A Sermon Preached at Saint Dunstan's upon New-Years-Day, 1624. [1624/5]

              4.41 sermond sermonp sermonpreached reached at saint dunstan s upon aeo new ago years daf day 624- 1624 624- 162 did 162 l62 GEN 17.24 1724 ABRAHAM HIMSELFE WAS NINETY NINE YEARES OLD WHEN THE FORESKIN OF HIS FLESH WAS circumcised HIS is the place where circumcision began and this is the day THIS Twhencircumcisionendedinthisscriptureitwasinstituted in the person of abraham and upon this day it was perfected and consummated in the person of christ jesus for though circum- cision were admitted in a few cases in the apostles time after christ yet that was as dead herbs are re admitted into medicines in the win- ter when fresh and green herbs cannot be had of that kind so cir- cumcision was sometimes admitted for peace and to avoid scandall and the better to propagate the church after the vertue thereof was extinguished in christ in the institution thereof in this text we will consider abrahams ready and exact obedience in the consumma- tion thereof in the person of christ we will consider that to which this circumcision had relation that is the spirituals spirituall circumcision of our hearts it is a text well handled and it is a day well spent if the text teach us to obey god readily and immediately what incon- veniences soever present themselves in the way and if the celebration of the day teach us to come this day to that which is the true cir- cumcision the circumcision of the heart in the first in abrahams example we shall passe by these steps first that though there be allowed to us an amnia omnia probate a triai trial triail of all things and a spirit to discerned discerne discerne spirits yet when once it appeares to us to be a commande ment of god theres a fine leavier leavied leavied all titles concluded no more claime blaime to be made by our understanding our reason but a present and an exact obedience must be given to it secondly that in par 1