199 / 808
V
E
R.2o,
Ephe
n
:,Chap.i.
187
Eules,
Lords
:
So
our Saviour,
taken
upas
man
to
this kingly
dignity,
muff needes be
in
preeminence before
them.
iris
no wonder, for
this
nature e(fentially appertaineth
to that perfon which
made
all
thefe
things ;
fee
Revel.4.ult.The
Lamb
is
worthy
to
receive
glory,
fir
by
hint
a
things
were
modeler
him
they were
created.
Secondly,every perfon, the neerer
he
is
in
conjunílion
of
blood
to
an
earthly King,the more he hath prerogative before others, more difjoy-
ned
:
fo this created nature,
feeing
itis
made one perfonally with
God,
by
how much
it
is
more neerely united,byfomuch
it
is
fit
that it
Mould
have prerogative before
others.
Not
to
fpeak
that
being heire
of
all
things, it
is
meet
that
he fhould
be before all,
who
are
but
parts
of
his in-
heritance ; and having more excellent endowments, I meane created
gifts then any
other,
it
is
meete he
fhould
have
the
firft
place
before
all
other.
Wherefore what
reverence are we
to
thew him
in all
our fervices
a-
bout him, whole
excellencie
is
fo
high above every creature
e
Earthly
dignities
doe fo
dazle our
eyes,
that
we
know not with
what
fubmiffion
fufficient
to
fall
down before them.
Againe,
having
fo
eminent
a
perfon for our Saviour and mediatour,
let
us
cleave
contented to him,caring to know nothing but him,accoun-
ting
all droffe and
dung,
that
we may be found
in
Chrift.
Let
nonede-
ceive you
with traditions
of
men, and vaine
Philofophy,
you
are
com-
pleateinhim who
is
the head
of
principalities and powers.
The
Papifts,
did
they
confider
theexcellency
of
Chrift
our Saviour,could not,as they
doe,flye fo many waies for helpe out
of
him.
Obferve fecondly,that
Chrift not
onely
as
God,but
as
man
alfo,hath
power
above every creature
;for to
be let at Gods right hand,is
to
re-
ceive
a
power imperialt, overevery creature; which
is
furtherapparent,
while hefaith,
Chriftis
fo placed
above all,
that
all
are fubje&
under
his feete:Ta
me it
gives
all
power
in heaven
andearth,that is,power where-
unto
every creature
is
fubje&
:
He fpeaketh
of
it
as
done,
becaufe it was
immediately to be performed ;
in
which manner
he fpake
before
of
his
body
and
blond
;
This
perfon as
God,
receiving
by
voluntary
difpenfa-
tion this
honour
from the father,
that
he fhould
in an
immediate and
appropriate manner, execute government over
all
the
creatures
in
hea-
and
earth; the
fame perfon
as
man
,
participating in this kingly divine
authority,
fo
farte
that
he fhould inftrumentally concurre
inexe-
cuting all
that judgement which Chrift
according
to
his divine
na-
ture
did principallyeffeét.This the Scripture
doth
lay
down,as
in
regard
of
earthly powers
they
are fubje&
;For
he
itrnlerofehe
kings efthe
earth,
Revel.
t.5.
He
path
this
royall
flyle written
as
his
thigh
,as
it were, King
a
Kings
,LerdofLords,Revel.59.16.That
he bath power over Angels,
is
plaine,
both by the
reverence
they
doe
him,&
their obediencetowards
him,Heb.r.
When
he
brought
his
Sonne intothe
world,
he bad
all
the
Angels fhould
adore him,
every knee
boweth
to him, the
evili Angels
yeelding figne
of
fobjeâion,either
deceitfully
to wrong end,orby
force
compelled,thoughtheir
Date
is
fuch,
that they
cannot doe
it
religioufly
as
Yfe
a.
y¡
2.
Daf1.6.