A Discourse Grounded on Proverbs, Part 2 · Section 30 – Section 33
Sect. XXX.
THis, this was that, tha… took up Gods own Thought from all Eternity,Epheſ. 1, 9 this good pleaſure of his goodneſs, with 3, 11which H… purpoſed in Himſelf. The Lord poſſeſſed me (ſaith Chriſt) in the beginning of his way, CHRISTbefore his work of old, or ever the Depths or th… Fountains, Prov. 8, 2…or the Mountains or Hills were ſettled, or the Earth made, The object of Gods Eternal Th… …ghts,or the Clouds confirmed, or the Heavens prepared; Then was He with God as one brought up with him, …ejoycing always before him, and was daily his Delight, even he whoſe Rejoycing is in the habitable parts of the Earth, Verſe 30, 3…and his delights are with the Children of men, that is to ſay, with Fallen Man; or, as it is …xpreſſed in the Pſalmiſt, even …he Rebellious, Pſal▪ 68, 1…that God might dwell …mong them. The Lord poſſeſſed …e, ſaith Chriſt; Now the …houghts as we have formerly …id, are the poſseſsions of the heart.
This, was that, that took up …e Thoughts of all the beſt in the …ſt Ages of the World,And of good men the firſt of the when …ey had but a little hole to ſee day … when this Infant Covenant of …ace was wrapt in the Swadling-… … ſhort and ſingle Pro…ſe … of the Woman ſhall break the Serpents head; Gen. 3, 15Wherefore when that Son was born, O… whom Chriſt was to come, E… calls him Seth, Gen. 4… 25a FOUNDATION and how glad were they whe… God did but never ſo little fu… ther open it, and make a way fo… their further Thoughts about i… 'Twas a little plainer to Abraham In thy ſeed ſhall all the Nations of t… world be bleſsed; …raham … 12, 3And ſaith Chri… of Abraham, He ſaw my day an… was glad. Joh 8, 56How buiſy was Hol… Iob about the Thoughts of his R… deemer, Job 19, 25, 26, 27of his ſtanding upon t… Earth, and his ſeeing of him wi… thoſe very eyes of his at the last day And gracious Elihu; about th… way of Gods dealing with pen… tent Sinners on the account o… Saviour,… Deliver him from goi… down into the Pit, I have found RANSOM.24 CHRIST When Agur … diſcourſing with IN …. V… you may ſee where … were by his Queſtion, What is his Name, Prov. 30, 4and what is his SONS Name if thou canſt tell.
And as for David to whom,Of David eſpecially Pſalms a little New Teſtament. as to a ſpecial favorite, ſo large and glorious diſcoveryes were made, O how enlarged and affectionate were his Meditations, So that David and the Book of the Pſalms is quoted by Chriſt himſelf as moſt clear and copious concerning Him,Luke 24, 44 All things (ſaith he) must be fulfilled that were written in the Law of Moſes, and the Prophets, and the PSALMS concerning MEE;Acts 1, 16 and 20, 2 25 29.34 & 4, 21, &c. and 13, 33 And ſo in the Acts and elſewhere, as if the PSALMS were a little New Testament in the middle of the Old.
How full were Davids Thoughts of this great and glorious name the LORD JESUS CHRIST.Davids thoughts buiſyed aboue Chriſts name, … Pſal. … comp… … with … 43 He calls him LORD in ſpirit, when he ſaith, The Lord ſaid unto my LORD ſit thou on my right hand, &c. He calls him Gods Annointed, Pſalm 2, 2which, in the Greek tongue, is CHRIST, Yea the Annointed of God above his Fellows, Pſalm 45, 7which is as much as THE CHRIST (as ſhe asked,…ohn 4, 29 Is not this THE CHRIST▪ that is Christ above all Christs for though there were many Chriſt… they were taught to expect ON… Chriſt above All.) And he call… Him his Saviour, 2 Sam. 22, 3and his Salvation moſt frequently, which in th… Hebrew tongue is JESUS.Pſa 118, 14 and 21 So th… that ſaying of the Bleſſed Virgin My Spirit Rejoyceth in God M… SAVIOUR,Luke 1, 47 and that of the Apoſtle,Philip. 3, 3 We rejoyce in JESUS, ſee… clearly to be taken from that o… David, Pſalm 3…, 9My Soul ſhall be joyful … the Lord, it ſhall Rejoice in his S… vation, or (as it may be read… the letter in the Hebrew Text My Soul ſhall Rejoice in his JESU…
Concerning his Perſon; … Thoughts were clear; He exho… …he Kings of the Earth to kiſs the SON,Verſe 7 and tells you plainly that he means the onelyonly BEGOTTEN of God, when he ſaith the LORD hath ſaid thou art MY SON, this day have I BEGOTTEN Thee; Pſal. 89, 26 compared with Hebr. 1, 5and again, I will be to him a Father, and He ſhall be to me a Son.
So alſo concerning his diſtinct Natures, in one Subſiſtence,Natures He calls him LORD in Spirit, becauſe he knew him to be GOD, who ſhe knew) was to be his SON after the Fleſh, as MAN,Pſa. 4 5, 6 7 yet ſaith expreſsly to him, Thy Throne, O GOD, is for ever and ever, &c. Thou loveſt Righteouſneſs, &c. therefore GOD thy GOD hath Annointed thee, &c. He knew that Chriſt, the annointed of God, was GOD, for (ſaith the Apoſtle) It is unto the SON that he ſaith thy Throne, O GOD is for ever and ever, &c. Yet H… alſo diſtinctly and certainly knew that God had ſworn that of the frui… of his Loins He would raiſe up Chriſ… (as concerning the Fleſh) to ſit upo… his Throne (as the Apoſtle ſpeaks▪ Acts 2, 30So that he may be thought to mean this when he ſaith Trut… ſhall ſpring out of the Earth, Pſal. 85, 1…an… Righteouſneſs ſhall look down from Heaven. He might well call him TRUTH, as he was the Promiſe… Meſsiah, for in this reſpect h… was to ſpring out of the Earth, to be born of a Woman in the Citi… of David; And he might c…l… him RIGHTEOUSNES, who i… called elſewhere (Iehovah Tzidkenu, Jer. 33, 16) The LORD Our Righteouſneſs, Malac. 4, 2and the SUN of Righteouſneſ… (as another Prophet calls h m) now 'tis proper for the SUN t… look down from Heaven.
IncarnationConcerning his Incarnation and Birth, which he calls th… budding of the Horn of David,Pſa. 142, 17 Luke 1, 69 o… (which is all one) the raiſing up … mighty Salvation, or a Horn of Salvation for his people in the houſe of his Servant David, he brings in Chriſt plainly thus ſpeaking, Sacrifice and Offering, Pſ …0.6, 7, 8 Hebr. 10, 5and burnt Offerings thou wouldeſt not, but a Bodie hast thou prepared me, So the holy Ghoſt in the Hebrews renders that of the Pſalmiſt, Mine eares haſt thou opened, or pierced through, …nd applyes it to Chriſts Coming into the World in the Fleſh, Then ſaid I, Lo I come, in the Volume of the Book it is written of Me, I delight to do thy will, O my God, &c.
He had alſo moſt clear conceptions concerning Chriſts bitter Sufferings.Paſſion
By the Raging Combination of the Heathen (that is the Gentiles) and the People, (that is the Iews) and Conſultation of the Kings of the Earth, and the Rulers (that is, Herod, and Pontius Pilate) againſt the Lord and his CHRIST, as it is expounded in the Acts,
Pſa 118, 22 1 Pet. 2, 7By the Malice of the Prieſts and Elders (that ſhould have been Builders of the People in the Faith and acceptation of this Promiſed Meſsiah) Refuſing that stone which God hath deſigned to be the Head of the Corner.
Pſalm 41, 9 Jo. 13, 18, 21By the Treaſon of Iudas that did eat of his Bread, yet lifted up his heel againſt him. By the ſcoffs of Spectators, and cruel mocking of paſſers by, Pſal 22, 7, 8 Mat. 27, 43wagging their heads at him and ſaying, He trusted in the Lord let him deliver him, if he will have him, and let him ſave him, ſeeing he delighted in him.
By the Faintheartedneſs of his Followers and Cowardiſe of his Friends,Pſal. 31, 11 Mat. 26, 56 I was a Reproach among mine Enemyes, and a fear to mine acquaintance, they that ſaw me without fled from me; All this was done (ſaith the Evangeliſt) that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, then all his Diſcipies forſook him and fled.
By the Cruelty of his Inhumane Perſecutors,Pſal. 69, 21 Mat. 27, 48 that in his thirſt gave him Vineger to drink, and gall in his Meat.
By the Savage Souldiers that parted his Garments, Pſa. 22, 16, 17, 18 Mat. 27, 2…and caſt lots upon his Vesture, and Bloody Executioners that pierced his Hands and his Feet, and ſo diſtended his Body upon the cruel Croſs that one might tell all his bones.
And moſt of all by Divine Dereliction, Pſal. 22, …which made him to cry out, My God, Mat. 27, 46my God why hast thou forſaken me? And yet in all this not caſting away his Confidence, Pſalm 31, … Luk: 23, 46or looſing himſelf by Impatience, but committing himſelf and his Cauſe to God, and crying out with a loud voice, into thy hands I commit my Spirit, and when he had ſo ſaid (ſaith the Evangeliſt) He gave up the Ghost.
And as David was thus copious in the Thoughts of Chriſts Paſſion, Reſurrectiōhe leaves him not there, but purſues him with lively and comfortable Meditations of his Reſurrection, Thou wilt not ſuffer thine holy one to ſee Corruption, Pſal. 16, 10from which the Apoſtle undenyably concludes the Reſurrection of Chriſt from the Dead, Acts 2, 26nay even from thoſe words in the Second Pſalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee, Pſalm 2, 7This God hath fu…filled, Acts 13, 33ſaith the Apoſtle Paul, in that he raiſed up Ieſus, &c. He ſhall drink of the brook in the way, Pſal. 110.7may be meant of his Paſſion (for Chriſt calls it a Drinking) the Cup which my Father hath put into mine hand (ſaith he) ſhall I not drink? John 18, 11and therefore ſhall he lift up the head, in his Reſurrection.
And as his Thoughts ran of his Reſurrection, ſo alſo of his Aſcention, AſcentionWhen he Aſcended up on high, Pſal. 68, 18and led Captivity Captive, he received gifts for men, yea even the …, Epheſ. 4.8that God might dwell amongſt them, expounded by the Apoſtle as meant of Chriſt by the Pſalmiſt.
So alſo of Chriſts Seſsion at the Right hand of God, Seſſion and Interceſſionand Interceſsion as an High Prieſt for ever after the Order of Melchizedeck;Pſ. 110, 1, 4 All expounded of in Chriſt in the Hebrews.Hebr. 7, 21
Of his Kingdom, Throne,Kingdom and Scepter; Thy THRONE, O God, Pſalm 45, 6…s for ever and ever, the Scepter of thy KINGDOM is a Right SCEPTER.
Of his Prophetical Office in Declaring the Decree, prophetical Office,in Inſtructing the Church,Pſalm 2, 7 and 45, 10 Hearken O Daughter, and conſider, and encline thine …ar, &c. And the wonderful glorious ſucceſs of his Goſpel Miniſters.Succeſs of his Miniſtry Thy people ſhall be a willing people in the day of thy power, Pſalm 110.5&c. and that not onelyonly as to the Election among the Iews, but alſo the fulneſs of the Gentiles, Pſalm 18, 4…the Calling and Converſion of them by the Grace of the Goſpel, I will confeſs thee among the Gentiles. Rom, 15, 9And again he ſaith, Praiſe the Lord all ye Gentiles, Pſ. 1…7, 1, 2and laud him all ye People, &c, for great is his loving kindneſs towards us (us Iews,Rom, 15, 11 and you Gentiles) therefore praiſe ye the Lord.
ſecond coming to judgmentAnd finally his Powerful and certain ſecond coming to Iudgement for the compleating of the work of his Grace in bringing many Sons unto Glory, and in gathering his people together, his Saints and his Covenanted ones, Pſal. 50, 1, 5even from the riſing of the Sun unto the going down thereof. And O how he triumpheth (and brings in other Creatures exulting as it were) at the thought of this his coming, for he cometh, Pſalm 96for he cometh to judge the Earth: with Righteouſneſs will he Iudge the World, and the People in his truth; …, 12, 13for in all this it is evident that his thoughts ran of Chriſt when he ſaith He hath Remembred his Mercy and his Truth …wards the houſe of Iſrael, and all …he ends of the Earth have ſeen the Salvation of our God; Verſe …, 9and then it …ollows, let the Floods clap their hands, and the Mountains rejoyce …ogether, before the Lord, for he …ometh to Iudge the Earth; with Righteouſneſs ſhall he Iudge the world, and the people with Equity.
In a word, as bleſſed Maryes …ul did magnify the Lord, though …he were his Mother, ſo Davids Spirit did rejoyce in God his Saviour, though as to the Fleſh, he were his Father; and O how precious was that thought unto David, which is, as it were, the ſum and quinteſſence of all the reſt. Thou …pokest in a viſion to thy holy one, Pſal. …, ……hou ſaidſt I have laid help upon one …hat is mighty, that is to ſay (in New Teſtament language) He is …ble to ſave to the uttermost, Hebr. ….…all that …me unto God by him.
'Tis proved that David underſtood and thought of Chriſt in all thi…. Act. ….30, 31But ſome one may ſay, was David indeed ſo well ſtudyed in a Covenant of Grace, and did he think of a Christ in all this? The Apoſtle Peter ſaith he did, becauſe he was a Prophet and knew what God had ſworn, that of the fruit of his loins he would raiſe up Christ concerning the Fleſh, to ſit upon his Throne, and that knowing this before, he ſpake of his Reſurrection, &c: So that David did not Propheſ… (like wicked Caiphas the High Prieſt) of he knew not what, John 11, 50 ….but underſtood what he Propheſyed, and thought of what he Propheſyed, and was in this reſpect a man after Gods own heart, 1 Sam. 13, 14becauſe his heart was ſo much upon wha… Gods heart was upon, the Myſtery of Grace in the Lord Ieſus Chriſt ſo that as Chriſt ſaith that he wa… always before God, Prov. 8, 30ſo David ſait… of Chriſt, I foreſaw the Lord alway… before my face, … 2, 25Chriſt was everi… his eye. But O how great is the advantage that our Thoughts may have of his? His was but a fore-ſeeing and a fore-knowing (foreign) and therefore but a fore-thinking of a Chriſt that was to come,Verſe 31 but ours is a ſeeing (before whoſe eyes Ieſus Chriſt is evidently ſet forth, Galat. 3, …even as if he were Crucifyed amongſt us) and a knowing and a thinking of that which is already, and fulfilled to a tittle in all that he foreſpake, and forethought even eight and twenty Generations before it was accompliſhed; for from David,Mat. 1, 25 until they were carryed away into Babylon, w fourteen Generations; and from the Captivity to Chriſt were fourteen Generations.
What ſhall I ſay now? the time would be too ſhort (as the Apoſtle ſpeaks) to tell you of Moſes, Hebr. 1, 32and all the reſt of the Prophets, of the Apoſtles, and parti…larly of S. Paul, whoſe heart was ſo full of a Chriſt, and his thoughts ſo big of him, that they deliver themſelves almoſt in every other Verſe, of his very Name, and croud it in many times as if it were an eaſe to that Abundance that was in his heart, to have his mouth ſpeaking, or his pen dropping that ſweet-ſmelling Name of THE LORD IESUS CHRIST.
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1 Pet. 1, 12. Chriſt the Theme of Angelical ThoughtsTHis, this is alſo that, which the Angels deſire to pry into, for you may know what all their Thoughts run on, by what their Tongues run of, when they take to them tongues (ſaith the Evangeliſt) there was with the Angels a multitude of the Heavenly Hoſt, Luke 1, 13 14Praiſing God, and ſaying, Glory to God in the highest, on earth PEACE, and GOOD WILL towards men. On Earth Peace, no Peace for Hell; Goodwill towards Men, but not Devils; Yet Chriſt Is for fallen men, not Angels Hebr. 2, 16for Chriſt took not on him the Nature of Angels, but the ſeed of Abraham. O this is that, the thought whereof is ſuch matter of Admiration to the good Angels, and ſuch horrour and Confuſion to the fallen Angels, whoſe eye towards us is ſo much the more Evil, becauſe Gods hath been ſo good. And ſhall not all this procute God thy good Thought of him? Why, were there no more but this, that Salvation is Poſsible for Thee but not ſo for Them, this were ſomething to be thought of; But now that Salvation is Proffered and laid in thy very way, that thou canſt not, if thou wouldeſt, ſtep towards Hell, without trampling upon Gods bowels (of Mercy,) and treading under foot the Son of God, Heb. 10, 2…and bloud of the Covenant; where all is Free to Thee, how ever dear to Chriſt, and the Yoke eaſie, the Covenant being GRACE,Covenant of Grace gives what it requires Requiring onelyonly what it hath to give, and giving what it requires; ſaying, Waſh you, and make you clean, Iſaiah 1:16&c and again, I will powre clean water upon you, Eze 35, 25and you ſhall be clean, and from all your filthineſs will I cleanſe you, and 18 31&c. Saying, make you a new Heart & a new Spirit, with 13:26&c. and again, a new heart alſo will I give you, and a new Spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the ſtony heart out of your fleſh, and give you a heart of fleſh, and I will put my Spirit within you and cauſe you to walk in my Statutes, and ye ſhall keep my Iudgements and do them, Slighting of Goſpel Graece a ſin of Men not Devil:&c. Having ſuch Grace, I ſay, proffered us as the Devil never had, let us think what will become of us, if we ſin ſuch a SIN as the Devil never did, who never had a pardon tendered him to fling it back into Gods face; who never had a Chriſt, or a Covenant of Grace preached unto him, but was forced to ſpeak truth in that (though he be a lyar) that he hath nothing to do with Ieſus, except it be to his Torment. Matth. 8, 29But, ſaith the Scripture,Iſaiah 9, … To us is the Child born, to us is the Son given; It ſaith not to Ang…ls, but to us; Though we may well think that Elect Angels, 1 Tim. 5, 21as the Apoſtle calls them, are ſo in Him; but if Chriſt be their Head, yet not ſo as he is Ours. Men otherwiſe concerned in Chriſt then AngelsA head of Confirmation to them, of Re…emption to us; and ſo born to us; And ſhall He be ſo much thought of by Angels, and not thought of by us? Nay 'tis our Concernment, 1 Pet: 1, 12that the Apoſtle ſaith, the Angels do ſo much deſire to prie into; and They are advantaged herein by the Church (as the Angel Gabriel by Daniels prayer)Dan: 9, 23 To the intent (ſaith the Apoſtle) that now unto the Principalityes Epheſ: 3, 1…and Powers in Heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wiſdom of God.
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our concernCOncernment is wont to be the greateſt Conducement to thoughts; Men will mind their own Buiſineſs, when anothers ſhall be out of their Thoughts,) and this is our great, nay our onelyonly Concernment,Luke 11, 42 for there is but One thing needful: for thus we may think,Chriſt Our if Chriſt be not Ours, there is nothing Ours, for Chriſt is Heir of all things, Hebr. 1, 12nay We have loſt our ſelves, Luke 9:25and are caſt away; But if Chriſt be Ours, All is …, for h… Name is Immanuel, Matth: 1, 23 Immanuelwhich is, by interpretation, God with us; God with usand if God be with us, well may our Thoughts be with God; and ſurely they cannot but be well,make all ours. if they be with God. Gods Greatneſs is amazing,Greatneſs but when his Goodneſs hath made it Ours, how comforting? I go, ſaith Chriſt, John 20, 17.to my Father and your Father, and to My God, and Your God.
Gods JUSTICE is terrible,Juſtice but his Iustice paid off, ſatisfyed, attoned, reconciled, Juſtice befriending, how amiable? God is Faithful and JUST to forgive us our ſins, 1 John 1, …and to cleanſe us from unrighteouſneſs, if we confeſs our ſins, what a word is there? If we burthen our ſelves with them, as the matter is ordere in the Covenant of Grace, Juſtice it ſelf will befriend us by diſcharging us of them; if we be but ſo honeſt and candid as to own them, and to own him that hath owned them, and paid for them (who is mentioned there by the Apoſtle but a verſe or two before) God is ſo Juſt as to pardon them, Deliver him, 1 John 1:…ſaith God, I have found a Ranſom, Job 33, 24.Iuſtice diſclaims a double payment.
Holineſ…:The Holineſs of God, what a dreadful thought is it? and how may it make a poor ſinful man to cry out as the men of Beth ſhemeſh Who is able to ſtand before this Holy Lord God? 1 Sam. 6, 20Rom. 8, 3B…t then to think again that this Holy God is become Man, and in the likeneſs of ſinful Fleſh, and for Sin, that he might condemn Sin in the Fleſh, and that He is made unto us of God, 1 Cor. 1.30not onelyonly Righteouſneſs, but Sanctification, this may make us to give thank… at the Remembrance of his Holineſs, Pſalm 30:4as it is in the Pſalmiſt.
HighneſsGods HIGHNES, what an awf…l thought is it to Us, that are at ſuch an infinite diſtance from Him? But to think withal, that though the Lord be High, yet He hath reſpect to the lowly, Pſal: 138 6 and 136.23and regard to our low estate, and hath ſo far humbled himſelf, as to embrace our dunghil, to cloath himſelf with our Fleſh, to lodge in a Womb without abhorrence, in a Manger, in a Grave, nay by his Spirit in a Sinners Heart, ſo that We may ſay with the Pſalmiſt,Pſalm 113 5, 6, 7 Who is like unto our God, who dwelleth on high, …et HUMBLETH himſelf, to raiſe up the Poor out of the Duſt, and the needy out of the dunghil; for Chriſts HUMILIATION and Condeſcention is our Ex…ltation, O what cauſe is here to Rejoyce in his Highneſs, as the Prophet ſpeaks? And if Greatneſs, Iſaiah …3:2and Ho…ineſs, and Iustice, are made ſuch Repaſt, by a Covenant of Gr…c…, to our Thoughts; well may We Remember his LOVE more then Wine. Here, O here,Cant. 1:3 We ſhould muſter up our Thoughts, and bring them into a Full Body, and lay Gods commands upon them to ſtand to their colours, for the BANNER over us is LOVE.Cant. 2:4
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ANd here let me charge thee, O Reader,LOVE to think ſeriouſly of this, if the Apoſtle cry out,1 John 3, 1 as he doth, Beloved what manner of Love is this that the Father hath beſtowed upon us, that We ſhould be called The Sons of God? O think then what manner of love is this,In Chriſts Incarnation that GOD ſhould be called The Son of Man? Nay bec…me Man? for the WORD was with GOD,John 1, 1 & Verſe 14 and the WORD was GOD, and the WORD was made FLESH: For to think that Chriſt was onelyonly foreign a Divine Man, and not GOD-MAN, is a thought both beneath a Chriſt, and below a Chriſtian. John 5, 20But (thanks be to God) We know that the Son of God is come, Chriſt true God.and He hath given us underſtanding, that We may know him that is True, and We are in Him that is True, even in his Son Ieſus Chriſt, This is the True GOD, and the Life Eternal.
This is He of whom it was ſaid of Old, To us a Child is born, Iſaiah 9, 6and yet his Name ſhall be called The MIGHTY GOD. By whom, Hebrew 1, 2ſaith the Apoſtle, God made the World, and he that built all things is GOD;chap 3, 3, 4. and to him it is expreſsly ſaid, Thou Lord in the beginning haſt establiſhed the Earth, Hebr. 1, 10Verſe 3and the Heavens are the works of thine Hands. He was in the World, John 1, 10and the World was made by him, and the World knew him not. And that He upholdeth all things by the word of his power, who by himſelf purged our Sins, and ſate down at the right hand of the Majeſty on high. Chriſt ſuffering was God ſatisfying himſelf,So that CHRIST Suffering, was but GOD Satifying Himſelf, and therefore He cannot chuſe but have full payment, for the Purchaſe Blood was the Blood of GOD, Feed the Church of GOD,Acts 20, 2… ſaith the Apoſtle) which He purchaſed with his Own Blood. And God did Suffer, though He could not Suffer As GOD, the Nature aſsuming, adding infinite value & vertue to the Nature aſsumed, both being one Perſon; … Tim. 3, 16for God manifested in the Fleſh; muſt needs be juſtifyed in the Spirit, (viz.) that Eternal Spirit, or Godhead of Chriſt,Hebr 9, 14 through which, or upon which, as the Altar, this foreign, this middle Perſon (as the Apoſtle calls him) betwixt God and Man (God-Man) as Prieſt, offers up himſelf Suffering (as true Man) to Himſelf,1 Tim. 2, 5 as One true God with the Father and the Holy-Ghoſt.
1 Tim. 3, 16This is that great Myſterie look'd into by the Angels, Preached to the Gentiles, Believed in the World, Lord I believe it, help thou mine unbelief.