Chap.i.SeCt.4 LID king untD 1tfru. Book. IV. phefie ofChrill, tqat he might preach and commend himfelfe without any blot of arrogancy, or taking too much upon him. 6. Other Prophets had their commiffi ::m and authority from him, the words &j the wife are M goads and M nayles faftened by the. Ecc\ef, 1 1; 11: · Maflm of the ajfemb!ies, which are given from one Shepheard, ( i.) the words of the wife are divine and heavenly in{lructlons; the Mailers of aifemblie.s are Gofpel-Minillers, and Cbrill i~ that one Shepheard from whom thefe words are given, and from whom thefe Mailers have their authority; are they not called Embaf- C , , [adoun for (hrift .? and doth not E;;,ekf:el tell us, that he mull :. or. f· 10 ' drop his words towards the South .? now what is the meaning of Ezek. •o. 46. that dropping r it is a phraze borrowed from raine; as the cloud;, from whence the raine defcends, have not their water .originally and natively in themfelves, but from the fea ; fo have not the Prophets a fpirit of prophefie of themfelves, but all is drawn up out ofChrifi, as ont of a full fea of all excellent wifdome and knowledge. In him are all the treafures, a fea, an ocean of /znowledge, and from him all the Prophets derived what2 foevc:rthey had ._ -----~--- -----.-~ SECT. 4· OfChrifts miracles. 2. 1--.. He miracles of Cbrifi this yeare were many ; now what were thefemiracles, but a puriuance of the doctrines delivered in Chrifts S.ermons? one calls them a verific::tivn of Chrift s doUrine, ajignal of(hrifts Sermons . if we obferve we {hall finde him to work moft of his miracle; in actions of m;rcy; indeed once he turned water into wine, and fometimes he walked upon the waters, but all the reft were actions ofrelief acco~ding to the deGgne ofGod, who would have him manifeft his power,in {hewing mercy, and reliefco men. Amongf.t ail his miracles done this yeare, now was it that at Cana, where he wrought the lirll miracle, he does a fecond; a certaine Noble-man, or Courtier, or little King (as fome would Gg g 2 have
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