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q.61,

\

Ephefiana,

Chap.

q..

'T

g

R.

s,

Pith

for the mattcr,the word

[

Lord]

is

attributed

to

all

the

perfons;

fometime more efpecially

with

appropriation to Chrift

,

/am

the

Lord

&xod.zo.3,

thy

God.

If

i

be

a

Lard,

where

is

my honour?

Mal.

t.

6.

Thus the

Father,

Sonne, and

Holy

Ghott,

every one

is

Lord.

Zefi,

It

may be

asked,How

then

is

there one!

nf

As we

fay

the Father

is

God,

the Sonne

God,

and

the Holy Ghoff

All

the

per-

God,

yet all one

God,

not three.

The

reafon

is ,

becaufe

the divine

Gm, are each

nature

and power

in

which. this

is

grounded

is

one

and fame

in

all.

Lord,

but

There

is

Lordfhi with propriety,

a

more

f

eciall

Lordfhi attributed

ChriRinafpe-

P

P

P

cialt

:Wanner.

to

Chrift

alone: t

Cor. 8. 6.

Therese

one

Lord

leftes

Cfirift,

by

whom are

all

things,

and

we by

him.

Ads

2.

36.

God

both

mode

that fame

le[

whom

rye

have

crucified,

both

Lord

anti

Chrefi'.

foh.13.

13.

Tee

call

me

Maier

and

Lord,

and

yee

fay

well,

for

1

am

fa.

The

Lordfhip

which

maketh

Chrift

the

head and fpoufe

of

his

Church

and thus it

is

molt

Delá,

fitly taken,

as

belt

agreeing with the

body

and fpirir

which

got

before,

This

oWght

to

and

with the word

and Sacraments which

follow after.

be a

b,,

iof

Obferve then,

That this mall

cant

aim

we

in

unity ,to

confider

that

wee

unity

rousthat

allof'a, fervebutoneLord.

For firft,

w<

Cecve

bvt

WC

Lord.

This

dath

make

i^

poilible

than

we fhouid live

as

one under him;

Alafon

r.

If

we had

two matters,

we

might

prove that true happily

which Chriti

Mat.6

fpeaketh; bane

can

ferve

two

sJ31a/ìer.c;

tome would

pleafe one, fome

the other, but

having one

onely,

we

may

all

of

us

jumpe

in

one,

if

we

approve our

f

eves

to him.

'a

fm

2

I

is

alto decent; for

ìn

civili confederation

doch

not

this

bind ail

fubjeóts

together

to

civili

concord, that they

have but one

King

!

fo

in

this myfticail

body.

Reafon

3,

It doth awe

us, to live peaceably one

with another

,

becaufe my

Lord

is

his

Lord,

his

mine:

The

injury

done to the fervantredoundeth

to the

Lord;

yea

therefore

becaufe we have one

Lord,

I

have

nothing

to

doe

toufurp

any

thing over

my fellow fcrvant. Rom.r4.

4. Who

art'.

thou that judgeft another

mans

fervant!

to

his

owne matter

he

Rand-

ethor falleth.

tfe.

We

mutt

all

then,

feeing we have one Lord

and

Matter,

waike'.

peaceably

and

lovingly

one with

another. Thole that

are retainers

and'

fervants to tome

Noble

man, this

dorh

bind

them

together,

they

are'

fellow-

,fervants: fo fhould

it

be

with

us,

we

all have one M ifler

,

and

are

fellow- fcrvants under

Jefus

Chrift

our Lord

and

M

tier.

ore Faith.]

This word

[Faith]

path many

fignifications, here

wee

take

up

two:

1.

The

grace

of

beleefe

in

the heart.

2.

The

word

or doltrine of

faith:

Before

faith

came,

we

were

un-

der the

Law.

In

this

latter

fenfe it

is

here taken,

as

Hope

in

the

verle before. Again,

after the

Lord,

fitly

commeth

in his

law,

and it hash more affinity

with the

unity

in

the facraments which follow.

e/f,

How

is

the doétrine

of

Faith one, when under the Law they

had

How the faith

one,

under

the Gofpell

wee have

another!

is

one.

Divers

,I