20 Book. I. Looking unto :Jefus, aims at; it is nora fwimming knowledge of Chrifl:, but an hearty feeling ofChrifl:s inward workings; it is not heady notions of Chrifl: ,but hearty motions towards Chrift that are impEed in this inward loo~ing. z. For theob;ea:, you mufl: loolz. on Jef U! .] It is the b!e{fed'fl: object that the eye of the mindecan poffi>bly fix upon; ofall objedsunder heaven, 'jefw hath the preheminence in rerfedion, and he fhould have the preheminence in our meditation. It is he that will make us moft happy when we polfeffe him, and we €.annot but be joyful to look_upon him, efpecial!y when look,ing is a degree ofpoffeffing.-·-'fe/UJ, for the name Ggnifies Sav ior.: r; it is an Hebrew name; the Greeks borrowed it from the Hebrews, the Latines from th'e C :eeks, and all other languages from the Latines: It is ufed five hundred times in PaHls Epifl:les, fai th Genebrard ; it comes from the Hebrew word , rehofhua, or 'fofhua, wh ich in the books of E::c.ri/1 and 7'\.!hemiah (written Eu1 5• '· after the Babylonian captivity) is Tf/hua, and fo is our Saviours Nchcm.S,!7 Name always written in the Syriack tranOation of the new Teftament. This Name 'fe[UI was given to thrift the Sonne of God by hisFather, and brought from heaven by an Angel, fir£!: to M ary and then to Jafeph; and on the day when he was circumcifed (as the manner was) this name was given him by his Luke 1,16 ,31 parents, as it was commanded from the Lord by the Angel qabrie/; not to fiand on · the name, for the matter it includes both his offic~, and his natures ; he is the alone Saviour ofman; All. 4.1 ~ f or there i1 none other name under heavm given among men whereby_we mujlbe f.:~ved, and he is a perfect, and an abfolure Saviour, Heb.7.t) he is able to [ave them tothe uttermBjl tha t come untoGod by him , feeing he ever liveth tomak.§ interceffion f or them. I will not de. ny ,~ut tha.t the work offalvation i£common to all the three per. . . . fons of the Trinity ; it is a known rule , all outwt~rd aRions arc oper4mn;tatu equally common to the three perfons, foe · as they are all one inna. ' ~!ldc~t.r! Junt que and will, fo muft they be al fo one in oper;; tion . the Father I H IVIJ!t• . ' · · · fa veth,the Son faveth, and the holy Ghoft faveth; ~·et we muft difiingui!h them in the manne r of!: vi n g,theFa th~t· fave th by the Son· the Son faveth by paying the ranfi m and price of our fal vation', the holyGhoft faveth by a particular applyir:g of that ranfome unto men: Now whereas-the fonne pays the price of o:ur redemption, and not t h~ Father, nor the holy GhoH:, there· fore
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