Book H. CH RI S T THE S E R V A N T OF G 0 D. 335 METAPHOR. Thing that is commanded him, not being afhamed to acknowledge himfelf to be a Servant. PARALLEL. cwn Glory; but he that feeketh the Glory of him that Jent him, thefame is true, &c. John vii. 17, 18. Fa– ther, not my Will but thyWill be done, Luke xxii. 42. He that Jent me,gave me commandment what Ijhould Jay, and what Ijhould fpcak, John xii. 49· As I have kept my Father's Commandments, &c. John xv. 10. VI. A Servant is fent fometimes abroad to do Bufinefs, far from home, and is thereby expofed to many Dangers, and great Hard– lhips. VII. A Servant that is faithful, delights to do his Father's or Maf– ter's Bufinefs, prefering it above his Meat and Drink, as appeared by the Servant .of Abraham, who would not eat nor drink before he had done his Errand, Gen. xxxiv. 33· VIII. A Servant that is faithful, will not go beyond his Commiffion in any thing. Saith God to Mofes, Look that thou make them according to the Pattern that I have }hewed thee in the Mount, Exod. xxv. 40. 'l'hus did Mofes; according to all that the Lord commanded him, thus did he, Exod. xi. 16. IX. A Servant hath a Right to Wages, and expeCts it, as the De– fort of his Work : as Jacob faid, Give me my Wife, for my Days are fulfilled. He demanded his Wife, after he had ferved feven Years for her. VI. Jefus Chrifi, to do the Work of God as Mediator, was fent on a long Journey, as far as it is from Heaven to Earth, and was thereby ex– pofed to much Difficulty, and great Hardfhips, from Men and Devils. He was perfecuted from Place to Place, his Life being often in jeopardy; l1e had no where to lay his Head; and was at !aft molt bafely betrayed and put to death, 1"11att.viii. 2o. Vl!. The Lord Chrift was. moft faithful. 'I'hough he was a ,Son, yet learned be Obedience by ·the 'Things he Juffered, Heb. v. 8. My Meat is, to do the Will. of him that fent me, and to finijh bis Work, .J0hn iv. 3·4. I delight to do thy Will, 0 God, Pfal. xl. 8. Wijl ye not tbat I mujl be about my Father's Bujinejs? Luke ii. 9· V!II. The Lord ChriO: was faithful, in doing all Things which God required of him; he went not beyond his Commiffion, nor did he neglect any part of his vVork. He, that Godfent, .fpeaketh the Words of God, and I know that his Command– ment is Life everl&jling, John iii. 34· Whatfoever I fpeak therefore, evm as the Father Jaid unto me, fo Jpeak I, John xii. so: .who was faithful to him that appointed bim, as Mofes was faithful in all his Houfe, I-leb. iii. 2. IX. The Lord J efus ChriO: hath an abfolute Right to a Reward for his Work's fake. Though there is no Merit or Defert for the Works which Believers do, being unprofitable Servants when they have done all; yet there is verygreatMeritand Worth in whatChrill: did. And the Father will give him hisWages; he lhall have his Wife, his Church, for whom he ferved above fourteen Years; nay, He jhall have the Heathen for his Inheritance, and the uttermojl Parts of the Earth for his Pofliflion. Bebold, my Servantjhall deal prudently, he jhall be e:alted and extolled, and be very high: 1 will divide him a Portion with the Great, and he }hall divide the Spoil with the Strong, becaufe he bath poured out his Soul unto Death, Jfa. liii. 12. But we fee Jefus, who for Juffering Death is crowned with Glory and Honor, &c. Heb. ii. 9· X. It is the Hope and ExpectaX. The Lord J efus Chrifi, having in his Eye tion of a Reward, that caufeth a that eternal Advantage his Elect lhould receive, Servant to go through Difficulties and what Glory he, as Man, lhould be raifed and Hardfhips chearfully; as it unto, as the Reward of his Undertaking, went was in Jacob's Cafe: 'l'hus I was, in through all his Sorrows with much Chearfulnefs. the Day the Drought confumed me, Who for the Joy that was /et before him, endured the and the Frojl by Night; yet he Croft, defpifed the Shame, and i;·Jet down at the ferved feven Years for Rachel, and Right-hand of the 'l'hrone of God, Heb. xii. 2. they fe•med unto bim but as a few Days. &c. XI. A Servant is attended with Fear : If I am a Majler, where is my Fear? Matt. i. 6. XI. The Lord J efus Chrifl: was fubject whiU1: he was here in our Nature, in the Form of a Ser– vant, (~t fame time) unto Fear. He was made tm– der the Law. It is faid, he "vas troubled in Spirit, and was bul1'd, in that he feared, I-leb. v. 7· METAPHOR.
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