Chap. I .Sect.7 C I 11nd b'J him all thinqsconjiff. This very thing is· an argument of o , t,17, h d o :l 1Cor,il .6, isLor fhip. Tomthereiobut oneLord j efmCbrift,hJwhom 11re 11/l thinj,J, 11nd we by him. . 3· By redemption, unttion, office, and Mediatoudhip, unto which he was deligned by his Father; and therefore the Apoftle Act• 1 ,36 • faith, that God hath m4de him Lord and Chrift ; he is a Lord by his office , and by the accomplifhment of his office, in dying, rifing, and reviving, he became Lord both ofquick and dead, for Rom.14 .9 • to thu end Chrift bvth d;ed, and ro[e, and revived, thilt he might 6t Lord both of dwJ ttnd li'!ling. And thus he is a Lord in two re. fped:s, I. A Lord in authority, to command whom an4 what he will ; he only is Lord over our perfons, over our faith, over our confciences; to him only we muft fay, L~rd what wilt thos have me do? Lord[11ve m ,or we perifo. 2.. A Lord.he is in power , he hath power to forgive, and power to cleanfc ; he hath power to juftifie, and power to fand:ifie; he hath power co quicken, and power to fave Co the uttermoft, all that come unto God by him; he hath power co hold fail: hisfheep,and power to caft out the accufer of the brethren; he hath power co put down all his enemies, and power to fubdue all things unto himfelfe ; in every of thefe rcfped:s Chrift is a L.ord. True, fay blafphemers, he is Lord by office, but he is not Lord by eJTence ttJ God u Lord. No ? perufe forne texts in the Old Teftament where the tytle of Lord is effentially fpoken of, and we .fhall finde the very fame texts and tides applyed to Chrift in the New Teftament. As for lf2:6'.f; inftance, in Ifa.6.5. woe u me (faith Efay) for mine e;es hath feen the King, the Lord ofhoafls; now this {ohn refers to Chrift, thefe things[aid E[11ittJ, when he{~tw hisglory, and .fPak_: of him. In P[al.68.I7,18. theL&rdu a111ong them tM inSinlii, inthe holy. Joh.u. 4i; place, thou b4f afcewded on high, thou haft led captivity, captive, l'fal.68,I7· thou haft received gifts for men; now this the Apoftle appl yesto Chrift, when he lt[cended up on high, he led captivity ct~tpti'llle, and Fp!J, 4· 8. gavegifts unto men. In Pfal. I 10. I. the Lord[aid unto my Lord, Pfal. 110 ' 1 • Jit thou at my right h11nd until! I mak.f thine.enemies thy foot -ftoole; Now this JefusChrift applies to himfelfe, faying, that David in M {pirit calledhim Lord, faying, the Lord/.tid unto my L ord. In . . at,llo43>44 r. h ,/.'h' h h. h ., J .11 Jfa. 40 ,3, l1a.40·3· t e VOJCeo; tm t tt_t ayet m t e w~ aerneJJ~" prepareye , llbt.H· the way of tht Lord; now thts the Evangeltft applies to Chrift. Thh H he thllt'TPM fpqk!n of bJ the Prophet Efa}ttJ,faying, the voy.ce . . . of
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