334 CHRIST THE SERVANT oF G 0 D. Book II. METAPHOR. often meet with good Gifts and Refrefhments. PAR ALL E L . Controul; here they meet with Relief; they never come and lofe their Labar. As he calls, fa he g•ves when they come, and the beft fort of Alms too, the Bread of Life, the Water of Life; .he gives Help and Healing, as well a; Bread and Nounlhmg; the Deaf receivetheir Hearm~, the Dumb their Speech, the Blind their S1ght, &c. It IS through this Door Gods bountiful Hand is ftretched forth, to difperfe abroad to them that are in Neceffity. Bleffed are they that wait at the Pofls of this Door, Prov. viii. 34· C 0 R 0 L L A R I E S. r. HERE is :Wifdom and Goodnefs appears on God's Part, in making fuch an ufeful, convement, and neceffary Door. 2. Here is great Encouragement for all to feek, to find, cfpecially the Poor and them that have a real Mind to be happy. ' 3· Here is the Folly of them difcovered that flight it, and the Mifery of all that mifs it; they lofe Heaven, and all its Privileges. c H R I 8 T THE 8 E R V A N T OF G 0 D. Behold my Servant whom I uphold, &c. !fa. xlii. 1. Is it a light 'l'hiiig that thou jhou!defl be my Servant? &c. ifa. xix. 6. CHRIST is in thefe Scriptures called a Servant. · METAPHOR. 1. A Servant is one chofcn to Office. If Men haveWork or Bufinefs to do, they chufe one to be their Servanr, whom they think fitly qualified, and able to do it. I I!. A Servant is a Name of Subordination and Subjection, it refpeCl:s an Office of an inferior Raok and Quality. III. A Servant is one that hath a Tru!l: committed to him, by a Ma!l:er or Superior, to whom he is to be accountable. PARALL E.L. I. CHRIST was chofen by the Fatl1er, not to one Office only, but to many, to be a Me– diator, King, Pridt, and Prophet. Behold my Ser– .vant whom I have chofen, Ifa. xliii. 10. He was every way furnifhed and fitly qualified for the great Work appointed for him. I have laid Help upon one that is mighty : I ha'Je exalted one chofen out of the People, Pfal. lxxxix. '9· 11. Clui!l: in his Humiliation was abafed fo low, as to be in fubjeCl:ion to the Father: He made him– felf~f no Reputation, and took upon him the Form of a Servant, Phi/. ii. 6, 7· I have been amo;1gjt you as he that ferveth, Luke xxii. 2 7. Ill. Chri!l: hath a great Trul1 committed to him : Is it a light Thing that thou jhouldefl be my Servant, to raife up the 'l'ribes of l!rael ! !fa. xix. 6. And as all the Treafures and Riches of Eg)'Pt were committed to Jofeph, Gen. xli. 41. fo are all the Riches of Heaven, both of Grace and Glory, committed to Chri!l:: It pleafed the Father, that in him jhould all Fu/nefs dwell, in wbom are hid all the 'l'reqfures ofWif dam and Knowledge, Col. ii. 3· IV. A Servant is oftentimesemIV. Jefus Chri!l: was employed in hard \"lork, ployed to labor, and hard Work, viz. to redeem, and not only fo, but to build the as to plow and fow, build and Temple or Houfe of God. Upon this Rock will plant, &c. I build my Church, Matt. xvi. 18. Behold, the Man that is called the Branch, he jhall build the ./1 Sower went out to fow, this Sower is the Son of 'Iemple of the Lord, Zech. vi, I 2. Man, Matt. xiii. 2, 37· V. A Servant is not to feek his own Glory, nor to do his own 'Will, no fmther than it agrees with the Glory and Will of his Ma!ter or Father, but doth every i ·V. Jefus Chri!l:, as God's Servant, fought not his own Glory. I honor my Father, John viii. 49· If any Man will do his Will, he jhall know of the Doflrine, whether it be of God, or whether I jpeak •f myfelf. He that jpeaketh of himfelf, Jeeketh his '"'"
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