to theE PH E S I AN S. Which Secondly-, die counterpart tci this ApofllesEpiftle, namely the fecond ~ Ep;flle of Petrr, help~ td clear, where fpeakmg of tbe fame Heredcks(\'vh01n ~ both thefe Apofllesaimed to fpeak of, and do affirm thef~ thmgs of) there, m the latter he mentions Clmfl only as the Perfon fpoken of m thefe words~ dttl)'· ing the Lord that /;ottght them; ufing there alfo the fame word J\,,ro,,,wh1ch the other Epiflle ufeth when h_e fpeaks o( the Lordlhip and Dominwn of Chnft, which is in common over Wicked men, and but fuch as over ~ll tlungs elfe, which Jude manifellly intended in calling him The Lord. And the contrad1chons of all Hereticks, that profeffed Chnflwmty ~~- thofc ~1mes, were all and only bent againfl the Perfoil of Chrz{l, and alfo agamfllus tmng God, and not agamfl the Father, or Ius bemg 011/y LordGod. · So then that place of .1ude holds forth two _things di!linaJy and apart con· terning Chri!l, which ferves to clear the pomt m hand; '·What h~ IS abfolutely and indeterminately in himfelf, and in his general relation rei all thmgs whatfo– ever He :s the o11fy God aud Lord of a!J; and (by the way) the word rran– llaied Lord in thefirfl part of his !lyle, is a differing word fr0m th~t wh1ch fol– lows in theJecond parr. The firll word is ""''"'• Supream, Sovereign Dtfpofer and Governour, as by poJ(ej]ion, and natttrat and more ge11ert1l right; fuch as a Lord bath of his Goods, his Chattels, Utenfils, aS21im.2.2r. But that other kJ"''• the latter word which is joyned with that fpecial_ relation of his .ro us, with that addition of [Our] Lord: fo notmg out m thts manifell diihna1on that fweet and _fpecial relati?n to his Spoufe and Childr7n _of the Sons. of S«Lori"'• Meh. So then the meamng Is, that befides that Jefus Chnll IS the Sovereign • P<t.2.Nu.1o Lord of all perfons and things. (as Afls Io.J6) that he further bath a nearer and clearer relation [of our Lord,] fo to 'Us, h1s Samts.· So then, be is the Lordof Sai1tts peculiarly, in the like ftnfe and refped:, as he is called Ki1~,g of Saints peculiarly, Rev.'-)· 3· in dillinaion from his being King of Nations, as Jer. Jo. the Prophet had It. . W1cktdmtn, asyou have heard, are faid to dmy the Lordthat !JOttght them: fo then he is their Lord, And the Devils are faid to confefs, that JijiJS is the Lord; Phdi.J 1. but none of thefe do fay, [ottr Lord;] The good Angels, they conie nearer hi hini, arid furely they might fay it upon better terms; (he being their head, CotojJ.uo. and they our fellow Servants, Rev. j 9· I o.) yet I find not that they fpeak thus cif him [Our Lord,] but as it were, or would feem inarefpeef, both to him and us, the Hdly Gholl lliould leave this to be alone faid byus, and fpokcrt by us of Chrill. There was a full occafion once(if ever) fortbegood Angels themfelves to have ail'umed and uttered it, and faid Our Lord, 'Tis in Lttke 2.1 I. when they proClaimed him in the Cradle; but their words there run thus, To you (fpeaking of us men) u borN a Saviour, and fo Chrifl the Lord: for though a Sa_viouro.nly ~o us men, }:et thofe Angels might havefa1d, Our Lord, for that theit part m h1m, foremenuoned; No, but when it did come in a comparifon and competition with us men, they forbear to do it, they only fay Chnfl ~be_ Lord, not Chrif/our Lord; or any where elfe we read of. But Believers and Samts of the Sons of' men you find often, npon all occafions of mentioning him as The Lord, to a/fume the priviledge to call him with this fweet additament, My Lord, or 011r Lord.. 'David in the Old Tellament he ~egan it, }ehovahj~Jidto my Lord, Pfat. I 1 o. And he was itJ jpirit when he did It, ( as Chnll tells us,) poffeffed with ail Evangelical Spirit more than ordinary. Elizabeth followed lllln iti the firll .brqk of day· of tlie New Tellamcnt ~ lhe was zn!Pm.: too, Lttke I ·1I .when lhe faid it, Elizabeth wa;fiOed with the Holy Ghojl,and fatd verfe4l· lfhmce u thtUo m~,that the Mother ofmj Lordu come? Thw;a;, atlall (fbr 'twas after the Refurred:ion;) with ravilliment cries our, :MY Lord, andmy God. And our Apt>file goes on, wheri his heart was as full as tt could hold of glorying and rejoycing in this his ititerell in Chrifl, Phit. z. 8. Tea doubtlt(J, I that have kno\vri him fo long; I do cormt rdt thittgs put 'toji a11d dmtg,for. tbe excdle11'lof the klwwtedge [of Chrif/1ejils my Lot·d.] The Emphafis this comes m With,argues his heart raifed _up to an infinite valuation ofhim, and alfo of th1s l11s Spiritual relation unto him [My Lord.] Thefe Saints in their own Perfons, as pmicularlyit fell out, firll tafling theJweetJJrfiof-it; but then after It grew the common voice of all Believers fpeaking in rheir own and other Saints I '
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