Ch. z. Obedience to Chri 1. kb manifeftatíon of the Will ofGod; even that Gofpel which Chrift firft preach'd himfelf, and thole that heard him confirmd by their Tehi- manyand Preaching; God alto confirming to us their Teflimony from Heaven, by many fuch figes and wonderful works, and with many fortsof Miracles or theofPower, and Diftri- butionsofthe Holy Ghoh to others when they believed, as were a certain Proofof God's at- teftation,and the approbation ofhis own Will. Note, Thathere we have the true evidence ofthe truthof the Gofpel, on which Believers may build theirFaith. 5. For unto angels hath he not put in fubjet1ion the world to come, whereof we fpeak. s. God hath not made Angels the Save- raigns ofthe World to come,and put the King- dom of Glory fo under them, that all muff be their Subjects: 6. But one in a certain place tefli. fled, faying, What' is man, that thou artmindful of him : or the fön ofman, that thou vifiteft him ? 7. Thou madeft him a little lower than the angels,thoti crownedfthhim with glory and honour, and didit fet him over the works of thy hands : 8. Thou haft put all things in fubjeftion under his feet. 6, 7, 8. But the Pfalm is ultimately to be underfoot! of Chrift and his Church, which faith, What ú Man, egc. Tho' Chrift was a while on Earth, in a hate of Humiliation, be- lowAngels as to the Fief,, yet it was in order to the Glory, andvictorious Power of hisKing- dom. 8. For in that he put all in fubjefti- on under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we fee not yetall things put tinder him. 8. By this it is fare that all things are to be fabdtied to Chiif, tho' yet wefee it not done: g. But we fee Jefus, who was made a little lower than the angels. for the fuffering of death, crownedwith glory. and honour, that he by the grace of God fhould tafle death for every man. 9. But we fee that Jefus, who was made lower thanAngels, for and in his flare of Hu. Miliation and Crucifixion, is alreadyafcended up intoHeaven. where he is crowned with Glory. And as hisDeath was turreted in the common nature of Man, and the fins of all men had a cafual hand in it, and it was byGods Grace the purchahng cause of the conditional Cove- nant of Grace, and of all the good that men receives; fo he died tá bring Man to Glory rews. Obedience to Chr, Ch. 2, with himfelf. And therefore that Text may well be underSood of the AdvancementofMau both in Chrift, end his Church, that Shall bead- vanced by him. lo. For it became'him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many fans unto glory, to snake the captain of their falvation. perfefì through fufferings. no. For it teemed meet to the God of F,' if- don', forwhom, and by whom all things are; to make Chrifl the Captain of their Salvation, a pared performer of his Saving.csflice, and toobtain hisown Glory in heavenly Perfe&ion by the way of fuffering, and to bring all God's adopted Sons to Glory by the Merit of it, and by following him in the fame fufièriug way. r r. For both he that fan$ifieth,and they who are fanäified, are not all of one : for which caufe he is not afha- med tocall them brethren, 12. Saying, I hill declare thy name unto my bre- thren, in the midft of the church will I fing praife unto thee. r 3.And again, I will put my trail in him and again, behold, I, and : the children which' God hathgiven me, 11, 12, 13. And that it is in and byCivil} that Humane Nature is advanced, as thePjal. 8. faith, is proved by the Union that is between Chrift and us. He that fand}ifreth us, and we that are fanl}ified, areof the famehumane Na. turn, and are as oneBody t And therefore, as we mutt ruffs with hire, we fall reignwith him. Therefore in the Textsthat, under other typical perlons, £peak of Chrift, he calls us his Brethren, and Children given him, to whore cull weare committed. 14, 1 5. Forafmuch then as the chil- dren are partakers of flefh and blood, he altohimfelf likewife took part of the fame, that throughdeathhe might deflroy him that had the power of' death, that is the devil : And deliver . them, who through fear of death, wereall their life-time fubjeft to bon- dage. 14, IS. And that he might bring us to Glo- ry with hint, as we have Fiefs and Blood, he would firlt be fo itmade one with us, as to take alto Flefh and Blood, that he might be ca- pable of fuffering and-dying for us ;" fo, by uàdergoino' Death, which we by Sin have brought our (elves under, and by riling from the Dead, he might conquer Saran 'and Death, and deSroy his Kingdom andPowerof Death, which
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