Of the R & sli R R B c T 1 o N. -And that is the reafon, why none but it: For, noSig.Uneeded, but ir. For, with– . thers wellthey mightbe; n11thoHt thH,tbeyor we,could nor well be. For,epor-· OU: CH lt 'n T UM'fAii, J16ehoo'!lea CH ll I $ T>CH RI S T o#ght to ayt,411dri{e • -· r #g 4 i 11 e. • . fii . Lul:c •f· ~-' None but that~ Whyafr~rward, between_e th1s.andH~spa 10n, Hefheweddiverfe others: and how then faith He, nonebuttt I Stgnes (mdeed) _He!hewed >yec, · not any ofthem fo pregnant for the purpofe, t~ey fo_ughr,as was_thls. They fought ~llaP· •!•'~'l aSigneofthefeafo!J, as by the XVI. Cha!_ter 1s plame: Jhat th1s w~s the time, the JlefitUwas to come. To put them out of_doubt ofthat; to that polnt, nonefofor~ . cible as His deathandrifing agatne, figured mthat oflontU. T,!lat,and none but that. , All He did elfe, the Prophets had done the like =.Given jignesfr.om heavm (whiclt they herefought; yea, evenraifedthe de.d•. But rAi[e H1mfc![eb~mgdead, get fore?. ofthehmt o{thuartb, when once hewas m, that pa!fed tlmr skill : Nevera Patr!- arehor Prophet ofrhem all, could doe that : Nsn Nifi, None but He. So as, themfl He!hewed Himfelfe indeed,to be the true and undoubtedMefitU,and never fo el(e, ill anyjigneofrhem all. · - . i For Signts being compounded ofrowerandGoodneffi (not Poweralone, but P8wtr, andGoodneffe, that is, the benefit or good ofrhem, they bedone for:) Neverfoge- , 11 rr•ll, [ouniverfaU, fo great agood, as by C.a 1\ Is T's death, (as it mightbelon.t.t ' caffing in : )Norever fo great fo incomparably great aPower, asby rai[111g Mimfelfe from death to life(fet forth in Ion.«&afling upagaine :)Thofe twaine,by thefe twaine, . more manifdl:,than by any another. TheSigneofrhegreatc:lt LQ'IICandpowrr (LO'llti ~0 die ;power, to rife) that ever was wrought.. ... · · · This Nifl then; is aZ{gnnifiin a newfenfe :ANone (u&h,aSiglupgaiimmt.All elfe Thiss:grit) ;p nothing in comparifon ofit. I keepe you too long from it. :~;~:' ;;:_n• ~ TheSigne is laid in theProphet IontU, Sicut IontU: andweare much bound toGod, ~oun1. forlayingitinhim:rhey,andweboth. And lmtUisaNmnifi: fuchaSigne,for us, arid (belides) fo many peculiars of C a R I s T, in him, as (in cffecr) no ligne but he. . Firll:, fonhem, for anevil/and~du!terom generation, no ligne fo meet tobe given Forthcm', zor,:; as he. For, Ionu, andnmni{i IontU, was Fropheta pe&&Ator, thetrefpa!fer or Sin»ing Jb!!.41-'f.f~!"~ Prophet, among them all. Sinners (I know) they wereall : they confeffe as muclt themfelves : But, for rranfgreffing the expreffe Commandement of Go o, in not obeyingGods immediatecall; ther~in, none of the reil: eo be tainted: He onely was Prophet afugitivm, fled touch, was in the rranfgrefiion; fent toNinive,and went to loppe; fenr E_aft, and-went flat Weft: and was even takeninthemanner (as we fay) and arrefl:ed m the very flight. For anevijl And an adulteromgenerAtion, this was agood ligne(fay I:) and fo mightthey, ifthey knew their owne good. For them, andform,and (ina1vord) for all Sinners; for he is ProphetApe&Wor, andfo Prophetif. peccatomm. An~ CH R_I s T is pleafed to pickeout _Hisfugitive Prophet, His run- •way,and make h1m(aSmner, andfrr.ha Smner) HISStgne./ As to come Himfdfeifl th;flmtlttudeof .finfu/1fl.efb; fo, to makeJinfullftefb His.fimi!itude, to come into a{i&ut Rom: q-~ wuh. All, that.fin(u/1ftefb might havehopeintheSignatum,inHim, ofwhom this --- · wastheStgne. Thls,t-hms,andours. • Thenextisours, and we_h!ghly toble!fe ~o.o fcirit: that beingto fet His figne For.U !''"'ht:: maProphet, Hewo~tld doe mnhtm; choofebtm.out, to makehimHis patterne, who ,. r.•~~•Mfl!, \Vas Propheta Gmtwm, the Pr.ophetoftheCenules, fentto prophejieroNinive, chat bereHeathen, asweandourfarherswere. Andinthar, aNonnifitoo: For, none . Ut h~~as fo \.never a_Prophet ofthem all,fent to theHeatben: the rell:,to the leTf!eS, ~ f. htsfendmg ofh1s, to the Gentiles~ was, to us oftheGentiles, agate ofhope,that llor.J;t,~ · ~n ormerages, and long before C a a Is T camein thefte.fb, weeGentiles were not- . ·– hrgott~. Even then, fent Go o a Prophet toNinive. ' And what was Ninive? the · ead Cmcofthe loAfhri4ns, thegreateft t.Mg'!_~r&bJ then in being, and fo the ~ri~; C!p~ \
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