Preached at Pauls, upon Christmas Day, in the Evening, 1624

              preached at pauls upon aw6w christmas day in the evening 1624 162 162. esaiah7i4 PART OF THE FIRST LESSON THAT EVENING THEREFORE THE LORD SHALL GIVE YOU YOUAA SIGNE BEHOLD A VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE AND behre BEARE beake BEdre ARE A SON AND SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL AINT bernard spent his consideration upon three remarkable conjunctions this day first a conjunction of god and man in one person christ jesus then a conjunction of the incom- patible titles maid and mother in one blessed woman the blessed virgin mary and thirdly a conjunction of faith and the reason of man that so beleeves believes beleeves and comprehends those two conjunctions let us accompany these three with another strange conjunction in the first word of this text propterea Prop terea therefore for that joynes the anger of god and his mercy together god chides and rebukes the king achaa achaz by the prophet he is angry with him and therefore sayes the text because he is angry he will give him a signe a seale scale of mercy therefore the lord shall give you a signe behold a virgin &c ac this therefore shall therefore be a first part of this exercise that god takes any occasion to shew mercy and a second shall be the par- ticular way of his mercy declared here the lord shall give you a signe and then a third and last what this signe was behold a virgin &c &rc ac in these three parts we shall walk by these steps having made our entrance into the first with that generall consideration that gods mercy is alwaies alwaries in season upon that station upon that height we shall 1