OfIuffification from thence, as from the greater, have His name given. A~, fo men. What title of- honour is highcll in1:heir fiile, that ofall th 0 ' .doth each perfon delight, to be termed by. · 0 er, Now thofe (in the former part ofthis vei:fe) of Sal'llation and p (whichHewill procure them) be great and excellent Titles, ~nd the ebe . ~ no lelfe verifi~d ofHiin, than this of!J(iglJte~ufneJJe : (The L;rd;. my lgiJ~ rr~Io27.x; and my Sal'llatton, by the PropT1et: and, He u our peace; by the .Apoflle:) Ephcf.•· 1 '1• Yet, ofneither ofthefe doth he ta~e His_Name. But,from this of~b. teoufoeOe, He doth. An~ that, both Hts for~er ~ame, in metaphore Verfe 1; and figure, T7:e branch ofrtglJteoufoe Jfe : .an~ .th~s Hts latter, in propriety and truth, Hts royall Name , .lehq1)(1 ;uflttta noflra. This therefore is 'Chiefe ih His accompt. ' · ·· ~. Againe, the Chief~: ~cauf~ it is His. 1'ec11liar. "And, tv~r}rm:in reckoneth ofthat, as·hts chtefell tttle, that ts hot common to himwith others, butpropefto'hirri alone; (as wherein he hath apretogativeabove all.) He, and none but He. . · · Nowthore in the former verfe (o{executingjudgement andj~Jlice) arci '1 Sam.t.t~. fuch, as are alfo given to other Kings. King :Da)lid isfaid to have execu– .t.Rcg·I 0 ·9• ted judgement and juflice to all his people : So is King Salomon likewife. the ~eeneof Sheba giv~th him th~~ tjtle. To d_oe.juftice, is the tide alro of others (and not many neither, but yetpf fotne others) But to be Juflice~ ~o be ril,hteoufnejfe ; th~t is the name ofnone, but CH R t s T only. His; and His onely, is that title. Therefore, as well in this regard, as in the former, thisis the very chiefe part in the Ecce, The Name of Ieho)laour, !l{igbteoufn~/Je. . . · · - . I Which,becaute it is nothing but aname' may feeme to fome, a matter .f.~s 18.14: of no great importance. The Deputy of .Achai~t (Gallio) in the ,4Ets, {eemeth ofthat minde : Ifit 11>erefome 11>ei,g}1t) matter, I :roould fit the hea– -ring{faith he:) IJ3ut if it be amatter of Names, 1t11k.e it not-roortb tiJe -roiJile: Heare it whowill, for-I will not. And to fay the truth, if it were aname of mens giving, he faid not much ainiffe, Their names are not greatly to belooked after. The argument taken from them, the Heatbm Phi– lofopher confeJfeth, is "$""' 'Jl<("''~ art argument, that fetteth a good face upon it, but no great [pb!l:;~nce in it. The reafon whereof is, Becaufe with men there be .i'{ominals, and there be~als : Names and things,are. many tim;s two. Thete is qu~dam dicuntur de,& noninfunt.There is !ear- . ning (faith the Apoftle) ~'"'"••v-@-faljely Jo called. And as learning; fo, many, t Tim.6.lo, things befide. The Churle is named libar~ll, and they 'R>orfhipfiiO, that ha"Pe !~~~;:i: 11othing 'R>brtlry 11>orjhip in them. Yea, it falleth out, that fome ha~e a11ame, tiJatthey li've,andyetaredead: apd many things befides, qu.e dtcmJturd~, & non i11Ju11t in. Whereof we need not feeke farre: we have an exam– ple here in the Prophet, df King Zedek.ia, chat reigned at the ti~e of this prophetic; onethat had neithertruth nor righceoufneffe ~~h1m,_a Ezek.xi-.9· breaker ofl~ideligu~ ~n~ c~~:~~~~~· a faljifi~~ of!:~~ ~~~h; a11d yet, ht~ nami: \ '
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