Part I. A N A N T H R 0 P 0 P A T H Y. compared to Difeafcs), !'fal. ~xlvii_. 2, 3, &c. This is peculiarly afcribed to Chrifl the Redeemer, for the Bldlmg of fpltltual Health, wh1ch we rece1ve from h1m, .7',1att. 1x. 1 2, Mark ii. 1 7. See lfa. lxi. I. He is called a SHEPHERD, Pfal. xxiii. r. which Appellation is alfo peculiarly attri– buted to Chrift, with RefpeCt to his Office as a Savior, Ca11t. i. 7· ii. 16. and vi. 2. Ezek. xxxiv. 23. and xxxvii. 24. Micah v. 3· and vii. 14, Zech. xiii. 7· John x. 11. Heb. xiii. 20. 1 Pet. ii. 25. v. 4· and elfewhere. He is called a FA 'I'HER, Deut. xxxii. 6. Pfal. lxviii. 6. Ifa.lxiv. 8. Matt. vi. 1,6, 8, 9 . Ram. viii. I 5· which Term is moft full of Comfort andJoy, declaring the Love and AffeCtion of the ommpotent ·God to\\lards Men. So he IS called Father of Spirits, Heb. xii. 9• &c. Chrift is called the everlafting Father, or as in the Hebrew, [the Father of Eternity,] !fa. ix. 6. Becaufe he moft fincerely loves Believers, and glorifies them in a bleffed Eternity. The Seventy have molt elegantly trannated this place '11'"1"e .,.~ ~'-'"""TO' "'w>&, pater futuri feculi, the Father of the Age to come. He is called the FIRS'l'-BORN, Pfal.lxxxix. 27. Col. i. 15, 18. Rev. i. 5· Jehovah, and Chrifl, are frequently called, Prince, Captain, King, !fa. ix. 6. lv. 4· xxxii. I. and xxxiii, 2 2. to denote their Majefty and cdeftial Dominion; of which more clfe. where. He is called a BRIDEGROOAI, Aiatt. ix. IS· and xxv. i. Mark ii. '9· Luke v. 34· John iii. 29. This Title is afcribed to Chrift, for m.tny Caufes, principally for his un– Jpeakable Love to his Church which is by Faith efpoufed to him, Hofta ii. I 9· Eph. v. 26, 27, 28, &c. He is called a WI'l'NESS, which Term is applied to the J'vfefliah, !fa. xliii. to. and Jv. 4· Rev. i. 5· and iii. 14. Becaufe of a Certainty he difcovers heavenly Truth to m, 'joh11 xviii. 37· As alfo becaufe he hath moft exaCtly fulfilled whatfoever the ,Pro– phets of the Old Tellament have foretold concerning him, John i. 17. &c. External Adju1zfls of a Man are either infeperable or feparable. The inftparable are, being in a Place and Time. Each of thtfe is attributed to God, (who in his own Nature is eternal, and not circumfcribed to Place) by an Anthropopathy. Firft, More generally PLACE, is afcribed to God, Pfal. xxiv. 3· Who (hall ftand in his holy Place, viz. the holy Kingdom where the Scriptures fay his Habitation is. He is faid to go out of his Place, when he manifefts his confpicuous and apparent Pre– fence, as lfa. xxvi. 2 t. Micab i. 3. He is fa.id to retire or retum to his Place, when he withdraws the Benefit of his Grace, and as it were hides himf<:lf in order to punifu Offenders, Hofea v. 15. More fpecially a Seat or'I'HRONE, is attributed to God, Exod. xvii. 16. (of which before) Pfal. ix. 7, 8. xi. 3, 4· and xlvii. 8, 9· Jja. Jxvi. I. Matt. v. 34· by which his moft fuper-excellent Majefty, Sublimity and Authority is intimated. The Prophet 'fer. xiv. 2 r. prays God, that he would not abbor, or difgrace the 'l'hrone of his Glory. By which 'Judea is underftood, wherein the viGble or peculiar Kingdom of God was contained, and where God vouchfafed the moft eminent Appearances of his Power and Glory. Or dfe the 'l'emple of Jerujalem, as in Chap. xvii. 12. lt is taken, t1pon which Rabbi Mofts Maimon. * Every Place which God hath appointed for the Mani– feftation of his Power and Glory is called his 'lfrrone. For great and powerful Men as Kings and Princes Gt in their Thrones, when they make a Jolemn Appearance, fo are we tO underftand this Vvord (ND:l kifs, folemn) 'l'hrone, of the Mavni·ficence, Power and Dignity of Htm to whom it is attributed. 0 When a 'l'hrone, and fitting upon it, is attribmed to Chrif/, we are to t1nderftand that heavenly Kingdom and Government to which he was exalted in his human Namre, as Pfal. xlv. 6, 7• lfa. xvi. 5· lvfatt. xix. 28. Heb. i. 8. iv. 16. and viii. 1, &c. • In More Nc!Jochi111. The
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