fo, if hee have diverfe nathes, arid love to bee called by anv one ra– ther than other; to bee ''fure to bee perfect in ir, :ind i:eady eo f~lurehim by it. And fuch is this Name here; and wee therefore nor to be td feeke ih it; feeing not only Courtefle, but very necefsity cotnmendetq it to us. . • Which Name (as you fee) iscompmirided of i:hree words, i Iel>o1Ja' , lr1ffitia, 3 71,oftra: all of them 1iecej[ary,all of them ejfontia/1. And th~; . all three concurring, as it were three twills, theymakeatlmefoldl:ord Ecd~. i1i! (like that which the Preacher mentioneth) that-'Mnnot be broken; But - except it be entire, and have all tlui:e; it lofeth the vertue; it vvorketh nothing. For fever any one of them frotn the ri:fl:, and the other are not of moment. Afound, but not aname; or a name,bumot Hoc No. tnen, this Name ;aName qualified to fa1Je them that call on ir. Take Iebo~ 1Ja from Iuftitia noftra, and Iuftitia noflra is nothing worth ? And, take luftitia from Ieho1Ja, and though there be worth in Ieho1Ja, yet there is not that which wee feeke for. Yea, i:ake noftra from the orhei: two, and hovv excellent foever tb~y bee, they conceme us nor, bur are againfl . -. us, rather than forus; So that together we mull take them, or the Name js Jolt. · _ .- _ To fee this the better;, it wil1 not Bee amifi'e to take it in funder; . J ~ • and_ ~o fee the ground of _eyery. part ill ·o~~er. Why, r Ieho1Ja, • Why JF~he";;WJ luftttta, ~ Why lebo1Ja l1iflttla, 4 Why:dtiftttsanoftra, 5Bothnoftra; and i Ich..7J~, . Iuflitia. · . · Pf31·7•,ifi I Ieho1Ja. Touching which"word, artd the ground why it mull bea ' part of this Name, the Prophet 'Da1Jid refolvech us : Memorabor (faith he) luftiti.cTutt folim. Becaufe HisPighteoufncffe, and only His righte– oufneffe, is worth the rtmembrin,g; and any others befideHis, is not meere to be mentioned. For,as for dur oi.vne righteoufne.ffe which wee have without Him, Efaytellerh us, it u but adefiled cloth; and St. Paul, that it is but dung• Two very bomely.coinpa:riions; bur they be theHory Ghojt's owne: yet nothing fo homely as in the original!: where they be fo odious, as what manrrer of defiled cloth, or what kinde of dung, we have not dared to rranflareJ · · Our owne then being no better, ,we are driven to feel<e for it dfe- ECay 64.6; where. He fha/1 re{ei1JeHu rigl,teoufneffi (fairh theProphet:) and tbegift gP.U,;~;. of righteoufnejfe (faith the Apoftle.) lt is·then·another, tobegi1Jtn~U, and Rom.s.17; to be recei1Jed by us,w~ich we mufHeeke for. And whithtdball wee goe for it? lob alone difpatcheth this point: .. 'Not to the brawns or Iob)~.r;; Starres : For, they areunclemu in Hi!fight. Not to theSaints .; FOl'·iri 4· 1 8·•H.i them He found folly. Nor to the Angels : For ne'ither in them found He •. any ftedfa(lnejje. Now, if none of thefewi.ll ftrve, we feea' neceffarie reafon, why Ieho1Ja mufl: bJee .a part'Of this Na1ne.. And this is the rea. ,§n J why Ie'-emi: here exprefsing molfe fully-tht:.Namegiven Him be~ fore
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