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Chap.z. Secr.x.
Locking unto :}tfus.
Book I.
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expreffe it; 'it Ggnifies an averting, or drawing off the eye from
one object to another; there are two expreffions.,
~
and
,;f,
the one Ggnifies a turning of the eyefrom all
oth~r
objects;.
the other a fall: fixing oftbe eye upon fuch an objett , and only
upon fuch .
~o
it is .both
a lv6J:.ing off,
and
.z
lu&k.fng on.
On
what? That
IS
the object,
a toukng unto Jefus ;
a
mJe
that de–
notes his mercy and bounty,
'liS
Chrifl
denotes his office and
function.
I
iliall not be fo curious as to enquire why
Jefus,
and
not
Chrift
is nominated;
I
fuppofe the perfon is aymed at which
implies them both; only this may
' be
obferved th&t
{efus
is the
pureil Gofpel Name of all other names;
{ efus
was not the dia–
lect ot the Old Tell:ament ; the firll: place that ever we read of
this title as given to Chrifr, it is in
M atth.
I .
.l
r.
Thou /halt
call
his nam~
{efus.f•r hffha ll (a ve his people from their finnes.
Some
fl1lt.I.u,
obferve that this Name
[ efus
was given him twice; once till
death ,
M atth.
I.
2
I.
and afterwards for ever,
Pbi!.
2.
ro.
the
firll: was a note of his entring into Covenant with God to fulfil
the Law for us, and to die for our fins ; the fecond
w:~s
a note of
fo
mer! r.or!o~1s
a perfon, who.for his humility was more exalted
then any perfon .ever hath been, or ilia
I!
be. Firft,
[ efus
was the
humble name of his deferving grace; now
{ efus
is the exalted
name of his tranfcendent glory: at firft the
Je~esdid
crucifie
Je-
fus,
and hrs name; and the
A
poll:le did then dill:rull: whether
[e–
fuswasthetrueJ ef~ts;
butnowGod hathraifed himfrom theLuk.z
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h
dead, and
bach-highly oqa!ted him, and given him,a name above
Phil.•.9·1o.
every name
Y
that at theN ame of
Je[us
ever-y k._nee fhould bow
,
of
things in heaven, and things
in
earth, and things under the earth.
My meaning is not to inGft on thisName in contrac\iftin&ion to
any other names ofChrift ; he i
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often call.ed
C
hrift,
and
Lord
,
~nd
Mediatour, .and SonneofCjod,
and
Emmamul;
Why
Jefus
ts all thefe ;
[efus is'Chrift,
as he is the annointed ofGod ·; and
'fefus
is
L ord,
as he hath dominion over all the world ; and
zefm isMediatour,
as he is the reconciler of God and man . ·and
[efus
is
the Sonne of God,
as he was eternally begotten
bef~re
all
worlds; and
'fef~ts
is
EmmAnuel,
as he was incarnate and fo God
with
~s.
<?nly becaufe
'fefm
lignifies
Saviour,
and this name ·
was g1ven htm upon that very account,
For he fhall [ave his pee-
pie from their finnes;
I fball make this my deGgne to look at
[e[H4
more e.fpecially,, as carrying on the greatwork..ofour fal-
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vation. ·