THE
FIRST
SERMON
.
Isaiah
7.14
.
The
Lord
himselfe
shall
give
a
signe
,
Behold
a
virgin
shall
conceive
and
bare
a
Sonne
,
and
shall
call
his
name
Imanuell
.
THe
Jewes
at
this
time
were
in
a
distressed
condition
by
reason
of
the
siege
of
two
kings
,
The
scope
of
the
Text.
Resin
,
and
Pekah
;
the
one
the
king
of
Syria
,
the
other
the
king
of
Israel
.
Whereupon
the
Prophet
labours
to
comfort
them
,
and
tels
them
that
these
two
kings
were
but
as
two
fire-brands
,
that
should
waste
and
consume
themselves
,
and
then
goe
out
.
For
confirmation
thereof
(
because
he
saw
the
heart
both
of
King
and
people
astonished
,
)
He
biddeth
them
aske
a
signe
of
things
in
heaven
or
earth
.
No
saith
king
Ahaz
,
I
will
not
tempt
God
,
and
making
Religion
his
pretence
against
Religion
,
(
being
a
most
willfull
and
wicked
man
)
would
not
.
For
He
had
framed
an
altar
according
to
the
altar
which
he
had
seen
at
Damascus
,
neglecting
Gods
Altar
at
Jerusalem
,
as
too
plaine
and
homely
.
Wicked
men
admire
their
owne
devices
.
Man
unsubdued
by
the
spirit
of
God
,
admires
the
devices
of
men
,
and
the
fabricke
of
his
owne
braine
.
And
though
this
king
was
so
fearefull
that
his
heart
,
and
the
rest
of
their
hearts
,
were
as
the
leaves
in
the
forrest
,
shaking
and
trembling
and
quaking
at
the
presence
of
their
enemies
,
and
though
hee
was
surprized
with
feare
and
horrour
,
seeing
God
his
enemy
,
and
himselfe
Gods
enemy
,
and
that
God
intended
him
no
good
,
yet
hee
would
goe
on
in
his
owne
superstitious
course
,
having
some
secret
confidence
in
league
and
affinity
with
other
Kings
,
that
were
superstitious
like
himselfe
.
This
by
the
way
.
Those
that
brag
out
of
danger
,
are
most
cowardly
in
danger
.
We
may
learne
by
this
wretched
King
,
That
those
that
are
least
fearefull
before
danger
,
are
most
basely
fearefull
in
danger
.
Hee
that
was
so
confident
and
willfull
out
of
danger
,
in
danger
his
heart
was
as
the
leaves
of
the
forrest
.
For
a
wicked
man
in
danger
hath
no
hope
from
God
,
and
therefore
is
uncapeable
of
any
entercourse
with
him
.
Hee
will
trust
the
devill
and
his
instruments
,
led
with
a
superstitious
spirit
rather
then
God
.
As
this
King
had
more
confidence
in
the
King
of
Syria
,
that
was
his
enemy
,
and
so
shewed
himselfe
after
,
then
in
God
.
It
is
the
nature
of
flesh
and
bloud
(
being
not
sanctified
by
God
)
to
trust
in
this
meanes
and
that
meanes
:
this
carnall
help
,
and
that
carnall
helpe
:
a
reed
of
Egypt
,
yea
the
devill
,
and
lies
,
rather
then
to
God
himselfe
.
The
Prophet
in
an
holy
indignation
for
the
refusing
of
a
signe
,
to
confirme
his
faith
that
these
Kings
should
not
doe
the
Church
harme
,
breaketh
forth
thus
.
Know
O
house
of
David
,
is
it
a
smal
thing
for
you
to
weary
men
,
but
will
you
weary
my
God
also
?
God
offers
you
a
signe
out
of
his
love
,
and
you
dislike
and
contemne
his
blessed
bounty
.
Therefore
the
Lord
himselfe
shall
give
you
a
signe
.
What
is
that
?
A
virgin
shall
conceive
and
beare
a
Sonne
,
and
shall
call
his
name
Emanuell
.
From
the
inference
,
Infinite
mercy
in
God
and
stubbornnesse
in
man
conflicting
.
wee
may
see
the
conflict
betweene
the
Infinite
goodnesse
of
God
,
and
the
inflexible
stubbornnesse
of
Man
.
Gods
goodnesse
striving
with
mans
badnesse
:
when
they
would
have
no
signe
,
yet
God
will
give
them
a
signe
:
his
goodnesse
overcommeth
,
and
outwrastleth
in
the
contention
mans
sinfull
strivings
:
his
mercie
prevailes
against
mans
malice
.
To
come
to
the
text
it selfe
.
Behold
a
virgin
shall
conceive
and
beare
a
Sonne
,
and
they
shall
call
his
name
Emanuell
.
Meaning
of
the
Text.
It
was
not
so
much
a
signe
for
the
present
,
as
a
promise
of
a
miraculous
benefit
,
which
was
to
bee
presented
almost
eight
hundred
yeares
after
the
prophet
spake
these
words
.
Even
the
incarnation
of
Christ
,
a
miracle
of
miracles
,
a
benefit
of
benefits
,
and
the
cause
of
all
benefits
.
He
fetcheth
comfort
against
the
present
distresse
,
from
a
benefit
to
come
.
And
to
shew
how
this
can
be
a
ground
of
comfort
,
at
this
time
of
distresse
,
That
a
virgin
shall
conceive
;
We
must
know
,
That
Christ
was
the
Lambe
slaine
from
the
beginning
of
the
world
.
All
the
godly
of
the
Iewes
knew
it
well
enough
,
the
Messias
being
all
their
comfort
,
they
knew
that
he
was
yesterday
and
to
day
,
and
shall
be
the
same
for
ever
.
The
church
had
in
all
times
comfort
from
Christ
.
Profuit
antequam
fuit
;
Hee
did
good
before
he
was
exhibited
in
the
world
.
And
thus
the
Prophet
applyes
the
comfort
to
the
house
of
David
,
a
virgin
shall
conceive
and
beare
a
sonne
.
And
they
shall
call
his
name
Emanuell
.
Who
shall
be
of
the
family
of
David
.
And
therefore
the
house
of
David
shall
not
be
extinct
and
dissolved
.
The
reason
is
strong
:
you
of
the
house
of
David
are
in
feare
that
your
Kingdome
and
nation
shall
be
destroyed
;
but
know
that
the
Messias
must
come
of
a
virgin
,
and
of
the
house
of
David
.
And
considering
this
must
certainely
come
to
passe
,
Why
doe
ye
feare
,
ye
house
of
David
?
Now
the
reason
stands
thus
,
if
God
will
give
a
Messias
,
He
that
will
doe
the
greater
he
will
doe
the
lesser
.
that
shall
bee
the
sonne
of
a
virgin
,
and
Emanuell
,
certainely
hee
will
give
you
deliverance
.
Hee
that
will
doe
the
greater
,
will
doe
the
lesse
;
what
is
the
deliverance
you
desire
,
to
the
promised
deliverance
from
hell
,
and
damnation
,
and
to
the
benefit
by
the
Messias
,
which
you
professe
to
hope
for
,
and
believe
?
The
Apostle
himselfe
Rom.
2.8
.
reasons
thus
:
God
that
spared
not
his
owne
Sonne
,
but
gave
him
to
death
for
us
all
,
how
shall
not
hee
with
him
give
us
all
things
?
If
God
will
give
Christ
to
bee
Emanuell
and
incarnate
,
he
will
not
stand
upon
any
other
inferiour
promises
or
mercies
whatsoever
.
But
you
will
say
,
How
this
can
confirme
their
faith
for
present
.
for
the
present
,
that
they
should
not
bee
destroyed
?
I
answer
,
taking
our
nature
,
hee
was
to
come
,
yet
Christ
was
alwayes
with
his
Church
before
.
They
understood
him
in
the
Manna
,
he
was
the
Angel
of
the
covenant
:
They
that
were
spiritually
wise
amongst
the
Iewes
,
understood
that
he
was
the
Rocke
,
that
went
before
them
.
And
againe
it
is
usuall
in
Scripture
to
give
signes
from
things
to
come
,
as
37.
Isaiah
.
The
next
yeare
thou
shalt
eate
that
which
groweth
of
it selfe
,
&c.
because
where
faith
is
,
it
maketh
things
to
come
all
one
as
if
they
were
present
.
Make
use
of
the
Grand
promises
to
comfort
us
in
petty
crosses
.
And
so
wee
should
make
this
use
of
the
Grand
promises
of
Christ
to
comfort
us
against
all
petty
matters
and
wants
whatsoever
.
And
to
reason
with
the
holy
Apostle
,
God
spared
not
his
only
begotten
sonne
,
but
gave
him
to
death
.
He
hath
given
Christ
,
and
will
he
not
give
all
things
needfull
?
Hath
he
given
the
greater
,
and
will
he
stand
with
thee
for
the
lesse
?
This
is
a
blessed
kinde
of
reasoning
;
And
so
to
reason
from
other
Grand
things
promised
.
God
shall
raise
my
body
out
of
the
dust
,
and
the
grave
,
and
cannot
he
raise
my
body
out
of
sicknesse
?
and
my
state
out
of
trouble
?
cannot
hee
raise
the
Church
out
of
misery
?
So
saith
Saint
Paul
,
2
Cor.
1.
God
that
raised
Christ
,
restored
me
againe
,
that
had
received
the
sentence
of
death
:
when
we
receive
sentence
of
death
in
our
persons
,
looke
to
him
that
raised
Christ
from
the
dead
,
and
to
the
grand
promises
to
come
.
They
before
Christ
comforted
themselves
in
times
of
all
distresse
by
the
grand
promise
of
Christ
to
come
.
But
,
now
the
Messias
is
come
.
And
(
which
may
much
more
strengthen
our
faith
,
)
he
hath
suffered
and
given
his
body
to
death
for
us
,
and
therefore
why
doubt
we
of
Gods
good
will
in
any
petty
matters
whatsoever
?
To
come
to
the
words
more
particularly
.
Behold
a
Virgin
shall
conceive
and
beare
a
Sonne
,
&c.
You
have
divers
articles
of
our
faith
in
these
few
words
.
Divers
Articles
of
faith
.
As
Christs
conception
by
the
holy
Ghost
,
his
being
borne
of
the
virgin
Mary
,
&c.
you
have
here
the
humane
nature
of
Christ
.
A
virgin
shall
conceive
,
and
bare
a
sonne
.
And
the
divine
nature
of
Christ
;
his
name
shall
bee
called
Emanuell
,
which
signifieth
also
his
office
,
God
with
us
by
nature
,
and
God
with
us
by
office
,
to
set
God
and
us
at
one
.
So
you
have
diverse
points
of
divinity
couched
in
the
words
which
I
will
onely
open
sutable
to
the
occasion
.
Behold
.
This
is
the
usuall
Becon
,
set
up
,
the
usuall
Harbinger
to
require
our
attendance
,
in
all
matters
concerning
Christ
.
And
it
hath
a
threefold
force
here
.
Behold
,
as
being
a
thing
presented
to
the
eye
of
faith
,
He
mounteth
over
all
the
interim
betweene
the
promise
and
the
accomplishment
;
for
faith
knoweth
no
difference
of
times
.
And
then
it
is
to
raise
attention
,
behold
it
is
a
matter
of
great
concernement
.
And
not
onely
attention
,
but
likewise
admiration
,
behold
a
strange
and
admirable
thing
.
For
what
stranger
thing
is
there
,
then
that
a
virgin
should
conceive
,
Nothing
more
strange
then
a
virgin
to
be
a
mother
,
and
God
a
man
.
that
a
virgin
should
be
a
mother
:
and
that
God
should
become
man
.
We
had
need
of
strong
grace
to
apprehend
these
strange
things
.
And
therefore
God
hath
provided
a
grace
suitable
,
above
reason
,
and
above
nature
,
and
that
is
faith
.
Reason
mocketh
at
this
.
The
devill
knoweth
it
and
envyeth
it
.
The
Angels
know
,
and
wonder
at
it
.
The
soule
it selfe
without
a
grace
sutable
to
the
admirablenesse
of
the
thing
,
can
never
apprehend
it
.
And
therefore
well
may
it
be
said
,
Behold
,
a
virgin
shall
conceive
and
beare
a
sonne
.
Behold
a
virgin
shall
conceive
and
beare
.
and
why
a
virgin
?
When
God
is
to
be
borne
,
it
is
fit
for
a
virgin
to
bee
the
mother
.
Christ
was
not
to
come
by
the
ordinary
way
of
propagation
;
Christ
conceived
not
by
ordinary
Propagation
.
he
was
to
come
from
Adam
,
but
not
by
Adam
,
for
he
was
to
be
sanctified
by
the
holy
Ghost
.
Because
he
was
indeed
to
be
a
Saviour
and
a
Sacrifice
,
and
hee
must
be
without
spot
,
or
sinne
himselfe
,
that
was
to
offer
himselfe
for
the
sinnes
of
others
;
Therefore
the
foundation
,
and
ground
of
his
nature
must
bee
pure
,
and
cleane
,
and
that
is
the
foundation
of
all
the
purity
of
his
life
,
and
conversation
,
and
therefore
a
virgin
.
This
was
typified
in
Aarous
rod
which
budded
though
it
had
no
root
.
No
Iuice
could
come
from
a
dry
sticke
,
yet
by
an
Almighty
power
the
rod
did
bud
.
And
so
Moses
bush
,
It
burnt
and
did
not
consume
;
And
that
God
that
caused
those
things
,
caused
a
virgin
to
be
a
mother
.
He
enters
into
the
wombe
of
a
virgin
,
without
any
defilement
at
all
,
considering
the
holy
Ghost
,
from
the
Father
and
the
Son
,
did
purge
and
purifie
,
and
sanctifie
that
masse
,
The
Masse
wherof
Christ
was
made
,
was
sanctified
by
the
holy
Ghost
.
whereof
the
blessed
body
of
our
Saviour
was
made
.
The
virgin
afforded
the
matter
,
but
the
wise
Framer
was
the
holy
Ghost
.
She
was
passive
,
the
holy
Ghost
was
the
Agent
.
Now
when
did
the
virgin
conceive
?
when
upon
the
Angels
comming
to
her
,
and
telling
her
,
That
she
was
greatly
beloved
,
and
that
shee
should
conceive
,
she
assented
,
be
it
so
,
as
the
Lord
hath
spoken
.
When
shee
assented
to
the
word
,
presently
Christ
was
conceived
:
Christ
conceived
,
upon
Maries
assent
to
the
message
by
the
holy
Ghost
.
her
faith
,
and
her
wombe
conceived
together
.
When
her
heart
did
conceive
the
truth
of
the
promise
,
and
yeelded
assent
thereunto
,
her
womb
conceived
at
the
same
time
also
.
From
hence
learne
something
for
our selves
,
It
had
beene
to
little
purpose
,
though
a
virgin
conceived
Christ
,
unlesse
Christ
had
beene
conceived
likewise
in
her
heart
.
And
there
is
no
benefit
,
by
virtue
of
this
conception
to
others
,
but
to
such
as
conceive
Christ
in
their
hearts
also
.
To
which
end
our
hearts
must
bee
in
some
measure
made
virgin
hearts
,
pure
hearts
,
hearts
fit
to
receive
Christ
.
We
must
assent
to
promises
of
pardon
,
and
of
life
everlasting
,
bee
it
as
the
Lord
saith
.
A
Christian
is
a
Christian
,
and
Christ
liveth
in
his
heart
,
at
the
time
of
the
assenting
to
the
promise
.
So
that
if
you
aske
,
when
doth
Christ
first
live
in
a
Christians
heart
?
Christ
was
conceived
in
the
wombe
of
an
humble
and
believing
virgin
.
So
that
heart
that
will
conceive
Christ
aright
,
must
bee
a
humble
,
and
believing
heart
,
humble
,
to
deny
himselfe
in
all
things
.
And
believing
,
to
goe
out
of
it selfe
,
to
the
promises
of
God
in
Christ
.
When
God
by
his
spirit
hath
brought
our
hearts
to
be
humble
,
Christ
is
conceived
in
our
hearts
when
we
rest
upon
him
onely
.
and
believing
,
to
goe
out
of
themselves
,
and
believe
in
him
,
rest
upon
him
,
and
his
promises
,
then
Christ
is
conceived
in
our
hearts
.
Behold
a
virgin
shall
conceive
and
beare
a
sonne
.
Here
is
the
birth
of
Christ
,
as
well
as
the
conception
.
Christ
must
not
onely
be
conceived
in
the
wombe
,
but
also
brought
forth
,
because
God
must
be
manifested
in
the
flesh
.
As
Saint
Paul
saith
,
Great
is
the
mystery
of
Godlinesse
,
God
manifested
in
the
flesh
.
If
hee
had
onely
beene
conceived
,
and
not
brought
forth
,
he
had
not
beene
manifested
,
hee
was
to
doe
all
things
that
befitted
a
Mediatour
.
And
therefore
hee
went
along
with
us
in
all
the
passages
of
our
lives
.
Christs
conception
,
birth
and
life
like
ours
.
Hee
was
conceived
as
we
are
,
remayned
in
the
wombe
,
so
many
moneths
,
borne
as
we
are
borne
,
brought
into
the
light
as
we
are
.
Away
therefore
with
idle
monkish
devices
,
and
fond
conceipts
,
that
affirme
the
contrary
.
He
was
like
to
us
in
all
things
,
sinne
excepted
,
conceived
,
brought
forth
,
hung
upon
the
brest
as
we
,
an
infant
as
we
,
hungry
and
thirsty
,
and
suffered
as
we
.
And
as
he
was
in
all
things
like
to
us
,
In
every
thing
in
Christ
,
something
extraordinary
.
so
in
every
thing
that
was
in
him
,
there
was
something
extraordinary
;
as
hee
was
a
man
like
to
us
,
so
hee
was
an
extraordinary
man
.
Hee
was
conceived
,
but
of
a
virgin
,
which
is
extraordinary
:
hee
was
borne
,
as
we
are
,
but
there
his
starre
appeared
,
Christ
conceived
,
borne
,
lived
,
and
dyed
,
eswe
.
and
the
wise
men
came
to
adore
and
worship
him
.
He
was
poore
,
as
wee
are
,
but
there
were
beames
of
his
Godhead
appeared
;
when
hee
was
poore
,
he
could
command
a
fish
to
furnish
him
:
hee
dyed
as
we
dye
,
but
he
made
the
earth
to
quake
,
the
vaile
of
the
temple
to
rend
,
when
hee
tryumphed
on
the
crosse
.
All
which
declared
hee
was
more
then
an
ordinary
person
.
And
so
wee
must
all
conceive
Christ
,
and
beare
Christ
in
our
words
,
and
actions
,
it
must
appeare
that
Christ
liveth
in
us
.
To
shew
sorth
Christ
in
all
our
actions
.
It
must
appeare
outwardly
to
man
,
what
we
are
inwardly
to
God
.
Our
whole
outward
life
must
bee
nothing
but
a
discovery
of
Christ
living
in
us
.
I
live
,
yet
not
I
,
but
Christ
liveth
in
me
,
saith
Saint
Paul
,
which
should
appeare
,
by
word
,
conversation
and
action
.
Our
lives
should
bee
nothing
,
but
an
acting
of
Christ
,
living
in
our
soules
.
This
is
not
a
meere
analogicall
truth
,
but
it
floweth
naturally
:
whosoever
are
to
have
the
benefit
of
his
birth
,
and
conception
,
Christ
sendeth
into
their
heart
,
the
same
spirit
that
sanctified
the
masse
,
whereof
hee
was
made
,
and
so
frameth
a
disposition
suitable
to
himselfe
,
he
sets
his
owne
stampe
upon
the
heart
:
as
the
vnion
of
his
humane
nature
to
the
divine
,
was
the
cause
of
all
other
graces
of
his
humane
nature
,
so
the
spirit
of
God
uniting
us
to
Christ
,
Vnion
with
Christ
the
cause
of
all
grace
.
is
the
cause
of
all
grace
in
us
.
If
we
have
not
the
spirit
of
Christ
,
wee
are
none
of
his
.
And
shalt
call
his
name
Emanuel
.
Many
things
might
bee
observed
concerning
the
ordinary
reading
of
the
words
.
Some
read
,
shee
shall
call
his
name
Emanuel
,
because
hee
had
no
father
.
Others
,
his
name
shall
be
called
Emanuel
:
but
they
be
doubtfull
,
therefore
I
leave
them
.
But
Iesus
was
his
name
.
Therefore
how
is
it
said
,
he
shall
be
called
Emanuel
?
The
meaning
is
,
he
shall
be
Emanuel
,
and
shall
bee
accounted
and
believed
to
bee
so
,
he
shall
be
God
with
us
indeed
,
and
shall
shew
himselfe
to
be
so
.
For
in
the
Hebrew
phrase
,
the
meaning
of
a
thing
imports
the
being
of
the
thing
.
The
like
phrase
is
in
Isaiah
9.6
.
To
us
a
childe
is
borne
,
to
us
a
sonne
is
given
,
and
his
name
shall
be
called
wonderfull
,
Counsellour
,
the
Everlasting
father
,
the
Prince
of
peace
.
That
is
,
hee
shall
bee
believed
to
bee
so
,
and
shall
shew
himselfe
to
bee
so
,
and
shall
bee
so
indeed
.
The
like
you
have
,
(
because
it
is
an
answer
to
the
cavill
of
the
Iewes
,
)
which
object
he
was
not
called
Emanuell
,
Iudah
shall
bee
saved
,
Israel
shall
dwell
safely
,
and
this
is
his
name
,
whereby
he
shall
be
called
,
The
Lord
our
Righteousnesse
.
For
indeed
he
is
Iehovah
our
righteousnesse
,
and
we
have
no
righteousnesse
to
stand
before
God
with
,
but
his
:
divers
other
places
of
Scripture
there
be
of
the
same
nature
,
but
these
two
are
pregnant
;
and
therefore
,
I
name
them
for
all
the
rest
.
Besides
the
conception
and
birth
of
Christ
,
you
have
here
likewise
,
the
divine
nature
of
Christ
,
Emanuel
,
a
name
of
nature
and
office
.
and
the
offices
of
Christ
,
for
Emanuell
is
a
name
both
of
nature
and
office
.
It
is
a
name
of
his
nature
,
God
,
and
man
,
and
of
his
office
,
which
is
to
reconcile
God
and
man
:
we
could
not
be
with
God
,
but
God
must
first
be
Man
with
us
.
We
were
once
with
God
in
Adam
,
before
hee
fell
;
but
there
being
a
breach
made
,
we
cannot
be
recovered
againe
,
till
God
be
with
us
:
he
must
take
our
natures
,
that
he
may
reconcile
our
persons
.
Now
Christ
is
Emanuell
,
first
in
regard
of
nature
,
Christ
Emanuell
in
regard
of
our
nature
.
God
with
us
,
or
God
in
our
nature
.
The
pure
nature
of
God
,
and
the
base
nature
of
man
:
that
were
strangers
ever
since
the
fall
,
are
knit
together
in
Christ
.
What
can
be
in
a
greater
degree
of
strangenesse
(
except
the
devils
)
then
mens
unholinesse
,
and
Gods
pure
nature
?
Yet
the
nature
of
man
and
of
God
,
being
so
severed
before
,
are
met
together
in
one
Christ
.
So
that
in
this
one
word
Emanuell
,
there
is
heaven
and
earth
,
God
and
man
,
infinite
and
finite
:
therefore
we
may
well
prefix
,
Behold
.
A
true
Saviour
of
the
world
must
bee
God
with
man
.
Whether
wee
consider
the
greatnesse
of
the
good
we
are
to
have
by
a
Saviour
,
or
the
greatnesse
of
the
evil
we
are
to
be
freed
from
by
a
Saviour
:
both
which
doe
inforce
,
that
he
must
be
Emanuell
,
God
with
us
.
First
,
the
greatnesse
of
the
good
which
we
are
to
have
,
for
he
is
to
bee
God
and
man
together
,
to
satisfie
the
wrath
of
God
,
to
undergoe
a
punishment
due
to
sinne
,
as
our
surety
:
hee
must
give
us
title
to
heaven
,
and
bring
us
thither
,
and
who
can
doe
this
but
God
?
Besides
,
Secondly
hee
must
know
our
hearts
,
our
wants
,
our
griefes
,
our
infirmities
,
hee
must
bee
every
where
to
relieve
us
.
And
who
can
doe
this
but
God
?
So
Thirdly
,
in
regard
of
evil
,
which
we
are
to
be
freed
from
.
He
is
to
defend
us
in
the
middest
of
the
enemies
:
and
who
is
above
the
devill
,
and
sinne
,
and
the
wrath
of
God
,
and
all
the
oppositions
,
that
stand
betweene
us
and
heaven
,
but
God
.
So
in
regard
of
the
good
,
in
regard
of
the
evill
,
and
in
regard
of
the
preservation
,
to
an
Eternall
good
estate
,
and
freedome
from
eternall
evill
,
he
must
be
Emanuell
,
God
with
us
.
These
grand
principles
are
enough
to
satisfie
in
this
point
.
And
Secondly
,
as
he
must
be
God
,
so
there
was
a
necessity
of
his
being
Man
.
Man
had
sinned
,
and
man
must
suffer
for
sin
,
and
without
bloud
there
was
no
remission
;
Without
the
blood
of
Christ
,
noe
remission
.
and
then
,
that
he
might
be
a
mercifull
,
and
pittifull
Saviour
,
he
must
take
that
nature
on
him
,
that
he
meaneth
to
save
,
there
must
be
a
sutablenesse
,
and
sympathy
.
Sutablenesse
,
that
the
head
,
and
the
members
.
The
sanctified
,
and
the
Sanctifier
,
may
bee
both
of
one
nature
.
And
a
Sumpathy
,
that
he
might
be
touched
with
humane
infirmities
.
Thirdly
,
this
God
and
man
must
bee
one
person
.
For
if
there
were
two
persons
,
God
one
distinct
person
,
and
man
another
:
then
there
were
two
Christs
,
and
so
the
actions
of
the
one
,
could
not
bee
attributed
to
the
other
.
As
man
dyed
and
shed
his
bloud
,
it
could
not
have
beene
said
that
God
dyed
.
But
because
there
was
but
one
person
,
God
is
truely
said
to
dye
,
though
hee
dyed
in
mans
nature
,
for
hee
tooke
mans
nature
into
unity
with
his
person
:
and
whatsoever
either
nature
did
,
the
whole
person
is
said
to
doe
,
and
therefore
Christ
is
a
Saviour
according
to
both
natures
,
as
God
,
and
as
Man
:
for
he
was
to
suffer
,
and
hee
was
to
overcome
and
satisfie
in
suffering
,
he
was
not
onely
to
heare
our
prayers
,
but
to
answer
them
.
Both
natures
had
an
ingredience
into
all
the
worke
of
mediation
.
God
dyed
,
and
God
suffered
,
and
supported
the
manhood
,
that
it
might
uphold
the
burden
of
the
wrath
of
God
,
that
it
might
not
sinke
under
it
.
And
so
in
all
his
actions
,
there
was
concurrence
of
divinity
and
humanity
.
The
meaner
workes
being
done
by
the
Manhood
,
Meaner
workes
acted
by
the
manhood
greater
by
the
Godhead
.
the
greater
workes
by
the
Godhead
,
so
making
one
,
Emanuel
God
with
us
.
For
God
must
bring
us
to
heaven
,
by
a
way
sutable
to
his
holinesse
,
and
therefore
by
way
of
satisfaction
,
and
that
cannot
be
but
by
God
equall
with
himselfe
.
And
that
is
the
reason
,
why
the
Apostle
joynes
together
,
without
Christ
,
without
God
.
That
is
,
But
now
that
Christ
hath
taken
our
nature
,
it
is
become
pure
in
him
,
and
beloved
of
God
in
him
.
And
God
in
him
is
become
lovely
,
because
hee
is
in
our
nature
,
yea
in
Christ
,
God
is
become
a
father
I
goe
to
my
father
,
God
our
father
.
and
your
father
;
his
nature
,
is
sweet
to
us
in
Christ
,
our
nature
is
sweet
to
him
in
Christ
,
God
loveth
not
our
nature
,
but
first
in
him
,
in
whom
it
is
pure
.
And
then
he
loveth
our
nature
in
us
,
because
by
the
spirit
of
Christ
,
hee
will
make
our
natures
like
to
Christs
:
and
therefore
wee
may
conceive
of
God
as
Emanuell
,
God
well
pleased
with
us
,
and
we
well
pleased
with
him
.
Out
of
Christ
wee
are
angry
with
God
,
and
hee
angry
with
us
.
Wee
could
wish
there
were
no
God
,
and
choose
rather
to
submit
to
the
devill
,
to
bee
led
by
his
spirit
,
to
all
prophanenesse
and
licentiousnesse
.
Wee
have
a
rising
against
God
,
and
his
Image
,
and
what
ever
comes
from
God
,
the
proud
unmortified
heart
of
man
swelleth
against
it
.
But
when
the
heart
once
believeth
,
that
Christ
Emanuell
God
with
us
,
hath
satisfied
Gods
justice
;
now
God
is
taken
by
the
believing
heart
to
bee
a
father
reconciled
in
Iesus
Christ
.
And
we
are
taught
to
bee
his
sonnes
.
And
our
nature
is
more
and
more
purified
and
cleansed
,
and
made
like
the
pure
nature
of
Christ
,
and
so
by
little
and
little
,
the
termes
betweene
God
and
us
are
more
sweet
,
till
we
get
to
heaven
,
where
our
nature
shal
be
absolutely
perfect
and
purged
by
the
holy
spirit
.
So
that
he
is
Emanuell
God
with
us
,
Christ
Emanuell
to
make
God
and
us
friends
.
to
make
God
and
us
friends
,
which
is
two
waies
.
First
by
satisfaction
taking
away
the
wrath
of
God
.
And
then
secondly
,
by
the
spirit
:
By
satisfaction
.
for
God
sendeth
his
Spirit
into
our
harts
,
to
fit
us
for
frindship
,
&
communion
with
him
,
By
the
Spirit
fitting
us
for
communion
with
God
.
when
we
have
something
of
God
in
us
.
From
hence
many
things
may
bee
spoken
,
partly
for
instruction
,
and
comfort
.
I
will
name
a
few
.
First
of
all
,
it
is
to
be
wondred
at
,
and
wee
cannot
wonder
enough
(
though
we
were
Angels
,
and
had
natures
larger
then
they
are
)
at
the
marvellous
mercies
and
love
of
God
,
Gods
love
and
mercy
to
man
,
to
be
wondred
at
.
that
would
stoope
so
low
,
as
that
God
in
the
second
person
should
take
our
nature
and
become
one
with
us
.
It
is
marvellous
love
that
he
would
be
one
with
us
,
by
such
a
meanes
as
his
owne
sonne
,
to
make
peace
betweene
him
and
us
.
It
is
a
marvellous
condescending
,
and
stooping
in
the
sonne
to
take
our
nature
;
when
there
bee
better
creatures
above
us
,
that
hee
would
let
passe
all
above
us
,
and
take
our
nature
that
is
dust
,
into
unity
of
his
person
,
that
earth
,
flesh
and
bloud
,
should
bee
taken
into
one
person
with
the
Godhead
,
it
is
wonderfull
and
marvellous
.
He
tooke
not
the
nature
of
Angels
:
so
that
wee
bee
above
Angels
,
Man
above
Angels
by
Christs
incarnation
.
by
the
incarnation
of
Christ
.
Because
hee
tooke
not
the
Angels
nature
,
they
are
not
the
spouse
of
Christ
:
but
every
believing
Christian
is
the
spouse
of
Christ
;
he
is
marryed
to
Christ
,
he
is
the
head
,
wee
the
members
:
he
is
the
husband
,
wee
the
spouse
,
and
therefore
wee
may
stand
in
admiration
of
the
Love
of
God
,
in
taking
our
natures
on
him
.
It
requires
hearts
wounded
by
the
spirit
of
God
,
to
thinke
of
,
and
admire
these
things
answerable
to
their
natures
.
The
Angels
when
Christ
was
borne
could
not
containe
,
but
breake
out
,
Glory
to
God
on
high
,
on
earth
peace
,
good
will
towards
men
:
because
there
was
then
peace
,
peace
betweene
God
and
us
,
and
by
consequence
with
all
the
creatures
,
which
doe
but
take
part
with
God
and
revenge
his
quarrell
.
These
things
be
matters
of
admiration
,
and
we
shall
spend
eternity
,
in
admiration
thereof
in
another
world
,
though
here
our
narrow
hearts
can
hardly
conceive
it
.
What
we
cannot
believe
by
vnderstanding
,
let
us
labour
to
understand
by
believing
.
But
what
wee
cannot
believe
by
understanding
(
as
things
above
nature
,
)
let
us
labour
to
understand
them
by
believing
,
desire
God
wee
may
believe
them
,
and
then
we
shall
understand
them
to
our
comfort
.
Emanuel
,
God
with
us
.
If
God
bee
with
us
in
our
nature
,
then
hee
is
with
us
in
his
love
.
And
if
God
be
with
us
,
who
shall
be
against
us
?
For
this
Emanuel
hath
taken
our
nature
for
ever
:
Our
nature
in
heaven
.
hee
hath
taken
it
into
heaven
with
him
;
God
and
wee
shall
bee
for
ever
in
good
termes
,
because
God
in
our
nature
is
for
ever
in
heaven
,
as
an
Intercessour
appearing
for
us
.
There
is
no
feare
of
a
breach
now
;
for
our
brother
is
in
heaven
,
our
Husband
is
in
heaven
,
to
preserve
an
everlasting
union
and
amitie
betweene
God
and
us
.
Now
wee
may
insult
in
an
holy
maner
over
all
oppositions
whatsoever
.
For
if
God
be
with
us
in
our
nature
,
and
by
consequence
in
favour
,
who
shall
bee
against
us
?
and
therefore
with
the
Apostle
,
let
us
triumph
,
Rom.
8.
Let
us
make
use
of
this
Emanuel
in
all
troubles
whatsoever
,
whether
of
the
Church
,
or
of
our
owne
persons
.
In
troubles
of
the
Church
,
the
Church
hath
enemies
,
hell
,
and
the
world
,
and
Satans
factors
,
but
wee
have
one
,
Emanuel
God
with
us
,
and
therefore
wee
need
not
feare
:
you
know
whose
ensigne
it
is
,
whose
Motto
;
Deus
nobiscum
,
is
better
than
Sancta
Maria
.
Sancta
Maria
will
downe
,
when
Deus
nobiscum
shall
stand
.
I
beseech
you
therefore
let
us
comfort
our selves
in
regard
of
the
Church
,
as
the
Prophet
in
the
next
chapt.
vers.
7.
comforts
the
Church
in
distresse
,
He
shall
passe
through
Iudah
,
he
shall
over-flow
and
go
over
,
he
shall
reach
even
to
the
necke
,
and
the
stretching
out
of
his
wings
,
shall
fill
the
bredth
of
thy
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land
,
O
Emanuel
.
It
may
seeme
a
kinde
of
complaint
.
The
enemy
stretcheth
out
their
wings
over
thy
land
,
O
Emanuel
:
which
may
teach
us
in
the
person
of
the
Church
,
to
goe
to
Emanuel
,
Remember
the
enemies
of
thy
Church
spread
their
wings
over
thy
land
,
and
people
,
O
Emanuel
,
thou
seest
the
malice
of
the
enemy
,
the
malice
of
Antichrist
and
his
supporters
.
He
is
the
true
Michael
that
stands
for
his
Church
.
And
then
in
the
tenth
verse
,
Take
counsell
together
,
and
it
shall
come
to
nought
,
speake
the
word
,
and
it
shall
not
stand
for
God
is
with
us
.
And
as
the
Church
before
Christ
came
in
the
flesh
,
much
more
may
we
now
hee
is
come
in
the
flesh
,
No
counsell
against
God
shall
stand
.
insult
over
all
.
Let
all
the
enemies
consult
together
,
this
king
and
that
power
;
there
is
a
counsell
in
heaven
will
disturbe
and
dash
all
their
counsells
.
Emanuel
in
heaven
laugheth
them
to
scorne
.
And
as
Luther
sayd
,
shall
wee
weepe
and
cry
,
when
God
laugheth
?
He
seeth
a
company
of
idolatrous
wretches
,
that
conspire
together
to
root
out
all
Protestants
from
the
earth
,
if
it
lay
in
their
power
.
They
that
are
inspired
with
Jesuiticall
spirits
,
the
incendiaries
of
the
world
,
have
devoured
all
Israel
,
and
Christendome
in
their
hopes
:
but
the
Church
,
which
is
Emanuels
land
,
and
freehold
,
sees
it
,
and
laughs
them
to
scorne
.
God
can
dash
all
their
treacherous
counsels
.
And
so
in
all
personal
trouble
whatsoever
,
Emanuel
,
God
with
us
,
is
fitted
to
be
a
mercifull
Saviour
;
he
was
poore
,
that
he
might
be
with
the
poor
;
he
took
not
on
him
an
impassable
nature
,
but
he
tooke
our
poverty
,
our
miserable
nature
.
Hee
is
poore
with
the
poore
,
afflicted
with
the
afflicted
,
persecuted
with
the
persecuted
,
he
is
deserted
with
them
that
be
deserted
,
My
God
,
My
God
,
why
hast
thou
forsaken
me
?
He
suffers
with
them
that
suffer
,
he
hath
gone
throgh
al
the
passages
of
our
lives
.
In
the
beginning
of
it
he
was
conceived
and
borne
,
Christ
with
us
in
poverty
and
bond
.
and
he
hath
gone
along
with
us
,
and
is
able
to
pitty
and
succour
us
in
our
poverty
,
in
prison
,
in
bonds
,
in
disgrace
,
in
our
conflict
with
God
,
in
our
terrour
of
conscience
,
in
all
our
temptations
and
assaults
by
Sathan
;
he
was
tempted
himselfe
by
Sathan
,
for
this
purpose
,
that
Emanuel
might
in
all
these
be
mercifull
.
Let
us
not
lose
the
comforts
of
this
sweet
Name
,
in
which
you
have
couched
so
many
comforts
.
In
the
houre
of
death
,
when
wee
are
to
dye
,
thinke
of
Emanuel
.
When
Iacob
was
to
goe
into
Egypt
,
sayth
God
,
Feare
not
Iacob
,
goe
,
I
will
goe
with
thee
,
and
bring
thee
back
againe
,
and
he
did
bring
him
back
to
be
buried
in
Canaan
.
So
,
feare
not
to
dye
,
feare
not
to
goe
to
the
grave
,
Emanuel
hath
been
there
,
he
will
goe
into
the
grave
,
hee
will
bring
us
out
of
the
dust
againe
:
for
Emanuel
is
God
with
us
,
who
is
God
over
death
,
over
sinne
,
over
the
wrath
of
God
;
God
over
all
,
blest
for
evermore
,
and
hath
triumphed
over
all
,
so
that
what
shall
separate
us
from
the
love
of
God
in
Christ
Iesus
?
Christ
God
in
us
,
and
for
us
.
He
is
not
onely
God
with
us
in
our
nature
,
but
he
is
God
for
us
in
heaven
at
this
time
;
he
is
God
in
us
by
his
spirit
:
hee
is
God
amongst
us
in
our
meetings
,
Where
two
or
three
be
gathered
together
in
my
name
,
I
will
be
in
the
midst
of
them
.
He
is
God
for
us
to
defend
us
,
he
is
for
us
in
earth
,
for
us
in
heaven
,
and
wheresoever
we
be
,
specially
in
good
causes
.
And
therefore
enlarge
our
comforts
as
much
as
we
can
.
And
shall
not
wee
then
labour
to
bee
with
him
,
as
much
as
we
can
?
All
spirits
that
have
any
comfort
by
this
Emanuel
they
are
touched
on
by
his
Spirit
,
to
have
desires
to
bee
nearer
and
nearer
to
him
.
How
shall
I
know
hee
is
my
Emanuel
,
How
to
know
Emanuel
to
bee
ours
.
not
onely
God
with
us
,
but
God
with
me
?
If
by
the
same
Spirit
of
his
,
that
sanctified
his
humane
nature
,
I
have
desires
to
bee
nearer
and
nearer
to
him
,
to
be
liker
and
liker
him
.
If
I
am
on
his
side
,
if
I
be
neare
him
in
my
affections
,
desires
,
and
understanding
;
if
I
side
not
against
the
Church
,
nor
joyne
in
opposition
against
the
Gospell
.
If
I
finde
inwardly
a
desire
to
bee
more
and
more
with
him
,
and
like
to
him
;
if
outwardly
(
in
the
place
where
I
live
)
I
side
with
him
,
and
take
part
with
his
cause
,
it
is
a
signe
I
have
interest
in
him
.
And
therefore
let
us
labour
to
bee
more
and
more
with
Christ
,
and
with
God
,
in
love
,
and
affections
,
in
faith
,
in
our
whole
inward
man
,
because
he
is
with
us
.
Wee
must
know
this
Emanuel
doth
trust
us
with
his
cause
,
Christs
cause
to
be
maintained
,
to
speak
a
good
word
for
him
now
and
then
,
to
speak
a
word
for
his
Church
;
&
he
takes
it
ill
if
we
neglect
him
.
Curse
ye
Meroz
,
because
hee
came
not
out
to
helpe
the
Lord
.
God
trusteth
us
to
see
,
if
wee
will
bee
on
his
side
,
and
calles
to
us
,
as
Iehu
did
,
Who
is
on
my
side
,
who
?
Now
,
if
wee
have
not
a
word
for
the
Church
,
not
so
much
as
a
prayer
for
the
Church
,
how
can
wee
say
,
God
with
us
?
when
we
are
not
used
to
speake
to
God
by
way
of
prayer
,
nor
to
man
but
by
way
of
opposition
and
contestation
?
By
this
therefore
examine
the
truth
of
our
interest
in
Christ
.
Those
that
intend
to
receive
the
communion
,
must
thinke
,
Now
I
am
to
be
neare
unto
Christ
,
Christ
with
us
in
his
Word
and
Sacraments
.
and
to
feast
with
him
.
Christ
is
with
us
in
his
Word
,
in
the
Sacrament
;
there
is
a
neare
relation
betweene
the
bread
and
the
wine
,
and
body
and
bloud
of
Christ
.
Now
the
true
childe
of
God
is
glad
of
this
most
speciall
presence
of
Christ
.
All
true
receivers
come
with
joy
to
the
Sacrament
.
Oh
I
shall
have
communion
with
Emanuel
,
who
left
heaven
,
tooke
my
nature
into
a
most
neare
hypostaticall
union
,
the
nearest
union
of
all
,
and
shal
not
I
desire
the
nearest
union
with
him
againe
that
can
be
possible
?
Oh
I
am
glad
of
the
occasion
,
that
I
can
heare
his
word
,
pray
to
him
,
receive
the
Sacrament
.
Thus
let
us
come
with
joy
,
that
we
may
have
communion
with
this
Emanuel
,
Communion
with
Christ
is
sweet
.
who
hath
such
sweet
communion
with
our
nature
.
That
our
hearts
may
bee
as
the
virgins
wombe
was
to
conceive
Christ
;
I
beseech
you
inlarge
these
things
in
your
meditations
.
And
because
wee
know
not
how
long
wee
may
live
here
,
some
of
us
be
sicke
and
weake
,
and
all
of
us
may
fall
into
danger
,
wee
know
not
how
soone
,
let
it
be
our
comfort
,
that
God
is
Emanuell
,
hee
left
heaven
,
and
tooke
our
nature
to
bring
us
thither
,
where
himselfe
is
.
When
times
of
dissolution
come
,
consider
,
I
am
now
going
to
him
to
heaven
,
that
came
downe
from
thence
,
to
bring
me
to
that
eternall
mansion
of
rest
and
glory
.
And
shall
not
I
desire
an
everlasting
communion
with
him
.
God
became
man
,
that
hee
might
make
man
like
God
,
pertaking
of
his
divine
nature
,
in
grace
here
,
and
glory
hereafter
.
Shall
not
I
goe
to
him
that
suffered
so
much
for
me
?
Therefore
saith
Saint
Paul
,
I
desire
to
be
dissolved
and
to
bee
with
Christ
,
which
is
the
effect
of
Christs
prayer
,
Father
saith
he
,
my
will
is
,
that
where
I
am
,
they
may
be
also
.
And
in
this
God
heareth
Christ
,
that
all
that
beleive
in
him
shall
bee
where
Christ
is
;
as
he
came
from
heaven
to
be
where
wee
are
.
Lay
up
these
things
in
your
hearts
,
that
so
you
may
receive
benefit
by
them
.
FINIS
.
THE
SECOND
SERMON
ISAIAH
.
7.14
.
Behold
a
Virgin
shall
conceive
and
beare
a
Sonne
,
and
shall
call
his
name
Emanuell
.
THe
occasion
of
these
words
we
have
heard
.
The
Church
was
in
great
distresse
under
two
mighty
Kings
,
that
threatned
great
matters
;
but
indeed
were
but
two
smoaking
fire-brands
,
that
went
out
of
themselves
.
Ahaz
being
a
wicked
King
,
(
and
wickednes
being
alwayes
full
of
feares
,
fearfull
in
trouble
,
though
not
before
trouble
,
for
they
that
bee
least
fearfull
of
trouble
,
be
most
fearefull
in
trouble
)
and
GOD
intending
comfort
to
the
Church
,
the
Prophet
bids
him
aske
a
signe
.
Ahaz
out
of
guiltinesse
of
conscience
,
and
stubbournes
together
would
aske
none
.
GOD
intended
to
strengthen
his
faith
,
and
he
would
not
make
advantage
of
the
offer
.
And
therefore
the
Prophet
promiseth
a
signe
,
the
grand
signe
,
The
signe
of
all
signes
,
the
miracle
of
all
miracles
,
the
Incarnation
of
the
Messias
.
By
the
way
I
beseech
you
let
me
observe
this
.
It
is
Atheisticall
profanesse
to
despice
any
helpe
,
that
God
in
his
wisdome
thinketh
necessary
to
proppe
and
shoare
our
weake
faith
withall
.
And
therefore
when
many
out
of
confidence
of
their
owne
graces
,
and
parts
refuse
the
Sacrament
(
God
knowing
better
then
our selves
,
wee
need
it
)
unlesse
it
bee
at
one
time
of
the
yeare
,
and
refuse
the
other
ordinance
of
preaching
,
which
God
hath
sanctifyed
,
they
seeme
to
know
themselves
better
then
God
,
who
out
of
knowledge
of
our
weaknes
,
hath
set
apart
these
meanes
for
the
strengthning
of
our
graces
.
Grace
refused
is
turned
into
wrath
And
as
Ahaz
refusing
Gods
helpe
,
provoked
God
by
it
,
so
these
must
know
,
they
shall
not
escape
without
judgment
,
for
it
is
a
tempting
of
God
,
and
proceedeth
from
a
bad
spirit
of
pride
and
stubbornes
.
How
this
promise
of
the
Messias
could
be
a
signe
to
them
to
comfort
them
,
we
spake
at
large
,
wee
will
now
deliver
some
thing
by
way
of
addition
and
explication
.
The
house
of
David
was
affraid
they
should
be
extinct
,
by
these
two
great
enemies
of
the
Church
,
but
saith
hee
,
A
Virgin
of
the
house
of
David
shall
conceive
a
Sonne
,
and
how
then
can
the
house
of
David
bee
extinct
?
What
God
saith
man
cannot
disanull
.
Secondly
,
Heaven
hath
said
it
,
earth
can
not
disanull
it
.
God
hath
said
it
,
and
all
the
Creatures
in
the
World
can
not
annihilate
it
.
It
was
the
promise
made
to
Adam
,
when
he
was
fallen
,
it
runne
along
to
Abraham
,
and
afterward
to
the
Patriarkes
,
so
that
it
must
needs
be
so
.
It
was
the
custome
of
the
men
of
God
,
Men
of
God
,
of
ould
had
recourse
to
the
promises
of
the
Messiah
.
ledde
by
the
Spirit
of
God
,
in
these
times
,
in
any
distresse
to
have
recourse
to
the
promise
of
the
Messias
,
as
for
other
ends
,
so
for
this
,
to
raise
themselves
up
by
an
argument
drawne
from
the
greater
to
the
lesse
.
God
will
give
the
Messias
,
GOD
will
become
man
.
A
virgin
shall
conceive
a
Sonne
.
And
therefore
he
will
give
you
lesse
mercies
.
I
note
this
by
the
way
for
this
end
to
teach
us
a
sanctified
manner
of
reasoning
.
How
to
reason
with
our selves
in
a
sanctified
manner
.
Was
it
a
strong
argument
before
Christs
comming
.
The
Messias
shall
come
,
and
therefore
wee
may
expect
inferiour
blessings
.
And
shall
not
we
make
use
of
the
same
reason
now
?
Christ
is
come
in
the
flesh
,
and
is
triumphant
in
Heaven
,
God
having
given
Christ
,
will
hee
not
give
all
things
necessary
whatsoever
?
Shall
the
reasonings
before
Christs
comming
be
of
more
force
,
then
these
bee
,
now
Christ
is
come
,
and
is
in
glory
,
appearing
in
Heaven
for
us
?
Beloved
,
it
should
be
a
shame
to
us
,
that
wee
should
not
have
the
sanctified
art
of
reasoning
,
to
argue
from
the
gift
of
Christ
,
to
the
giving
of
all
things
needfull
for
us
?
All
promises
founded
in
Christ
.
The
ground
of
this
reason
is
this
,
All
other
promises
whatsoever
they
are
,
are
secundary
to
the
grand
Fundamentall
promise
of
CHRIST
.
All
promises
issue
from
a
Covenant
founded
in
God
man
.
Now
covenants
come
from
love
,
and
love
is
founded
in
the
first
person
,
loved
,
and
the
foundation
of
all
love
.
Therefore
if
God
giveth
Christ
the
foundation
of
love
,
and
out
of
love
makes
a
covenant
,
and
as
branches
of
the
covenant
giveth
many
promises
:
Then
having
made
good
the
maine
promise
of
all
,
(
Iesus
Christ
)
will
hee
not
make
good
all
the
rest
?
And
therefore
we
should
have
often
in
our
hearts
,
and
thoughts
,
the
accomplishment
of
all
promises
in
Christ
,
and
from
thence
make
use
of
the
expectation
of
all
inferiour
promises
.
For
they
issue
from
that
love
of
God
in
Christ
,
which
is
fully
manifested
already
.
Wee
have
spoken
of
the
Preface
,
Behold
,
which
is
a
word
usually
prefixed
before
all
the
passages
of
Christ
,
his
Birth
,
his
Resurrection
,
his
comming
againe
.
And
great
reason
.
For
what
doe
wee
usually
behold
with
earnestnes
?
rare
things
,
new
things
,
great
things
,
especially
if
they
be
great
to
admiration
,
and
that
concerne
us
neerely
;
usefull
things
,
especially
if
they
bee
present
.
And
is
any
thing
rarer
then
that
,
A
Virgin
shall
conceive
,
and
beare
a
sonne
?
then
the
Incarnation
of
Christ
?
never
was
the
like
in
nature
,
never
the
like
in
Heaven
,
or
earth
,
that
God
,
and
man
,
should
bee
in
one
person
.
It
is
a
rare
thing
,
a
new
thing
,
it
is
great
to
wonderment
;
and
therefore
in
the
9.
Chapter
of
this
prophesie
,
His
name
shall
bee
called
wonderfull
,
And
then
all
is
for
us
.
Christs
conception
and
incarnation
marvellous
and
rare
To
us
a
Child
is
borne
,
to
us
a
Sonne
is
given
,
in
the
same
Chapter
.
For
us
,
and
for
us
men
,
hee
came
downe
from
Heaven
.
And
then
to
the
eye
of
Faith
,
all
these
things
are
present
:
Faith
knoweth
no
difference
of
time
.
Christ
is
with
us
here
by
faith
.
Christ
is
present
to
the
eye
of
faith
now
.
We
see
him
sacrificed
in
the
Sacrament
and
in
the
word
;
faith
knoweth
no
distance
of
place
as
well
as
no
distance
of
time
:
we
see
him
in
heaven
,
as
St.
Stephen
sitting
at
the
right
hand
of
God
for
the
good
of
his
Church
,
and
therefore
behold
.
If
ever
any
thing
were
,
or
shall
be
great
from
the
beginning
of
the
world
,
to
eternity
,
this
is
great
,
this
is
wonderfull
.
And
if
any
thing
in
the
world
be
fit
for
us
,
if
any
thing
dignifieth
the
soule
,
and
raiseth
the
soule
above
it selfe
,
it
is
this
wonderfull
object
.
Man
out
of
weaknes
wonders
at
poore
things
.
We
out
of
our
weaknes
,
wonder
at
poore
pety
things
,
as
the
Disciples
at
the
building
of
the
Temple
,
What
stones
are
these
?
we
wonder
at
the
greatnesse
of
birth
and
place
,
but
alas
,
what
is
fit
for
the
soule
being
a
large
and
capable
thing
to
stand
in
admiration
of
?
Here
is
that
,
that
transcendeth
admiration
it selfe
.
Behold
a
Virgin
shall
conceive
a
Sonne
.
And
therefore
attend
to
the
great
matter
in
hand
:
this
I
thought
good
to
adde
,
to
what
,
I
formerly
delivered
in
that
particular
.
A
Virgin
shall
conceive
a
Sonne
&c.
You
need
not
goe
farther
then
the
text
for
wonders
.
For
here
are
2
great
ones
a
Virgin
,
a
Mother
,
and
Godman
.
So
in
the
words
,
you
have
the
conception
and
the
birth
of
Christ
his
humane
nature
,
his
divine
nature
,
and
his
office
to
reconcile
God
and
us
in
one
.
As
he
is
God
in
our
nature
(
hee
tooke
our
nature
into
communion
of
person
)
so
his
office
is
to
bring
God
and
man
together
,
his
two
natures
is
to
fit
him
for
his
office
;
God
and
man
were
at
much
distant
tearmes
as
could
be
,
unlesse
betwene
the
Devill
,
and
God
.
And
therefore
God
man
in
one
person
must
performe
the
great
office
,
of
bringing
such
as
were
in
such
opposite
tearmes
together
.
Of
his
conception
by
the
Virgin
Mary
,
wee
spake
sufficiently
,
onely
wee
will
adde
this
for
farther
explication
.
A
further
type
of
this
was
in
the
birth
of
Isaack
.
birth
a
type
of
Christs
.
Isaack
you
know
was
borne
of
a
dead
wombe
.
Christ
was
conceived
of
a
Virgin
,
and
in
a
manner
farre
more
improbable
then
the
other
.
Isaack
was
the
Sonne
of
the
promise
.
Christ
was
the
promised
seed
,
both
in
some
sort
miraculously
borne
.
For
indeed
it
was
a
true
wonder
,
that
Isaack
should
be
borne
of
a
dead
wombe
.
And
here
that
a
Virgin
should
conceive
.
Sara
had
nothing
to
supply
moisture
and
juyce
to
the
fruit
.
And
so
here
was
nothing
of
a
man
to
further
Christs
conception
.
I
will
shew
why
there
must
be
this
kind
of
conception
of
Christ
,
which
will
helpe
our
faith
exceedingly
.
First
Christ
must
be
without
all
sinne
of
necessity
;
Why
Christ
must
be
without
sin
.
for
else
when
hee
tooke
our
nature
,
stubble
,
and
fire
had
joyned
together
.
God
is
a
consuming
fire
,
and
therefore
the
nature
must
be
purified
,
and
sanctified
by
the
holy
Ghost
in
the
wombe
of
the
Virgin
.
And
then
againe
in
the
conception
,
there
must
be
a
foundation
of
all
obedience
active
and
passive
,
No
blemish
or
defect
of
purity
in
the
conception
of
Christ
.
and
of
all
that
was
afterwards
excellent
in
Christ
.
If
there
had
beene
any
blemish
in
the
foundation
,
which
was
his
conception
;
if
he
had
not
beene
pure
,
there
had
beene
defect
in
all
that
issued
from
him
,
his
active
obedience
and
passive
obedience
,
for
every
thing
savours
of
the
principle
from
whence
it
commeth
.
And
therefore
it
was
Gods
great
worke
in
this
strange
conception
that
sinne
might
be
stop't
in
the
roote
and
beginning
,
nature
might
be
sanctified
in
the
foundation
of
it
.
And
so
that
he
might
persue
sin
from
the
beginnning
to
the
end
,
both
in
his
life
by
living
without
sinne
,
and
also
in
his
death
by
making
satisfaction
for
sinne
.
And
therefore
ground
our
faith
on
this
,
That
our
salvation
is
laid
on
one
that
is
mighty
,
Faith
to
be
grounded
on
Christ
,
God
man
.
God
man
;
and
on
one
,
that
is
pure
and
holy
.
And
therefore
in
his
obedience
active
,
holy
;
and
in
his
obedience
passive
,
holy
.
Againe
he
came
to
be
a
surety
for
us
,
Christ
our
surety
.
and
therefore
hee
must
pay
our
whole
debt
,
hee
must
pay
the
debt
of
obedience
,
he
must
pay
the
debt
of
punishment
.
Now
obedience
must
come
from
a
pure
nature
,
and
his
death
must
extend
to
the
satisfying
of
an
infinite
Iustice
.
And
therefore
he
must
be
conceived
of
the
holy
Ghost
in
the
wombe
of
a
pure
Virgin
.
And
wee
must
know
that
in
this
conception
of
Christ
,
there
were
2.
or
3.
things
wherin
there
was
a
maine
difference
betweene
Christ
,
and
us
.
Christ
was
in
his
humane
nature
altogether
without
sin
,
Christ
without
sinne
.
we
are
sinfull
in
our
nature
.
Again
Christs
humane
nature
had
alwaies
subsistence
in
the
divine
,
His
humane
nature
had
alwaies
subsistence
in
the
divine
.
and
it
was
never
out
of
the
divine
nature
.
As
soone
as
his
body
and
soule
were
united
,
it
was
the
body
,
and
soule
of
God
;
now
our
natures
are
not
so
.
And
then
in
manner
of
propagation
:
his
was
extraordinary
altogether
.
In
manner
of
propagation
.
Adam
was
of
the
earth
,
neither
of
man
,
nor
woman
.
Eve
of
man
without
a
woman
.
All
other
of
Adam
,
and
Eve
.
Christ
of
a
Virgin
,
and
without
a
man
.
But
setting
aside
his
subsistence
in
the
second
person
,
and
extraordinary
meanes
of
propagation
,
Christ
and
we
are
all
one
,
hee
had
a
true
humane
body
,
and
soule
,
and
all
things
like
our selves
,
sin
,
and
the
former
differences
excepted
.
Why
Christ
must
be
man
,
we
have
already
heard
.
He
became
man
to
be
sutable
to
us
in
our
nature
,
and
to
sympathize
in
all
our
troubles
.
And
shall
call
his
name
Emanuell
.
He
shall
call
his
name
Emanuel
,
Christ
became
man
for
our
sakes
.
saith
the
new
Testament
.
That
is
,
he
shall
be
Emanuell
indeed
,
and
shall
be
knowne
to
bee
,
and
published
to
be
so
.
Whatsoever
hath
a
name
is
apparent
.
Christ
was
before
hee
tooke
our
flesh
;
but
he
was
not
called
Emanuell
.
It
did
not
openly
appeare
that
he
was
God
in
our
nature
,
hee
was
not
conceived
in
the
wombe
of
a
Virgin
.
They
before
Christ
knew
that
hee
should
come
,
but
when
he
was
conceived
and
borne
,
hee
was
then
called
Emanuell
.
Christ
by
divers
signes
shewed
himselfe
before
exhibited
in
the
flesh
.
There
were
divers
presences
of
Christ
,
before
hee
came
.
He
was
in
the
bush
as
a
signe
of
his
presence
,
he
was
in
the
Arke
as
a
signe
of
his
presence
,
he
was
in
the
Prophets
and
Kings
as
a
type
of
his
presence
.
He
tooke
upon
him
the
shape
of
man
as
a
representation
of
his
presence
,
when
he
talked
with
Abraham
and
the
Patriarkes
,
but
all
this
was
not
God
with
us
,
in
our
nature
;
he
tooke
it
on
him
for
a
time
,
and
laid
it
aside
againe
.
But
when
hee
was
Emanuell
,
and
was
called
,
and
declared
so
to
be
,
he
tooke
on
him
our
nature
,
never
to
lay
it
aside
againe
.
He
was
borne
in
our
nature
,
brought
forth
in
our
nature
,
lived
in
our
nature
,
dyed
in
our
nature
,
was
crucified
in
our
nature
,
became
a
Curse
for
us
in
our
nature
,
buried
in
our
nature
,
rose
in
our
nature
,
is
in
heaven
in
our
nature
,
and
for
ever
will
abide
there
in
our
nature
.
All
their
faith
before
hee
came
in
the
flesh
was
in
confidence
that
he
should
take
our
flesh
in
the
fullnes
of
time
.
Now
came
the
time
,
when
hee
was
called
Emanuell
,
and
then
the
word
became
flesh
,
and
tooke
our
nature
on
him
.
From
hence
that
God
tooke
our
nature
upon
him
in
the
second
person
,
come
divers
things
considerable
.
For
first
it
appeares
,
First
things
considerable
.
that
he
hath
dignified
and
raised
our
nature
above
Angells
,
because
he
hath
taken
the
seed
of
Abraham
,
and
not
of
the
Angells
,
a
wonderfull
advancement
of
our
nature
for
God
to
bee
with
us
,
to
marry
such
a
poore
nature
,
as
ours
is
;
for
the
great
God
of
heaven
and
earth
to
take
dust
into
the
unity
of
his
person
.
If
this
may
not
have
a
behould
,
before
it
,
I
know
not
what
may
.
To
joyne
alltogether
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Consideration
.
For
the
great
God
of
heaven
and
earth
before
whom
the
Angells
cover
their
faces
,
the
mountaines
tremble
,
and
the
earth
quakes
,
to
take
our
flesh
,
and
dust
into
unity
of
his
person
,
and
for
such
ends
to
save
sinfull
man
,
and
from
such
misery
,
&
eternall
misery
,
from
such
great
enemies
;
And
then
to
advance
him
to
such
great
happinesse
,
as
we
are
advanced
.
to
take
Christ
Emanuell
in
the
whole
passage
of
his
mediation
,
and
there
is
ground
of
admiration
indeed
.
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Considerations
to
defile
our
natures
that
God
hath
dignified
.
But
consider
it
specially
in
the
raising
and
advancing
of
our
natures
to
bee
one
with
God
.
Shall
God
bee
God
with
us
in
our
nature
in
heaven
,
and
shall
wee
defile
our
natures
that
GOD
hath
so
dignified
?
Shall
we
livelike
beasts
whom
God
hath
raised
above
Angells
Let
swearers
,
beastly
persons
,
and
profane
hypocrites
,
either
alter
their
courses
,
or
else
say
they
beleeve
not
these
truths
.
Shall
a
man
beleeve
,
God
hath
taken
his
nature
into
unity
of
his
person
,
and
hath
raised
it
above
all
Angells
,
and
can
he
turne
beast
,
yea
devill
incarnate
in
opposition
of
CHRIST
,
and
his
cause
?
What
a
shame
is
this
?
can
this
bee
,
where
these
things
are
beleeved
?
A
Christian
should
have
high
thoughts
of
himselfe
,
what
shall
I
defile
the
nature
,
that
God
hath
taken
into
unity
of
his
person
?
And
as
hee
hath
dignified
,
and
raised
,
and
advanced
our
nature
so
highly
:
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Consideration
.
so
likewise
hee
hath
infused
,
and
put
all
the
riches
of
grace
into
our
nature
.
For
all
grace
is
in
CHRIST
,
that
a
finite
nature
can
bee
capable
of
.
For
CHRIST
is
neerest
the
fountaine
.
Now
the
humane
nature
being
so
neere
the
fountaine
of
all
good
,
that
is
God
,
it
must
needs
bee
as
rich
as
nature
can
possibly
be
capable
of
:
And
is
not
this
for
our
good
?
are
not
all
his
Riches
for
our
use
?
And
therefore
seeing
our
nature
is
dignified
by
Emanuell
,
and
inriched
exceedingly
by
his
graces
next
to
infinite
.
(
For
our
humane
nature
is
not
turned
to
God
,
as
some
are
conceited
.
It
is
not
deified
,
and
so
made
infinite
)
yet
as
much
as
the
creature
can
bee
capable
of
,
there
is
in
Christ-man
,
and
so
shall
wee
defile
that
nature
?
And
from
hence
that
our
nature
is
ingrafted
into
the
God-head
,
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Consideration
.
it
followeth
that
what
was
done
in
our
nature
,
was
of
wonderfull
extention
,
force
,
and
dignity
,
because
it
was
done
,
when
our
nature
was
knit
to
the
God
head
,
and
therefore
it
maketh
up
all
objections
.
As.
How
could
the
death
of
one
man
satisfie
for
the
deaths
of
many
millions
.
Obiection
answered
.
Secondly
it
was
the
death
of
Christ
,
whose
humane
nature
was
ingrafted
into
the
second
person
of
the
Trinity
.
For
(
because
they
were
but
one
person
)
whatsoever
the
humane
nature
did
or
suffered
,
God
did
it
.
If
they
had
beene
2.
Persons
God
had
not
dyed
,
God
had
not
suffered
,
God
had
not
redeemed
his
Church
.
And
therefore
the
Scripture
runneth
comfortably
on
this
;
God
hath
redeemed
the
Church
with
his
owne
bloud
:
hath
GOD
blood
?
God
,
God
,
shed
his
blood
.
It
is
God
that
purchased
a
Church
with
his
blood
,
it
is
God
that
dyed
.
The
Virgin
Mary
was
Mother
of
GOD
,
because
shee
is
the
Mother
of
that
nature
which
was
taken
into
unity
with
God
.
Hereupon
comes
the
dignity
of
whatsoever
Christ
did
,
and
suffered
.
Though
hee
did
it
in
our
nature
,
yet
the
God-head
gave
it
its
worth
,
and
not
onely
worth
,
but
God
put
some
activity
,
some
vigour
,
and
force
into
all
that
Christ
did
.
It
doth
advance
Christ
Mediatour
according
to
both
natures
,
And
from
hence
ariseth
Communication
of
properties
,
as
Divines
call
it
,
which
I
will
not
now
speake
of
.
It
is
sufficient
to
see
that
whatsoever
was
done
by
Christ
,
What
is
done
to
by
Christ
,
is
done
by
God
was
done
by
God
hee
being
Emanuell
,
and
therefore
had
its
worth
and
dignity
to
prevaile
with
God
.
Hence
commeth
a
forcible
reason
.
That
God
must
satisfie
Divine
Justice
,
But
how
doth
friendshippe
betweene
God
and
us
arise
from
hence
?
First
it
is
good
reason
,
that
God
should
bee
at
peace
with
us
,
Emanuell
God
with
us
.
Because
hee
is
the
Lambe
of
God
that
taketh
away
the
sinnes
of
the
World
.
Before
Adam
had
sinned
,
there
was
sweet
agreement
and
communion
betweene
Adam
and
God
,
but
sinne
that
devided
betweene
God
and
the
creature
;
now
Christ
haveing
made
satisfaction
for
all
our
sins
there
can
be
nothing
but
mercy
.
As
Christ
is
pure
,
and
our
nature
in
him
,
so
he
will
make
us
pure
at
length
.
And
thus
Christ
being
a
head
not
onely
of
eminence
to
rule
,
and
governe
,
but
of
influence
to
flow
by
his
spirit
into
all
his
members
,
is
fit
to
bee
a
reconciler
to
bring
God
,
and
us
together
;
partly
because
our
nature
is
in
him
,
and
partly
because
hee
doth
communicate
the
same
spirit
to
us
,
that
is
in
himselfe
,
and
by
little
and
little
maketh
us
holy
like
himselfe
.
I
hasten
to
the
maine
use
of
all
.
Then
God
the
father
,
and
wee
are
in
good
tearmes
,
for
the
second
person
is
God
,
in
our
nature
,
for
this
end
to
make
God
,
and
us
friends
.
Days
man
.
There
is
no
Dayes-man
betweene
us
that
might
lay
his
hand
on
us
both
,
that
is
,
a
middle
person
to
lay
his
hand
on
the
one
,
and
the
other
.
Now
CHRIST
is
the
middle
person
,
as
the
second
person
in
Trinity
.
And
then
hee
is
God
,
and
man
,
and
therefore
hee
is
fit
to
bee
Mediatour
,
to
lay
his
hand
on
both
sides
,
on
man
as
man
,
on
God
as
God
.
And
CHRIST
is
a
friend
to
both
,
to
GOD
as
GOD
,
to
man
as
man
;
and
therefore
hee
is
fit
to
bee
an
Vmpire
,
to
be
a
Dayes-man
,
to
bee
a
Mediatour
.
And
hee
hath
done
it
to
purpose
,
making
that
good
in
Heaven
,
that
hee
did
on
earth
.
And
therefore
labour
to
make
a
gracious
use
of
all
this
.
I
know
nothing
in
the
World
more
usefull
,
no
point
of
Divinity
more
pregnant
,
no
greater
spring
of
sanctifying
duty
,
then
that
God
and
man
were
one
,
to
make
GOD
,
and
us
one
.
He
marry'd
our
nature
,
that
hee
might
marrie
our
persons
.
I
beseech
you
therefore
,
Vse
of
improving
our
priviledges
by
Emanuell
.
let
this
bee
the
maine
use
,
continually
to
improve
the
gratious
priviledges
wee
have
by
Emanuell
.
Our
nature
is
now
acceptable
to
God
in
Christ
,
because
hee
hath
purified
it
in
himselfe
,
and
Gods
nature
is
lovely
to
us
,
because
hee
hath
taken
our
nature
.
If
God
loved
his
owne
Sonne
,
hee
will
love
our
nature
as
joyned
to
his
Sonne
,
and
Gods
Nature
is
lovely
to
us
,
He
tooke
our
flesh
upon
him
,
and
made
himselfe
Bone
of
our
Bone
.
And
shall
not
wee
like
,
and
affect
that
,
which
was
so
gratiously
procured
by
Emanuell
.
Consider
of
it
,
and
let
it
bee
ground
of
reverent
and
bould
prayer
,
in
all
our
wants
to
goe
to
God
,
Let
us
make
use
of
it
likewise
in
behalfe
In
the
behalfe
of
the
Church
of
the
Church
.
The
Church
is
Emanuells
Land
as
yee
have
it
in
the
next
Chapter
,
Verse
8.
The
stretching
out
of
his
wings
,
shall
bee
the
breath
of
thy
land
,
O
Emanuell
.
The
Church
of
the
Iewes
was
Emanuells
land
,
but
then
it
was
impaled
within
the
pale
of
the
Iewes
:
but
now
the
Gentiles
are
taken
in
;
The
Church
is
scattered
,
and
spread
abroad
over
the
whole
earth
.
And
there
.
fore
goe
to
God
in
behalfe
of
the
Church
.
Thou
tookest
our
nature
into
unity
of
thy
person
,
that
thou
mightest
bee
a
gracious
,
and
a
mercifull
head
.
And
therefore
looke
in
mercy
on
thine
owne
mysticall
body
,
the
Church
.
They
before
Christ
came
in
the
flesh
,
who
had
the
spirit
of
Faith
,
knew
the
Church
of
the
Iewes
could
not
bee
extinct
,
because
Emanuell
was
to
come
of
it
.
And
wee
may
know
,
the
Church
shall
never
bee
destroyed
,
till
the
second
comming
of
CHRIST
because
those
things
are
not
yet
performed
,
that
God
hath
promised
,
and
must
bee
performed
.
And
therefore
wee
may
goe
as
bouldly
to
Christ
,
and
spread
the
cause
of
the
Church
before
him
now
,
as
they
spread
the
cause
of
the
Iewes
before
him
then
:
looke
upon
thy
Land
,
looke
upon
thy
Church
O
Emanuell
.
That
there
must
bee
a
Church
,
wee
must
beleeve
,
and
wee
can
not
beleeve
a
Non
ens
.
We
must
have
ground
for
our
faith
,
and
therefore
never
feare
that
heresy
shall
overspread
the
face
of
the
Church
;
Emanuells
land
shall
bee
preserved
by
some
way
or
other
,
though
perhaps
not
by
the
way
wee
expect
.
God
must
have
a
Church
to
the
end
of
the
world
,
Gods
Church
shal
〈◊〉
the
end
of
the
world
.
the
Gospell
must
get
ground
,
Antichrist
must
fall
.
God
hath
said
it
,
and
man
can
not
unsay
it
.
And
therefore
in
all
estates
of
the
Church
spread
its
cause
before
Emanuell
.
When
Emanuell
came
once
,
At
Christ
comeing
the
Iews
Church
wasted
.
the
Church
of
the
Iewes
wasted
.
Therefore
if
you
will
have
good
arguments
against
the
Iewes
,
this
is
a
good
one
to
convince
them
that
Christ
is
come
in
the
flesh
.
The
Church
of
the
Iewes
was
to
continue
till
Emanuell
,
but
the
Church
of
the
Iewes
hath
ceased
to
continue
and
is
now
no
Church
,
there
is
now
no
family
of
David
,
and
therefore
Emanuell
is
come
.
And
for
a
further
use
let
us
haue
thoughts
of
the
second
coming
of
Emanuell
as
they
had
thoughts
of
the
the
first
.
There
bee
divers
evidences
whether
wee
have
any
ground
of
comfort
in
this
Emanuell
or
no.
This
shall
be
one
.
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Evidence
of
comfort
in
Christ
.
Wee
may
know
wee
have
benefit
by
the
first
comming
of
Emanuell
,
if
wee
have
a
serious
desire
of
the
second
comming
;
if
wee
have
desire
to
bee
with
him
.
If
as
he
came
to
us
in
love
.
Wee
have
desires
to
bee
with
him
in
his
Ordinances
as
much
as
may
be
,
and
in
humble
resignation
at
the
houre
of
death
;
where
two
or
three
are
gathered
together
in
his
name
,
he
is
amongst
them
,
be
with
them
in
all
things
where
he
vouchsafeth
his
gracious
presence
.
It
is
the
nature
of
love
to
desire
perfect
union
,
and
therefore
the
Christian
soule
touched
with
the
spirit
of
God
will
desire
to
bee
dissolved
and
to
be
with
Christ
,
as
best
of
all
.
Come
Lord
Iesus
come
quickly
,
and
therefore
in
the
houre
of
death
is
willing
to
resigne
himselfe
ro
God
that
hee
may
goe
to
Emanuell
,
and
inioy
his
presence
,
that
left
the
presence
of
his
Father
,
to
take
our
nature
,
and
to
bee
with
us
on
earth
.
But
the
maine
thing
I
desire
you
to
observe
,
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Evidence
of
comfort
.
is
matter
of
comfort
from
this
Emanuell
That
now
hee
having
taken
our
nature
upon
him
,
that
he
might
take
our
persons
into
unity
of
his
mysticall
body
,
wee
might
have
comfort
in
all
conditions
.
For
hee
tooke
our
nature
upon
him
,
(
beside
his
other
ends
)
that
hee
might
take
our
persons
to
make
up
mysticall
Christ
:
hee
married
our
nature
,
to
marry
our
persons
.
And
therefore
if
hee
did
it
for
this
end
,
that
wee
might
bee
neere
him
as
our
nature
is
neere
him
,
shall
not
wee
make
it
a
ground
of
comfort
?
that
our
persons
shall
bee
neere
Christ
as
well
as
our
natures
.
〈◊〉
of
comfort
.
As
CHRIST
hath
two
natures
in
one
person
,
so
many
persons
make
up
one
mysticall
CHRIST
,
so
that
our
persons
are
wonderfully
neere
to
Christ
.
The
wife
is
not
neerer
the
husband
,
the
members
are
not
neerer
the
head
,
the
building
is
not
neerer
the
foundation
,
then
Christ
and
his
Church
are
.
And
therefore
comfort
our selues
in
this
.
Christ
is
Emanuell
,
God
with
us
in
our
nature
.
And
will
hee
suffer
his
Church
to
want
,
that
hee
hath
taken
so
neere
to
himselfe
?
can
the
members
want
influence
,
when
the
head
hath
it
?
can
the
wife
be
poore
,
when
the
husband
is
rich
?
whatsoever
Christ
did
to
his
owne
body
,
to
his
humane
nature
taken
into
the
unity
of
his
person
,
that
hee
will
doe
in
some
proportion
to
his
mysticall
body
.
As
the
humane
〈…〉
.
I
will
shew
you
some
particulars
.
Hee
sanctified
his
naturall
body
,
by
the
Holy
Ghost
,
and
hee
will
sanctifie
us
by
the
same
spirit
.
For
there
is
the
same
spirit
in
head
,
and
members
.
He
loveth
his
naturall
body
,
and
so
,
as
never
to
lay
it
aside
to
eternity
.
And
loveth
his
mysticall
body
now
in
some
sort
more
,
for
hee
gave
his
naturall
body
to
death
,
for
his
mysticall
body
.
And
therefore
as
hee
will
never
lay
aside
his
naturall
body
,
hee
will
never
lay
aside
his
Church
,
nor
any
member
of
his
Church
:
for
with
the
same
love
,
that
hee
loved
his
naturall
body
,
hee
loveth
now
his
mysticall
members
.
As
hee
rose
to
glory
in
his
naturall
body
,
and
ascended
to
Heaven
:
so
hee
will
raise
his
mysticall
body
,
that
it
shall
ascend
as
hee
ascended
.
I
beseech
you
therefore
consider
what
a
ground
of
comfort
this
is
,
God
tooke
our
nature
on
him
,
(
besides
the
grand
end
of
satisfaction
)
that
hee
might
make
us
like
himselfe
in
glory
,
that
hee
might
draw
us
neere
to
himselfe
.
And
therefore
now
Christ
being
in
Heaven
,
having
commission
,
and
authority
over
all
things
put
into
his
hand
;
hee
having
a
Name
above
all
names
in
Heaven
,
and
earth
,
that
at
the
Name
of
Iesus
every
knee
should
bow
,
that
is
,
every
subjection
should
bee
given
;
will
he
suffer
any
member
of
his
body
to
suffer
more
then
hee
thinkes
fit
?
No
,
seeing
hee
is
in
Heaven
,
and
glory
,
for
his
Churches
good
.
For
all
that
he
hath
done
and
suffered
is
for
the
Church
,
and
the
Churches
use
.
To
conclude
all
,
Let
us
consider
,
what
wee
are
,
Conclus
:
to
consider
what
w●e
are
.
let
not
a
Christian
bee
base
minded
,
let
him
not
bee
dastardly
in
any
cause
that
is
good
,
or
Gods
;
Let
him
be
on
Gods
side
.
Who
is
on
his
side
?
a
Christian
is
an
impregnable
person
,
hee
is
a
person
that
can
never
bee
conquered
.
Emanuell
became
man
to
make
the
Church
,
and
every
Christian
to
be
one
with
him
.
Christs
nature
is
out
of
danger
of
all
that
is
hurtfull
.
The
Sun
shall
not
shine
,
the
wind
shall
not
blow
,
to
the
Churches
hurt
.
For
the
Churches
head
ruleth
over
all
things
,
and
hath
all
things
in
subjection
,
Angells
in
heaven
,
men
on
earth
,
Devills
in
hell
,
all
bow
to
Christ
;
and
shall
any
thing
befall
them
that
he
loveth
,
unlesse
for
their
greater
good
?
Therefore
though
they
may
kill
a
Christian
and
imprison
him
,
yet
hurt
him
they
can
not
.
If
God
bee
on
our
side
,
who
can
bee
against
us
?
but
God
is
on
our
side
,
and
on
what
grounds
?
God-man
hath
procured
him
to
be
our
friend
,
hee
hath
satisfied
God
;
and
therfore
if
we
beleeve
,
we
be
one
with
Christ
,
and
so
one
with
God
.
Wee
have
many
against
us
,
the
Devils
are
against
us
,
The
Devill
and
the
world
our
enemies
.
the
world
is
against
us
to
take
away
the
favour
of
God
,
to
hinder
accesse
to
him
in
prayer
,
to
stoppe
the
Churches
communion
with
God
,
and
hinder
the
sweet
issue
of
all
things
that
befall
us
as
farre
as
they
can
;
but
their
malice
is
greater
,
then
their
power
.
If
God
should
let
them
loose
,
and
give
the
chaine
into
their
owne
hand
,
though
they
seeme
to
hurt
,
yet
hurt
they
cannot
in
the
issue
.
And
shall
not
we
make
use
of
these
things
in
times
of
distresse
?
wherefore
serve
they
but
to
comfort
us
in
all
conflicts
with
Satan
,
and
in
all
doubtings
that
arise
from
our
sinfull
hearts
?
Answer
all
with
this
.
If
God
be
with
us
,
who
can
bee
against
us
?
If
any
bee
against
us
name
them
,
if
not
,
be
satisfied
.
And
therefore
come
life
,
come
death
,
Christ
is
our
surety
,
he
layeth
up
our
dust
,
keepeth
our
ashes
in
the
grave
,
and
will
Christ
loose
any
member
?
Feare
not
Iacob
to
goe
into
Egypt
.
For
I
will
bring
thee
backe
againe
.
So
feare
not
to
goe
into
the
grave
.
The
spirit
of
God
will
watch
over
our
dust
,
and
bring
us
to
heaven
.
Therefore
feare
nothing
;
God
will
be
with
us
in
life
,
and
death
,
yea
for
ever
;
and
we
shall
be
for
ever
with
the
Lord
,
as
the
Apostle
saith
in
the
Thessalonians
.
And
that
issue
of
all
that
Emanuell
hath
done
,
Christ
was
one
in
our
nature
,
that
hee
might
bring
God
and
us
into
favour
,
that
wee
may
be
for
ever
with
him
in
heaven
,
that
we
may
be
for
ever
with
the
Lord
,
which
is
the
accomplishment
of
all
the
promises
.
FINIS
.