Book H. -CHRIST fl'HE WONDERFUL, COUNSELLOR. 439 C 0 UN SELL 0 R. 'never advanced to the Honor of -Counfellors in the highdl: .Coum, ofpecially ·of ·Parliaments. PAR ALL EL. comes from above, is above all, Eph. iv. 6. 'rbe ftcolld Man is the .Lord from Heaven, I Cor. xv. 47· 'rhe only Begotten of the Father, full of Grace a11d 'rruth, Johlt i. 14. having the Advant2ge of the greatefi Honor, and h1gheft Education, being by the Fath~r, brought up ~ith him, and daily his Delight. 11. A Counfellor is brought up !I. Jefus ·Ohri!l is qualified and fitted every to ufefu] Learning for fo grea[ an way with heavenly L earning, for the hi<>he!l: Employ or Office; Men who are Undertaking of this.kind whatloever, John i.~ ;2. illiterate being unfit for it. having .been with GoJ, and alfo is God, knows every Thing, that is done in Heaven and Earth; \knows the T empers and Manners of all People. .He hath .Rules of Judgment above others, he hath received the Gift of O ratory from the greateft Ma!ler of Tongues and Languages in the World. "fhe Son doeth whatfoever he feeth the Father do. The L ord God hath given him the Tongue of the Learned, &c. fo that he can un– ·der!land without an Inrerpreter, and fpeak without human Affilhnce, lfa. I. 4• Ill. A Counfellor is a Man of Ill. Jefus Chrift is a Man of Worth, mo!l fit . Worth, otherwife unfit for that to be Counfellor in the high Court above, and FunCtion, or to ~pportain to any that in thefe four following ·Refpetl:s. r. In re– •Court. fpetl: of his great Wifdom. 2. The Knowledge of a\.I ·Laws and Cu!loms amongft Men. 3· Of 4- As he is united to the Ancient of Days.; who is :his long Standing ~nd Experience. •the Center of all PerfeCtion. IV. A Counfellor of State is, or ·ought to be .a Man of an high and ·heroic Spirit, not concerned about TriAes and Things of an inferior Nature, bur mo!lly taken up with the more weighty and more confi– derable Matters of the Law. IV. The Lord Jefus was a Man of a great and noble Spirit, not bufied about low and in– fecior . Things, of a mean ·CoqGderation; bur about Matters of the mo!l weighty Moment, to e!l:ablifh Principalities and Thrones in Heaven, to reform Nations and Kingdoms, 'to reclaim the whole Vvorld, and bring Heaven and Earth into an amicable Correfpondence. 'rhat he might. ,gather together in one, ·all7'hings in .himftlf, whether they .be 'rhings in Heaven, or Things on Earth, Eph. i. zo. V. A Counfcllor of State, is -cholen. to that high Sphere and D ignity ; he comes not ·in of him– :feJf, but by -Choice. V. Chri{l the great CounfeHor was eleeted, and chofen by God himfelf to atl: in this hi<>h Sphere and Capacity, called The Man of his Right-hand, Afls ii. 34· His Elect in whom his Soul de!ighteth, One choftn out of the People, Pfal. lxxxix. 19. VI. A Counfellor of 'State is VI. J efus Chrift was admitted into the high .admitted into the King's Court; Court of Heaven, took l11s Place there at ·the .takes his P lace at the CouncilRight-hand of t·he Maje!ly on high, 'in the Pre~ T able, and his chief .flufinefs lies fence and View of all the Angels, and the fcven there. Spirits that are before the Throne. He is e;ztered VII. A great and wife ·Coun– fellor of State, is made acquaint– ed with the mort fecret Purpofes of the King himfelf, without whofe ·Counfel and Confent there is no– thing acted, nor brought to light. into Heaven, and is ftt down at the Right-hand of God, Eph. i. 20. Hcb. xii. 2. and viii. r. VII. Chrift that great and wife Counfellor, is made acquainted with the great and wife Purpofes of the great and wife King of Heaven and Earth; nothing is hid from him as God: Withom hirn there was nothing created or done. No Man ha!h ften Gvd at auy time, fave the only Begotten that is in the Bofinn of the Father, he bath declared him, John i. 18. He brought Life and Immortality to ltght through the GoJPe!, 1 'Tim. vi. 16. VIll. A Counfellor of State is VIII. The Lord Jefus is God's Familiar arid .one, who is thought wor,hy to Companion. Awake, 0 Sword, againfl my Shepherd, be the King's Familiar and Cornand the Man tht?t is my Fellow, Zech. xiii. 7· Who _panion. being iil the Form of God, thought it no Robbery to be eoual with God, Phi!. ii. 6. ·• IX. The
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