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ose
the excellency
of Cbrift.
69!
thefe three
together,
butonely
Chrift.
Wee
read
in
Scrip-
ture
of
a
King
and Priefl,
fo Melchifedeck,was
;
wee
read
in
Scripture
of
a
King,
and
a
Prophet,
and
fo
David
was
;
wee
read
in
Scripture
of
a
Prophet
,
and
a
Prief
t,
fo
jere-
mi4h
was:
but
of
King,Prie(t,and Prophet together
anointed
by
God,
wee
read of
none
but Jefus Chrift onely. Among
the
Egyptians they were
wont
out
of
their Philofophers,
their
wife
men, to
choofe
their
Priers
, and
out of their
Priefts
to
choofe
their Kings;
and
fo
whofoever was
a
King
to
them ,
was
eminent
fir(t
in wifdome
,
being
a
Philo-
fopher,able
to
teach, and
eminent
in
his
Prie(ily
office,
and
then
eminent
in
his
power,
that
hee
might
bee
honoured
by
all
people,
as
having
thofethreefold eminencies
that
was
accounted
the
greatefl eminency in
the
world,
for
thofe
were
the
three
great eminencies,
the eminency of
wifdome
to teach , and
of
Prie(thood,
and
of
Kingly power
:
Now
Jefus Chrift hee
was
wonderful in
all there;
now
that
is
the
thing
that
I
aim..
at
to
(hew
in every particular of
there
Offices
of ChriP,
how
wonderful bee was, and
then (though
but
briefly)
I
(hall
fer
the
beauty and
excellency of Chrift:
inhis three
Offices
before you,
and that (hall bee
all
that
I
intend to do at
this
time
,
and
shall
but bee
very
brief
in-
them
too
:
For
I
told
you
in the opening of
the Excel:
lency
of God,
I
did not intend
to
(land
to
open every
par-
ticular
Attribute
at
large,
but.
onely to
fe
tthe
Excellency
of
God
before you briefly, fo
of.
Chri(
}..
rite
KinglyOfceof
Cirri:P.
Nocwfor
there Offices
of
Chri(t
his
Kingly Office
fîr(r;
Chrift is King, and
wonderful in this
Office
of
his,
for
you
cannot underflànd Chrift:
your Saviour
aright, except
you
underfland
him,as
before in
his
Natures,in
his
Perfonal uni
on, and fo in
his Offices.
Firft,As
King,I (hall not need
to
Phew
Scripture.for.thefe,
the
Scripture
is
full.
If
you
read.
the
45.
Pfialm
at your leafure about
the middle of
it,
Thy
Throne,
0
GQd, is
for
ever
and
ever,
th:
Scepter
of
thy
Kiwg-
K_3_
time