THE
CRIB
OF
IOY
:
Containing
Spirituall
Exercise
,
for
-
Christmasse
.
-
S.
Steuen
.
-
S.
Iohn
.
-
Innocents
.
-
Circumcision
.
-
Epiphanie
.
Iohn
7.37
.
In
the
last
and
great
day
of
the
Feast
,
Iesus
stood
vp
,
and
cried
,
saying
:
If
any
thirst
,
let
him
come
to
me
,
and
drinke
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Christopher
Purset
,
dwelling
neare
Staple
Inne
in
Holborne
,
at
the
signe
of
Marie
Magdalens
Head
.
1611.
TO
THE
RIGHT
REVEREND
FATHER
IN
God
,
Iohn
,
by
his
Diuine
prouidence
Bishop
of
London
.
RIght
Reuerend
,
it
is
the
custom
of
all
sorts
of
writers
,
to
seeke
a
patron
for
their
books
dedication
:
wherfore
I
the
publisher
herof
,
being
a
poore
member
of
your
last
flocke
(
and
the
Author
to
me
vnknowne
)
haue
emboldened
my selfe
to
choose
your
Lordship
(
knowing
none
more
fit
)
to
be
the
Guardian
of
this
Orphane
,
vnder
whose
protection
I
render
both
it
and
my self
:
the
rather
because
the
earnest
desire
of
all
those
who
euer
read
this
little
Treatise
,
intituled
,
The
Crib
of
Ioy
,
hath
moued
me
to
the
publishing
hereof
.
Therefore
,
right
Reuerend
,
if
either
the
Worke
it selfe
may
receiue
passage
through
your
Lordships
good
fauour
,
or
my
duty
towards
you
herein
may
be
accepted
,
crauing
pardon
for
my
presumption
,
I
end
,
continuing
my
prayers
for
your
long
life
,
with
eternall
happinesse
:
Your
Lordships
most
humbly
to
be
commanded
,
Christopher
Purset
.
CHRISTMAS
DAY
.
The
three
circumstances
of
person
,
time
,
and
place
,
may
draw
the
lineaments
of
this
dayes
ioy
.
1
WE
may
reioyce
,
that
our
Sauiour
and
Reconciler
to
God
,
was
manifested
this
day
,
to
be
a
person
,
and
no
inferior
creature
:
That
the
Iewish
sacrifice
of
beasts
,
and
birds
,
or
other
oblations
,
were
not
in
them selues
propitiatorie
:
but
in
eye
to
a
worthier
Mediatour
.
It
had
bene
a
disgrace
to
our
reasonable
soule
,
the
image
of
God
,
to
haue
bene
valued
at
so
base
a
price
:
An
indignitie
to
God
himselfe
,
to
haue
had
his
anger
against
sinners
alayed
and
his
iustice
satisfied
with
the
killing
of
a
calfe
:
a
thing
vndecent
in
our
conceit
,
preposterous
in
nature
,
Heb.
10.4
.
vnpossible
that
the
bloud
of
Buls
and
Goates
should
take
away
the
sinnes
of
the
soule
.
2
We
may
much
more
reioice
,
that
it
was
not
the
person
of
anie
man
,
or
Angell
,
or
new
made
creature
;
but
of
God
himselfe
manifested
in
the
flesh
.
If
Noah
,
Ezck.
14.14
.
Daniel
,
and
Iob
should
stand
vp
before
God
,
and
make
intercession
for
vs
;
God
telleth
vs
,
they
should
onely
saue
their
owne
soules
:
and
yet
not
that
neither
,
without
further
mediation
.
Noahs
wine
must
needs
be
don
away
with
bloud
:
Iobs
sinne
with
sacrifice
,
and
Daniels
imperfection
with
mercie
.
If
a
holy
Angell
should
set
his
puritie
betweene
God
and
vs
;
he
might
iustifie
himselfe
:
but
his
white
robes
of
innocencie
were
too
short
to
couer
our
nakednesse
.
If
anie
creature
should
offer
himselfe
to
death
for
vs
,
we
might
thanke
him
for
his
good
will
;
but
he
had
neither
authoritie
to
lay
downe
his
life
for
another
,
nor
power
to
take
it
vp
againe
for
himselfe
.
Our
Mediatour
is
God
and
Man
,
one
Christ
.
God
:
that
he
might
pacifie
and
satisfie
,
by
his
worth
,
the
person
offended
;
for
he
is
as
good
as
he
.
Man
:
that
he
might
suffer
for
the
offendor
;
for
he
is
flesh
and
bloud
of
the
same
nature
with
vs
.
One
Christ
:
that
he
might
vnite
God
and
Man
inseparably
,
who
were
disioyned
before
by
sinne
:
for
the
same
person
,
who
,
as
Man
loueth
man
,
being
also
God
is
infinitely
beloued
of
God
:
the
same
Christ
an
intercessour
for
man
in
his
manhood
,
cannot
be
denied
of
his
Father
for
his
Godhead
sake
.
Therefore
so
long
as
his
humanitie
sticketh
fast
to
his
diuinitie
,
tyed
with
that
inseparable
knot
of
the
vnitie
of
person
(
which
the
point
of
the
speare
could
not
dissolue
)
herein
is
our
reioycing
,
Rom.
8.38.39
That
neither
death
,
nor
life
,
nor
Angels
,
nor
principalities
,
nor
powers
,
nor
things
present
,
nor
things
to
come
,
nor
height
,
nor
depth
,
nor
any
other
creature
,
shall
be
able
to
separate
vs
from
the
loue
of
God
which
is
in
Christ
Iesus
our
Lord
.
3
We
may
most
of
all
reioyce
,
that
of
the
diuine
persons
,
the
second
was
this
day
incarnate
,
for
in
him
the
loue
of
God
is
doubled
vpon
vs
;
God
the
Father
loued
vs
before
he
gaue
his
Sonne
:
had
he
not
loued
vs
,
he
had
neuer
bestowed
so
precious
a
gift
vpon
vs
;
but
hauing
now
giuen
his
Sonne
,
thereby
to
make
vs
sonnes
,
he
must
needes
loue
vs
one
degree
more
,
in
that
we
are
his
sonnes
.
God
the
Sonne
loued
vs
before
he
became
man
:
but
being
incarnate
,
we
may
challenge
a
degree
of
loue
more
,
in
that
we
are
his
brethren
.
He
loued
vs
before
he
gaue
himselfe
:
much
more
now
we
are
his
owne
,
for
he
hath
dearely
bought
vs
.
That
precious
ointment
streaming
from
Aarons
head
;
that
blessed
Spirit
,
which
the
Sonne
our
Sauiour
,
of
his
fulnesse
distilleth
vpon
vs
,
loued
vs
,
in
that
he
ouershadowed
the
Virgin
for
vs
;
loued
vs
,
in
that
he
infused
faith
into
vs
,
renewed
our
hearts
,
reformed
our
wils
,
sanctified
our
persons
:
but
shall
hee
not
now
loue
his
handie
worke
much
more
,
whereupon
he
hath
bestowed
such
cost
?
If
God
loued
vs
when
we
were
strangers
,
runnagates
,
rebels
;
and
so
loued
vs
as
he
then
intended
to
adopt
vs
:
what
will
a
fatherly
affection
moue
him
vnto
?
If
the
Sonne
loued
vs
when
we
were
yet
his
enemies
,
and
so
loued
vs
,
as
he
forsooke
himselfe
for
vs
:
is
it
not
intended
he
will
loue
his
friends
,
and
brethren
,
heires
and
fellow-heires
of
the
same
kingdome
?
If
the
holy
Ghost
loued
vs
,
and
so
loued
vs
as
he
tooke
in
hand
such
vntoward
prices
,
such
hard
hearts
,
such
waiward
and
crooked
affections
;
shal
we
doubt
,
that
dwelling
in
vs
,
as
in
holy
temples
,
he
will
not
keepe
vs
in
reparations
?
Thus
the
triple
loue
of
the
blessed
Trinitie
is
multiplied
vpon
vs
;
they
all
loue
vs
,
because
they
loued
vs
;
they
loued
vs
,
that
they
might
loue
vs
more
;
they
loue
vs
more
,
in
that
the
second
person
,
being
the
naturall
Sonne
,
hath
made
vs
adopted
sonnes
:
in
whom
God
is
our
Father
,
and
from
whom
the
holy
Spirit
is
deriued
.
Reioyce
then
,
that
he
was
a
person
,
and
no
inferiour
creature
;
a
diuine
person
,
and
no
creature
:
and
againe
I
say
reioyce
,
in
that
the
second
person
in
Trinitie
,
the
eternall
Sonne
of
God
,
as
vpon
this
day
was
borne
of
a
pure
virgin
.
2.
Circumstance
.
THat
which
is
good
,
rare
,
and
bringeth
ioy
with
it
,
must
needs
be
acceptable
vnto
vs
:
but
yet
more
welcome
if
it
come
in
an
acceptable
time
.
1
In
good
time
was
Christ
borne
,
when
the
Scepter
was
departed
from
Iuda
,
Gen.
49.10
.
and
a
law-giuer
from
his
feete
.
When
Israel
was
subiect
to
the
Romanes
;
and
the
true
Israelites
made
seruants
vnto
them
that
were
slaues
vnto
sinne
:
then
was
that
little
Stone
,
cut
out
without
hands
,
Dan.
2.45
.
which
dashed
the
kingdomes
in
peeces
,
and
became
a
mightie
mountaine
.
Then
was
the
little
Child
of
Bethlem
incarnate
of
the
virgin
without
a
father
,
borne
without
a
midwife
,
swadled
without
a
nurse
,
preferred
without
the
help
of
man
to
an
euerlasting
kingdome
,
to
rule
ouer
vs
for
our
spiritual
freedome
and
eternall
blisse
.
2
In
good
time
vnder
Augustus
,
when
the
world
was
quiet
from
the
sword
,
and
at
leisure
to
listen
after
the
great
field
fought
for
our
soules
,
was
our
grand
Captaine
borne
.
Then
might
the
Gospell
haue
a
free
passage
,
and
the
sound
thereof
be
heard
from
Bethlem
to
Arabia
;
from
Ierusalem
and
Samaria
vnto
the
ends
of
the
world
.
3
In
good
time
,
Mat.
4.9
.
when
Sathan
layed
claime
to
all
the
kingdomes
of
the
world
for
his
owne
,
and
was
inuested
with
that
large
title
of
the
prince
,
Ioh.
12.31
.
yea
the
god
of
this
world
.
When
a
vniuersall
deluge
of
sinne
couered
the
face
of
the
earth
,
so
as
the
holy
seed
of
Abraham
was
become
a
viperous
broode
:
when
the
regions
were
white
alreadie
vnto
haruest
,
Ioh.
4.35
.
and
that
good
corne
that
was
left
,
readie
to
shed
out
of
the
huske
and
perish
:
in
this
fulnesse
of
time
did
the
King
of
glorie
arme
himselfe
with
the
frailtie
of
humane
flesh
and
bloud
to
cast
Sathan
out
of
his
kingdome
,
to
purge
the
world
from
him
,
and
prepare
the
good
corne
for
the
euerlasting
barnes
.
3.
Circumstance
.
THe
birth
of
this
great
King
,
is
a
matter
of
estate
,
for
he
is
not
crowned
,
but
borne
a
King
:
Math.
2.2
.
the
fulnesse
of
time
wherein
hee
came
maketh
expectation
;
not
so
much
but
the
tankerd-woman
of
Samaria
lookes
for
him
:
Iob.
4.25
.
expectation
makes
prouision
.
Where
is
then
the
place
of
his
receipt
?
What
citie
shall
entertaine
him
,
whose
seate
is
in
heauen
,
Esai
66.1
.
and
the
earth
his
footstoole
?
It
must
be
Ierusalem
at
the
least
:
Mat.
5.35
.
For
that
is
the
citie
of
the
great
King
.
But
would
you
thinke
this
King
should
remoue
his
court
from
Heauen
to
Bethlehem
,
the
least
among
the
thousands
of
Iuda
?
Mich.
5.2
.
can
you
imagine
he
would
take
vp
a
stable
there
for
his
nurserie
,
or
a
cratch
for
his
chaire
of
estate
,
or
a
poore
carpenter
and
his
wife
for
his
courtiers
?
Yet
so
it
was
,
and
not
without
cause
.
For
vaine
man
at
his
first
entrance
to
the
world
,
thought
himselfe
so
goodly
a
creature
,
that
Paradise
was
too
little
for
him
;
he
must
be
as
God
.
Therefore
the
mightie
God
,
to
make
amends
,
looketh
as
low
as
man
did
high
:
contents
himselfe
with
a
little
Bethlehem
,
the
least
of
a
thousand
.
Miserable
men
,
the
sonnes
of
Adam
,
affect
pomp
and
state
too
much
.
God
,
to
reforme
that
,
boweth
the
heauens
and
comes
downe
:
nay
,
boweth
himselfe
and
comes
downe
,
like
a
showre
of
raine
into
a
fleece
of
wooll
,
Psal.
72.6
.
and
makes
no
noise
.
Paul
was
sometimes
glad
for
to
grace
himselfe
with
the
place
of
his
birth
:
Tarsus
a
famous
citie
of
Cilicia
;
Act.
21.39
.
but
hee
that
bringeth
all
honour
with
him
from
heauen
,
will
grace
others
,
but
himselfe
be
graced
of
none
.
Little
Bethlem
shall
be
honored
by
his
noble
birth
,
when
famous
Ierusalem
by
his
death
shall
dishonour
her selfe
.
Thus
the
great
God
,
who
by
birth
made
himselfe
little
,
delighteth
much
to
make
litle
things
great
;
so
went
his
Mothers
song
of
him
:
Luk.
1.48
.
He
regardeth
the
lowlinesse
of
his
handmaide
,
and
he
that
is
mightie
hath
magnified
me
.
If
the
Scripture
names
be
not
emptie
,
but
carrie
in
them
matters
of
prouidence
,
then
doth
this
Child
of
Bethlem
performe
what
the
name
of
Bethlem
did
promise
;
It
signifieth
a
house
of
bread
:
Ioh.
6.33
.
and
this
is
the
bread
of
life
which
came
downe
from
heauen
(
vpon
this
day
)
into
Bethlem
,
like
Manna
in
the
wildernesse
.
Moses
tels
vs
,
Exod
16.14
.
that
bread
was
a
small
round
thing
vpon
the
grasse
.
The
Angell
tels
vs
,
this
is
a
little
Babe
,
layd
in
a
manger
:
Luk.
2.12
.
and
yet
this
manger
containeth
more
foode
then
the
wildernesse
and
all
the
barnes
in
Aegypt
;
for
it
feedeth
Ierusalem
and
Samaria
,
and
the
ends
of
the
world
.
Write
this
then
in
the
catalogue
of
this
dayes
ioy
,
that
Christ
was
borne
in
Bethlehem
.
1.
If
it
grieue
thee
that
euer
thou
wast
proud
or
high
minded
,
reioyce
that
Christ
in
Bethlehem
became
as
lowly
as
euer
thou
wast
loftie
;
amends
is
made
.
2.
If
thou
be
little
and
base
in
thine
owne
eyes
,
reioyce
;
he
that
chose
the
least
of
the
thousands
of
Iuda
,
will
magnifie
thee
.
3.
If
thy
soule
long
for
foode
,
and
desire
to
be
satisfied
;
come
downe
from
Bethauen
vnto
Bethlehem
,
Hose.
4.15
.
from
that
house
of
iniquitie
(
which
neuer
brings
contentment
,
but
vanitie
and
vexation
)
vnto
this
house
of
Angels
foode
,
that
blesseth
the
soule
with
euerlasting
felicitie
.
2
Bethlem
was
but
a
little
towne
,
yet
a
towne
though
;
therefore
some
varietie
of
houses
,
though
but
small
.
Amongst
these
hee
makes
resort
to
an
Inne
.
It
seemes
there
was
but
one
in
the
towne
,
and
yet
he
makes
choise
of
that
.
Me
thinkes
he
comes
into
the
world
,
as
though
hee
meant
not
long
to
stay
.
If
he
that
built
heauen
and
earth
,
will
neither
build
,
nor
so
much
as
hire
an
house
for
himselfe
on
earth
,
but
take
vp
an
Inne
;
his
purpose
is
in
short
time
to
returne
home
to
his
Fathers
house
.
And
this
also
is
glad
tidings
for
vs
.
For
he
hath
giuen
his
word
;
if
he
go
before
,
we
shall
not
tarrie
long
after
;
he
is
but
gone
to
prepare
a
place
for
vs
.
Ioh.
14.2
.
In
his
Fathers
house
,
there
be
many
mansions
,
not
made
with
hands
,
but
eternall
in
heauen
.
Here
we
are
strangers
and
pilgrimes
,
and
wayfaring
men
;
euen
our
fathers
house
where
we
are
borne
,
is
but
an
Inne
;
here
to
night
,
and
gone
to
morrow
:
but
our
surest
home
,
our
kindest
Father
,
our
truest
ioy
and
felicitie
is
in
heauen
,
else
are
we
of
all
others
most
miserable
.
3
What
entertainment
Christ
found
in
this
Inne
,
is
worth
the
enquirie
.
S.
Luke
telleth
vs
,
there
was
no
roome
for
him
;
Luk.
●
.
7
.
yet
roome
enough
for
bibbers
and
blasphemers
.
I
make
no
question
then
:
the
Sonne
of
God
finding
no
roome
in
the
Inne
amongst
men
,
betakes
himselfe
into
the
stable
amongst
the
beasts
;
and
yet
whether
worse
beasts
were
in
the
Inne
or
stable
might
beare
a
question
.
This
Inne
was
not
the
holiest
house
in
the
towne
,
nor
this
stable
the
cleanest
place
in
the
Inne
;
yet
this
holy
one
of
Israel
comes
to
an
Inne
:
for
he
came
not
to
call
the
holy
,
but
sinners
to
repentance
.
This
Sunne
of
righteousnesse
may
shine
through
a
dunghill
,
and
yet
the
beames
thereof
gather
no
pollution
:
albeit
I
must
needs
blame
the
Inne-keeper
,
who
assigned
our
Sauiour
his
birth-chamber
in
a
stable
(
like
some
mightie
men
,
who
build
themselues
stately
pallaces
,
and
if
they
haue
any
roome
bad
enough
,
it
is
good
enough
for
a
chappell
)
yet
,
herein
doth
consist
some
part
of
our
Christmasse
ioy
,
that
Christ
tooke
a
stable
and
made
it
a
temple
,
Mat.
2.11
.
where
the
Wise
men
worshipped
and
offered
oblations
.
Shall
we
then
doubt
of
his
abode
in
our
hearts
by
his
Spirit
,
whose
personall
presence
disdained
not
a
stable
?
Be
it
,
that
we
are
more
vncleane
then
stables
,
polluted
with
sinne
and
corruption
,
inhabited
with
many
beastly
affections
,
like
horse
and
mule
without
any
vnderstanding
;
like
vntamed
haifers
or
wilde
asse
colts
without
yoke
or
bit
;
yet
the
presence
of
his
diuine
Spirit
will
humble
our
affections
,
cleanse
our
soules
,
and
sanctifie
our
members
,
to
make
them
temples
of
the
holy
Ghost
.
4
The
worst
roome
in
the
Inne
was
too
good
for
him
,
but
(
thankes
be
to
God
)
he
hath
gotten
the
best
roome
in
the
stable
,
swadled
and
layed
in
a
manger
;
Luk.
2.7
.
and
why
?
in
this
place
there
was
none
but
his
friends
,
and
those
that
loued
him
well
.
His
mother
sought
out
the
most
sweete
and
soft
place
in
all
the
stable
,
to
repose
the
immaculate
and
tender
Lambe
of
God
in
.
If
any
beast
was
there
present
to
feede
in
the
manger
(
as
likely
at
this
generall
taxing
,
when
the
Inne
was
so
full
,
the
stable
was
not
emptie
)
the
very
instinct
of
nature
did
teach
them
to
know
their
owner
,
and
their
maisters
crib
;
and
after
their
fashion
to
worship
the
God
of
nature
.
If
sinfull
man
be
that
stable
wherein
the
Sonne
of
God
doth
vouchsafe
to
repose
himself
,
assigne
him
the
best
roome
,
lay
him
in
the
manger
,
giue
him
thy
heart
,
where
all
thy
affections
vse
to
feed
and
solace
themselues
,
and
that
heart
shall
feele
a
heauenly
ioy
within
it
,
a
peace
of
conscience
which
passeth
all
vnderstanding
;
it
shall
send
ioy
into
heauen
amongst
the
Angels
,
who
reioyce
ouer
one
sinner
that
repents
:
Luk.
15.10
.
it
shall
fetch
downe
Angels
from
heauen
,
with
a
companie
of
heauenly
souldiers
,
to
sing
glorie
to
God
on
high
,
in
earth
peace
,
and
to
pitch
their
tents
about
thee
.
A
man
knowes
not
(
saith
Salomon
)
what
a
day
may
brîng
foorth
.
Prou.
27.1
.
Verily
,
if
one
day
brought
foorth
thus
many
ioyes
when
it
brought
forth
the
Sonne
of
God
well
may
we
crowne
it
with
the
Psalmist
his
Epiphonema
:
Psal
,
118.24
.
This
is
the
day
which
the
Lord
hath
made
,
we
will
reioyce
and
be
glad
in
it
.
S.
STEVEN
.
WHen
the
Sonne
of
God
had
put
on
man
,
and
couered
his
Deitie
with
a
veile
of
flesh
,
for
dazeling
our
eyes
,
great
things
by
him
were
both
done
and
suffered
for
vs
.
After
that
man
therefore
by
vertue
of
those
sufferings
,
shall
haue
put
on
Christ
,
Rom.
13
14.
it
is
very
meete
,
that
in
token
of
thankes
,
some
thing
be
done
and
suffered
by
man
for
the
name
of
Christ
.
Bernard
Non
decet
sub
spinoso
capite
membrum
esse
delicatum
:
since
the
Head
was
crowned
with
thornes
to
saue
the
bodie
,
let
not
the
foote
disdaine
to
catch
a
thorne
in
defence
of
the
head
:
since
Christ
fought
for
vs
in
our
owne
flesh
till
he
sweat
againe
,
and
sweat
till
he
bled
,
and
bled
till
he
died
:
let
this
blessed
.
Martyr
teach
,
that
the
purest
bloud
in
our
sinfull
bodies
is
not
too
precious
to
be
powred
out
for
his
Gospell
.
All
confesse
this
to
be
true
,
but
some
say
it
is
too
tragicall
:
a
farre
vnfit
meditation
for
this
Feast
:
these
bloudie
dayes
of
Steuen
and
Innocents
,
might
better
haue
bene
referred
vnto
Lent
,
to
accompanie
Good
Friday
.
For
there
be
many
wise
men
,
both
from
the
East
and
West
,
will
with
ioy
henour
Christ
in
the
cratch
,
that
would
be
loth
to
follow
him
to
the
crosse
.
S.
Paul
did
fit
the
Kings
humour
well
,
Act.
26.29
.
wishing
that
Agrippa
were
a
whole
Christian
altogether
like
himselfe
,
except
those
bonds
.
For
if
Christianitie
inflict
bonds
,
or
draw
bloud
,
it
is
vnsauorie
.
Vnsauorie
indeede
vnto
flesh
and
bloud
:
but
he
that
hath
well
tasted
of
yesterdayes
ioy
in
the
birth
of
a
Sauiour
,
shall
find
it
not
allayed
,
but
well
seconded
by
this
dayes
martyrdome
.
The
Apostles
reioyced
that
they
were
accounted
worthie
to
suffer
for
his
name
:
Act.
5.41
.
then
sure
there
is
some
matter
of
dignitie
in
suffering
:
and
if
they
reioyced
therein
,
why
should
we
be
sad
vpon
this
day
?
Christ
told
vs
before
:
Ioh.
12.32
.
If
I
were
lift
vp
from
the
earth
,
I
will
draw
men
vnto
me
.
It
seemeth
there
is
some
hidden
vertue
in
the
crosse
of
Christ
,
knowne
to
none
but
those
that
feele
the
power
of
it
;
by
which
he
enticeth
men
to
follow
him
with
delight
,
euen
vnto
death
.
Therefore
saith
Paul
,
2
Cor.
12.10
.
I
take
pleasure
〈…〉
,
in
necessities
,
in
persecutions
,
in
〈◊〉
.
It
is
honorable
(
thinkes
Haman
)
to
be
set
vpon
the
Kings
owne
horse
,
and
haue
it
proclaimed
before
him
:
Ester
6.9
.
This
shall
be
done
to
the
man
whom
the
King
will
honour
.
Our
King
of
Heauen
was
neuer
better
mounted
on
earth
then
vpon
an
Asse
and
a
Crosse
.
The
Kings
on
Palfreies
:
that
,
to
teach
humilitie
;
this
,
to
arme
vs
with
patience
:
this
shall
be
done
to
the
man
whom
this
King
will
honour
.
Which
makes
S.
Paul
to
glorie
in
nothing
but
in
the
Crosse
of
Christ
;
who
still
,
as
he
is
preferred
to
greater
dignitie
in
the
Court
of
Christ
,
assumeth
to
himselfe
more
honorable
titles
:
To
the
Romanes
,
Corinthians
,
and
the
rest
.
Sometimes
he
calls
himselfe
an
Apostle
,
somtimes
a
Seruant
of
Christ
;
but
the
last
of
all
is
the
most
glorious
,
in
his
Epistle
to
Philemon
:
Paul
a
prisoner
of
Iesus
Christ
.
It
is
a
Christian
paradox
:
yet
that
Apostle
putteth
vs
out
of
doubt
,
preferring
it
before
the
best
in
his
2.
Epistle
to
the
Corinth
〈◊〉
23.
They
are
ministers
of
Christ
,
I
speake
〈◊〉
foole
,
I
am
more
why
?
In
stripes
aboue
〈◊〉
sure
,
in
prison
more
plenteously
,
in
death
often
,
&c.
3
There
is
a
glorious
companie
of
the
Apostles
,
a
goodly
fellowship
of
the
Prophets
,
but
a
noble
armie
of
Martyrs
,
as
our
Church
hath
well
sung
.
A
noble
and
a
royall
armie
indeede
:
for
there
is
no
armie
or
hoast
of
God
in
heauen
or
earth
,
which
fighteth
so
like
the
King
himselfe
,
as
the
Martyrs
do
,
which
ouercome
by
suffering
;
for
which
victorie
Steuen
doth
now
enioy
that
which
his
name
did
signifie
,
a
crowne
,
an
eternall
crowne
of
glorie
.
If
martyrdome
then
be
delightfull
,
that
Saints
take
pleasure
in
it
:
if
it
be
to
be
affected
as
honorable
,
that
the
Apostles
glorie
in
it
:
if
as
noble
and
royall
,
it
will
crowne
vs
with
glorie
;
let
it
not
grieue
vs
to
recken
it
amongst
our
Christian
triumphs
.
The
standard-bearer
of
this
royall
armie
was
S.
Steuen
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
the
first
Martyr
in
strict
proprietie
of
speech
that
euer
was
,
the
first
〈◊〉
of
the
Gospell
of
Christ
,
that
conformed
the
same
with
his
bloud
.
The
Innocents
lost
their
liues
for
Christ
,
but
it
was
in
them
no
voluntarie
oblation
.
Iohn
Baptist
bare
record
of
Christ
,
but
he
died
for
a
Legall
truth
:
It
is
not
lawfull
for
thee
to
haue
thy
brother
Philips
wife
.
Peter
resolued
to
haue
laid
downe
his
life
for
Christ
;
but
hee
was
too
weake
.
Verily
it
was
decreed
,
that
no
man
in
zeale
should
lose
a
drop
of
bloud
for
the
witnesse
of
Christ
or
his
Gospell
,
before
Christ
in
the
abundance
of
loue
had
shed
his
precious
bloud
for
the
loue
of
man
.
After
Christ
had
finished
his
course
,
and
was
set
at
the
right
hand
of
his
Father
,
the
first
that
entred
the
lists
,
was
this
valiant
Martyr
Steuen
,
who
fought
three
notable
combats
:
one
in
the
schooles
,
another
before
the
councell
,
and
a
third
at
the
stake
.
1
Out
of
the
Colledge
came
Libertines
,
Cyrenians
,
they
of
Alexandria
,
Cilicia
,
of
Asia
,
Act.
6.9
.
and
disputed
with
him
,
and
were
not
able
(
saith
Luke
)
to
resist
that
wisedom
and
spirit
by
which
he
spake
.
vers
.
10
Wisedom
without
spirit
,
had
bene
ouer
dull
and
●●●ttie
;
so
many
to
one
might
easily
haue
ouercrowed
him
.
Spirit
without
wisedome
,
had
bene
furie
,
exception
might
haue
bene
taken
to
his
intemperancie
:
but
wisedome
going
before
as
a
guide
,
and
spirit
following
to
set
an
edge
vpon
it
,
this
victorie
was
easily
got
.
2
Since
arguments
could
not
preuaile
,
of
disputers
they
became
sergeants
,
they
ranne
vpon
him
,
vers.
12
caught
him
,
and
brought
him
to
the
Councell
,
suborned
false
witnesses
,
and
produced
them
against
him
.
Whereat
Steuen
was
so
litle
daunted
,
as
all
that
sate
in
the
Councell
saw
his
face
as
the
face
of
an
Angel
;
not
onely
for
confidence
and
maiestie
,
which
was
Angelical
,
vers
.
15
but
especially
that
heauenly
ioy
possessing
his
heart
(
in
that
he
was
counted
worthie
to
suffer
reproch
for
Christ
)
made
him
a
cheerfull
countenance
.
This
heauen
he
felt
within
him
,
Act.
7.56
.
and
lifting
vp
his
eies
he
saw
another
about
him
,
readie
to
receiue
him
,
and
the
Sonne
of
man
standing
at
the
right
hand
of
God
.
Did
Steuen
espie
him
standing
,
whom
Paul
affirmes
to
sit
at
the
right
hand
of
the
Maiestie
?
It
is
true
,
Heb.
1.3
.
the
King
of
glorie
sits
vpon
the
throne
in
the
highest
places
.
But
while
his
blessed
Martyr
Steuen
shall
stand
before
the
Councell
as
a
witnesse
for
Christ
;
Christ
will
appeare
standing
before
his
Father
,
as
an
intercessour
for
Steuen
.
3
Iustice
will
not
conuict
him
;
they
make
a
tumult
,
Act.
7.57
.
stoppe
their
eares
(
lest
his
words
might
pierce
their
hearts
,
run
vpon
him
all
at
once
.
The
reasons
and
accusations
are
blunt
,
stones
be
sharpe
enough
)
they
cast
him
out
of
the
citie
,
vers
.
58
and
stone
him
:
and
yet
herein
is
his
greatest
triumph
;
for
he
commends
his
soule
by
faith
vnto
God
;
his
praier
in
charitie
for
his
persecutors
;
and
both
were
accepted
of
:
his
soule
receiued
and
crowned
with
glorie
;
and
the
young
man
Saul
at
his
conuersion
enioyeth
the
fruite
of
Steuens
prayer
.
If
Martyrs
then
be
so
happie
,
so
wise
,
so
valiant
,
so
chearfull
,
so
Angelicall
,
that
neither
schoole
nor
court
,
nor
death
nor
diuell
can
preuaile
further
then
to
hasten
their
eternall
blisse
:
let
S.
Steuen
be
in
the
catalogue
of
ioyfull
daies
,
and
let
his
example
arme
vs
to
fight
vnder
the
same
banner
.
SAINT
IOHN
.
STeuen
,
of
a
faithfull
Christian
full
of
the
Spirit
,
was
made
a
Deacon
,
a
Martyr
,
a
leader
of
that
band
.
Iohn
,
of
a
Disciple
whom
Iesus
loued
,
became
an
Euangelist
,
an
Apostle
,
as
an
Eagle
flying
higher
in
diuine
mysteries
,
and
looking
more
steadily
vpon
the
Sunne
of
righteousnesse
then
others
.
Steuen
glorified
God
by
his
death
;
Iohn
by
his
long
life
.
Steuen
by
sowing
his
bloud
;
Iohn
by
planting
the
Church
in
diuers
nations
,
did
glorifie
God
.
Steuen
by
his
example
taught
vs
how
to
suffer
:
Reuel.
1.9
.
Iohn
foretold
in
his
Reuelation
what
things
we
must
suffer
:
both
arme
vs
with
patience
in
persecution
.
Steuen
offered
himselfe
at
once
:
Iohn
by
peece-meales
;
whose
life
was
a
continuall
martyrdome
.
This
Disciple
excelled
the
rest
in
three
prerogatiues
.
1
He
was
beloued
of
Iesus
aboue
other
:
he
writ
more
of
his
owne
knowledge
which
he
had
seene
with
his
eies
,
and
heard
with
his
eares
,
then
others
;
and
left
greater
monuments
behind
him
then
others
;
not
of
his
owne
fame
,
but
of
the
greatnesse
of
that
little
Babe
which
lieth
in
a
manger
,
and
yet
fils
heauen
and
earth
.
Iohn
was
knowne
by
the
name
of
the
Disciple
whom
Iesus
loued
;
but
then
what
moued
Iesus
to
affect
Iohn
more
then
the
rest
,
may
be
curious
to
enquire
,
and
more
difficult
to
find
out
,
vnlesse
it
was
because
he
was
yonger
then
the
rest
of
his
followers
,
and
yet
more
constant
and
resolute
.
For
a
yong
man
to
follow
Christ
,
it
is
rare
,
and
therefore
amiable
.
If
we
vrge
youth
vnto
that
,
they
tell
vs
(
as
the
diuell
told
Christ
)
we
torment
them
before
their
time
.
Mat
8.29
.
For
commonly
the
prodigall
son
is
the
yonger
.
Luk.
15.12
.
Therefore
since
Iohn
was
like
that
purple
wooll
,
Heb.
9.19
.
wherewith
Moses
is
said
to
haue
sprinkled
all
the
people
,
both
died
in
the
woll
himselfe
with
pietie
,
and
an
instrument
also
to
besprinkle
others
with
the
bloud
of
Christ
:
it
may
be
for
this
cause
he
was
more
loued
then
ordinarie
.
So
was
yong
Samuel
fauoured
of
God
:
so
was
Dauid
,
a
man
after
Gods
owne
heart
,
for
he
was
a
man
of
God
from
a
lad
:
and
so
was
little
Daniel
,
Dan.
10.11
.
a
man
greatly
beloued
(
as
Gabriel
telleth
vs
)
vnto
whom
no
lesse
reuelations
were
declared
for
the
old
Testament
,
then
were
vnto
Iohn
for
the
new
.
This
louing
affection
vnto
religious
youth
,
our
Sauiour
might
learne
of
his
Father
;
as
S.
Paul
learned
of
him
to
loue
his
yong
scholler
Timothie
,
to
whom
he
writ
as
often
as
vnto
any
Church
which
hee
had
planted
.
A
goodly
motiue
to
shew
especiall
tokens
of
familiaritie
vnto
Iohn
,
in
suffering
him
to
aske
questions
in
secret
,
to
leane
vpon
his
breast
,
and
to
sucke
wisedome
from
him
.
Me
thinks
Iohn
was
vnto
Christ
among
his
Disciples
,
as
Beniamin
was
vnto
Ioseph
among
his
brethren
,
twice
beloued
,
and
brother
on
both
sides
by
father
and
mother
.
For
Iohn
was
the
adopted
sonne
of
his
heauenly
Father
by
grace
,
as
also
of
his
earthly
mother
by
fauour
.
For
he
spake
from
the
Crosse
to
the
Virgin
of
Iohn
,
Ioh.
19.26
.
Behold
thy
sonne
,
and
to
Iohn
he
said
,
Behold
thy
mother
.
This
was
the
fruite
of
his
constancie
and
perseuerance
,
who
staied
by
it
when
the
rest
fled
;
who
spake
litle
,
and
held
out
,
when
Peter
said
much
,
Luk
22.33
.
and
ranne
away
.
A
sword
pierced
through
his
soule
also
,
as
well
as
his
mothers
,
when
his
eies
beheld
the
speare
pierce
the
side
of
his
Lord
and
Sauiour
.
Ioh.
19.35
.
Thus
was
Christ
Alpha
and
Omega
vnto
Iohn
,
who
was
Aleph
and
Thau
vnto
Christ
:
who
began
betimes
,
and
held
out
to
the
end
;
Ezek.
9.4
.
marked
in
the
forehead
with
the
letter
Thau
,
the
last
letter
of
the
Hebrew
Alphabet
.
2
This
is
that
Disciple
which
testifieth
these
things
,
Ioh.
21.24
.
and
we
know
that
his
testimonie
is
true
.
Againe
,
1.
Ioh.
1.1
.
That
which
we
haue
heard
,
which
we
haue
seene
,
which
we
haue
looked
vpon
,
which
our
hands
haue
handled
of
the
Word
of
life
,
declare
we
vnto
you
.
So
he
ended
his
Gospell
,
and
so
he
began
his
Epistles
,
who
saw
,
and
heard
,
and
felt
more
then
the
rest
.
Mat.
17.2
.
He
saw
the
Sonne
of
God
in
his
glorie
,
he
saw
him
in
his
full
eclipse
;
he
saw
him
when
his
face
shone
like
the
Sun
,
and
his
garments
glistered
white
as
snow
:
and
againe
,
when
the
same
face
was
spit
vpon
,
Mat.
27.30
.
vers.
35.
and
his
garments
deuided
.
Hee
saw
him
glorified
on
mount
Tabor
with
Moses
and
Elias
:
and
after
crucified
on
mount
Caluarie
,
vers
.
38
betweene
two
theeues
.
Hee
heard
the
voice
of
his
Father
from
heauen
:
Mat.
3.17
.
This
is
my
beloued
Sonne
,
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased
.
Hee
heard
the
lamentable
crie
of
the
Sonne
of
God
vpon
the
crosse
:
My
God
,
my
God
,
Mat.
27.46
.
why
hast
thou
forsaken
me
?
After
this
,
he
both
saw
and
heard
those
heauenly
misteries
in
that
I
le
of
Patmos
,
Reuel.
14
9.
which
this
of
England
doth
now
enioy
:
those
diuine
Reuelations
,
written
by
Iohn
to
the
seuen
Churches
of
Asia
,
which
are
at
this
day
extant
in
all
the
Churches
of
Europe
.
3
He
hath
left
behind
him
three
monuments
of
especiall
note
:
I
meane
not
his
three
titles
,
of
Iohn
the
Euangelist
,
the
Apostle
,
the
Diuine
:
but
his
three
works
,
his
Gospel
,
Epistles
,
and
Apocalypse
.
The
first
beginneth
from
afore
all
worlds
,
farre
aboue
Moses
his
beginning
of
the
creation
,
Ioh.
1.2
.
In
the
beginning
was
the
Word
,
&c.
The
last
describeth
that
heauenly
Ierusalem
,
Reul
.
21.10
.
which
endureth
past
all
ages
.
The
first
is
a
narration
of
the
Gospell
of
Christ
;
the
second
,
an
exhortation
vnto
the
pietie
of
Saints
;
the
third
,
a
reuelation
of
the
state
of
the
Church
.
The
first
teacheth
faith
;
the
second
charitie
;
the
third
,
hope
and
patience
:
sufficient
to
make
a
man
perfect
in
Christ
.
This
Apostle
our
Church
hath
placed
in
this
Feast
of
the
Natiuitie
,
to
the
end
to
teach
vs
,
who
that
Babe
was
which
was
borne
at
Bethlehem
.
INNOCENTS
.
MAruell
not
that
children
make
vp
this
traine
,
Esa.
9.6
.
for
vnto
vs
a
Child
is
borne
,
and
such
a
one
as
euermore
delighteth
in
little
ones
,
like
his
Father
;
to
whom
was
neuer
sacrifice
more
acceptable
of
beasts
then
lambes
,
of
birds
then
yong
pigeons
.
This
Lambe
of
God
carrieth
the
same
mind
:
Suffer
little
children
to
come
vnto
me
,
Mat
19.14
.
and
forbid
them
not
,
for
to
such
belongs
the
kingdome
of
God
.
And
if
the
kingdome
belong
vnto
them
,
good
reason
they
should
belong
vnto
the
King
:
yet
neither
they
nor
the
King
shall
enter
into
this
kingdome
without
bloud
.
Gen.
4.8
.
So
I
thought
,
when
God
placed
a
sword
at
the
gate
of
Paradise
;
his
meaning
was
,
Gen.
3.24
.
none
should
come
there
againe
without
losse
of
bloud
.
Thus
passed
Habel
(
the
first
in
the
old
Testament
)
by
his
brothers
sword
:
Mat.
2.16
.
and
these
Innocents
the
first
in
the
new
Testament
,
vnder
Herods
sword
and
the
rest
.
Some
going
before
,
some
following
,
and
the
King
himselfe
in
the
middest
,
by
whose
sole
vertue
and
authoritie
it
was
,
that
both
to
them
before
,
and
vs
following
,
the
gate
of
heauen
was
open
,
else
had
there
bene
no
passage
at
all
.
Yet
for
all
this
,
the
King
telleth
vs
,
Mat.
7.14
.
The
gate
is
straite
,
and
there
be
few
that
go
in
thereat
,
therefore
we
must
striue
if
we
meane
to
enter
.
The
impediments
which
make
the
passage
so
difficult
to
vs
,
be
three
in
number
;
all
which
the
example
of
those
Innocents
teach
vs
to
auoide
or
ouercome
.
1
First
the
sword
of
tribulation
,
Act.
14.22
.
for
by
many
tribulations
must
we
enter
into
the
kingdome
of
God
.
Mat.
16.24
.
Therefore
if
any
will
be
my
disciple
(
saith
our
Sauiour
)
let
him
take
vp
his
crosse
,
as
I
haue
done
.
This
let
,
they
ouercame
by
suffering
,
and
got
more
by
Herod
his
sword
,
then
if
they
had
bene
maintained
at
his
owne
exhibition
.
Let
not
this
stop
vs
then
:
for
why
should
any
child
of
God
be
lesse
patient
in
suffering
one
death
for
an
euerlasting
kingdome
,
then
Herod
was
cruell
,
inflicting
many
deaths
for
an
earthly
kingdome
.
2
If
sinne
lie
at
the
doore
,
Gen.
4.7
.
it
will
stop
our
passage
as
it
did
Cains
:
whether
it
be
some
great
notorious
sin
,
as
his
was
,
like
a
rocke
in
the
sea
,
or
like
a
sand
,
many
little
ones
heaped
together
;
either
of
them
will
dam
vp
the
gate
,
&
make
the
conscience
to
suffer
shipwracke
.
Therefore
to
preuent
that
,
these
passengers
were
Innocents
,
entring
in
this
doore
before
they
had
clogged
it
with
many
sinnes
:
whose
example
in
this
kind
,
S.
Paul
commends
vnto
vs
:
1.
Cor.
14.20
.
As
concerning
maliciousnes
be
ye
children
.
For
children
haue
their
faults
,
yet
commonly
they
proceed
in
them
either
of
ignorance
or
infirmitie
,
or
both
;
and
so
long
God
is
mercifull
vnto
vs
.
But
if
maliciousnesse
and
presumptuous
sinnes
get
a
hand
ouer
vs
,
they
wil
stop
the
gate
of
heauen
,
and
much
ado
shall
we
haue
to
passe
:
for
this
cause
straite
is
the
gate
,
and
few
there
be
that
go
in
thereat
.
3
As
we
haue
made
the
gate
straite
through
our
default
;
so
if
we
grow
ouer-big
,
so
much
the
worse
.
A
threed
may
enter
where
a
cammell
cannot
.
These
Innocents
were
little
in
bodie
and
mind
,
Mat.
2.16
.
two
yeares
old
and
vnder
:
but
the
diuels
disease
is
a
swelling
disease
,
and
so
infectious
at
the
first
,
as
our
parents
got
it
of
him
in
Paradise
;
since
which
time
it
is
growne
hereditarie
to
the
sonnes
of
Adam
.
This
cast
Nebuchadnezzar
out
of
his
earthly
kingdome
:
Dan.
4.28
.
and
it
must
be
asswaged
in
vs
,
or
we
shall
neuer
enter
the
heauenly
.
The
Pharisy
swelled
in
conceit
of
his
owne
righteousnesse
,
Luke
16.14
.
and
stucke
fast
:
the
Publican
stooped
,
and
went
in
.
Zacheus
was
great
in
riches
;
Luke
19.8
.
he
diminished
himself
by
restitution
,
by
charitie
to
the
poore
,
and
passed
.
For
this
gate
(
it
seems
)
is
made
for
children
onely
to
creepe
through
.
Verily
I
say
vnto
you
,
Mat.
18.3
.
except
ye
become
as
little
children
,
ye
shall
not
enter
into
the
kingdome
of
God
.
CIRCVMCISION
.
THe
moneth
of
Nisan
(
when
Israel
should
be
sprinkled
with
the
bloud
of
the
Paschall
Lambe
)
was
to
be
reckened
the
first
moneth
of
the
yeare
,
Exod.
12.2
.
that
by
so
good
a
beginning
,
the
rest
of
the
yeare
might
the
better
be
hallowed
.
It
is
not
then
amisse
to
beginne
a
new
reuolution
with
the
remembrance
of
those
drops
of
bloud
wherewith
all
the
world
was
besprinkled
,
and
no
doubt
sanctified
,
at
the
circumcision
of
the
Lambe
of
God
.
They
were
but
a
few
drops
,
I
confesse
,
not
the
whole
price
of
our
redemption
;
yet
sufficient
though
for
an
earnest
penie
:
the
entire
Sonne
was
after
tendred
vpon
the
Crosse
at
his
passion
.
Yet
because
onely
the
bloud
of
Christ
,
and
no
other
,
was
a
sufficient
ransome
for
the
world
,
it
was
therefore
very
behouefull
,
that
before
he
paied
the
ransome
,
he
should
approue
himselfe
to
be
the
very
true
Messias
and
Redeemer
;
and
this
was
performed
at
his
Circumcision
.
For
(
saith
the
text
)
when
eight
dayes
were
accomplished
that
they
should
circumcise
the
child
,
his
name
was
called
Iesus
.
He
was
circumcised
,
to
approue
himselfe
truly
man
,
flesh
of
our
flesh
:
and
his
name
was
called
Iesus
,
which
signifieth
God
our
Sauiour
.
Circumcised
,
that
the
Iewes
might
acknowledge
him
to
be
the
Sonne
of
Abraham
:
called
Iesus
,
that
he
might
be
receiued
for
the
Sonne
of
God
.
Circumcised
,
to
become
subiect
to
the
law
:
Gal.
5.3
for
he
that
is
circumcised
(
saith
S.
Paul
)
is
bound
to
keepe
the
law
.
Called
Iesus
,
to
saue
vs
from
the
curse
of
the
law
.
Circumcised
,
to
take
vpon
him
the
similitude
of
sinfull
flesh
,
(
for
that
was
a
sacrament
of
originall
corruption
.
)
Called
Iesus
,
that
he
might
saue
his
people
from
their
sinnes
,
as
the
Angell
expounded
his
name
vnto
Ioseph
.
This
Circumcision
he
first
suffered
for
vs
in
the
flesh
,
and
after
performed
the
true
effect
thereof
within
vs
by
his
Spirit
,
to
wit
,
a
Circumcision
made
without
hands
(
as
the
Apostle
speakes
)
by
putting
off
the
sinfull
bodie
of
the
flesh
,
through
the
circumcision
of
Christ
,
who
by
his
spirituall
knife
,
first
cutteth
off
the
foreskinne
of
our
hearts
,
and
makes
them
bleede
,
in
sorrow
for
our
sinnes
past
:
for
Circumcision
is
a
bloudie
thing
(
as
Zipporah
said
to
Moses
)
and
he
that
will
be
a
true
Israelite
,
his
heart
must
bleed
.
2.
The
foreskin
being
remoued
,
which
hardned
our
hearts
before
,
there
followeth
a
tendernesse
of
conscience
,
which
giueth
a
quicker
sense
of
future
transgression
.
Next
,
he
purgeth
the
vine
branches
that
they
may
bring
forth
more
fruite
:
circumcising
all
superfluous
and
vaine
cogitations
in
vs
:
lopping
all
luxurious
affections
,
lest
ouergrowing
they
might
ouerthrow
vs
(
like
Absolons
haire
)
for
want
of
cutting
.
So
are
we
also
of
circumcised
lips
and
eares
,
when
our
mouth
shall
speake
no
vanitie
,
and
our
eares
relish
the
word
of
wisedome
,
Thus
renewed
in
heart
and
affection
,
in
soule
and
bodie
(
when
old
things
are
passed
,
2.
Cor.
5.17
.
and
all
things
are
become
new
)
we
may
offer
and
present
vnto
God
,
the
poore
widowes
offering
of
two
mites
,
our
soule
and
bodie
to
be
a
liuing
sacrifice
,
and
an
acceptable
New-yeares
gift
vnto
him
(
since
it
is
all
that
we
haue
)
thereby
assuring
our selues
that
our
names
are
knowne
,
and
called
,
and
written
in
heauen
;
for
the
Spirit
hath
circumcised
vs
.
EPIPHANIE
.
WE
may
well
conclude
with
the
manifestation
of
Christ
vnto
the
Gentiles
.
For
without
this
,
all
that
hath
bene
said
is
nothing
vnto
vs
,
who
be
(
as
the
Apostle
telleth
vs
)
sinners
of
the
Gentiles
.
But
now
God
perswades
Iapheth
to
dwell
in
the
tents
of
Shem
,
that
is
,
Gen.
9.27
.
the
Gentiles
which
came
of
Iapheth
,
to
ioyne
themselues
vnto
the
Church
,
which
is
the
posteritie
of
Shem
;
for
which
thing
father
Noah
prayed
long
since
.
Iob
38.13
.
Now
the
morning
takes
hold
of
the
corners
of
the
earth
(
as
God
said
to
Iob
)
that
the
wicked
might
be
shaken
out
of
it
:
for
the
Sun
of
righteousnesse
shineth
to
the
men
of
the
East
.
Zachar.
2.4
.
Now
Ierusalem
begins
to
be
inhabited
without
wals
(
as
Zachary
prophesied
)
when
the
Church
shall
not
be
hemmed
within
the
precinct
of
that
nation
.
Now
the
great
mystery
of
godlinesse
is
reuealed
,
when
God
manifested
in
the
flesh
,
is
preached
to
the
Gentiles
.
For
these
Wisemen
were
the
first
fruits
of
the
Gentiles
:
whereupon
followed
a
mightie
haruest
.
The
haruest
indeede
is
great
,
Go
and
teach
all
nations
.
This
word
of
life
in
Dauids
time
was
but
a
light
and
a
lanterne
:
Ps.
119.
v.
105.
Nun.
now
it
is
a
morning
Starre
appearing
in
the
East
;
and
after
,
a
Sunne
of
righteousnesse
,
which
enlighteneth
euery
one
that
cometh
into
the
world
:
Ioh.
1.9
.
whose
beames
directly
behold
these
corners
and
ends
of
the
world
;
vpon
which
the
firmamentall
Sunne
looketh
but
asquint
.
Now
is
the
Gospell
preached
(
as
Christ
gaue
in
commandement
)
vnto
euery
creature
;
not
vnto
men
onely
,
but
euen
to
those
barbarous
nations
which
scarce
caried
the
face
of
men
,
these
silly
creatures
in
times
past
vnacquainted
with
the
lawes
of
ciuill
humanitie
.
This
is
the
meane
crop
:
the
first
fruits
were
the
wise
men
of
the
East
:
with
whom
Christ
dealeth
in
their
owne
art
:
(
that
he
might
haue
the
faster
hold
of
them
)
for
he
leadeth
them
by
a
starre
,
because
they
were
Astronomers
,
and
therefore
able
to
discerne
a
miracle
in
that
kind
.
So
he
dealt
with
his
owne
Disciples
by
sea
,
stilling
the
tempest
,
and
causing
Peter
to
walke
vpon
the
waters
,
because
they
were
watermen
:
by
those
miraculous
draughts
of
fish
,
because
they
were
fishermen
:
hereby
shewing
himselfe
to
be
that
wise
maister-fisher
of
soules
,
which
fitteth
his
baite
to
euery
kind
.
We
see
the
goodnesse
of
God
vnto
the
Gentiles
,
in
that
Christ
was
manifested
to
those
men
:
shall
we
learne
the
dutie
of
the
Gentiles
towards
God
,
by
the
deuotion
of
these
men
vnto
Christ
?
They
came
to
worship
him
in
heart
,
in
bodie
,
and
in
goods
:
they
opened
their
treasuries
;
and
where
the
treasure
is
,
there
is
the
heart
.
The
heart
commands
the
bodie
(
as
the
Centurion
his
seruant
)
saying
to
the
foot
,
Go
,
and
it
goeth
,
&c.
Neither
did
they
come
to
worship
Christ
emptie
handed
,
Deut.
16.16.17
but
brought
with
them
such
gifts
as
their
countrey
did
affoord
,
gold
,
incense
and
myrrhe
;
Aurumregi
,
Thus
Deo
,
Myrrhamorituro
.
Gold
,
not
so
much
to
relieue
the
wants
of
his
poore
parents
,
(
who
were
able
to
compasse
no
better
a
birth-chamber
then
a
stable
)
as
to
shew
themselues
tributaries
to
his
Maiesty
,
vnto
whom
was
giuen
the
heathen
for
his
inheritance
,
Psal.
2.8
.
and
the
ends
of
the
world
for
his
possessions
.
Frankencense
was
brought
,
not
so
much
to
sweeten
the
place
,
as
by
incense
to
acknowledge
the
Deitie
of
the
Son
of
God
.
Myrrhe
was
also
offered
with
no
lesse
mysterie
,
then
Mary
her
ointment
at
the
day
of
his
buriall
:
for
it
is
to
preserue
his
dead
bodie
from
corruption
,
who
being
dead
and
buried
,
yet
saw
no
corruption
.
1
If
then
wee
receiue
Christ
for
our
heauenly
King
,
and
Soueraigne
of
our
soules
,
in
obedience
vnto
his
Euangelicall
law
,
it
is
as
much
as
if
we
brought
gold
,
and
much
fine
gold
.
2
If
we
offer
vp
prayers
and
thanksgiuing
,
that
is
,
saith
Dauid
,
as
incense
,
Psal.
141.2
.
and
the
vplifting
of
our
hands
as
an
euening
sacrifice
.
3
If
in
deuotion
wee
relieue
the
Church
,
and
preserue
the
members
of
his
mysticall
bodie
militant
,
from
corruption
,
distresse
and
miserie
;
this
is
as
Myrrhe
vnto
his
naturall
bodie
.
These
be
our
Christian
oblations
:
-
1
Obedience
to
his
law
,
the
fruite
of
faith
.
-
2
Prayers
and
supplications
,
grounded
vpon
hope
.
-
3
Deuotion
and
almes
,
proceeding
from
charitie
towards
our
brethren
.
Noster
enim
taleis
reddit
agellus
opes
.
These
be
all
which
our
earthly
mould
by
the
influence
of
heauen
can
yeeld
:
which
,
that
it
may
yeeld
,
looke
we
stedfastly
(
with
Elias
)
vpon
this
little
clowde
,
1.
King
.
18.44
rising
at
the
first
no
bigger
then
a
mans
hand
,
or
the
breadth
of
a
Crib
;
from
which
wee
desire
and
expect
those
manifold
drops
of
the
graces
of
his
Spirit
to
fall
vpon
our
hearts
,
that
we
may
returne
vnto
him
,
together
with
his
Father
and
Spirit
,
all
praise
,
honour
and
thankes
this
time
and
for
euer
.
Amen
.
FINIS
.