Tella [sic, i.e. Stella] nova, a new starre leading wisemen unto Christ. Or, a sermon preached before the Learned Society of Astrologers, August 1, 1649, in the church of S. Mary Alder-Mary / [Robert Gell].

  • Gell, Robert, 1595-1665.
Date:
1649
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Credit: Tella [sic, i.e. Stella] nova, a new starre leading wisemen unto Christ. Or, a sermon preached before the Learned Society of Astrologers, August 1, 1649, in the church of S. Mary Alder-Mary / [Robert Gell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    .not the Law, do by Nature the things contained i/? the iheic having not the Law, are a Law unto chenifelves ? where ftV/f, Nature is not oppofcd to Grace, but to »6^(^ the Law, and vrritten Woid of Gx)d« Not but that we ought txccedingly to praiie our God , and highly to efteem ot his'ipiciaii goodntfs unto us, in ifFording us his written word, iur which bleiring holy David in fpeciall marine- praileth God , and exhortech us fo to do , Pfal. 147, i p, 20 B.itwiihail, it-becomes us alfo to acknowltdg the riches of h:s mercy, even unto thofe who want the outward word anu miniitry thereof. But that the outward wprd and preach** iiig ot it, ii not the oncly outward meancs Jeading to falva- tiuHj the A^ofile teacheth evidently, 1 Peter 3. i. If anyo^ bey word^tbe\ alfe may without the Word,^e won by the co«- 2/jrjauon of the wives. So powerfull is life , which therefore jt-etT is called the light ofmemjoh. i. Yea, it is undeniable, that thele men had attained unto a greater meafure of knowledg, touching Tome divine Myftc- nes than LhcApofiks thcmfelves, even after the day of Pente- cofl. Thefe frimitU Gentium^ the fir ft fruits of the Gentiles^ knew now thtii own calling, which St. Peter Ad. 10. 34, 35. then began to know, when he had feen a vifion from heaven. And St. Paul very highly efteems the revelation of this my- ftery made known unto him, Ephef. 3* 2. p. Hitherto we have fccne how the or thing granted in the queftion concerns us* The ^n}v(^or^ or thing put to the queftion, as neerly concernes Mi, alfo. They fay , Where is He that is born the Kdng of ^ whe^e we may take notice: . . 1. Thefe Magiy thefe wife men inquiring, where Chrift was born, they were not of the Vbiquiiaries faithy they be- lived not that Chrifts body could be every where > for they, ask, where is be> ^ \ 2. Our God would have the fame of his Sons inmnaAm fpread not onely at >Bstblibm , but at. Jemfelem the mother City, and all Judea* 5«. At,