Boo· H. CHRIST THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. MET A P f-I 0 R. PARALLEL. There are many Stars, but one ii. 5· but one Savior or Redeemer for Mankind, Sun. wherever they live throughout the whole Uni– verfe. II. The Sun is not only Light, but a Fountain of Light, the Eye and Soul of the World. !II. The Sun is a pure, bright; and fpot!efs Creature, the Beauty and Ornament of Heaven. His llrighrnefs is fuch, that a Man cannot look upon it, but it dazzles and blinds his Eyes ; unlefs look– ing downwards, and beholding it in Water, which, though thick and grofs, yet is a proper Medium. The Sun though he looks, as it were, with on open Face upon the Filth and naufeous Things on Earth, yet contrac'l:s from thence no Filthinefs or Pollution. Il. Jefus Chrifl: is Light in himfelf, refpeEting his Deiry, the Fountain and PerfeCtion of Light and Glory. The Sea is not fo full of \Vater, nor the Sun ofnatural Light, as Chrifl: is full ofGrace and Divine Light, Johlt i. I4. III. Chrifl: is clearer than the Sun, therefore much fairer than the Children of Men, Pja(, xlv. 2. and this mull: needs be fo, he is rhe Brightnefs of the Father's Glory, Heb. i. 3· 0 there is fuch Beaury, Purity, and Glory in him, that in his eternal Being and Godhead we cannot behold him; but if we look upon him in his human Nature, where his Glory is vailed, he has been feen in the Flefh; he was vifible, yet fo that in him was no Spot, no Guile was found in his Mouth, I Pet. iii. Io. He is altogether lovely, the chiefe./f among ten 'Thoufand, Cant. v. IO. Heb. iv. 13. Before whofe Eyes all Things are naked, all the abominable Thoughts, filrhy Ways and Works of Men; yet he contraCts no Stain of Sin, nor did he when he converfed with Men in the Days of his Flefh upon Earth. IV. The Sun hath his Orb, his IV. Chrifl: hath his Tabernacle in the Heavens, Tent, or as the Scripture fpeaks, at the Father's Right-hand, there to plead and his 'Tabernacle, Pfal. xix. 4make Inrerceillon for us, Heb. vii. 25. V. The Sun is a communicaV. J efus Chrilt communicates of his InAuences tive Creature, placed in the Heaand fpiritual Light. There is never a Day, bur ven to enlighten the World; he is Chri!l: is minilhing and giving forth Light and always fending forth his Beams of Goodnefs to the World, efpecially to his Saints: Light. Of his Fubzejs we all receive, and Grace for Grace, John i. I6. VI. The Sun is at the Lord's Commandment, in his riling and feting, ltanding Hill, or going back ; he cloth all by God's fpecial Order and Appoinrment. VII. The Sun fends forth his Light univerfally to all the World; it fhines upon the J u!t, and upon the Unjult; it is not confined to one Nation or People, or to this or that Man, bur it is free to all. VIII. The Sun is the Superin– tendent over t~e World, the chief Governor, as it were, and Head of InAucnces, called the ftueen of Heaven, Jer. vii. I8. IX. The Sun is of a marvellous Magnitude, called a great Light, Gen. i. J 6. and is affirmed by fome to be one Hundred Sixty and Six Times bigger than the Earth: VI. Jefus Chrilt role and came forth out of the Bofom of the Father at God's Command. He fpake not but as he received Commiillon from the Father; he laid down his Life, and took it up again, and all by the Commandment of the Father, John x. 10. Vll. Jefus Chrifl: is an univerfal Light, good to all: I am, faith he, the Light of the World, John viii. I 2. He enlightens every one that comes into the World, either naturally, morally, or fpiritually; he holds forth Light and Grace to all. What Nation is the Gofpel confined to ? Go unto all Nations, preach the Go.JPel to every Crea– ture, Mark xvi. I5. VIII. Jefus Chrifl: is the great and only Poten– tate, all Rule and Government is committed into his Hands ; it is he who maketh Day and Night in Souls and Nations. God hath made all Things fubjeCl; under his Feet, Matt. xxviii. I8. Heb. i. 2. Johll xvii. 2. Eph. i. 22. IX. J~fus Chrilt is infinite in Power, Wifdom, and Good'nefs; his Being and Grearnefs are un– meafurable, refpeB:ing his Deity ; a glorious and immenfe Being; the Fulnefs of him that filleth all Things; there are no Bounds nor Limits to h!s Greamefs. X. Jefus
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