Of lujlijication fore: in Efay (lmmanuel, GoD 11:>ith m) inflead of the name~ that name (which is El) fc:tteth downe by way of explanation;thi 1 n~~~ here of leho"'JJa. Becaufe, that ( El) and the: other Names of G 'l 0 communicated to Creatures. As the Name of El, toAngels for tha~e Names end in it; Micbael, Gabriel, &c. And, the Name of la,; toSain~lt and their names end in it; Efaiah, leremial,, Zachariab, 'fo certifie~· therefore, that it is neithert?erighteoufndTeof Saints nor.Angels tha~ will ferve the turne, but the nghreouft1e£fe of GoD and very G 0 ~ H~ uferh that Name which is proper to G o Dalone; ever referved to Him only,and never imparted by any occafion to.Angel orSaint,or anycreature in heaven or earth. · 2Iufliti4, . l11jlitia : fJ<jgl,teoufnejfe. Why that? If weeaske, in regard of the other benefits which are before remembred (Sal"'Vation andPeace.) Why fPJghteoujizejfe and not Sal"'Vation nor Peace! it is evident. Becaufe (as in the verfe next before, the Propl,et termeth it) rJ\igbteoujizeJfe is the ?3rancb; and thefe two, Sal"'Vation andPeace are the fruits growing on Efa.45.8. It. So that, if this .be had,. b~th the other are had with ir. Of 'R,igb. Efay 32•17• teoufneOe and Sal"'Vatton, Bfat faith, they grow both together, .as it were out of one flalke. And of Peace, that Opus lujliti.e Pax 1 the very worke or proper effect of rJ\ighteoufnejfe is Peace. For which caufe the-'·. Heb.j.2: poftle 'interpreting the name ofMelchifedek., 1\.ing of Salem : firll (faith ::.: ,' 1 hee) I(ing of !l?Jghteoujneffe; and after, I(ing ofPeace. Even as on the contrarie parr, finne which is nothing elfe but""~",.'· iniquity or unriglm., ;tloh-H· oufnej]e, as Saint Iolm, is that root of hittermjfe, from whence fhoo~ tenh forth both perdition of the Soule contrary toSallJation, andunquiet• ne(fe of the Confcience, oppofite to Peace. And both they, and all O• lob 5 ;s. rher miferies are (as lob termeth them) JParkes of thu hranJ of bell: as health and Peace, and all blefsings, are the fruits of this branch of Pfat. 60 •11 , 'RJghteoufnejfe. Now, becaufe there is cvana falJU, a va!ne_Salvation (as faith Da"'Vid;) and a peace fa\Oy fo called, aPeace T!JhtciJ u IlD Peace I . 6 14 (as faith leremie.) To the end therefore, that our falvation might bee etcm. · • ' c 1 fi - fubfiantiall, and our peace uncoumerreit, it behoveth usco ay a urc · ? ground-worke of them both; and to fet a true roote of this bran:h,· which is the Name leho"'Va. For, fuch as the roote of this hranch 1s, fuch will Sal"'Vation and Peace, the fruits thereof bee. If it bee man's righteoufneffe which is vaine it will bee alfo11ana JalU& liomini!, vaine and foone at an end; and the peace, like: the worlds pe.ace, vaine a1:d of no certaintie. But if Ieho"'Va be our fJ<jgfJteorifnefft, lookehowHeiS, fo will they bee, e)lerlafting Sa/)lation, a Peace which pa/Jeth all nndes . flanding. . . . . . :; Ieboiia a• lebo1Jalujlitla; We are now to feekethe reafon,why Iebo"'Va ~SIO thiS ftiti4, - Name per mod11m luftiti.e, by the way or nnderthe termeo~ rJ\ighte~uf mffi, rather than of fome other .Attribute, as of Power or Mercte; that 1t IS ~~~ !:_~ay_~ ¥ife~!:~~#_~~ ~ ~e_~~'!_~ '!_ute~~a, ~~~ !~~o!_~ .!~fJ.!t~~ ~~h .....____J \
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=