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A sermon of the Nativity of our Lord preach'd before the King and Queen at White-Hall, 1687 by Bonaventure Giffard ...
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Giffard, Bonaventure, 1642-1734.
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Wing G689; ESTC R31520
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that_o they_o begin_v to_o sing_v glory_n to_o god_n and_o peace_n to_o men._n glory_n to_o god_n because_o jesus_n be_v come_v to_o cure_v our_o pride_n by_o his_o humility_n our_o avarice_n by_o his_o poverty_n our_o excess_n and_o intemperances_n by_o his_o mortification_n gloria_fw-la in_o altissimis_fw-la deo._n peace_n and_o joy_n to_o man_n of_o good_a will_n to_o man_n that_o be_v willing_a to_o learn_v of_o such_o a_o master_n to_o man_n that_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v instruct_v by_o such_o a_o example_n to_o man_n that_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v save_v by_o such_o a_o saviour_n pax_fw-la hominibus_fw-la bonae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la it_o be_v thus_o the_o angel_n divide_v their_o canticle_n and_o it_o be_v thus_o i_o shall_v divide_v my_o present_a discourse_n the_o first_o part_n whereof_o shall_v show_v you_o what_o our_o saviour_n do_v this_o day_n for_o our_o instruction_n the_o second_o what_o we_o must_v learn_v from_o his_o example_n what_o jesus_n do_v to_o be_v a_o saviour_n to_o man_n what_o man_n must_v do_v to_o be_v save_v by_o jesus_n these_o two_o point_n make_v the_o division_n of_o my_o sermon_n and_o subject_a of_o your_o attention_n the_o first_o part._n if_o the_o union_n of_o the_o eternal_a god_n to_o our_o human_a nature_n be_v astonish_v the_o manner_n of_o his_o come_n into_o the_o world_n be_v not_o a_o little_a surprise_v for_o though_o a_o excess_n of_o goodness_n may_v have_v carry_v he_o to_o this_o strange_a communication_n of_o himself_o though_o the_o love_n of_o man_n may_v have_v move_v he_o to_o become_v man_n yet_o methinks_v he_o may_v have_v do_v it_o after_o the_o most_o honourable_a manner_n he_o may_v have_v appear_v at_o the_o full_a stature_n of_o a_o man_n and_o accomplish_v with_o all_o the_o perfection_n human_a nature_n be_v capable_a of_o but_o to_o clothe_v himself_o with_o our_o mortality_n in_o its_o mean_a dress_n to_o shut_v himself_o up_o for_o nine_o month_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o a_o woman_n to_o 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