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 eng Bible. -- N.T. -- John XII, 13 -- Sermons. 2006-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-10 Sampled and proofread 2006-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

HOSANNA▪ BEFORE THE BISHOPS, Preached to them when they were come to the Tower, by Maſter DAVIS, Chaplain to the Lord COTTINGTON.

Being the heads of his Sermon, as it was taken by one of his Hearers on Sunday-Morning, being the ſecond of Ianuary. 1642.

In which is many Remarkable Paſſages.

With their manner of Salutation to the Arch-Biſhop of Canterbury.

LONDON: Printed for W. R. 1642.

TWo of the Biſhops, the Biſhop of Durham, and another, are in Cuſtody under the Black Rod: The Archbiſhop of York would not come to the Chappell; But the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and the other nine were there, who ſaluted the Archbiſhop of Canterbury when he came into the Chappell with very low Congies; As alſo at their going out after Sermon; and came forth of the Church with the Liefetenant, and then parted each of them to their owne Chambers.
A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE BISHOPS IN THE TOWER. IOHN 12. 13. Hoſanna.

THis Text is but one word; But as out of one Adam did diſcend a world of men, ſo out of this one word doth iſſue forth a world of matter. Hoſanna, it was the Iewes acclamation, the joy of the people at the coming of Chriſt to Jeruſalem; for it was told them, that he would come, but not in ſtare, but in meekneſſe: Rejoyce greatly, oh daughter of Zion; ſhout O daughter of Ieruſalem; Behold, thy King commeth unto thee, he is juſt, and having ſalvation; lowly, and riding upon an Aſſe, and upon a Colt, the foale of an Aſſe, Zachary 9. 9.

But though he humbled himſelfe, yet he woul • be honoured of them; for Chriſt is a great King, and expected to be entertained of them as a King, which ſhould they have denied him, the very ſtones ſhould have given it to him; I tell you, if theſe ſhould hold their peace, the very ſtones would cry out. Luke 19. 40.

In the two Greeke words, there is but one Letter between that which ſignifieth a ſtone, and that which ſignifieth people: And I ſay unto you, that God is able even of ſtones to raiſe up people, Luk. 3. 8. If the people will not Cry Hoſanna, God can make the ſtones to cry Hoſanna to Jeſus Chriſt.

Yet though the Diſciples and the people, did not cry Hoſanna to Chriſt, yet ſhould he not looſe one jot of his honour; and though the Phariſees and Scribes ſhould have cryed with them Hoſanna, yet had there been nothing at all added to his honour; one could not encreaſe, nor the other decreaſe one jot of his honour.

Yet our bleſſed Saviour liked the one, and reproved the other; not that he needed it, but Chriſt expected it, becauſe it was his due, and the people ſpread their garments, and took Palmes in their hands, and cryed Hoſanna. This is recorded by all the foure Evangeliſts, ſave onely one, to ſhew that it is a matter of moment; Mathew hath it, Mat. 21. 9. Mark 9. 11. and S. Iohn as it is here in the Text. Though Mathew writ in Hebrew, Marke in Latin, and Iohn in Greeke; yet all uſe the ſame word Hoſanna, as ſome ſay; becauſe in this they would not alter the Jewes language, it being the very word they uſed.

Others are of opinion that the matter that is included in this word could not be fully expreſt in any other language, and therefore they would not tranſlate it, becauſe they would not looſe the force of the word.

But this we may be ſure of, that certainly they did not do it with any intent to make the world ignorant of the meaning of it; if I know not the meaning of the voice, I ſhall be unto him that ſpeaketh a Barbarian, and he that ſpeaketh ſhall be a Barbarian unto me. 1. Cor. 14. 11.

When Ptolemeus Philadelphus had found an Hebrew Bible in his Library, he ſpake to this effect▪ What ſhall it profit me, quoth he, to have a Bible, and cannot underſtand what is in it? So he ſent for Schollers that came unto him, and tranſlated it into his own language.

This word Hoſanna, here, is either ſupplitory, to beſeech for benefit to be received: or gratulatory, thanks for benefits received alreadie.

They who hold it ſupplitory, look upon the word in the Etymologie of it; and they who hold it gratulatory, they look upon the meaning of the word; but we will have reſpect to both.

1. For the perfect ſignification of the word Hoſanna, according to the Etymologie of it▪ and thus ſome compare it with the Pſalmiſt: Save thou; and thus it is a plain prayer: as it is Pſal. 118. And then we muſt underſtand; 1. who is prayed for. 2. What is prayed for. Thus ſome underſtand it, to be a prayer to God for Chriſt: others, to be a prayer to Chriſt for the people: and that thus.

1. O God ſave the Son of David.

2. O ſave thou us thou Son of David.

In the firſt is ſet down Chriſts weakneſſe, as he is man. In the ſecond is ſet forth his power as he is God.

In the firſt as he is man: in the ſecond as he is the Saviour of men: both which he was on earth, and both which he is now in heaven. Then mutable, but immutable now.

If this acclamation did flow from the people naturally of their own accord, it was then for Chriſt, whom they eſteemed but man: yet they prayed for him as their King, as we ought all to do, eſpecially for them that are in authority, as it is, 1. Tim. 2. 2.

He that was the firſt King, and one of the worſt too, was to be prayed for: much more, a good King, and for ſuch in Authoritie as fear God.

But I think it was not they themſelves, but rather the Spirit of God in them that cried Hoſanna: who knew Chriſt to be their King by the ſame Spirit, and then Hoſanna is a prayer to Chriſt the Son of David, for the people of Iſrael, to ſave them, for beſides him there is no Saviour, Iſa. 43. 11. An horſe is a vain thing for ſafety, neither ſhall he deliver any by his great ſtrength, Pſal. 33. 17. And as vain a thing is man to ſave a man, a mightie man is not delivered by an hoaſt, or by much ſtrength, a Prince cannot ſave a man. Therefore put not your truſt in Princes, but in the Lord.

If the Lord ſeaſe upon you, nothing can take you out of his hands: but who ever ſeaſeth on you, if God will ſave you, then are you ſafe from all danger, you ſhall not periſh.

And this is our comfort, that as Chriſt is God able to ſave us: ſo is he man alſo, touched with the ſence of our infirmities; he is no hireling, but the good Shepherd that will deliver his lambs, from all Bears, and Lions. As David did deliver his fathers ſheep out of the paw of the Lion, and the Bear; ſo will Chriſt alſo deliver his ſheep, though the Lions and the Bears be readie to devoure them.

Chriſt is our head, and we are his members; now the head is the head of life, and motion, &c. to the body, and ſo is Chriſt the fountain of all the true health of the ſoul, to him we ought to cry Hoſanna, O Lord ſave us.

Neither are we onely to cry Hoſanna to Chriſt as King alone, and ſo to defend us againſt our enemies, the world, the fleſh, and the devill: but as Prieſt alſo, to reconcile us to the Lord. Let us abandon all our own power, and all that we can do, and relie on the ſacrifice of our Prieſt and Reconciler, Jeſus Chriſt. Neither are we onely to cry Hoſanna to him as King, and as Prieſt alone, but as our Prophet alſo, to inſtruct us through this vale of miſery, till we arrive at our eternall bliſſe with him in heaven.

2. In the next place we muſt look upon the word in the ſignification congratulatory; Thanks is ſo neceſſary, that ſuch is the condition of men, that to be unthankfull, is to be unworthy of the ſocietie of men: an unthankfull man is ſuch an one from whom no good can be expected.

Jeſus Chriſt hath done exceedingly for us, and we are infinitely bound to be thankfull to him. Look upon man, in his fall, and he is worſe then any creature, like the beaſts that periſh, therefore worſe then beaſts: not ſo good, onely made like them, not quite ſo good.

Angels are glorious ſpirits placed in the preſence of God himſelf, when they fell, our Saviour never looked after them; but he took our nature upon him, to ſave us: he took not upon him the nature of Angels, but the ſeed of Abraham. He that was God took upon him the form of a ſervant, and became man, this work he undertook for us, and this work he performed. Therefore it behoved the people to cry Hoſanna: And here it is to be obſerved, that the people that went before, and they that followed after, both cried Hoſanna. So ought thoſe people under the Law before Chriſt, and we alſo under the Goſpel after Chriſt, all ought to cry Hoſanna, like the two faces of the Cherubims, that looked both wayes on the Mercy ſeat, both they before, and we after ought all to turn our faces upon Chriſt; crying Hoſanna to the Son of David.

FINIS.