Chap. I . Sect. 6 Louking unt~ 1tfus. Book. IV. truth. He iJ a God oftruthfaith Mofes plentious ie1 mercy and truth, Deur, 3%• 4: faith David, full of grace and truth, faith [obn; for the Law wtts Pfal. 86. 1 r. given by M{fs, but grace and truth C•lme bJ 'fefus Chri.ft.Johnx.x~.l7 'He is Truth by name, and Truth by nature, and Truth by ~·1 • 3· 6 • off1ce.-- 3 .Chrifi is r ghteoufneft.This is his Name n herrby he foal/ 1 Co~·~~·30; be called the Lord our righttoufnef[e. And unto pu that feare my Htb.7•. z. N arne Jh.all the Sonne of righteoufnef[e arife with healing under his wings. And, Chrift of God is made unto us wifdomr, righteoufnef[e, Ifa 9· 6• .and Jannification, and redempticn. And according to his type " . Me!chifedech, this was his fiyle. King of righteoufnrjfe. ·--E~h 1 ( r4, 6 4· Chriil: is peate. This is his Name whercw~th !Je is cal~ed, w@n· 1 e '3 1 derful Counce/lor, the might} God the everlaHing rather, the Prince , of peace. And ChriH iJ our peace who hath mr.dc both one, and htfth bro~n dor~~n the middle wall of partitim between us. And therefore prayes the Apoftle,now the L ordof peace himfi!f. (Or the Lord htm{elf who is peace,) giwyoH peace always b.y all mranu. And according to his type M elchifedech, 3S he was King of'f'ighte· . oufneffe, fo al(o he was King ofSalem, which is King ofpeace. __ Heb. 7,l, Thus Chrifi: is mtrCJ, and Chrifi: is trHth,and Chrill: is righteoufnrfs, and Chriil: is p(acr; now where ilio.uld all thefe meet but in him who 1S them all ? Surely there they meet, and at the meeting they all_ran firll: and kilfed the Sonne, and that done,,truth ran to mercy and imbraced her, and righteoufne{fe to peace and kiifed her , they that fo long had been parted, and ftood out in differ. ence, n0w they meet and are made friends againe, 0 the bleifed ef. feel: of this birth of Chrifi ! it is Chriil: that reconciled them, and that reconciled us and them ; he rec'oncilrd all things, (faith thct Apoil:le,) whether they be thingJ in earth, or things inC 1 · . hfaven. Now is heaven at peace with it felf, and heaven and @ • 1 ' :o earth at peace with one another; and that which glues all, and makes the peace, is this birth ofChrifi: the budding ofthis·Vine. Truth (hall bud eut ofthe earth and then mere; and truth jh'all meet. rtogether, &t 3. For the blolfome the nature of vines.is in its feafon to blof; fome, or. to bear fweet flowers . Pharoahs Butl;r you kno~ dream.,. edofa Vtne, tha~ not only budded, but blalfomed, her bloffomes Gen. 40, ro~ . foot-forth : and thus Chrifi, our Vine, both budded and bloifomed; he was full of the fweetefi: flowers; nowwhat were thefe floweh and bloffom~ of Chriil:, .but his vertnes and bleifed graces?. In this. . ~3 onlY,,
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