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A09056	The first fruites of the Gentiles In three sermons preached in the cathedrall church at Sarum. By Bartholomevv Parsons Batchelor in Divinitie, and vicar of Collingborne-Kingstone, in the county of Wiltes.	Parsons, Bartholomew, 1574-1642.	1618 (1618)	STC 19347; ESTC S114080	47,600	70

adoring they desired to obtaine the fauour of that which by beholding they did not see are not all these wonderfull wonders are they not the great misteries of Godlinesse d 1. Tim 2 16. are they not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The great workes of God e Act. 2.11 worthy to bee published to the World with an Ecce a note of attention of admiration The body the summe of all heere is an Historicall narration a description of a solemne comming and enquirie for the new borne Messiah which being as the Center hath many circumstances as the circumference compassing it about on euerie side First of the time when Iesus was borne which birth is farther illustrated either by the place at Bethlehem of Iudea or the time In the dayes of Herod the king Secondly of the persons who Wise men Thirdly of the places eyther from whence From the East or whither to Hierusalem Fourthly of the forme of the inquirie Where is he that is borne King of the Iewes Fiftly of the moouing cause Wee haue seene his Starre Sixtly of the finall cause and end We are come to worship him To prosecute these in the order I haue proposed them I must beginne first with the time when all this was done for to euery thing there is a season and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen f Eccles 3.1 and that is Now when Iesus was borne presently vpon his birth all this falleth out for hee that as long as hee was in the World was the light of the World a Iohn 9.5 could not bee hidde after his comming into the world Quis enim celauerit ignem Lumine qui semper proditur ipse suo saith the Poet for who can hide fire which is alwayes disclosed by it's owne light Latere inter obscura saeculi lumen caelesti non poterat saith Maximus b Maximus serm 2. in Epiphan the heauenly light could not be hid amongst the darkenesse of the world he that at his lifting vp vpon the Crosse would draw all men both Iewes and Gentiles c Ioh. 12.32 at his manifestation in the flesh doth presently beginne to manifest himselfe to the sheepe-heards of the Iewes and to the wisemen of the Gentiles Noluit intra saith Leo c d Leo serm 1. in Epiphan He would not haue the beginning of his birth hidde within the narrow corners of his mothers House but would presently bee acknowledged by all men who vouchsafed to be borne for all men But here the wisedome or rather the curiositie of man which cannot content it selfe with the reuealed things which are onely ours e Deut. 29.29 but must make it selfe ouer-wise f Eccles 7.17 eate of the forbidden Fruit and prie into the Arke of God g 1. Sam. 6.19 cannot forbeare to enquire into the things that God hath secreted nor keepe it selfe from running vpon the rocks of vaine and vnprofitable questions touching the very particular time and day of their comming after our Sauiours Birth And as in them that were guided by their owne coniectures and not by any heauenly reuelation there were sundrie erronious oppinions about the Sauiour of the World some saying that he was Iohn Baptist some Elias others Ieremias or one of the Prophets h Matt. 16.14 so in this point wherein the Scriptures are silent and haue reuealed nothing vnto vs men following their owne coniectures are deuided in their opinions some saying that they came the very day of Christs byrth and worshipped him with the sheepeheards i August serm 30. de temp some a little before the Virgins purification some presently after some a yeere after this byrth some almost two yeeres after All which if I should at large discourse of or discusse I might happilie builde vpon the foundation Hay and Stubble Vanas inutiles argutias a Beza in 1. Cor. 3.12 vaine and vnprofitable quirkes which would bee but matter for the fire enough for the present that our Churche hath thought fit for a memoriall of these mens comming vnto Christ to celebrate the twelfth day after his Natiuitie and to note withall vnto the disputers heereaabouts that if the wisedome of the spirit which hath singled out those things to be written quae saluti credentium sufficere videbantur b August tract 49. in Ioh. which seemed sufficient for the saluation of them that beleeue had held the precise knowledg of the particular time so necessary it would as well haue recorded it as the very time of the Sheepheards comming to see him which was the very day of his birth c Luke 2.11.15 Howbeit the very Phrase vsed by the HOLY-GHOST 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iesus being borne or as soone as Iesus was borne importing that they came with as great celeritie and speede as so large a Iourney could be accomplished it shall bee good and profitable for vs d Tit. 3.8.9 auoyding foolish questions to learne by this which is written for our instruction to doe that which we heere and see in them heere namely to make hast and delay not to keepe Gods commandements e Phil. 4.9 to make no tarrying to turne vnto the Lord nor to put it of from day to day f Psal 119.60 but to seeke the Lord whilst hee may bee found to call vpon him whilest hee is neere g Eccle. 5.7 that is requisite in all the duties of godlinesse which is required in our vowes that wee must not bee slack to pay them h Isai 55 6. as wheresoeuer the Gospell should bee preached in the whole world that worke of the Woman which powred an Alablaster boxe of precious oyntment i Deut. 23.21 vpon the head of our Sauiour was to be mentioned in memoriall of her k Matt. 26.13 so wheresoeuer the obedience of Gods seruants is recorded the haste that they vsed the diligence that they gaue is euer remembred as that which crowneth the worke Abraham beeing enioyned to circumcise himselfe and his familie doth it the same day a Gen. 17.23 to sacrifice his sonne riseth vp Earlie in the morning to goe about it b Gen. 22.3 Cornelius to send for Peter who must speake vnto him words whereby hee should be saued doth it immediatly c Act. 10.33 Paule to goe vnto the Gentiles to open their eyes and turne them from darkenesse to light doth it immediatly without communicating with flesh and blood d Gal. 1.16 Nescit tarda molimina spiritus sancti gratia saith Ambrose on Luke the grace of the holy Ghost cannot skill of any slow enterprises How sharpely then are the men of this generation to be rebuked who say of the building of the spirituall Temple of Christ in their hearts as the Iewes did of the materiall Temple the time is not yet come e Hag. 1.2 who with the Iewes will not in this their day know the things that belong vnto their peace f