3 Col.1.11. J, II. Gcn,.,9,14. ' 3 Pf>l.6~·'1· Ofthe RESuRREcTION. ~his (I take it)is a good warrant, . f~r our Chur.ch; to makerhis Pfalme, <ltlc ' cho.!e Pfahl'le, forthts Day ; as peculiar and pemnent ro the Feaft it felfe. And a good warranr,forus,fo roapply it. It is the Ho L Y G Hos >'s owne applicari a by the mouth ofSaint Pmt: we may boldly make it, ours. on, But though this b~rl:e~hief(Jen!e: yet, is it nor, the onely. The chiefeitis: for theSpmtofI'rophtcte IS mu,whtchuthetefftmony ofl E s vs. Yet noHheonely. £ according to rhcle'tter, we cannot deny, burrhat originally, it was meanrof D.~;~r He was aStone too, and in his time refu(ed : yet afrer 1 raifed by G b o torhchigh: eft pla~e, ~en to be }\ing over His people. The Cba!dee p4raphrajt (t,he oldcltwtl have) tscnough forthts, rhus heturnerh the verfe. ~bo&c, 'rhtchrld, whomtbe chiefeft mm oppugned, He ofaOthe forma ofljhai, rv.umade Ruhr ofIfrael. Afecond fen[e rhen it hath, ofDavid. And, by analogic, it will beare a third ; and ir will fort with 011rs, or with any Prince, in like manner banded againft, and foHght to be put by, as He : and yetaf.· ter, brought byGod, to the fame place, that David was. To any fuchirwillwell agree, and berruly v~rified ofhim, and rightly applied to him. And, I confefie,I chofe it the rather forthis third. Becaufe, ( ~ this yeare falleth our) upon otie day, (andHie eft dies, ihisis rhc day) We ha.vcmone, amemoriallofrwo benefi!S; 'of our Saviours exalting, by H1s Rtjierrefiron: ~ and ofour Sovere•gnes exalting, <nd making Head ofrhisKingdome. Borh,hghnng togerher,we ~erc(as we.thoughc)fo to remcmbenhe one, that we left not the other out. And th1s Text,- W11l fcrvefor borh. Both,"may in one be fer before us : and fo we teioyce and renderthankesto Godfor both :For the Lord CH R I s 'T; and forrhe Lords CH n I s T, under one. Threefenfcs then, t?ere are in :he Text, and. (to. do i; right) we to touch themali three. 1. CH a I sTmprophecte. 2. Da7Jid mh!flone. 3' ourowl(<inanalogie. Butwe will give chrift rhe precedence. Boch for Hts Pcrfon,He ts DAvids Lord and the Head ofall ~ead-fioncs: It ismeet,HchavePrimatttminomnibru,He in<lithl•gr, have thepr-£-emmmce : And, for that the truth of the (exr, never wasfovenfiedin any, as in Him• .We may truly fay, None ever, folow caftdowne: None ever, fohiahl,frupagame, as He. Others refiifed, butnonchkeHtm: aodthcirhu.l 1 exalt~d,but nothing in comparifonofHis. I. Firfi theno[Chrijls, 2· after,ofDa'tlids briefly : 3• and !aft, ofeur owne. ' ToapplieittoC H 1t' s T. Thejlone, is the ground of a!I. Two things befall it: two things as contrary as may be, I. Refuftd, cafl away : z. tlren,callcil for againe,andmade Hetfliofthe B111ldmg. So,~woparrsrhere are,to ch'e,eye. r. Tbe"· fujing. z. andtheraifing: which, arcH.s twoefiates, Hishuniiliation: an'dHil exaltation. In either ofihefeyciu rri:tyobferve two degrees. <.Aqtlibu;, and .!!!y•(que : BJ whom, and How farre: By whomrefu(ed? We weigh the word, .!Edijicanw : Not by men unskillfull,bur,by Wcirkemen;'Buildets profelfed: It is, fo much the more. Howfarre? We weigh the word, Reprobaverunt: u(qt~eAdrfprohari, evenroare; probation. It is not improbaverunt: dijliked, a·s not fir, for Come eminent place:but reprobavettmt, utterly repro~ate, for any place at all. Againe, exalted, by whom ~ The next words are, J Domino, by God, as good a Builder, nay betterthan the bell ofthem ; which makes amends forthe former; ~nd,h01v farre? Placed by Him,notin any part ofthe Building : bur, in theplrt moll in rhe eye (the Corner:) and, in thehighefi placeofit(thevery Head.) So, Rtjefied, andrhat by theBuilders, and to the/o,ejl eflate: And from thelo~tft eflate, Exaltedin Caput Anguli, to thechiefefl place of all; and that by Goo Htlll~ ftlfe. This for Chrijl. AndDavidis aSton~, and fo is Ours, and fo is every good Prince LApil Ifrtlll(35 Jacob, in his Teftamenr,cal!ethrhem.) And B"iidersthcrebe,fuch as by office fhould, but many times doe not their office, no more rhan Caiapha<here. Reprobaverunt ld, when theydevi(etoput J!im by, whom Godwouldexalt·: AndFaBm Caput, whenGo' for all that, doththem nght, and bnngs tnem to 1hcuplace, the Throne Royll~
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