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On

the Excellency

of

an

fl.

91

Son,

and

fheweth

him

all

things

that himfelf doth;

there

is

nothing,

that

God

the

Father

doth,but

he (hews

it

all

tojefus

Chrift; and

in

the

firft

of John, verf.

t

S.

No

man

bath

five

God

at

any

time,

but

the

only

begotten Son

which is in the

bo-

fome

of

the

Father.

This

is a

wonderful Teacher

indeed,

a

glorious

Prophet

, wee may

well call

him

Wonderful

in

regard

of

his

teaching. He

is

called

(

the)

Prophet,

and

(that)

Prophet

in

Scripture, becaufe

he

is

one

that

carne

from

the

bofome

of

the

Father, and

lives

in the

bofome

of

the Father,

and whatfoever

the Father hath done or will

doe,

he íhewes

it

unto

him, and

therefore

he knowes all the

mind of

his

Father,

and

knowes

all things

that

doth

any

way

concern

his

Church

,

or whatfoever

11

all befall his

Church,

it

is

hee

that

knowes

it,

and

is

able

to

make

it

known

as

he

pleafes

;

and

hee

is

anoynted

by

God

the

Fa-

ther to

be the

teacher of

all

thole that

are

eleé

ones,

and

that

doe belong

to Chrift,

he

hath

taken the

charge

of

every

one of

them,

to

teach

and

inflruól

them

in

all

the

mind of

his

Father

; now

next

unto the

Sacrifice of

Chritl,

there

is

no one

thing

in

Scripture

of greater

ufe

than

this

to

the

Servants

of

God

;

beleevers many

rimes goe

away, and fay,

oh

I

have

heard of great

and

wonderful things, but

we

can-

not underífand

them

;

oh

doe not

goe away

difcouraged, but

remember the

laft thing

that

is

laid in

the

Sermon,

that

Chrift

is

wonderful

in

his

Prophetical Office, and hath un-

dertaken

the

charge

of

thy

foul

to

inffruet it in

all the

mind

of

his

Father,

and fo

farre

as

is

neceffary for

thy Salvation

thou

(halt

be

inftruaed,

or

Chrift

muff be

unfaithful in his

Office;

now

that cannot

be ,

but

except

thou be inffrueled

this muff

be fo, for

Chrift

bath

the

charge

of

thee. And

this

is made in

Scripture

as

a

fruit of

his

being (lain

in

the

fifth of

the

Revelation,

verf. 6. Arid

I

beheld,

and

loe

in

the

midft

of

the Throne,

and of

the

four

Beaffs,

and

in the

neidit ofthe

Elders,

flood

a Lamb

as

it had

been

(lain;

and

hee

came

and

opened

the

frals,

opened the Prophecies, and

fo

fore

-told

what

lhould

befall

the Church to

the

end of

the

World

;

it

was

a

Lamb (lain

that

did

it,

noting, that

it

is a

N

Z

fruit