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<HEAD>Pilates <HI>Jest Turned to Earnest.</HI></HEAD>
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<HEAD>[IESUS OF NAZARETH KING OF THE JEWES.]</HEAD>
<P>_WHen Satans malice had produced mi&s;|chiefe in our fir&s;t
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<P>At length, when the ful|ne&s;&s;e of Grace was come, he that was <HI>velatus in Lege, covered in the Law,</HI> became <HI>Revelatus in Evangelio
<PB N="3" REF="3"> Di&s;couered in the Go&s;pell:</HI> For when the fulne&s;&s;e of time was come, God &s;ent his Son of a Woman made under the Law, that wee might receiue the Adopti|on of Sonnes. <HI>Gal.</HI> 4. <HI>ver&s;.</HI> 4.5. The &s;onne of man had &s;inned again&s;t God, the Sonne of God &s;atisfies for the &s;inne of man. Let ad|miration produce amaze|ment. But &s;eeing man had &s;inned for a &s;ea&s;on, and mu&s;t dye unto eternity, un|le&s;&s;e the Sonne of eternity did &s;uffer for a &s;ea&s;on: therefore <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> the <HI>Me&s;|&s;iah</HI> was &s;laine. <HI>Dan.</HI> 9.26. but not for him&s;elfe: <HI>Tra|ditus e&s;t in mortem propter
<PB N="4" REF="4"> offen&s;as no&s;tras. Rom.</HI> 4.25.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rom.</HI> 4.25</NOTE> <HI>Hee was deliuered to death for our offences.</HI> Hee was delivered by his Father in mercy; by him&s;elfe in compa&s;&s;ion; by <HI>Iudas</HI> for covetou&s;ne&s;&s;e, and by the <HI>Iewes</HI> in malice: And all this to the end, that God might effect, wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t the <HI>Iews</HI> could not conjecture, the Redemp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="4 letters"> of his people <HI>I&s;rael.</HI></P>
<P>In the precedent Chap|ter you have Chri&s;t appre|hended, in this Crucified. Hee that was typified by the <HI>Brazen Serpent,</HI> is ex|alted on the Cro&s;&s;e be|tweene two Theeves, with this Title &s;uper&s;cribed, <HI>[Ie|&s;us
<PB N="5" REF="4"> of Nazareth, King of the Iewes.]</HI> As the manner of Chri&s;ts Death, &s;o the manner of this Super&s;crip|tion was according to the cu&s;tome of the <HI>Romans,</HI> who were wont either by written Titles, or by the voyce of the Cryer, to no|tifie to the people the cau&s;e of the &s;uffering of &s;uch as were condemned: Accor|ding to which cu&s;tome, <HI>Pi|late</HI> commanded this Title to be written, and fa&s;tened to the Cro&s;&s;e of our Savi|our, manife&s;ting hereby unto the people the cau&s;e of his Condemnation. And as the <HI>Iewes</HI> were offended at Chri&s;t, &s;o were they
<PB N="6" REF="5"> likewi&s;e at this Title. They &s;ue therefore unto <HI>Pilate,</HI> that it might be written: <HI>He called him&s;elfe the King of the Iewes.</HI> But becau&s;e they again&s;t <HI>Pilates</HI> wil had de&s;ired <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> to be crucifi|ed, he again&s;t their wills &s;ets this Title on the Cro&s;&s;e: and rather like Gods Officer, than <HI>Cae&s;ars</HI> Friend, da&s;hes their petiti|on, returning that an&s;wer wherewith hee was in&s;pi|red, <HI>Quod &s;crip&s;i, &s;crip&s;i, What I have written, I have written,</HI> as though by di|vine infu&s;ion hee had pro|phe&s;ied unto the <HI>Iewes,</HI> that he, whom they out of malicious cruelty had cau|&s;ed
<PB N="7" REF="5"> to be Crucified, was, is, and ever &s;hall be <HI>[Ie&s;us of Nazareth, King of the Iewes.] Pilate</HI> herein &s;eeks not &s;o much our Saviours glory, as his owne excu&s;e: For now when his con&s;ci|ence did accu&s;e him of this impious fact, and fearing a complaint might come again&s;t him unto <HI>Cae&s;ar,</HI> for condemning &s;uch, and &s;o great a man with whom God was, without a legall Tryall, he fixes upon the Cro&s;&s;e this Title, hoping to cleere him&s;elfe, that he crucified Chri&s;t not as the Sonne of God, or a Pro|phet of the <HI>Iewes,</HI> but for that he was a &s;editious per|&s;on,
<PB N="8" REF="6"> an enemy unto <HI>Cae|&s;ar,</HI> one that affected both his Crowne and King|dome. With this pretence hee thinkes to cloake his Inju&s;tice, becau&s;e he knew <HI>Cae&s;ars</HI> Throne would ad|mit no Rivall.</P>
<P>What&s;oever was <HI>Pilates</HI> Intendment, &s;urely, it was the drift of the Holy Gho&s;t, by this unju&s;t Judge to vindicate the Ju&s;t one, and to give him a Name a|bove all Names, and a Ti|tle above all Titles, which though Heaven and Earth pa&s;&s;e away, yet &s;hall re|maine for ever: For though the &s;onnes of men are &s;ub|ject to mortality, yet the
<PB N="9" REF="6"> Sonne of God &s;hall endure unchangeably <HI>[Ie&s;us of Nazareth, King of the Iewes.]</HI></P>
<P>In this Title wee are to con&s;ider two things: The Manner, and the Matter. The manner how it was publi&s;hed: It was written: The matter, <HI>[Ie&s;us of Na|zareth, King of the Iewes.]</HI> Fir&s;t of the manner: The en&s;uing Ver&s;e tells us, that it was written in <HI>Hebrew, Greeke,</HI> and <HI>Latine,</HI> the three mo&s;t generall and famous Tongues in the world. The Rea&s;ons wher|of (and that not without rea&s;on) are alleadged to be foure: <MILESTONE N="1"> Fir&s;t, that all men
<PB N="10" REF="7"> that under&s;tood any of the&s;e Languages, might know and conceive the cau&s;e of Chri&s;ts &s;uffering.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> Secondly, that the Jewes perfidiou&s;ne&s;&s;e might bee knowne to all Nations of what Language &s;oever.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> Thirdly, to &s;ignifie that Chri&s;t dyed for all, of what &s;peech, or Dialect &s;oever they were.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="4"> Fourthly, and la&s;tly, that every Tongue might con|fe&s;&s;e, that <HI>[Ie&s;us of Naza|reth is King of the Iewes.]</HI></P>
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<HEAD>[And it was written.]</HEAD>
<P>VVHat&s;oever is writ|ten, is written for
<PB N="11" REF="7"> our In&s;truction: what&s;oe|ver is true in the generall, is not fal&s;e in the particu|lar. This Title of Chri&s;t affords us In&s;truction, yea, con&s;olation. <HI>Samp&s;on</HI> found Honey in the dead Lyon. <HI>Iudg.</HI> 14.8.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Judg.</HI> 14.8</NOTE> The Lyon of the Tribe of <HI>Iuda,</HI> yeel|ding up his Gho&s;t with a gracefull, di&s;gracefull Title over his Head, affoords each Chri&s;tian &s;oule &s;weet|ne&s;&s;e, &s;urpa&s;&s;ing the honey, or the Honey-combe. Ob|&s;erve here how God di&s;|po&s;es the malice of wicked men to the future benefit of his Church: their cruel|ty is our advantage. The Jewes out of malice again&s;t
<PB N="12" REF="8"> Chri&s;t, <HI>Pilate</HI> out of malice again&s;t the Jewes, deliver Chri&s;t with this Title, <HI>[Je|&s;us of Nazareth King of the Iewes.]</HI> What have the Jewes gained? what hath <HI>Pilate</HI> got hereby? The Jewes de&s;olation, <HI>Pilate</HI> Damnation: Onely the Church heereby reapes con&s;olation. Ble&s;&s;e wee with wonder the All-di|recting providence of <HI>God,</HI> who of an enemy can make <HI>Pilate</HI> a benefit unto his people: Hee that can bring light out of darkenes, and good out of evill, can imploy the malice of his Adver&s;aries to the perpe|tuall con&s;olation of his ho|ly ones.</P>
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<PB N="13" REF="8">
<HEAD>[And it was written.]</HEAD>
<P>LIttle did the Jewes; nay, little did <HI>Pilate</HI> thinke, that this act of his &s;hould parralell Eterni|ty: But now it is written: It is his owne hand that hath delivered it to Time, which &s;hall pre&s;erve it, &s;o long as time &s;hall bee. Ob|&s;erve heere the ju&s;t &s;en|tence that Chri&s;t &s;hall pro|nounce again&s;t <HI>Pilate</HI> at the Day of Judgement, who pronounced an unju&s;t &s;en|tence again&s;t him, in the day of his Humiliation: For as <HI>Bal&s;hazzar</HI> beheld the Hand-writing again&s;t him, upon the Walls of his Pal|lace,
<PB N="14" REF="9"> <HI>Dan.</HI> 5.5. So &s;hall Chri&s;t &s;hew the hand-wri|ting of <HI>Pilate</HI> again&s;t him fa&s;tned on his Cro&s;&s;e; unto the Jewes he &s;hall &s;ay, as to the wicked &s;ervant, <HI>Luke</HI> 19.22. <HI>Ex Ore tuo,</HI> Out of your owne mouthes wil I condemne you, yee wic|ked Jewes; for yee cryed <HI>Crucifie him, Crucifie him:</HI> But unto <HI>Pilate</HI> he &s;hall &s;ay; Thine owne hand is again&s;t thee, and &s;hall condemne thee, O thou unju&s;t Judge, for thou ha&s;t written, <HI>[Ie&s;us of Nazareth, King of the Iewes.] Hae Tabulae te ar|guunt, quas tu &s;crip&s;i&s;t, hae te vinciri jabent.</HI> What needs any other Witne&s;&s;e?
<PB N="15" REF="9"> Thine owne hand is again&s;t thy &s;elfe: <HI>Iam pateris telis vulnera facta tuis.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>[And it was written.]</HEAD>
<P>SEe here, <HI>The Son of God: The Holy one of I&s;rael: The Everla&s;ting Father: The Prince of Peace: The wonderfull Councellor</HI> mo&s;t &s;hamefully expo&s;ed to Ig|nominy, not with a paper on his backe, but with a Title of di&s;honour over his head: For it was written, <HI>[Ie&s;us of Nazareth, King of the Iews.]</HI> Had the&s;e words beene &s;poken by <HI>Pilate,</HI> It had beene &s;hame &s;ufficient, but to enlarge his reproach
<PB N="16" REF="10"> they are written; yea, and written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latine, that &s;o they might not be better known unto him&s;elfe, than to all the World. O cur&s;ed <HI>Pi|late,</HI> that thus di&s;honoure&s;t the Lord of Glory; the time will come, that thou &s;halt wi&s;h the Rocks to fall upon thee, and the Moun|taines to cover thee from that face, which thou did&s;t &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> di&s;gracefully vilifie with a &s;uppo&s;ed Reproach|full Title: O yee blood-thir&s;ty <HI>Iewes,</HI> yee were of old termed a Stiffe-nec|ked people: Hath GOD &s;ent his Sonne in mercy? and doe you ha&s;ten him to
<PB N="17" REF="10"> the Cro&s;&s;e in malice? Have you honoured in your Sa|crifice, <HI>Chri&s;tum venturum?</HI> Chri&s;t which was to come? And doe you now Sacri|fice upon the Cro&s;&s;e <HI>Chri|&s;tum ventum</HI> Chri&s;t which is come? Oh hearts of A|damant, is this the en|tertainement you give to the Me&s;&s;iah? The &s;hame you doe unto him, &s;hall binde &s;hame to you, and your po&s;terity for ever.</P>
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<HEAD>[And it was written.]</HEAD>
<P>CHri&s;t, who&s;e hands and heart were free from injury, is content to bee counted a Seducer; to bee
<PB N="18" REF="11"> judged a Traytor again&s;t <HI>Cae&s;ar;</HI> to have an Igno|minous Title over his head: Chri&s;t Ie&s;us, I &s;ay, the Lambe Immaculate, refu&s;es no &s;hame, that hee might purcha&s;e Glory to his faithfull ones: Hee that was the God of Glo|ry, becomes the &s;onne of &s;hame: Hee that was the Righteous Redeemer, is deemed an unju&s;t U&s;urper: Hee that was the Lord of Life is condemned to Death: Hee that was ho|noured with the Accla|mation of Angels, is now di&s;honoured with the ex|clamation of the <HI>Iewes:</HI> He that was dignified with
<PB N="19" REF="11"> the Title, Holy, Holy, Holy, is heere di&s;graced with a &s;uppo&s;ed Title of di&s;credit <HI>[Ie&s;us of Naza|ret, King of the Iewes.] Pi|late</HI> &s;hewes him di&s;grace|fully to the people, with an <HI>Ecce Homo,</HI> as you may &s;ee ver&s;e 5 of this Chap. <HI>Be|hold the Man, Behold the Man: Pilate?</HI> yea, be|hold the Redeemer of Man, in the &s;hape of a Ser|vant: <HI>Behold the Man?</HI> yea, behold him who was both God and Man: In compari&s;on of who&s;e ho|line&s;&s;e: In compari&s;on of who&s;e Innocency: Both the&s;e in Angels are but &s;treames from his Foun|taine:
<PB N="20" REF="12"> Beames from his Brightne&s;&s;e, parcels from his Lumpe: Mutuations from his perfections.</P>
<P>Stand, O my Soule! and with admiration, ble&s;&s;e the Author of all Ble&s;&s;edne&s;&s;e, Chri&s;t, who to prevent thy &s;hame, &s;u&s;tained &s;hame be|fore men, before his Fa|ther: <HI>Cum &s;celeratis nume|ratus e&s;t:</HI> He was numbred among the wicked, for thy &s;ake: Hee was accounted &s;innefull, for thy &s;alvation. <HI>Adam,</HI> by eating of the for|bidden Tree, deprived thee of Life: Chri&s;t, by &s;uffering on the cur&s;ed Tree, re&s;tores thee to Life.</P>
<P>Set to thy mouth then, O
<PB N="21" REF="12"> my &s;oule, and drinke hear|tily of this Life-giving Wa|ter: For <HI>Inveni&s;ti in Cruce Gloriam:</HI> Chri&s;ts Cro&s;&s;e is thy comfort: His di&s;honour is thy honour. That which is <HI>Ludibrium Impijs,</HI> is <HI>Mi&s;terium Pijs:</HI> The Cro&s;&s;e of Chi&s;t is to the <HI>Iewes</HI> a &s;tumbling-blocke: To the Gentiles fooli&s;h|ne&s;&s;e: But to thee, O my &s;oule, it is the power of God, and the wi&s;edome of God. 1. <HI>Cor.</HI> 23.24.</P>
<P>Here then, O my Soule, exhilerate thy &s;elfe in con|templation of the infinite goodne&s;&s;e of thy Redee|mer: Behold him inviro|ned round about with ver|tue
<PB N="22" REF="13"> On his right hand, <HI>Obe|dience,</HI> on his left hand, <HI>Pa|tience;</HI> below him, <HI>Humi|lity,</HI> above him, yea, above all, <HI>Charity,</HI> behold al the&s;e, and becau&s;e thou can&s;t not expre&s;&s;e, admire, with &s;i|lence: And becau&s;e thou can&s;t not merit this, ble&s;&s;e with thankfulne&s;&s;e the bounty of him, who&s;e Death is thy Life, who&s;e &s;hame is thy glory; even the Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</P>
<P>But hath hee done this for thee? Then walk forth, O my &s;oule, with courage, till thou meete the Cro&s;&s;e: then take it up with pati|ence, &amp; beare it in de&s;pight of thy Saviours enemies:
<PB N="23" REF="13"> Follow thy Redeemer, with a Cro&s;&s;e at thy backe, and &s;ay with St. <HI>Paul Gal.</HI> 9.14. <HI>God forbid, that I &s;hould glory in anything, but in the Cro&s;&s;e of Chri&s;t, whereby the world is cru|cified unto me, and I unto the World:</HI> For <HI>Crux Chri&s;ti,</HI> is <HI>Lux Chri&s;tiani:</HI> The Cro&s;&s;e of Chri&s;t, is the glory of a Chri&s;tian, which Cro&s;&s;e hath freed thee from the blindne&s;&s;e of er|ror; re&s;tored thee to re&s;t, overcame Hell for thee: brought thee neere unto God, opened the gate of Heaven; wrought thy peace, and purcha&s;t ever|la&s;ting happines unto thee.</P>
<PB N="24" REF="14">
<P>Honour him, then O my &s;oule, who for thee was di&s;honoured: Suffer a little mi&s;ery for him, in this World, who &s;uffered, and endured a World of Mi&s;e|ry for thee: Entitle him in thy heart; who bare this Title over his head <HI>[Ie&s;us of Nazareth King of the Iewes.]</HI></P>
<P>And &s;o from the manner I pa&s;&s;e to the matter of this In&s;cription.</P>
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<HEAD>[IESUS OF NA|ZARETH, KING OF THE JEWES.]</HEAD>
<P>_IN which words, are contayned the cau&s;es (as they would have it) of our Saviours Condemnation: In the writing whereof, rather GODS Will, than <HI>Pi|lates,</HI> did appeare: For in this Title, are contayned three Divine rea&s;ons, why Chri&s;t, the onely begotten Sonne of GOD, &s;hould
<PB N="26" REF="62"> yeeld up his life upon the Cro&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, becau&s;e hee was <HI>Ie&s;us.</HI></P>
<P>Secondly, becau&s;e he was <HI>Nazarenus.</HI></P>
<P>Thirdly, becau&s;e hee was <HI>Rex Iudaeorum.</HI></P>
<P>He was <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> that is, <HI>Sal|vator,</HI> A Saviour: Hee was <HI>Nazarenus,</HI> that is, <HI>Floridus,</HI> A Flower, or flouri&s;hing. He was <HI>Rex Iudaeorum,</HI> that is <HI>Rex Confitentium,</HI> King of the Jewes, not carnally, but &s;piritually, not by Cir|cumci&s;ion, but by Faith: King of tho&s;e, who doe be|leeve with the heart, and confe&s;&s;e him with the mouth, to bee the true
<PB N="27" REF="62"> <HI>Me&s;siah. Pilate</HI> was blinde, and could not &s;ee this: The Jewes were ob&s;tinate, and would not know this: But now it is revealed to Babes and &s;ucklings, by Regene|ration; for all, that are borne of God, know, that by nature, they were &s;innes &s;ubjects, yet here they finde Him <HI>Ie&s;um</HI> a Saviour: By nature, they are &s;tink|ing in the No&s;trils of God, yet heere they finde him <HI>Nazarenum,</HI> A &s;weet &s;mel|ling Flower: By Nature, they are Satans Bond|&s;laves; yet, for their Redemption, they finde him heere, <HI>Regem Iudae|orum,</HI> King of all tho&s;e
<PB N="28" REF="63"> that confe&s;&s;e his name. This Title of Chri&s;t was written (as I &s;aid before) in <HI>Hebrew, Greeke,</HI> and <HI>La|tine:</HI> The <HI>Hebrewes</HI> had the true Prie&s;t-hood: The <HI>Grecians</HI> abounded in Wi&s;edome; And the <HI>La|tines</HI> in Dominion, and Go|vernment: The fir&s;t, &s;igni|fyed Chri&s;t to bee the true Prie&s;t; the &s;econd, to be the wi&s;e&s;t Prophet; the third, to be the Potent&s;t King. Here then is <HI>Chri&s;ts Sacerdotall Office,</HI> in that hee is <HI>Ie&s;us.</HI> His Propheticall, in that he is <HI>Nazarenus.</HI> His Regal, in that he is <HI>Rex Iudaeorum,</HI>
<Q><L>Of the&s;e in Order.</L>
<L>Fir&s;t he is <HI>Ie&s;us.</HI></L></Q></P>
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<HEAD>[Ie&s;us.]</HEAD>
<P>THis Name includes the fir&s;t rea&s;on: Why our Saviour dyed upon the Cro&s;&s;e: Our fir&s;t Parents, by eating the forbidden fruit, offended chiefly in three things. In Pride, in di&s;obedience, and in Carnall delight. Pride, in a&s;piring to bee like their maker; Di&s;obedience, in tran&s;gre&s;&s;ing the Law of their maker. Carnall de|light, in preferring the plea&s;antne&s;&s;e of the fruit, before the love of their Maker. But &s;eeing Chri&s;t came into the World to be
<PB N="30" REF="64"> a Saviour, hee mu&s;t &s;ati&s;|fie for man, by contrary meanes: For Pride, by Hu|mility; for Di&s;obedience, by Obedience, for carnall delight, by &s;uffering of pu|ni&s;hment; the&s;e three Chri&s;t performed. Looke into the 2. <HI>Phil.</HI> 8. and there St. <HI>Paul</HI> make it playnely appeare, that <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> was not behinde hand in any of the&s;e: Hee humbled him|&s;elfe (&s;aith the Apo&s;tle,) behold his true Humility: and became obedient, be|hold his prompt Obedi|ence; unto Death, even the death of the Cro&s;&s;e; be|hold the largene&s;&s;e of his puni&s;hment. So that if
<PB N="31" REF="64"> Chri&s;t will be a Saviour, hee mu&s;t, by the death of the Cro&s;&s;e, <HI>open the King|dome of Heaven to all Belee|vers.</HI></P>
<P>This was typified in the Old Te&s;tament, by the Sa|crificing of <HI>I&s;aak:</HI> By the lifting up of the Brazen Serpent: By the &s;miting of the Rocke: By the Leviti|call Oblations, and Offe|rings: And yet, the&s;e hard-hearted Jews could not un|der&s;tand it.</P>
<P>O fooli&s;h <HI>Pilate,</HI> thinke&s;t thou to di&s;honour the Son of the mo&s;t High, by wri|ting <HI>Ie&s;us?</HI> No, it was a name a&s;&s;igned unto him from Heaven for the An|gell
<PB N="32" REF="65" MS="y"> &s;aid unto <HI>Io&s;eph, Math.</HI> 1.29. <HI>Thou &s;halt call his name Ie&s;us; for he &s;hall &s;ave his people from their &s;innes.</HI> It is that name, wherein Chri&s;t mo&s;t glories, and whereof, every Chri&s;tian is lea&s;t a&s;hamed.</P>
<P>Seeing there is no name under heaven whereby we can be &s;aved, but by the name of Je&s;us. <HI>Acts</HI> 4.12.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Act.</HI> 4.12.</NOTE> A ble&s;&s;ed name, a &s;weete name: <HI>Mel in ore, Melos in aure, Iubilus in Corde,</HI> (as St. <HI>Bernard</HI> &s;weetly &s;aith) <HI>Honey in the mouth, Melody in the eare, But a Iubile, a ioy in the heart.</HI> This name, is light unto the &s;oule. <HI>Yee were Darkne&s;&s;e,</HI> &s;aies the
<PB N="33" REF="65"> Apo&s;tle, <HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 5.8. <HI>but now yee are light in the Lord.</HI> This name gives health to the body. <HI>In the name of Ie&s;us of Nazareth, ri&s;e up, and walke, Acts</HI> 3.6. This Name is the Life, the com|fort, the re&s;tauration of the &s;oule of a Chri&s;tian. <HI>Aridus e&s;t omnis cibus, &s;i non oleo i&s;to infunditur, in&s;ipidus, &s;i non hoc &s;ale conditur,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. Bern.</NOTE> (&s;aith St. <HI>Bernard) All Spirituall foode is dry, if this Oyle bee not powred into it; un&s;avou|ry, if it be not &s;ea&s;oned with this Salt.</HI></P>
<P>Other names of <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> are names of Maje&s;ty, one|ly this is a name of mercy: To bee called the Word,
<PB N="34" REF="66"> the Sonne, the Annointed of God: The&s;e Titles pro|claime Chri&s;ts Glory: but the Name of <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> imports our Redemption. By the former, we know him to be God, by the latter, wee know him to be our Medi|ator, and Saviour: To him then, and to him onely, properly, and <GAP DESC="foreign">, be|longs the Name <HI>Ie&s;us.</HI></P>
<P>But it may be objected, that there are others, in the Scripture, called after the &s;ame Name: As <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> or <HI>Ieho&s;cua,</HI> the &s;onne of <HI>Nun: Ie&s;us,</HI> or <HI>Ieho&s;cua,</HI> the High-Prie&s;t of the Jewes: And <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> the &s;onne of <HI>Sirach,</HI> the Author of the Booke
<PB N="35" REF="66"> called <HI>Eccle&s;ia&s;ticus.</HI> All this I confe&s;&s;e, and I know, that the fir&s;t was famous for his valour, and govern|ment in <HI>I&s;rael:</HI> the &s;econd, for his Integrity in his Prei&s;thood: the third, for his Wi&s;edome and Under|&s;tanding. But alas, the&s;e three were but types of our Je&s;us. The fir&s;t repre&s;ented his Kingly, the &s;econd his Prei&s;tly, the third his Pro|pheticall Office: They were &s;o tearmed in regard of &s;ome temporall and particular Deliverances: Our Je&s;us &s;o &s;tyled, be|cau&s;e of that generall and Spirituall Redemption, which hee hath wrought
<PB N="36" REF="67"> for all his Saints, Jewes, and Gentiles. The former were &s;ent before, like <HI>Eli|&s;haes</HI> &s;taffe, 2 <HI>King.</HI> 4.29.<NOTE PLACE="marg">2 <HI>King.</HI> 4.29.</NOTE> but could not rai&s;e Man|kinde from the dead. But the true and powerfull <HI>Ie|&s;us,</HI> was faine to de&s;cend from Heaven him&s;elfe, as <HI>Eli&s;ha</HI> from Mount <HI>Carmel,</HI> to apply his mouth, to our mouthes, his eyes, to our eyes, his hands, to our hands, becomming the &s;ame with us, in &s;ub&s;tance, in Nature, and infirmity, (&s;inne onely excepted) be|fore wee could bee rai&s;ed. <HI>Magna mi&s;eria &s;uperbus ho|mo: Maior mi&s;ericordia hu|milis Deus,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. <HI>Aug.</HI></NOTE> (&s;aith St. <HI>Au|gu&s;t.)
<PB N="37" REF="67"> Great mi&s;ery it was, to &s;ee man &s;o proud, greater mercy, to &s;ee God &s;o humble.</HI> And therefore to him pro|perly, and to none but him, belongs that Name, which is above all Names, the Name of <HI>Ie&s;us:</HI> For hee a|lone is the Saviour of the World, to whom both the Name, and Office ap|pertaines. And as he is by Name, <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> &s;o is hee by Nature, a Saviour. For him alone does the Go&s;pell proclaime throughout all Ages to be a Saviour: by whom <HI>Abraham</HI> was ac|counted righteous. Hee was that Salvation which the Patriarchs de&s;ired; he
<PB N="38" REF="68"> was that Salvation, which the Ceremoniall Law pre|figured; he was that Salva|tion, which the Prophets foretold; he was that Sal|vation, which <HI>Iacob</HI> waited for, when he &s;aid, <HI>Gen.</HI> 49.18. <HI>I have waited for thy Salvation O Lord.</HI> He was that Salvation that <HI>David</HI> prayed for, hee was that Salvation which old <HI>Sime|on</HI> rejoyced in, when hee &s;ung, <HI>Mine eyes have &s;eene thy Salvation. Luke</HI> 2.30. This was that Salvation, by which the Patriarchs en|tred into Heaven, the Pro|phets attained ble&s;&s;ed|ne&s;&s;e, and the Saints en|joy true happine&s;&s;e. In him
<PB N="39" REF="68"> alone were all the promi|&s;es of the <HI>Me&s;siah</HI> fully ac|compli&s;hed: Hee alone trod the Wine-pre&s;&s;e of Gods wrath: He alone &s;a|tisfied his Fathers Ju&s;tice: He alone became <GAP DESC="foreign">, the price of our Redemption. It was he, that was &s;ent of the Father, to &s;ave the World. <HI>Iohn</HI> 3.17. And for this cau&s;e, he came him|&s;elfe into the world, to &s;ave &s;inners. It was hee that was &s;mitten for us: <HI>Propter &s;celus populi mei percu&s;&s;i eum: I have &s;mitten him for the wickedne&s;&s;e of my people: Traditus e&s;t in mortem propter offen&s;as no|&s;tras: Hee was delivered
<PB N="40" REF="69"> to death for our offences. So|lus Chri&s;tus &s;ine peccato, pec|cati paenam &s;ubire dignatus e&s;t,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. <HI>Aug.</HI></NOTE> (&s;aith St. <HI>Aug.</HI>) Hee a|lone, without &s;inne, was plea&s;ed to undergoe the puni&s;hment for &s;inne: His Death was not for him|&s;elfe, but for us. <HI>Qua&s;i pec|cator occi&s;us e&s;t, ut pecca|tores ju&s;tificarentur apud Deum,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. Ambr.</NOTE> (&s;aith <HI>St. Ambro&s;e) Hee was &s;laine as a &s;inner, that &s;inners might be ju&s;tifi|ed before God.</HI> It was our &s;innes, not his owne de&s;er|vings, that fa&s;tened him up|on the Cro&s;&s;e. <HI>Pro me do|luit, qui nihil habuit, quod pro &s;e doleret</HI> (&s;ayes the &s;ame Father.) God was the
<PB N="41" REF="69"> Creditor, Man was the Debtor; but he that was both God, and Man, the Pay-ma&s;ter. Thus he, who enjoyed the Name of <HI>Je|&s;us,</HI> hath performed the Office, and remaineth our alone Saviour: Ble&s;&s;ed in his Name, and for ever ble&s;&s;ed in his Per&s;on.</P>
<P>I have long in&s;i&s;ted up|on this &s;weet Name, for that it brings &s;o much pro|fit unto us: yet can I not &s;hake hands with our <HI>Ro|mi&s;h</HI> Adver&s;aries, who a|&s;cribe &s;o much unto the Name, and &s;o little unto the per&s;on of <HI>Ie&s;us.</HI> They affirme, that the bare Name it &s;elfe being u&s;ed,
<PB N="42" REF="70"> hath great power, and doth drive away Devi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">s, though the per&s;on, that u&s;eth it, be voide of good affection: whereas indeed, the Devill is no more timerous of the Name of <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> than of any other Title of God. The &s;onnes of <HI>Sceva, Act.</HI> 19.14 found this to be true, by their owne deare experi|ence, for they could not adjure the evill &s;pirit, though they u&s;ed the name of <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> whom <HI>Paul</HI> prea|ched. And as they a&s;cribe too much to the Name: &s;o they a&s;cribe too little to the Per&s;on of <HI>Ie&s;us:</HI> in that they make him but a <HI>Demi-Saviour,</HI> joyning others
<PB N="43" REF="70"> with him, as partners in the worke of our Redempti|on, coupling our workes, with his Merits, our &s;a|tisfaction, with his &s;ati&s;|faction: The interce&s;&s;ion of Saints, with his Interce&s;&s;i|on; e&s;pecially, the Inter|ce&s;&s;ion of the Virgin <HI>Mary,</HI> whom they call, <HI>the Queen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Heaven, the Mother of Grace;</HI> reque&s;ting her, that by the authority of a Mo|ther, &s;hee would command her &s;onne. Oh take heede of &s;haring &s;takes betweene Chri&s;t, and any creature in the act of our &s;alvation. He will not bee accounted joynt purcha&s;er of our Re|demption with any, no not
<PB N="44" REF="71"> with his owne Mother, the Virgin <HI>Mary;</HI> for hee was her Saviour, as well as ours: <HI>My Spirit reioyceth in God my Saviour,</HI> (&s;aith &s;he) <HI>Luke</HI> 1.47.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Luk.</HI> 1.47.</NOTE> And <HI>Sanguinem, quem de Matre accepit, pro Matre obtulit,</HI> (&s;aith one of the Fathers) <HI>The Blood, which hee receiued from his Mother, hee &s;hed for his Mo|ther.</HI></P>
<P>Let us acknowledge our &s;elves lo&s;t by Nature, but found onely by Chri&s;t. He onely it was, that came to &s;eeke, and to &s;ave that which was lo&s;t: We were, through <HI>Adams</HI> tran&s;gre&s;|&s;ions, bound by the Divel, wee are lo&s;ed onely by
<PB N="45" REF="71"> <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> Pa&s;&s;ion, <HI>Alligavit fortem, vinculis Pa&s;sionis.</HI> It is hee, that bound the &s;trong man, &amp; &s;poyled him of his weapons: It was hee that &s;et us at liberty, when we were in bondage: That found us, when wee were lo&s;t: That called us home, when wee were bani&s;hed: That rai&s;ed us, when wee were dead; that redeemed us, when wee were mi&s;e|rable captives; he re&s;tored our lives, by lo&s;ing his owne; he unbound us, by fa&s;tning him&s;elfe; he over|came, by being overcome; he redeemed us, by enthra|ling him&s;elfe; he cured us, by his owne wounds;
<PB N="46" REF="72"> rai&s;ed us to life, by his owne Death; made us rich, by his owne poverty; robbed him&s;elfe of his dig|nity, by becomming a crea|ture; of his Royalty, by paying of tribute; of his li|berty, by becomming a &s;ervant; of his credit, for he was bla&s;phemed; of his joy, for hee was heavy to the Death; of his wel-fare, for hee was wounded, &s;courged, nayled, crucifi|ed; and all this, for our Sal|vation. What Saint, or Angel did? Nay, what Saint or Angel could doe the like for us? He one|ly, and alone, <HI>Carnem &s;u|am, pro omnium Carne de|pendit,
<PB N="47" REF="72"> &amp; animam &s;uam pro omnium anima con&s;ti|tuit,</HI> (&s;aith <HI>Saint Cyril</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. <HI>Cyril.</HI></NOTE>) <HI>He,</HI> (I &s;ay) <HI>payned his fle&s;h, for the fle&s;h of us all, his &s;oule, for all our &s;oules.</HI> Hee was <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> Serpent to heale us, Gods Lambe, to feed us with his fle&s;h, and cloath us with his fleece: The true Pelican, nouri&s;hing us with his blood. <HI>O profunditas Divitiarum! O the depth of the riches of the mercy of this our</HI> Je&s;us! Let us draw waters of comfort out of this depth of Mercy: Let us not re&s;t contented with that generall name of <HI>Chri|&s;tians;</HI> but labour for a&s;&s;u|rance of &s;alvation, that as
<PB N="48" REF="73"> <HI>Thomas</HI> called Chri&s;t his Lord, and his God: <HI>Ioh.</HI> 20 28. &s;o we may, by faith, e|very one particularly, call him, <HI>Our Je&s;us.</HI></P>
<P>We are all naturally like the wounded man be|tweene <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> and <HI>Jeri|cho: Luke</HI> 10.30.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Luke</HI> 10.30.</NOTE> Let us &s;eeke out that good <HI>Sama|ritan,</HI> who hath compa&s;&s;i|on on us, will binde up our wounds, powre Wine and Oyle into them, and re&s;tore us to health.</P>
<P>Sinne is an un&s;uppor|table load, with it we are all over-burthened; yet our Je&s;us calls us, <HI>Come unto me all yee that are weary, and heavy laden, and I will re|fre&s;h
<PB N="49" REF="73"> you. Math.</HI> 11.28. He invites gratiou&s;ly, let us ha&s;ten &s;peedily; <HI>Non pedi|bus, &s;ed affectibus; Not with our feet, but with our affecti|ons.</HI> Whil&s;t he &s;tandeth at the doore, and knocks, let us open unto him, le&s;t by too long delay wee lo&s;e him: Then &s;hall wee open the doore, but hee hath withdrawne him&s;elfe: then &s;hall we &s;eeke him, but not finde him; call him, but he will not an&s;were: where|fore while the time &s;erves, let us &s;ay unto our <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> as <HI>David</HI> to the Lord, <HI>Say unto my Soule, I am thy Sal|vation.</HI> If we aske in time, we &s;hall receive: If wee
<PB N="50" REF="74"> &s;eeke in time, we &s;hall find; if we knocke in time, hee will open unto us; if wee beleeve, we &s;hall be &s;aved. Away then with all con|ceite of our owne merit, or the Holine&s;&s;e of any Saint: Let <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> be the &s;ole Lord of our &s;alvation, without any Copartner; for hee a|lone hath po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of that three-fold Trea&s;ury, which mu&s;t make us rich unto &s;al|vation: namely, the Trea|&s;ure of Glory, the Trea&s;ure of Grace, and the Trea|&s;ure of Wi&s;edome. Man was exiled from Cele&s;tiall Glory, Chri&s;t alone en|joyed the Trea&s;ury of Glo|ry, that hee might bring
<PB N="51" REF="74"> Mankind unto Glory. Man was an enemy unto God; therefore Chri&s;t had the Trea&s;ury of Grace, to re|concile man unto God. Man was blind, and wrap|ped in darkne&s;&s;e; therefore Chri&s;t had the Trea&s;ury of Wi&s;edome, to teach men the way to eternall Life. Looke in <HI>Iohn</HI> 1.14.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Joh.</HI> 1.14.</NOTE> and you &s;hall finde all the&s;e three comprehended in one Ver&s;e: <HI>Spectavimus glorian, plenam gratia &amp; veritatis. We &s;aw the glory of Chri&s;t, behold the fir&s;t: full of Grace, behold the &s;e|cond: and Truth, behold the third:</HI> Now therefore let us &s;ay, <HI>Non nobis Domine,
<PB N="52" REF="75"> non nobis, &s;ed Nomini tuo da gloriam. Not unto us Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the glory.</HI> For thou O <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> art made un|to us of God, by thy paines &s;u&s;tained, Wi&s;dome, Righ|teou&s;ne&s;&s;e, Sanctification, and Redemption.</P>
<P>Wherefore, &s;eeing that thou my ble&s;&s;ed Saviour, ha&s;t borne my &s;orrows, &s;hed my teares, &s;uffered my di&s;grace, &s;u&s;tained my puni&s;hment, and payd my Debt, let <HI>Iewes, Turkes,</HI> and <HI>Heathen</HI> revile thee, I will honour thee: let them bla&s;pheme the Name of <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> I will adore it; let them per&s;ecute it, I will
<PB N="53" REF="75"> make it my refuge: for the Name of the Lord, is a &s;trong tower of Righte|ou&s;ne&s;&s;e: They, that flye unto it, are &s;ecured. Let them di&s;daine it, I &s;hall e|&s;teeme it to bee a precious oyntment powred out; let them vilifie it, I will glo|ry in it: For with the Lord, there is Iu&s;tice, but with our <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> there is plente|ous Redemption.</P>
<P>O Lord, what <HI>Pylate</HI> deemed to bee thy &s;hame, proves to bee thy glory: Hee writes thee di&s;grace|fully <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> with his hand, whom hee would not call faithfully <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> with his heart. Yet this is thy
<PB N="54" REF="76"> Name, this is thy function: <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> by Title, a Saviour by Office. With this name <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> thy Birth was ho|noured, and with this Name <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> thy Death is honoured: What thou broughte&s;t into the world, by the Angels Direction, thou carryed&s;t out of the world, by <HI>Pilates</HI> In&s;crip|tion, <HI>Ie&s;us of Nazareth King of the Iewes.</HI> And &s;o I pa&s;&s;e from his Name <HI>Ie|&s;us,</HI> unto his Title <HI>Nazare|nus,</HI> of <HI>Nazareth.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="section">
<PB N="55" REF="76">
<HEAD>[Nazareth.]</HEAD>
<P><HI>NAzareth</HI> was the name of that Towne, which <HI>Io&s;eph</HI> dwelt in, when hee returned out of <HI>Egypt,</HI> in the which <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> continued, until hee undertooke the Propheticall, and Sacer|dotall functions: From which Towne he received this Title, to be called <HI>Na|zarenus, Ie&s;us</HI> of <HI>Nazareth.</HI> This then is a Title given unto <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> taken from the Towne, or Village, where the Angell <HI>Gabriel</HI> brought the me&s;&s;age unto <HI>Mary,</HI> and where Chri&s;t dwelt af|ter his returne from <HI>Egypt:</HI>
<PB N="56" REF="77"> and not from the order, and Votary of <HI>Nazarites,</HI> as &s;ome doe vainely ima|gine. Neither is this Title without a My&s;tery: For this word <HI>Nazarenus</HI> &s;igni|fies three things: <HI>Sanctified, Separated,</HI> and <HI>a Flower.</HI> In all which &s;ences, <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> may be truely tearmed <HI>Nazare|nus.</HI></P>
<P>Fir&s;t, hee was <HI>&s;anctified,</HI> not imperfectly, and in part, but perfectly, and in whole: And this was not, by any external meanes, after his Birth, but onely by the Holy Gho&s;t, in his conception. And therefore he was <HI>&s;anctified in utero, in the wombe;</HI> and
<PB N="57" REF="77"> <HI>ex utero, Out of the wombe.</HI> Hee was <HI>&s;anctified</HI> in the wombe: the which <HI>Sancti|fication</HI> hath two parts.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, the stoppage in the propagation of Originall &s;in, and of the guilt of <HI>Adams</HI> tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion: which, becau&s;e <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> was from <HI>Adam,</HI> as from a Root; and not by <HI>Adam,</HI> as by a Fa|ther, is not derived unto him: For man is originally &s;infull, not becau&s;e of his &s;ub&s;tance, but becau&s;e of his Generation, procee|ding from a &s;infull man. For God, at the beginning, &s;et downe this Order, that what evill <HI>Adam</HI> had brought upon him&s;elfe, he
<PB N="58" REF="78"> &s;hould derive the &s;ame to every one of his po&s;terity, begotten by man. There|fore, when any Father be|gets a Child, he conveyes into it, be&s;ides humane na|ture, the corruption of hu|mane Nature. <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> there|fore, for the preventing of this, was not begotten by Man, but conceived <HI>modo ineffabili,</HI> by the Holy Gho&s;t: That &s;o hee might take the &s;ub&s;tance of the Virgin, without the cor|ruption of that &s;ub&s;tance.</P>
<P>The &s;econd part of this <HI>Sanctification,</HI> which is <HI>ex utero, Out of the wombe,</HI> is the perfect endowing of the Manhood of Chri&s;t,
<PB N="59" REF="78"> with all purene&s;&s;e, and ho|line&s;&s;e, to make him a meete Mediatour. Hee was <HI>&s;anctified</HI> out of the wombe, for his whole Hu|mane Nature was full of Grace and Truth. <HI>Ioh.</HI> 1.14 Full of Grace in his works, full of Truth in his words. Holy in his Birth, holy in his Life, and holy in his Death.</P>
<P>Secondly, as he was <HI>Na|zarenus &s;anctified:</HI> &s;o is he <HI>Nazarenus &s;eparated.</HI> He was that Scape-goat, &s;epe|rated from his fellows, to make an Attonement for the &s;innes of the World.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Lev.</HI> 16.10</NOTE> He was &s;eperated from his Fathers Court of Maje&s;ty,
<PB N="60" REF="79"> by taking upon him the forme of a Servant. <HI>Phil.</HI> 2.7.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Phil.</HI> 2.7.</NOTE> He was &s;eparated from his owne Nation, when he fled into <HI>Egypt</HI> for feare of <HI>Herod.</HI> He was &s;eparated from his Brethren, and Kinsfolke, to doe his Fa|thers Will: Hee was &s;epa|rated from his Di&s;ciples, when he was hanging upon the Cro&s;&s;e. Hee was &s;epa|rated from the Living, when he dyed for our Re|demption. Hee was &s;epa|rated from the World, when hee a&s;cended into Heaven. And thus was <HI>Ie|&s;us</HI> tearmed <HI>Nazarenus,</HI> that is, <HI>Separated.</HI></P>
<P>Thirdly, <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> is <HI>Naza|renus:</HI>
<PB N="61" REF="79"> That is, <HI>Flos,</HI> or <HI>floridus, A Flower,</HI> or <HI>flou|ri&s;hing:</HI> for &s;o is is hee cal|led. <HI>E&s;ay</HI> 11. <HI>There &s;hall come a Rod out of the &s;temme of</HI> Je&s;&s;e, <HI>and a branch;</HI> or as the Vulgar Tran&s;lation hath it, <HI>Flos de radice ejus a&s;cendet. A Flower &s;hall grow out of his roote.</HI></P>
<P>Chri&s;t is more &s;pecially called <HI>Nazarenus,</HI> a <HI>flower,</HI> becau&s;e, as <HI>Protagoras</HI> ob|&s;erves, Flowers <HI>Solem ha|bent in Coelo Patrem, Solum in terra Matrem:</HI> That is, <HI>Flowers have the Sunne in the Heavens for their Fa|ther, and the &s;oyle on the earth for their Mother.</HI> So <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> the Flower out of
<PB N="62" REF="80"> <HI>Ie&s;&s;e,</HI> had in Heaven a Fa|ther without a Mother, ac|cording to his God-head: And in Earth, a Mother, without a Father, accor|ding to his Manhood. As he was God, not differing from the Father; but <HI>&s;em|per apud Patrem, &s;emper cum Patre, temper de Patre, &s;em|per in Patre. Alwayes by the Father, alwayes with the Father, alwayes of the Fa|ther, and alwayes in the Fa|ther.</HI> Even &s;o, as he was Man, he was <HI>Homo de homi|ne, propter hominem, &s;ecun|dum hominem, &s;uper homi|nem. He was Man of Man|kind according to his &s;ub|&s;tance, Man for mankind
<PB N="63" REF="80"> in regard of our Redempti|his, Man, according to man|kind, in regard of his Na|ture; Man, above mankind, in regard of his Holine&s;&s;e. Sine quo, Pater nunquam fu|it, &s;ine quo, Mater nunquam fui&s;set. Without whom, the Father never was, and with|out whom, the Mother never had beene.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ie&s;us</HI> is called here <HI>Na|zarenus,</HI> a <HI>Flower;</HI> Fir&s;t, becau&s;e of the &s;weetne&s;&s;e that is in him. Secondly, becau&s;e of the &s;weetne&s;&s;e he is to us. That &s;weetne&s;&s;e, which is in him, is expre&s;|&s;ed two wayes.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, in the &s;weetne&s;&s;e of his Vertues, manife&s;ted
<PB N="64" REF="81"> in his holy conver&s;ation, wherein hee was a &s;weete-&s;melling <HI>Flower</HI> for imita|tion.</P>
<P>Secondly, he was a &s;weet &s;melling <HI>Flower</HI> in his Pa&s;|&s;ion, when hee <HI>offered him&s;elfe to God, a Sacrifice of a &s;weete &s;melling &s;avour, for our Reconciliation. Eph.</HI> 5.2.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Eph.</HI> 5.2.</NOTE> La&s;tly, he is the hope of that eternall &s;weetne&s;&s;e, which we &s;hal enjoy here|after, in the Kingdome of Heaven. For <HI>Dedit Huma|nitatem in terra, praetium no&s;trae Redemptionis, &s;ed &s;er|vat Divinitatem in Coelo, praemium no&s;trae glorificati|onis. Hee gave his Humani|ty upon the Earth, the price
<PB N="65" REF="81"> of our Redemption, but doth re&s;erve his Deity in Hea|ven, the reward of our glo|rification.</HI></P>
<P>There are five principall Flowers in u&s;e with us,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Our Savi|our is co~|pared un|to five &s;orts of Flowers:</NOTE> whereunto this our <HI>Naza|renus,</HI> this our <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> may bee fitly compared: The <MILESTONE N="1"> <HI>Violet,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Violet.</NOTE> the <HI>Lilly,</HI> the <HI>Saf|fron.</HI> the <HI>Ro&s;e,</HI> and the <HI>Marygold.</HI> The <HI>Violet</HI> (you know) is little in quantity, low in growth, not rai&s;ed farre from the earth: &s;ignifying hereby, the Humility of our <HI>Naza|renus,</HI> the Lowline&s;&s;e of our Redeemer. The which Humility of <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> was manife&s;ted in three parti|culars.
<PB N="66" REF="82"> <HI>Na&s;cendo,</HI> In his Birth: <HI>Vivendo,</HI> In his life: <HI>Morien<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">o,</HI> In his death. In his Birth, he was humble: For being the Creator of all things, be di&s;dained not to become a Creature. <HI>Factor terrae, factus in ter|ra; Creator Coeli, creatus &s;ub Coelo.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. <HI>Aug.</HI></NOTE> (&s;aith St. <HI>Augu&s;t.) Hee, that made the Earth, was borne upon the Earth: Hee, that created the Hea|vens, was made under the Heavens.</HI> He cho&s;e not to be the Son of &s;ome Great Empre&s;&s;e, but of <HI>Mary,</HI> a poore Virgin in <HI>I&s;rael.</HI> Hee was not borne in a Princely Palace, but in a Stable, not layd in a curi|ous
<PB N="67" REF="82"> co&s;tly Cradle, but in a &s;illy Cratch. Not atten|ded on by Knights, &amp; Po|tentates, but by Oxen, and A&s;&s;es, and &s;uch like crea|tures. Such was our Savi|ours Humility in his birth.</P>
<P>In his Life: He was con|tent to worke at the Trade of his &s;uppo&s;ed Father <HI>Io|&s;eph,</HI> not affecting Lands, Hou&s;es, nor po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions: <HI>For the Foxes had holes, &amp; the Birds of the Ayre had ne&s;ts, but the Son of Man had not where to lay his Head.</HI> Not abounding in worldly Trea&s;ure; for the Fi&s;h of the Sea mu&s;t pay Tribute unto <HI>Cae&s;ar.</HI> Not ambiti|ou&s;ly a&s;piring unto Rule,
<PB N="68" REF="83"> and Government; for when the people would have made him King, he refu|&s;ed it, and conveyed him|&s;el<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e from among them: &s;uch was our Saviours Hu|mility in his Life.</P>
<P>In his Death, he &s;uffered him&s;elfe to bee &s;courged, &s;pit on, bla&s;phemed, crown'd with Thornes, and condemn'd by an unju&s;t Judge. La&s;tly, when hee was nayled mo&s;t cruelly upon the Cro&s;&s;e, and made a &s;pectacle of di&s;grace un|to all beholders, and had &s;u&s;tained the utmo&s;t of the Jewi&s;h malice, yet hee prayed for his enemies, &s;aying, <HI>Father, forgive
<PB N="69" REF="83"> them, for they know not what they doe. Luke</HI> 23.34. Such was our Saviours Humility in his Death.</P>
<P>This Humility of our Sa|viour is recorded by Saint <HI>Paul, Phil.</HI> 2.6.7. where he &s;ayes of him, <HI>That being in the forme of God, he thought it no robbery, to bee equall with God: And yet he made him&s;elfe of no reputation, but tooke upon him the &s;hape of a &s;ervant: and humbled him|&s;elfe, and became obedient to Death, even the death of the Cro&s;&s;e.</HI> This Humility of our Saviour is expo&s;ed by him&s;elfe to us, for our imitation: <HI>Learne of me, for I am meeke, and humble in
<PB N="70" REF="84"> heart. Math.</HI> 11.29. And thus is <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> compared to a <HI>Violet,</HI> and may be ju&s;t|ly called <HI>Nazarenus, The Flower of Humility.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;econd Flower, <MILESTONE N="2"> whereunto our <HI>Nazarenus</HI> is compared, is the <HI>Lilly:</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Lillie.</NOTE> a Flower growing upon a &s;traight &s;talke, rai&s;ed from the Earth; white of co|lour, and of a fragrant &s;mell, &s;ignifying unto us <HI>the innocency of our ble&s;&s;ed Saviour. Ego &s;um Lilium Convallium:</HI> You know who&s;e &s;peech it is. <HI>Cant.</HI> 2.1. <HI>I am the Lilly of the Valleys.</HI></P>
<P>The Ancients were wont tom Emblematize Innocen|cy,
<PB N="71" REF="84"> by Whitene&s;&s;e, which is the mo&s;t pure, and per|fect colour. And &s;o the Ancient of Dayes, is &s;ayd to have his Garments white as &s;now. <HI>Rev.</HI> 11.14. And well may he be called a <HI>Lilly,</HI> for his Whitene&s;&s;e; well may hee be &s;tyled a Lambe, for his Innocency. <HI>Ecce Agnus Dei, qui tollit peccata mundi. Behold the Lambe of God, that takes a|way the &s;innes of the World. Iohn</HI> 1.29. whole Hands, Heart, and Tongue, were free from injury. O Mir|rour of Innocency! who offended neither in <HI>thought word,</HI> nor <HI>deed,</HI> being nei|ther di&s;obedient to God,
<PB N="72" REF="85" MS="y"> nor injurious to men; but full of Grace towards God, and of Truth towards men. <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> led not the <HI>I&s;raelites</HI> into <HI>Canaan,</HI> but <HI>Io&s;uah,</HI> the &s;onne of <HI>Nun,</HI> becau&s;e he offended not at the waters of &s;trife: No|ting unto us, that hee, who was to be the Saviour of the World, and the Lea|der of the &s;pirituall <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> into the Cele&s;tiall <HI>Canaan,</HI> mu&s;t be <GAP DESC="foreign">, <HI>With|out &s;inne.</HI></P>
<P>In Nature, our <HI>Je&s;us</HI> of <HI>Nazareth,</HI> was like other men: but in Holine&s;&s;e of Nature, tran&s;cending all men. In all things like us, &s;inne onely excepted. He
<PB N="73" REF="25"> was <HI>No&s;tri generis &s;ocius, &s;ed no&s;trae contaminationis alienus. Like us in Nature, but not like unto us in cor|ruption of Nature.</HI> Great was the commendation, which was due, by merit unto <HI>Cato,</HI> and <HI>Fabritius,</HI> two noble <HI>Romans,</HI> famous for their Uprightne&s;&s;e, and Integrity. Singular was the Innocency of <HI>Samuel,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Recorded 1 <HI>Sam.</HI> 13. <HI>ver.</HI> 3.</NOTE> approved by the &s;uffrages of all <HI>I&s;rael;</HI> who defrau|ded, or oppre&s;&s;ed no man: who had neither taken a|way any mans Oxe, or A&s;&s;e, nor had blinded his eyes with the bribes of a|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">y one. The Integrity of the&s;e Worthies, reaches
<PB N="74" REF="26"> but to men: but the Inno|cency of our Saviour, ex|tends it &s;elfe farther, even to the Law of God, which he violated not in the &s;mal|le&s;t thing, in the lea&s;t pre|cept. This made him bold to demand of the <HI>Iewes, Ioh.</HI> 8.46. <HI>Qui<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> ex vobis arguet me de peccato? Which of you can convince me of &s;in?</HI> He was holy in his cogita|tions, upright in his inten|tions, divine in his words, ju&s;t in his workes: Free from Originall, free from Actuall &s;inne; neither o|mitting good, nor com|mitting evill; &s;anctified in his Conception, holy in his Birth, innocent in his
<PB N="75" REF="26"> Life, and righteous at his Death.</P>
<P><HI>Adam</HI> was innocent at his Creation, but his Whitene&s;&s;e was &s;oone &s;ul|lyed, and changed into Blackne&s;&s;e. But in our <HI>Na|zarenus,</HI> was no inclinati|on, that Satan could worke upon: And therefore hee &s;ayes, <HI>The Prince of this World commeth, but he finds nothing in me.</HI> So immu|table was his Purity, &s;o un|changeable his Innocency, as could neither, by the World, nor the Devill, nor by any other meanes, be|come &s;tayned, or polluted. What was his whole Life? The Modell of Obedi|ence,
<PB N="76" REF="27"> a Gla&s;&s;e of Righte|ou&s;ne&s;&s;e, yeelding to his Parents, Duty, and Reve|rence: Giving bread to the hungry, &s;ight to the blind, hearing to the deafe, feete to the lame, health to the &s;icke, life to the dead, comfort to the &s;orrowfull, forgivene&s;&s;e to the &s;inner; rendring unto <HI>Cae&s;ar,</HI> that which was <HI>Cae&s;ars,</HI> and unto God, that which was Gods. Heere was Inno|cence &s;o &s;potle&s;&s;e, as that it was approved from Hea|ven, by the voyce of God him&s;elfe: <HI>This is my belo|ved Sonne, in whom I am wel plea&s;ed. Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">h.</HI> 3.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Math.</HI> 3.</NOTE> the la&s;t Ver&s;e. It was cleered by
<PB N="77" REF="27"> <HI>Pilate</HI> too, though an un|ju&s;t Judge; <HI>I finde no fault in this man. Luk.</HI> 23.14. It was confe&s;&s;ed by the re|penting. Thiefe upon the Cro&s;&s;e, in the &s;ame <HI>Chap|ter, ver&s;.</HI> 41. <HI>This man hath done nothing ami&s;&s;e:</HI> Thus is <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> compared to the <HI>Lilly,</HI> for his Whitene&s;&s;e, and may ju&s;tly bee called <HI>Nazarenus, The Flower of Innocency.</HI></P>
<P>The third Flower, wher|unto <MILESTONE N="3"> our <HI>Nazarenus</HI> may be compared, is the <HI>Saffron,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Saf|fron.</NOTE> which is a Flower, (as St. <HI>Bernard</HI> ob&s;erves) u&s;ed in making of Sawce for Meate,<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. <HI>Bern.</HI></NOTE> or in &s;ea&s;oning &s;ome kind of Di&s;hes, and
<PB N="78" REF="28"> does repre&s;ent Ab&s;tinence, or Temperance, which may very fitly figure out unto us, the Temperance of our <HI>Nazarenus.</HI></P>
<P>When fir&s;t hee &s;et foote into his Propheticall Of|fice, and began to make him&s;elfe knowne to the World, hee entred with admirable Ab&s;tinence, fa|&s;ting miraculou&s;ly, Forty dayes, and Forty nights. <HI>Math.</HI> 4.2. Profane <HI>E&s;au</HI> &s;old his Birth-right for a me&s;&s;e of pottage, <HI>Gen.</HI> 25.32. and was the picture of a Belly-god: But to &s;hew that the Kingdome of God did not con&s;i&s;t in meates, and drinkes, as our Apo&s;t.
<PB N="79" REF="28"> &s;ayes, <HI>Rom.</HI> 14.17.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rom.</HI> 14.17.</NOTE> <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> beginneth with Fa&s;ting, and continues in Tempe|rance, which is, a mode|rate u&s;e of meate, and drinke, unto the end. Not, like many <HI>Dive&s;tes,</HI> who fare delicately every day, turning fa&s;ting, into fea|&s;ting, making their guts, a Gulfe of plea&s;ure, and their Belly, their God; drawing all their Happi|ne&s;&s;e downe their throats. He who was God, of Hea|ven and Earth, and had all things at command, who opens his hand, and filleth all things living with plen|teou&s;ne&s;&s;e, was plea&s;ed to u&s;e &s;paringly, that which
<PB N="80" REF="29"> others &s;pent prodigally; and to &s;ave that by Ab&s;ti|nence, which others &s;poile by Luxury: And thus is <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> compared to the <HI>Saffron,</HI> and may be fitly called <HI>Nazarenus, The Flower of Temperance.</HI></P>
<P> <MILESTONE N="4"> The fourth Flower, whereunto our <HI>Nazarenus</HI> may be compared, is the <HI>Ro&s;e,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Ro&s;e.</NOTE> the mo&s;t noble of all Flowers; dilating it &s;elfe abroad, and of a ruddy colour, which properly repre&s;ents <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> our <HI>Na|zarenus. Ego &s;um Ro&s;a Sha|ronis.</HI> Cant. 2.1. <HI>I am the Ro&s;e of Sharon.</HI> He is fir&s;t, like the Ro&s;e in his dilata|tion, and &s;preading him|&s;elfe
<PB N="81" REF="29"> abroad, &s;eeking not onely the lo&s;t &s;heepe of <HI>I&s;|rael,</HI> but every &s;heepe that hath &s;trayed from his Fa|thers Fold. <HI>Num Iudaeo|rum Deus &s;olum? non &amp; Gentium?</HI> is the Apo&s;tles Que&s;tion: <HI>Rom.</HI> 3.29.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rom.</HI> 3.29.</NOTE> Yea, of the <HI>Gentiles</HI> al&s;o. For us hath hee called, which were of the <HI>Gentiles, who &s;ometimes were a farre off, are now made nigh, by the blood of Chri&s;t. Eph.</HI> 2.13. Secondly, hee is like the <HI>Ro&s;e</HI> in colour, <HI>Rubicundus, Red,</HI> with his owne blood. His colour was fore-told by the Prophet <HI>E&s;ay</HI> 63.2. <HI>Why is thy Apparrell red, and thy Garments like him
<PB N="82" REF="30"> that treadeth the Wine-pre&s;&s;e?</HI> The Redne&s;&s;e of this <HI>Ro&s;e</HI> pre&s;ents to our &s;ent, the Charity of our <HI>Nazarenus. Contendunt Pa&s;sio, &amp; Charitas: illa, ut plus ardeat, i&s;ta, ut plu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> ru|beat,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. Bern.</NOTE> &s;aith Saint <HI>Bernard</HI> &s;weetly: <HI>There was a holy contention betwixt his Pa&s;|&s;ion, and his Charity, whe|ther the one &s;hould excell in redne&s;&s;e of blood, or the o|ther, in fervency of affection.</HI> His Charity enlarged his Pa&s;&s;ion; for if hee had not loved, he would not have &s;uffered; and the Redne&s;&s;e of his Pa&s;&s;ion, di&s;covered the fervour of his Chari|ty.</P>
<PB N="83" REF="30">
<P>Wee read in the Scrip|ture, that our Saviour was &s;ixe times dyed in blood, that thereby he might ex|cell the <HI>Ro&s;e</HI> in Redne&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, in his Circumci&s;i|on: then was this <HI>Ro&s;e</HI> at his fir&s;t budding, &s;prinkled with Blood, whil&s;t he was yet nouri&s;hed with the milke of his Mothers paps.</P>
<P>Secondly, in the Garden, when in that great conflict, between the infirme fle&s;h, and the prompt Spirit, he &s;weat <GAP DESC="foreign">, <HI>Clods of water and blood,</HI> falling downe to the ground.</P>
<P>Thirdly, when hee was fa&s;tened unto a Pillar, and his &s;acred body made all
<PB N="84" REF="31"> red with &s;courgings.</P>
<P>Fourthly, when the Sol|diers harrowed his holy Head, with a Crowne of Thornes.</P>
<P>Fiftly, when they nay|led his innocent Hands, and Feete unto the Cro&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, when his precious &s;ide was pierced with a Speare, there appeared a Fountaine, out of which flowed Water, and Blood. Thus was our <HI>white Lilly</HI> changed into a <HI>red Ro&s;e,</HI> red in Blood, and red in Charity.</P>
<P>Thou, <HI>O Saviour,</HI> once did&s;t affirme, that no man had greater Charity, than to lay downe his life for
<PB N="85" REF="31"> his friend. <HI>Iohn</HI> 15.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Ver&s;e</HI> 13.</NOTE> How is this true? Had&s;t not thou greater Charity, when thou did&s;t lay downe thy Life for thine Enemies? yea &s;urely; but thou, in thy Nature, wert more than Man, and in thy Charity, no le&s;&s;e than God. Never any Charity like that of thine, which being God, did&s;t dye for man; being ju&s;t, did&s;t &s;uffer for the un|ju&s;t; that thereby, thou mighte&s;t make us of &s;in|ners, righteous; of Ser|vants, Brethren; of Cap|tives, Co-heires; of Ex|iles, Kings: Thy Charity was free, unforced, unme|rited: Thou loved&s;t not
<PB N="86" REF="32"> ours, but us, not our &s;ins, but our per&s;ons: Thou did&s;t informe us by thy Word, reforme us by thy Example, confirme us by thy Miracles, and all this, to expre&s;&s;e thy Charity. <HI>O quam &s;tupenda Dulcedo, quam invicta Man&s;uetudo, Regem gloria, pro de&s;pica|ti&s;simo vernaculo im&ograve; ver|miculo crucifigi! What an un&s;peakeable Love, and un|parallel'd Charity was it, for the King of glory, to dye for a worme:</HI> and that not for a loving one neither, but for his enemies. Thou <HI>O Ie&s;us,</HI> did&s;t lay downe thy Life, thou did&s;t offer up thy &s;elfe, thou gave&s;t thy
<PB N="87" REF="32"> body, and blood for our food, thy Soule, for our Ran&s;ome, thy Deity, a refuge again&s;t Satan; and all this, to expre&s;&s;e thy Charity.</P>
<P>Here then is a <HI>Ro&s;e</HI> with|out paralell, Charity be|yond compare. There are but three degrees of Cha|rity: The fir&s;t is, to love them, that love us; this did the Heathen, and the Pub|licans. The &s;econd is, to love them that doe us nei|ther good, nor evill; many there are, that can reach to this degree too. The third is, to love them that hate, and per&s;ecute us. This la&s;t degree is the chiefe&s;t, and
<PB N="88" REF="33"> may bee expre&s;&s;ed foure wayes.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, when wee &s;peake well of our Enemies: this is the &s;ervice of the tongue.</P>
<P>Secondly, when we give almes to our enemies: this is the &s;ervice of our &s;tore.</P>
<P>Thirdly, when wee en|dure paine for our Ene|mies; this is the &s;ervice of our body.</P>
<P>Fourthly, and la&s;tly, when we dye for our Ene|mies; and this is the &s;ervice of our life.</P>
<P>Many there are who will both &s;peake well, and doe well for their Friends, but who will dye for his Friend? Many will &s;peake
<PB N="89" REF="33"> well, and doe well for their Friends, but who will o|pen his mouth for his Ene|my? What, not a Tongue for an Enemy? Then I am &s;ure, no man will willingly offer him&s;elfe to Death for his Enemy.</P>
<P><HI>Curtius,</HI> and the <HI>Decij</HI> dyed for their Countrey, and fellow-cittizens, but they dyed honourably: <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> dyed for his Adver|&s;aries, and his per&s;ecutors, and that ignobly. <HI>Hic la|bor, hoc opus e&s;t.</HI> This was a worke indeed, atchieved onely by him, who was a|bove all the &s;onnes of men, even the Sonne of God. But what moved him thus
<PB N="90" REF="34"> to doe? It was Charity a|lone that con&s;trained him: &s;hee was that happy gale of winde, that drove him up|on our Coa&s;ts, &s;he alone was guilty of his Death. <HI>Haec de Coelo Deum depo&s;u|it, haec in Cruce po&s;uit. It was</HI> Charity, <HI>drew him downe from Heaven: It was</HI> Charity, <HI>that fa&s;tened him to the Cro&s;&s;e.</HI> And there|fore, unto thee, <HI>O Charity,</HI> to thee, I meane, O God: for God is Love. To thee, I &s;ay, wee doe &s;acrifice our prai&s;es: For thou ha&s;t pro|cured the remi&s;&s;ion of our &s;innes. <HI>God &s;o loved the World, that he gave his one|ly begotten Sonne, that who|&s;oever
<PB N="91" REF="34"> beleeved in him, &s;hould not peri&s;h, but have everla&s;ting life.</HI> It was thou that did&s;t give that Vermilian Tincture, to our Cele&s;tiall <HI>Ro&s;e,</HI> and mad'&s;t our <HI>Nazarenus</HI> &s;o red in his Pa&s;&s;ion. It was thou that gave&s;t him to us, that ga|ve&s;t him for us, and in him, ha&s;t given us all things. Thus is <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> compared to the <HI>Ro&s;e</HI> in Redne&s;&s;e, and may ju&s;tly be tearmed <HI>Na|zarenus, The Flower of Cha|rity.</HI></P>
<P>The la&s;t Flower, where|unto <MILESTONE N="5"> our <HI>Nazarenus</HI> may be compared, is the <HI>Mary|gold,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Mary|gold.</NOTE> a Flower for this remarkeable: That it o|pens
<PB N="92" REF="35"> with the Sunne, and &s;huts with the Sunne: And as the Sunne moves from Ea&s;t, to We&s;t; &s;o the <HI>Ma|rygold</HI> &s;eemes &s;till to in|cline, towards the Sunne, and therefore is called <GAP DESC="foreign">, <HI>Ad Solem ver|tens, Ever turning to the Sunne.</HI> Our <HI>Nazarenus</HI> may be called a <HI>Marygold,</HI> in re&s;pect of his Obedi|ence: Hee began his life in Obedience to the Cere|moniall Law, in his Cir|cumci&s;ion, and ended his life in Obedience to the Morall Law, in his Pa&s;&s;ion. The Sunne, you know, is the eye of the World, and that bright Light, which il|luminates
<PB N="93" REF="35"> all Regions. To &s;uch a Light is Gods Law compared: <HI>Thy Word is a Lanthorne to my feete, and a light unto my pathes. P&s;al.</HI> 119.105.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>P&s;al.</HI> 119.105.</NOTE> Here is the Sun, Gods Law: Behold now the <HI>Marygold, Chri&s;t Ie&s;us,</HI> opening with this Sunne. For the fir&s;t words of <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> which the Scripture particularly &s;ets downe, that he &s;pake, were words of obedience to the Law: <HI>Know yee not</HI> (&s;aith he) <HI>that I mu&s;t be about my Fathers bu&s;ine&s;&s;e? Luke</HI> 2.49. Set|ting with the Sunne: For at his Death, he cryes <HI>Con|&s;ummatum e&s;t, It is fini&s;hed. Iohn</HI> 19.30. In his whole
<PB N="94" REF="36"> life, his face inclined to|wards the Sunne: For hee might truely &s;ay, in the words of the Prophet <HI>Da|vid, I have alwayes &s;et thy Law before my face. P&s;alm.</HI> 119. And as the face of the <HI>Cherubine</HI> looked al|wayes, towards the Mer|cy-&s;eate: &s;o the face of this <HI>Marygold,</HI> was alwayes, towards the Sun of Gods Law. He was &s;o addicted thereunto, that <HI>it was his meate, to doe the Will of him that &s;ent him, and to fini&s;h his Worke. Iohn</HI> 4.34.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>John</HI> 4.34</NOTE> The Lord calls him, <HI>His righte|ous Servant, who &s;hall ju&s;ti|fie many by his Righteou&s;|ne&s;&s;e.</HI> E&s;ay 53.11. <HI>His
<PB N="95" REF="36"> righteous Servant:</HI> There is the exactne&s;&s;e of his O|bedience. <HI>Who &s;hall ju&s;ti|fie many by his Righteou&s;|ne&s;&s;e,</HI> there's the Superro|gation of his Merits. Thus is <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> compared to the <HI>Marygold,</HI> and may bee ju&s;tly tearmed <HI>Nazarenus, The Flower of Obedience.</HI></P>
<P>Here then have I let you &s;ee a Garden of fragrant Flowers, to the &s;ight beau|tifull, to the &s;mell odori|ferous. What remaines, but that we enter into this Garden, and gather of the&s;e Flowers, from the Cro&s;&s;e of our Saviour; and making Garlands thereof, weare them upon our
<PB N="96" REF="37"> Heads, and Po&s;es, to car|ry in the bo&s;ome of our Hearts: O thou &s;weet <HI>Na|zarenus,</HI> draw us by thy odoriferous &s;ent after thee, yea, unto thee: Lead us in|to thy Garden, and com|fort us, with the fragrancy of thy Cele&s;tiall Flowers. Nay, make us, O ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Nazarenus,</HI> &s;pirituall Gar|dens unto thy &s;elfe: Set in our Hearts &s;ome &s;lippes of the&s;e Flowers, purge us from the weeds of vice, and in&s;teed thereof, make Humility to flouri&s;h in our cogitations, Innocency, in our conver&s;ations, Tem|perance, in our appetites, Charity, in our affections,
<PB N="97" REF="37"> and Obedience, in all our actions: to the Salvation of our Soules, the good example of our Brethren: To the glory, and prai&s;e of thee our ble&s;&s;ed Saviour, who wert, art, and ever &s;halt be, <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> of <HI>Nazareth.</HI> And &s;o I come to the la&s;t word of <HI>Pilates</HI> In&s;cripti|on, <HI>King of the Iewes.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="section">
<HEAD>[King of the Iewes.]</HEAD>
<P>THe&s;e were the la&s;t words of <HI>Pilates</HI> In|&s;cription, fa&s;tened upon the Cro&s;&s;e, whereon our Savi|our <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> was crucified, which is the third preten|ded Cau&s;e of his Crucify|ing.
<PB N="98" REF="38"> Little thought <HI>Pilate,</HI> that <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> was truely <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> when he &s;et up this Title: For he received this Name, not by <HI>Pilates</HI> In&s;cription onely, but by his Fathers Ordination. For hee is our Great King, who ruleth all things; who hath &s;ubdued all our Ene|mies, tryumphing, on his Cro&s;&s;e, over the World, the Fle&s;h, and the Devill.</P>
<P>He is called <HI>The King of the Iewes,</HI> not carnally, but &s;piritually; not of tho&s;e that were of the &s;eede one|ly, but of &s;uch as are of the Faith of <HI>Abraham:</HI> that is, of &s;uch as beleeve with the heart, and confe&s;&s;e
<PB N="99" REF="38"> with the mouth, that he is their King, and Governor.</P>
<P>This Title was not fir&s;t given him upon the Cro&s;&s;e: for the Prophets did pro|phe&s;ie of it before. <HI>I have &s;et my King upon my Holy Hill of Syon,</HI> &s;ayes <HI>David. P&s;al.</HI> 2.6. And &s;o the Pro|phet <HI>Zachary,</HI> Chap. 9. ver. 9. <HI>Rejoyce greatly, thou Daughter of</HI> Syon, <HI>&s;hout out, thou Daughter of</HI> Jeru&s;a|lem: <HI>Behold, thy King com|meth unto thee. Hee is ju&s;t, and having Salvation, low|ly, riding upon an A&s;&s;e.</HI> His Dominion and Govern|ment was fore-told by <HI>Da|niel,</HI> Chap. 7. ver&s;. 14. <HI>There was given him Dominion,
<PB N="100" REF="39"> and Glory, and a Kingdome, that all people, Nations, and languages &s;hould &s;erve him: His Dominion is an everla|&s;ting Dominion, which &s;hall not pa&s;&s;e away; and his King|dome, which &s;hall not be de|&s;troyed.</HI> It is he that is <HI>Rex Regum, Dominus Domi|nantium: The King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Rev.</HI> 19.16.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rev.</HI> 19.16</NOTE> With this Title did the Wi&s;e men &s;eeke him: <HI>Math.</HI> 2.2. <HI>Where is hee that is borne, King of the Iewes?</HI> With this Title did the Souldiers deride him. <HI>Math.</HI> 27.29. <HI>Haile King of the Iewes.</HI> And with this Title, did <HI>Pilate</HI> thinke to di&s;honour
<PB N="101" REF="39"> him, as it is in this Text, <HI>Ie&s;us of Nazareth, King of the Iewes.</HI> A King indeed hee was, though <HI>Pilate</HI> knew it not; who&s;e King|dome, though it be in this World, yet is it not of this World; having nothing in it, that is Temporall, or Terre&s;triall, but all Spiri|tuall, and Cele&s;tiall; de|pending not upon Man; but upon God; con&s;i&s;ting not in Riches, Pompe, Cities, Ca&s;tles, Forts, Armies; <HI>But in Righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, peace, and joy in the Holy Gho&s;t. Rom.</HI> 14.17. He is univer|&s;all Monarch, in who&s;e hands are the hearts of Kings, who&s;e Vicegerents
<PB N="102" REF="40"> onely they are heere upon Earth.</P>
<P>The Pope weares a Triple Crowne, in token of his three-fold King|dome: In Heaven, in Earth, and in Hell, or Pur|gatory. What he a&s;&s;umes u&s;urpingly, <HI>Chri&s;t Ie&s;us</HI> enjoyes properly: For hee is a King, <HI>Regens in Coelo per gloriam, in Mundo, per gratiam, in Inferno, per ju&s;titiam. A King</HI> (I &s;ay) <HI>reigning in Heaven, by his Glory, in Earth, by his Grace, in Hell, by his Iu|&s;tice.</HI> Unto this Kingdome <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> hath a Triple right.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t, as hee is God, coequall with the Father,
<PB N="103" REF="40"> <HI>by whom all things were made: John</HI> 1.3.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>John</HI> 1.3.</NOTE> and this he is, <HI>Iure Creationis, By right of Creation.</HI></P>
<P>Secondly, he is King, as hee is the Sonne of God, whom the Father hath ap|pointed Heire of all things. <HI>Heb.</HI> 1.2. And this is <HI>De|no Patris, By the donation of his Father: All power is given me both in Heaven, and Earth. Math.</HI> 28.18.</P>
<P>Thirdly, he is King, as he is Mediator betweene God and Man: And this is <HI>Meri|to Redemptionis, By the me|rit of Redemption:</HI> and thus <GAP DESC="foreign">, he is here &s;tyled, <HI>Rex Iudaeorum, King of the Iewes.</HI> As hee is then our
<PB N="104" REF="41"> <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> &s;o is hee our King. The which Title <HI>King,</HI> pre&s;uppo&s;es a Kingdome: and a Kingdome, pre&s;up|po&s;es Subjects, and Sub|jects pre&s;uppo&s;ed Lawes, and Government. In the handling therefore, of this Kingly Office, I am con|&s;trayned, (though but in a word) to unfold unto you a whole Commonwealth: <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> Office, his Kingdome, his Subjects, and his Government. And fir&s;t of his Office, he is <HI>Rex, A King.</HI></P>
<P>The word <HI>King</HI> imports a Soveraigne power over Subjects, whereof, the Scripture records foure &s;orts.</P>
<PB N="105" REF="41">
<P>Fir&s;t, there is <HI>Rex infer|nalis, An infernall King,</HI> which is the Devill, called by <HI>Iob,</HI> Chap. 41. the la&s;t Ver&s;e, <HI>Rex &s;uper omnes fili|os &s;uperbiae, A King over all the children of pride.</HI> And al&s;o tearmed by our Saviour, <HI>Iohn</HI> 12.31. <HI>Prin|ceps mundi, The Prince of this world.</HI> And by St. <HI>Paul, Eph.</HI> 2.2.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Eph.</HI> 2.2.</NOTE> <HI>Princeps A&euml;ris, The Prince of the Ayre.</HI> And by St. <HI>Iohn, Rev.</HI> 9.11. <HI>King of Locu&s;ts, Abaddon</HI> by name, a de&s;troyer by na|ture, who&s;e Kingdome is of this world, who&s;e &s;ub|jects are the &s;laves of &s;in, and children of Di&s;obedi|ence: who&s;e government
<PB N="106" REF="42"> is wickedne&s;&s;e, and who&s;e Law, is the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion of all Gods Commande|ments.</P>
<P>Secondly, there is <HI>Rex temporalis, A temporall King;</HI> &s;uch as <HI>Saul, David, Solomon, Ezechias,</HI> and others were in <HI>I&s;rael:</HI> Such as are now Kings of the Nations. This Kingdome is both in this world, and of this world: Their Sub|jects, men ordered by Rea&s;on, and governed by Lawes Civill, and Eccle&s;i|a&s;ticall.</P>
<P>Thirdly, there is <HI>Rex &s;pi|ritualis, A &s;pirituall King;</HI> &s;uch is every godly Chri|&s;tian: A King, and a Prie&s;t
<PB N="107" REF="42"> to God, &s;ub&s;tituted under <HI>Chri&s;t.</HI> His Subjects are his affections, which hee commands, neither by the Law of Rea&s;on, nor by the Law of Nature, but by the Law of Grace, which is the Word of God.</P>
<P>Fourthly, and la&s;tly there is <HI>Rex aeternalis, An eternall, and an everla&s;ting King,</HI> and this is he, who is here entitled, <HI>Rex Iudaeo|rum, King of the Iewes.</HI> The Regality of our Savi|our was directly typified by the Crowne, that was about the Arke: <HI>Exod.</HI> 37.2. the which Arke repre|&s;ented <HI>Chri&s;t.</HI> His Princely function was &s;trangely
<PB N="108" REF="43"> prefigured in <HI>Melchi&s;e|decke,</HI> who was both King, and Prie&s;t: In <HI>David,</HI> who was both King, and Pro|phet: In <HI>Solomon,</HI> who was a Type of our Saviour, in his Soveraignty, in his Ri|ches, in his Wi&s;edome, in his Peace, excelling all the Kings of <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> in wealth, in Iudgement, and in tranquility: hereby re|&s;embling our Saviours Kingly Office, in his Ri|ches, his Propheticall, in his Wi&s;edome; his Prie&s;t|ly, or Mediator&s;hip, in his Peace. This is that King, whom the Angell fore|told to <HI>Mary, Luke</HI> 1.33. <HI>Hee &s;hall reigne over his
<PB N="109" REF="43"> hou&s;e of</HI> Jacob <HI>for ever, and of his Kingdome, there &s;hall bee no end.</HI> This is that King, of whom the Pro|phet <HI>David</HI> &s;peakes, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 8.6.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>P&s;al</HI> 8.6.</NOTE> <HI>Who was crowned with glory, and honour, and to whom, God gave Dominion over the workes of his hands, and put all things under his feete.</HI></P>
<P>La&s;tly, This is that King, who is above all Kings; for other Kings Countries are bounded, his without limits; their time of Reigning is de&s;igned, his endures World without end; their power exten|deth but unto the body, his both to Soule, and bo|dy;
<PB N="110" REF="44"> he derives his King|dome from none, they all from him; and therefore is mo&s;t fit to bee honoured with this Royall Title, <HI>King of the Iewes.</HI></P>
<P>There are &s;ixe things re|qui&s;ite, to make a good King.</P>
<P><LABEL>He mu&s;t be</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1 Wi&s;e, to governe.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Liberall, to reward.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Mighty, to defend.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Indifferent, to judge</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Severe, to puni&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 Peaceable, to recon|cile.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">he&s;e &s;ix properties met <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">n <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> which &s;hews <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> hee was a good King: <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ir<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t, he is a wi&s;e King: <HI>For
<PB N="111" REF="44"> it plea&s;ed his Father, that in him all fulne&s;&s;e &s;hould dwell.</HI> 1 <HI>Colo&s;.</HI> 1.19.<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 <HI>Colo&s;.</HI> 1.19.</NOTE> What fulne&s;&s;e? Even the ful|ne&s;&s;e of Wi&s;edome; there|fore is he called, <HI>The Wi&s;e|dome of the Father. E&s;ay</HI> 11.2. For in him did the God-head dwell <GAP DESC="foreign">, <HI>Bodi|ly,</HI> in&s;tructing him per|fectly, what he had to doe. The <HI>Jewes</HI> once &s;ayd of <HI>Chri&s;t, That hee did all things well:</HI> We may &s;ay, he ruleth all things wi&s;ely, diverting all to his owne glory, and the good of the Church. He is wi&s;e, &amp; &s;ees all things; hee is Prudent, and con&s;iders all things: he is provident, and pre|vents
<PB N="112" REF="45"> all things which may prejudi&s;e his Church, which is his Kingdome: therefore hee is called, <HI>E|&s;ay</HI> 9.6. <HI>Admirabilis Con|cilarius, The wonderfull Councellour:</HI> For he is that Wi&s;edome, which <HI>Solomon</HI> &s;peaks of, <HI>Prov.</HI> 8.12.13. <HI>That dwells with Prudence, that findes out witty inven|tions: Councell is his, and &s;ound Wi&s;edome: Hee is un|der&s;tanding, and &s;trength: by him Kings reigne, and Princes decree Iu&s;tice.</HI> Wherefore, albeit <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> our King, &s;uffer Schi&s;mes in his Church, Di&s;&s;enti|ons in his Kingdome, and the Enemy to prevaile a|gain&s;t
<PB N="113" REF="45"> his Subjects; yet this is not for want of wi&s;|dome to governe, but that thereby Antichri&s;t may be revealed, the Loyalty of his owne Subjects proved, and tryed, and his enemies confounded with the grea|ter confu&s;ion. Therefore, what&s;oever <HI>Turkes, Iewes,</HI> or <HI>Heathen</HI> judge of <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> we mu&s;t confe&s;&s;e that he is <HI>Rex &s;apiens,</HI> A wi&s;e King.</P>
<P>Secondly, <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> is a li|berall King: Heathen Hi|&s;tories have recorded the Munificence of <HI>Alexander,</HI> the Liberality of <HI>Cae&s;ar,</HI> the Bounty of <HI>Titus Ve&s;pa|&s;ian,</HI> of <HI>Ptolomeus</HI> the <HI>The|bane,</HI> and of <HI>Pertinax</HI> the
<PB N="114" REF="46"> Emperour. And &s;acred Scriptures acquaint us with the like, in <HI>David, Solo|mon, Aha&s;uerus,</HI> and o|thers, famous for their Li|berality. But what is their bounty, if compared with the Liberality of our <HI>Ie|&s;us, King of the Iewes?</HI> He exceeds all others herein, as the Sunne doth other Starres in Brightne&s;&s;e. <HI>When hee a&s;cended up on high, he led captivity cap|tive, and gave gifts unto men, Ephe&s;.</HI> 4.8. behold his Bounty: <HI>Behold, I come quickly,</HI> (&s;aith he) <HI>and my reward is with me, to give to every one according to his workes. Rev.</HI> 22.12. A Cup
<PB N="115" REF="46"> of cold water &s;hall not bee unrewarded, if it bee given to a Di&s;ciple, in the Name of a Di&s;ciple. <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> boun|ty farre exceeds all world|ly glories, be they never &s;o great, be they never &s;o many. <HI>Ptolomee</HI> the <HI>The|bane</HI> Captaine, had &s;o ac|cu&s;tomed him&s;elfe unto li|berality, that, when a poore &s;ouldier craved his Almes, he having at that time in pre&s;ent nothing to be&s;tow upon him, gave him his &s;hooes off his feet, &s;aying, <HI>My friend, make thy profit of the&s;e; for I had rather goe bare-foote, than thou &s;hould&s;t &s;uffer &s;o much.</HI> But what hath <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> given
<PB N="116" REF="47"> to us? Not his &s;hooes, but the garments of his owne Righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, to cover us, his fle&s;h, to feed us; his Blood, to refre&s;h us, his Life, to revive us: He hath made us his friends, yea, Co-heires with him&s;elfe; <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.17. He hath made us his &s;heepe: <HI>He is the good &s;hepheard, that laid down his life for his &s;heepe. Iohn</HI> 10.11. Hee hath made us his Branches: <HI>I am the Vine, and yee are the branches,</HI> &s;aith he, <HI>Iohn</HI> 15.5. He hath made us his Members: <HI>For hee is the Head, and the whole Church is Body.</HI> 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 12.27. Nay, <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> being King, to expre&s;&s;e his boun|ty,
<PB N="117" REF="47"> gives petty Crownes, or Coronets to all his Saints: Therefore it is &s;aid, <HI>Rev.</HI> 1.6. <HI>He hath made us Kings, and Prie&s;ts to God.</HI> If Kings, where are our Crownes? Why, the whole Church hath a Crowne, figured by the Crowne of <HI>Ieru&s;alem. E|zech.</HI> 16.12. <HI>I put a Jewell on thy forehead, and Eare|rings in thine eares, and a beautifull Crowne upon thy Head.</HI> Nay, more parti|cularly, every member of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> hath a Crowne. <HI>There is a Crowne for a faithfull Husband: A ver|tuous Woman is a Crowne to her Husband,</HI> &s;aith <HI>Solomon.
<PB N="118" REF="48"> Prov.</HI> 12.4. There is a Crowne for the wi&s;e. <HI>The fooli&s;h inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. Prov.</HI> 14.18. There is a Crowne for Children, and another for Parents. <HI>Childrens Chil|dren are the Crowne of the aged,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Prov. 17.6</NOTE> <HI>and the glory of chil|dren, are their Fathers.</HI> There is a Crowne for the faithfull Pa&s;tor; thus Saint <HI>Paul</HI> calleth the <HI>Philippi|ans, Gaudium, &amp; Corona, His Ioy, and his Crowne. Phil.</HI> 4.1.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Phil.</HI> 4.1.</NOTE> And the <HI>The&s;&s;alo|nians,</HI> the like: 1 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 2.19. where they are tear|med by the Apo&s;tle, <HI>The Hope, the Joy, or the Crowne
<PB N="119" REF="48"> of his rejoycing.</HI> The&s;e are Crownes given here: but what Crownes may they expect hereafter? <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> hath one Crowne, but di&s;tingui&s;hed in Scripture, by three denominations: the which Crowne he will be&s;tow upon his <HI>Saints,</HI> and all tho&s;e that feare him: The Crowne of Life, the Crowne of Glory, and the Crowne of Righteou&s;|ne&s;&s;e. The fir&s;t is promi|&s;ed, <HI>Iam.</HI> 1.12.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Jam.</HI> 1.12</NOTE> <HI>Ble&s;sed is the man, who endureth temp|tation; for when he is tryed, hee &s;hall receive the crowne of Life, the which the Lord hath promi&s;ed to them that love him,</HI> This was likewi&s;e
<PB N="120" REF="49"> promi&s;ed by <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> to the Angell of the Church of <HI>Smyrna,</HI> Rev, 2.10.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rev.</HI> 2.10.</NOTE> <HI>Be thou faithfull unto Death, and I will give thee the Crowne of Life.</HI> The &s;econd is pro|mi&s;ed to <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> faithfull Mini&s;ters: For <HI>St. Peter</HI> en|courages them, &s;aying, <HI>When the chiefe Shepheard &s;hall appeare, yee &s;hall re|ceive a Crowne of Glory, which fadeth not away.</HI> 1. <HI>Pet.</HI> 5.4. Of the third, <HI>St. Paul</HI> a&s;&s;ures him&s;elfe, <HI>I have fought a good fight, I have fini&s;hed my cour&s;e, I have kept the faith, hence|forth is layd up for mee a Crowne of Righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e.</HI> Thus, as there is none
<PB N="121" REF="49"> crowned, except they &s;trive: &s;o there are none that &s;trive aright, and fight lawfully in <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> warefare, but &s;hal be crow|ned; none &s;hall be his Sub|jects, but &s;hall bee rewar|ded; <HI>Iob</HI> &s;hall not &s;erve God for naught: but if hee &s;erve him, he &s;hall be re|compen&s;ed. Wherefore we cannot, but truely con|fe&s;&s;e, that he, who is <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> is <HI>Rex liberalis,</HI> A bountifull King.</P>
<P>Thirdly, <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> is not onely a wi&s;e, and a liberall, but al&s;o a powerfull, and a mighty King, who&s;e power is &s;eene in two things e&s;pecially, con|founding
<PB N="122" REF="50"> his enemies, and in defending his Subjects. The confu&s;ion of his Ene|mies, is an e&s;&s;entiall part of his government: for he could never have beene a &s;ufficient Saviour, if he had not, and did not confound the enemies of his King|dome. But that he &s;hould &s;o doe, was prophe&s;ied by <HI>David, P&s;al</HI> 2.9. <HI>Thou &s;halt brui&s;e them with a rod of Iron, and breake them in pieces like a Potters ve&s;&s;ell.</HI> And <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 72.9. which was purpo&s;ely penned for <HI>Solo|mon,</HI> but typically de&s;cri|beth <HI>Chri&s;t:</HI> He &s;aith, <HI>ver.</HI> 4. <HI>He &s;hall breake in pieces the oppre&s;&s;or:</HI> and <HI>ver&s;.</HI> 9.
<PB N="123" REF="50"> <HI>And his enemies &s;hall lick the du&s;t:</HI> whereby the Prophet would in&s;inuate <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> power, in the de|&s;truction of his Adver&s;a|ries, and in the confu&s;ion of his foes: What greater Enemy than the Devill? yet, <HI>the God of peace &s;hall &s;hortly tread Satan under our feet,</HI> &s;ayes the Apo&s;tle, <HI>Rom.</HI> 16.20. How &s;trong an enemy is the World to Chri&s;ts Kingdome? yet <HI>be of good cheere, I have o|vercome the World,</HI> &s;aith <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> to his Di&s;ciples, <HI>Ioh.</HI> 16. <HI>ver.</HI> the la&s;t. How po|tent an enemy is Sinne a|gain&s;t <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> Kingdome? yet <HI>Chri&s;t came in the fle&s;h,
<PB N="124" REF="51"> that he might condemne &s;in in the fle&s;h,</HI> &s;ayes the A|po&s;tle, <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.3. And &s;o likewi&s;e, <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.6. <HI>Our old man, which is &s;inne, is cruci|fied with Chri&s;t, that the body of &s;inne might bee de|&s;troyed; and therefore &s;inne hath no more dominion over us.</HI> What is become of that Adver&s;ary, which cut off all <HI>Christs</HI> Subjects, namely, Death? St. <HI>Paul</HI> tels us plainely, <HI>That Death is &s;wallowed up in victory:</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.54.</NOTE> And <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> rides tryum|phantly, &s;aying, <HI>O Death, where is thy &s;ting? O Grave, where is thy victory?</HI> 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.55.</P>
<P>How hath <HI>Chri&s;t Ie&s;us</HI>
<PB N="125" REF="51"> brought to confu&s;ion the <HI>Iewes,</HI> and their Adherents, which would not have him reigne over them? Behold the power of this <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> in the &s;ubver&s;ion of <HI>Ieru&s;alem,</HI> the de&s;truction of <HI>Herod,</HI> the confu&s;ion of <HI>Iulian</HI> the Apo&s;tate, the ruine of ma|ny Hereticks, and their Here&s;ies, which were the Divels &s;ouldiers, and foes unto Chri&s;ts Kingdome: Onely, there remaines the fall of <HI>Babylon,</HI> that Scar|let-coloured Whore, and the de&s;truction of Anti|chri&s;t, that &s;onne of perdi|tion, whom our <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> &s;hall de&s;troy with the breath of
<PB N="126" REF="52"> his mouth: &s;o let all thine enemies peri&s;h O Lord.</P>
<P>Secondly, Chri&s;ts power is manife&s;ted in the pro|tection of his Subjects: He is not onely <HI>Rex titularis,</HI> but al&s;o <HI>Rex tutelaris; Not onely a Titular, but al&s;o a Tutelar King.</HI> And as <HI>Io|&s;ua,</HI> not onely de&s;troyed the <HI>Canaanites,</HI> but pro|tected <HI>I&s;rael</HI> all his dayes: So Chri&s;t, (a Type of whom <HI>Io&s;ua</HI> was) doth not onely confound his foes, but al&s;o confirme his friends; de&s;troying his enemies, but protecting his Subjects: For he is our Judge, he is our Law-gi|ver, he is our King, and
<PB N="127" REF="52"> he will &s;ave us. It is hee that hath &s;aved the chil|dren of the needy, it is he that hath, and will for ever deliver the poore, that hath no helper: It is hee, that hath promi&s;ed to bee with his Church, unto the end of the World: As to di|rect it by his Spirit, &s;o to protect it by his power. It is hee that keepeth <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> and neither &s;lumbreth, nor &s;leepeth. Hayle then, O hayle thou victorious King both of Heaven, and Earth, that ha&s;t overcome the <HI>fle&s;h</HI> within mee, the <HI>world</HI> without me, <HI>Death</HI> for me, and the <HI>Devill</HI> again&s;t me: That doe&s;t correct me
<PB N="128" REF="53"> in thy mercy, direct me in thy truth, and protect me by thy power, from all my Adver&s;aries: Thou art the Lord, the Lord &s;trong, and mighty, thy Name is a &s;trong Tower, to which I flye, and am &s;ecure: there|fore I will confe&s;&s;e thy po|wer, and acknowledge, that <HI>the King of the Iewes,</HI> is <HI>Rex potens, A powerfull King.</HI></P>
<P>Fourthly, a good King mu&s;t be an indifferent, an impartiall King; to judge the cau&s;e of the poore, as well as of the rich; of the weake, as well as of the mighty; re&s;pecting not the Condition of the per&s;on,
<PB N="129" REF="53"> but the Equity of the cau&s;e; not countenancing the rich man, for his Wealth, nor contemning the poore man, for his po|verty: for it is an honour to a Prince, to bee a poore mans King.</P>
<P>Such a one is our <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> who is not par|tiall in his temporall pu|ni&s;hments, nor will be par|tiall in his eternall Judge|ments. Therefore is hee &s;tyled by Saint <HI>Paul, The ju&s;t Iudge, that &s;hall render unto every one according to his workes.</HI> 2. Tim. 4.8. <HI>For of a truth, God is no re&s;pecter of per&s;ons,</HI> &s;ayes the Apo|&s;tle St. <HI>Peter, Acts</HI> 10.34.
<PB N="130" REF="54"> For where &s;in is commit|ted, there is puni&s;hment inflicted, bee it King, or Beggar; rich, or poore; <HI>Iew,</HI> or <HI>Gentile:</HI> Where|fore all the World may truely &s;ay, that our <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> is <HI>Rex ju&s;tus, A righteous King.</HI></P>
<P>Againe, fiftly, a good King mu&s;t bee &s;evere a|gain&s;t &s;uch as are incor|rigible, and will not a|mend. It is ob&s;erved by <HI>Cicero, That it is the ruine of a Common-wealth, when Iudgement given, is revo|ked, and the execution of the Law &s;topped again&s;t Ma|lefactors.</HI> And the &s;aying of <HI>Solomon</HI> is, <HI>Becau&s;e Sen|tence
<PB N="131" REF="54"> again&s;t evill doers is not executed &s;peedily, there|fore the hearts of the &s;onnes of men are fully &s;et to doe e|vill. Eccle&s;.</HI> 8.11.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Eccle&s;.</HI> 8.11.</NOTE> But <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> like a &s;evere King, will at the length judge, and puni&s;h the wicked. If <HI>Ieru&s;alem</HI> will not bee ga|thered together under his wings, &s;he &s;hall be at the la&s;t left de&s;olate. <HI>Luke</HI> 13. <HI>ver&s;.</HI> the la&s;t: And if the Church of <HI>Ephe&s;us</HI> wil not <HI>remember from whence &s;he is falne, and repent, and doe her fir&s;t workes, hee will come again&s;t her &s;hortly, and remove away her Candle|&s;ticke. Rev.</HI> 2.5. And at the la&s;t day, what a ju&s;t Sen|tence
<PB N="132" REF="55"> &s;hall hee pronounce, both to the godly, and a|gain&s;t the wicked, &s;epera|ting the Sheepe on the right hand, and the Goats on the left; when he &s;hall &s;ay unto th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> one, <HI>Come yee ble&s;&s;ed of the Father receive the Kingdome prepared for you, from the beginning of the world:</HI> but unto the o|the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">, <HI>Goe yee cur&s;ed in|to everla&s;ting fire, prepared for the Devill, and his An|gels.</HI> Thus is <HI>Chri&s;t Ie&s;us</HI> an impartiall King, pu|ni&s;hing all the wicked within his Dominions, and rewarding the good: wher|fore we may &s;ay, that our <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> is <HI>Rex &s;e|verus,
<PB N="133" REF="55"> A &s;evere King.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;ixt, and la&s;t pro|perty of a good King, is, that hee be <HI>Pacificus, A peace-maker,</HI> and that, both in his owne Kingdome, and abroad: This is the com|mendation, that <HI>Plutarch</HI> gives to <HI>Numa Pompilius,</HI> in who&s;e daies, the Temple of <HI>Ianus</HI> was kept &s;hut, for the &s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ce of Forty yeares. And this prai&s;e in the <HI>Scripture,</HI> is given to <HI>Solo|mon,</HI> that during his Reigne, <HI>I&s;rael</HI> was neither mole&s;ted with civill Wars at home, nor forraigne, with other Nations; here|in being a Type of our <HI>King of the Jewes,</HI> who was
<PB N="134" REF="56"> called, long before he was borne, <HI>Princeps pacis, The Prince of peace. E&s;ay</HI> 9.6. He was borne in a time of a generall peace, when he wrought our peace on Earth; he is our Peace: <HI>He came, and preached peace unto them, that were a farre off, and to them that were nigh. Eph.</HI> 2.17 Ju&s;tly did <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> merit to bee called <HI>The Prince of peace;</HI> for be|fore his comming, there were many Que&s;tions in the World, which at his comming, hee fully deter|mined.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t que&s;tion was in the &s;acred Trinity, and that was this:</P>
<PB N="135" REF="56">
<P> <MILESTONE N="1"> Whether Man, having tran&s;gre&s;&s;ed, &s;hould be re|deemed, &s;eeing the Angels, that fell, were not to be re|deemed? And it was de|termined Affirmatively, that Man &s;hould be redee|med, though the Angels were not: Becau&s;e the An|gels &s;inned by no &s;ugge&s;ti|on, but of their owne ac|cord: whereas Man &s;inned by the &s;ugge&s;tion, and fraud of Satan. Secondly, becau&s;e the Angels were &s;pirits, and &s;hould have &s;tood firmely in Obedi|ence: whereas Man did con&s;i&s;t of fle&s;h, and blood, which is alwayes prone to fall; according to that of
<PB N="136" REF="57"> our Saviour, <HI>Math.</HI> 26.41. <HI>The Spirit indeed is willing, but the Fle&s;h is weake.</HI> Thirdly, becau&s;e the whole Nature of Angels fell not, but onely &s;ome, that were Rebellious: whereas the whole Na|ture of Mankinde fell, as having &s;inned in the roote; and pitty it was, that &s;o no|ble a Creature &s;hould wholly peri&s;h. Fourthly, becau&s;e the fall of an An|gell, was the ruine of an Angell, and made him pa&s;t recovery: Whereas the fall of man, made him not pa&s;t recoverie.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2"> The &s;econd Que&s;tion in the Holy Trinity was, who
<PB N="137" REF="57"> &s;hould worke this Re|demption? whether the Father, or the Sonne, or to Holy Gho&s;t? And it was determined, that the Sonne &s;hould doe it: Be|cau&s;e unto the Father is at|tributed Power, unto the Sonne, Wi&s;edome; unto the Holy Gho&s;t, Good|ne&s;&s;e: Now <HI>Lucifer</HI> ambi|tiou&s;ly de&s;ired Gods Po|wer, and therefore &s;inned again&s;t the Father: Man de&s;ired Gods Wi&s;edome, <HI>Yee &s;hall be as Gods, know|ing good, and evill:</HI> and therefore, &s;inned again&s;t the Sonne: Antichri&s;t u|&s;urpes the Goodne&s;&s;e of the Holy Gho&s;t, and there|fore
<PB N="138" REF="58"> &s;innes again&s;t the Ho|ly Gho&s;t, and is the &s;onne of perdition, and cannot be &s;aved. Now <HI>Ejus e&s;t liberare, &amp;c.</HI> It behooveth him, that receiveth the in|jury, to give the Indul|gence; and Man, that had offended again&s;t the Son, mu&s;t be redeemed by the Sonne.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3"> The third Que&s;tion in the &s;acred Trinity, was, How Man &s;hould be redeemed? whether by power, or condigne &s;atisfaction? And it was determined, not by power, but by puni&s;hment: And &s;eeing man had offen|ded, by Pride, Di&s;obedi|ence, and carnall delight,
<PB N="139" REF="58"> <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> the Sonne of God, made &s;atisfaction, by Hu|mility, Obedience, and the &s;uffering of Death.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="4"> The fourth Que&s;tion was, betweene God, and Man: for God complained again&s;t Man, that hee had offended him: and Man complained again&s;t God, that God had for&s;aken him: <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> tooke away this difference, by becom|ming a Mediator.</P>
<P>Now, a Mediator mu&s;t have three properties: Community, Authority, and Power: Community, hee mu&s;t be indifferent be|tweene both; &s;o was <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> having Commu|nity
<PB N="140" REF="59"> with God, as God; and Community Authority with Man, as Man. Hee mu&s;t have Authority too, to ar|gue the Cau&s;e on either &s;ide: So had <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> plea|ding for his Father, that Man had broken his Law: pleading for Man, in ma|king &s;atisfaction. He mu&s;t al&s;o have Power, upon the determination of the cau&s;e, to make a Reconciliation; &s;o had <HI>Chri&s;t, having made peace, through the blood of that his Cro&s;&s;e, to reconcile all things to him&s;elfe, whe|ther they be things in Earth, or things in Heaven.</HI> Colo&s;. 1.20.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="5"> The fift Que&s;tion was,
<PB N="141" REF="59"> betweene Man, and Satan: The Devill pleaded right unto Mankinde, who had &s;old him&s;elfe to him, for an Apple: The difference is taken away by <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> who pleads, the Apple to bee none of the Devils, and therefore, hee bought him not with his owne: but <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> redeemed him, <HI>not with Silver, or Gold, but with his owne precious blood.</HI> 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 1.18.19. And mans &s;inne could not &s;o much exceede in Demerit, as <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> &s;ufferings did in Merit.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="6"> The &s;ixt, and the la&s;t Que&s;tion, was betweene Man, and Woman: For
<PB N="142" REF="60"> Man complained of the Woman, that &s;he had allu|red him; and the Woman of the Man, that he &s;hould have reprooved her; but becau&s;e they were both Authors of their owne perdition, <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> hath made them both partakers of his Redemption. Hee tooke fle&s;h of a Woman, that Women might not thinke them&s;elves excluded: but in the per&s;on of a Man, that Man thereby might be re|deemed: Thus hath Chri&s;t, in the world, wrought a world of Peace for us, not peace with the world: For, <HI>Non veni mittere pacem,</HI> (&s;aith he) but peace with
<PB N="143" REF="60"> God, peace with the An|gels, peace with Men, peace with the Creatures, and peace with our owne Con&s;ciences. Wherefore we may ju&s;tly &s;ay, that our <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> is <HI>Rex pacificus, A peaceable King.</HI></P>
<P>And thus we have &s;eene the Condition of our So|veraigne, <HI>Ie&s;us Chri&s;t,</HI> how he hath approved him&s;elfe a good King: For he is wi&s;e, liberall, powerfull, indifferent, &s;evere, and peaceable; an&s;werable to which qualities, are all his Actions. For every worke of his, is either a worke of VVi&s;edome, or a worke
<PB N="144" REF="61"> of Mercy; or a worke of power, or a worke of pro|vidence; or a worke of Ju&s;tice, or a worke of Peace; as if he intended in all things, to &s;hew him&s;elfe a <HI>King</HI> for our commodi|ty: But as the King of <HI>I&s;|rael</HI> changed his habit, and di&s;gui&s;ed him&s;elfe, when he went into the Battell at <HI>Ramoth-Gilead,</HI> 1 <HI>King.</HI> 22.30.<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 <HI>King.</HI> 22.30.</NOTE> &s;o <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> indeed di&s;|gui&s;ed him&s;elfe, who be|ing in the forme of God, and equall with God, took upon him the &s;hape of a Servant, continuing ever, though unknowne to the wicked <HI>Iewes, [Ie&s;us of Na|zareth, King of the Iewes.]</HI></P>
<PB N="145" REF="85">
<P>Wherefore, &s;eeing wee have but one Soveraigne Monarch, who is God, and Man, and <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> that hath the &s;ole power to command our &s;oules, let us never deny our Allea|geance to him: Let us ne|ver make any confederacy, or enthrall our &s;elves to the World, the Fle&s;h, or the Divell, which would &s;oone get the Dominion over us, and make us their va&s;&s;als. And although all worldlings, drunkards, and uncleane per&s;ons, and all that continue in wicked|ne&s;&s;e, without repentance, have made them&s;elves bond-&s;laues unto the&s;e Ty|rants,
<PB N="146" REF="86"> yet let us, whom God hath called to the in|heritance of his Saints in loue, &s;tand fa&s;t in the li|berty, wherewith <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> hath made us free: not &s;uf|fering our &s;oules to be en|tangled againe, with the yoake of bondage. <HI>Gal.</HI> 5.1. Their &s;ervice is nothing but mi&s;ery, and wretched|ne&s;&s;e: For <HI>Mundus deci|pit, Caro inficit, Diabolus de&s;truit: The World will deceive us, the Fle&s;h will infect us, and the Devill will de&s;troy us:</HI> from &s;uch Kings, Good Lord deliver us. Onely, O ble&s;&s;ed <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> bee thou our &s;pirituall Soveraigne; thou
<PB N="147" REF="86"> art wi&s;e, and wilt in&s;truct us; thou art liberall, and wilt reward us; thou art mighty, and wilt defend us; thou art ju&s;t, and wilt not forget us, thou art &s;e|vere, and wilt not &s;uffer the wicked to tryumph o|ver us; thou art peaceable, yea, our peace, for thou ha&s;t wrought Reconci|liation with God the Fa|ther; who with thee bee glorified for ever-more. Fly then thou &s;inner, from bondage, to liberty; from death, to life; from mi&s;ery, to glory: Behold, <HI>The King of the Iewes</HI> calls thee, <HI>Come unto me all yee that are wea|ry, and heavy laden, and I
<PB N="148" REF="87"> will refre&s;h you. Math.</HI> 11.28. Here is a Proclamati|on of pardon for thy re|volt, if thou wilt &s;eeke it, if thou wilt embrace it. He that is <HI>King of the Jewes,</HI> waites when thou wilt be|come his Subject: <HI>Behold,</HI> (&s;aith hee) <HI>I &s;tand at the doore, and knocke, if any man open unto me, I will come in, and &s;uppe with him, and he with me. Rev.</HI> 3.20. Set open the gate of thy heart, <HI>and the King of glory will come in P&s;al.</HI> 24.7. He will come <HI>tibi, &s;i credis, contra te, &s;i non credis: If thou re|ceive him with faith, and repentance, hee will come to comfort thee; if neither
<PB N="149" REF="87"> with faith, nor repentance, hee will come to confound thee.</HI> If thou become a Subject, hee will defend thee; if thou continue an enemy, hee will de&s;troy thee.</P>
<P>Now is <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> comming into thy Soule, as once hee came to <HI>Ieru&s;alem:</HI> Oh, beleeve that he is thy <HI>King,</HI> entertaine him joyfully; cut downe the Branches of old <HI>Adams</HI> corruption, put off the ragges of &s;inne, &s;pread them in the way, and let thy Saviour tram|ple on them: Receive him with hearty acclamations, and &s;ay, <HI>Ho&s;anna</HI> to the Sonne of <HI>David, Ble&s;sed
<PB N="150" REF="88"> is hee that commeth in the Name of the Lord,</HI> Ho&s;anna <HI>in the highe&s;t.</HI> Thus much touching the Office of our <HI>Je&s;us, He is a King.</HI></P>
<P>Now, for that a King does nece&s;&s;arily pre&s;up|po&s;e a Kingdome, for they are Relatives; the next thing wee are to treate of, is his Kingdome.</P>
<P>There was never any earthly Empire, but had his limits, and was boun|ded with &s;ome parts of the habitable World: The <HI>A&s;&s;yrian, Grecian, Ro|man,</HI> and <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Empe|rors, though they &s;pread them&s;elves farre, and wide, yet was there alwayes
<PB N="151" REF="88"> &s;ome Lands, Nations, and Kingdomes exempt from their Dominion: There was never any earthly Mo|narchy, that was perpetu|all, but, as it had a time of increa&s;e, &s;o hath it a time of decrea&s;e; being, either by &s;edition, or forraigne inva&s;ion, or &s;ome vice, or other, brought to ruine: herein re&s;embling the na|turall body of man, which hath a time to bee concei|ved, a time to bee nouri|&s;hed, and a time to bee brought unto perfection: But when it hath attained his <GAP DESC="foreign">, <HI>His full growth,</HI> it declines againe, as the Sunne, when hee is come
<PB N="152" REF="89"> to the Meridian; and in tract of time, either by its owne imbecility, or (it may be) &s;ooner, by di&s;ea&s;es, or &s;oone&s;t of all, by &s;udden Death, droppes into the Grave.</P>
<P>As it is with this Little world Man, &s;o is it with that Great Man, the world; &s;ubject it is to change, and alteration. Now herein, <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> Kingdome exceeds all Kingdomes, which, as it is boundle&s;&s;e for place, &s;o is it endle&s;&s;e, for time; infinite in extent, and e|ternall for continuance. Hee &s;hall reigne over the Hou&s;e of <HI>Iacob</HI> for ever, there is his perpetuity; and
<PB N="153" REF="89"> of his Kingdome there &s;hall bee no end, there is his infinitene&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>The Kingdome of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> is twofold, <HI>Superius,</HI> and <HI>Inferius: His Kingdome which is above, and his Kingdome which is below:</HI> Or rather they are one Kingdome, differenced by two degrees: though u&s;u|ally we call one, <HI>The King|dome of Grace,</HI> and the o|ther, <HI>The Kingdome of Glo|ry:</HI> The Kingdome of Grace is that, which our Saviour &s;ayes, is within us: <HI>Regnum Dei intra vos e&s;t, The Kingdome of God is within you: Luke</HI> 17.21.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Luke</HI> 17.21.</NOTE> wherein CHRIST &s;olely
<PB N="154" REF="90"> reignes, without &s;ub&s;titu|ting any Viceroyes, or De|pu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">s: For the greate&s;t Monarch, a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> the mo&s;t righteous Chri&s;tian in the World, is in this ca&s;e, but a fellow &s;ubject, and there|fore hath no rule over the Soule, or command over the Con&s;cience, in matters divine, tending to Gods wor&s;hip; though other|wi&s;e, in matters Civill, and Pol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">icall. For as I have di&s;tingui&s;hed <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> from a temporall King: &s;o may his Kingdome bee di&s;tin|gui&s;hed from the other; the one being wholly &s;pi|rituall, the other <HI>Per &s;e, &amp; direct&egrave;,</HI> wholly tempo|rall.
<PB N="155" REF="90"> This Kingdome or Grace is nothing el&s;e, but our &s;piritual incorporation into the my&s;ticall body of <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> being made live|ly branches of him, who is the true Vine, being e&s;ta|bli&s;hed through faith, in <HI>Chri&s;t.</HI> This Kingdome con&s;i&s;ts not in worldly dig|nities, terre&s;triall Try|umphs, Citties, Soul|diers, Councellours, <HI>but in Righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, peace, and joy in the Holy Gho&s;t. Rom.</HI> 14.17.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rom.</HI> 14.17.</NOTE> All are not Sub|jects of this Kingdome, that are vi&s;ibly in this Kingdome: For &s;ome there are, that are dead Members, rotten Bran|ches,
<PB N="156" REF="91"> having a &s;hew of godline&s;&s;e, but denying the power thereof. Some, againe, there are, which bee but Forraigners, and Aliens, though &s;uffered to trade, and traffique in it; yet many of the&s;e have gotten the outward habite, and have learned the Lan|guage of this Kingdome, and doe &s;o cunningly coun|terfeit, that they cannot bee di&s;cerned from true &s;ubjects by any, but by the King him&s;elfe. This King|dome is but an initiation of the other: Here have wee the fir&s;t fruits, there wee &s;hall have the whole lampe; this is but an ear|ne&s;t
<PB N="157" REF="91"> penny, that other, the full payment; in this, wee labour, in that, we receive the reward: This is <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> Vi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">eyard, that, his place of payment; this is his Worke-hou&s;e, that, his Trea&s;ury; this is the Field of War-fare, that, the place of Tryumph: yet here we mu&s;t reigne over our &s;elves, before we can be crowned there: For <HI>Reg|num Coelorum &s;perare non pote&s;t, qui propria membra regere non pote&s;t: Hee can never hope to reigne in Hea|ven, who doth not fir&s;t reigne over his owne mem|bers here on Earth.</HI> This Kingdome is not &s;o &s;ecure,
<PB N="158" REF="92"> as the other; heere many fall away, others are cut off; &s;ome intrude without their Wedding-garments, and are therefore impri&s;o|ned, as Spyes. This King|dome is often di&s;turbed by &s;edition of Here&s;ies, and Schi&s;me; oft &s;haken by the gu&s;ts of per&s;ecution, of|ten &s;hrewdly undermyned by privy temptations, but never overwhelmed. For he, who is King thereof, is the Rocke, whereon this Kingdome is immoveably founded: Unto this King|dome all &s;trangers are in|vited, the gates or Ports are &s;hut to none: For <HI>Gremium Eccle&s;iae nulli clauditur.</HI>
<PB N="159" REF="92"> But &s;ome are unwilling, o|thers vilifie it: the world is a clog to &s;ome, Pride is a <HI>Remora</HI> to others: Some di&s;daine the King, others martyre his me&s;&s;engers; not one, of a Thou&s;and, be|comes a true Subject. This Kingdome is the Church militant, which is nothing el&s;e, but <HI>Numerus credenti|um, The number of true beleevers;</HI> which is <HI>Nume|rus exigu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">s, A &s;mall num|ber;</HI> like <HI>Ieremye</HI> Berries, here, and there one, very thinnely &s;trewen, and &s;pa|ringly &s;owne: Yet, though they be but few, their con|fidence is &s;trong for <HI>Feare not little flocke, it is your fa|thers
<PB N="160" REF="93"> plea&s;ure, to give you a Kingdome. Luke.</HI> 12.32. And &s;o I pa&s;&s;e in my Ser|mon, (the which God grant wee may all doe in practice,) from the King|dome of Grace, unto the Kingdome of Glory; Into which Kingdome, no fal&s;e hearted Subjects are ad|mitted: <HI>Nullus egreditur emicus, nullus ingreditur inimicus: Out of this King|dome &s;ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">l no friend pa&s;&s;e, into it &s;hall no enemy enter.</HI> There &s;hal be no Schi&s;mes, nor &s;editions; but the God of Peace, &s;hall rule all their hearts peaceably: There, <HI>Je&s;us</HI> &s;hall Reigne over all his Saints as King, and
<PB N="161" REF="93"> yet &s;hall make them his Friends, nay, his Brethren: <HI>O qualis ille Rex, qui om|nes &s;ervos &s;uos facit amicos, &amp;, quod multo magis e&s;t, fra|tres. Oh what a ble&s;&s;ed King is he, who makes all his &s;er|vants, his friends; nay, which is more, his brethren!</HI> There &s;hall be peace with|out warre, joy, without heavine&s;&s;e; holine&s;&s;e, with|out impurity; and happi|ne&s;&s;e, without intermi&s;&s;ion. This world is our way, that is our Countrey; this our War-fare, that our Try|umph; this our &s;uffering, that our glory: Heere, are we (as it were) in the Wil|derne&s;&s;e, there, wee &s;hall
<PB N="162" REF="94"> po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e the heavenly <HI>Ca|naan,</HI> the <HI>Metrapolis</HI> wher|of, is the <HI>New Ieru&s;alem,</HI> who&s;e glory is unexpre&s;&s;e|able: If a man had the tongue of men, and Angels, and &s;hould undertake a de|&s;cription of it, he that en|joyes it, may very well &s;ay of it, as the Queene of <HI>She|ba</HI> did of <HI>Solomons</HI> King|dome, that the one halfe of it was not revealed. In it, is no Creature ba&s;e, or thing contemptible, but all things are &s;uperabun|dantly glorious: A glori|ous King, who&s;e ble&s;&s;ed vi&s;ion will make us all hap|py, and in whom, we &s;hall enjoy all beatitude; glori|ous
<PB N="163" REF="94"> Subjects, even the ble&s;&s;ed Saints and Angels; a glorious place, farre tran|&s;cending any earthly Para|di&s;e, or terre&s;triall place of plea&s;ure: Were it po&s;&s;ible to finde on earth a Citty &s;o glorious, as Saint <HI>Iohn</HI> de|&s;cribes, <HI>Rev.</HI> 20.10. yet were it not to bee compa|red to the glory of <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> Heavenly Kingdome: There are Riches which cannot rot, plea&s;ures which cannot fade; Honour, that cannot be lo&s;t; Life, that cannot be expired. <HI>O ble&s;|&s;ed King of the Iewes,</HI> hap|py is that man, whom thou choo&s;e&s;t, and cau&s;e&s;t to approach unto thee, that
<PB N="164" REF="95"> hee may dwell in thy Courts; he &s;hall be &s;atisfi|ed with the goodne&s;&s;e of thy Hou&s;e, even of thy holy Temple: It is the King that mu&s;t choo&s;e him, hee cannot de&s;erve the dignity of a Subject; for there is <HI>Gratia &s;ine me|rito, Charitas &s;ine modo: Favour without merit, and Love without mea&s;ure:</HI> A|gain&s;t this Kingdome can no Enemy re&s;i&s;t, upon this Kingdome can no Enemy make inva&s;ion: For this Kingdome was no price gi|ven, but the precious blood of the <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> the which blood hee &s;hed, to purcha&s;e this Kingdome
<PB N="165" REF="95"> not for him&s;elfe, but for his Subjects: And &s;o I pa&s;&s;e from this Kingdome, unto the Subjects of this King|dome, <HI>Rex Iudaeorum, King of the Iewes.</HI></P>
<P><HI>King of the Iewes?</HI> what <HI>Iewes</HI> is hee King of? of tho&s;e bla&s;phemous, rebel|lious <HI>Iewes,</HI> which cryed out, <HI>Crucifie him, Crucifie him? They were of the Sy|nagogue of Satan,</HI> Rev. 3.9.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rev.</HI> 3.9.</NOTE> <HI>and &s;aid they were Iewes, but were not: For all are not of</HI> I&s;rael, <HI>that are</HI> I&s;rael: <HI>Rom.</HI> 9.6. And &s;ome, that are not of <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> are the <HI>I&s;ra|el</HI> of God: <HI>For more are the children of the de&s;olate, than of the married wife. E&s;ay</HI> 54.1.</P>
<PB N="166" REF="96">
<P>His Subjects then, are not onely the <HI>Iewes</HI> Natu|rall, but the <HI>Iewes</HI> Spiritu|all, called by the Apo&s;tle, <HI>The I&s;rael of God. Gal.</HI> 6.16 And the&s;e are &s;uch, as are <HI>Nathanaels, true I&s;raelites, in whom there is no guile: Iohn</HI> 1.47.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Iohn</HI> 1.47.</NOTE> being rather Heires of <HI>Abrahams</HI> faith, than of his fle&s;h.</P>
<P>It is not then the &s;eed of <HI>Abraham,</HI> but the Faith of <HI>Abraham,</HI> that makes a man an <HI>I&s;raelite:</HI> and he is not a <HI>Iew,</HI> that is a <HI>Iew</HI> out|wardly; but hee is a <HI>Jew,</HI> that is a <HI>Iew</HI> inwardly, namely, by beleeving in <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> and doing his Will. As the Kingdome of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI>
<PB N="167" REF="96"> is <HI>Diver&s;&egrave; &s;ecundum, hic, &amp; illic:</HI> &s;o are his Subjects divers, either &s;uch as are here in the Church mili|tant, whom I may call, his Souldiers; or &s;uch as are in the Church Tryum|phant, whom I may call his Conquerors.</P>
<P>In the Kingdome of Grace, which is the Church Militant, they onely are true Subjects, who, be&s;ides the outward calling of the Go&s;pell, are made partakers of the in|ward calling of the Spirit; which is the Donation of &s;aving Faith, and Com|munication of heavenly Grace, whereby the heart
<PB N="168" REF="97"> is opened, as the heart of <HI>Lydia</HI> was, <HI>Acts</HI> 16.14. when &s;hee attended unto the things which were &s;po|ken of St. <HI>Paul:</HI> and when a man is made a lively member of <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> my&s;ti|call body, being both in profe&s;&s;ion, and practice truely <HI>Chri&s;ts.</HI> And in this Kingdome, though Sub|jects have divers functions, &s;ome governing as Rulers, both to defend, extend, and enlarge <HI>Chri&s;ts</HI> King|dome: others being go|verned, as Inferiors; yet they all jumpe in this, that they are fellow-&s;ouldiers, labouring in this war-fare: Neither Regality, nor dig|nity,
<PB N="169" REF="97"> neither Riches, nor Poverty, exempting them from this &s;pirituall functi|on, and gho&s;tly &s;ubjection unto <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> their King.</P>
<P>From this Kingdome are excluded, fir&s;t, all &s;uch as are without the Pale of the Church, unto whom the Go&s;pell of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> hath not beene preached, as Hea|thens and Pagans, or with whom the Name of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> is vilified, as <HI>Iewes,</HI> and <HI>Turkes.</HI> Secondly, they are excluded, who are <HI>Iewes</HI> outwardly, but not in|wardly; that is, <HI>Chri&s;tians</HI> by name, but not by prac|tice. Hence then are ex|cluded all Hereticks, and
<PB N="170" REF="98"> Schi&s;maticks, being pub|licke di&s;turbers of the peace of <HI>Syon:</HI> and all car|nall Go&s;pellers, and loo&s;e Libertines, which, by their wickedne&s;&s;e, wound the bowels of the Church: and all &s;uperficiall Phari|&s;ies, and di&s;&s;embling Hy|pocrites, which privily yeeld them&s;elves &s;ervants to &s;inne, and &s;laves to the Devill: The&s;e are in this Kingdome, but not of this Kingdome; profe&s;&s;ing <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> their Soveraigne, but vouch&s;afing him onely a Reed for his Scepter; wearing his colours, but for&s;wearing his &s;ervice; talking of his name, but
<PB N="171" REF="98"> not walking in his wayes: Not every one therefore, that receives his Badge of Bapti&s;me, or maketh an outward &s;how of his Ser|vice, is truely his Subject: For this is but to enter into the utter Court of the Temple; and of the&s;e may be affirmed that of our Sa|viour, <HI>Math.</HI> 22.14. <HI>Mul|ti vocati, pauci electi: Ma|ny are called, but few are cho&s;en.</HI></P>
<P>In the Kingdome of glo|ry, they onely are Sub|jects, whom <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> hath redeemed from the earth; for whom hee &s;hed his blood, and bare this Title over his Head: As <HI>Chri&s;t</HI>
<PB N="172" REF="99"> is King of Heaven <HI>Iure Cre|ationis, By right of Creati|on,</HI> &s;o the Angels are his Subjects: But as hee is <HI>Rex Iudaeorum, Iure Redemptio|nis, King of the Jewes by right of Redemption:</HI> So, none are his Subjects, but &s;uch as are &s;aved by him. For this was the end, why he became <HI>The King of the Iewes, That wee &s;hould bee &s;aved from our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate us. Luke</HI> 2.71.</P>
<P>For as St. <HI>Augu&s;t.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. <HI>Aug.</HI></NOTE> ob|&s;erves, <HI>Non Rex</HI> I&s;rael <HI>Chri&s;tus, ad exigendum tri|butum, vel exercitum ferro armatum, ho&s;te&s;&abque; vi&s;ibiliter debellandum: &s;ed Rex</HI> I&s;ra|el,
<PB N="173" REF="99"> <HI>quod mentes regat, quod in aeternum con&s;ulat, quod in Regnum Coelorum credentes, &s;perantes, amantes per|ducat: Chri&s;t was not the King of the Iewes, to ex|act Tribute, or to rai&s;e an Army, or vi&s;ibly to van|qui&s;h enemies: but hee was the King of the Iewes, to rule mens hearts and mindes, to coun&s;ell them eternally, and to bring all tho&s;e, that be|leeve in him, hope in him, and truely love him, unto e|verla&s;ting life.</HI></P>
<P>Happy then is that man, who is a Subject in the Kingdome of Grace: but thrice happy is he, who is a Subject in the Kingdome
<PB N="174" REF="100"> of Glory: For he &s;hall be glorious in his body: <HI>This corruptible mu&s;t put on in|corruption:</HI> 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.53.<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.53.</NOTE> but much more glorious in his &s;oule: for <HI>Qualis tunc erit &s;plendor animarum, quando lux corporis, Solis habebit claritatem?</HI> &s;aith St. <HI>Augu&s;t. How great &s;hall the &s;plendor of their &s;oules be, when their bodies &s;hall &s;hine as the Sunne in the fir|mament?</HI> Their felicity &s;hall be &s;uch, as that they &s;hall de&s;ire to dwell there for ever, as <HI>Peter</HI> did on Mount <HI>Thabor:</HI> And good Rea&s;on, &s;eeing they &s;hall be po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of &s;uch hap|pine&s;&s;e, as neither eye hath
<PB N="175" REF="100"> &s;eene, nor eare hath heard, nor hath it entred into the heart of man to conceiue. The which happine&s;&s;e, &s;ee|ing wee cannot compre|hend, Grant, &ocirc; Lord, that we may be comprehended of it; and &s;o I pa&s;&s;e from the Subjects, unto the go|vernment of this King|dome, which is the la&s;t thing con&s;iderable in the Text.</P>
<P>This Mighty Monarch, this <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> go|vernes not his &s;ubjects by humane Lawes, and civill policies; but by his owne Law, called by St. <HI>Paul, Gal.</HI> 6.2.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Gal.</HI> 6.2.</NOTE> <HI>The Law of Chri&s;t:</HI> Now this Law is nothing
<PB N="176" REF="101"> el&s;e, but the Word of <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> by which Word wee &s;hall be judged at the latter day, &s;ayes our <HI>Savi|our:</HI> His Word mu&s;t rule us outwardly, and his <HI>Spi|rit</HI> inwardly; the one as a Law, the other as a Guide. We offend not, if we tran&s;|gre&s;&s;e not his Word; we o|bey not, if we erre from it. This Law of <HI>Chri&s;t,</HI> where|by he governes, is like the Lawes of the <HI>Medes</HI> and <HI>Per&s;ians,</HI> unalterable: It &s;hall bee an everla&s;ting Law, e&s;pecially that new Commandement which he gave us, namely, <HI>That we &s;hould love one another.</HI></P>
<P>Now, as this Kingdome,
<PB N="177" REF="101"> and the government there|of is &s;pirituall, and &s;tands not in the glittering &s;hew of this world, nor in any thing de&s;ireable by fle&s;h, and blood, as the two &s;onnes of <HI>Zebedee</HI> vainely imagined; but ruleth in the heart, and reines: There|fore the Lawes of this Kingdome, and the go|vernment thereof, requires the inward righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e of the heart, binding not onely the outward act, but the Con&s;cience: For the Authority, and Govern|ment of the King, is that, whereby he, by his Word, and by his Spirit, (for the Word barely, without the
<PB N="178" REF="102"> Spirit, pierces not into the heart:) effecteth, and wor|keth the conver&s;ion of tho&s;e that are to bee con|verted, and glorifies him|&s;elfe in the ever&s;ion, and confu&s;ion of the re&s;t. For as the Kingdome of the Go&s;pell, is the meanes to bring us to the Kingdome of Grace: &s;o the King|dome of Grace, doth bring us to the Kingdome of Glory: And none &s;hall enter into the Kingdome of Glory, but &s;uch as, through the Kingdome of Grace, &s;ubmit them&s;elves, in the Kingdome of the <HI>Go|&s;pell,</HI> to <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> the <HI>King,</HI> his his Lawes, and Authority.</P>
<PB N="179" REF="102">
<P>Now, in this inferiour part of his Kingdome, which is the Kingdome of Grace, there is not the be&s;t &s;ubject, but is &s;ubject to tan&s;gre&s;&s;e, though through infirmity, yet not through wilfull Rebellion. But in the &s;uperior part, which is the Kingdome of Glory, there &s;hall not be the lea&s;t omi&s;&s;ion of good, nor the lea&s;t commi&s;&s;ion of evill; but all our thoughts, words, and workes, &s;hall wholly tend to the glory of our Cele&s;tiall King, and Governour. For when &s;in, and the old Serpent, &s;hall be ca&s;t into the bottome|le&s;&s;e pit, we &s;hall have no
<PB N="180" REF="103" MS="y"> temptations, but &s;hall &s;ing, <HI>Ble&s;sing, glory, honour, and power be unto him, that &s;it|teth upon the Throne, and the Lambe for ever-more. Rev.</HI> 5.13.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rev.</HI> 5.13</NOTE></P>
<P>What remaines now, but that with the Queene of <HI>Sheba,</HI> we &s;et forward out of our owne Countrey, the World, to &s;ee, and ad|mire the Wi&s;edome, Ju|&s;tice, Peace, Power, Mer|cy, and Magnificence of our Heavenly <HI>Solomon,</HI> here entitled, <HI>King of the Iewes.</HI> She was a Queene, we &s;ubjects; &s;hee came from farre, we have our <HI>Solomon</HI> among&s;t us; &s;hee &s;ought a meere Man, we
<PB N="181" REF="103" MS="y"> may finde one who is both God, and Man, &s;hee gave pre&s;ents, we &s;hall receive rewards: Let not the Queene of <HI>Sheba</HI> then ri&s;e up in Judgement again&s;t us, for behold, a greater than <HI>Solomon</HI> is here. Seeke him then (O &s;anctified Soule) &s;eeke him with devotion, for he is <HI>Ie&s;us, A Saviour:</HI> &s;eeke him by imitation, for he is <HI>Naza|renus, A &s;weet &s;melling Flower:</HI> &s;eeke him by ho|mage, and obedience, for he is <HI>Rex Iudaeorum, King of the Iewes:</HI> &s;eeke him for thy refection, &s;eeke him for thy protection, for he is the Seed of the Woman,
<PB N="182" REF="104"> that breakes the Serpents Head: It is hee that is the keeper of <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> and the Salvation of his people: It is he that will &s;lay all thine, and his enemies, that would not have him reigne over them. Though that great Dragon, old Serpent, and roaring Lyon &s;eeke to devoure thee, yet &s;eeke thy King, and Saviour, and hee will defend thee: Of thy &s;elfe, thou art <HI>Debilis ad operandum, facilis ad &s;e|ducendum, fragilis ad re|&s;i&s;tendum: Vnable to doe well, ea&s;ie to be &s;educed, and weake to re&s;i&s;t:</HI> Yet the Name of <HI>Ie&s;us of Naza|reth, King of the Iewes,</HI> is a
<PB N="183" REF="104"> &s;trong Tower, to fly unto; for under that thou &s;halt be &s;ecure. Feare not there|fore, for hee is thy &s;hield, and exceeding great re|ward: <HI>Hee is that God of peace, that &s;hall &s;hortly tread downe Satan under thy feete. Rom.</HI> 16.20.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Rom.</HI> 16.20.</NOTE> Feare not the <HI>Law,</HI> for <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> hath &s;atisfied it; where <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> launceth, <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> cureth; where the <HI>Law</HI> &s;earcheth, the <HI>Go&s;pell</HI> &s;alveth. Feare not thy &s;innes, if thou doe&s;t weepe for them; for this <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> calleth <HI>all that are wearie, and heavie la|den, and hee will refre&s;h them.</HI> Feare not the world,
<PB N="184" REF="105"> for <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> hath overcome the world: It is he <HI>Qui pug|nat pro te,</HI> it is he, <HI>qui pug|nat in te: It is he that fights for thee again&s;t the world, it is he that fights in thee by his grace.</HI> Feare not the ungodly, for thy King is a righteous, and &s;evere King, who &s;hall one day &s;it in Judgement, giving <HI>Praemium, &amp; Paenam, Pu|ni&s;hment, and Reward;</HI> the recompen&s;e of Reward to a faithfull &s;ubject, and the paine of Damnation to trayterous rebells: For he is a ju&s;t Judge, whom ney|ther bribes can allure, nor gifts entice, nor threats can alter from doing right.</P>
<PB N="185" REF="105">
<P>Oh then &s;eeke this <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> &s;eeke this <HI>Nazarenus,</HI> &s;eeke this <HI>King of Iewes:</HI> Seeke him for thy Lord, and hee will finde thee for his inheritance; in&s;tall him for thy King, and he will enfranchi&s;e thee for his &s;ubject; admit him for thy Governour, and hee will admit thee to glory, and immortality. For his King|dome is not of this world below, but of the world above, as was typified by placing this Title above his Head, not under his Feete.</P>
<P>Oh then, deare Chri&s;ti|an, come out of the world, and out of this dangerous,
<PB N="186" REF="106"> and dreadfull &s;ecurity of the Fle&s;h: What&s;oever &s;eemes glorious to the eye, odoriferous to the &s;mell, harmonious to the eare, delicate to the ta&s;te, and &s;oft to the touch, O for&s;ake them all, to follow <HI>Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<P>Awake oh thou <HI>Soule</HI> that &s;leepe&s;t, for the Lord is come: Hee is come with <HI>Salvation,</HI> he is come with <HI>Vertue,</HI> hee is come with <HI>Glory:</HI> For <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> commeth not without <HI>Salvation,</HI> nor <HI>Nazarenus</HI> without <HI>Ver|tue;</HI> nor <HI>The King of the Iewes</HI> without <HI>Glory.</HI> Bee of good comfort thou lo&s;t &s;heepe, <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> is come to
<PB N="187" REF="106"> &s;eeke, and to &s;ave that which was lo&s;t: Bee of good comfort, thou la|menting &s;inner, <HI>Nazare|nus</HI> is come to decke thee with ornaments of Grace: Be of good comfort, thou that a&s;pire&s;t to true Ho|nour, for <HI>The King of the Iewes,</HI> will make thee par|taker of his Kingdome.</P>
<P>If thou &s;eeke this <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> thou mu&s;t &s;eeke him with Humility; for hee was Humility it &s;elfe: Hee, in&s;teed of a Crowne of Gold, was content for thy &s;ake, with a Crowne of Thornes; for Regall attire, with a Pur|ple garment, yea, goary
<PB N="188" REF="107"> wounds; for a Kingly Scepter, a Reede in his hand; for a Throne, the Cro&s;&s;e; for joyfull Accla|mations, bla&s;phemous Ex|clamations; for delicate dainties, Vineger, and Gall: Oh &s;eeke him then in Humility, for pride a|&s;cendeth not with the King of Humility, nor ma|lice, with the God of Mer|cy; nor Lu&s;t with a Vir|gin-&s;onne of a Virgin-mo|ther; nor wickedne&s;&s;e with the Ju&s;t one. And if thou bee a &s;ubject of this King|dome, bee not like the Swine, <HI>Qui Ro&s;as projici|unt, ut lutum quaerant: Who reject the &s;weet Ro&s;e, to ac|cept
<PB N="189" REF="107"> the &s;tinking mire.</HI> Oh never conforme thy &s;elfe to this world, bee not of that durty generation: but &s;ince thy <HI>King,</HI> and <HI>Savi|our</HI> is in Heaven, let thy conver&s;ation be in Heaven al&s;o: let the World, and her brave vanities goe which way they will; bee thou (as <HI>An&s;elme</HI> &s;ayes &s;weetly) <HI>Corpore ambulans in Terra, &s;ed corde habi|tans in Coelo: One that walkes on Earth with thy Body, but dwelle&s;t in Hea|ven with thy Heart.</HI> Get out from thine owne Countrey, the World; from thine owne Kinred, the Fle&s;h; and from thy
<PB N="190" REF="108"> Fathers Hou&s;e, the fami|ly of Satan, unto the Land, which the Lord hath &s;hewen thee, even that Kingdome, which the <HI>King of the Iewes</HI> hath pre|pared for thee: where thou &s;halt behold <HI>Pulchrum Se|natum, pulchrum Regnum, Regem pulcherrimum: A glorious A&s;&s;embly of Saints, a glorious Kingdome, but a King mo&s;t glorious:</HI> where wee &s;hall &s;hine in Glory, and Brightne&s;&s;e, with Albes of Innocency on our backes, Palmes of Victory in our Hands, Crownes of Glory on our Heads, and Songs of Tryumph in our Mouthes:
<PB N="191" REF="108"> then &s;hall wee enter into <HI>Sanctum Sanctorum, Into the Holy of Holies;</HI> there &s;hall wee celebrate <HI>Sabba|tum Sabbatorum, The Sab|bath of Sabbaths:</HI> Then &s;hall wee &s;ing <HI>Canticum Canticorum, The Song of Songs,</HI> which none can learne, but tho&s;e that are redeemed from the Earth: Then &s;hall we give eternall Honour, Glory, and Prai&s;e to him that was, is, and e|ver &s;hall bee, <HI>Ie&s;us of Nazareth, King of the Iewes.</HI></P>
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<CLOSER>Laus Deo.</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB REF="14">
<HEAD>The Authors Prayer to <HI>Ie&s;us of Nazareth, King of the Jewes,</HI> collected out of the fore-going Di&s;cour&s;e.</HEAD>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Je&s;us.</HEAD>
<P>_O Thou Sonne of God, and &s;weete Saviour of the World; <HI>Bone Ie&s;u, e&s;to mi|hi Ie&s;us:</HI> Thou art made unto us of God, <HI>Wi&s;edome, Righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, Sanctifica|tion,</HI>
<PB REF="15"> and <HI>Redemption: Wi&s;edome,</HI> by thy Word preached; <HI>Righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e,</HI> by our &s;innes pardoned, <HI>Sanctification,</HI> by thy grace infu&s;ed; and <HI>Redemption,</HI> by thy paines &s;u&s;tained: Have mercy upon us mi&s;e|rable &s;inners: Oh, our ble&s;&s;ed Saviour, who ha&s;t borne our &s;orrows, &s;hed our teares, &s;uffered our di&s;grace, &s;u&s;tained our pu|ni&s;hment, and payd our debt, in&s;pire us with thy Holy Spirit, that, though the <HI>Iewes, Turkes,</HI> and Infidels revile thee, wee may &s;till honour thee; though they bla&s;pheme
<PB REF="15"> thy Name <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> we may a|dore it; though they per|&s;ecute it, we may make it our refuge: For thy Name (&ocirc; <HI>Ie&s;us</HI>) is a &s;trong Tower, the righteous flye unto it, and are &s;ecured. Though <HI>Iewes, Turkes,</HI> and <HI>Heathen</HI> di&s;daine thy Name, yet give us Grace, that we may e&s;timate it, to be a precious Oyntment powred out; though they vilifie it, let us (&s;weet <HI>Ie&s;u</HI>) &s;till glory in it; for with the Lord there is Ju&s;tice, but with thee, Oh Saviour, there is plen|teous <HI>Redemption:</HI> Oh Lord, what <HI>Pilate</HI> deem'd to be thy &s;hame, prooves
<PB REF="16"> to be thy glory; he writes thee di&s;gracefully <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> with his hand, whom he could not call faithfully <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> with his heart: Yet will we ever acknowledge <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> to be thy Name, and <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> is thy Nature; <HI>Ie&s;us</HI> by Title, a <HI>Saviour</HI> by Of|fice. With this Name <HI>Ie|&s;us,</HI> thy Birth was honou|red, and with this Name <HI>Ie&s;us,</HI> thy Death was ho|noured: What thou brought'&s;t into the world, by the Angels Direction, thou carried&s;t out of the world, by <HI>Pilates</HI> In&s;crip|tion: To thee therefore, (I &s;ay once more) and will
<PB REF="16"> never cea&s;e &s;aying, and praying, <HI>Bone Ie&s;u, e&s;to mi|hi Ie&s;us;</HI> O good <HI>Ie&s;u,</HI> be thou to me a Saviour.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Nazarenus, &s;anctified.</HEAD>
<P>OH Holy <HI>Nazarenus,</HI> who wa&s;t &s;anctified in the wombe, and out of the wombe; who&s;e Humane Nature was full of Grace, and Truth; full of Grace, in thy Workes; full of Truth, in thy Words; ho|ly, in thy Birth; holy, in thy Life; and holy, in thy Death; vouch&s;afe to looke upon us mi&s;erable &s;inners,
<PB REF="17"> who were conceived in &s;inne, and borne in iniqui|ty: Sanctifie us with thy holy Spirit, that from thee, wee may derive &s;uch holine&s;&s;e of life, and con|ver&s;ation, that all our thoughts, words, and workes, being through thy Grace, &s;anctified, may be plea&s;ing, and acceptable unto thee, who ha&s;t com|manded us to be holy, as thou art holy.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Nazarenus, &s;eparated.</HEAD>
<P>O Loving <HI>Nazarenus,</HI> thou, who wert that
<PB REF="17"> Scape-goate, &s;eparated from thy fellows, to make an attonement for the &s;ins of the world; thou, that wa&s;t &s;eparated from thy Fathers Court of Maje&s;ty, by taking upon thee the forme of a Servant; thou that wa&s;t &s;eparated from thine owne Nation, when thou fledde&s;t into <HI>Egypt,</HI> for feare of <HI>Herod;</HI> thou, that wa&s;t &s;eparated from thy Brethren, and Kin&s;|folke, to doe thy Fathers Will; thou, that wa&s;t &s;epa|rated from thy Di&s;ciples, when thou hung&s;t upon the Cro&s;&s;e; thou, that wa&s;t &s;eparated from the living,
<PB REF="18"> when thou dyed&s;t for our Redemption; thou, that wa&s;t &s;eparated from the World, when thou a&s;cen|ded&s;t into Heaven; vouch|&s;afe to looke with the eyes of pitty, and compa&s;&s;ion upon us, mo&s;t wretched, and mi&s;erable Caitiffes; &s;eparate our &s;innes farre from us, as farre as is the Ea&s;t from the We&s;t, blot them all out of thy Re|membrance, ca&s;t them be|hinde thy backe, drowne them in the bottome of the Sea, that they may never ri&s;e up again&s;t us, to make a wall of &s;eparation, between thee and our poore &s;oules.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<PB REF="18">
<HEAD>Nazarenus, Flos, <HI>or</HI> Floridus.</HEAD>
<P>OH thou flouri&s;hing <HI>Na|zarenus,</HI> thou &s;weete &s;melling Flower, &s;prung out of the &s;temme of <HI>Ie&s;&s;e:</HI> Thou fragrant Ro&s;e of <HI>Sharon,</HI> thou white Lilly of the Valleyes; thou, who containe&s;t all &s;weetne&s;&s;e in thy &s;elfe, in regard of the &s;weetne&s;&s;e of thy Vertues, manife&s;ted in thy holy conver&s;ation; wherein thou art a &s;weet &s;melling Flow|er, for imitation: Thou, that doe&s;t impart thy
<PB REF="19"> &s;weetne&s;&s;e to us, in regard of thy Pa&s;&s;ion; wherein thou did&s;t offer thy &s;elfe to God, a Sacrifice of a &s;weete &s;melling &s;avour, for our Reconciliation.</P>
<P>Oh thou eternall &s;weet|ne&s;&s;e, which wee &s;hall en|joy hereafter, in the King|dome of Heaven, draw us, with thy delicious O|dours, after thee, yea, un|to thee: Lead us into thy Garden, and comfort us with the fragrancy of thy Cele&s;tiall Flowers, the <HI>Violet,</HI> the <HI>Lilly,</HI> the <HI>Saf|fron,</HI> the <HI>Ro&s;e,</HI> and the <HI>Marygold;</HI> nay, make us (O ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Nazarenus</HI>)
<PB REF="19"> &s;pirituall Gardens to thy &s;elfe; &s;et in our Hearts, &s;ome &s;lippes of tho&s;e Flowers, purge us from the weeds of Vice, and Wickedne&s;&s;e; as Pride, Deceit, Gluttony, Drun|kenne&s;&s;e, Envy, Malice, and Di&s;obedience; and in|&s;teed thereof, make Humi|lity to flouri&s;h in our cogi|tations, Innocency, in our conver&s;ations, Tempe|rance, in our appetites, Charity, in our affections, and Obedience, in all our actions, to the &s;alvation of our &s;oules, the good example of others, and to the glory, and prai&s;e of
<PB REF="20"> thee, our &s;weete <HI>Naza|renus.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>King of the Iewes.</HEAD>
<P>OH Thou Soveraigne Monarch of Heaven, and Earth, reigning in Heaven, by thy Glory, in Earth, by thy Grace; and in Hell, by thy Ju&s;tice: Oh thou <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> who ha&s;t &s;ole power to command our Soules, take us into thy protection, who flie under the &s;hadow of thy wings: Oh &s;uffer us not to deny our Alleageance unto thee; let us never
<PB REF="20"> make any confederacy, or enthrall our &s;elves to the World, the Fle&s;h, or the Divell, who are Enemies unto thee, and would faine bring us into &s;ubjection unto them, get the Do|minion over us, and make us their va&s;&s;als. And al|though all worldlings, gluttons, drunkards, un|cleane per&s;ons, and all that doe continue in wic|kedne&s;&s;e without repen|tance, have made them|&s;elves bond-&s;laves unto the&s;e Tyrants; yet grant, &ocirc; powerfull King, that we, whom thou ha&s;t called to the inheritance of thy
<PB REF="21"> Saints, in love, &s;tand fa&s;t in the liberty, wherwith thou ha&s;t made us free, not &s;uf|fering our &s;oules to be en|tangled againe, with the yoake of bondage: Wee know, that their &s;ervice is nothing but mi&s;ery, and ty|ranny; the World will de|ceive us, the Fle&s;h will infect us, and the Devill will de&s;troy us; from &s;uch Kings, good Lord deliver us. Onely thou, &ocirc; ble&s;&s;ed <HI>King of the Iewes,</HI> be our &s;pirituall Soveraigne; thou art wi&s;e, and wilt in&s;truct us; thou art liberall, and wilt reward us; thou art mighty, and wilt defend
<PB REF="21"> us; thou art ju&s;t, and wilt not forget us; thou art &s;e|vere, and wilt not &s;uffer the wicked to tryumph o|ver us; thou art peaceable, and wilt give us peace with God, peace with our Neighbours, and peace with our owne Soules, which is the peace of a good Con&s;cience: Yea, thou art our peace, who ha&s;t wrought our Reconci|liation with God the Fa|ther; to whom, with thee oh <HI>Ie&s;us of Nazareth, King of the Iewes,</HI> and the Holy Gho&s;t, our everla&s;ting Comforter, be all honour, and glory, world without end. <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB REF="22">
<HEAD>A Prayer to <HI>Je&s;us of Nazareth, King of the Iewes,</HI> in the be|halfe of the Church, and all the Members thereof.</HEAD>
<P>_O Thou &s;weete Savi|our of the World, thou Lyon of the Tribe of <HI>Iuda;</HI> thou fra|grant Ro&s;e, &s;prung from the Roote of <HI>Ie&s;&s;e,</HI> wee
<PB REF="22"> humbly be&s;eech thee, to ble&s;&s;e thy Univer&s;all Church di&s;per&s;ed, and de|&s;pi&s;ed over the face of the Earth: and therein com|fort all tho&s;e that are com|fortle&s;&s;e, &s;trengthen tho&s;e that are weake, uphold them that &s;tand, rai&s;e up them that are fallen: Send helpe, comfort, and con&s;o|lation in thy good time, to all thy Children, that bee in &s;orrow, neede, &s;ick|ne&s;&s;e, mi&s;ery, or any other adver&s;ity.</P>
<P>More e&s;pecially, we be|&s;eech thee, to ble&s;&s;e this Church, and Common-weale wherein wee live,
<PB REF="23"> enter not into Judgement with the crying &s;innes of the Land, but fir&s;t re|move from us our &s;innes, and then, in mercy, take a|way thy heavy Judgments, which are already fallen upon us; and, which is greatly to be feared, will every day, more, and more, befall us, unle&s;&s;e with true, and unfeigned Re|pentance wee turne unto thee, <HI>O Ie&s;u,</HI> who art both willing, and able to &s;ave all tho&s;e, that flye to thee for &s;uccour.</P>
<P>Continue, wee humbly be&s;eech thee, the rich trea|&s;ure of thy Go&s;pell a|mong&s;t
<PB REF="23"> us, give it a free pa&s;&s;age dayly, more, and more; convert, or el&s;e con|found all tho&s;e, that are e|nemies unto the &s;ame, and which &s;eeke to overthrow that Church, which thine owne Right hand hath planted, and whereof thou thy &s;elfe art the chiefe corner-&s;tone, &s;ometimes of the Builders refu&s;ed: Reforme tho&s;e things which are ami&s;&s;e in thy Church, and grant, that thy Glorious Maje&s;ty, may bee exalted in this Nation ever-more, in &s;incere, pure, and holy wor&s;hipping of thee.</P>
<PB REF="24">
<P>To this end, O good God, powre downe all thy ble&s;&s;ings, both &s;pirituall, and temporall, upon thy deare Servant, and our mo&s;t gracious Soveraigne, whom thou ha&s;t appointed to rule over us, CHARLES, by thy gracious goodne&s;&s;e, King of <HI>England, Scotland, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> De|fender of the Faith, &amp;c. Ble&s;&s;e him with thy &s;aving Health, annoint thine An|noynted, with the &s;weete &s;enting Oyle of Joy, and Gladne&s;&s;e, above all his fellows: Let the advance|ment of thy Honour, and Glory, be the chiefe&s;t aime
<PB REF="24"> of his de&s;ires; give unto him a more than ordinarie &s;trength, courage, and magnanimity, fit to &s;u|&s;taine, and beare the weight of &s;o heavy a bur|then, as the weight of &s;o many Kingdomes are: Grant unto him the Spirit of Wi&s;edome, di&s;cretion, and government, that with all Equity, and Ju&s;tice, hee may the&s;e his Kingdomes peaceably, and quietly go|verne: Defend him from all forraigne inva&s;ions, and from the mi&s;chievous pra|ctices of dome&s;ticall Tray|tors; &s;catter all his Ene|mies abroad, make them
<PB REF="25"> like water &s;pilt upon the earth, never to be gathe|red up againe: ble&s;&s;e him in life, with many happy dayes; in death, with the peace of <HI>Syon;</HI> and in Hea|ven, with the ioyes of Pa|radi&s;e.</P>
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