3So THE NAME oF CHRIST LIKE TO PRECIOUS OINTMENT. Bo'ok JI. METAPHO~ PARALLEL XIII. Pearls are called Uniones XIII. Chrifl is fin gular; there is but one by the Latins, becaule they are Chrifl, one Mediator 'between God and Man found one by one, quOd conjunflim 1 'J'im. ii. 5· ' izulli repcriantur. "t MET A PH 0 R. I. pEARLS 'are of an earthly Original. II. Pearls are of a very fmall Dimenfion ; for though they be very confiderable in Value, yet are the leafl: of all precious Stones. · Ill. Men may find a rich and precious Pearl, and yet be miler– able in divers RefpeC1:s, and that cannot help them. IV. Men that find precious Pearls may fell them if they pleale, and fin not, nor injure themlelves thereby. V. Other Pearls are of a perifh– ing Nature, they m,.y be defaced, broken, diffolved, and come to no– thing. D IS PAR 1 T Y. I. JESUS Chrifl: is the Lord from Heave~. 1!. Chrifl: is infinite in relpeC1: of his Deity, without mealure, filling Heaven and Earth with his Prelence. He is in Heaven, and yet with his People on Earth, to the End of the World, Matt. XXVIll, I!I. He that finds this Pearl of great Price, can never be milerable. Chrifl lupplies all the Wants and Neceflities of Believers. IV. No Man can fell Chrifl, nor part with him, but he fins thereby, and ruins himlelf, as Judas did. V. Chrifr is durable; this Pearl of Price can never be lpoiled or diffolved, nor diminifh or lolc his Beauty. I N F E R E N C E ~ I. HAPPY are they that find this Pearl. 11. They are Fools who will nor venture the Lofs of all for him. III. Efteem Chrift highly, you can never overvalue him. IV. Blels God for bellowing his chiefefl and befr Pearl upon you. THE NAME OF CHRIST L!U TO PRECIOUS OINTMENT. '.lhy Name is as Ointment poured forth, &c. Cant. i. 3· THE Spoule knows not how to fet out the tranlcendent Excellencies of the Lord Jefus Chrifr. Before the faith, His Love is better than Wine ; and here !he com· pares his Name to Ointment poured forth, &c. The Words are a Propofition, in which you have two Parts. J, The SubjeC1:. z. The Predicate. 1. By the Name of Chrifl, fame underfland the DoC1:rine of Chrifl declared in the Golpel; others by his Name, his Perfon. l l!yricus in locum, Yejhall be hated ofall Na– tions for my Namefake; I will jhe-<t~ him how great 'I'hings he jhallfuffer f•r my Name ; that is, for my Sake. · 2 • Chrift hath leveral fweet Names or Appellations given him in the H oly Scripture, that may be compared toprecious Ointmmt ; as firfi, his Name Jefus, Emmanuel, the Lord our Righteoufnefs, Prince of Peace, &c. . SIMILF.. I. QINTMENT is of a fragrant and odoriferous Scent. Pre– cious Ointment yields a very 1weet Smell: T heBox ofOintment which was poured upon Chrifl, the PARALLEL. I. THE Lord Jelus is very lweetand of a fragrant Smell to Believers, as hath been !hewed upon divers Metaphors; nay, he makes their Perfons, Prayers, and all their Performances as fweet Odors in the Noll:rils of God. Chnfl • Scultet, Exercitat• E'ilang. lib, ii. cap. 41. perfum~s 3
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