Opened, andappliedfromCrux sT s Prieffly-Offiee. 39 In the Fourth place , How cloth all this conduce now to our Comfort, or our Bolinef?; to our Grace, or Peace ? Firft, To our Comfort. Very much toour Comfort. And therefore in the i. Chap. ofZach. good words, 8c comfort- able are fpoken upon this occafion : (ver. S.) fairs the Pro- phet, Ifaro by night, andbehold, a man riding upon a red hole, andbe flood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottome, and behind him were there red horfes eclqed6- white. Thenfaid 1,0 my Lord,what are theft ? And the Angel that talk .:d with me,faid unto me, I will fhewthee what theft be. And the man thatflood among the myrtle-trees, anfweredandfaid,Thefe are they, whom the Lordbath fent to walke to andfee through the earth. And they anfwered the Angel of the Lord that flood amongthemyr- tle- trees, and faid, Wee have walked to andfro through the earth, and behold, all the earth fitted) flit!, and is at refl. And the Angel ofthe Lord anfwered, and faid, 0 Lord of boils, how longwilt thou not have mercy on yerufalem, and on the Cities of Judah, againfi which thou hail had indignation thefe tbreefore and tenyears ? Here is Interceffion. And the Lord anfwered theAngel that talked with me, withgoodwords, and comfortable words. Give me leave to open the wordsa little and we (hall "fee howmuch it makes to our comfort, thisIntercef. lionof Jefus Chrift. At the 8. verfe, I fan' (fairs he) a man riding upon a red horfe. Thisis the LordJefus Chrift prefen- ted thus untous. And be flood among the myrtle-trees. The. Saints and people ofGod, theyare called myrtle-trees, for their greennefs, fweetnefs,and fruitfulnefs. And theft myr- tio-trees were in the bottome. That is, in a dark, in a low, and a poor condition : his the condition ofmyrtle-trees, and ofthe Saints and peopleof God to be oft in bottoms, and ina dark and low condition. Well : Behindhim were there red borfes,#eckled,and white And 1faid, 0my Lord,what are thefe ? Now thatthis is Chrift ; Firitof all, he is called Alan, and an Angel too. Secondly, As Chrift walked between the goldenCandleflicks, in the bookof the Reve- lation: So here he floodamong the mirtle-trees, among the Saints, Andbehindhim, (attendinguponhim) were red hoffes, .4
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