.to theE PH E S lA N S. make up one company ofworJhippers, (as you Jhall fee afte~ward.) Now! be-~ caufe when a man is converted, he €Ometh to all thefe; that IS, he emreth mto Scrm. X. an aliociation with all chefe, he is made free of the company of all thefe; there-~ fore they are faid to be gathered in one in Chrifi; My Brethren, the Angels they are part of the.worJhipper~of Chrifi as well as we, as they are part of lmFamily, as they are ~art of hiS City , whereof he IS the King and Lord, fo they are part of his wodhippm, and (as you Jhall fee anon ) we with all they, worfli1p God and !urn together, both here,and lhall do fo he;eafcer; They are worlhippers of him, and in that fenfe make a part of the Church, for EcclejiaColmtmm, a Church is properly for worlhil'; if they be tl;erefore part of the worth1ppers of Clmfi, they come under his Church, they are a part of it; particular Churches are ordamedfor worth1p,.and fo IS the general Church for a worfhip to be performed to Chnfr. And It IS the proper expre!lion of the members of a Church, what they are defigned unto, they are worfhippers: ·Now, in !Je6. r. 6. you Jhall find, that the ,Angels they are. all worlhippers of Jefus Chnfr, Alldagam, whm he brmgeth IJU jzrft. hgotten mto the World, he faith, let aU the 4ngels of God worjhtp htm, fp~akmg ~f C/mfi. I will not fiand to open the phrafe, whether It be at his firfr commg,or Ius fecond; forfome read the words thus, fo Cameroll doch, and to me it certainly {eemeth the meaning, Whm he 6ri11geth hu Sott again into th< world,fo the word ,;,;l'•l'~ better bearerh it; the fecond time, when he cometh to Judge the World, then the Angels of God /hall worlhip him; together with all Saints, and all the Elect, before all the World. I will not further open the place, I only allcdge it for this, that they are worfhippers of Chrifi. See but the reafon of this Head; you have feen Scripture for it. Firfi, It is a due to Chri(t. If that Man Chrifi ll1all be the Son of God , a11d the Heir of all things, it is his due, that he ll10uld be the head of the befi ofGod's Creatures, of Angels that are faved as well as men, that he lhould be the head ofGod's Family. The Eldefi you know were the head of the Family. Are the Angels a part of God's family ? Will you llmt them out? No, they are a part of God's family as well as you, (how, you lhallfee afterward,) iftheybe; then the Eldefi Son, the Heir ofall, he is the head of that Family, andfo of the Angels by the law of Nature. Tt is Chri(\'s due, and therefore they all hold and depend upon him. Secondly, that all, thus gathered together to one head, to make up otie Fa· mily, and one City and Church to God, it was for the infinite glory and fplendor olthis Church. What could be greater, then that all in Heaven and all in Earth lhouldbeunitedoneday, inonetoworll1ipGod, andall to bowatthename of Chrifi, as the Apofile telleth us, Phi/, 2? God appointed his Church to be all in one place, he would have them all up to Heaven, and therefore he appointed them all one happinefs , he bath appointed them to be all one·City 1 therefore they lhall have one head, they /hall be united all together in one. He loves not fcattering and difirachon, to havetwo coC!)panies of Worlhippei's at !aft, for God isone. It is therefore for tlieir perfection, it is therefore for their greater fplen· dour, as you !hall fee, in the Obtervations that Ifhall raife. Thirdly, Men and Angels were capable of this union , to be knit together 1 thus under one head. Why ? For we agree both in an intelledual Nature we l)ave the fame Undetfianding, and Will, and Affections as they have, (take us ·as we are fouls,) we ate capable of the fame common happinefs that they have, to fee God, and to fee Clmfi; we lhallone day, after the R.efurtection be·made like unto them, fo the cxpre!Jion is, Mat. 22. If we be brought up td the fame conditiOn With them, .we IJJall have the fame happirtefst, Jhall live in the fame place, why thouId we not have the fame head, and bejoyned all together; that as God is the head ofChrifl, Chrifi may be the head of all, both Angels and men? La(\ of all, By tlus IS made up a mofr compleat parallel oppolitiori With Sa. than, who IS the head of Wicked men, and of the Devils. fo God ordaineth it, he made two heads,and all the World falls to one of them. 'The Devil you know, that great Devil, is the head of the evil Angels, therefore Mat. t 2, 24he is c tiled the Pnnce of Devils, he is the head of all wicked men ; therefore, 7ob. rz. s'· he IS called the prince of this Wdr!d and when as the World is at an end let thatDevil take all his Angels and wickeci'men,and he as a head is tormented ,~ich T them
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