306 Book IV. Locking rmtp 'fefru. wbicb is not a Templeofthe living God; and there is no Temple of God wherein Chrifr is not prefented to his Father. Thus we have the benefit of Chrifrs fulfi lling the Lawof righteoufneffc ; qod fent his Son, made of a woman , made under the L an>, thllt ke might redeem them that wereunder the L11w , th,tt we mig h. rc- . cieve the v!doption of fons.It is as if the Father ilould have laid to Chrifr, come my dear Son , here are certain mrllef,zElours under the Law tojujfer and to be rx,e~uted; ~hat fay )Ott tothem? why,! wilL become under the Law (fatth Chnfr) I will tal?.§ P-pon me their extcution andfuffer for them, and to this purpofe he is firfr circumQfed,and then he is prefented to the Lord. 3. When he was yet under one year old , as fome . or about two, as others, !1e fled into EgJpr. As there was n~ room for him in Bethlehem, fo n?w there is no room for him in all 'judea ; no foon~r he came to h1s own, but be muil: fly from them , what a wonder is this? could not Chriil: have qu1t bimfelf from Herod a thoufand wayes .~ what could an armeoffle!h have done aga:nfl: the God offpirits? had Je(us been ofthe fpiricof fome of llis Difciples, he might have commanded fite from heaven on thofe that !hould have come to have apprehended h m· but hereby he t'aught us to bear t~e yoke even in our youth' ~bus would pe fuffer, that he might fan~i fi e to us our earl yalHidions, he flyes into Egypt the flaughter-houfeofGo'ds people; the fin k of the world, the furnace of Jfraels ancient atfla~tions; what a change is here? I frat!, the firfl:-born ofGod fltes out of Egypt into 'judea ; and Chrifl: the fi rll- born of all creatures flies out of Eufob.de de. [udea irito Egypt ? Eufebim reports. th~t the child Jefus arriving rmnft ,l6_c. :o in Egypt , and bewg by defigne earnedmto a Temple, -all the , J.l:atutes of the Idol-godsfell down like Dagen at the prefence of the Ark; and to . ~ his purpofe he cites Ifa i"h' .f"Prophecy , behold, the Lo,rdjh!! ll come into Egypt,and the Jd.!s'of Egypt fba l! 6e moved (lt his preftnce. Now is Egypt become the SanCtuary , and 'judea the inquifi tion-houfe of rhe SonneofGod; furely he that is every .where [he fame' knows how to make all places ali .e to his ; he knows.how to preferve Daniel in the Lions den; the three children in a fie ry furnace; 'jonah in aWhales belly; and Chriil: in the lllidil: of EgJpt. 4 · When he was'nbw fo fn e fi ve yea res old , fay fome; or but two yeares and aquarter old, fay others; AnAngel appears a- . . . - g~
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