240 · " Chriji the Prophet dom of God,' Eph .. iii. ro. no cerature was fu.fficient to unfold the nature thereof. Upon·the which accounts, the Apofile calls it, ' The wifdom .ofGodin a my– fiery, even the hidden wilCJom, which God ordained ( before the world,' r Cor'. ii. 7. And thence appears ~, ·a neceffity of confiitutihg a prophet of this covenant: · and that none but a Divine perfon was fit to be the original Prophet thereof; and this fo much the more, that by reafon of the fpiritual blindnefs of the parties, unto whom it was to be reveal'd, a mere objeCl:ive ·revelation could not be fufficient in the cafe. For · ' the natural man· receiveth not the things ofthe Spi– tit of God : for they are fooliihnefs to him ; -neither can he ~now them, becaufe they are fpiritualiy difcer· ned,' Ver. 14. Wherefore Jefus Chrifi was as Admi· nifirator of the covenant, confiitute the prophet there~ of; being he of whom, by the. Apqfile's tefiimony, ' Mofes truly faid ,unto the Fathers, a Prophet £hall the Lord your God raife up unto you, ofyour bre– thren; like unto me, Atls iii. 22. And whoever elfe were at any time prophets thereof, he alone was the original Prophet ofit, John i. 18. 'Noman bath feen God at any time; The only begotten Son/which is in the bofom of the Father, he h~th declared him. And, in this charaCter Chrift was confiitute, (r.) The Meffenger, (2.) The lfitnefs, and, (3.) The Interpreter of the covenant. Firfl, In the capacity of Prophet, he was confii· tuted the · Mejfenger of the covenant, MaJ. iii. 1. to bring the good tidings of that treaty ·of peac~ into the world ; and not only fo, but by the authority of hea– ven to proclaim the treaty to finners, to offer them the benefit thereof, and to deal with them to accept, b~ tominginto it perfonally. A covenant fi.lrely ofun• parallel'd weight and importance, that had fuch a Meffenger thereof. Secondly, In the fame capacity he was confiitute the witnels of the covenant, Ifa. lv. 4· ' Behold, I , ' have
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