4}tO Book IV. Cbap.2,Sed.3 light ia c? mparifon ofours, ~as but an obfcure and glimmering ltgbt ;, Chnfis d-&~very of lHmfelfe _then was bu~ a flanding behind ttJe wall , a lock};r:g forth of the wmdow, til fhewmg of himfelfe Cam.~. 9 , through the lattice . 3 Other Prophets fpake only to the eares ofmen, but Chrilt fpake, and frill fpeaks to the heart; he hath the ~?.!yes of D:-~vid,that Rev. 3·7· openeth, ond no man fhutteth, that fhutteth and no manop neth, it is a fimilitud~ taken from them that .k.eep the keyes of a Cit}•, or Cafiel, wtthout whom none can ope~ or fhut; no more can any man open the heart or break tn upon the fpirit , hut C brifi ; he only is able to open the eyes of the minde by the fecret, kindly , and powerful working of -his own Spirit. 4· Other Prophets p~eached wifdome unto men, but only Chrill: preacheth t?ea wtfe ; other ~rophet~ warned men by telling them of thetr fins,and denounctng i he JUdgements ofGod, but Chrift reclaimed them and turned them from finne . hence Joh. p r.' it is faid , tha t he taught M one having authority, dnd n;t .u the S cribes. it came drily and coldly from them, but it came from !- Cor.: .4. him as ' being full of conviction and reproofe , full of the evident demonflration ofthe Spirit, 11nd •f power. 5. Other Prophetsmight not preach themfelves; the Apofl:le inveighs againfl: felfe-commenders,we dart not (faith he) mak§ our : Cor.ro. u. / elves of the n11mber, or _comft~~re our felve_s with (ome.that commend themfelves. Yea, Chnll htmfclfe relatt~g to hm1felfe, as a meere John 5-3 r. man, faith, that his witneJTe, is not true if he bearc witnef/e of himfdfe. But in another place, relating to himfelfe as Mediatour, Joh, 8•14· he [peaks clean contrary,th~ugh I ~o brt~r_e record ofmy felfe , yet my record h· true. Here then IS a wtde dttference, betwixt other Prophets in refpeel: of their office, and Chrill; they might not preach themfelves, but he beares witne!fc ofhimfe!fe, becaufe he hath not a greater in the_ point ofour julli~cation, fanCl:ification, and fal vation robeare Wttneffe of then htmfelfe. And hence are thofe fel fe- predications of hi~ whi£h we fin de in Scriptures, as, :rta. 4).l!• Lodz.rmtome, and be ye faved all the ends of the earth. Come unto MJttb. u.1S. me all ye that labour, and are heavy laden. And conferring with l:uke24. ~7. the two difciples, it is faid, that beginning at Mofes and all the Pnphets, he expounded tmto the!"' in all the Scriptum the things concerning h ·mfeife. ~ urdy tt commends to us the prophelie
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