:part I. AN A N T H R 0 P 0 P A T H y, 73 graven, his whole Elfence and Majefiy upo~ this. his eternal Son, and has drawn hi• own Ef!iaies upon him from Everla{hng, bemg h1s fubfiannal Image and exact Repre– fenration~ which Explication fai rly agrees with this Myftery, leading our Mind to it1ch Difcoveries as will ftir us up to Defire the gracious Participation of its Fruit and Eflicacv. For it opens the Secret of eternal Generation, and !hews us the Love of the heavenly Faiher. A Seal is highly valued, and more clofely kept than other Things. Of the Father's mofi fervent Love to the Son, we have Inftances, !fa. xlii. I. Matt. iii. 1 7. and xvii. 3· Johtt iii. 35· and xvii. 24. By Zerttbbabel, Hag. ii. 23. is meant Chrifl (of whom that Captain of the People was a Type) the Phrafe, I will make thee as a Signet is thus to be underfiood, viz. I will take care of thee, in thee will 1 refi in Ldve, thou !halt be always in mine Eye, worn in my Hand, for I have chofen thee, al– luding to, Jfa. xlii. I, The Ufe of a Seal is to make Impreffion in Wax, by which Covenants are fealed, ratified and confirmed. Chrifl is the heavenly Signet who has the Glory of the Father, and the mofi exprefs Figure of his Majefiy infiamped upon him from Eternity. '.The Foundation of Godftandeth Jure having this Seal, 2 '.fim. ii. '9· by which Believers are fealed, 2 Cor. i. 22. Eph. i. I3· and iv. 30. John iii. 33· with vi. 27. A Signet leaves the lmpreffion in the Wax. By Chrifl the lofi lmage of God is rell:ored in Believers, now inchoatively or with Refpett of beginning; after Death confumativeiy, or with .RefpeCl: to PerfeCl:ion, C"l. iii. I o. Renewed in Knowledge after the Image of him that created him ; in him, and by him, Believers are made Partakers of the Divine Nature, I Pet. i. -1-· Not by elfential Tranfmutation but a myll:ical Union. '.!REA SURES are afcribed to G9d, which is fometimes applied for Good, fo the Heavens are called his Treafures, Deut. xxviii. 12. which h expounded, Afls xiv. 17, He did Good, and gave us Rain from Heaven, and fruitful Seajons,filling our Heart,s with Food and Gladnefs. Sometimes it is put for Vengeance or Divine vVrath, Dent. xxxii. 34· Is not this laid up in Store with me, and foaled up among my '.freafures? To me belongeth Vengeance ~nd Recompence, &c. H ere is noted the Certainty of Divine Punifi>ment, becaufe it is hoarded and laid up by God as it were in a Treafury, and fealed up fo, as that it becomes moft certain. (2.) His Jull:ice and Righteoufnefs, for by the Infidelity and Stubbornnefs of Men their PunifiHnent is treafured up, and they expofed to tlu! Wrath of God, &c. Rom.ii. 5· (3.) The long Forbearance and Patience of God in his Delays of executing Ven– geance; for thofe Things only are laid afide, of which there is not a prefenr, but a future Ufe, &c. (4.) His Severity, for which, fee Jer. I. 25. and Rom. ii. 9• 10. This fealed Trea– fure will be opened at the great J udgmenr, &c. God is faid to bring the Wind QUI of his 'Treafuries, Pfal. cxxxv. 7· Jer. x. 13· and li. 16. lly which not only its hidden Original is declared, Johniii. 8. but alfo its Utility, and Efficacy, and thofe other rare ~alities which are in the Wind, Job xxxviii. 22. There is Mention made of the '.freafures of Snow and Hail, for the fame Reafon. Heavenly and eternal good Things are called (and indeed they are the bell:) Trea• fures, IJa. xxxiii. 6. Matt. vi. 20. and xix. 2I. Mark x. 21. Luke xii. 33· and xviii. 22. 2 Cor. iv. 7· This is a Treafure that never faileth, and they that ufe it become the Friends of God, &c. Col. ii. 3· All the Treafures of Wifdom and Knowledge are faid to be hid in Chrijl, that is, the whole Fulnefs, or eminent Plenty of Divine Wifdom. CLOTHING is afcribed to God, Pfal. xciii. 1. '.The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with Majejly, the Lord is clothed with Strength, wherewith he bath girded .himJelf. Pfal. civ. J , '.Thou art clothed with Honor andMajefty, Verfe 2. Who covereft thyfelfwith Light as wzth a Garment, &c. By this is !ignified the infinite and admirable Majell:y and Beauty of God, who in his Creation of Light, and other great Works, gave himlelf to be leen as it were by Men. See lfa. li. 9· and lix. i7. For in thefe Places certain Garments are afcnhed to God, in his Execution of Vengeance againll: his Enemies, by an elegant Hypothefis. The Metaphor is taken from a Warrior completely armed who comes into ~he Field to encounter his Enemy. In both Places Chrijlthe Captain of our Salvation, lS to be underfiood by the Analogy of the Text. He is faid to be the Arm of the Lord, u · becau:e
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