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the

excellency of

Chrift.

77

righteous dealings from him.

_I,

but there

is

fomething more

in

this, he

is

not

only righteous,

becaufe

he

makes righteous

Lawes, and bath

righteous

Adminiftrations, but

this

is

a

King

that

brings

evert aging righteoufneffe to

his

people,

yea

he himself

is

the

righteoufinetie

of

his

people

;

it

is

hee

that

Both

cloath

his

people

with

righteoufneffe.

Indeed it

is

laid

of

Saul,

that

bee-

cloathed the people

with

:

Scarlet

;

By

a,

good Governour

people

may

come

to

be

cloathed

with

fine

raiment,

and enjoy glorious

profperity,

and the like

:

But

this

is

that King

that

cloarhes

his

people

with

everlaRing

righteoufneffe

;

to

make

them all

to

Rand righteous

before

his

Father , here is the glory

of

this

King

And

then

hee

brings

peace,

he

brings

peace

by

righteoufneffe, hee

loth

not

bring peace

to.r.hem by

the fword,

but

by

his

righteous

Adminifrations

;

fo

he.comes

and brings peace,

brings

peace

to

the confcience,

to

the foul, which no Kings can

doe.

What

can Kings doe

?

they may

treat

about

peace,

and

if

they

be

righteous

they may

be

the.cautfe

of

abundance of-out-

ward

peace

;

I,

but

they

cannottbring peace

of föul

';

Chrif}

is

the

King

of Rightieoufneffe,

and.

the

King

of

Salem, fo'

Melchfedeckjiignifies, hee was King

of

Righteoufnefs and

King of Salem,

that_is,

King

of

peace;

this is

the

glory

of

this.

our King.

,

14

And

furthér,... o_her

Kings are born

to bee Kings, but

Chrifl dyed

that

bee

might

bee

a

King

;

it

is

true,

hee

was

a

King

when beewas

born, and hee

was

born

as

others

are

to

be

a

King, but

efpecially

Chrii

had

his

power upon his

death,

it

behooved

him

to

fäger,

and

fo

to

toter`

<intó

his

Vory

;

fo.to

-

enter

into

his

glory,

that

is;

upon bis_fuffetrngs'

it

behooved

him

;

and

fo

the.ApoRte

tells

the

jezves

in the

fecond

of

the.

/its,

that

they,hád

crucified

,ChriR,-

and

up-

on

their

crucifying

of

him; Peter there. Rands

up

.and tells

them

in

theh,I

and

thirtieth

verfe,

that

God

had:

Made

that.

fame Jefus

whom they

had

cruetfled;

both

Lord

Chri

ft

;

by

his

death he came unto

his glory..

Others come

to glory

by

their Lives,

but

ChriPt comes

to

his

glory

by

his

Death,

and was raifed

to:,fit;

upon

the

Throne of .Majefy. and

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glory