                 they
                 arise
                 ,
                 regulat
                 our
                 disorder'd
                 Appetits
                 ,
                 subdu
                 our
                 pervers
                 Wills.
                 and
                 reduce
                 all
                 our
                 unbridled
                 Affections
                 and
                 Faculties
                 to
                 so
                 serene
                 a
                 Temper
                 as
                 is
                 meet
                 for
                 the
                 Reception
                 and
                 Obedience
                 of
                 that
                 Great
                 and
                 
                   Only
                   Potentat
                
                 ,
                 whose
                 Name
                 is
                 
                   Wonderful
                   ,
                   Counsellor
                   ,
                   The
                   mighty
                   God
                   ,
                   The
                   Ever
                   lasting
                   Father
                   ,
                   The
                   Prince
                   of
                   Peace
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               8.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               Eternal
               Son
               ,
               who
               art
               
                 the
                 Wisdom
                 of
                 the
                 Father
              
               ,
               and
               hast
               endued
               thy
               Church
               with
               
               such
               a
               Degree
               of
               Prudence
               and
               Gratitude
               as
               to
               institute
               and
               observ
               an
               Annual
               Feast
               ,
               for
               a
               constant
               Memorial
               of
               thy
               Nativity
               ,
               to
               confirm
               our
               Faith
               ,
               re-inforce
               our
               Duty
               ,
               redoubl
               our
               Praises
               ,
               and
               repeat
               our
               Thanks
               ;
               so
               that
               being
               filled
               with
               thy
               Graces
               ,
               by
               a
               du
               participation
               of
               thy
               H.
               Sacraments
               in
               a
               grateful
               Commemoration
               of
               
                 the
                 Word
                 made
                 Flesh
              
               ,
               we
               may
               all
               conspire
               to
               celebrat
               thy
               salutiferous
               Birth
               with
               Eucharistical
               Joy
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 great
                 and
                 diffusiv
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 thy
                 (
                 outwardly
                 )
                 mean
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 Nativity
                 ,
                 the
                 Fame
                 wherof
                 hath
                 so
                 marvelously
                 prevailed
                 over
                 all
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   the
                   Gentils
                   are
                   com
                   to
                   thy
                   Light
                   and
                   Kings
                   to
                   the
                   brightness
                   of
                   thy
                   Rising
                   .
                
                 Strengthen
                 and
                 direct
                 
                   thy
                   Church
                   ,
                   the
                   Pillar
                   and
                   Ground
                   
                   of
                   the
                   Truth
                   ,
                
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 Beauty
                 of
                 Order
                 and
                 the
                 Virtu
                 of
                 H.
                 Disciplin
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 
                   the
                   Form
                   of
                   sound
                   Words
                
                 in
                 her
                 Doctrin
                 ,
                 throu-out
                 all
                 Ages
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 her
                 Members
                 may
                 
                   with
                   one
                   Mind
                   and
                   one
                   Mouth
                   glorify
                   God
                   even
                   the
                   Father
                   of
                   our
                   Lord
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                
                 by
                 celebrating
                 all
                 such
                 Festivals
                 with
                 holy
                 Joy
                 ,
                 in
                 Unity
                 of
                 Spirit
                 and
                 the
                 Bond
                 of
                 Peace
                 ,
                 as
                 are
                 instituted
                 for
                 the
                 Honor
                 of
                 thy
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 thy
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 setting
                 forth
                 of
                 thy
                 Goodness
                 &
                 Power
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 great
                 and
                 inscrutabl
                 
                   Mystery
                   of
                   Godliness
                   ,
                   God
                   manifest
                   in
                   the
                   Flesh.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Ever-blessed
                   God
                   ,
                   who
                   evry
                   year
                   refreshest
                   us
                   with
                   a
                   re
                   newed
                   Birth
                   of
                   devout
                   Affections
                   by
                   the
                   Welcom
                   Memorial
                   of
                   our
                   Savior's
                   Nativity
                   ;
                   Grant
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   entertain
                   this
                   humbl
                   Rising
                   of
                   the
                   Sun
                   of
                   
                   Righteousness
                   with
                   such
                   ardent
                   Devotions
                   as
                   may
                   better
                   dispose
                   and
                   engage
                   us
                   to
                   follow
                   Him
                   ,
                   who
                   enlighten'd
                   the
                   World
                   with
                   his
                   Truth
                   and
                   enflamed
                   it
                   with
                   his
                   Lov
                   ,
                   til
                   we
                   acquire
                   as
                   great
                   Abilities
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   hav
                   Obligations
                   ,
                   to
                   join
                   with
                   the
                   Celestial
                   Choir
                   in
                   Singing
                   the
                   Angels
                   Carol
                   ,
                   
                     Glory
                     to
                     God
                     in
                     the
                     Highest
                     ,
                     on
                     Earth
                     Peace
                     ,
                     Good
                     Will
                     towards
                     Men.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             III.
             
               Of
               His
               Circumcision
            
             .
             
             
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 When
                 eight
                 days
                 were
                 accomplished
                 for
                 the
                 Circumcising
                 of
                 the
                 Child
              
               ;
               tho
               the
               Power
               and
               Innocence
               
               of
               my
               Gracious
               Redeemer
               might
               well
               hav
               exemted
               Him
               from
               that
               rigorous
               Ceremony
               ,
               yet
               did
               the
               Holy
               Jesus
               freely
               submit
               therunto
               ,
               at
               once
               to
               obey
               the
               divine
               Law
               ,
               acquit
               Us
               from
               that
               bloody
               Rite
               ,
               and
               giv
               us
               many
               useful
               Instructions
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 for
                 substituting
                 a
                 more
                 easy
                 Sacrament
                 instead
                 of
                 that
                 sharp
                 Ceremony
                 wherunto
                 Thou
                 thy self
                 hast
                 submitted
                 ,
                 and
                 teaching
                 me
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 thy
                 voluntary
                 Condescension
                 ,
                 to
                 yield
                 ready
                 Obedience
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Ordinances
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 how
                 severe
                 and
                 grievous
                 soever
                 they
                 seem
                 to
                 Flesh
                 and
                 Blood
                 Let
                 the
                 Endearment
                 of
                 thy
                 tender
                 Lov
                 in
                 undergoing
                 those
                 hard
                 and
                 painful
                 Rules
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 thou
                 hast
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 releas
                 thy
                 Church
                 ,
                 engage
                 evry
                 Member
                 therof
                 to
                 
                 wave
                 all
                 Pleas
                 of
                 Dispensation
                 or
                 Priviledg
                 which
                 may
                 seem
                 to
                 countenance
                 any
                 Remisness
                 in
                 the
                 discharge
                 of
                 our
                 Religious
                 Duties
                 :
                 And
                 when
                 the
                 Iniquity
                 or
                 Violence
                 of
                 unreasonabl
                 Men
                 (
                 who
                 frequently
                 impose
                 greater
                 Burdens
                 than
                 themselves
                 are
                 willing
                 to
                 bear
                 )
                 shal
                 make
                 it
                 necessary
                 for
                 me
                 either
                 to
                 observ
                 any
                 unwarrantabl
                 Injunctions
                 or
                 undergo
                 any
                 severe
                 Penalties
                 rather
                 than
                 transgress
                 thine
                 express
                 Will
                 ,
                 inspirit
                 me
                 with
                 Grace
                 and
                 Corage
                 patiently
                 to
                 submit
                 therunto
                 ;
                 but
                 withal
                 render
                 me
                 cheerfuly
                 conformabl
                 to
                 all
                 those
                 wel
                 advised
                 Constitutions
                 ,
                 wherby
                 our
                 lawful
                 Superiors
                 either
                 in
                 Church
                 or
                 State
                 hav
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 regulat
                 our
                 Deportment
                 in
                 things
                 indifferent
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               tru
               Messiah
               ,
               whose
               
                 Name
                 was
                 called
                 JESUS
              
               ,
               being
               
                 so
                 named
                 of
                 the
                 Angel
                 before
              
               thou
               wast
               
                 conceived
                 in
                 the
                 Womb
              
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 giv
                 thee
                 all
                 possibl
                 Thanks
                 and
                 Prais
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 making
                 good
                 the
                 gracious
                 Purport
                 of
                 this
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
                 in
                 saving
                 thy
                 
                   peepl
                   from
                   their
                   Sins
                
                 .
                 O
                 Blessed
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 since
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Imposition
                 of
                 this
                 adorabl
                 Name
                 ,
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 hath
                 made
                 a
                 publick
                 Declaration
                 that
                 Thou
                 art
                 
                   com
                   into
                   the
                   World
                   to
                   save
                   Sinners
                   ,
                
                 save
                 me
                 (
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 who
                 
                   am
                   the
                   chief
                   of
                   Sinners
                
                 ;
                 let
                 me
                 
                   tast
                   and
                   see
                   how
                   gracious
                   the
                   Lord
                   is
                
                 in
                 the
                 Healing
                 Influence
                 of
                 this
                 Name
                 :
                 A
                 Name
                 that
                 doth
                 charm
                 the
                 dullest
                 Ears
                 and
                 revive
                 the
                 drooping
                 Hearts
                 of
                 miserabl
                 
                 Sinners
                 ,
                 infinitly
                 beyond
                 the
                 sweetest
                 Accents
                 of
                 Musick
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 is
                 
                   exalted
                   abov
                   evry
                   Name
                
                 ,
                 even
                 by
                 God
                 himself
                 ;
                 which
                 hath
                 made
                 it
                 highly
                 reasonabl
                 (
                 whatever
                 any
                 cavelling
                 Hypocrits
                 ,
                 either
                 by
                 their
                 irreligious
                 Doctrin
                 or
                 Deportment
                 ,
                 argu
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 )
                 
                   that
                   at
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   Jesus
                   evry
                   knee
                   should
                   bow
                   ,
                   in
                   〈◊〉
                   ,
                   in
                   Earth
                   ,
                   and
                   under
                   the
                   Earth
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   evry
                   Tong
                   should
                   confess
                   that
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   is
                   Lord
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Glory
                   of
                   God
                   the
                   Father
                   .
                
                 In
                 Obedience
                 to
                 which
                 Divine
                 Decree
                 ,
                 I
                 prostrat
                 my Self
                 before
                 Thee
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 worship
                 Thee
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 humbly
                 beg
                 Thee
                 on
                 my
                 Knees
                 to
                 be
                 my
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 my
                 Savior
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               O
               Holy
               Jesus
               ,
               who
               in
               this
               first
               (
               tho
               small
               )
               Effusion
               of
               thy
               Blood
               
               didst
               pay
               the
               Earnest
               of
               that
               Debt
               which
               thou
               hadst
               undertaken
               to
               satisfy
               as
               our
               Surety
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 bless
                 thy
                 saving
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 thus
                 obliging
                 thy Self
                 to
                 fulfil
                 the
                 whol
                 Law
                 ,
                 and
                 expiat
                 its
                 Violation
                 ,
                 on
                 our
                 〈◊〉
                 How
                 early
                 began
                 my
                 〈◊〉
                 to
                 suffer
                 !
                 He
                 shed
                 his
                 Blood
                 almost
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 drew
                 his
                 Breath
                 .
                 O
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 defer
                 not
                 to
                 execute
                 His
                 Will
                 ,
                 who
                 seem'd
                 impatient
                 to
                 procure
                 thy
                 Welfare
                 at
                 the
                 price
                 of
                 his
                 Blood
                 ;
                 and
                 instead
                 of
                 abusing
                 his
                 exact
                 Obedience
                 for
                 a
                 Cloak
                 of
                 Libertinism
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 Exampl
                 of
                 his
                 Perfection
                 engage
                 thee
                 to
                 follow
                 his
                 Steps
                 in
                 all
                 holy
                 Conversation
                 :
                 And
                 do
                 thou
                 ,
                 O
                 Jesu
                 ,
                 at
                 once
                 supply
                 ,
                 and
                 satisfy
                 for
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 Defects
                 of
                 my
                 frail
                 Obedience
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               4.
               
            
             
               This
               bloody
               Character
               of
               Circumcision
               left
               the
               Impression
               of
               God's
               Seal
               upon
               Believing
               Sinners
               ,
               that
               they
               
                 bearing
                 in
                 their
                 Bodies
                 the
                 Marks
                 of
                 the
              
               Most
               Holy
               ,
               might
               be
               put
               in
               mind
               whose
               Servants
               they
               are
               ,
               and
               what
               Duty
               they
               ow.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 humbly
                 adore
                 Thee
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 for
                 submitting
                 to
                 the
                 Imputation
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Penalties
                 consequential
                 therunto
                 ,
                 tho
                 thou
                 
                   knewest
                   no
                   Sin.
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Let
                 this
                 Prospect
                 of
                 thine
                 Exinanition
                 ,
                 in
                 taking
                 upon
                 Thee
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Servant
                 ,
                 yea
                 a
                 Sinner
                 ,
                 who
                 art
                 
                   God
                   blessed
                
                 and
                 holy
                 
                   for
                   ever
                
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 banish
                 all
                 those
                 irregular
                 Desires
                 of
                 Esteem
                 which
                 lurk
                 in
                 my
                 bosom
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 render
                 me
                 industrious
                 to
                 be
                 truly
                 Holy
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 thought
                 〈◊〉
                 :
                 
                 And
                 may
                 this
                 beginning
                 of
                 Sorrows
                 in
                 Thy
                 〈◊〉
                 abate
                 all
                 the
                 Vanity
                 and
                 Niceness
                 of
                 Mine
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               5.
               
            
             
               O
               my
               immaculat
               Lord
               ,
               Thou
               hadst
               no
               Lusts
               to
               〈◊〉
               ,
               no
               Corruptions
               to
               renounce
               ,
               no
               new
               Nature
               to
               put
               on
               ,
               and
               yet
               didst
               permit
               thy
               Fore-skin
               to
               be
               circumcised
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               learn
               therby
               to
               
                 put
                 away
                 all
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 superfluity
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 tiness
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 this
                 Visibl
                 Sign
                 of
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 Grace
                 we
                 stand
                 in
                 need
                 of
                 .
                 Let
                 this
                 thine
                 Infant-Wound
                 ,
                 O
                 J
                 su
                 ,
                 circumcise
                 our
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 purify
                 our
                 Hands
                 ,
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 our
                 whol
                 Man
                 blameless
                 and
                 undefiled
                 :
                 And
                 since
                 
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Fountain
                   open'd
                   to
                   the
                   Hous
                   of
                   
                   David
                   ,
                   for
                   Sin
                   and
                   for
                   Uncleanness
                
                 ;
                 let
                 
                   the
                   Blood
                   of
                   Christ
                   ,
                   who
                   throu
                   the
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   offer'd
                   himself
                   without
                   Spot
                   to
                   God
                   ,
                   〈◊〉
                   our
                   Conscience
                   from
                   dead
                   Works
                   to
                   〈◊〉
                   the
                   living
                   God
                   ,
                
                 that
                 being
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   from
                   all
                   〈◊〉
                   of
                   Flesh
                   and
                   Spirit
                   〈◊〉
                   may
                   perfect
                   Holiness
                   in
                   thy
                   Fear
                   .
                
                 To
                 this
                 end
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 mortify
                 the
                 Deeds
                 of
                 my
                 Body
                 ,
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 Occasions
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
                 and
                 disappoint
                 the
                 Temtations
                 most
                 apt
                 to
                 betray
                 me
                 〈◊〉
                 :
                 
                   for
                   ,
                   He
                   is
                   not
                   a
                   Jew
                   which
                   is
                   one
                   outwardly
                   ,
                   neither
                   is
                   that
                   Circumcision
                   which
                   is
                   〈◊〉
                   in
                   the
                   Flesh
                   ;
                   but
                   he
                   is
                   a
                   Jew
                   which
                   is
                   one
                   inwardly
                   ,
                   and
                   Circumcision
                   is
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Heart
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Spirit
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   in
                   the
                   Letter
                   ,
                   whose
                   Prais
                   is
                   not
                   of
                   Men
                   but
                   of
                   God.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               6.
               
            
             
               O
               my
               Soul
               ,
               Who
               could
               imagin
               so
               small
               &
               privat
               an
               Action
               ,
               in
               a
               Country
               so
               remote
               and
               an
               Age
               so
               long
               past
               ,
               should
               be
               of
               such
               marvellous
               Concernment
               to
               thee
               ,
               and
               evry
               Family
               in
               the
               Earth
               besides
               ?
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 Wisdom
                 and
                 Goodness
                 wherwith
                 thou
                 hast
                 enlarged
                 my
                 Joys
                 ,
                 in
                 making
                 all
                 thine
                 Actions
                 conduciv
                 to
                 the
                 Benefit
                 and
                 Instruction
                 of
                 the
                 whol
                 World.
                 Grant
                 me
                 Grace
                 (
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 so
                 to
                 use
                 those
                 Faculties
                 wherwith
                 thou
                 hast
                 enabled
                 me
                 to
                 reflect
                 on
                 and
                 consider
                 Objects
                 so
                 far
                 distant
                 in
                 Time
                 and
                 Place
                 ,
                 that
                 duly
                 weighing
                 the
                 great
                 Confequence
                 and
                 wide
                 Concernment
                 of
                 evry
                 Thought
                 ,
                 Word
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 Deed
                 ,
                 enrolled
                 in
                 the
                 Volum
                 of
                 Eternity
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 becom
                 the
                 more
                 cautious
                 of
                 ordering
                 my
                 Conversation
                 aright
                 ,
                 til
                 Divine
                 Lov
                 ,
                 Entire
                 Obedience
                 ,
                 and
                 Uniform
                 Devotion
                 compleat
                 my
                 Life
                 in
                 this
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 prepare
                 a
                 delightful
                 Spectacl
                 for
                 God
                 ,
                 Angels
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Just
                   Men
                   made
                   perfect
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             IV.
             
               Of
               His
               Epiphany
            
             .
             
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 Now
                 ,
                 when
                 Jesus
                 was
                 born
                 in
                 Bethlehem
                 of
                 
                   
                     verse
                  
                   1
                
                 〈◊〉
                 in
                 the
                 days
                 of
                 Herod
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 there
                 came
                 Wise
                 men
                 from
                 the
                 East
                 to
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 Where
                 is
                 he
                 that
                 is
                 born
                 King
                 of
                 the
              
               
               
               
                 〈◊〉
                 ?
                 for
                 ,
                 we
                 〈◊〉
                 seén
                 his
                 Star
                 in
                 the
                 East
                 and
                 are
                 com
                 to
                 worship
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 thou
                 Wisdom
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 gracious
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 Influence
                 of
                 the
                 Eastern
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 whose
                 Appearance
                 and
                 Motion
                 being
                 wholy
                 〈◊〉
                 did
                 attract
                 the
                 Eys
                 ,
                 engage
                 the
                 Faith
                 ,
                 and
                 guide
                 the
                 Feet
                 of
                 these
                 Learned
                 Sages
                 in
                 Quest
                 of
                 Thee
                 .
                 In
                 deed
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 the
                 only
                 Wise
                 men
                 ,
                 who
                 use
                 their
                 Learning
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 Heven
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 as
                 thou
                 didst
                 illuminat
                 their
                 Souls
                 by
                 a
                 diviner
                 Light
                 to
                 discern
                 the
                 Benefit
                 and
                 Design
                 of
                 that
                 created
                 Star
                 ,
                 so
                 be
                 thou
                 graciously
                 pleased
                 to
                 accompany
                 the
                 hevenly
                 Oracls
                 of
                 thy
                 Word
                 with
                 such
                 a
                 convincing
                 Power
                 and
                 Demonstration
                 of
                 thy
                 Spirit
                 as
                 shal
                 be
                 effectual
                 to
                 bring
                 in
                 
                   the
                   Fulness
                   
                   of
                   the
                   Gentils
                   ,
                
                 to
                 whom
                 thou
                 hast
                 extended
                 the
                 Scepter
                 of
                 thy
                 Mercy
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Jews
                 ,
                 
                   having
                   made
                   both
                   one
                   and
                   broken
                   down
                   the
                   middl
                   Wall
                   of
                   Partition
                   between
                   us
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               Blessed
               Jesu
               who
               didst
               withdraw
               the
               Conduct
               of
               that
               Star
               as
               soon
               as
               the
               Wise
               men
               were
               com
               to
               Jerusalem
               ,
               leaving
               them
               to
               be
               informed
               by
               the
               ordinary
               Ministry
               of
               
                 the
                 chief
                 Priests
                 and
                 
                 Scribes
                 of
                 the
                 Peépl
                 ,
                 whom
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 gathered
                 together
                 ,
                 demanding
                 of
                 them
                 where
                 Christ
                 should
                 be
                 born
                 :
                 they
                 said
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 In
                 Bethlehem
                 of
                 Iudea
                 ;
                 
                 for
                 thus
                 it
                 is
                 written
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 Prophet
                 ,
                 And
                 thou
                 Bethlehem
                 in
                 the
                 land
                 of
                 Iuda
                 art
                 not
                 the
                 
                 least
                 among
                 the
                 Princes
                 of
                 Iuda
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 shal
                 com
                 a
                 a
                 Governor
                 that
                 shal
                 rule
                 my
                 Peépl
                 Israel
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 seasonabl
                 Use
                 of
                 Miracls
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 transcendent
                 Excellency
                 of
                 the
                 Means
                 of
                 Grace
                 :
                 It
                 is
                 unreasonabl
                 to
                 look
                 for
                 Manna
                 when
                 we
                 are
                 once
                 enter'd
                 into
                 the
                 Land
                 of
                 Promise
                 .
                 Reclaim
                 therfore
                 (
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 all
                 pervers
                 and
                 ignorant
                 Schismaticks
                 from
                 that
                 gross
                 presumtion
                 of
                 temting
                 Thee
                 for
                 new
                 Lights
                 and
                 needless
                 Revelations
                 ,
                 now
                 thy
                 Will
                 is
                 so
                 expresly
                 revealed
                 in
                 thy
                 Word
                 ;
                 and
                 let
                 
                   the
                   Priests
                   Lips
                
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 thou
                 hast
                 committed
                 the
                 ordinary
                 Dispensation
                 of
                 thine
                 Oracls
                 ,
                 always
                 preserv
                 sufficient
                 knowledg
                 to
                 direct
                 thy
                 peepl
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Salvation
                 by
                 that
                 
                   more
                   sure
                   Word
                   of
                   Prophecy
                
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 of
                 old
                 written
                 for
                 our
                 Instruction
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 to
                 this
                 day
                 a
                 standing
                 Record
                 taken
                 from
                 the
                 mouths
                 of
                 those
                 
                 
                   holy
                   men
                   of
                   God
                
                 who
                 
                   spake
                   as
                   they
                   were
                   moved
                   by
                   the
                   H.
                   Ghost
                   .
                
                 And
                 as
                 thou
                 didst
                 lead
                 these
                 honorabl
                 Pilgrims
                 by
                 the
                 Conduct
                 of
                 a
                 Star
                 to
                 the
                 Means
                 of
                 Grace
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 ordinary
                 Preaching
                 and
                 Explanation
                 of
                 thy
                 Word
                 ,
                 unto
                 thy Self
                 ,
                 making
                 both
                 those
                 Methods
                 useful
                 in
                 their
                 respectiv
                 places
                 ;
                 so
                 let
                 thine
                 ancient
                 Miracls
                 confirm
                 and
                 quicken
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 Use
                 of
                 such
                 ordinary
                 Means
                 as
                 are
                 adapted
                 to
                 these
                 later
                 Times
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 the
                 Light
                 of
                 thy
                 glorious
                 Gospel
                 is
                 as
                 much
                 more
                 instructiv
                 than
                 the
                 obscurer
                 Language
                 of
                 a
                 Star
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 shining
                 Splendor
                 of
                 the
                 Day
                 outvies
                 the
                 gloomy
                 Shades
                 of
                 Night
                 ;
                 this
                 being
                 no
                 less
                 powerful
                 to
                 draw
                 Men
                 from
                 all
                 Quarters
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 to
                 thy
                 Worship
                 ,
                 than
                 that
                 was
                 to
                 invite
                 these
                 few
                 
                   from
                   the
                   East
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               The
               〈◊〉
               men
               ,
               having
               received
               so
               full
               and
               plain
               an
               Answer
               from
               the
               Priests
               ,
               in
               the
               〈◊〉
               of
               a
               Truth
               which
               neither
               their
               fear
               of
               Herod
               nor
               their
               own
               Enmity
               was
               abl
               to
               suppress
               ,
               continu
               their
               Progress
               toward
               Bethlehem
               ,
               nothing
               discoraged
               either
               with
               the
               disappearing
               of
               their
               Oriental
               Guide
               ,
               or
               by
               the
               Troubl
               which
               the
               bold
               and
               open
               
               Declaration
               of
               their
               Embassy
               had
               given
               
                 Herod
                 and
                 all
                 Ierusalem
                 with
                 him
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 For
                 this
                 their
                 Exemplary
                 Corage
                 and
                 Resolution
                 :
                 Be
                 thou
                 the
                 delightful
                 Object
                 and
                 Answer
                 of
                 all
                 mine
                 Enquiries
                 ,
                 the
                 sole
                 End
                 and
                 Recompence
                 of
                 all
                 my
                 Travel
                 ;
                 and
                 let
                 my
                 Soul
                 depend
                 on
                 Thee
                 in
                 the
                 
                 greatest
                 destitution
                 of
                 all
                 Outward
                 Helps
                 and
                 Encoragements
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 Obstacls
                 which
                 the
                 World
                 is
                 apt
                 to
                 cast
                 in
                 my
                 way
                 being
                 furmounted
                 by
                 a
                 firm
                 purpos
                 of
                 Mind
                 to
                 follow
                 Thee
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 throu
                 a
                 du
                 Use
                 of
                 thine
                 Ordinances
                 be
                 brought
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Maze
                 of
                 Error
                 and
                 Ignorance
                 〈◊〉
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 thy
                 Truth
                 ,
                 and
                 walk
                 in
                 the
                 right
                 way
                 to
                 thy
                 saving
                 Presence
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               4.
               
            
             
               O
               H.
               Jesu
               ,
               who
               ,
               to
               reward
               the
               Faith
               and
               Zeal
               of
               these
               devout
               Pilgrims
               ,
               didst
               not
               only
               signify
               to
               them
               the
               Birth
               of
               the
               Messiah
               in
               general
               ,
               but
               conduct
               them
               also
               to
               Jerusalem
               ;
               and
               at
               last
               ,
               when
               
                 they
                 departed
              
               thence
               ,
               
               attend
               them
               even
               to
               Bethlehem
               ,
               by
               
                 the
                 Star
                 which
                 they
                 saw
                 in
                 the
                 East
                 ,
              
               that
               
                 went
                 before
                 them
                 til
                 it
                 came
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 where
                 the
                 yong
                 Child
                 was
                 ,
              
               to
               
               their
               
                 great
                 joy
              
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 bless
                 and
                 prais
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 being
                 found
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 seek
                 Thee
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 thy
                 faithful
                 Promise
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   will
                   never
                   leav
                   thee
                   nor
                   forsake
                   thee
                   .
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 since
                 from
                 those
                 general
                 Tearms
                 which
                 gave
                 us
                 Expectations
                 of
                 a
                 Savior
                 ,
                 that
                 should
                 be
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Jewish
                 Nation
                 (
                 which
                 alone
                 had
                 been
                 a
                 special
                 Favor
                 and
                 Priviledg
                 to
                 the
                 World
                 )
                 ;
                 thou
                 hast
                 descended
                 to
                 more
                 exact
                 particulars
                 in
                 fore
                 telling
                 us
                 by
                 thy
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 That
                 He
                 should
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 Seed
                 of
                 David
                 ,
                 born
                 in
                 Bethlehem
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 of
                 a
                 Virgin
                 :
                 Let
                 me
                 not
                 rest
                 satisfied
                 with
                 any
                 general
                 Report
                 or
                 superficial
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 thy
                 Coming
                 in
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 til
                 my
                 own
                 Soul
                 experimentaly
                 find
                 that
                 Thou
                 art
                 com
                 to
                 be
                 my
                 Redeemer
                 
                 in
                 particular
                 .
                 For
                 this
                 purpos
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 never
                 want
                 or
                 neglect
                 the
                 Light
                 of
                 thy
                 Gospel
                 ;
                 pardon
                 and
                 reliev
                 as
                 wel
                 my
                 Blindness
                 as
                 my
                 Backwardness
                 hitherto
                 ,
                 which
                 hath
                 render'd
                 me
                 unprofitabl
                 under
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 make
                 us
                 all
                 so
                 duly
                 sensibl
                 of
                 our
                 Abuse
                 or
                 Mis-improvment
                 of
                 the
                 Tenders
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 and
                 Mercy
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 henceforth
                 obey
                 all
                 thy
                 godly
                 Motions
                 ,
                 til
                 our
                 Experience
                 of
                 thy
                 Lov
                 fil
                 us
                 
                   with
                   Joy
                   unspeakabl
                   and
                   ful
                   of
                   Glory
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               5.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               Light
               of
               Israel
               ,
               of
               whom
               Balaam
               the
               Gentil
               prophesied
               ,
               saying
               (
               as
               it
               were
               in
               Allusion
               hereunto
               )
               
                 There
                 shal
                 com
                 a
                 Star
                 out
                 of
                 Jacob
                 and
                 a
                 〈◊〉
                 out
                 of
                 Israel
                 :
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 〈◊〉
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 ushering
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Grace
                 with
                 the
                 brightness
                 of
                 thy
                 Rising
                 .
                 Thou
                 hast
                 promised
                 to
                 
                   giv
                   the
                   Morning-Star
                   to
                   him
                   that
                   over
                   cometh
                   ,
                
                 as
                 a
                 Pledge
                 or
                 Earnest
                 of
                 
                   the
                   Inheritance
                   of
                   the
                   Saints
                   in
                   Light
                   :
                
                 Grant
                 therfore
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 Thee
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 hav
                 Power
                 and
                 Strength
                 to
                 get
                 the
                 Victory
                 and
                 to
                 triumph
                 against
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
                 the
                 World
                 and
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 wheras
                 
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   Victory
                   that
                   over-cometh
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   even
                   our
                   Faith
                   ,
                   Lord
                   ,
                   encreas
                   our
                   Faith
                   ,
                
                 til
                 the
                 Dawning
                 〈◊〉
                 unto
                 the
                 perfect
                 Day
                 and
                 Grace
                 be
                 consummat
                 in
                 Glory
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               6.
               
            
             
               
                 When
                 they
                 were
                 com
                 into
                 
                 the
                 hous
                 ,
                 they
                 saw
                 the
                 yong
                 
                 Child
                 with
                 Mary
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 
                 〈◊〉
                 fell
                 down
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 ;
                 and
                 opening
                 their
                 〈◊〉
                 presented
                 unto
                 him
                 Gifts
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 adorabl
                 Redeemer
                 ,
                 For
                 thy
                 gracious
                 Acceptance
                 of
                 these
                 Tenders
                 of
                 their
                 Homage
                 and
                 Adoration
                 to
                 thy
                 Majesty
                 :
                 〈◊〉
                 thee
                 to
                 cast
                 a
                 benign
                 Ey
                 upon
                 my
                 humbl
                 Addresses
                 to
                 thy
                 Throne
                 ;
                 who
                 desire
                 to
                 adore
                 thee
                 with
                 the
                 entire
                 Oblation
                 of
                 my
                 Soul
                 and
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Faculties
                 of
                 both
                 offer
                 unto
                 Thee
                 ,
                 my
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Gold
                 of
                 Loyalty
                 and
                 Obedience
                 ;
                 to
                 Thee
                 ,
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 Odors
                 of
                 Devotion
                 and
                 Thanksgivings
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 Thee
                 ,
                 my
                 Savior
                 ,
                 the
                 Myrrh
                 of
                 Mortification
                 and
                 Repentance
                 ;
                 distilling
                 from
                 
                   a
                   broken
                   and
                   a
                   contrit
                   Heart
                   :
                
                 for
                 ,
                 
                 these
                 are
                 
                   Sacrifices
                   which
                   Thou
                   wilt
                   not
                   despise
                
                 ;
                 nay
                 ,
                 wherwith
                 Thou
                 art
                 better
                 pleased
                 than
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 material
                 Gold
                 ,
                 Frankincens
                 and
                 Myrrh
                 in
                 the
                 World.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               7.
               
            
             
               These
               Eastern
               Sages
               are
               vulgarly
               dignified
               with
               the
               Titl
               of
               Kings
               ,
               and
               tho
               that
               Opinion
               appears
               not
               founded
               on
               any
               authentick
               Record
               ,
               yet
               't
               is
               not
               unimprovabl
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               present
               Subject
               ;
               for
               ,
               Isaiah's
               Prophecy
               ,
               which
               says
               ,
               
                 The
                 Gentils
              
               or
               Nations
               
                 shal
                 com
                 to
                 thy
                 Light
                 and
                 Kings
                 to
                 the
                 Bright
                 ness
                 of
                 thy
                 Rising
                 ,
              
               is
               actualy
               fulfilled
               at
               this
               day
               ,
               thy
               Gross
               ,
               O
               Christ
               ,
               being
               advanced
               upon
               the
               Crowns
               of
               many
               Potentats
               ,
               who
               glory
               in
               That
               as
               the
               chief
               Ensign
               of
               their
               Honor
               :
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 giv
                 Thee
                 Thanks
                 and
                 Prais
                 ,
              
               
                 Becaus
                 
                   the
                   Kingdoms
                   of
                   the
                   Earth
                   are
                   becom
                   the
                   Kingdoms
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   and
                   of
                   his
                   Christ.
                
                 Purge
                 out
                 of
                 thy
                 Kingdom
                 all
                 things
                 that
                 offend
                 ;
                 make
                 all
                 Christian
                 Kings
                 Holy
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Heathen
                 ,
                 Christian
                 :
                 And
                 let
                 
                   thy
                   Loving-kindness
                
                 ,
                 which
                 
                   is
                   better
                   than
                
                 the
                 Life
                 its
                 self
                 ,
                 enrich
                 my
                 Soul
                 with
                 a
                 Contentment
                 more
                 desirabl
                 than
                 Crowns
                 and
                 more
                 advantageous
                 than
                 Kingdoms
                 ,
                 in
                 paying
                 the
                 Tribute
                 I
                 ow
                 to
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 
                   the
                   Prince
                   of
                   the
                   Kings
                   of
                   the
                   Earth
                   ,
                
                 saying
                 ,
                 
                   Unto
                   him
                   that
                   loved
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   washed
                   us
                   from
                   our
                   Sins
                   in
                   his
                   own-Blood
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   made
                   us
                   Kings
                   and
                   Priests
                   unto
                   God
                   ,
                   even
                   his
                   Father
                   ;
                   to
                   Him
                   be
                   Glory
                   and
                   Dominion
                   for
                   ever
                   and
                   ever
                   .
                
              
               
                 Amen
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             V.
             
               Of
               His
               Presentation
               in
            
             
             
               the
               Templ
            
             .
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 When
                 the
                 days
                 of
                 her
                 Purification
                 
                 were
                 accomplished
                 ,
              
               the
               Virgin-Mother
               brought
               her
               H.
               Child
               Iesus
               to
               
                 Jerusalem
                 ;
                 to
                 present
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 Moses
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 therefore
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 for
                 making
                 the
                 ancient
                 Precepts
                 of
                 thy
                 Law
                 so
                 aptly
                 minister
                 to
                 the
                 Accomplishment
                 of
                 those
                 succeeding
                 Prophecies
                 which
                 tell
                 us
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Lord
                   whom
                   ye
                   seek
                   shal
                   suddenly
                   
                   〈◊〉
                   to
                   his
                   Templ
                
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   wil
                   fil
                   this
                   Hous
                   with
                   Glory
                   ,
                   saith
                   the
                   Lord
                   of
                   Hosts
                   :
                
                 wherin
                 the
                 Law
                 and
                 the
                 Prophets
                 conspire
                 to
                 giv
                 the
                 more
                 publick
                 Notice
                 of
                 the
                 Messiah
                 at
                 his
                 Manifestation
                 to
                 Israel
                 .
                 How
                 glorious
                 was
                 that
                 Templ
                 wherin
                 the
                 Lord
                 and
                 Owner
                 therof
                 (
                 who
                 
                   dwelleth
                   not
                   in
                   Templs
                   made
                   with
                   hands
                
                 )
                 made
                 his
                 personal
                 and
                 visible
                 Appearance
                 :
                 This
                 made
                 
                   the
                   Glory
                   of
                   that
                   latter
                   〈◊〉
                   greater
                   than
                   of
                   the
                   〈◊〉
                   ,
                
                 tho
                 far
                 short
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 outward
                 Riches
                 and
                 Grandeur
                 .
                 There
                 Thou
                 ,
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 wast
                 often
                 Typicaly
                 represented
                 ;
                 but
                 here
                 Thou
                 art
                 Personaly
                 present
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 firm
                 Establishment
                 of
                 the
                 Christian
                 Faith
                 and
                 the
                 utter
                 Confusion
                 of
                 Jewish
                 Infidelity
                 ,
                 whose
                 incorrigibl
                 Obstinacy
                 in
                 Unbelief
                 doth
                 blasphemously
                 
                   turn
                   the
                   Truth
                   of
                   God
                   into
                   a
                   Ly
                   ,
                
                 it
                 being
                 altogether
                 
                 impossibl
                 that
                 these
                 Prophecies
                 can
                 ever
                 be
                 fulfilled
                 after
                 the
                 Subversion
                 of
                 the
                 Second
                 Templ
                 O
                 let
                 my
                 Soul
                 be
                 the
                 Templ
                 of
                 thine
                 Eternal
                 Residence
                 ,
                 and
                 evry
                 Christian
                 Heart
                 be
                 as
                 wel
                 hallowed
                 as
                 dignified
                 by
                 thy
                 gracious
                 Presence
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               H.
               Jesus
               ,
               The
               〈◊〉
               
               which
               thy
               Blessed
               Mother
               came
               
               
                 to
                 offer
              
               for
               her
               Purification
               ,
               being
               
                 A
                 pair
                 of
                 Turtl-Doves
                 or
                 two
                 yong
                 Pigeons
                 ,
              
               is
               no
               less
               an
               Argument
               of
               her
               Poverty
               than
               Obedience
               ,
               
                 according
                 to
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 said
                 in
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 And
                 if
                 she
                 be
                 not
                 abl
                 to
                 bring
                 a
                 Lamb
                 ,
                 then
                 she
                 shal
                 bring
                 two
                 Turtls
                 ,
                 or
                 two
                 yong
                 Pigeons
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 giving
                 us
                 hereby
                 to
                 understand
                 
                 that
                 
                   God
                   hath
                   chosen
                   the
                   Poor
                   of
                   this
                   World
                   ,
                   Rich
                   in
                   Faith
                   ,
                
                 to
                 be
                 
                   Heirs
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   which
                   he
                   hath
                   promised
                   to
                   them
                   that
                   lov
                   him
                   .
                
                 Let
                 this
                 her
                 Readiness
                 to
                 fulfil
                 the
                 Law
                 make
                 us
                 more
                 sollicitous
                 to
                 do
                 our
                 Duty
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Ability
                 God
                 hath
                 given
                 us
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 conceal
                 our
                 Poverty
                 for
                 Shame
                 ,
                 or
                 alledg
                 it
                 for
                 an
                 Excuse
                 to
                 
                   serv
                   God
                   of
                   that
                   which
                   cost
                
                 us
                 nothing
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 purify
                 my
                 heart
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 yield
                 a
                 du
                 Respect
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Parts
                 and
                 Precepts
                 of
                 thy
                 Law
                 ;
                 studying
                 the
                 mystical
                 Sence
                 of
                 the
                 Ceremonial
                 ,
                 observing
                 the
                 rational
                 Injunctions
                 of
                 the
                 Moral
                 ,
                 admiring
                 the
                 politick
                 Rules
                 of
                 the
                 Civil
                 ,
                 and
                 reverencing
                 the
                 Holy
                 Rites
                 of
                 the
                 Ecclesiastical
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 they
                 all
                 bear
                 the
                 Stamp
                 of
                 thy
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 therfore
                 worthy
                 of
                 all
                 Acceptation
                 and
                 Esteem
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               Redeemer
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               who
               in
               conformity
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               Law
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 〈◊〉
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 Holy
                 to
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
              
               wast
               〈◊〉
               to
               the
               High-Priest
               ,
               and
               〈◊〉
               of
               him
               
                 for
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 mony
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Estimation
                 of
                 the
                 first-born
                 of
                 Man
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 becoming
                 
                   a
                   〈◊〉
                   for
                   many
                
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 for
                 All
                 ,
                 whether
                 〈◊〉
                 or
                 not
                 .
                 By
                 thee
                 the
                 very
                 Priests
                 and
                 Levits
                 are
                 redeemed
                 ,
                 who
                 themselvs
                 were
                 
                   taken
                   from
                   among
                   the
                   Children
                   of
                   Israel
                   instead
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   first-born
                   ,
                
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   to
                   the
                   Lord.
                
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 by
                 〈◊〉
                 of
                 the
                 Price
                 thou
                 hast
                 paid
                 for
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 enrol
                 me
                 
                   among
                   the
                   general
                   Assembly
                   and
                   Church
                   of
                   the
                   First-born
                   
                   which
                   are
                   written
                   in
                   Heven
                   ,
                
                 who
                 ,
                 
                   having
                   received
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Adoption
                   ,
                   are
                
                 not
                 only
                 
                   the
                   Children
                
                 but
                 
                   Heirs
                   of
                   God
                   and
                   joint-Heirs
                   with
                   Christ.
                
                 And
                 that
                 thine
                 infinit
                 Merit
                 ,
                 which
                 sufficeth
                 to
                 make
                 evry
                 one
                 of
                 thy
                 Brethren
                 a
                 compleat
                 Possessor
                 of
                 thine
                 Eternal
                 Inheritance
                 ,
                 may
                 qualify
                 us
                 all
                 to
                 
                   receiv
                   a
                   Kingdom
                   which
                   cannot
                   be
                   moved
                   ,
                   let
                   us
                   hav
                   Grace
                   wherby
                   we
                   may
                   serv
                   God
                   acceptably
                   ,
                   with
                   Reverence
                   and
                   godly
                   Fear
                   ,
                
                 as
                 becoms
                 persons
                 
                   redeemed
                   from
                   their
                   Iniquities
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 When
                 the
                 Parents
                 brought
                 
                 in
                 the
                 Child
                 JESUS
                 to
                 do
                 
                 for
                 him
                 after
                 the
                 Custom
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Law
                 ;
                 Simeon
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 just
                 and
                 devout
                 ,
              
               to
               whom
               
                 it
                 was
                 revealed
                 
                 by
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 not
                 see
                 Death
                 before
                 he
                 
                 had
                 seen
                 the
                 Lord's
                 Christ
                 ,
                 came
                 by
                 the
                 Spirit
                 into
                 the
                 Templ
                 ,
              
               where
               
                 he
                 took
                 him
                 up
                 in
                 his
                 
                 Arms
                 and
                 blessed
                 God
                 for
                 the
                 Consolation
                 of
                 Israel
              
               which
               he
               had
               long
               
                 waited
                 for
              
               and
               now
               happily
               found
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 Dear
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 as
                 wel
                 for
                 the
                 singular
                 Graces
                 conferr'd
                 on
                 this
                 reverend
                 person
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 publick
                 Testimony
                 he
                 gave
                 of
                 Thee
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 were
                 present
                 Pardon
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 my
                 Neglect
                 of
                 Waiting
                 for
                 Thee
                 ,
                 wherby
                 I
                 have
                 justly
                 forfeited
                 the
                 peculiar
                 Manifestations
                 of
                 thy
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 Favor
                 ;
                 and
                 now
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 only
                 ready
                 ,
                 but
                 earnestly
                 desirous
                 ,
                 to
                 receiv
                 Thee
                 in
                 mine
                 Arms
                 ,
                 yea
                 to
                 lodg
                 Thee
                 in
                 my
                 Heart
                 ,
                 vouchsafe
                 to
                 purify
                 and
                 enlighten
                 me
                 with
                 the
                 H.
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 taking
                 Delight
                 
                 in
                 thy
                 Sanctuary
                 and
                 carefully
                 attending
                 Thee
                 there
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Soul
                 ful
                 of
                 Joy
                 and
                 a
                 Mouth
                 ful
                 of
                 Praises
                 ,
                 may
                 also
                 bless
                 Thee
                 my
                 God
                 and
                 speak
                 of
                 thine
                 Honor
                 in
                 thy
                 holy
                 Templ
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               5.
               
            
             
               Thus
               did
               pious
               Simeon
               ,
               whose
               Eys
               were
               no
               sooner
               blest
               with
               that
               desirabl
               Interview
               ,
               but
               his
               Tong
               exprest
               the
               Contentment
               of
               his
               Heart
               in
               this
               Swan-like
               Song
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               now
               〈◊〉
               thou
               
               
               〈◊〉
               Servant
               depart
               in
               peace
               ,
               according
               to
               thy
               Word
               :
               For
               ,
               
               mine
               Eys
               hav
               seen
               thy
               Salvation
               ,
               which
               thou
               hast
               prepared
               
               before
               the
               face
               of
               all
               〈◊〉
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 Thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 being
                 both
                 A
                 Light
                 to
                 
                 lighten
                 the
                 Gentils
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 thy
                 peepl
                 Israel
                 .
                 No
                 wonder
                 that
                 Ioseph
                 and
                 thy
                 
                 
                 
                   Mother
                   marvelled
                   at
                   those
                   things
                   which
                   were
                   spoken
                   of
                
                 Thee
                 ,
                 especialy
                 hearing
                 him
                 that
                 
                   blessed
                   them
                   say
                   〈◊〉
                   Mary
                   Behold
                   ,
                   this
                   Child
                   is
                   set
                   for
                   
                   the
                   Fall
                   and
                   Rising
                   up
                   of
                   many
                   in
                   Israel
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   a
                   Sign
                   that
                   shal
                   be
                   spoken
                   against
                   ,
                
                 in
                 so
                 much
                 that
                 
                   a
                   Sword
                
                 should
                 
                   pierce
                   throu
                   her
                   own
                   Soul
                   also
                
                 ;
                 
                 Lord
                 ,
                 endu
                 my
                 Soul
                 with
                 a
                 like
                 sens
                 of
                 this
                 inestimabl
                 Benefit
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 rehears
                 this
                 Song
                 with
                 equal
                 Pleasure
                 and
                 Concernment
                 ,
                 since
                 mine
                 Eys
                 also
                 see
                 the
                 Longings
                 and
                 Expectations
                 of
                 former
                 Ages
                 turned
                 in
                 to
                 Joys
                 and
                 Praises
                 for
                 all
                 〈◊〉
                 Generations
                 ;
                 it
                 being
                 highly
                 reasonabl
                 for
                 our
                 Satisfaction
                 to
                 be
                 as
                 strong
                 in
                 Delight
                 as
                 their
                 Expectation
                 was
                 great
                 in
                 Desire
                 :
                 For
                 ,
                 the
                 principal
                 Design
                 of
                 thy
                 Coming
                 into
                 the
                 World
                 was
                 to
                 remedy
                 ,
                 not
                 occasion
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 Fall
                 of
                 any
                 either
                 in
                 or
                 out
                 of
                 Israel
                 ;
                 that
                 such
                 as
                 fall
                 throu
                 their
                 own
                 Default
                 might
                 rise
                 agen
                 by
                 Faith
                 in
                 Thee
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 who
                 hav
                 spoken
                 most
                 bitterly
                 against
                 Thee
                 may
                 upon
                 Repentance
                 be
                 forgiven
                 ,
                 when
                 
                   the
                   Thoughts
                   of
                   all
                   Hearts
                   shal
                   be
                   revealed
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               6.
               
            
             
               This
               notabl
               Testimony
               of
               old
               Simeon
               was
               seconded
               by
               
                 Anna
                 
                 a
                 Prophetess
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Tribe
                 of
                 
                 Aser
                 ,
              
               who
               
                 was
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 Age
              
               ,
               being
               
                 a
                 Widow
                 of
                 about
                 fourscore
                 
                 and
                 four
                 Years
                 ,
                 which
                 departed
                 not
                 from
                 the
                 Templ
                 ,
                 but
                 served
                 God
                 with
                 Fastings
                 and
                 Prayers
                 night
                 and
                 day
                 :
                 for
                 she
                 coming
                 in
                 at
                 that
                 Instant
                 gave
                 
                 thanks
                 likewise
                 unto
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 spake
                 of
                 him
                 to
                 all
                 them
                 that
                 looked
                 for
                 Redemtion
                 in
                 Ierusalem
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Redeemer
                 of
                 Israel
                 ,
                 for
                 rewarding
                 that
                 godly
                 Matron's
                 Devotion
                 with
                 so
                 happy
                 a
                 Change
                 of
                 her
                 Fastings
                 into
                 Jubilees
                 and
                 her
                 Prayers
                 into
                 Praises
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 since
                 those
                 to
                 whom
                 thou
                 revealest
                 thy Self
                 must
                 be
                 qualified
                 for
                 that
                 blessed
                 Priviledg
                 by
                 so
                 much
                 Diligence
                 and
                 unwearied
                 Devotion
                 ,
                 enable
                 me
                 by
                 thy
                 Grace
                 to
                 apply
                 my
                 utmost
                 Endevors
                 therunto
                 Night
                 and
                 Day
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 in
                 Fastings
                 and
                 Prayers
                 to
                 deprecat
                 my
                 own
                 and
                 my
                 Nations
                 Sins
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 Feastings
                 and
                 Praises
                 to
                 congratulat
                 thy
                 Manifestation
                 to
                 the
                 World
                 and
                 the
                 saving
                 Consequences
                 thereof
                 ;
                 uniting
                 in
                 my
                 Devotions
                 all
                 the
                 pious
                 Longings
                 and
                 earnest
                 Wishes
                 of
                 the
                 Old
                 World
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 transporting
                 Joys
                 and
                 inexpressible
                 Satisfactions
                 of
                 the
                 New.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             VI.
             
               Of
               His
               Flight
               into
               Egypt
            
             .
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 WHen
                 they
                 had
                 thus
                 performed
                 
                 all
                 things
                 according
                 
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 they
                 returned
                 into
                 Galilee
                 ,
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 City
                 Nazareth
                 ,
              
               but
               were
               not
               allowed
               any
               long
               Continuance
               there
               :
               for
               ,
               soon
               after
               
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Lord
                 appeared
                 to
                 Ioseph
                 in
                 a
                 
                 Dream
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 Arise
                 and
                 take
                 the
                 yong
                 Child
                 and
                 his
                 Mother
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 into
                 Egypt
                 ,
                 for
                 〈◊〉
                 wil
                 seek
                 the
                 yong
                 Child
              
               to
               destroy
               him
               :
               
                 he
                 took
                 
                 them
                 by
                 night
                 and
                 departed
                 〈◊〉
                 :
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 celebrat
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Son
                 of
                 the
                 Highest
                 ,
                 for
                 exposing
                 thy Self
                 to
                 so
                 many
                 Hazards
                 and
                 Inconveniences
                 for
                 my
                 sake
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 constant
                 Vigilance
                 of
                 thy
                 Father's
                 Ey
                 to
                 serv
                 and
                 secure
                 Thee
                 by
                 the
                 Ministry
                 of
                 Angels
                 .
                 Thy
                 Lov
                 alone
                 moved
                 thee
                 to
                 descend
                 from
                 the
                 Region
                 of
                 Bliss
                 and
                 Glory
                 to
                 this
                 Vale
                 of
                 Misery
                 and
                 Troubl
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 but
                 thy
                 gracious
                 Design
                 to
                 free
                 us
                 thence
                 inclined
                 thee
                 rather
                 to
                 retire
                 into
                 the
                 Hous
                 of
                 Bondage
                 than
                 yield
                 thy
                 〈◊〉
                 to
                 the
                 Tyrants
                 Cruelty
                 ,
                 lest
                 Our
                 hope
                 should
                 hav
                 been
                 unseasonably
                 cut
                 off
                 .
                 Watch
                 over
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 Dangers
                 wherwith
                 I
                 am
                 beset
                 in
                 this
                 World
                 of
                 Iniquity
                 ,
                 and
                 either
                 instruct
                 me
                 to
                 escape
                 them
                 or
                 strengthen
                 me
                 to
                 sustain
                 them
                 .
                 Let
                 no
                 Devices
                 of
                 the
                 Wicked
                 
                 prosper
                 against
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 but
                 reflecting
                 on
                 this
                 thine
                 own
                 Peril
                 ,
                 be
                 thou
                 ever
                 ready
                 to
                 deliver
                 me
                 from
                 the
                 malicious
                 Designs
                 of
                 unreasonabl
                 and
                 cruel
                 Men.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               my
               blest
               Redeemer
               ,
               who
               ,
               in
               thy
               tender
               Years
               ,
               for
               the
               avoiding
               of
               Herod's
               Rage
               ,
               didst
               endure
               a
               tedious
               Banishment
               ,
               to
               let
               us
               know
               there
               is
               no
               less
               ground
               of
               Contentment
               in
               a
               voluntary
               Exile
               (
               when
               thy
               Providence
               makes
               it
               necessary
               for
               us
               )
               than
               in
               the
               Enjoyment
               of
               our
               nativ
               Soil
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 bless
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 being
                 equaly
                 near
                 us
                 in
                 all
                 places
                 of
                 thy
                 Dominion
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 the
                 whol
                 Earth
                 is
                 thine
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 whatsoever
                 thy
                 Wisdom
                 and
                 Authority
                 thinks
                 fit
                 to
                 enjoin
                 me
                 ,
                 let
                 thy
                 Grace
                 incline
                 me
                 cheerfuly
                 
                 to
                 obey
                 ,
                 how
                 much
                 soever
                 it
                 seem
                 to
                 thwart
                 my
                 worldly
                 Interest
                 or
                 Eas
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 my
                 Endevors
                 to
                 execute
                 thy
                 Will
                 ,
                 conduct
                 and
                 defend
                 me
                 with
                 thy
                 good
                 Providence
                 .
                 Obeying
                 Thee
                 I
                 may
                 be
                 safe
                 in
                 Egypt
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   Hous
                   of
                   Bondage
                
                 ,
                 while
                 encompassed
                 with
                 Perils
                 ;
                 and
                 throu
                 Disobedience
                 to
                 thy
                 Commands
                 ,
                 may
                 perish
                 in
                 Bethlehem
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   Hous
                   of
                   Bread
                
                 ,
                 tho
                 surrounded
                 with
                 Plenty
                 :
                 To
                 thy
                 better
                 Choice
                 therefore
                 do
                 I
                 wholy
                 refer
                 the
                 Disposal
                 of
                 my self
                 and
                 all
                 mine
                 Affairs
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 Thou
                 art
                 
                   God
                   only
                   Wise
                   and
                   Blessed
                   for
                   ever
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               Mirror
               of
               Meekness
               ,
               who
               〈◊〉
               rather
               submit
               to
               the
               common
               Remedy
               of
               with-drawing
               from
               the
               impendent
               Storm
               ,
               than
               use
               a
               Miracl
               either
               to
               〈◊〉
               the
               Purpos
               or
               withstand
               the
               
               Power
               of
               Herod
               ,
               by
               any
               irresistibl
               Influence
               of
               thine
               own
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 thine
                 exemplary
                 Subjection
                 to
                 Civil
                 Magistrats
                 ,
                 being
                 quietly
                 submissiv
                 
                   not
                   only
                   to
                   the
                   Good
                   and
                   Gentl
                   ,
                   but
                   even
                   to
                   the
                   froward
                   .
                
                 Let
                 the
                 Respect
                 thou
                 barest
                 them
                 in
                 thy
                 Peaceableness
                 and
                 Patience
                 under
                 the
                 grossest
                 Abuse
                 of
                 their
                 Authority
                 and
                 Jurisdiction
                 ,
                 quicken
                 and
                 confirm
                 in
                 me
                 the
                 Principls
                 of
                 an
                 inviolabl
                 Loyalty
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 
                   resist
                   not
                   evil
                
                 (
                 tho
                 unjustly
                 inflicted
                 by
                 the
                 higher
                 Powers
                 )
                 but
                 rather
                 shun
                 the
                 Inconvenience
                 by
                 a
                 timely
                 Retreat
                 than
                 presume
                 to
                 disturb
                 their
                 Government
                 ,
                 or
                 oppose
                 their
                 Authority
                 ,
                 by
                 any
                 unwarrantabl
                 and
                 contumacious
                 Practices
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 
                   whosoever
                   resisteth
                   the
                   Power
                   ,
                   resisteth
                   the
                   Ordinance
                   
                   of
                   God
                   :
                   and
                   they
                   that
                   resist
                   shal
                   receiv
                   to
                   themselvs
                   Damnation
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             VII
             .
             
               Of
               His
               Return
               out
               of
               Egypt
               ,
            
             
             
               after
               the
               Slaughter
               of
               the
               Innocents
               .
            
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 WHen
                 Herod
                 saw
                 that
                 he
                 
                 was
                 mocked
                 of
                 the
                 Wise
                 men
                 ,
              
               (
               whom
               he
               had
               
                 sent
                 to
                 Bethlehem
              
               with
               this
               Charge
               ,
               
                 Go
                 and
                 search
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 for
                 the
                 yong
                 Child
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 ye
                 hav
                 found
                 him
                 bring
                 me
                 word
                 agen
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 com
                 and
                 worship
                 him
                 also
              
               ;
               but
               they
               ,
               
                 being
                 warned
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 a
                 
                 Dream
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 not
                 return
                 to
                 Herod
                 ,
              
               were
               
                 departed
                 
                 into
                 their
                 own
                 Country
                 another
                 way
                 ;
                 )
              
               he
               
                 was
                 exceeding
                 wroth
              
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 glorify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 For
                 the
                 ready
                 Obedience
                 of
                 those
                 thy
                 Followers
                 in
                 conforming
                 to
                 evry
                 notice
                 of
                 thy
                 Will
                 ;
                 who
                 ,
                 truly
                 judging
                 it
                 cannot
                 
                   be
                   right
                   in
                
                 thy
                 
                   Sight
                   to
                   hearken
                   unto
                   Men
                   more
                   than
                   unto
                   God
                   ,
                
                 would
                 rather
                 incur
                 the
                 Danger
                 of
                 an
                 earthly
                 King's
                 Displeasure
                 than
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 Disobedience
                 to
                 the
                 hevenly
                 Vision
                 .
                 That
                 Tyrants
                 and
                 Usurpers
                 are
                 a
                 Scourge
                 unto
                 themselvs
                 ,
                 we
                 hav
                 a
                 notabl
                 Instance
                 in
                 Herod
                 ,
                 whose
                 Passions
                 were
                 ever
                 on
                 the
                 Rack
                 to
                 chastise
                 his
                 Ambition
                 :
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 the
                 Eastern
                 Pilgrims
                 came
                 with
                 their
                 Inquiry
                 ,
                 
                   Where
                   is
                   He
                   that
                   is
                   born
                   King
                   of
                   the
                   Jews
                   ?
                
                 he
                 was
                 troubled
                 with
                 Fears
                 and
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 Apprehensions
                 of
                 som
                 Innovation
                 in
                 the
                 State
                 :
                 No
                 sooner
                 were
                 they
                 gon
                 without
                 giving
                 him
                 such
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 their
                 Journy
                 as
                 he
                 required
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 is
                 tormented
                 with
                 Rage
                 at
                 the
                 Affront
                 they
                 put
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 in
                 sleighting
                 his
                 Commands
                 and
                 eluding
                 his
                 Expectation
                 .
                 Evry
                 inconsiderabl
                 Accident
                 doth
                 discompose
                 an
                 unquiet
                 mind
                 :
                 
                   Establish
                   me
                
                 therefore
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 
                   with
                   thy
                   free
                
                 Spirit
                 against
                 the
                 violent
                 efforts
                 of
                 my
                 Passions
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 enjoy
                 such
                 a
                 Peace
                 and
                 Serenity
                 as
                 naturally
                 flows
                 from
                 the
                 regular
                 Dictats
                 of
                 Reason
                 and
                 Religion
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 never
                 do
                 or
                 desire
                 any
                 thing
                 contradictory
                 therunto
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               Herod's
               Wrath
               ,
               not
               enduring
               the
               narrow
               Confinement
               of
               his
               own
               Breast
               ,
               like
               a
               raging
               Torrent
               
               that
               involvs
               all
               the
               Neighboring
               Plains
               with
               Ruin
               and
               Destruction
               ,
               breaks
               forth
               into
               a
               bloody
               
               Edict
               which
               
                 〈◊〉
                 all
                 the
                 Children
                 
                 that
                 were
                 in
                 Bethlehem
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 therof
                 ,
                 from
                 two
                 Years
                 old
                 and
                 under
                 ,
              
               proportioning
               the
               Extent
               of
               his
               〈◊〉
               
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 time
                 
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 diligently
                 enquired
                 of
                 the
                 Wise
                 men
                 ,
              
               when
               he
               
                 privily
                 called
              
               them
               to
               inform
               him
               
                 what
                 time
                 the
                 Star
                 appeared
              
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 adore
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 For
                 permitting
                 
                 
                   that
                   which
                   was
                   spoken
                   by
                   〈◊〉
                   the
                   Prophet
                
                 to
                 be
                 thus
                 
                   fulfilled
                   ,
                   In
                   Rama
                   was
                   there
                   〈◊〉
                   
                   voice
                   heard
                   ,
                   〈◊〉
                   weeping
                   for
                   her
                   Children
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   not
                   be
                   comforted
                   ,
                   becaus
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   .
                
                 The
                 enraged
                 King
                 of
                 Jewry
                 meant
                 to
                 destroy
                 those
                 Infants
                 ,
                 
                 but
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 merciless
                 Intention
                 wrought
                 their
                 Deliverance
                 :
                 By
                 the
                 Death
                 he
                 inflicted
                 ,
                 he
                 freed
                 them
                 
                   from
                   Sin
                
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 the
                 Effusion
                 of
                 their
                 Blood
                 he
                 accomplished
                 their
                 Baptism
                 ;
                 and
                 while
                 that
                 crafty
                 Fox
                 designed
                 to
                 involv
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 common
                 Butchery
                 ,
                 his
                 wicked
                 Devices
                 recoiled
                 upon
                 himself
                 in
                 the
                 Murther
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 .
                 For
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 withdrew
                 his
                 beloved
                 Isaac
                 ,
                 and
                 left
                 a
                 Thousand
                 innocent
                 Lambs
                 to
                 be
                 sacrifised
                 in
                 his
                 stead
                 and
                 accepted
                 for
                 his
                 sake
                 .
                 
                   These
                   were
                   redeemed
                   from
                   among
                   Men
                   ,
                   being
                   the
                   first
                   .
                   fruits
                   unto
                   God
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   Lamb
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   their
                   mouth
                   was
                   found
                   no
                   Guile
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   are
                   without
                   fault
                   before
                   the
                   Throne
                   of
                   God.
                
                 Weep
                 not
                 therefore
                 for
                 thy
                 Children
                 ,
                 Rachel
                 ,
                 for
                 ,
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   are
                   Blessed
                   ;
                   they
                   follow
                   the
                   Lamb
                   whithersoever
                   he
                   goeth
                   ,
                
                 therefore
                 be
                 comforted
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   O
                   
                     God
                     the
                     Judg
                     of
                     all
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   these
                   new-born
                   Babes
                   ,
                   hast
                   taught
                   thy
                   Church
                   ,
                   that
                   neither
                   the
                   tenderest
                   Age
                   ,
                   nor
                   the
                   most
                   immaculat
                   Innocence
                   ,
                   is
                   exempt
                   from
                   Suffering
                   for
                   Thy
                   Sake
                   ,
                   or
                   incapabl
                   of
                   the
                   glorious
                   Rewards
                   allotted
                   to
                   the
                   Nobl
                   Army
                   of
                   thy
                   Martyrs
                   :
                   Giv
                   all
                   the
                   Members
                   of
                   thy
                   Church
                   Militant
                   here
                   upon
                   Earth
                   Grace
                   so
                   to
                   adore
                   Thee
                   in
                   this
                   and
                   all
                   other
                   Transactions
                   of
                   thy
                   Providence
                   (
                   how
                   severe
                   or
                   unaccountabl
                   soever
                   they
                   seem
                   to
                   human
                   Reason
                   )
                   as
                   may
                   confirm
                   their
                   Hearts
                   in
                   a
                   hopeful
                   Resignation
                   to
                   thy
                   Will
                   and
                   an
                   assured
                   Trust
                   that
                   their
                   cheerful
                   Submission
                   therunto
                   shal
                   be
                   crowned
                   with
                   thine
                   Eternal
                   Favor
                   ,
                   when
                   thy
                   Church
                   shal
                   becom
                   Triumphant
                   in
                   Heven
                   .
                   Assist
                   me
                   also
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   beseech
                   
                   thee
                   ,
                   to
                   check
                   the
                   first
                   Rise
                   of
                   my
                   Passions
                   ,
                   lest
                   ,
                   being
                   cherished
                   in
                   my
                   bosom
                   ,
                   they
                   grow
                   too
                   head-strong
                   to
                   be
                   reclaimed
                   ,
                   and
                   break
                   out
                   into
                   such
                   Acts
                   of
                   Violence
                   and
                   Villany
                   as
                   are
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   named
                   without
                   Horror
                   and
                   Detestation
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               Holy
               Joseph
               (
               having
               abode
               in
               Egypt
               til
               
                 Herod
                 was
                 dead
              
               )
               
               upon
               the
               Information
               and
               Encoragement
               
               which
               he
               received
               from
               
                 an
                 Angel
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
              
               ,
               that
               
                 they
                 〈◊〉
                 dead
                 which
                 sought
                 the
                 yong
                 Child's
                 Life
                 ,
                 arose
                 and
                 took
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Land
                 of
                 Israel
              
               ;
               but
               ,
               in
               regard
               
                 he
                 
                 was
                 afraid
                 to
                 go
                 into
                 Iuden
                 ,
              
               where
               
                 Archelaus
                 did
                 reign
                 in
                 
                 the
                 room
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 Herod
                 ,
                 being
              
               further
               
                 warned
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 
                 a
                 Dream
                 ,
                 he
                 turned
                 aside
                 into
                 Galilee
                 ,
                 and
                 dwelt
                 in
                 a
                 City
                 
                 called
                 Nazareth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 For
                 ordering
                 the
                 seemingly
                 accidental
                 Circumstances
                 of
                 thy
                 Life
                 to
                 
                   fulfil
                   that
                   
                   which
                   was
                   spoken
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   by
                   the
                   Prophets
                
                 ;
                 thy
                 Return
                 from
                 Banishment
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 Divine
                 Summons
                 ,
                 expresly
                 answering
                 That
                 
                   Saying
                   ,
                   Out
                   of
                   Egypt
                   hav
                   I
                   called
                   my
                   Son
                
                 ;
                 and
                 thine
                 Abode
                 in
                 Nazareth
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 God's
                 Direction
                 ,
                 implicitly
                 corresponding
                 with
                 This
                 ,
                 
                   he
                   shal
                   be
                   called
                   a
                   〈◊〉
                   .
                
                 
                 In
                 all
                 my
                 Spiritual
                 Desertions
                 ,
                 whensoever
                 I
                 am
                 restrained
                 from
                 thy
                 Sanctuary
                 or
                 cast
                 out
                 of
                 thy
                 Sight
                 ,
                 Lord
                 grant
                 I
                 may
                 patiently
                 attend
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 happily
                 find
                 ,
                 the
                 seasonabl
                 Returns
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 and
                 Presence
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 altho
                 my
                 whol
                 Life
                 be
                 an
                 unsettled
                 Pilgrimage
                 ,
                 yet
                 be
                 thou
                 pleased
                 to
                 refresh
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 various
                 Stages
                 of
                 it
                 with
                 the
                 Society
                 and
                 Priviledges
                 of
                 thy
                 Chosen
                 Peepl
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 to
                 
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   〈◊〉
                   Honor
                   dwelleth
                   :
                
                 that
                 as
                 Thou
                 ,
                 
                 O
                 Child
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 didst
                 
                   grow
                   and
                   war
                   strong
                   in
                   Spirit
                   ,
                
                 being
                 
                 
                   filled
                   with
                   Wisdom
                
                 ;
                 so
                 the
                 
                   Grace
                   of
                   God
                
                 may
                 be
                 upon
                 Me
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             VIII
             .
             
               Of
               His
               going
               up
               to
               the
               Templ
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               Disputing
               with
               the
               Doctors
            
             .
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               NOw
               ,
               wheras
               
                 his
                 Parents
                 
                 went
                 to
                 Ierusalem
                 evry
                 year
                 at
                 the
                 Feast
                 of
                 the
                 Passover
                 ,
              
               the
               Holy
               Child
               at
               
                 twelv
                 years
                 old
              
               did
               accompany
               
               them
               thither
               ,
               
                 after
                 the
                 Custom
                 of
                 the
                 Feast
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 For
                 observing
                 and
                 countenancing
                 thine
                 own
                 Ordinances
                 ;
                 and
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 thee
                 to
                 establish
                 and
                 adorn
                 thy
                 Publick
                 Worship
                 among
                 us
                 ,
                 by
                 
                 restoring
                 our
                 Religious
                 Solemnities
                 to
                 their
                 du
                 Veneration
                 and
                 Attendance
                 ,
                 that
                 commemorating
                 thine
                 ancient
                 Mercies
                 with
                 thankful
                 hearts
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 derive
                 fresh
                 Advantages
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 evry
                 Year
                 but
                 all
                 the
                 Days
                 of
                 our
                 Life
                 .
                 They
                 want
                 no
                 Templ
                 who
                 hav
                 God
                 himself
                 in
                 their
                 Hous
                 ;
                 they
                 can
                 need
                 no
                 Sacrifice
                 who
                 hav
                 Jesus
                 in
                 their
                 Company
                 :
                 Yet
                 did
                 not
                 the
                 H.
                 Virgin
                 and
                 S.
                 Joseph
                 neglect
                 their
                 annual
                 Progress
                 to
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 but
                 ,
                 in
                 an
                 uninterrupted
                 Cours
                 of
                 pious
                 Conformity
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 trained
                 up
                 the
                 B.
                 Child
                 from
                 his
                 Youth
                 in
                 the
                 strict
                 Observation
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 O
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 consider
                 their
                 pious
                 and
                 regular
                 Devotion
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 good
                 Exampl
                 which
                 the
                 prudent
                 and
                 orderly
                 Behavior
                 of
                 such
                 holy
                 Persons
                 hath
                 set
                 before
                 thee
                 ,
                 be
                 careful
                 and
                 conscientious
                 as
                 wel
                 in
                 
                 celebrating
                 the
                 publick
                 Christian
                 〈◊〉
                 as
                 in
                 improving
                 all
                 privat
                 Occasions
                 of
                 Piety
                 and
                 Duty
                 ,
                 to
                 express
                 thy
                 religious
                 Communion
                 with
                 the
                 Saints
                 not
                 only
                 of
                 thine
                 own
                 time
                 but
                 of
                 former
                 Ages
                 too
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               
                 When
                 they
                 had
                 fulfilled
                 the
                 
                 days
                 ,
              
               his
               Parents
               returned
               homeward
               ;
               
               but
               
                 the
                 Child
                 Iesus
                 tarried
                 behind
              
               ,
               which
               they
               
                 knew
                 
                 not
                 of
              
               :
               for
               ,
               
                 supposing
                 him
                 to
                 hav
                 been
                 in
                 the
                 Company
                 ,
              
               they
               
                 went
                 a
                 days
                 journy
              
               before
               
                 they
                 fought
                 him
                 among
                 their
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 acquaintance
                 ,
              
               and
               then
               
               
                 turned
                 back
                 again
                 to
                 Ierusalem
              
               ;
               where
               ,
               
                 after
                 three
                 days
                 ,
                 they
                 
                 found
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 Temple
                 ,
                 fitting
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 Doctors
                 ,
                 both
                 hearing
                 them
                 and
                 asking
                 them
                 Questions
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 Savior
                 ,
                 For
                 making
                 the
                 Second
                 Templ
                 thus
                 glorious
                 by
                 thy
                 Presence
                 ,
                 and
                 giving
                 such
                 early
                 Notices
                 of
                 thy
                 Divinity
                 as
                 made
                 
                   all
                   that
                   heard
                
                 Thee
                 
                   astonished
                   
                   at
                
                 thine
                 
                   Understanding
                   and
                   Answers
                
                 ,
                 Let
                 all
                 my
                 Conferences
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 be
                 holy
                 ,
                 wise
                 ,
                 and
                 prudent
                 ,
                 always
                 aiming
                 either
                 to
                 receiv
                 or
                 communicat
                 Instruction
                 by
                 proposing
                 such
                 Questions
                 concerning
                 the
                 Mysteries
                 of
                 thy
                 Kingdom
                 as
                 
                   may
                   serv
                   to
                   the
                   Use
                   of
                   Edifying
                   and
                   minister
                   Grace
                   to
                   the
                   Hearers
                   :
                
                 For
                 this
                 purpos
                 ,
                 make
                 me
                 diligent
                 in
                 frequenting
                 those
                 Places
                 and
                 Persons
                 which
                 are
                 consecrated
                 to
                 thy
                 Service
                 and
                 set
                 apart
                 by
                 thy
                 Providence
                 for
                 our
                 ordinary
                 Learning
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Principls
                 of
                 tru
                 Wisdom
                 and
                 Piety
                 ,
                 being
                 instilled
                 in
                 my
                 
                 Youth
                 ,
                 may
                 render
                 me
                 ,
                 in
                 my
                 riper
                 Age
                 ,
                 wise
                 unto
                 Salvation
                 ;
                 abl
                 to
                 refute
                 Errors
                 and
                 maintain
                 Truth
                 ,
                 practise
                 Virtu
                 and
                 discountenance
                 Vice
                 ;
                 and
                 coragious
                 in
                 laying
                 hold
                 on
                 all
                 fit
                 Opportunities
                 for
                 both
                 ,
                 without
                 being
                 unseasonabl
                 or
                 unprofitabl
                 in
                 either
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               ,
               in
               Answer
               to
               that
               Question
               wherin
               thy
               Parents
               expressed
               how
               much
               
                 they
                 were
              
               troubled
               at
               thine
               Absence
               
               and
               amazed
               at
               thy
               supernatural
               
               Abilities
               ,
               
                 Son
                 ,
                 why
                 hast
                 thou
                 thus
                 dealt
                 with
                 us
                 ?
                 Behold
                 ,
                 thy
                 Father
                 and
                 I
                 hav
                 sought
                 〈◊〉
                 sorrowing
                 :
              
               didst
               
                 say
                 
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 Wist
                 ye
                 not
                 that
                 I
                 must
                 be
                 about
                 my
                 Father's
                 business
                 ?
                 which
                 Saying
                 they
                 understood
                 
                 not
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 thy
                 forward
                 undertaking
                 to
                 do
                 the
                 Work
                 of
                 Him
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 Thee
                 ,
                 preferring
                 thy
                 Care
                 to
                 pleas
                 thy
                 Hevenly
                 Father
                 before
                 the
                 Regard
                 du
                 to
                 thine
                 Earthly
                 Parentage
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 let
                 no
                 Worldly
                 Obligation
                 be
                 of
                 force
                 to
                 withdraw
                 me
                 from
                 Thee
                 or
                 lessen
                 my
                 Duty
                 to
                 Thee
                 ;
                 nor
                 yet
                 suffer
                 me
                 upon
                 any
                 Pretence
                 of
                 doing
                 Thee
                 Service
                 to
                 becom
                 undutiful
                 or
                 disobliging
                 to
                 those
                 whom
                 Grace
                 or
                 Nature
                 hath
                 made
                 my
                 Relations
                 :
                 but
                 that
                 ,
                 taking
                 good
                 heed
                 to
                 dispatch
                 the
                 Business
                 Thou
                 dost
                 entrust
                 me
                 with
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 place
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 also
                 deport
                 my Self
                 with
                 du
                 Respect
                 to
                 my
                 several
                 Relations
                 ,
                 tendring
                 that
                 Duty
                 which
                 I
                 ow
                 them
                 respectivly
                 with
                 all
                 Affability
                 and
                 Cheerfulness
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             IX
             .
             
               Of
               His
               Return
               to
               Nazareth
               and
               retired
               Life
               there
               .
            
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               OB.
               Jesu
               ,
               who
               
                 wentest
                 down
                 
                 with
              
               thy
               Parents
               
                 to
                 Nazareth
              
               ,
               
               leaving
               the
               Society
               of
               the
               Great
               and
               Learned
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               soothing
               Charms
               of
               popular
               Admiration
               and
               Applaus
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 recommending
                 a
                 mixture
                 of
                 Retirement
                 and
                 Privacy
                 with
                 our
                 publick
                 Actions
                 and
                 Emploiments
                 ,
                 wherin
                 we
                 may
                 hav
                 leisure
                 and
                 opportunity
                 to
                 contemplat
                 thy
                 Father's
                 Glory
                 ,
                 as
                 Thou
                 didst
                 ;
                 enjoying
                 his
                 marvellous
                 
                 Works
                 ,
                 studying
                 in
                 his
                 most
                 excellent
                 Laws
                 ,
                 tracing
                 the
                 foot-steps
                 of
                 his
                 Wisdom
                 in
                 both
                 ,
                 and
                 ravished
                 with
                 the
                 Consideration
                 of
                 his
                 infinit
                 Lov
                 in
                 all
                 .
                 By
                 these
                 approved
                 Means
                 ,
                 let
                 My
                 Faculties
                 and
                 Thy
                 Graces
                 be
                 so
                 improved
                 in
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 view
                 all
                 things
                 with
                 Thine
                 Eys
                 ;
                 expose
                 my self
                 rarely
                 ,
                 with
                 Thy
                 Prudence
                 ;
                 retire
                 with
                 Thy
                 Contentedness
                 ;
                 be
                 enflamed
                 with
                 Thy
                 Lov
                 to
                 God
                 and
                 Man
                 ;
                 and
                 partake
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 unknown
                 Accomplishments
                 that
                 ly
                 hid
                 in
                 Thy
                 concealed
                 Life
                 ,
                 som
                 Sparks
                 wherof
                 darted
                 forth
                 in
                 thy
                 Super-natural
                 Understanding
                 and
                 exemplary
                 Conversation
                 evry
                 day
                 .
                 Thus
                 ,
                 
                   receiving
                   of
                
                 Thy
                 
                   Fulness
                   Grace
                   for
                   Grace
                
                 ,
                 I
                 shal
                 derive
                 far
                 more
                 Satisfaction
                 from
                 
                   the
                   Light
                   of
                   thy
                   Countenance
                
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 domestick
                 Privacy
                 ,
                 than
                 all
                 the
                 inviting
                 
                 Advantages
                 and
                 publick
                 Honors
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 can
                 pretend
                 to
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               sole
               Fountain
               of
               our
               Grace
               and
               Glory
               ,
               who
               didst
               not
               only
               accompany
               thy
               Parents
               to
               Nazareth
               ,
               but
               
                 wast
                 subject
                 unto
                 them
              
               there
               ,
               being
               content
               to
               liv
               and
               labor
               in
               the
               painful
               Vocation
               of
               thy
               reputed
               Father
               til
               the
               thirtieth
               Year
               of
               thine
               Age
               ;
               for
               ,
               on
               that
               account
               thine
               own
               Countrymen
               tearm
               thee
               
                 The
                 Carpenter
              
               ,
               as
               wel
               as
               
                 The
                 Carpenter's
                 Son
              
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 expressing
                 thy
                 Subjection
                 and
                 Humility
                 so
                 long
                 in
                 that
                 mean
                 and
                 laborious
                 Emploiment
                 .
                 Quicken
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 to
                 honest
                 Industry
                 in
                 my
                 Calling
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 whether
                 it
                 seem
                 base
                 or
                 honorabl
                 in
                 the
                 Eys
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 
                 duly
                 approv
                 my self
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 so
                 wel
                 contented
                 with
                 whatsoever
                 part
                 his
                 wiser
                 Providence
                 allots
                 me
                 ,
                 to
                 act
                 ,
                 as
                 never
                 to
                 be
                 ashamed
                 of
                 my
                 poorest
                 Kindred
                 or
                 of
                 doing
                 any
                 the
                 meanest
                 Offices
                 for
                 them
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               O
               my
               Dear
               Jesus
               ,
               in
               that
               silent
               
               Painfulness
               and
               retired
               Condition
               ,
               
               which
               so
               long
               veiled
               thy
               hevenly
               Extraction
               as
               seemed
               to
               pass
               it
               into
               Oblivion
               ,
               Thou
               didst
               
                 encreas
                 in
                 Wisdom
                 and
                 Stature
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Favor
                 with
                 God
                 and
                 Men.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Reverend
                 Name
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 Purity
                 of
                 thine
                 inoffensiv
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 signal
                 Patience
                 wherwith
                 thou
                 didst
                 attend
                 the
                 prefixed
                 time
                 of
                 executing
                 thy
                 Divine
                 Office.
                 Lord
                 ,
                 
                 rectify
                 that
                 Eagerness
                 and
                 Impatience
                 wherwith
                 we
                 usualy
                 snatch
                 at
                 expected
                 Honors
                 and
                 rush
                 into
                 new
                 Emploiments
                 ,
                 Pardon
                 those
                 Miscarriages
                 in
                 my
                 present
                 state
                 of
                 Life
                 wherby
                 I
                 hav
                 given
                 Occasion
                 of
                 Offence
                 to
                 any
                 ,
                 and
                 endu
                 me
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 Prudence
                 and
                 Humility
                 as
                 may
                 render
                 my
                 Lov
                 and
                 Service
                 acceptabl
                 to
                 all
                 ;
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 grow
                 into
                 
                   favor
                   with
                   God
                   and
                   Men
                
                 ,
                 which
                 thine
                 Exampl
                 and
                 Success
                 persuade
                 me
                 is
                 a
                 Grace
                 not
                 desirabl
                 only
                 ,
                 but
                 attainabl
                 also
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 
                   increas
                   in
                   Wisdom
                
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Stature
                 ,
                 and
                 express
                 their
                 so
                 doing
                 in
                 an
                 amiabl
                 and
                 blameless
                 Conversation
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             X.
             
               Of
               His
               Inauguration
               to
               his
               Office
            
             
             
               by
               the
               Preaching
               and
            
             
             
               Baptism
               of
               S.
               John.
            
             
             
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
               
            
             
               O
               My
               Gracious
               Redeemer
               ,
               thou
               didst
               send
               thy
               Servant
               John
               (
               who
               
                 grew
                 and
                 waxed
                 
                 strong
                 in
                 Spirit
                 ,
              
               being
               
                 in
                 the
                 
                 Wilderness
                 til
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 his
                 Shewing
                 unto
                 Israel
                 )
              
               as
               a
               
                 Messenger
                 before
                 thy
                 face
                 to
                 prepare
                 
                 thy
                 way
                 before
                 Thee
                 ,
              
               by
               
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 the
                 Baptism
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 for
                 the
                 Remission
                 of
                 Sins
                 ,
              
               wherin
               he
               exprest
               
                 The
                 Uoice
                 of
                 one
                 crying
                 in
                 the
                 Wilderness
                 ,
                 Prepare
                 ye
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 make
                 his
                 Paths
                 
                 strait
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 written
                 in
                 the
                 Prophets
                 :
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
                 
              
               
                 For
                 this
                 suitabl
                 
                   Beginning
                   of
                   the
                   Gospel
                   of
                   〈◊〉
                   Christ
                   the
                   Son
                   of
                   God.
                
                 Let
                 me
                 learn
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 Austerity
                 of
                 thy
                 Fore-runner
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 Apparel
                 
                 and
                 Diet
                 (
                 for
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   same
                   John
                   had
                   his
                   Raiment
                   of
                   Camel's
                   
                   hair
                   and
                   a
                   leathern
                   Girdl
                   at
                   〈◊〉
                   his
                   Loins
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Meat
                   was
                   Locusts
                   and
                   wild
                   Dony
                   )
                
                 so
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 the
                 Doctrin
                 of
                 Mortification
                 and
                 Repentance
                 which
                 he
                 preached
                 and
                 practised
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   the
                   Salvation
                   of
                   
                   God.
                   
                
                 And
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   the
                   Peepl
                
                 ,
                 who
                 
                 
                   went
                   out
                   to
                   him
                
                 from
                 
                   Jerusalem
                   and
                   Judea
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   Region
                   
                   round
                   about
                   ,
                   were
                   baptized
                   of
                   him
                   in
                   Jordan
                   ;
                   confessing
                   their
                   Sins
                   ,
                
                 so
                 do
                 thou
                 
                   baptize
                   me
                   with
                   the
                   H.
                   Ghost
                   and
                   with
                   Fire
                
                 to
                 the
                 forsaking
                 of
                 mine
                 ;
                 
                 that
                 being
                 effectualy
                 
                   warned
                   to
                   
                   flee
                   from
                   the
                   Wrath
                   to
                   com
                   ,
                
                 I
                 
                 may
                 
                   bring
                   forth
                   fruits
                   meet
                   for
                   
                   Repentance
                   ,
                
                 rather
                 glorying
                 to
                 hav
                 Abraham
                 my
                 Father
                 in
                 
                 Faith
                 than
                 after
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 since
                 
                   God
                   is
                   abl
                   of
                
                 the
                 very
                 
                   Stones
                   to
                   rais
                   up
                   Children
                   unto
                
                 him
                 .
                 
                   And
                   now
                
                 that
                 
                   the
                   Axis
                   laid
                   〈◊〉
                   
                   the
                   Root
                   of
                   the
                   〈◊〉
                   ,
                
                 be
                 graciously
                 pleased
                 to
                 direct
                 the
                 hand
                 that
                 guides
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 dead
                 or
                 luxuriant
                 Branches
                 of
                 Sin
                 and
                 Folly
                 that
                 
                   evry
                   〈◊〉
                
                 may
                 
                   bring
                   forth
                   good
                   Fruit
                
                 ,
                 in
                 stead
                 of
                 
                   hewing
                   down
                
                 the
                 whol
                 Body
                 to
                 be
                 
                   cast
                   into
                   the
                   fire
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               When
               
                 the
                 Peepl
                 ,
                 the
                 Publicans
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 the
                 Soldiers
                 ,
              
               which
               
               
                 came
                 forth
                 to
                 be
                 baptized
                 of
                 
                 John
                 ,
                 asked
                 him
                 ,
                 What
                 shal
                 we
                 do
                 :
              
               Instead
               of
               requiring
               them
               to
               forsake
               their
               several
               Callings
               ,
               
               as
               unlawful
               or
               irreligious
               ,
               He
               recommends
               Charity
               ,
               upright
               
               Dealing
               ,
               and
               honest
               Contentment
               to
               their
               Practice
               in
               the
               du
               Use
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 giv
                 thee
                 Thanks
                 and
                 Prais
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 For
                 making
                 the
                 Duties
                 of
                 Religion
                 consistent
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 our
                 Worldly
                 Vocations
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 bless
                 my
                 conscionabl
                 Industry
                 in
                 that
                 lawful
                 Emploiment
                 wherunto
                 thy
                 Providence
                 hath
                 called
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 by
                 my
                 honest
                 Diligence
                 therin
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 do
                 Thee
                 Service
                 in
                 my
                 Generation
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   working
                   with
                
                 my
                 
                   hands
                   the
                   thing
                   which
                   is
                   Good
                   ,
                   may
                   hav
                
                 (
                 and
                 hav
                 the
                 Heart
                 )
                 
                   to
                   giv
                   to
                   him
                   that
                   needeth
                   :
                
                 And
                 yet
                 ,
                 let
                 not
                 my
                 earnest
                 Concernment
                 for
                 the
                 things
                 of
                 this
                 Life
                 be
                 pleaded
                 in
                 Excuse
                 for
                 my
                 Neglect
                 of
                 a
                 better
                 ,
                 but
                 among
                 all
                 my
                 most
                 justifiabl
                 Cares
                 ,
                 allow
                 som
                 Time
                 and
                 
                 Thought
                 so
                 to
                 attend
                 on
                 the
                 Ministry
                 of
                 thy
                 Word
                 and
                 the
                 Administration
                 of
                 thy
                 Sacraments
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 best
                 make
                 a
                 practical
                 Expression
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 giv
                 a
                 proper
                 Answer
                 to
                 ,
                 this
                 Inquiry
                 on
                 the
                 behalf
                 of
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 
                   What
                   must
                   I
                   do
                   to
                   be
                   saved
                   ?
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               
                 As
                 the
                 Peepl
                 were
                 in
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 all
                 men
                 mused
                 〈◊〉
                 their
                 hearts
                 of
                 John
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 he
                 were
                 the
                 Christ
                 or
                 not
              
               ;
               so
               that
               
                 the
                 Jews
                 sent
                 Priests
                 and
                 Levits
                 ,
              
               who
               
                 were
                 of
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 
                 from
                 Jerusalem
              
               to
               
                 Bethabara
                 beyond
                 Jordan
                 〈◊〉
                 he
                 was
                 baptizing
                 ,
                 to
                 ask
                 him
                 ,
                 Who
                 art
                 thou
                 ?
                 He
                 denied
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 confessed
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 the
                 CHRIST
                 ,
                 nor
                 Elias
                 ,
                 neither
                 
                 that
                 Propher
                 .
                 I
                 indeed
                 baptize
                 you
                 with
                 Water
                 ,
                 but
                 
                 there
                 standeth
                 one
                 among
                 you
                 
                 whom
                 ye
                 know
                 not
                 ;
                 He
                 cometh
                 
                 after
                 me
              
               and
               
                 is
                 preferred
                 
                 before
                 me
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 He
                 was
                 before
                 
                 me
                 ,
              
               tho
               born
               after
               me
               ;
               
                 the
                 
                 latchet
                 of
                 whose
                 shoos
                 I
                 am
                 
                 not
                 worthy
                 to
                 unloos
                 ;
                 whose
                 
                 Fan
                 is
                 in
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 wil
                 〈◊〉
                 purge
                 his
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 and
                 wil
                 gather
                 the
                 Wheat
                 into
                 his
                 Garner
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Chaff
                 he
                 wil
                 burn
                 with
                 fire
                 unquenchabl
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 For
                 
                   this
                   Record
                   of
                   John
                
                 ,
                 who
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   witness
                   of
                
                 Thee
                 without
                 seeking
                 the
                 Enhancement
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Reputation
                 by
                 the
                 envious
                 Concealment
                 of
                 thy
                 Person
                 or
                 Office.
                 Lord
                 ,
                 purge
                 the
                 floor
                 of
                 my
                 Heart
                 from
                 all
                 that
                 Chaff
                 of
                 Vanity
                 and
                 Pride
                 which
                 renders
                 me
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 inclinabl
                 to
                 deck
                 my self
                 with
                 the
                 spoils
                 of
                 that
                 
                 Honor
                 which
                 is
                 only
                 du
                 to
                 Thee
                 ;
                 that
                 ,
                 being
                 littl
                 in
                 mine
                 own
                 Eys
                 ;
                 I
                 may
                 cheerfuly
                 magnify
                 Him
                 who
                 is
                 
                   mightier
                   than
                   I
                   ,
                   of
                
                 
                 whose
                 
                   fulness
                   we
                   hav
                   all
                   received
                   ,
                   
                   
                   even
                   Grace
                   for
                   Grace
                   ,
                
                 
                 which
                 alone
                 can
                 fit
                 us
                 to
                 be
                 laid
                 up
                 in
                 store
                 for
                 the
                 Master's
                 Use
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Hous
                   not
                   made
                   with
                   hands
                   eternal
                   in
                   the
                   Hevens
                   ;
                   for
                   ,
                   the
                   Law
                   was
                   given
                   by
                   Moses
                   ,
                   but
                   
                   Grace
                   and
                   Truth
                   came
                   by
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                
                 who
                 ,
                 being
                 
                   the
                   only
                   Begotten
                   Son
                   which
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   
                   bosom
                   of
                   the
                   Father
                   ,
                   hath
                   declared
                   that
                   God
                
                 whom
                 
                   no
                   man
                   hath
                   seen
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   :
                
                 And
                 since
                 the
                 same
                 John
                 ,
                 being
                 
                   a
                   
                   man
                   sent
                   from
                   God
                   ,
                   came
                   for
                   
                   a
                   Witness
                   ,
                   to
                   bear
                   witness
                   of
                   the
                   Light
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   men
                   throu
                   him
                   might
                   believ
                
                 ;
                 let
                 this
                 his
                 publick
                 Testimony
                 hav
                 its
                 designed
                 Effect
                 upon
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   man
                   
                   that
                   cometh
                   into
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   ,
                
                 
                 not
                 only
                 confirming
                 the
                 tru
                 Faith
                 where
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 already
                 planted
                 ,
                 but
                 creating
                 it
                 also
                 where
                 't
                 is
                 yet
                 wanting
                 ,
                 with
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 
                   Power
                   and
                   Demonstration
                   of
                   the
                   Spirit
                   ,
                
                 that
                 ,
                 altho
                 
                   the
                   
                   World
                
                 ,
                 which
                 
                   was
                   made
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   without
                   whom
                   was
                   not
                   any
                   thing
                   made
                   ,
                   knew
                   him
                   not
                
                 while
                 
                   He
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   World
                
                 ,
                 
                 yet
                 it
                 may
                 never
                 more
                 be
                 said
                 ,
                 
                   He
                   came
                   unto
                   his
                   own
                   ,
                   and
                   
                   his
                   own
                   received
                   him
                   not
                   ,
                
                 but
                 being
                 now
                 no
                 longer
                 
                   born
                   of
                   
                   Blood
                   ,
                   or
                   of
                   the
                   Wil
                   of
                   Man
                   ,
                   but
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   All
                   Flesh
                   may
                   see
                   thy
                   Salvation
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   behold
                   the
                   
                   Glory
                
                 of
                 
                   the
                   Word
                   made
                   Flesh
                   ,
                   as
                
                 that
                 
                   of
                   the
                   only
                   begotten
                   of
                   the
                   Father
                   ,
                
                 who
                 as
                 verily
                 
                   was
                   
                   in
                   the
                   beginning
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   with
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   God
                   ,
                
                 as
                 he
                 
                   dwelt
                   among
                   Us
                   ful
                   of
                   Grace
                   and
                   Truth
                   .
                
                 And
                 the
                 good
                 God
                 of
                 the
                 Spirits
                 of
                 all
                 Flesh
                 grant
                 that
                 
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 thy
                 Lov
                 in
                 whom
                 
                   was
                   that
                   Life
                
                 which
                 
                   was
                   the
                   
                   Light
                   of
                   Men
                   ,
                
                 may
                 
                   shine
                   in
                   the
                   
                   Darkness
                
                 that
                 hath
                 benighted
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 this
                 World
                 ,
                 til
                 
                   the
                   Power
                
                 (
                 or
                 rather
                 Priviledg
                 )
                 to
                 
                   becom
                   the
                   Sons
                   of
                   God
                
                 ,
                 which
                 He
                 
                   gave
                   to
                   them
                   
                   that
                   believ
                   on
                   his
                   Name
                   ,
                
                 〈◊〉
                 graciously
                 imparted
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Families
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 by
                 embracing
                 the
                 true
                 Faith
                 which
                 hath
                 saved
                 
                   as
                   many
                   as
                   received
                   him
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 Then
                 cometh
                 Iesus
                 from
                 
                 Galilee
                 to
                 Iordan
                 unto
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 
                 to
                 be
                 baptized
                 of
                 him
                 ,
              
               having
               quitted
               his
               dear
               Relations
               and
               privat
               Occupation
               ,
               the
               more
               freely
               to
               begin
               and
               attend
               his
               Father's
               business
               :
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 celebrat
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 Dear
                 Redeemer
                 ,
                 For
                 leaving
                 the
                 Sweetness
                 of
                 a
                 peaceabl
                 Retirement
                 ,
                 to
                 enter
                 upon
                 a
                 State
                 not
                 only
                 encumber'd
                 with
                 Sweat
                 and
                 Travel
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 〈◊〉
                 to
                 Censure
                 and
                 Persecution
                 for
                 thy
                 Church's
                 sake
                 .
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 Thee
                 ,
                 let
                 no
                 Self-ends
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 pleasurabl
                 Enjoyments
                 ,
                 detain
                 any
                 one
                 from
                 undertaking
                 such
                 publick
                 Duties
                 as
                 he
                 is
                 lawfuly
                 called
                 unto
                 :
                 but
                 ,
                 when
                 a
                 more
                 open
                 Exposure
                 may
                 any
                 way
                 conduce
                 to
                 the
                 general
                 Good
                 and
                 Benefit
                 of
                 thy
                 Peepl
                 ,
                 be
                 a
                 safe
                 Retirement
                 never
                 so
                 desirabl
                 ,
                 encorage
                 us
                 all
                 to
                 abandon
                 our
                 particular
                 Eas
                 and
                 Satisfaction
                 ;
                 preferring
                 thy
                 Church
                 before
                 all
                 our
                 privat
                 Concernments
                 or
                 domestick
                 Interests
                 whatsoever
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               5.
               
            
             
               O
               B.
               Jesus
               ,
               tho
               
                 Iohn
                 〈◊〉
              
               thee
               ,
               
                 saying
                 ,
                 I
                 hav
                 need
                 to
                 be
                 
                 baptized
                 of
                 Thee
                 ,
                 and
                 comest
                 Thou
                 to
                 me
                 ?
              
               yet
               didst
               thou
               persist
               in
               thy
               Resolution
               of
               submitting
               to
               his
               Disciplin
               and
               Baptism
               ,
               who
               owned
               himself
               〈◊〉
               to
               carry
               thy
               Shoos
               ,
               requiring
               him
               to
               
                 suffer
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 now
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Gracious
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   For
                   thus
                
                 expressing
                 how
                 well
                 
                   it
                   becometh
                   us
                   to
                   fulfil
                   all
                   
                   Righteousness
                   .
                
                 O
                 giv
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 call
                 themselves
                 after
                 Thy
                 Name
                 ,
                 the
                 Christian
                 Humility
                 of
                 conforming
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Rules
                 of
                 Godly
                 Disciplin
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 found
                 requisit
                 for
                 thy
                 Church's
                 Peace
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 submitting
                 to
                 any
                 Service
                 (
                 how
                 much
                 soever
                 abased
                 )
                 that
                 may
                 tend
                 to
                 the
                 Benefit
                 
                 of
                 the
                 smallest
                 in
                 thy
                 Flock
                 ,
                 or
                 end
                 in
                 the
                 Advancement
                 of
                 thy
                 Glory
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               6.
               
            
             
               Most
               H.
               Jesus
               ,
               who
               ,
               
                 when
                 all
                 
                 the
                 Peepl
                 were
                 baptized
                 ,
              
               didst
               
               descend
               into
               the
               River
               to
               be
               baptized
               among
               them
               ,
               that
               thy
               Father's
               Declaration
               ,
               being
               made
               from
               Heven
               in
               the
               Audience
               of
               a
               Multitude
               ,
               might
               be
               the
               more
               publickly
               known
               and
               undeniably
               confirmed
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 glorify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 Because
                 thy
                 Delights
                 are
                 among
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 Men.
                 Be
                 present
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 devout
                 Assemblies
                 of
                 thy
                 Saints
                 and
                 Servants
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 bless
                 thine
                 Ordinances
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Wil
                 of
                 God
                 revealed
                 from
                 Heven
                 〈◊〉
                 be
                 effectualy
                 divulged
                 and
                 obey'd
                 among
                 all
                 
                 Nations
                 .
                 And
                 now
                 thou
                 hast
                 thus
                 sanctified
                 the
                 Element
                 of
                 Water
                 to
                 becom
                 Sacramental
                 for
                 the
                 Remission
                 of
                 Sins
                 ,
                 having
                 in
                 a
                 Symbol
                 purified
                 human
                 Nature
                 of
                 that
                 Guilt
                 and
                 Pollution
                 which
                 thou
                 hadst
                 undertaken
                 to
                 expiat
                 and
                 remov
                 ,
                 so
                 making
                 good
                 the
                 Baptist's
                 further
                 Testimony
                 of
                 Thee
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 saw
                 thee
                 ,
                 O
                 
                   Iesus
                   ,
                   coming
                   unto
                   
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   Behold
                   the
                   
                   Lamb
                   of
                   God
                   which
                   taketh
                   away
                   the
                   Sins
                   of
                   the
                   World
                   :
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Pardon
                 those
                 many
                 heinous
                 〈◊〉
                 which
                 hav
                 miserably
                 defiled
                 my
                 Life
                 and
                 Conscience
                 since
                 I
                 received
                 Baptismal
                 Grace
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 renew
                 thy
                 Covenant
                 of
                 Mercy
                 unto
                 my
                 Soul
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 never
                 so
                 ungratefuly
                 violat
                 the
                 Conditions
                 or
                 forfeit
                 the
                 Advantages
                 of
                 it
                 any
                 more
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               7.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               Anointed
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               who
               receivedst
               not
               the
               Spirit
               by
               measure
               ;
               for
               ,
               
                 being
                 baptized
                 
                 and
                 praying
                 ,
                 the
                 Heven
                 was
                 〈◊〉
                 ;
                 And
                 the
                 H.
                 Ghost
                 descended
                 in
                 a
                 bodily
                 Shape
                 like
                 a
                 Dov
                 upon
              
               Thee
               :
               
                 And
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 a
                 〈◊〉
                 from
                 Heven
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 This
                 
                 is
                 my
                 Beloved
                 Son
                 in
                 whom
                 
                 I
                 am
                 wel
                 pleased
                 .
              
               What
               could
               be
               a
               more
               glorious
               Attendant
               on
               thy
               Publication
               than
               so
               express
               a
               Discovery
               of
               the
               B.
               Trinity
               ?
               Thy
               Relation
               to
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               the
               Being
               and
               Office
               of
               the
               H.
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               the
               Good
               Wil
               of
               the
               whol
               God-head
               to
               Mankind
               ,
               being
               jointly
               display'd
               therin
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 exhibiting
                 so
                 many
                 Sacred
                 Mysteries
                 (
                 as
                 in
                 a
                 littl
                 but
                 accurat
                 
                 Picture
                 )
                 
                   which
                   in
                   other
                   Ages
                   were
                   not
                   made
                   known
                   unto
                   the
                   Sons
                   of
                   men
                   .
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 be
                 ravished
                 and
                 instructed
                 with
                 this
                 marvellous
                 Vision
                 ,
                 as
                 Thy
                 Forerunner
                 was
                 ,
                 who
                 openly
                 professed
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   knew
                   him
                   not
                   ;
                   but
                   
                   that
                   He
                   should
                   be
                   made
                   manifest
                   
                   to
                   Israel
                   ,
                   therfore
                   am
                   I
                   com
                   baptizing
                   with
                   Water
                   :
                   for
                   ,
                   he
                   
                   that
                   sent
                   me
                   said
                   unto
                   me
                   ,
                   Upon
                   whom
                   thou
                   shalt
                   see
                   the
                   Spirit
                   descending
                   and
                   remaining
                   on
                   him
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   is
                   He
                   which
                   baptizeth
                   with
                   the
                   〈◊〉
                   Ghost
                   :
                   And
                   I
                   saw
                   and
                   bare
                   Record
                   
                   that
                   This
                   is
                   the
                   Son
                   of
                   God.
                   
                
                 Enlighten
                 the
                 Ey
                 of
                 my
                 Soul
                 to
                 behold
                 this
                 inconceivabl
                 yet
                 evident
                 Manifestation
                 of
                 the
                 Ever-blessed
                 Trinity
                 ;
                 and
                 exalt
                 mine
                 Understanding
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 right
                 Apprehension
                 of
                 that
                 Sacred
                 Mystery
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 my
                 Acts
                 of
                 Adoration
                 may
                 be
                 duly
                 directed
                 
                 and
                 graciously
                 accepted
                 .
                 May
                 the
                 Hevens
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 open
                 at
                 thy
                 Baptism
                 ,
                 never
                 be
                 shut
                 against
                 my
                 Prayers
                 or
                 Praises
                 ;
                 and
                 since
                 thou
                 hast
                 opened
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heven
                 to
                 all
                 Believers
                 ,
                 grant
                 the
                 same
                 Spirit
                 that
                 descended
                 upon
                 Thee
                 may
                 abide
                 with
                 Me
                 and
                 thy
                 whol
                 Church
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 who
                 are
                 in
                 Baptism
                 adopted
                 Sons
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   good
                   pleasure
                   of
                   his
                   Wil
                   ,
                
                 may
                 be
                 charm'd
                 and
                 honor'd
                 with
                 the
                 Eccho
                 of
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 from
                 Heven
                 which
                 proclaimed
                 Thee
                 Beloved
                 .
                 And
                 since
                 thou
                 ,
                 my
                 merciful
                 Savior
                 ,
                 hast
                 made
                 choice
                 of
                 such
                 proper
                 Emblems
                 to
                 shadow
                 forth
                 thy
                 Glory
                 ,
                 make
                 them
                 suitably
                 impressiv
                 on
                 my
                 Memory
                 and
                 Affections
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 wheras
                 the
                 Promulgation
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 was
                 attended
                 with
                 terribl
                 Thunders
                 and
                 thick
                 Darkness
                 ,
                 to
                 express
                 
                 the
                 Dreadfulness
                 of
                 God's
                 Presence
                 unto
                 the
                 sinful
                 Transgressors
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 Thy
                 Preaching
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 of
                 Peace
                 is
                 usher'd
                 in
                 by
                 the
                 H.
                 Ghost
                 in
                 the
                 likeness
                 of
                 a
                 Dov
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 Oliv-branch
                 of
                 Reconciliation
                 to
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 and
                 shew
                 what
                 Meekness
                 of
                 Spirit
                 is
                 the
                 proper
                 Badg
                 or
                 Cognisance
                 of
                 thy
                 tru
                 Discipls
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           End
           of
           the
           First
           Book
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Soul's
           Communion
           WITH
           HER
           SAVIOR
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Book
           ,
        
         
           
             Containing
             what
             occurs
             in
             the
             First
             Year
             of
             his
             Publick
             Ministry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             I.
             
             
               Of
               His
               Retirement
               ,
               Fasting
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               Temtation
            
             .
             
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               O
               Blessed
               Iesus
               ,
               who
               ,
               
                 being
                 
                 ful
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 immediatly
              
               after
               thy
               
                 return
                 
                 from
                 Iordan
                 ,
                 wast
                 led
                 by
                 
                 the
                 Spirit
                 into
                 the
                 Wilderness
                 :
              
               
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 thus
                 chalking
                 out
                 the
                 Way
                 to
                 divine
                 and
                 spiritual
                 Atchievments
                 .
                 O
                 thou
                 ,
                 the
                 only
                 Comfort
                 of
                 all
                 my
                 Solitudes
                 ,
                 giv
                 me
                 Grace
                 to
                 set
                 apart
                 fit
                 times
                 for
                 Prayer
                 and
                 Contemplation
                 ,
                 after
                 thine
                 Exampl
                 ,
                 before
                 I
                 enter
                 upon
                 any
                 great
                 Emploiment
                 ;
                 that
                 what
                 I
                 undertake
                 with
                 du
                 and
                 devout
                 Consideration
                 may
                 be
                 so
                 blest
                 and
                 accepted
                 by
                 thy
                 Goodness
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 render
                 it
                 succesful
                 to
                 thine
                 Honor
                 .
                 And
                 ,
                 whensoever
                 it
                 shal
                 pleas
                 Thee
                 to
                 inspire
                 me
                 with
                 holy
                 Thoughts
                 and
                 Resolutions
                 ,
                 incline
                 my
                 Heart
                 cheerfuly
                 to
                 follow
                 the
                 Motions
                 of
                 thy
                 B.
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 never
                 incur
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 Resisting
                 the
                 H.
                 Ghost
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               high
               and
               holy
               One
               of
               Israel
               ,
               who
               hast
               abased
               thy self
               to
               co-habit
               
                 with
                 the
                 wild
                 Beasts
              
               
               of
               the
               Desert
               for
               my
               sake
               ,
               whose
               
               nativ
               fierceness
               was
               so
               much
               awed
               by
               thy
               Sacred
               Presence
               as
               left
               them
               neither
               Power
               nor
               Inclination
               to
               hurt
               Thee
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 glorify
                 thy
                 Great
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 submitting
                 to
                 the
                 disconsolat
                 Inconveniences
                 of
                 that
                 inhospitabl
                 Place
                 and
                 Company
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 disdain
                 not
                 to
                 visit
                 the
                 uncultivated
                 Wilderness
                 of
                 my
                 Soul
                 too
                 ;
                 and
                 subdu
                 therin
                 all
                 those
                 brutish
                 Appetits
                 ,
                 those
                 untamed
                 Passions
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 utterly
                 destroy
                 me
                 ,
                 til
                 thou
                 bring
                 all
                 the
                 Imaginations
                 of
                 my
                 Heart
                 into
                 Subjection
                 to
                 thy
                 H.
                 Will.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               O
               my
               most
               Gracious
               Redeemer
               ,
               
               who
               didst
               
                 fast
                 〈◊〉
              
               Days
               and
               forty
               Nights
               ,
               and
               
                 〈◊〉
                 afterward
                 an
                 hungred
              
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 teaching
                 me
                 both
                 the
                 Duty
                 and
                 Benefit
                 of
                 Fasting
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 not
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 eat
                 or
                 drink
                 without
                 such
                 a
                 Temper
                 and
                 Moderation
                 as
                 may
                 better
                 enabl
                 me
                 for
                 thy
                 Service
                 :
                 but
                 on
                 all
                 the
                 Seasons
                 and
                 Occasions
                 of
                 Fasting
                 prescribed
                 either
                 by
                 Thee
                 or
                 thy
                 Church
                 ,
                 make
                 me
                 impartialy
                 strict
                 and
                 severe
                 to
                 my self
                 ,
                 in
                 Communion
                 with
                 thy
                 Saints
                 ,
                 in
                 Sorrow
                 for
                 my
                 Sins
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Memory
                 of
                 Thy
                 Sufferings
                 ;
                 denying
                 my self
                 not
                 only
                 
                   pleasant
                   Bread
                
                 and
                 palatabl
                 Drink
                 ,
                 but
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Sustenance
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 time
                 proportionabl
                 
                 to
                 my
                 frailty
                 ,
                 (
                 in
                 Conformity
                 to
                 thine
                 Exampl
                 who
                 in
                 those
                 
                 days
                 〈◊〉
                 eat
                 nothing
                 )
                 as
                 a
                 just
                 
                 Acknowledgment
                 how
                 unworthy
                 I
                 am
                 of
                 enjoying
                 that
                 Priviledg
                 which
                 the
                 first
                 Man's
                 unruly
                 Appetit
                 forfeited
                 in
                 Paradise
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 fit
                 Occasion
                 to
                 remind
                 me
                 of
                 
                   Hungring
                   and
                   Thirsting
                   after
                   Righteousness
                
                 by
                 the
                 Sens
                 of
                 my
                 bodily
                 Wants
                 .
                 And
                 whensoever
                 thou
                 givest
                 me
                 Grace
                 or
                 Leisure
                 to
                 retire
                 my self
                 for
                 the
                 Exercise
                 of
                 Devotion
                 ,
                 help
                 me
                 both
                 to
                 sanctify
                 my
                 Retirement
                 by
                 Prayer
                 and
                 Fasting
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 spend
                 my
                 Time
                 
                   in
                   judging
                   my self
                   that
                   I
                   be
                   not
                   judged
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   ,
                
                 in
                 punishing
                 my self
                 that
                 Thou
                 may'st
                 spare
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 turning
                 from
                 my
                 Sins
                 that
                 thy
                 Judgments
                 may
                 be
                 averted
                 from
                 me
                 .
                 O
                 my
                 Dear
                 Jesu
                 ,
                 be
                 thou
                 my
                 Company
                 in
                 Solitude
                 ,
                 my
                 Food
                 in
                 Fasting
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 the
                 sublimest
                 Joy
                 of
                 evry
                 Feast
                 I
                 celebrat
                 :
                 Be
                 thy
                 divine
                 Graces
                 my
                 choicest
                 Viands
                 ,
                 thy
                 Laws
                 my
                 Study
                 ,
                 thy
                 Works
                 my
                 Praises
                 ,
                 thy
                 Mercies
                 my
                 Enjoyments
                 ,
                 thy
                 Majesty
                 my
                 Fear
                 ,
                 thy
                 Lov
                 my
                 Comfort
                 ,
                 thy
                 Wisdom
                 my
                 Instruction
                 ,
                 thy
                 Goodness
                 my
                 Guide
                 ,
                 and
                 thy
                 sacred
                 Presence
                 my
                 Guard
                 all
                 the
                 days
                 of
                 my
                 Pilgrimage
                 in
                 the
                 Wilderness
                 of
                 this
                 World.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               4.
               
            
             
               Most
               Holy
               and
               Invincibl
               Savior
               ,
               thou
               didst
               not
               only
               fast
               but
               wast
               
                 forty
                 days
                 temted
                 of
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
              
               whose
               Craft
               and
               Importunity
               thou
               hast
               utterly
               defeated
               by
               
                 the
                 Sword
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 being
                 assaulted
                 with
                 the
                 subtil
                 Insinuations
                 of
                 Necessity
                 ,
                 
                 Curiosity
                 ,
                 Vain-glory
                 ,
                 Presumtion
                 ,
                 Ambition
                 ,
                 &c.
                 thou
                 hast
                 experimentaly
                 discover'd
                 with
                 what
                 Weapon
                 I
                 may
                 best
                 resist
                 and
                 subdu
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Temtations
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 whensoever
                 I
                 am
                 to
                 encounter
                 with
                 any
                 of
                 those
                 Enemies
                 which
                 war
                 against
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 never
                 be
                 sollicitous
                 for
                 any
                 other
                 Armor
                 of
                 Defence
                 than
                 thy
                 Word
                 ;
                 but
                 hav
                 Recours
                 therunto
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 du
                 Sens
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 Weakness
                 ,
                 by
                 such
                 devout
                 Fasting
                 and
                 Prayer
                 as
                 may
                 endu
                 me
                 with
                 an
                 holy
                 Reverence
                 to
                 what
                 
                   is
                   written
                
                 ,
                 the
                 du
                 Remembrance
                 and
                 Application
                 wherof
                 may
                 at
                 all
                 times
                 secure
                 me
                 from
                 the
                 mischievous
                 Influence
                 of
                 any
                 Temtation
                 ,
                 and
                 succesfuly
                 enabl
                 me
                 at
                 once
                 to
                 resist
                 and
                 conquer
                 the
                 Temter
                 .
                 And
                 since
                 
                   we
                   hav
                   an
                   High-Priest
                   which
                   can
                   be
                   touched
                   with
                   the
                   feeling
                   of
                   our
                   Infirmities
                   ,
                   having
                   been
                   in
                   all
                   
                   points
                   temted
                   like
                   as
                   -
                   we
                   are
                   yet
                   without
                   Sin
                   ,
                
                 so
                 
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   com
                   boldly
                   to
                   the
                   Throne
                   of
                   Grace
                
                 to
                 
                   obtain
                   Mercy
                   and
                   Favor
                   for
                   an
                   〈◊〉
                   Relief
                
                 ;
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 Thee
                 ,
                 O
                 
                   faithful
                   God
                   ,
                   suffer
                   Vs
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   temted
                   abov
                   that
                   we
                   are
                   abl
                   ,
                   but
                   with
                
                 evry
                 
                   Temtation
                   make
                   a
                   way
                
                 for
                 our
                 
                   escape
                   ,
                   that
                
                 we
                 
                   may
                   be
                   abl
                   to
                   bear
                   it
                   .
                
                 Let
                 no
                 Arguments
                 drawn
                 from
                 any
                 sensual
                 Wants
                 or
                 Comforts
                 with-draw
                 me
                 from
                 my
                 Duty
                 to
                 Thee
                 or
                 Confidence
                 in
                 Thee
                 ,
                 since
                 
                   it
                   is
                   written
                   ,
                   that
                   
                   Man
                   shal
                   not
                   liv
                   by
                   Bread
                   alone
                   ,
                   
                   but
                   by
                   evry
                   Word
                   that
                   〈◊〉
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   mouth
                   of
                   God.
                   
                
                 Let
                 not
                 the
                 bewitching
                 Prospect
                 of
                 worldly
                 
                   Power
                   and
                   Glory
                
                 ever
                 make
                 me
                 stagger
                 in
                 
                 mine
                 Obedience
                 to
                 that
                 divine
                 Command
                 ,
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   worship
                   the
                   Lord
                   thy
                   God
                   and
                   him
                   〈◊〉
                   
                   shalt
                   thou
                   lerv
                   :
                
                 And
                 let
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 
                 soothing
                 Flatteries
                 seduce
                 me
                 to
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   the
                   Lord
                
                 my
                 God
                 by
                 any
                 
                 unwarrantabl
                 Act
                 of
                 Presumtion
                 ,
                 
                 lest
                 by
                 leaving
                 those
                 Ways
                 wherin
                 
                 thou
                 hast
                 given
                 thine
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   Charge
                   over
                
                 me
                 
                   to
                   〈◊〉
                
                 me
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 lose
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 their
                 Protection
                 and
                 dash
                 my
                 
                   foot
                   against
                   
                   a
                   Stone
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               5.
               
            
             
               O
               B.
               Lord
               ,
               With
               what
               gradual
               Artifices
               did
               Satan
               attack
               thee
               ?
               With
               how
               great
               a
               Stock
               of
               Impudence
               did
               he
               renew
               his
               Sollicitations
               ?
               He
               begins
               to
               work
               upon
               thy
               Need
               ,
               expecting
               that
               an
               hungry
               Appetit
               would
               soon
               induce
               thee
               to
               swallow
               his
               first
               Bait
               ,
               
                 Command
                 that
                 these
                 
                 Stones
                 be
                 made
                 Bread
                 :
              
               Then
               
               
                 〈◊〉
                 taketh
              
               thee
               
                 up
                 into
                 the
                 H.
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 sets
                 〈◊〉
                 on
                 a
                 Pinacl
                 of
                 the
                 Templ
                 ,
              
               in
               hopes
               to
               see
               
               thee
               
                 cast
                 thy self
                 〈◊〉
                 from
                 
                 thence
                 ,
              
               craftily
               gilding
               over
               these
               two
               devilish
               Suggestions
               with
               so
               plausibl
               an
               Argument
               as
               that
               of
               proving
               whether
               
                 Thou
                 be
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God
              
               or
               no
               :
               And
               at
               last
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               Want
               of
               Success
               had
               animated
               him
               to
               greater
               Villanies
               ,
               
               he
               proceeds
               to
               shew
               thee
               
                 all
                 the
                 Kingdoms
                 of
                 the
                 World
              
               ;
               falsly
               supposing
               
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 them
              
               might
               induce
               
               thee
               to
               depend
               upon
               his
               falser
               Promise
               ,
               
                 All
                 these
                 things
                 will
                 〈◊〉
                 giv
                 thee
                 ,
              
               tho
               it
               were
               upon
               the
               basest
               Condition
               imaginabl
               ,
               
                 if
                 thou
                 wilt
                 fall
                 down
                 and
                 worship
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 celebrat
                 thy
                 great
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 thine
                 unparallel'd
                 Patience
                 in
                 bearing
                 with
                 his
                 irksom
                 Importunity
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 powerful
                 Severity
                 wherwith
                 thou
                 didst
                 rebuke
                 his
                 Impudence
                 .
                 Enabl
                 me
                 also
                 ,
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 
                 whensoever
                 the
                 Temter
                 seeks
                 to
                 delude
                 me
                 by
                 his
                 glosing
                 Fallacy
                 in
                 mincing
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 God
                 revealed
                 in
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 or
                 impose
                 upon
                 me
                 by
                 any
                 gross
                 and
                 apparent
                 Falshood
                 forged
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Mint
                 of
                 Lying
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 nature
                 with
                 what
                 he
                 affirms
                 concerning
                 the
                 Disposal
                 of
                 this
                 World's
                 Pomp
                 and
                 Power
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   
                   is
                   delivered
                   unto
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   whomsoever
                   I
                   will
                   I
                   giv
                   it
                
                 ;
                 so
                 to
                 descry
                 his
                 Fraud
                 and
                 detest
                 his
                 I
                 alshood
                 as
                 to
                 defeat
                 his
                 Malice
                 and
                 be
                 released
                 from
                 his
                 further
                 Sollicitations
                 by
                 thy
                 divine
                 Aid
                 ,
                 who
                 didst
                 banish
                 him
                 and
                 his
                 Temtations
                 from
                 thee
                 with
                 a
                 word
                 ,
                 
                   saying
                   unto
                   him
                   ,
                   Get
                   
                   thee
                   〈◊〉
                   me
                   ,
                   Satan
                   .
                
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               6.
               
            
             
               My
               B.
               Redeemer
               ,
               
                 when
                 the
                 
                 Devil
                 had
                 ended
                 all
                 the
                 Temtation
                 ,
              
               
               thy
               Constancy
               having
               
               rather
               baffled
               his
               Attemt
               than
               abated
               his
               Malice
               ,
               
                 he
                 departed
                 from
              
               thee
               
                 for
                 a
                 Season
              
               ;
               and
               no
               sooner
               did
               
                 the
                 Devil
                 leav
              
               thee
               ,
               but
               
                 behold
                 Angels
                 came
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 unto
              
               thee
               :
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 this
                 glorious
                 Issu
                 of
                 thy
                 Conflict
                 with
                 our
                 Arch-enemy
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 grand
                 Encoragement
                 thou
                 hereby
                 givest
                 us
                 to
                 persevere
                 unto
                 the
                 end
                 ,
                 having
                 thus
                 made
                 that
                 inspired
                 Advice
                 an
                 experimental
                 Truth
                 ,
                 
                   Resist
                   the
                   Devil
                   and
                   he
                   wil
                   flee
                   from
                   you
                   .
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 whensoever
                 thy
                 Grace
                 hath
                 succesfully
                 armed
                 me
                 against
                 
                   the
                   fiery
                   Darts
                   of
                   the
                   Wicked
                   One
                   ,
                
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 retires
                 with
                 Disappointment
                 ;
                 let
                 me
                 not
                 grow
                 secure
                 as
                 one
                 
                   ignorant
                   of
                   his
                   Devices
                
                 ,
                 but
                 be
                 the
                 more
                 cautious
                 in
                 expectation
                 of
                 his
                 speedy
                 Return
                 ,
                 and
                 vigilant
                 in
                 preparing
                 to
                 frustrat
                 
                 his
                 next
                 Assault
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 if
                 when
                 he
                 lost
                 the
                 day
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 quit
                 the
                 field
                 without
                 thoughts
                 of
                 rallying
                 his
                 shatter'd
                 Forces
                 against
                 
                   the
                   Captain
                   of
                   our
                   Salvation
                
                 ,
                 What
                 shal
                 deterr
                 him
                 from
                 re-attacquing
                 such
                 pusillanimous
                 Soldiers
                 as
                 we
                 are
                 ?
                 And
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 hav
                 all
                 the
                 Reason
                 imaginabl
                 to
                 stand
                 upon
                 our
                 Guard
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 the
                 danger
                 we
                 are
                 in
                 ,
                 so
                 we
                 hav
                 no
                 small
                 Encoragement
                 to
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   our
                   selvs
                   like
                   Men
                
                 in
                 regard
                 of
                 the
                 Recompence
                 attending
                 it
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 we
                 can
                 get
                 rid
                 of
                 the
                 Temter's
                 Sollicitations
                 ,
                 we
                 shal
                 be
                 refreshed
                 with
                 the
                 consolatory
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Angels
                 ,
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 Grace
                 herein
                 conforming
                 to
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 Nature
                 which
                 admit
                 of
                 no
                 Vacuity
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             II.
             
               Of
               our
               Savior's
               Entertaining
            
             
             
               two
               of
               S.
               John's
               Discipls
               ,
               and
               his
               Conference
               with
               Simon
               Peter
               ,
               Philip
               ,
               and
               Nathanael
               .
            
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               ST
               .
               John
               the
               Baptist
               ,
               who
               bare
               Record
               of
               Christ
               both
               Before
               and
               At
               his
               Baptism
               ,
               did
               also
               After
               it
               repeat
               his
               Testimony
               ,
               
                 looking
                 upon
                 Jesus
                 as
                 he
                 
                 
                 walked
              
               ;
               wherupon
               
                 two
                 of
                 his
                 
                 Discipls
              
               ,
               which
               
                 heard
                 〈◊〉
                 say
                 
                 Behold
                 the
                 Lamb
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 followed
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 and
                 abode
                 with
                 
                 him
                 that
                 day
                 :
                 One
                 of
                 the
                 two
                 
                 was
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
              
               who
               
                 finding
                 his
                 〈◊〉
                 Brother
                 Simon
              
               ,
               both
               told
               
               him
               this
               joyful
               News
               ,
               
                 We
                 hav
                 
                 found
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 him
                 to
                 Jesus
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 For
                 thine
                 exemplary
                 Clemency
                 and
                 ready
                 Condescension
                 to
                 entertain
                 such
                 as
                 own
                 thee
                 their
                 Master
                 and
                 
                 enquire
                 
                   where
                   thou
                   dwellesf
                
                 ,
                 tho
                 it
                 be
                 
                   about
                   the
                   tenth
                   hour
                
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 incline
                 my
                 Heart
                 not
                 only
                 ,
                 upon
                 thy
                 gracious
                 Invitation
                 ,
                 to
                 
                   Com
                   and
                   〈◊〉
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   thine
                   Honor
                   dwelleth
                   ,
                
                 but
                 to
                 take
                 up
                 mine
                 Abode
                 with
                 〈◊〉
                 ;
                 who
                 hast
                 given
                 us
                 a
                 Taste
                 of
                 thine
                 Omniscience
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 thou
                 couldst
                 say
                 to
                 Andrew's
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 thou
                 hadst
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   him
                
                 (
                 without
                 any
                 previous
                 Inquiry
                 ,
                 or
                 human
                 Information
                 )
                 
                   Thou
                   art
                   Simon
                   the
                   Son
                   of
                   Jona
                   ,
                   thou
                   shalt
                   be
                   called
                   Cephas
                   which
                   is
                   by
                   interpretation
                   ,
                   Peter
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 day
                 following
                 Iesus
                 ,
                 
                 going
                 forth
                 into
                 Galilee
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 Philip
              
               who
               
                 was
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 Follow
                 me
                 :
              
               wherupon
               he
               believed
               
                 Iesus
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 
                 Ioseph
              
               to
               be
               
                 〈◊〉
                 of
                 whom
                 〈◊〉
                 in
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 aud
                 the
                 Prophets
                 did
                 write
                 ,
              
               as
               he
               soon
               after
               acquainted
               〈◊〉
               ,
               using
               it
               for
               a
               cogent
               Argument
               to
               draw
               him
               also
               to
               Jesus
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 thou
                 Redeemer
                 of
                 Israel
                 ,
                 For
                 the
                 magnetick
                 Power
                 of
                 thy
                 Life
                 and
                 Doctrin
                 ,
                 by
                 virtu
                 wherof
                 Men
                 are
                 thus
                 drawn
                 to
                 follow
                 Thee
                 ,
                 like
                 one
                 Link
                 after
                 another
                 in
                 a
                 wel
                 compacted
                 Chain
                 .
                 
                   Draw
                   me
                
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 
                   we
                   wil
                   run
                   after
                   thee
                
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 wel
                 by
                 mine
                 Exampl
                 as
                 Arguments
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 
                 induce
                 others
                 to
                 partake
                 of
                 that
                 Blessedness
                 which
                 those
                 happy
                 〈◊〉
                 enjoy
                 who
                 are
                 admitted
                 to
                 convers
                 with
                 Thee
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 believing
                 Thou
                 art
                 He
                 of
                 whom
                 the
                 Lord
                 spake
                 unto
                 his
                 Servant
                 Moses
                 on
                 this
                 wise
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   wil
                   rais
                   them
                   up
                   a
                   Prophet
                   from
                   among
                   their
                   Brethren
                   ,
                   like
                   unto
                   thee
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   wil
                   put
                   my
                   words
                   into
                   his
                   mouth
                   ;
                   and
                   whosoever
                   wil
                   not
                   hearken
                   unto
                   my
                   words
                   which
                   he
                   shal
                   speak
                   in
                   my
                   Name
                   ,
                   I
                   wil
                   require
                   it
                   of
                   him
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               O
               B
               :
               Jesus
               ,
               Becaus
               thou
               
                 saidst
                 
                 unto
              
               Nathanael
               ,
               
                 I
                 〈◊〉
                 thee
                 under
                 the
                 Figg-tree
                 ,
              
               he
               ,
               that
               had
               lately
               questioned
               ,
               
                 Can
                 there
                 any
                 good
                 〈◊〉
                 com
                 out
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 ?
              
               did
               believ
               and
               confess
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 art
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 
                 Thou
                 art
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Israel
              
               ;
               
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               thou
               wast
               pleased
               
               to
               encorage
               and
               confirm
               with
               a
               Promise
               that
               he
               should
               
                 see
                 greater
                 things
                 than
                 these
              
               ;
               making
               this
               plain
               Declaration
               of
               what
               sort
               they
               should
               be
               ,
               
                 Uerily
                 ,
                 verily
                 ,
                 
                 I
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 Hereafter
                 ye
                 shal
                 see
                 Heven
                 open
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Angels
                 of
                 God
                 ascending
                 and
                 descending
                 upon
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 thou
                 tru
                 Jacob's
                 Ladder
                 ,
                 in
                 whose
                 Person
                 Heven
                 and
                 Earth
                 are
                 united
                 ;
                 for
                 whose
                 sake
                 the
                 Celestial
                 
                   Spirits
                   minister
                
                 to
                 the
                 Saints
                 
                   who
                   shal
                   be
                   Heirs
                   of
                   Salvation
                
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 whose
                 Order
                 they
                 either
                 vouchsafe
                 us
                 their
                 hevenly
                 Aid
                 and
                 Protection
                 ,
                 or
                 withdraw
                 its
                 sacred
                 Influence
                 from
                 us
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 wheras
                 thou
                 
                 
                   sawest
                   Nathanael
                   ,
                   before
                   that
                   Philip
                   called
                   him
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   
                   under
                   the
                   Fig-tree
                   ,
                
                 and
                 (
                 which
                 
                 is
                 yet
                 a
                 greater
                 Miracl
                 )
                 didst
                 discern
                 his
                 Heart
                 before
                 thou
                 hadst
                 seen
                 his
                 Face
                 ;
                 make
                 me
                 always
                 apprehensiv
                 that
                 Darkness
                 or
                 Distance
                 
                   hideth
                   not
                   from
                   Thee
                
                 ,
                 who
                 
                   knowest
                   my
                   Downfitting
                   and
                   mine
                   Up-rising
                   ,
                   and
                   understandest
                   my
                   Thoughts
                   afar
                   off
                
                 ;
                 til
                 the
                 awful
                 Consideration
                 of
                 thine
                 Omnipresence
                 render
                 me
                 
                   an
                   Israelite
                   indeed
                   ,
                   in
                   whom
                   
                   is
                   no
                   Guile
                   .
                
                 And
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 let
                 these
                 early
                 Manifestations
                 of
                 thy
                 Divinity
                 so
                 quicken
                 and
                 confirm
                 my
                 Faith
                 in
                 Thee
                 ,
                 that
                 Thou
                 maist
                 go
                 on
                 to
                 reward
                 thine
                 own
                 Gifts
                 in
                 Me
                 with
                 greater
                 Graces
                 ,
                 til
                 my
                 present
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 thy
                 sacred
                 Person
                 and
                 saving
                 Office
                 be
                 crowned
                 and
                 compleated
                 with
                 that
                 unspeakabl
                 Priviledg
                 reserved
                 for
                 
                   the
                   Sons
                   of
                   God
                
                 when
                 
                   it
                   doth
                   appear
                   what
                
                 they
                 
                   shal
                   be
                   ,
                   for
                   then
                   we
                   shal
                   see
                   him
                   as
                   he
                   is
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               4.
               
            
             
               When
               these
               Good
               Men
               had
               seen
               and
               spoken
               with
               the
               Lord
               ,
               it
               seems
               som
               (
               if
               not
               all
               )
               of
               them
               soon
               after
               left
               Him
               ;
               and
               tho
               his
               first
               Conference
               with
               them
               laid
               a
               sound
               foundation
               of
               Faith
               in
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               yet
               it
               restrained
               not
               their
               Hands
               from
               returning
               to
               their
               former
               Occupations
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 For
                 graciously
                 dispensing
                 with
                 thy
                 Servants
                 Necessities
                 ,
                 wherby
                 thou
                 hast
                 given
                 us
                 a
                 satisfactory
                 Intimation
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 believ
                 in
                 Thee
                 as
                 a
                 privat
                 Discipl
                 is
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 inconsistent
                 with
                 the
                 honest
                 prosecution
                 of
                 our
                 Secular
                 Emploiments
                 ;
                 thy
                 Wisdom
                 &
                 Justice
                 having
                 made
                 it
                 our
                 Christian
                 Duty
                 as
                 wel
                 as
                 Liberty
                 to
                 be
                 diligent
                 in
                 the
                 
                 business
                 of
                 our
                 lawful
                 Callings
                 .
                 However
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 never
                 (
                 I
                 earnestly
                 beseech
                 Thee
                 )
                 yield
                 mine
                 Ear
                 to
                 be
                 bored
                 in
                 the
                 servil
                 Drudgery
                 of
                 any
                 anxious
                 Cares
                 or
                 useless
                 Vanities
                 of
                 this
                 present
                 World
                 ,
                 having
                 once
                 
                   found
                   Thee
                   whom
                   my
                   Soul
                   loveth
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             III.
             
               Of
               his
               turning
               Water
               into
               Wine
               .
            
             
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 THe
                 Mother
                 of
                 Iesus
              
               being
               
               at
               
                 a
                 Marriage
              
               which
               
                 was
                 in
                 Cana
                 of
                 Galilee
                 ,
                 both
                 
                 Iesus
                 was
                 called
                 and
                 his
                 Discipls
                 to
                 the
                 Marriage
                 ,
              
               where
               the
               Lord
               of
               Eternal
               Purity
               did
               not
               only
               honor
               the
               Wedding
               with
               his
               :
               Sacred
               Presence
               but
               also
               supply
               the
               Wants
               of
               the
               Nuptial
               Entertainment
               
               with
               
                 〈◊〉
                 that
                 
                 was
                 made
                 Wine
              
               ;
               and
               that
               in
               a
               very
               liberal
               proportion
               ,
               far
               beyond
               the
               stint
               of
               a
               niggardly
               Spirit
               ,
               for
               
                 there
                 were
                 six
                 Water-pots
                 
                 of
                 Stone
                 ,
                 containing
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 firkins
                 apiece
                 ,
              
               which
               he
               caused
               them
               to
               
                 fill
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 
                 brim
                 with
                 Water
                 ,
              
               and
               then
               bid
               them
               
                 draw
                 out
              
               thence
               for
               the
               
               Use
               of
               the
               Guests
               ;
               wherof
               
                 when
                 the
                 Ruler
                 of
                 the
                 Feast
                 had
                 tasted
                 ,
                 
                 not
                 knowing
                 whence
                 it
                 was
                 ,
              
               he
               gave
               the
               
                 Bride
                 groom
              
               this
               publick
               Commendation
               ,
               
                 saying
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 Evry
                 man
                 at
                 the
                 
                 beginning
                 doth
                 set
                 forth
                 good
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 men
                 hav
                 wel
                 drunk
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 wors
                 ;
                 but
                 thou
                 hast
                 kept
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 Wine
                 until
                 now
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 N●me
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 the
                 inexhaustibl
                 Fountain
                 of
                 Goodness
                 ,
                 For
                 
                   this
                   
                   Beginning
                   of
                   Miracls
                
                 which
                 
                 
                 thou
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   in
                   Cana
                   of
                   Galilee
                
                 ,
                 wherin
                 Thou
                 hast
                 at
                 once
                 so
                 convincingly
                 
                   manifested
                   forth
                
                 thy
                 Glory
                 that
                 thy
                 
                   Discipls
                   believed
                   on
                
                 Thee
                 ,
                 and
                 withal
                 set
                 a
                 Mark
                 of
                 Honor
                 as
                 wel
                 on
                 the
                 Married
                 as
                 the
                 Virgin
                 state
                 of
                 Life
                 .
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 bless
                 and
                 sanctify
                 all
                 Persons
                 joined
                 in
                 holy
                 Wedlock
                 ;
                 visit
                 them
                 with
                 thy
                 supernatural
                 Grace
                 and
                 Power
                 ;
                 turn
                 their
                 Water
                 into
                 Wine
                 ;
                 change
                 their
                 Natural
                 Desires
                 into
                 Divine
                 Affections
                 ;
                 exalt
                 their
                 sensual
                 Pleasures
                 into
                 spiritual
                 Delights
                 ;
                 and
                 refine
                 their
                 transitory
                 Enjoiments
                 into
                 an
                 eternal
                 Inheritance
                 ;
                 that
                 by
                 growing
                 up
                 from
                 strength
                 to
                 strength
                 in
                 mutual
                 Lov
                 and
                 joint
                 Devotion
                 ,
                 their
                 last
                 Days
                 may
                 be
                 their
                 best
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               When
               
                 the
                 Mother
                 of
                 Jesus
                 
                 said
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 They
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
              
               couching
               under
               that
               brief
               Intimation
               a
               tacit
               Request
               for
               the
               Supply
               of
               what
               
                 they
                 wanted
                 ;
                 
                 Jesus
                 saith
                 unto
                 her
                 ,
                 Woman
                 ,
                 What
                 〈◊〉
                 I
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 Thee
                 :
                 Mine
                 hour
                 is
                 not
                 yet
                 com
                 :
              
               As
               if
               by
               such
               a
               slighting
               Answer
               he
               seem'd
               to
               check
               her
               pretended
               Interposition
               and
               Authority
               in
               the
               matters
               of
               his
               Mediatorship
               ,
               which
               som
               blind
               〈◊〉
               hav
               since
               endevored
               to
               persuade
               the
               World
               is
               her
               undoubted
               Right
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 sole
                 Mediator
                 and
                 Advocat
                 ,
                 For
                 giving
                 us
                 this
                 covert
                 yet
                 very
                 intelligibl
                 Expression
                 of
                 thy
                 Fore-sight
                 and
                 Dislike
                 of
                 that
                 idolatrous
                 Copartnership
                 with
                 
                 the
                 Holy
                 Trinity
                 ,
                 wherunto
                 the
                 inordinat
                 Devotion
                 of
                 some
                 Superstitious
                 Christians
                 hath
                 erroneously
                 exalted
                 and
                 inshrined
                 thy
                 Virgin-Mother
                 ,
                 in
                 these
                 later
                 and
                 more
                 corrupt
                 Ages
                 of
                 thy
                 Church
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 inlighten
                 my
                 Soul
                 with
                 such
                 a
                 discreet
                 and
                 tru
                 Distinction
                 between
                 the
                 Honor
                 or
                 Respect
                 I
                 may
                 justly
                 bear
                 to
                 thy
                 Earthly
                 Mother
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 of
                 thy
                 Saints
                 enrolled
                 in
                 Heven
                 among
                 
                   the
                   Spirits
                   of
                   Just
                   Men
                   made
                   perfect
                   ,
                
                 and
                 that
                 Homage
                 and
                 Adoration
                 which
                 I
                 am
                 bound
                 to
                 pay
                 unto
                 Thy Self
                 in
                 the
                 Unity
                 of
                 thy
                 Hevenly
                 Father
                 and
                 the
                 Eternal
                 Spirit
                 ;
                 that
                 while
                 I
                 commemorat
                 the
                 Grace
                 Thou
                 hast
                 conferred
                 on
                 Her
                 ,
                 whom
                 thy
                 H.
                 Angel
                 hath
                 authorized
                 us
                 to
                 call
                 
                   Blessed
                   among
                   Women
                
                 ,
                 I
                 presume
                 not
                 to
                 rob
                 God
                 of
                 his
                 peculiar
                 Honor
                 ,
                 who
                 declares
                 expresly
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   
                   wil
                   not
                   giv
                   my
                   Glory
                   unto
                   another
                   .
                
                 And
                 herein
                 I
                 shal
                 best
                 comply
                 with
                 that
                 Advice
                 which
                 She
                 her Self
                 gave
                 to
                 the
                 Servants
                 that
                 attended
                 on
                 this
                 Nuptial
                 Solemnity
                 ,
                 
                   Whatsoever
                   he
                   saith
                   unto
                   
                   you
                   ,
                   do
                   it
                   :
                
                 for
                 ,
                 thence
                 we
                 may
                 rationaly
                 infer
                 ,
                 That
                 our
                 resolved
                 and
                 activ
                 Obedience
                 to
                 Thy
                 Divine
                 Commands
                 is
                 much
                 more
                 likely
                 to
                 gratify
                 her
                 holy
                 Soul
                 in
                 Heven
                 ,
                 than
                 any
                 irregular
                 Expression
                 of
                 Religious
                 Worship
                 unwarrantably
                 tender'd
                 to
                 her Self
                 on
                 Earth
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             IV.
             
               Of
               His
               Acts
               at
               the
               first
            
             
             Passover
             .
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 AFter
                 this
                 he
                 went
                 down
                 to
                 
                 Capernaum
              
               with
               
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 his
                 Brethren
                 and
                 Discipls
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 they
                 continued
                 
                 there
                 not
                 many
                 days
              
               ;
               for
               
                 the
                 Jews
                 Passover
                 was
                 at
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 Jesus
                 went
                 up
                 to
                 
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
              
               where
               
                 finding
                 those
                 that
                 sold
                 Oxen
                 ,
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 and
                 Dovs
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Changers
                 of
                 
                 mony
                 ,
                 sitting
                 in
                 the
                 Templ
                 ,
                 he
                 made
                 a
                 Scourge
                 of
                 small
                 Cords
                 and
                 drove
                 them
                 all
                 out
              
               thence
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 out
                 the
                 Changers
                 Mony
                 ,
                 and
                 overthrew
                 their
                 
                 〈◊〉
                 ;
                 saying
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 Take
                 these
                 things
                 hence
                 :
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Lord
                 of
                 Hosts
                 ,
                 thou
                 Mighty
                 God
                 of
                 Sabaoth
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 more
                 publick
                 and
                 notabl
                 Declaration
                 of
                 thy
                 Power
                 ,
                 didst
                 signalize
                 the
                 very
                 Commencement
                 of
                 thy
                 Ministerial
                 Function
                 by
                 purging
                 thy
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 〈◊〉
                 an
                 〈◊〉
                 Authority
                 ,
                 from
                 〈◊〉
                 gross
                 Prophanation
                 of
                 those
                 〈◊〉
                 made
                 it
                 
                   an
                   Hous
                   of
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 an
                 Act
                 so
                 extraordinary
                 
                 as
                 gave
                 thy
                 〈◊〉
                 occasion
                 to
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   written
                   ,
                   The
                   zeal
                   of
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   Hous
                   hath
                   eaten
                   me
                   up
                   :
                
                 May
                 all
                 Places
                 religiously
                 set
                 apart
                 for
                 thy
                 Worship
                 be
                 ever
                 〈◊〉
                 in
                 a
                 venerabl
                 manner
                 ,
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 thy
                 Sanctuary
                 let
                 
                   evry
                   man
                   speak
                   of
                   his
                   Honor
                
                 that
                 dwels
                 there
                 ;
                 that
                 when
                 
                   we
                   〈◊〉
                   upon
                   Thee
                   ,
                   O
                   God
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   midst
                   of
                   thy
                   Templ
                   ,
                
                 our
                 Hearts
                 being
                 
                 〈◊〉
                 from
                 all
                 Sacrilegious
                 Thoughts
                 of
                 Secular
                 Negotiations
                 ,
                 which
                 like
                 a
                 Cage
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 are
                 apt
                 as
                 wel
                 to
                 〈◊〉
                 as
                 keep
                 a
                 place
                 in
                 thy
                 holy
                 Habitation
                 ,
                 the
                 Templ
                 of
                 thy
                 more
                 especial
                 Presence
                 may
                 be
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 ought
                 )
                 
                   a
                   Hous
                   of
                   Prayer
                
                 ,
                 not
                 
                   a
                   Den
                   of
                   Thievs
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               Most
               H.
               Jesus
               ,
               When
               
                 the
                 
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 thou
                 〈◊〉
                 these
                 
                 things
                 ,
              
               questioned
               〈◊〉
               Authority
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 thou
                 unto
                 us
                 ?
              
               Thou
               〈◊〉
               briefly
               make
               
                 Answer
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 this
                 Templ
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 
                 three
                 days
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 rais
                 it
                 up
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 celebrat
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 hidden
                 Mystery
                 and
                 yet
                 most
                 undoubted
                 Truth
                 couched
                 in
                 this
                 thy
                 prudent
                 Reply
                 ;
                 which
                 became
                 easily
                 intelligibl
                 
                 when
                 thou
                 
                   wast
                   risen
                   from
                   the
                   Dead
                
                 ,
                 after
                 that
                 both
                 Jew
                 and
                 
                 Gentil
                 had
                 employ'd
                 their
                 utmost
                 Power
                 and
                 Malice
                 to
                 destroy
                 thee
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 then
                 thy
                 Discipls
                 not
                 only
                 
                   remembred
                   that
                
                 Thou
                 
                   hadst
                   said
                   this
                   unto
                   them
                
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 〈◊〉
                 understood
                 that
                 to
                 be
                 
                   spoken
                   of
                   the
                   Templ
                   of
                
                 
                 thy
                 Body
                 ,
                 which
                 
                   the
                   〈◊〉
                
                 misapplied
                 to
                 their
                 material
                 
                   Templ
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   building
                
                 wherof
                 
                 
                   forty
                   and
                   six
                   years
                
                 were
                 elapsed
                 .
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 actual
                 Accomplishment
                 of
                 all
                 thy
                 mysterious
                 yet
                 most
                 infallibl
                 Predictions
                 may
                 so
                 enlighten
                 the
                 Understanding
                 of
                 thy
                 Discipls
                 in
                 this
                 later
                 Age
                 of
                 thy
                 Church
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 engage
                 Our
                 Faith
                 with
                 no
                 less
                 efficacy
                 than
                 it
                 did
                 that
                 of
                 thy
                 primitiv
                 Followers
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 hereupon
                 
                   believed
                   the
                   Scripture
                   and
                   the
                   Word
                   which
                   Jesus
                   had
                   said
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               O
               B.
               Jesus
               ,
               tho
               
                 many
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 in
              
               thy
               
                 Name
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 saw
                 the
                 Miracls
                 which
              
               thou
               
                 didst
                 in
                 Jerusalem
                 at
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Feast-day
              
               ;
               yet
               
                 didst
                 
                 not
              
               thou
               
                 commit
                 thy Self
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 becaus
              
               thou
               
                 knewest
                 all
                 Men
              
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 glorify
                 thy
                 great
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 this
                 eminent
                 Expression
                 of
                 the
                 Divinity
                 of
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 so
                 far
                 abov
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 depending
                 or
                 relying
                 on
                 the
                 faithless
                 or
                 feebl
                 Generation
                 of
                 Adam
                 ,
                 that
                 He
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   
                   not
                   that
                   any
                   should
                   testify
                   of
                
                 
                 them
                 ;
                 
                   for
                   He
                   knew
                   what
                   was
                   in
                   Man
                   ,
                
                 even
                 while
                 he
                 vouchsafed
                 to
                 be
                 conversant
                 with
                 them
                 upon
                 Earth
                 
                   in
                   the
                   likeness
                   of
                   Men.
                
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 Thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 same
                 Spirit
                 
                 which
                 rested
                 upon
                 Thee
                 be
                 my
                 Comfort
                 and
                 Support
                 ,
                 that
                 from
                 〈◊〉
                 I
                 
                   lean
                   not
                   on
                   any
                   Child
                   of
                   Man
                   ,
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   Hope
                   no
                   Help
                   in
                   them
                   ,
                
                 but
                 fully
                 settl
                 my
                 whol
                 Trust
                 in
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   commit
                   the
                   Keeping
                   of
                   my
                   Soul
                   to
                   Him
                   in
                   Wel-doing
                   ,
                   as
                   unto
                   a
                   faithful
                   Creator
                   .
                
                 And
                 further
                 teach
                 me
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 thine
                 instructiv
                 Exampl
                 ,
                 so
                 much
                 discreet
                 Caution
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 my
                 Dealings
                 with
                 Men
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 prevent
                 the
                 betraying
                 of
                 my Self
                 to
                 their
                 deceitful
                 Practices
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 my
                 Deportment
                 towards
                 God
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 ever
                 express
                 me
                 duly
                 sensibl
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 Omniscience
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             V.
             
               Of
               His
               Conference
               with
               Nicodemus
            
             .
             
          
           
             
               §.
               I.
               
            
             
               WHen
               
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Pharisees
                 ,
                 named
                 Nicodemus
                 ,
                 came
                 to
              
               
               Thee
               O
               
                 Jesus
                 by
                 night
              
               ,
               with
               a
               privat
               Acknowledgment
               of
               thy
               Sacred
               Mission
               and
               unparallel'd
               Miracls
               ,
               which
               he
               wanted
               the
               Corage
               to
               avow
               in
               publick
               ,
               Thou
               wast
               gracioufly
               pleased
               (
               without
               upbraiding
               either
               his
               Infirmity
               or
               Ignorance
               )
               to
               discours
               the
               Mysteries
               of
               Regeneration
               to
               him
               in
               such
               a
               new
               and
               unheard-of
               manner
               as
               far
               exceeded
               the
               
               Knowledg
               of
               any
               
                 Master
                 of
                 Israel
              
               :
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 H.
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 all
                 the
                 profound
                 and
                 singular
                 Excellencies
                 of
                 thy
                 hevenly
                 Doctrin
                 ,
                 wherby
                 
                   we
                   know
                   
                   Thou
                   art
                   a
                   Teacher
                   com
                   from
                   God
                
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 that
                 convincing
                 Method
                 Thou
                 hast
                 made
                 Use
                 of
                 to
                 confirm
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 of
                 force
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 
                   a
                   Ruler
                   of
                   the
                   Jews
                
                 confess
                 ,
                 
                   No
                   man
                   can
                   do
                   these
                   Miracls
                   that
                   thou
                   dost
                   ,
                   except
                   God
                   be
                   with
                   him
                   .
                
                 Tho
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 Nature
                 do
                 not
                 allow
                 
                   a
                   Man
                
                 to
                 
                   be
                   born
                   when
                   he
                   is
                   
                   old
                   ,
                   or
                   enter
                   the
                   second
                   time
                   into
                   his
                   Mother's
                   Womb
                
                 ;
                 yet
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 (
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   born
                   
                   agen
                
                 ,
                 not
                 
                   of
                   Water
                
                 only
                 ,
                 but
                 
                 
                   of
                   the
                   Spirit
                
                 too
                 ;
                 that
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 
                 naturally
                 
                   Flesh
                   born
                   of
                   the
                   Flesh
                
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 may
                 becom
                 really
                 
                   Spirit
                   born
                   of
                   the
                   Spirit
                
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 therby
                 qualified
                 both
                 to
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 and
                 to
                 
                   enter
                   into
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   
                   of
                   God.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               most
               holy
               and
               hevenly
               Doctor
               ,
               who
               didst
               represent
               to
               Nicodemus
               the
               unaccountabl
               yet
               apparent
               Motions
               of
               the
               H.
               Ghost
               in
               the
               mysterious
               Regeneration
               
               of
               
                 evry
                 one
                 that
                 is
                 born
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
              
               by
               this
               apt
               Similitude
               ,
               
                 The
                 wind
                 〈◊〉
                 where
                 it
                 listeth
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 hearest
                 the
                 Sound
                 therof
                 ,
                 canst
                 not
                 tell
                 whence
                 it
                 cometh
                 and
                 whither
                 it
                 goeth
              
               ;
               which
               drew
               him
               that
               was
               learned
               in
               the
               Matters
               of
               the
               Law
               to
               own
               his
               Ignorance
               in
               the
               Method
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               by
               
               putting
               this
               Question
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 can
                 these
                 things
                 be
              
               :
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Glorious
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 
                   speaking
                   that
                
                 Thou
                 
                   dost
                   
                   know
                   ,
                   and
                   testifying
                   that
                   Thou
                   
                   hast
                   seen
                   ,
                
                 tho
                 we
                 
                   receiv
                   not
                
                 thy
                 Witness
                 .
                 I
                 earnestly
                 beseech
                 Thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 how
                 backward
                 soever
                 Thou
                 findest
                 us
                 to
                 believ
                 
                 when
                 thou
                 
                   hast
                   told
                   us
                   earthly
                   things
                
                 ,
                 vouchsafe
                 to
                 tell
                 us
                 
                   of
                   hevenly
                   things
                
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 exhibit
                 as
                 wel
                 the
                 powerful
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 thy
                 whol
                 Doctrin
                 as
                 the
                 indisputabl
                 Truth
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 abstruse
                 parts
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 help
                 Thou
                 our
                 Unbelief
                 :
                 That
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 my
                 inability
                 to
                 satisfy
                 my Self
                 or
                 Others
                 How
                 the
                 Birth
                 from
                 abov
                 is
                 wrought
                 in
                 my
                 Heart
                 ,
                 yet
                 I
                 may
                 palpably
                 evidence
                 to
                 the
                 whol
                 World
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 Word
                 and
                 Deed
                 ,
                 What
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 
                   a
                   new
                   Creature
                
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 it
                 appear
                 that
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God
                 hath
                 breathed
                 upon
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 tho
                 I
                 cannot
                 determin
                 the
                 precise
                 Time
                 nor
                 describe
                 the
                 exact
                 Manner
                 of
                 his
                 graciousOperation
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               〈◊〉
               .
            
             
               O
               thou
               
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 which
              
               
               art
               
                 in
                 Heven
              
               ,
               whither
               
                 no
                 man
                 
                 hath
                 ascended
                 up
                 but
                 he
                 that
                 came
                 down
                 from
              
               thence
               ;
               who
               ,
               to
               convince
               us
               that
               whatever
               thou
               hast
               suffer'd
               upon
               Earth
               was
               of
               thine
               own
               voluntary
               Resolution
               and
               Praescience
               ,
               didst
               expresly
               foretel
               as
               wel
               the
               particular
               Circumstance
               as
               the
               gracious
               Design
               of
               thy
               Death
               ,
               in
               these
               
               plain
               Tearms
               ,
               
                 As
                 Moses
                 lifted
                 up
                 the
                 Serpent
                 in
                 the
                 Wilderness
                 ,
                 even
                 so
                 must
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 be
                 lifted
                 up
                 ;
                 that
                 whosoever
                 
                 believeth
                 in
                 him
                 should
                 not
                 perish
                 ,
                 but
                 hav
                 eternal
                 Life
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 Becaus
                 
                   God
                   so
                   loved
                   the
                   
                   World
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   gave
                   his
                   only
                   begotten
                   Son
                   ,
                   that
                   whosoever
                   believeth
                   in
                   Him
                   should
                   not
                   
                   perish
                   ,
                   but
                   hav
                   everlasting
                   life
                   .
                
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 Thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Jesu
                 ,
                 
                 since
                 
                   God
                   sent
                   not
                   his
                   Son
                   into
                   the
                   World
                   to
                   condemn
                
                 it
                 ,
                 
                   but
                   that
                   the
                   World
                   throu
                   him
                   might
                   be
                   saved
                   ,
                
                 establish
                 my
                 Soul
                 in
                 this
                 Faith
                 ,
                 and
                 qualify
                 me
                 for
                 that
                 happy
                 End
                 of
                 it
                 by
                 an
                 unblamabl
                 Conversation
                 ,
                 that
                 Impiety
                 may
                 not
                 temt
                 me
                 to
                 Infidelity
                 and
                 Unbelief
                 consign
                 me
                 to
                 Damnation
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 thy
                 
                 unerring
                 Truth
                 assures
                 us
                 )
                 
                   he
                   that
                   believeth
                   not
                   ,
                   is
                   condemned
                   
                   already
                
                 ;
                 the
                 preposterous
                 Occasion
                 of
                 the
                 Guilt
                 being
                 justly
                 applied
                 to
                 aggravat
                 and
                 ascertain
                 
                   the
                   Condemnation
                   ,
                   That
                   Light
                   is
                   com
                   into
                   the
                   
                   World
                   ,
                   and
                
                 yet
                 
                   Men
                   loved
                   Darkness
                   rather
                   than
                   Light
                   ,
                   becaus
                   their
                   Deeds
                   were
                   evil
                   ;
                   
                   for
                   ,
                   evry
                   one
                   that
                   doth
                   evil
                   hates
                
                 and
                 shuns
                 
                   the
                   Light
                   lest
                   his
                   Deeds
                   should
                   be
                   reproved
                
                 ;
                 
                 wheras
                 
                   he
                   that
                   doth
                   Truth
                
                 ,
                 who
                 rightly
                 believs
                 and
                 acts
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Principls
                 of
                 a
                 sound
                 Faith
                 ,
                 
                   cometh
                   to
                   the
                   Light
                
                 ,
                 
                 wherby
                 
                   his
                   Deeds
                   may
                   be
                   made
                   manifest
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   wrought
                   in
                   God.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             VI.
             
               Of
               His
               Baptizing
               in
               Judea
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               the
               Dispute
               that
               arose
               therupon
               between
               St.
               John's
               Discipls
               and
               the
               Jews
               .
            
          
           
             
               §.
               I.
               
            
             
               
                 AFter
                 these
                 things
              
               ,
               the
               H.
               
               
                 Jesus
                 and
                 his
                 Discipls
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Land
                 of
                 Judea
                 ,
              
               where
               
                 he
                 tarried
                 with
                 them
                 baptizing
              
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Prais
                 thou
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 O
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 perfecting
                 the
                 Design
                 of
                 S.
                 John's
                 Baptism
                 by
                 the
                 succeeding
                 Administration
                 of
                 Thine
                 ,
                 even
                 whilst
                 he
                 
                   was
                   also
                   〈◊〉
                   
                   in
                   Enon
                   near
                   to
                   〈◊〉
                   ,
                   becaus
                   much
                   Water
                   was
                   there
                
                 ;
                 Giving
                 us
                 therby
                 a
                 tacit
                 yet
                 significant
                 Intimation
                 of
                 thy
                 forwardness
                 to
                 prosecute
                 the
                 Work
                 of
                 our
                 Redemtion
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 rather
                 shorten
                 the
                 Night
                 by
                 the
                 hasty
                 Approach
                 of
                 thy
                 Day
                 of
                 Grace
                 ,
                 than
                 〈◊〉
                 the
                 Rising
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 til
                 the
                 Setting
                 of
                 thy
                 Morning-Star
                 ,
                 
                   for
                   ,
                   〈◊〉
                   was
                   
                   not
                   yet
                   cast
                   into
                   Prison
                   .
                
                 I
                 humbly
                 implore
                 thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 
                   let
                   us
                   draw
                   near
                
                 unto
                 thy
                 〈◊〉
                 Ordinances
                 
                   with
                   a
                   tru
                   Heart
                   ,
                   in
                   ful
                   Assurance
                   of
                   Faith
                   ,
                   having
                   our
                   Hearts
                   sprinkled
                   from
                   an
                   evil
                   Conscience
                   as
                   wel
                   as
                   our
                   Bodies
                   washed
                   with
                   pure
                   Water
                   :
                
                 
                 And
                 ,
                 Oh!
                 that
                 whol
                 Rivers
                 of
                 Waters
                 might
                 be
                 employ'd
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 for
                 the
                 baptizing
                 great
                 Multitudes
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 from
                 amongst
                 all
                 Nations
                 ,
                 and
                 Kindreds
                 ,
                 and
                 Peepl
                 ,
                 and
                 Tongs
                 throu
                 out
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 to
                 accomplish
                 the
                 Number
                 of
                 thine
                 Elect
                 and
                 hasten
                 thy
                 Kingdom
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               Upon
               this
               Occasion
               
                 there
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 a
                 〈◊〉
                 between
                 som
                 of
                 
                 John's
                 Discipls
                 and
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 about
                 Purifying
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 came
                 unto
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 He
                 
                 that
                 was
                 with
                 thee
                 beyond
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 thou
                 〈◊〉
                 Witness
                 ,
                 behold
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 〈◊〉
                 and
                 all
                 men
                 com
                 to
                 〈◊〉
                 .
              
               Wherupon
               thy
               Servant
               John
               gave
               this
               further
               Testimony
               〈◊〉
               Thee
               ,
               O
               Jesus
               ,
               publickly
               confessing
               in
               the
               audience
               of
               the
               peepl
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 your
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 
                 me
                 Witness
                 that
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 the
                 Christ
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 sent
                 before
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 that
                 hath
                 the
                 
                 Bride
                 is
                 the
                 Bride-groom
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Friend
                 of
                 the
                 Bride
                 groom
                 ,
                 which
                 standeth
                 and
                 heareth
                 him
                 ,
                 rejoiceth
                 greatly
                 becaus
                 of
                 the
                 Bride-groom's
                 〈◊〉
                 :
                 This
                 my
                 〈◊〉
                 therefore
                 is
                 fulfilled
                 .
                 He
                 must
                 increas
                 but
                 I
                 must
                 decreas
                 :
              
               
               for
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 cometh
                 from
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 is
                 abov
                 all
              
               ;
               and
               altho
               
                 He
                 that
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 is
                 Earthly
                 ,
                 and
                 speaketh
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
              
               yet
               
                 He
                 that
                 cometh
                 from
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 what
                 He
                 hath
                 seen
                 and
                 heard
                 ,
                 that
                 
                 He
                 testifieth
                 ,
              
               tho
               
                 no
                 man
                 receiv
                 his
                 Testimony
              
               .
               But
               
                 he
                 that
                 
                 hath
                 received
                 his
                 Testimony
                 hath
                 set
                 to
                 his
                 Seal
                 that
                 God
                 is
                 tru
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 He
                 whom
                 God
                 hath
                 
                 sent
                 ,
                 speaketh
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               which
               we
               may
               boldly
               rely
               upon
               ,
               in
               regard
               
                 God
                 giveth
                 not
                 the
                 Spirit
                 by
                 measure
                 unto
                 
                 Him
                 :
              
               nay
               ,
               
                 the
                 Father
                 so
                 loveth
                 
                 the
                 Son
              
               that
               
                 He
                 hath
                 given
                 All
                 
                 things
                 into
                 His
                 hand
              
               ;
               and
               resolvs
               our
               Fate
               shal
               be
               according
               to
               the
               Faith
               we
               bear
               Him
               ;
               for
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 believeth
                 on
                 the
                 Son
                 
                 hath
                 everlasting
                 Life
              
               ;
               wheras
               
                 he
                 that
                 believeth
                 not
                 the
                 Son
                 ,
                 shal
                 not
                 see
                 Life
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Wrath
                 of
                 God
                 abideth
                 on
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 adore
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 thou
                 whom
                 my
                 Soul
                 loveth
                 ,
                 For
                 the
                 great
                 Understanding
                 this
                 thy
                 Servant
                 had
                 touching
                 the
                 Knowledg
                 of
                 thine
                 Eternal
                 God-head
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 whol
                 Mystery
                 of
                 thine
                 Everlasting
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 hath
                 thus
                 clearly
                 expressed
                 in
                 this
                 his
                 excellent
                 Sermon
                 left
                 upon
                 Record
                 for
                 my
                 Instruction
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I.
                 beseech
                 Thee
                 ,
                 since
                 
                   a
                   Man
                   can
                   〈◊〉
                   
                   nothing
                   except
                   it
                   be
                   given
                   him
                   from
                   heven
                   ,
                
                 〈◊〉
                 such
                 a
                 measure
                 
                 of
                 thy
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Grace
                 he
                 conveys
                 from
                 〈◊〉
                 into
                 the
                 Hearts
                 of
                 the
                 faithful
                 ,
                 possess
                 and
                 affect
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 ,
                 in
                 Communion
                 with
                 thy
                 Servant
                 John
                 ,
                 may
                 likewise
                 rejoice
                 in
                 hearing
                 the
                 Bride-groom's
                 Voice
                 audibly
                 utter'd
                 in
                 His
                 holy
                 Word
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 ravished
                 with
                 delight
                 in
                 the
                 privat
                 Contemplation
                 of
                 the
                 happy
                 Union
                 solemnized
                 between
                 my
                 Lord
                 Christ
                 and
                 his
                 Spous
                 the
                 Church
                 :
                 So
                 as
                 at
                 last
                 thou
                 mayst
                 vouchsafe
                 to
                 admit
                 me
                 into
                 the
                 Fulness
                 of
                 that
                 〈◊〉
                 which
                 doth
                 attend
                 the
                 Marriage
                 of
                 the
                 Lamb
                 ,
                 and
                 impart
                 unto
                 me
                 the
                 Interest
                 and
                 Affection
                 of
                 a
                 Friend
                 in
                 the
                 Consummation
                 of
                 thy
                 Glory
                 ,
                 which
                 wil
                 qualify
                 me
                 as
                 wel
                 to
                 taste
                 of
                 the
                 Pleasures
                 as
                 congratulat
                 the
                 Perpetuity
                 of
                 thine
                 Eternal
                 Lov.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             VII
             .
             
             
               On
               the
               Imprisonment
               of
            
             
             
               St.
               John
               the
               Baptist.
            
             
             
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               O
               My
               only-wise
               God
               and
               Savior
               ,
               who
               ,
               to
               render
               thy
               Messenger
               S.
               John
               the
               more
               conformabl
               to
               the
               Author
               and
               Finisher
               of
               that
               Faith
               which
               he
               was
               sent
               to
               usher
               in
               by
               his
               Ministry
               ,
               didst
               permit
               
                 Herod
                 the
                 
                 
                 Tetrach
              
               to
               
                 lay
                 hold
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
              
               
               having
               
                 bound
                 him
                 ,
                 shut
                 him
                 up
                 
                 
                 in
                 Prison
                 ,
              
               that
               he
               might
               as
               wel
               
               be
               a
               Precedent
               of
               thine
               undeserved
               Sufferings
               as
               the
               Precursor
               of
               thy
               divine
               Person
               and
               Doctrin
               :
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 that
                 undaunted
                 Freedom
                 wherwith
                 this
                 thy
                 Servant
                 reproved
                 the
                 Vices
                 of
                 the
                 Greatest
                 ,
                 not
                 fearing
                 to
                 assert
                 the
                 Truth
                 and
                 Obligation
                 of
                 thy
                 holy
                 Commandments
                 even
                 before
                 Kings
                 ;
                 
                   for
                   ,
                   John
                   said
                   unto
                   Herod
                   ,
                   
                   
                   It
                   is
                   not
                   lawful
                   for
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   hav
                   thy
                   Brother's
                   Wife
                   .
                
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 Thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Jesu
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 just
                 Reproofs
                 which
                 thy
                 Ministers
                 impartially
                 denounce
                 
                   against
                   all
                   Ungodliness
                   and
                   Unrighteousness
                   of
                   men
                   ,
                
                 engage
                 me
                 to
                 unfeigned
                 Repentance
                 in
                 obedience
                 to
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 thy
                 H.
                 Word
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 provoking
                 me
                 to
                 any
                 impious
                 Design
                 of
                 Revenge
                 in
                 compliance
                 with
                 my
                 own
                 unhallowed
                 Lusts
                 and
                 Passions
                 :
                 And
                 enabl
                 Them
                 and
                 Me
                 so
                 to
                 follow
                 the
                 Doctrin
                 and
                 Practice
                 
                 Practice
                 of
                 this
                 first
                 Preacher
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 that
                 after
                 his
                 Exampl
                 we
                 may
                 constantly
                 speak
                 the
                 Truth
                 ,
                 boldly
                 rebuke
                 Vice
                 ,
                 and
                 patiently
                 suffer
                 for
                 the
                 Truth
                 's
                 sake
                 ,
                 whatever
                 Loss
                 either
                 of
                 Life
                 or
                 Liberty
                 ensu
                 therupon
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               O
               thou
               Protector
               of
               thy
               Saints
               ,
               from
               whose
               restraining
               Power
               it
               came
               to
               pass
               that
               tho
               
                 〈◊〉
                 had
                 therfore
                 an
                 inward
                 
                 〈◊〉
                 against
              
               thy
               Servant
               
               John
               ,
               
                 and
                 would
                 hav
                 killed
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 she
                 could
                 not
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 bless
                 and
                 prais
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 those
                 effectual
                 and
                 yet
                 invisibl
                 Means
                 wherby
                 thine
                 Almighty
                 Arm
                 doth
                 curb
                 the
                 Power
                 and
                 check
                 the
                 Projects
                 of
                 the
                 Ungodly
                 and
                 Malicious
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 fain
                 do
                 mischief
                 to
                 the
                 
                 faithful
                 Witnesses
                 of
                 thy
                 〈◊〉
                 Truth
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 tacit
                 Aw
                 and
                 Reverence
                 which
                 the
                 unreprovabl
                 Life
                 and
                 Doctrin
                 of
                 thy
                 Holy
                 Ones
                 doth
                 inevitably
                 fix
                 upon
                 the
                 minds
                 even
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 hate
                 both
                 their
                 Persons
                 and
                 Reproofs
                 ;
                 
                   for
                   ,
                   Herod
                   
                   feared
                   Iohn
                   ,
                   knowing
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   a
                   just
                   man
                   and
                   an
                   holy
                   ,
                   and
                
                 did
                 not
                 only
                 save
                 but
                 
                   observ
                   him
                
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 sufficiently
                 expressed
                 in
                 that
                 
                   he
                   did
                   many
                   things
                   when
                   he
                   〈◊〉
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   heard
                   him
                   gladly
                   .
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 accompany
                 the
                 Ministration
                 of
                 thy
                 H.
                 Ordinances
                 with
                 such
                 an
                 Influence
                 of
                 thy
                 hevenly
                 Grace
                 as
                 may
                 not
                 only
                 win
                 our
                 Liking
                 ,
                 but
                 engage
                 our
                 Lov
                 too
                 ,
                 that
                 what
                 we
                 rejoice
                 in
                 for
                 a
                 time
                 we
                 may
                 be
                 delighted
                 with
                 for
                 ever
                 :
                 And
                 let
                 that
                 Esteem
                 which
                 the
                 unblamabl
                 Deportment
                 of
                 persons
                 eminently
                 Religious
                 and
                 
                 Exemplary
                 hath
                 generally
                 obtained
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 be
                 a
                 powerful
                 Encoragement
                 〈◊〉
                 our
                 Imitation
                 of
                 their
                 laudabl
                 Qualities
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 those
                 
                   things
                   which
                   〈◊〉
                   venerabl
                   ,
                   lovly
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   good
                   Report
                   ,
                
                 may
                 engage
                 us
                 to
                 Virtuous
                 and
                 Godly
                 Practices
                 at
                 least
                 throu
                 the
                 forcibl
                 Bent
                 of
                 our
                 nativ
                 Inclinations
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 
                   whatsoever
                   things
                   are
                   tru
                   ,
                   just
                   ,
                   and
                   pure
                   ,
                
                 fail
                 of
                 their
                 du
                 Influence
                 upon
                 the
                 Account
                 of
                 Thy
                 〈◊〉
                 Authority
                 :
                 For
                 ,
                 even
                 such
                 as
                 think
                 not
                 
                   on
                   these
                   things
                
                 becaus
                 of
                 
                   any
                   Virtu
                
                 ,
                 yet
                 are
                 commonly
                 render'd
                 more
                 considerat
                 
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   Prais
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Cap.
             VIII
             .
             
               On
               our
               Savior's
               Conference
               with
            
             
             
             
               the
               Woman
               of
               Samaria
            
             .
             
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 NOw
                 when
                 Iesus
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 heard
                 that
                 Iohn
                 was
                 〈◊〉
                 into
                 prison
                 〈◊〉
                 departed
                 into
                 Galilee
              
               ;
               but
               before
               
               
                 He
                 left
                 Iudea
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 knew
                 how
                 the
                 Pharisees
                 had
                 heard
                 that
                 Iesus
                 made
                 and
                 baptized
                 〈◊〉
                 Discipls
                 than
                 
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 tho
              
               He
               
                 himself
                 〈◊〉
                 not
              
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 Meek
                 and
                 Prudent
                 Savior
                 ,
                 For
                 setting
                 us
                 this
                 instructiv
                 Exampl
                 ,
                 which
                 doth
                 at
                 
                 once
                 direct
                 and
                 authorize
                 us
                 to
                 flee
                 from
                 such
                 Dangers
                 as
                 may
                 prov
                 injurious
                 either
                 to
                 the
                 Body
                 or
                 the
                 Mind
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 when
                 Persecution
                 ariseth
                 ,
                 endu
                 me
                 with
                 the
                 seasonabl
                 Prudence
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 timely
                 Retreat
                 from
                 the
                 impendent
                 Storm
                 that
                 threatens
                 to
                 invade
                 my
                 Life
                 or
                 Liberty
                 ,
                 yet
                 accompanied
                 with
                 an
                 unmovabl
                 Resolution
                 to
                 part
                 with
                 either
                 ,
                 rather
                 than
                 relinquish
                 the
                 Practice
                 of
                 that
                 Piety
                 which
                 becoms
                 a
                 Christian
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 I
                 may
                 change
                 my
                 Place
                 ,
                 tho
                 not
                 my
                 Principls
                 ;
                 nay
                 ,
                 a
                 discreet
                 Caution
                 in
                 quitting
                 the
                 one
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 necessary
                 and
                 succesful
                 means
                 to
                 preserv
                 the
                 other
                 inviolabl
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 retires
                 from
                 the
                 insinuating
                 temtations
                 unto
                 Pride
                 or
                 Vain-glory
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 getting
                 of
                 a
                 Name
                 in
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 is
                 apt
                 to
                 occasion
                 ,
                 may
                 wel
                 be
                 esteemed
                 a
                 no
                 less
                 pious
                 and
                 discerning
                 
                 Soul
                 than
                 he
                 that
                 withdraws
                 from
                 the
                 rougher
                 Hardship
                 of
                 a
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 since
                 this
                 can
                 only
                 confine
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 wheras
                 that
                 may
                 also
                 contaminat
                 the
                 Mind
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               The
               H.
               Jesus
               ,
               in
               his
               way
               from
               Judea
               into
               Galilee
               ,
               
                 cometh
                 to
                 a
                 City
                 of
                 Samaria
              
               (
               which
               
                 he
                 must
                 〈◊〉
                 go
                 throu
                 )
                 
                 called
                 Sychar
              
               ;
               and
               
                 being
                 wearied
                 
                 with
                 his
                 Iourny
                 ,
                 about
              
               Noon
               ,
               he
               
                 sat
                 on
                 Iacob's
                 Well
              
               
               which
               
                 was
                 there
              
               ,
               not
               far
               from
               
                 the
                 parcel
                 of
                 Ground
                 that
              
               the
               Patriarch
               
                 gave
                 to
                 his
                 Son
                 Ioseph
              
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 adore
                 and
                 prais
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 For
                 submitting
                 to
                 the
                 Toil
                 and
                 Labor
                 of
                 this
                 our
                 Flesh
                 subject
                 to
                 Weariness
                 ,
                 wherin
                 thou
                 hast
                 not
                 only
                 conformed
                 
                 to
                 the
                 common
                 Infirmities
                 of
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 
                   Form
                   of
                   a
                   Servant
                
                 ,
                 walking
                 on
                 〈◊〉
                 from
                 one
                 place
                 to
                 another
                 ,
                 tho
                 
                   evry
                   Beast
                   of
                   the
                   Forrest
                   is
                
                 thine
                 
                   and
                   the
                   Cattl
                   upon
                   a
                   thousand
                   hills
                   ,
                
                 while
                 the
                 Great
                 Ones
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 are
                 carried
                 in
                 state
                 and
                 ease
                 upon
                 their
                 Chariots
                 or
                 Horses
                 ;
                 to
                 assure
                 us
                 that
                 as
                 wel
                 by
                 Experience
                 as
                 Compassion
                 Thou
                 art
                 touched
                 with
                 the
                 Sens
                 of
                 their
                 Wants
                 who
                 hav
                 been
                 
                   hungry
                   and
                   thirsty
                
                 til
                 
                   their
                   Soul
                   fainted
                   in
                   them
                
                 .
                 Let
                 me
                 not
                 therfore
                 repine
                 at
                 my
                 scant
                 Allowance
                 of
                 Outward
                 Conveniences
                 ,
                 while
                 my
                 wealthy
                 Neighbor's
                 Cup
                 o'rflows
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Tabl
                 is
                 spred
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 gustful
                 Rarities
                 of
                 Art
                 and
                 Nature
                 ,
                 but
                 rest
                 content
                 and
                 thankful
                 under
                 the
                 Dispensations
                 of
                 that
                 Providence
                 which
                 
                   feeds
                   me
                   with
                   Food
                   convenient
                   for
                   me
                
                 ;
                 remembring
                 
                 that
                 thou
                 O
                 Iesus
                 hadst
                 occasion
                 
                 to
                 ask
                 
                   a
                   Woman
                   of
                   Samaria
                
                 to
                 giv
                 thee
                 Drink
                 ,
                 to
                 reliev
                 thy
                 Thirst
                 ;
                 thy
                 Discipls
                 being
                 
                   gon
                   away
                
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 
                   unto
                   
                   the
                   City
                   to
                   buy
                   Meat
                   ,
                
                 for
                 the
                 redress
                 of
                 thine
                 Hunger
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               3.
               
            
             
               When
               she
               put
               the
               Question
               ,
               
               
                 How
                 is
                 it
                 that
                 thou
                 being
                 a
                 Iew
                 askest
                 drink
                 of
                 me
                 who
                 am
                 a
                 woman
                 of
                 Samaria
                 ?
              
               The
               B.
               
                 Iesus
                 answer'd
                 her
                 ,
                 If
                 thou
                 
                 knewest
                 the
                 Gift
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 it
                 is
                 that
                 saith
                 to
                 thee
                 Giv
                 me
                 to
                 drink
                 ,
                 thou
                 wouldst
                 hav
                 asked
                 of
                 him
                 and
                 he
                 would
                 hav
                 given
                 thee
                 living
                 Water
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 glorify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 thou
                 inexhaustible
                 Fountain
                 of
                 Goodness
                 ,
                 For
                 thus
                 manifesting
                 thy Self
                 
                   greater
                   than
                
                 
                 their
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   Iacob
                   who
                   gave
                   
                   
                   Well
                
                 to
                 his
                 posterity
                 
                   and
                   drank
                   therof
                   himself
                
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 instead
                 of
                 questioning
                 
                   Whence
                   thou
                   hast
                   that
                   living
                   Water
                   ,
                
                 as
                 the
                 woman
                 did
                 ,
                 seeing
                 
                   thou
                   hadst
                   
                   nothing
                   to
                   draw
                   with
                
                 out
                 of
                 that
                 
                   deep
                   Well
                
                 ;
                 let
                 me
                 (
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 thirst
                 after
                 and
                 be
                 satiated
                 with
                 that
                 Water
                 which
                 
                 
                   whosoever
                   drinketh
                   of
                   shal
                   never
                   thirst
                   ,
                
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 
                   taste
                   and
                   see
                   how
                   gracious
                   the
                   Lord
                   is
                
                 in
                 fulfilling
                 that
                 Request
                 of
                 hers
                 unto
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   giv
                   me
                   this
                   
                   Water
                   that
                   I
                   thirst
                   not
                
                 ;
                 so
                 as
                 to
                 pass
                 this
                 thy
                 Promise
                 into
                 an
                 experimental
                 Truth
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 
                   shal
                   be
                   in
                
                 me
                 
                   a
                   〈◊〉
                   of
                   water
                   springing
                   up
                   into
                   everlasting
                   Life
                   .
                
                 And
                 ,
                 to
                 evidence
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 dwelling
                 in
                 my
                 heart
                 by
                 Faith
                 ,
                 make
                 it
                 issu
                 out
                 thence
                 into
                 such
                 wholsom
                 Streams
                 of
                 universal
                 Charity
                 as
                 may
                 write
                 a
                 practical
                 Comment
                 on
                 that
                 
                 Text
                 of
                 thine
                 Apostle
                 St.
                 
                   Paul
                   ,
                   There
                   is
                   neither
                   Greek
                   nor
                   Jew
                   ,
                   Circumcision
                   nor
                   Uncircumcision
                   ,
                   Barbarian
                   ,
                   Scythian
                   ,
                   bond
                   ,
                   nor
                   free
                   ;
                   but
                   Christ
                   is
                   all
                   and
                   in
                   all
                
                 ;
                 since
                 thou
                 hast
                 
                   broken
                   down
                   the
                   middl
                   Wall
                   of
                   partition
                   between
                   us
                   ,
                   having
                   abolished
                   the
                   Enmity
                   ,
                
                 not
                 only
                 by
                 thy
                 Death
                 but
                 in
                 thy
                 Life
                 ;
                 thine
                 Exampl
                 as
                 wel
                 as
                 Precept
                 engaging
                 us
                 to
                 lay
                 aside
                 those
                 distinctions
                 wherby
                 Schism
                 and
                 Faction
                 curtail
                 our
                 Kindness
                 and
                 hinder
                 our
                 mutual
                 Edification
                 .
                 And
                 tho
                 unnecessary
                 Conversation
                 with
                 leight
                 or
                 scandaIous
                 persons
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 industriously
                 avoided
                 and
                 very
                 warily
                 admitted
                 ,
                 yet
                 when
                 a
                 just
                 Occasion
                 or
                 accidental
                 Providence
                 brings
                 a
                 vicious
                 person
                 into
                 my
                 Company
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 rather
                 improv
                 the
                 Opportunity
                 to
                 reclaim
                 an
                 Offendor
                 ,
                 than
                 be
                 deterr'd
                 from
                 using
                 my
                 best
                 endevor
                 to
                 save
                 a
                 
                 Soul
                 from
                 death
                 ,
                 throu
                 the
                 Shame
                 or
                 Fear
                 of
                 being
                 censured
                 
                   a
                   Friend
                   of
                   Publicans
                   and
                   Sinners
                   ,
                
                 as
                 thou
                 my
                 Lord
                 and
                 Master
                 hast
                 often
                 been
                 ;
                 who
                 like
                 a
                 merciful
                 Physitian
                 wouldst
                 rather
                 inspect
                 our
                 very
                 Corruptions
                 than
                 neglect
                 the
                 Cure
                 even
                 of
                 a
                 lascivious
                 Harlot
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 this
                 Samaritan
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 when
                 thou
                 didst
                 bid
                 her
                 ,
                 
                   Go
                   ,
                   call
                   thy
                   husband
                
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 replyed
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   hav
                   no
                   husband
                
                 ;
                 thou
                 
                 couldst
                 tell
                 her
                 ,
                 
                   In
                   that
                   thou
                   
                   saidst
                   truly
                   ;
                   for
                   ,
                   thou
                   hast
                   had
                   
                   five
                   husbands
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   whom
                   
                   thou
                   now
                   hast
                   is
                   not
                   thy
                   husband
                   :
                
                 implying
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 case
                 he
                 were
                 husband
                 to
                 some
                 other
                 ,
                 she
                 lived
                 in
                 Adultery
                 ;
                 if
                 not
                 ,
                 yet
                 she
                 lived
                 in
                 Fornication
                 with
                 one
                 not
                 espoused
                 to
                 her self
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               4.
               
            
             
               This
               particular
               Discovery
               of
               the
               privat
               Transactions
               of
               her
               own
               life
               ,
               made
               by
               one
               that
               was
               wholy
               a
               Stranger
               both
               to
               her
               Country
               and
               Person
               ,
               induced
               
               
                 the
                 Woman
              
               to
               confess
               
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 perceiv
                 that
                 thou
                 art
                 a
                 Prophet
                 ,
              
               and
               on
               that
               consideration
               ,
               she
               enters
               upon
               the
               Debate
               of
               a
               publick
               Controversy
               which
               had
               been
               so
               violently
               maintained
               between
               their
               two
               Nations
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 Iews
              
               would
               
                 hav
                 no
                 Dealings
                 with
                 the
                 Samaritans
              
               ;
               supposing
               a
               person
               so
               extraordinarily
               qualified
               ,
               very
               fit
               to
               decide
               the
               matter
               in
               Dispute
               ,
               
               which
               she
               states
               thus
               ,
               
                 Our
                 〈◊〉
                 worshipped
                 in
                 this
                 Mountain
                 ,
                 and
                 ye
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 Ierusalem
                 is
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 men
                 ought
                 to
                 worship
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 Holy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 thou
                 Reconciler
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 For
                 asserting
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 the
                 Jewish
                 Church
                 and
                 the
                 Error
                 of
                 the
                 Samaritan
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 thy
                 positiv
                 Reply
                 ,
                 
                   Ye
                   
                   worship
                   ye
                   know
                   not
                   what
                   ;
                   we
                   know
                   what
                   we
                   worship
                   ;
                   for
                   Salvation
                   is
                   of
                   the
                   Iews
                   :
                
                 but
                 likewise
                 ,
                 for
                 opening
                 a
                 way
                 unto
                 their
                 Reconciliation
                 ,
                 and
                 removing
                 the
                 Occasion
                 of
                 the
                 Difference
                 ,
                 by
                 
                   saying
                   unto
                   the
                   
                   Woman
                   ,
                   Believ
                   me
                   ,
                   the
                   hour
                   
                   cometh
                   and
                   now
                   is
                   ,
                   when
                   ye
                   shal
                   neither
                   in
                   this
                   Mountain
                   ,
                   nor
                   yet
                   at
                   Ierusalem
                   ,
                   worship
                   the
                   Father
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   tru
                   Worshippers
                   
                   shal
                   worship
                   the
                   Father
                   in
                   Spirit
                   and
                   in
                   Truth
                   .
                
                 Lord
                 ,
                 since
                 thou
                 hast
                 no
                 longer
                 ,
                 confined
                 thine
                 Adorers
                 to
                 attend
                 thy
                 Service
                 in
                 one
                 determinat
                 place
                 ,
                 but
                 dost
                 
                   will
                   that
                   men
                   
                   pray
                   evry
                   where
                   lifting
                   up
                   holy
                   hands
                   ,
                
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 let
                 this
                 our
                 Christian
                 〈◊〉
                 engage
                 us
                 to
                 the
                 more
                 hearty
                 and
                 sincere
                 Attendance
                 as
                 wel
                 on
                 thy
                 publick
                 Ordinances
                 as
                 our
                 privat
                 Offices
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 remembring
                 that
                 
                   God
                   is
                   a
                   Spirit
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   they
                   that
                   worship
                   him
                   ,
                   must
                   worship
                   him
                   in
                   Spirit
                   and
                   in
                   truth
                   ;
                   for
                   the
                   Father
                   seéketh
                   such
                   to
                   worship
                   him
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               5.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Woman
              
               ,
               being
               hereby
               
               convinced
               of
               her
               Error
               ,
               the
               better
               to
               express
               her
               readiness
               to
               embrace
               the
               further
               Revelation
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               
                 saith
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 that
                 Messias
                 cometh
                 which
                 is
                 called
                 Christ
                 ;
                 when
                 He
                 is
                 com
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 tell
                 us
                 all
                 things
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 celebrat
                 thy
                 Gracious
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Iesus
                 ,
                 For
                 
                   saying
                   unto
                   her
                   ,
                   
                   I
                   that
                   speak
                   unto
                   thee
                   ,
                   am
                   He.
                
                 With
                 what
                 plainness
                 dost
                 thou
                 own
                 the
                 truth
                 and
                 power
                 of
                 that
                 thine
                 Office
                 to
                 this
                 Alien
                 ,
                 nay
                 ,
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 of
                 Israel
                 ;
                 which
                 thou
                 didst
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 care
                 reserv
                 from
                 the
                 Notice
                 of
                 thine
                 own
                 Peepl
                 ?
                 the
                 Mystery
                 which
                 thou
                 didst
                 couch
                 under
                 obscure
                 Parabls
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 Sayings
                 in
                 thy
                 many
                 publick
                 Sermons
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 thou
                 hast
                 clearly
                 unvailed
                 in
                 one
                 short
                 and
                 plain
                 Expression
                 to
                 this
                 Samaritan
                 .
                 
                   O
                   the
                   depth
                   of
                   the
                   Riches
                   both
                   of
                   the
                   Wisdom
                   and
                   Knowledg
                   of
                   God!
                   how
                   unsearchabl
                   are
                   his
                   Judgments
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Ways
                   past
                   finding
                   out
                   !
                
                 My
                 Gracious
                 God
                 ,
                 since
                 thou
                 hast
                 thus
                 reduced
                 into
                 Practice
                 what
                 thou
                 hadst
                 long
                 before
                 professed
                 to
                 thy
                 Servant
                 
                 Moses
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   will
                   have
                   Mercy
                   on
                   whom
                   I
                   will
                   hav
                   Mercy
                   ,
                
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 hav
                 Compassion
                 on
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 and
                 vouchsafe
                 to
                 make
                 thy self
                 effectually
                 known
                 unto
                 me
                 ,
                 who
                 am
                 wors
                 than
                 a
                 Samaritan
                 by
                 Nature
                 ,
                 a
                 Sinner
                 of
                 the
                 Gentils
                 in
                 Conversation
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               6.
               
            
             
               As
               soon
               as
               thou
               ,
               O
               Christ
               ,
               hadst
               given
               her
               this
               open
               Evidence
               and
               Acknowledgment
               of
               thine
               Office
               and
               Authority
               ;
               the
               Woman
               (
               as
               having
               forgot
               her
               
               corporal
               Necessities
               ,
               and
               tasted
               
               the
               Grant
               of
               the
               Request
               she
               had
               made
               unto
               thee
               ,
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 giv
                 me
                 this
                 Water
                 that
                 I
                 thirst
                 not
                 ,
                 neither
                 com
                 〈◊〉
                 to
                 draw
                 )
                 left
                 〈◊〉
                 Water-pot
                 and
                 went
                 her
                 way
                 into
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 〈◊〉
                 to
                 the
                 Men
              
               that-lived
               in
               her
               Neighborhood
               ,
               
               
                 Com
                 and
                 see
                 a
                 man
                 
                 which
                 told
                 me
                 all
                 things
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 did
                 :
                 Is
                 not
                 this
                 the
                 Christ
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 communicativ
                 Virtu
                 of
                 the
                 Christian-Faith
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 gradual
                 Propagation
                 of
                 thy
                 Gospel
                 therby
                 :
                 
                   Many
                   of
                   the
                   Samaritans
                   of
                   that
                   City
                
                 having
                 
                 
                   believed
                   on
                
                 Thee
                 ,
                 
                   for
                   the
                   Saying
                   of
                   the
                   Woman
                   which
                   testified
                   ,
                   He
                   told
                   me
                   all
                   that
                   ever
                   I
                   did
                   .
                
                 Let
                 those
                 apparent
                 Notices
                 of
                 thy
                 Will
                 ,
                 O
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 which
                 hav
                 enlightned
                 mine
                 Understanding
                 and
                 engaged
                 mine
                 Affections
                 in
                 the
                 Profession
                 of
                 the
                 tru
                 Faith
                 ,
                 render
                 me
                 zealous
                 and
                 succesful
                 in
                 publishing
                 those
                 sacred
                 Truths
                 wherof
                 I
                 my self
                 am
                 convinced
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 becom
                 an
                 happy
                 and
                 industrious
                 Instrument
                 to
                 promote
                 thy
                 Glory
                 and
                 the
                 Good
                 of
                 others
                 ,
                 whether
                 
                 they
                 be
                 my
                 Brethren
                 and
                 Neighbors
                 in
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 ;
                 since
                 
                   throu
                   him
                
                 who
                 
                   came
                   and
                   preached
                   peace
                   to
                
                 us
                 
                   which
                   were
                   afar
                   off
                
                 ,
                 as
                 wel
                 as
                 
                   to
                   them
                   that
                   were
                   nigh
                
                 ,
                 we
                 
                   are
                   no
                   more
                   Strangers
                   and
                   Foreiners
                   ,
                   but
                
                 are
                 made
                 capabl
                 of
                 becoming
                 
                   fellow
                   Citizens
                   with
                   the
                   Saints
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   hous-hold
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                
                 by
                 being
                 
                   built
                   upon
                   the
                   foundation
                   of
                   the
                   Apostls
                   and
                   Prophets
                   ,
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   himself
                   being
                   the
                   chief
                   Corner-stone
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               7.
               
            
             
               
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 while
                 ,
                 his
                 Discipls
                 ,
              
               
               who
               were
               newly
               returned
               
               with
               the
               Provisions
               which
               they
               went
               unto
               the
               City
               to
               buy
               ,
               
                 and
                 marvelled
                 that
                 He
                 talked
                 with
                 the
                 Woman
                 ,
                 prayed
                 him
                 saying
                 ,
                 Master
                 ,
                 eat
                 :
                 But
                 he
                 said
                 unto
                 
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 hav
                 meat
                 to
                 eat
                 that
                 
                 ye
                 know
                 not
                 of
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 Becaus
                 ,
                 (
                 wheras
                 thy
                 Discipls
                 were
                 apt
                 to
                 mistake
                 thy
                 words
                 in
                 a
                 carnal
                 sence
                 ,
                 as
                 appears
                 by
                 their
                 questioning
                 one
                 
                 with
                 
                   another
                   ,
                   Hath
                   any
                   man
                   brought
                   him
                   ought
                   to
                   eat
                   ?
                   )
                
                 thou
                 hast
                 fully
                 explained
                 the
                 spiritual
                 Meaning
                 therof
                 by
                 this
                 thy
                 gracious
                 Declaration
                 ,
                 
                   My
                   Meat
                   is
                   to
                   do
                   the
                   Will
                   of
                   him
                   
                   that
                   sent
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   finish
                   his
                   Work.
                
                 O
                 hevenly
                 Father
                 ,
                 create
                 in
                 me
                 (
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 
                   the
                   same
                   Mind
                   which
                   was
                   in
                
                 thy
                 Son
                 
                   Christ
                   Jesus
                
                 ;
                 that
                 I
                 also
                 may
                 prefer
                 doing
                 good
                 in
                 my
                 Generation
                 before
                 my
                 necessary
                 Food
                 ,
                 and
                 esteem
                 the
                 Performance
                 of
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 agreeabl
                 to
                 the
                 Will
                 of
                 thy
                 Holiness
                 my
                 chief
                 Repast
                 and
                 Satisfaction
                 ;
                 such
                 Acts
                 of
                 Obedience
                 and
                 Charity
                 being
                 capabl
                 to
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 my
                 Soul
                 unto
                 Everlasting
                 Life
                 ;
                 while
                 the
                 daily
                 Bread
                 which
                 my
                 Body
                 stands
                 in
                 need
                 of
                 doth
                 perish
                 in
                 the
                 using
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               §.
               8.
               
            
             
               O
               Lord
               of
               the
               Univers
               ,
               All
               the
               Nations
               of
               the
               Earth
               are
               thy
               Fields
               ,
               wheron
               thou
               requirest
               thine
               Apostls
               and
               Ministers
               to
               
                 lift
                 up
              
               their
               
                 Eys
                 and
                 lock
              
               ;
               and
               
                 they
                 are
                 white
                 already
                 to
                 Hatvest
              
               ;
            
             
               
                 I
                 giv
                 Thee
                 Thanks
                 and
                 Prais
                 ,
              
               
                 Becaus
                 
                   he
                   that
                   reapeth
                   ,
                   〈◊〉
                   Wages
                   and
                   gathereth
                   
                   Fruit
                   unto
                   Life
                   Eternal
                   .
                
                 As
                 
                 my
                 fleshly
                 Eys
                 behold
                 the
                 fields
                 of
                 Corn
                 before
                 my
                 face
                 ,
                 Lord
                 enabl
                 me
                 to
                 view
                 other
                 fields
                 far
                 more
                 excellent
                 and
                 glorious
                 with
                 the
                 Ey
                 of
                 Faith
                 ,
                 even
                 all
                 the
                 Cities
                 and
                 Kingdoms
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ready
                 to
                 be
                 gathered
                 into
                 
                 thy
                 Barn
                 :
                 And
                 let
                 the
                 hopes
                 of
                 such
                 desirable
                 Wages
                 engage
                 my
                 utmost
                 Industry
                 to
                 further
                 the
                 Welfare
                 of
                 Souls
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 we
                 ,
                 
                   upon
                   whom
                   the
                   Ends
                   of
                   the
                   World
                   are
                   com
                   ,
                
                 hav
                 abundant
                 Encoragement
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 
                   other
                   men
                   labored
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   we
                   are
                   enter'd
                   upon
                   their
                   labors
                   ,
                
                 whatsoever
                 Christ
                 our
                 Lord
                 and
                 his
                 H.
                 Apostls
                 hav
                 don
                 or
                 suffer'd
                 for
                 the
                 Promulgation
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 redounding
                 to
                 our
                 Advantage
                 and
                 Instruction
                 ,
                 be
                 it
                 improvabl
                 either
                 to
                 our
                 own
                 Soul's
                 health
                 or
                 to
                 make
                 us
                 Instrumental
                 for
                 the
                 Salvation
                 of
                 others
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 in
                 us
                 
                   that
                   
                   Saying
                
                 provs
                 
                   tru
                   ,
                   One
                   〈◊〉
                   and
                   another
                   reapeth
                
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Benefit
                 is
                 so
                 equally
                 conveyed
                 throu
                 out
                 all
                 the
                 Members
                 of
                 Christ's
                 Body
                 the
                 Church
                 in
                 all
                 Ages
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   both
                   he
                   that
                   
                   soweth
                   and
                   he
                   that
                   reapeth
                   may
                   
                   rejoyce
                   together
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               9.
               
            
             
               
                 When
                 the
                 Samaritans
                 went
                 
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 and
                 were
                 com
                 unto
                 him
              
               ;
               upon
               their
               Request
               
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 tarry
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 
                 he
                 abode
                 there
                 two
                 days
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 adore
                 thy
                 saving
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 For
                 this
                 thy
                 gracious
                 Condescension
                 and
                 the
                 powerful
                 Effect
                 of
                 thy
                 Presence
                 among
                 them
                 ,
                 
                   many
                   mo
                
                 having
                 
                   believed
                   becaus
                   of
                   thy
                   Word
                
                 ;
                 who
                 
                 
                   said
                   unto
                   the
                   Woman
                   ,
                   Now
                   
                   we
                   believ
                   ,
                   not
                   because
                   of
                   thy
                   Saying
                   :
                   for
                   ,
                   we
                   〈◊〉
                   heard
                   him
                   our
                   selvs
                   ,
                   and
                   know
                   that
                   this
                   is
                   indeed
                   the
                   Christ
                   ,
                   the
                   Savior
                   of
                   the
                   World.
                
                 Tho
                 thy
                 Spous
                 ,
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 
                   which
                   is
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   the
                   Living
                   God
                   ,
                   the
                   Pillar
                   and
                   Ground
                   of
                   Truth
                   ,
                
                 by
                 the
                 Catholick
                 Profession
                 of
                 thy
                 Gospel
                 givs
                 so
                 rational
                 an
                 Invitation
                 
                 to
                 the
                 Apostat
                 World
                 as
                 is
                 persuasiv
                 enough
                 to
                 win
                 many
                 Proselyts
                 to
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Communion
                 of
                 Saints
                 upon
                 a
                 general
                 Conviction
                 ;
                 yet
                 when
                 ,
                 throu
                 the
                 personal
                 Experiment
                 and
                 Participation
                 of
                 thy
                 Saving
                 Ordinances
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 
                   once
                   enl
                   ghtned
                   and
                   hav
                   tasted
                   of
                   the
                   hevenly
                   Gift
                   ,
                   the
                   good
                   Word
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Powers
                   of
                   the
                   World
                   to
                   com
                   ,
                
                 they
                 no
                 longer
                 rely
                 upon
                 the
                 bare
                 Credit
                 of
                 thy
                 Church
                 ,
                 but
                 are
                 established
                 in
                 the
                 Faith
                 by
                 the
                 full
                 persuasion
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Conscience
                 .
                 Let
                 me
                 not
                 therefore
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 content
                 my self
                 with
                 hearing
                 the
                 Operations
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 or
                 the
                 Demonstration
                 of
                 thy
                 Power
                 reported
                 at
                 second
                 hand
                 ,
                 but
                 make
                 my
                 personal
                 Address
                 to
                 the
                 Ministry
                 of
                 thy
                 Word
                 and
                 Sacraments
                 ,
                 that
                 having
                 heard
                 Thee
                 my self
                 ,
                 my
                 Soul
                 also
                 may
                 know
                 
                 experimentally
                 ,
                 that
                 Thou
                 art
                 indeed
                 The
                 CHRIST
                 ,
                 the
                 Savior
                 of
                 the
                 World.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             IX
             .
             
               Of
               His
               Departure
               into
               Galilee
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               his
               Reception
               there
            
             .
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 NOw
                 after
                 two
                 days
                 he
                 
                 departed
                 thence
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 into
                 Galilee
                 :
              
               not
               directly
               unto
               his
               own
               City
               
                 Nazareth
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 Iesus
                 himself
                 testified
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 a
                 Prophet
                 hath
                 no
                 honor
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Country
              
               ;
               but
               He
               
                 came
                 again
                 into
                 Cana
                 
                 of
                 Galilee
                 where
                 he
              
               had
               
                 made
                 the
                 Water
                 Wine
              
               .
            
             
               
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 my
                 Gracious
                 Redeemer
                 ,
                 for
                 this
                 prudential
                 Dispensation
                 of
                 thy
                 Ministry
                 ,
                 not
                 brooking
                 to
                 mis-spend
                 thy
                 Doctrin
                 and
                 Miracls
                 upon
                 such
                 as
                 would
                 render
                 them
                 useless
                 by
                 their
                 Neglect
                 or
                 Dis-esteem
                 ;
                 but
                 directing
                 the
                 Labors
                 of
                 thy
                 Lov
                 to
                 those
                 who
                 ,
                 by
                 having
                 du
                 Regard
                 therunto
                 ,
                 were
                 most
                 likely
                 to
                 reverence
                 thy
                 Person
                 and
                 reap
                 the
                 intended
                 Benefit
                 of
                 thy
                 marvellous
                 Works
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 when
                 
                 thou
                 wast
                 
                   com
                   into
                   Galilee
                   ,
                   the
                   Galileans
                
                 of
                 those
                 parts
                 received
                 thee
                 ,
                 having
                 seen
                 all
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 thou
                 hadst
                 don
                 
                   at
                   Ierusalem
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   also
                
                 were
                 there
                 
                   at
                   the
                   Feast
                
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 let
                 not
                 any
                 prejudice
                 of
                 Familiarity
                 ,
                 which
                 commonly
                 breeds
                 Contemt
                 ;
                 or
                 Envy
                 ,
                 which
                 unreasonably
                 surmiseth
                 the
                 Advancement
                 
                 of
                 our
                 Equals
                 or
                 Acquaintance
                 insupportabl
                 ;
                 or
                 foolish
                 Custom
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 apt
                 to
                 set
                 an
                 higher
                 valu
                 upon
                 any
                 forein
                 unknown
                 Commodity
                 than
                 on
                 the
                 more
                 useful
                 Product
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 Growth
                 and
                 Neighborhood
                 ;
                 hinder
                 my
                 paying
                 the
                 du
                 Respect
                 or
                 making
                 a
                 religious
                 Improvement
                 of
                 those
                 Gifts
                 and
                 Graces
                 wherwith
                 thou
                 shalt
                 think
                 fit
                 to
                 qualify
                 any
                 of
                 my
                 Country-men
                 or
                 fellow-Citizens
                 to
                 do
                 good
                 in
                 his
                 Generation
                 .
                 And
                 render
                 (
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 the
                 manifest
                 Evidences
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 no
                 less
                 effectual
                 at
                 this
                 day
                 to
                 creat
                 in
                 me
                 that
                 Esteem
                 and
                 Reverence
                 which
                 is
                 du
                 to
                 Thee
                 in
                 thy
                 Members
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 supernatural
                 Operations
                 of
                 thy
                 Power
                 ,
                 exhibited
                 before
                 their
                 Eys
                 in
                 former
                 times
                 ,
                 were
                 available
                 to
                 prepare
                 a
                 way
                 for
                 thine
                 honorabl
                 
                 Reception
                 among
                 the
                 Galileans
                 ;
                 that
                 receiving
                 those
                 who
                 bear
                 thine
                 Image
                 ,
                 as
                 wel
                 with
                 a
                 glad
                 Heart
                 as
                 a
                 cheerful
                 Aspect
                 ,
                 thou
                 mayst
                 think
                 or
                 make
                 me
                 worthy
                 of
                 thy
                 beätifick
                 Presence
                 for
                 ever
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             X.
             
               Of
               His
               Healing
               the
               Son
               of
            
             
             
               a
               certain
               Nobl-man
            
             .
          
           
             
               §.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 WHen
                 a
                 certain
                 Noblman
                 ,
                 
                 whose
                 .
                 Son
                 was
                 
                 sick
                 ,
                 at
                 Capernaum
                 ,
                 heard
                 that
                 Iesus
                 was
                 com
                 out
                 of
                 Iudea
                 into
                 Galilee
                 ,
                 he
                 went
                 unto
                 him
                 and
                 besought
                 him
                 that
                 He
                 would
                 com
                 down
                 and
                 heal
                 his
                 Son
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 was
                 at
                 
                 the
                 point
                 of
                 Death
                 .
                 Then
                 said
                 Iesus
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 Except
                 ye
                 see
                 
                 Signs
                 and
                 Wonders
                 ye
                 〈◊〉
                 not
                 believ
                 :
              
               wherin
               He
               did
               only
               delay
               ,
               not
               deny
               ,
               the
               desired
               Answer
               to
               his
               Request
               reflecting
               on
               the
               gross
               Infidelity
               of
               his
               Countrymen
               together
               with
               the
               great
               End
               for
               which
               his
               Miracls
               were
               wrought
               ;
               for
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               
                 the
                 Nobl
                 man
              
               repeated
               his
               
               Petition
               in
               these
               Tearms
               ,
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 
                 com
                 down
                 ere
                 my
                 Child
                 dy
                 ,
              
               the
               Holy
               Iesus
               made
               him
               this
               gracious
               
               Reply
               ,
               
                 Go
                 thy
                 way
                 ,
                 thy
                 Son
                 〈◊〉
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 thy
                 Sacred
                 Name
                 .
              
               
                 Becaus
                 
                   the
                   man
                   believed
                   the
                   word
                   that
                
                 thou
                 ,
                 O
                 
                   Iesus
                   ,
                   hadst
                   spoken
                   unto
                   him
                   ,
                
                 wherof
                 he
                 gav
                 an
                 evident
                 Demonstration
                 in
                 that
                 he
                 
                   went
                   his
                   way
                
                 ,
                 as
                 fully
                 satisfied
                 and
                 contented
                 in
                 the
                 Assurance
                 of
                 thy
                 Goodness
                 and
                 
                 Power
                 .
                 Let
                 not
                 (
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 )
                 the
                 transitory
                 Affairs
                 of
                 this
                 decaying
                 Body
                 take
                 up
                 all
                 my
                 Thoughts
                 ,
                 but
                 make
                 me
                 deeply
                 affected
                 with
                 the
                 future
                 State
                 and
                 Eternal
                 Concernments
                 of
                 my
                 diseased
                 Soul
                 :
                 I
                 confess
                 my
                 Hope
                 is
                 weak
                 ,
                 my
                 Charity
                 faint
                 and
                 heartless
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 Faith
                 welnigh
                 
                   dead
                   ,
                   without
                
                 those
                 Works
                 by
                 which
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 
                   made
                   perfect
                
                 .
                 Lord
                 ,
                 com
                 down
                 and
                 heal
                 my
                 spiritual
                 Infirmities
                 ;
                 say
                 unto
                 me
                 ,
                 Thy
                 Soul
                 liveth
                 ,
                 with
                 that
                 Word
                 of
                 Power
                 which
                 is
                 abl
                 to
                 revive
                 all
                 its
                 faculties
                 to
                 their
                 du
                 Use
                 and
                 Vigor
                 .
                 And
                 ,
                 tho
                 thou
                 defer
                 to
                 grant
                 the
                 Request
                 of
                 my
                 Lips
                 ,
                 yet
                 
                   wil
                   I
                   〈◊〉
                   make
                   my
                   Prayer
                   unto
                   Thee
                   ,
                   and
                   wil
                   look
                   up
                   ,
                   until
                   thou
                   hav
                   Mercy
                   upon
                   me
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               §.
               2.
               
            
             
               
                 His
                 Servants
                 that
                 met
                 him
                 
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 going
                 down
                 ,
              
               having
               
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 Thy
                 〈◊〉
                 liveth
                 ;
                 hr
                 
                 enquired
                 of
                 them
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 when
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 amend
                 :
                 and
                 they
                 said
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 Yesterday
                 at
                 〈◊〉
                 seventh
                 hour
                 the
                 Fever
                 
                 〈◊〉
                 him
                 .
                 So
                 the
                 Father
                 knew
                 it
                 was
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 hour
                 in
                 which
                 〈◊〉
                 had
                 said
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 Thy
                 Son
                 liveth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 prais
                 and
                 magnify
                 thy
                 Name
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Christ
                 ,
                 For
                 this
                 exact
                 Notice
                 of
                 the
                 punctual
                 Execution
                 of
                 thine
                 Almighty
                 Word
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 saving
                 〈◊〉
                 of
                 
                   this
                   
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   that
                
                 thou
                 didst
                 
                 
                   in
                   〈◊〉
                
                 as
                 wel
                 upon
                 the
                 Minds
                 of
                 the
                 Sound
                 as
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Sick.
                 Lord
                 ,
                 let
                 evry
                 Act
                 of
                 Power
                 or
                 Goodness
                 signalized
                 in
                 thy
                 Providence
                 ,
                 and
                 each
                 Expression
                 
                 of
                 the
                 good
                 Pleasure
                 of
                 thy
                 Will
                 signified
                 in
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 thy
                 Grace
                 ,
                 hav
                 the
                 same
                 Effect
                 upon
                 Me
                 which
                 this
                 had
                 upon
                 the
                 Father
                 of
                 the
                 Child
                 thus
                 supernaturally
                 recover'd
                 ,
                 who
                 
                   himself
                   believed
                   ,
                   &
                
                 brought
                 
                   his
                   whol
                   Hous
                
                 unto
                 the
                 Obedience
                 of
                 Faith
                 ;
                 that
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 Hot-fitts
                 of
                 my
                 irregular
                 Passions
                 may
                 be
                 quencht
                 or
                 prevented
                 ,
                 but
                 my
                 personal
                 Convictions
                 may
                 likewise
                 becom
                 so
                 exemplary
                 and
                 persuasiv
                 to
                 all
                 my
                 Relations
                 as
                 to
                 render
                 old
                 Joshua's
                 pious
                 Resolution
                 both
                 our
                 Practice
                 and
                 Priviledg
                 ,
                 
                   As
                   for
                   Me
                   and
                   my
                   hous
                   we
                   wil
                   serv
                   the
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
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             distribute
             to
             their
             Parishioners
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Two
             Sermons
             of
             Mr.
             Maningham's
             ;
             The
             one
             before
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             London
             ,
             the
             other
             at
             St.
             Marie's
             in
             Oxford
             before
             the
             University
             ,
             Quarto
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Two
             Sermons
             of
             
               G.
               Hascard
            
             D.
             D.
             and
             Dean
             of
             Windsor
             ,
             the
             one
             Preached
             on
             the
             Fifth
             of
             November
             ,
             the
             other
             before
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             
               London
               ,
               Quarto
            
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             Compleat
             Sollicitor
             ,
             Entring-Clerk
             and
             Attorney
             ,
             fully
             instructed
             in
             the
             Practice
             ,
             Methods
             and
             Clerkship
             of
             all
             His
             Majestie
             's
             Courts
             of
             Equity
             and
             Common-Law
             ,
             Superior
             and
             Inferior
             as
             well
             those
             at
             Westminster
             and
             in
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             as
             elsewhere
             throughout
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Octavo
            
             ,
             price
             bound
             3
             s.
             6
             d.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             
               Compendium
               Geographicum
            
             ,
             or
             a
             more
             exact
             plain
             and
             easie
             Introduction
             
             into
             all
             Geography
             than
             yet
             extant
             ,
             after
             the
             latest
             Discoveries
             and
             new
             Alterations
             ,
             with
             two
             Alphabets
             of
             Ancient
             and
             Modern
             places
             ,
             By
             
               P.
               Chamberlayn
            
             ,
             price
             bound
             1
             s.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             Present
             State
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             wherein
             is
             contained
             an
             exact
             Account
             of
             their
             Customs
             ,
             Secular
             and
             Religious
             ,
             &c.
             By
             
               L.
               Addison
            
             ,
             D.
             D.
             Dean
             of
             Lichfield
             ,
             and
             Arch-deacon
             of
             
               Coventry
               ,
               Twelves
            
             ,
             price
             bound
             1
             s.
             6
             d.
             
          
           
             9.
             
             French
             Intriques
             ,
             or
             the
             History
             of
             their
             Delusory
             Promises
             ,
             since
             the
             Pyrenean
             Treaty
             ,
             Printed
             in
             French
             at
             Cologn
             ,
             and
             now
             put
             into
             English
             ,
             price
             bound
             1
             s.
             
          
           
             10.
             
             The
             first
             Estate
             of
             〈◊〉
             ,
             shewing
             all
             the
             Designs
             that
             Impostor
             had
             to
             carry
             on
             and
             settle
             the
             Turkish
             Religion
             ,
             Written
             by
             
               L.
               Addison
            
             ,
             D.
             D.
             Dean
             of
             Lichfield
             and
             Arch-deacon
             of
             
               Coventry
               ,
               Octavo
            
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             The
             Works
             of
             Homer
             ,
             viz
             his
             Odysses
             and
             Illiads
             ,
             with
             his
             Life
             ,
             〈◊〉
             into
             English
             by
             
               T.
               Hobbes
            
             ,
             in
             Twelves
             ,
             price
             bound
             〈◊〉
             s.
             
          
           
             
             12.
             
             The
             Court
             of
             Curiosity
             ,
             being
             the
             most
             curious
             Fortune
             Book
             ever
             extant
             ,
             answering
             more
             than
             double
             the
             Questions
             ,
             and
             with
             more
             exactness
             than
             any
             other
             Fortune
             Book
             .
             With
             the
             learnedst
             ,
             best
             and
             most
             methodical
             Interpretation
             of
             Dreams
             that
             is
             in
             English
             :
             The
             third
             Edition
             ,
             much
             Explained
             and
             〈◊〉
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             Fortune
             Book
             ,
             Octavo
             ,
             price
             bound
             1
             s.
             6
             d.
             
          
           
             13.
             
             The
             Flower-Garden
             &
             Compleat
             Vinyard
             together
             ,
             by
             
               W.
               Hughes
               ,
               Twelves
            
             ,
             price
             1
             s.
             6.
             d.
             
          
           
             14.
             
             Moral
             Instruction
             of
             a
             Father
             to
             his
             Son
             upon
             his
             Departure
             for
             a
             long
             Voyage
             ,
             
               &c.
               Octavo
            
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             The
             London
             Practice
             of
             Physick
             ,
             containing
             the
             whole
             Practical
             Part
             of
             Dr.
             Willis
             his
             Works
             in
             English
             ,
             price
             bound
             6
             s.
             
          
           
             16.
             
             The
             Grecian
             Story
             ,
             being
             an
             Historical
             Poem
             in
             Five
             Books
             ,
             Quarto
             .
          
           
             17.
             
             The
             Odes
             of
             Horace
             in
             Five
             Books
             ,
             Englished
             by
             
               J.
               H.
            
             
               Esq
            
          
           
             18.
             
             The
             Bucaniers
             of
             America
             ,
             the
             Second
             Volume
             ,
             containing
             their
             dangerous
             and
             bold
             Assaults
             in
             the
             years
             1680
             &
             1681.
             —
             Printing
             .
          
        
         
      
       
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             Pag.
             79.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             13.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A63045-e640
           
             S.
             Luke
             1.
             26
             ,
             —
             79.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             1.
             18
             ,
             —
             25.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             ,
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             1
             ,
             —
             20.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             7
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             2.
             1
             ,
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             2.
             4
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             2.
             3
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             2.
             9.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             22
             ,
             —
             38.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             〈◊〉
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             2.
             15.
             
             —
             23.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             41
             ,
             —
             50.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             2.
             
          
           
             S
             Mat.
             3
             ,
             1
             ,
             —
             17.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mark
             1.
             1
             ,
             —
             11.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             3
             ,
             1
             ,
             —
             18
             ,
             21
             ,
             —
             23.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             1.
             1
             ,
             —
             34.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mark
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             3.
             4
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             3.
             6
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             3.
             5
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             3.
             
          
           
             S
             Joh.
             1.
             19
             ,
             〈◊〉
             .
             24
             ,
             28
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mark
             1.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             3.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             3.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             1.
             4
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             3.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             3.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             3.
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mark
             1.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             1.
             
          
        
         
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             S.
             Mat.
             4.
             1
             ,
             —
             11.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mark.
             1.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             4.
             1
             ,
             —
             13.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             4.
             1
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             4.
             1
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mark
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mark
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             4.
             2
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             4.
             4
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             4.
             4
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             4.
             3
             ,
          
           
             Luke
             4.
             6
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             1.
             35
             ,
             —
             51.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             John
             1.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             2.
             1
             ,
             —
             11
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             2.
             12
             ,
             —
             25
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             2.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             3.
             1
             ,
             —
             21.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             3.
             2
             ;
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             3.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             3.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             3.
             22
             ,
             —
             36.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             3.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             3.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             14.
             3
             ,
             —
             5.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mark
             6.
             17
             ,
             —
             20.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             3.
             19
             ,
             20
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             14.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mark
             6.
             
          
           
             S.
             Luke
             3.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             Mark.
             6.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mark
             6.
             
          
           
             S.
             Mat.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             1
             ,
             —
             42.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             3
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             Joh.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             43
             ,
             —
             46
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             46
             ,
             —
             54.
             
          
           
             S.
             Joh.
             4.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             ,
             4.