Judgement giving Praemium Paenam Punishment and Reward the recompense of Reward to a faithfull subject and the paine of Damnation to trayterous rebells For he is a just Judge whom neyther bribes can allure nor gifts entice nor threats can alter from doing right Oh then seeke this Iesus seeke this Nazarenus seeke this King of Iewes Seeke him for thy Lord and hee will finde thee for his inheritance install him for thy King and he will enfranchise thee for his subject admit him for thy Governour and hee will admit thee to glory and immortality For his Kingdome is not of this world below but of the world above as was typified by placing this Title above his Head not under his Feete Oh then deare Christian come out of the world and out of this dangerous and dreadfull security of the Flesh Whatsoever seemes glorious to the eye odoriferous to the smell harmonious to the eare delicate to the taste and soft to the touch O forsake them all to follow Christ Awake oh thou Soule that sleepest for the Lord is come Hee is come with Salvation he is come with Vertue hee is come with Glory For Iesus commeth not without Salvation nor Nazarenus without Vertue nor The King of the Iewes without Glory Bee of good comfort thou lost sheepe Iesus is come to seeke and to save that which was lost Bee of good comfort thou lamenting sinner Nazarenus is come to decke thee with ornaments of Grace Be of good comfort thou that aspirest to true Honour for The King of the Iewes will make thee partaker of his Kingdome If thou seeke this King of the Iewes thou must seeke him with Humility for hee was Humility it selfe Hee insteed of a Crowne of Gold was content for thy sake with a Crowne of Thornes for Regall attire with a Purple garment yea goary wounds for a Kingly Scepter a Reede in his hand for a Throne the Crosse for joyfull Acclamations blasphemous Exclamations for delicate dainties Vineger and Gall Oh seeke him then in Humility for pride ascendeth not with the King of Humility nor malice with the God of Mercy nor Lust with a Virgin-sonne of a Virgin-mother nor wickednesse with the Just one And if thou bee a subject of this Kingdome bee not like the Swine Qui Rosas projiciunt ut lutum quaerant Who reject the sweet Rose to accept the stinking mire Oh never conforme thy selfe to this world bee not of that durty generation but since thy King and Saviour is in Heaven let thy conversation be in Heaven also let the World and her brave vanities goe which way they will bee thou as Anselme sayes sweetly Corpore ambulans in Terra sed corde habitans in Coelo One that walkes on Earth with thy Body but dwellest in Heaven with thy Heart Get out from thine owne Countrey the World from thine owne Kinred the Flesh and from thy Fathers House the family of Satan unto the Land which the Lord hath shewen thee even that Kingdome which the King of the Iewes hath prepared for thee where thou shalt behold Pulchrum Senatum pulchrum Regnum Regem pulcherrimum A glorious Assembly of Saints a glorious Kingdome but a King most glorious where wee shall shine in Glory and Brightnesse with Albes of Innocency on our backes Palmes of Victory in our Hands Crownes of Glory on our Heads and Songs of Tryumph in our Mouthes then shall wee enter into Sanctum Sanctorum Into the Holy of Holies there shall wee celebrate Sabbatum Sabbatorum The Sabbath of Sabbaths Then shall wee sing Canticum Canticorum The Song of Songs which none can learne but those that are redeemed from the Earth Then shall we give eternall Honour Glory and Praise to him that was is and ever shall bee Iesus of Nazareth King of the Iewes Laus Deo The Authors Prayer to Iesus of Nazareth King of the Jewes collected out of the fore-going Discourse Jesus O Thou Sonne of God and sweete Saviour of the World Bone Iesu esto mihi Iesus Thou art made unto us of God Wisedome Righteousnesse Sanctification and Redemption Wisedome by thy Word preached Righteousnesse by our sinnes pardoned Sanctification by thy grace infused and Redemption by thy paines sustained Have mercy upon us miserable sinners Oh our blessed Saviour who hast borne our sorrows shed our teares suffered our disgrace sustained our punishment and payd our debt inspire us with thy Holy Spirit that though the Iewes Turkes and Infidels revile thee wee may still honour thee though they blaspheme thy Name Iesus we may adore it though they persecute it we may make it our refuge For thy Name ô Iesus is a strong Tower the righteous flye unto it and are secured Though Iewes Turkes and Heathen disdaine thy Name yet give us Grace that we may estimate it to be a precious Oyntment powred out though they vilifie it let us sweet Iesu still glory in it for with the Lord there is Justice but with thee Oh Saviour there is plenteous Redemption Oh Lord what Pilate deem'd to be thy shame prooves to be thy glory he writes thee disgracefully Iesus with his hand whom he could not call faithfully Iesus with his heart Yet will we ever acknowledge Iesus to be thy Name and Iesus is thy Nature Iesus by Title a Saviour by Office With this Name Iesus thy Birth was honoured and with this Name Iesus thy Death was honoured What thou brought'st into the world by the Angels Direction thou carriedst out of the world by Pilates Inscription To thee therefore I say once more and will never cease saying and praying Bone Iesu esto mihi Iesus O good Iesu be thou to me a Saviour Nazarenus sanctified OH Holy Nazarenus who wast sanctified in the wombe and out of the wombe whose Humane Nature was full of Grace and Truth full of Grace in thy Workes full of Truth in thy Words holy in thy Birth holy in thy Life and holy in thy Death vouchsafe to looke upon us miserable sinners who were conceived in sinne and borne in iniquity Sanctifie us with thy holy Spirit that from thee wee may derive such holinesse of life and conversation that all our thoughts words and workes being through thy Grace sanctified may be pleasing and acceptable unto thee who hast commanded us to be holy as thou art holy Nazarenus separated O Loving Nazarenus thou who wert that Scape-goate separated from thy fellows to make an attonement for the sins of the world thou that wast separated from thy Fathers Court of Majesty by taking upon thee the forme of a Servant thou that wast separated from thine owne Nation when thou fleddest into Egypt for feare of Herod thou that wast separated from thy Brethren and Kinsfolke to doe thy Fathers Will thou that wast separated from thy Disciples when thou hungst upon the Crosse thou that wast separated from the living when thou dyedst for our Redemption thou that wast separated from the World when thou ascendedst into Heaven vouchsafe to
love of their Maker But seeing Christ came into the World to be a Saviour hee must satisfie for man by contrary meanes For Pride by Humility for Disobedience by Obedience for carnall delight by suffering of punishment these three Christ performed Looke into the 2. Phil. 8. and there St. Paul make it playnely appeare that Christ was not behinde hand in any of these Hee humbled himselfe saith the Apostle behold his true Humility and became obedient behold his prompt Obedience unto Death even the death of the Crosse behold the largenesse of his punishment So that if Christ will be a Saviour hee must by the death of the Crosse open the Kingdome of Heaven to all Beleevers This was typified in the Old Testament by the Sacrificing of Isaak By the lifting up of the Brazen Serpent By the smiting of the Rocke By the Leviticall Oblations and Offerings And yet these hard-hearted Jews could not understand it O foolish Pilate thinkest thou to dishonour the Son of the most High by writing Iesus No it was a name assigned unto him from Heaven for the Angell said unto Ioseph Math. 1.29 Thou shalt call his name Iesus for he shall save his people from their sinnes It is that name wherein Christ most glories and whereof every Christian is least ashamed Seeing there is no name under heaven whereby we can be saved but by the name of Jesus Acts 4.12 Act. 4.12 A blessed name a sweete name Mel in ore Melos in aure Iubilus in Corde as St. Bernard sweetly saith Honey in the mouth Melody in the eare But a Iubile a ioy in the heart This name is light unto the soule Yee were Darknesse saies the Apostle Ephes 5.8 but now yee are light in the Lord. This name gives health to the body In the name of Iesus of Nazareth rise up and walke Acts 3.6 This Name is the Life the comfort the restauration of the soule of a Christian Aridus est omnis cibus si non oleo isto infunditur insipidus si non hoc sale conditur St. Bern. saith St. Bernard All Spirituall foode is dry if this Oyle bee not powred into it unsavoury if it be not seasoned with this Salt Other names of Christ are names of Majesty onely this is a name of mercy To bee called the Word the Sonne the Annointed of God These Titles proclaime Christs Glory but the Name of Iesus imports our Redemption By the former we know him to be God by the latter wee know him to be our Mediator and Saviour To him then and to him onely properly and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 belongs the Name Iesus But it may be objected that there are others in the Scripture called after the same Name As Iesus or Iehoscua the sonne of Nun Iesus or Iehoscua the High-Priest of the Jewes And Iesus the sonne of Sirach the Author of the Booke called Ecclesiasticus All this I confesse and I know that the first was famous for his valour and government in Israel the second for his Integrity in his Preisthood the third for his Wisedome and Understanding But alas these three were but types of our Jesus The first represented his Kingly the second his Preistly the third his Propheticall Office They were so tearmed in regard of some temporall and particular Deliverances Our Jesus so styled because of that generall and Spirituall Redemption which hee hath wrought for all his Saints Jewes and Gentiles The former were sent before like Elishaes staffe 2 King 4.29 2 King 4.29 but could not raise Mankinde from the dead But the true and powerfull Iesus was faine to descend from Heaven himselfe as Elisha from Mount Carmel to apply his mouth to our mouthes his eyes to our eyes his hands to our hands becomming the same with us in substance in Nature and infirmity sinne onely excepted before wee could bee raised Magna miseria superbus homo Maior misericordia humilis Deus St. Aug. saith St. August Great misery it was to see man so proud greater mercy to see God so humble And therefore to him properly and to none but him belongs that Name which is above all Names the Name of Iesus For hee alone is the Saviour of the World to whom both the Name and Office appertaines And as he is by Name Iesus so is hee by Nature a Saviour For him alone does the Gospell proclaime throughout all Ages to be a Saviour by whom Abraham was accounted righteous Hee was that Salvation which the Patriarchs desired he was that Salvation which the Ceremoniall Law prefigured he was that Salvation which the Prophets foretold he was that Salvation which Iacob waited for when he said Gen. 49.18 I have waited for thy Salvation O Lord. He was that Salvation that David prayed for hee was that Salvation which old Simeon rejoyced in when hee sung Mine eyes have seene thy Salvation Luke 2.30 This was that Salvation by which the Patriarchs entred into Heaven the Prophets attained blessednesse and the Saints enjoy true happinesse In him alone were all the promises of the Messiah fully accomplished Hee alone trod the Wine-presse of Gods wrath He alone satisfied his Fathers Justice He alone became 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the price of our Redemption It was he that was sent of the Father to save the World Iohn 3.17 And for this cause he came himselfe into the world to save sinners It was hee that was smitten for us Propter scelus populi mei percussi eum I have smitten him for the wickednesse of my people Traditus est in mortem propter offensas nostras Hee was delivered to death for our offences Solus Christus sine peccato peccati paenam subire dignatus est St. Aug. saith St. Aug. Hee alone without sinne was pleased to undergoe the punishment for sinne His Death was not for himselfe but for us Quasi peccator occisus est ut peccatores justificarentur apud Deum St. Ambr. saith St. Ambrose Hee was slaine as a sinner that sinners might be justified before God It was our sinnes not his owne deservings that fastened him upon the Crosse Pro me doluit qui nihil habuit quod pro se doleret sayes the same Father God was the Creditor Man was the Debtor but he that was both God and Man the Pay-master Thus he who enjoyed the Name of Jesus hath performed the Office and remaineth our alone Saviour Blessed in his Name and for ever blessed in his Person I have long insisted upon this sweet Name for that it brings so much profit unto us yet can I not shake hands with our Romish Adversaries who ascribe so much unto the Name and so little unto the person of Iesus They affirme that the bare Name it selfe being used hath great power and doth drive away Deviâ—s though the person that useth it be voide of good affection whereas indeed the Devill is no more timerous of the Name of Iesus than of any other Title of God The sonnes
continued until hee undertooke the Propheticall and Sacerdotall functions From which Towne he received this Title to be called Nazarenus Iesus of Nazareth This then is a Title given unto Iesus taken from the Towne or Village where the Angell Gabriel brought the message unto Mary and where Christ dwelt after his returne from Egypt and not from the order and Votary of Nazarites as some doe vainely imagine Neither is this Title without a Mystery For this word Nazarenus signifies three things Sanctified Separated and a Flower In all which sences Iesus may be truely tearmed Nazarenus First hee was sanctified not imperfectly and in part but perfectly and in whole And this was not by any external meanes after his Birth but onely by the Holy Ghost in his conception And therefore he was sanctified in utero in the wombe and ex utero Out of the wombe Hee was sanctified in the wombe the which Sanctification hath two parts First the stoppage in the propagation of Originall sin and of the guilt of Adams transgression which because Christ was from Adam as from a Root and not by Adam as by a Father is not derived unto him For man is originally sinfull not because of his substance but because of his Generation proceeding from a sinfull man For God at the beginning set downe this Order that what evill Adam had brought upon himselfe he should derive the same to every one of his posterity begotten by man Therefore when any Father begets a Child he conveyes into it besides humane nature the corruption of humane Nature Christ therefore for the preventing of this was not begotten by Man but conceived modo ineffabili by the Holy Ghost That so hee might take the substance of the Virgin without the corruption of that substance The second part of this Sanctification which is ex utero Out of the wombe is the perfect endowing of the Manhood of Christ with all purenesse and holinesse to make him a meete Mediatour Hee was sanctified out of the wombe for his whole Humane Nature was full of Grace and Truth Ioh. 1.14 Full of Grace in his works full of Truth in his words Holy in his Birth holy in his Life and holy in his Death Secondly as he was Nazarenus sanctified so is he Nazarenus separated He was that Scape-goat seperated from his fellows to make an Attonement for the sinnes of the World Lev. 16.10 He was seperated from his Fathers Court of Majesty by taking upon him the forme of a Servant Phil. 2.7 Phil. 2.7 He was separated from his owne Nation when he fled into Egypt for feare of Herod He was separated from his Brethren and Kinsfolke to doe his Fathers Will Hee was separated from his Disciples when he was hanging upon the Crosse Hee was separated from the Living when he dyed for our Redemption Hee was separated from the World when hee ascended into Heaven And thus was Iesus tearmed Nazarenus that is Separated Thirdly Iesus is Nazarenus That is Flos or floridus A Flower or flourishing for so is is hee called Esay 11. There shall come a Rod out of the stemme of Jesse and a branch or as the Vulgar Translation hath it Flos de radice ejus ascendet A Flower shall grow out of his roote Christ is more specially called Nazarenus a flower because as Protagoras observes Flowers Solem habent in Coelo Patrem Solum in terra Matrem That is Flowers have the Sunne in the Heavens for their Father and the soyle on the earth for their Mother So Iesus the Flower out of Iesse had in Heaven a Father without a Mother according to his God-head And in Earth a Mother without a Father according to his Manhood As he was God not differing from the Father but semper apud Patrem semper cum Patre temper de Patre semper in Patre Alwayes by the Father alwayes with the Father alwayes of the Father and alwayes in the Father Even so as he was Man he was Homo de homine propter hominem secundum hominem super hominem He was Man of Mankind according to his substance Man for mankind in regard of our Redemptihis Man according to mankind in regard of his Nature Man above mankind in regard of his Holinesse Sine quo Pater nunquam fuit sine quo Mater nunquam fuisset Without whom the Father never was and without whom the Mother never had beene Iesus is called here Nazarenus a Flower First because of the sweetnesse that is in him Secondly because of the sweetnesse he is to us That sweetnesse which is in him is expressed two wayes First in the sweetnesse of his Vertues manifested in his holy conversation wherein hee was a sweete-smelling Flower for imitation Secondly he was a sweet smelling Flower in his Passion when hee offered himselfe to God a Sacrifice of a sweete smelling savour for our Reconciliation Eph. 5.2 Eph. 5.2 Lastly he is the hope of that eternall sweetnesse which we shal enjoy hereafter in the Kingdome of Heaven For Dedit Humanitatem in terra praetium nostrae Redemptionis sed servat Divinitatem in Coelo praemium nostrae glorificationis Hee gave his Humanity upon the Earth the price of our Redemption but doth reserve his Deity in Heaven the reward of our glorification There are five principall Flowers in use with us Our Saviour is coÌ„pared unto five sorts of Flowers whereunto this our Nazarenus this our Iesus may bee fitly compared The Violet The Violet the Lilly the Saffron the Rose and the Marygold The Violet you know is little in quantity low in growth not raised farre from the earth signifying hereby the Humility of our Nazarenus the Lowlinesse of our Redeemer The which Humility of Christ was manifested in three particulars Nascendo In his Birth Vivendo In his life Morienâ—o In his death In his Birth he was humble For being the Creator of all things be disdained not to become a Creature Factor terrae factus in terra Creator Coeli creatus sub Coelo St. Aug. saith St. August Hee that made the Earth was borne upon the Earth Hee that created the Heavens was made under the Heavens He chose not to be the Son of some Great Empresse but of Mary a poore Virgin in Israel Hee was not borne in a Princely Palace but in a Stable not layd in a curious costly Cradle but in a silly Cratch Not attended on by Knights Potentates but by Oxen and Asses and such like creatures Such was our Saviours Humility in his birth In his Life He was content to worke at the Trade of his supposed Father Ioseph not affecting Lands Houses nor possessions For the Foxes had holes the Birds of the Ayre had nests but the Son of Man had not where to lay his Head Not abounding in worldly Treasure for the Fish of the Sea must pay Tribute unto Caesar Not ambitiously aspiring unto Rule and Government for when the people would have made