408 Book. IV. Looking unto :Jefus. Chap. 2, Sect.2 Eph. 1• 8. vcr. r:. world, but as very glorious ; was there not a refemblance of ll:atc and glory in the preaching of Chrill: ? you have heard how aforenmnlr wtU fent to prepare hu way, as an Herald to proclaime his approach, and then was revealed the glory of the Lo.rd. but becaufe the publication was not confurnmate till afrer~ards, Chrifr carries it on-in greater ll:ate afterwards then he did before. when he afccndcd up on_ high~ he :hen led caftivity captive, andgav; guifts unto m_en, as,Pnrtces m. ttme of thetr folemne inauguration do fome fpectal aCl:s ofmagmficcnce and honour ; they proclaime pardons, open prifons, create Nobles, fill conduitswith wine~ fo Chrifr to tel.l:ifie the glory of his Gofpel, at the day of his inll:alment, and folemne ._readm!pon into his Fathers glory, he 'proclaims the Gofpel, gtves gunts Ut1l;d men, for the ptrfe&iniJ' of the Saints, for the wor/z.of the minijhy, for the edifying ofthe boJ'pj Chrifi, 2. As a Prophet he opens and expound'S the Gofpel. Thus being in the fyr.agogue on the Sabbath day, he opened thel;ook.,, and he found the place where it was written, the Spirit.of the Lord ;1 Luke 4• 1 '1' upen me, brcrtufe-he hath anoynted me to preach the qoJPel to the 18 ' 21 ' poore, &c. ana then"he clofed the boe/z.-~-an~ fo~d, this day i.r this Scripturefulfilled in JOHY e11rs. And thus )Oymng himfelfe with two of his difciples, going towards Emmaus,' he begun at Mo[e1 , ' and all the Prophets, and he expounded unto them in all the Serif• Luke 14-)7. tures t he thinx,s concerni;:g himfeifc; the prophelies of Chrift wereaark and bard to be underfrood, and thereforeChrill: came down from heaven to difcover fuch truths; no man hath afcended up to heaven, ( i.) robe acquainted .with Gods fecrets, 6ut he that John 3· 13· r:ame down from het.ven; the graciOus. purpefe 0f God towards loft mankinde was-a fecret locked up tn the brell: of the Father . .and fo it had b~en even to this day, bad not Chrill: who was in th~ • bofome of the Father, an'd one of his privy counce! revealed it unMattf~. 11 • l 7 • to us ; hence Chrifi is called the Interpreter cfG~d,no man /znoweth the Father [ave the Sonne, trnd he to whomfoewr the Sonne will re• veale him ,by his interpretation . · 3 . As aProphet he_gives us to underfrand, and to beleeve the · Luke ~4. 4~ • . Gofpel. Then opened he their underftanding, that they might unACts 1o, 14 . derftand the Scriptttres;& thus was tbecafe of Lydia whofe hrart the Lord opened ; h_e that ~rfr opens Scriptures, at Iaft opens h~arts ; he is that true bght whzch enbghtmeth every man that c~meth into t.he John I · 9.
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