I I 444 An Expo{ttion of the Epifile ~ Nowthefcopeof theP(alm is plainly this; In Rom. 5· '4· yetaead there Sermon that Adamwas a type o( him that was to come, Now in Pfalm 8. you hnd XXX liT there Adam'sWorld, the type of a World to come, (be was the firji.Adam and ~ had a world, fo thefocolld .Adambath a world alfo appointed for him;) th~re is his Oxm and his Sheep; and the Fowls of the Air, whereby are meant other things, Devils perhaps and Wicked men, the Prince of the Air; as by the Hcavms there, the Angels, or the Apo!lles rather; The Heavens declare the glory of God, that is applied to the Apo(\lcs, that were Preachers of the Gofpel. To make this plain to you that that Pfalm, where the phrafe is ufed [AIJ thiltgs m1der hu feet,] and quoted by the Apo!He here in tile Text, theretorc it is proper, it was not meant of Man in Innocency, but of the M~!Jiah , the Lord Jcfus Chri(\; and therefore anfwerably, that the World there is not 1hi 1 world, but ~ World on purpofe made for this Mej]iah, as the other was for Adt~m. Firfr, It was not meant of Man in Innocency properly and principally; why? Becaufe in thejirfl verfe he faith, Out of the mouths of Ba6es t111d Sucklittgs hafl thou ordained flrength. There were no Babes in the time ofAdam's Inno– ccncy, he fell afore there was any. Secondly, he addeth, That thou mightefl flill the Erumy and Avmger, the Devil that is, for he fhewed himfelf the Enemy there to be a Manflayer from the beginning. God would ufe man to frill him ; Alas, he overcame .Adam prefently: It mufr be meant of another therefore, one that is able to frill this Enemy and Avenger. Then he faith, How excellmt is thy Name i11 all 'the Earth;, who haft Jet thy glory above the Heavms. Adam had but Paradife, he never propagated God's name over all the Earth; he did not continue fo long before he fell, as to beget Sons, much lefs did he found it in the Heavens, Again, Verfe 4· What is mm1, a11d tht So1J of ma11: .Adam, though he was Man, yet he was not the Son of Man ; he is called indeed the So11 of God, Ltth 3· ult. but he was not Filim homittis. I remember Ribtra urgeth that. But take an Argument the Apofrle himfelf ufeth to prove iti This Man faith he, mufr have all fubjeCl: to him, all but God, faith he; he mull have the A11gds fubjeCl: to him, for he bath pttt all Pri1lcipalities and Powers u11dtr hufeet, faith he. This could not be Adam, it coulcfnot be the Man that had this world in the (\are of lnnocency, much lefs had Adam all under his feet. No, my Brethren, it was too great a Valfalage for Adam to have the Creatures thus low to him. But they are rhus to Jefus Chri(\, Angels, and all, they are all under his feet, he is far above them. Secondly, It isnot mea~t of Man fallen, that is as plain, the Apofile him· felf faah fo, We Ju not (fatth he) all thmgs.(u6;e{/ unto h1m. Some think that it is meant as an ObjeCl:ion that the Apofrle anfwereth; but it is indeed to prove, that Man fallen cannot be meant in that 8th Pja!m; Why? Becaufe faith he, we do not fee any thing, all things at left fubjett unto him; you have not any one Man, or the whole Race of Man, to whom all things have been fubjeCl:, the Creatures are fometimes injurious to him. Wt do 11ot .(u him faith he, that is, the Nature of man in general conlidered. ·Take all the Mo· narchs in the world, they never conquered the whole world; there was never any one man that was .a linner, that had all !ubjeCl: to him. But we .(u, faith he, mark the oppolitton, But we fee Jt{m, that Man, crowtred with Glory andHonour; therefore it is this Man, and no man elfe, the oppolition impli· ~~ . The Philofophers themfelves complain, that Nature was a Step-mother to man; they did not fee that fubjeCl:ton of the Creatures unto him, but many Miferies, and incurlionsof Miferies upon him; But, faith the Apofrle, wt frt this Man, Jefm, crowned w1th Glory andHoiiOIIY. And
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