-:Ho ·' CHRIST THE WONDERFUL;COUNSEI..:LOR. Bookii. COUNSELLO-R. IX. A Counfellor of State, -is • one of the higheft Ranks of Men, • none above .him but the King.himfelf. · PAR ALL EL. IX. The. Lord Chrift is of the highoft Rank, not of Men only, but is indeed exalted above all his Fellows, whether Mon or Angels; hath no Superior (as Mediator) but the Father. 'The Head · of every Man is Chrijl. He is the Head of all , Priltcipalities and 1('owers. '!'he Father is greater than I. 'The !-lead ofChrifl is God, I Cor. XI. 3· Col. 11. I O. ]ohn V•.28. . X. A Counfellor ofState is conX. :Jefus.CluiO: is concerned in the agitating cerned in the agitating of .groat of the greateO: Affairs oL Heaven and Earth, Affairs, fuch as immediately confuch as immediately concern God himfelf, and the . cern the Kiqg, and the Good of Good of all his People; the Proclamations and all his Subjects; as the iffuing .out Tenders of Grace, Peace, and Pardon, come . of ProclamaJions, and the approvthrough his Hands; he hath the Approbation of ing of other MmiO:ers to be emall Minitlers that are employed in the .Bufinefs of played in the.King's Bufinefs. . the great King, either in Matters civil, military, .or ecclefiaftical, viz. Kings, Princes, Rulers, De· , puties, .Judges, . Generals <>f Ar-mies, Apoll:les, Bi·fhops, Emba!Iadors, .and the like. All Suiters to. God for Favor, whether Minifters or People, for the Soul or the Body, their Petitions come to the H ands of ChriO:. By him we have accefs.to the Father; of , him all receive, .even Grace for Grace, John i. .16. Rom. v. 2. XI. A wife, worthy and good XI. ChriO: 1s the Delight of the Father, and as •Counfellor of ~tate, though he be a a wife, worthy and good Coun.fellor, he is a Glo>y Subject and Favorite to the King, to Heaven itfdf, ancl Heav~n is more longed for, yet he is a great Glory to .a Kingfor his fake. :rhis is generally '.acknowledged . dom, and it is .the. more refpected by all that have the Know,ledge of him, or lntereft · for his fake. .in him, Pfal. lxxiii. 25. So much may- flfllice concerningGhriO:, ·as -compared to a'Gounfellor of State; :1 !hall now fpeak concerning him under the other Acceptation of the .Word,.viz. Coun– , fellor at Law, &c. 1. ACounfellol"tLaw is a pub– .lic Officer belonging to a Court of ) udicature. II. A CounfeJ.Ior at 'Law .gives -Advice and Counfd, from whence ,he derives the .Denomination of rbeing called a Counfdlor. I. The Lord Jcfus Chrift is a public Officer be– longing to Heaven, the higheO: Court of J udica– ture. I am not of this World ; glorify me, with the fame Glory, that I was glorified before the World . .was, &c. ]ohn xvii. 16. and ver. -5. Jl. The Lord J efus gives me the beft Advice and Counfel, and moft worthily dcferves the Title of Counfellor. I will blefs the Lord who hath giv-en .me Counfel, Pfal. xvi. 7. Go thy Way, fin no more, left a worfe 'l'hing.come upon thee, 7ohn v. 14. I -counfel tbee to.buy of me Gold tried indbe Fire, attd .white Raiment that tbou mayeft be clothed, &c. Rev. iii. 18. 111. A Counlellor.atLaw makes .Ill. Jefus<Chrill: makes -known theLawofGod .known the L aw to thofe that are to thofe that are ignorant and unlearned; he illuf– io-norant or unlearned, he being the .trates all the Parts of it, and fhewetl1 to what De– Mouth, as it were, of the Law. gree it extends, &c. He alfo fhcws what are the l'rivileges of keeping ·it, and what are · the Da– mages of breaking it : For if you forgive Men their Trefpajjes, your ·heavenly Father will forgive you, &c. ]ohn vi. 3• 7• &c. to the End, John.xiv. 15. IV. A Counfellor at L aw reIV. Chrift refolves doub~ful Cafes that other folv€s doubtful Cafes, which other Men.cannot, in that he faith, Son, be of good cheer; Men cannot. .Daughter, be of good aheer, thy Sins are forgiven V. Counfellors at L aw make ,Conveyances of Eflates; and moft ,Men think thefe Conveyances not Jufficienr, unlefu made .by fuch .able Men as th~y. thq, &c. .Matt. ix. 1-9. · V. The.Lordjefus makes over the heavenly Manfions to Men.; and no Man can have a good Title .to •this hea.venly Inheritance, unlefs Chrift makes the Convevance. As .the Father bath Life in himfelf, fo bath he given tbe Son to have Life in .himfelf, and bath Power to giv e eternal Life to as mmry as art gi·ven unto hiii'l, .J ohn v. ..r6. · :vr. Jefus
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