Book II~ C H R I S T PR 0 p' HET. I. ALL other Prophets, befides Chrifl:, were infpired by Chrift. The Prophets fearched what manner ofTime the Spirit of Chrift was in them, I Pet. i. I 1. A PR' 0 PH ET. 3Si D IS PAR IT Y. . I. JESUS Chrifl: received not the holy Spirit by meafure, but hath the Fulnefs of the God-· head dwelling bodily in him. · For in him du;e/leth all the Fulnefs of the Godhead bodily, Col. ii. 9· by which he preached to the Spirits in Prifon, I Pet. iii. I9· II. Other Prophets pointed at II. Jefus Chrifl: came as the Sum of their Pro– Chrifl:, as the Scope of their Prophecies, to fulfill them, and compleat what they phecies; they tefl:ified before-hand foretold. '!'his is he, of whom Mofes in the Law, the Sufferings of Chrifl:, and the and the Prophets did write, John i. 45· Glory that was to follow. III. Other Prophets did but· begin the holy Books, that were .to-be the perpetual Rule of Faith and PraCtice; they told m of Di– vine Things but in part. IlL Jefus Chrifl: did finifh and compleat the-. holy Books, which are to be the perfeCt and corn-. pleat Rule of Faith and PraCtice to the End of the World. Hejhewed plainly of the Father. He is that Prophet that all Men are to hear, upon tl-te. Penalty of being defl:royed from amongfl: the I;J People. He that hears nor his Voice, and believes nor his Gofpel, fhall not fee Life, bm perifh in .his Sins. How jhall we efcape if we negleft fo great Salvation, confirmed by Signs and Wonders? Heb. ii. 3· IV. Other Prophets fpake of God by private lnfpiration, and the !nrelligence of Angels, and few of them confirmed their ·words by Miracles. IV. Bm Jefus Chrifl: fpake of the Father, as he had leen him, and convr rfed with him, heard his. vVords, and was in his Bofom, before he came down among us in the.Likenefs ofM.an, and con– firmed his Doctrine by many immediate ami. mighty Miracles. No Man has fem God at any 'l'i'me, but the only begotten So11, that is in the Bofom ofthe Father, he bath declared him, M att. xi. 27. '!'he 'Ihiugs that I have heard of him, I JPeak unto ;•ou, John i. I H. If I had not done amo11gj1 them the Works which none other Man did, they had not had Sin; but now they ha·veboth fee" and bated both me and my Father, John viii. 38. V. Other l'rophets have left V. Jefus Chrifl: abides in his prophetical Office their WorK, and are all gone: !1:!11, that is of like continuance with his kingly Feu, Fathers, where are they ? And and prieftly Office; as he abides a Priefl: conrinu– thc Prophets, do they livefor ever? ally, fo a Prophet. He is with his Church, to Zech. i. 5· What Man is he that lead it, and guide it, to the End of the World, as liveth, and jhall not fee Death? himfdf faith, And lo, Jam with' y,ou alwa)'S, even Abraham is dead, and the Prophets, to the End of the World, Matt. xxviii. zo; . &c. John viii. 52. I N F E R E · N C E S. I. WE may infer from hence, That God hath been exceeding good unto the World in fending fuch a Prophet, after the great Abufe of others that went before; a good Prophet, a great Prophet; none like him that went before him, or fhould come after him: '!'he Son of God, Emmanuel, God with tts, Matt. i. 23. II. This informs as alfo, how exceeding ufeful our Lord Jefus Chrift, as a Prophet, is to his Church; having compleated what others left undone, Chewing the Riches, Glory, and Duration of the World to come; and indeed, in declaring the whole Coun– fel of God, and bringing Life and l mmortality to light through the GofpeL JII. Moreover you may fee the abfolme Neceffity the Church has of fuch a Prophet, without who'11 the People would have fat in Darknefs, and in the Shadow of Death, and have been left ro !tumble upon the dark Mountains. IV. From hence we infer the infallible Certainty of what he has declared, for it could not be that fuch a Prophet fhould deceive the World: 'Ihefe Things are true and faitbful. . V. Behold the ftrong and forcible Obligation that is upon the World to believe his DoCtrine where it is preached, and io rejeCt all Doctrines that are repugnant to it. VI. How inexcufable will all thofe be, who rejeCt his Gofpel and defpife his Minif– ters: Itjhall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day.of Judgment, than. for them, Matt. x. I5. -!-Y VII. Let
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