Preached at Lincolns Inne

              preached at Lin rin Lincol lincolns lincoins coIns ns inne MATTH 18.7 187 187 WO UNTO THE WORLD worldbecause BECAUSE OF OFFENCES HE man moses was very mecie mece mcce above above allthe men which were THE Tuponthefaceoftheearththemanmoseswassobutthe child jesus was meeker then he compare moses with men and moses will scarce be paralleld paralle parallels ld compare him with him who being so much more then man as that he was god too was made so much lesse then man as that he was a worme and no man and moses will not be admitted if you consider moses his highest ex- pression what he would have parted with for his brethren in his dele me pardon them or blot my name out of thy book booi yet saint pauls zeale will enter into the balance and come into comparison with moses in his anathema pro fratribus fratribus in that he wished him selfe to be separated from christ rather then his brethren should be but what comparison hath a sodaine a passionate and indigested vehemence of love expressed in a phrase that tasts casts of zeale but is not done moses was not blotted out of the book of life nor saint paul was not separated from christ for his brethren what compari- son hath such a love that was but said and perchance should not have been said for we can scarce excuse moses or saint paul of all excesse excesses and inordinatenesse inordinatenesse in that that they said with a deliberate and an eternall sternall eternall purpose in christ jesus conceived as soon as we can conceive god to have knowen keowen that adam would fall to come into this world and dye for man and then actually and really in the fulnesse fulnesse of time to do so he did come and he did dye the man moses was very meeke the child jesus meeker then hee moses his meeknesse meeknesse had a determination at least an interruption a discon- tinuance tinuance when hee revenged the wrong of another upon that egyp egypt 1