Chap; l .477 OF HEAVEN· CHAP. I. The Sal!iottr of Mm tvas before and u11der the Latv by .l!ariol<! PrediE!ions .and Types defcribed, to prepare tl>e World for bts !J{ecepttOII tvtth Fau/, and Obedtence. lil this Pfalm, a mixture of Hi[lory. and 'Prophecy. The tvords of the Text applted by the Apojlle to Chrijl's f/?..efurre[/wll al!d Afcenfon, m1d Glory 11~ Heal!en. T/,e 1)il!ine Pre(ence is the Supreme and Eternal Felicity of the Samts m Heal!en. T!te Glory of tl>e Place conjidered. The Happineji of Heal!m illujlrated by fenftble 'l(e~ prefentatiom. P S A L. XVI. 11. Thotttvilt f/>etv tile the Path df Life : in thy prefe,;ce is fulneji of Joy, at t/;y right ba11d tlm·e are Pleajures for evermore; · T HE Divine Wifdom and Goodnefs was pleafcd, before and during tl1e Legal Difpenfation, by vari.ous PrediCtions and Types to delineate the Perfon of our Redeemer, ahd the Work of Redemption, to prepare the Minds of Men' for his Reception at his coming into the World. All the Evangehcal Prophecies recorded in the Old Teftament, as difper fed Rays, are confp1cuoufly umted m him, the Sun Of Righteoufoefs i and as ~n acu'rious Pi:ce of Mofaick~ork, each S~one_ ~ccord i ng ro its natural Veio and Colour ISfo exaCt ly d1fpofed, and With that proportion Jom'd to another, that the lively Figure of the Human Body refults from the Compofure; fo by vari ety of • T ypes, the intireimageof our Saviour's Life is reprefented f1om his firll: appearing on Earth, to l1is afcending to Heaven, . .. . Now the due comparing and obfervmg the harmomous Ag reement between the Pro: phecies_and Types of the Old Tell:ament, and the Hill:ory of the New, is a powerful means to produce and eflablifh a true lively Faith in t hebleffed Jefusasthe promifed Mef. Jiah, For it is an· infallible Argument of the D1vine Prov1dence, in dtfpofing Trm·es and Things fo, as the Oracle fhould be verified in the Event, and the m·yfl:er ious fllgu'res fubfiantially exhibited in the manifefiation of the Son of God. 'Tis true, IHS Miracles raifed Admiration, and argued the concurrence of Power truly Divine: For the Exercife of an abfolute Dominion over the Order of Nature, is a Royalt}' referved 10 God; but that his miraculous Operations were foretold, added more Authority to his Perfon, and Efficacy , to his Dc&rtn. Therefore our Saviour htmfelf, in anfwer to the publtck ~Iell:IOn fent ;;~~~~~:O~~s~t~~~ h:~e~~~~1~H~;etd~ea~'lr!~ ~~i~~~n~rr:~~"';';~~)~·Ji~~~~~~~~ Lame rvalk1 the ,Lepers are cleanfed, the Deaf hear, and the Dead Are raifed up, Mattb. 1 r. Which healing Miracles were foretold by the Prophet lfaiab, I fa. ~ 5· as t he clea r and diflinguifhing CharaCters of the. Me/liab from all Seducer<, when he 01 •u:d come. The fulfilling God's Word by the Works of.Chrill:, of which there was fenfib le evidence, was an irrefutable tellimony that his Miracles were true, and performed for the confirmation of the Trmh. Now of all the chofen Saints that foretold the coming of Chrifl, the new Law of Grace, and the new Kingdom of Glory, t hat he fhould reveal and eftahli01: Of all that lllorumhomi- ~eprefe~ted h~m in various Partici.~larities, concerning his Perfonand Offices, there was not num _non tan· a more •llufinous Type than Dawd, that by prophettca l Words, and by prophet ical Afti- ~m h"gu' fed ons did fa clearly defcribe him. - phe;i: f~[~ In this Pfalm compofed by him, there is a mixture of HiOory and Prophecy ; fome "'l· ihings in the literal and immediate fenfe referring to DA7Jid: I have Jet the Lord always before
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