c II R I s T IS A L L. AND IN ALL; Book II. MET A PH 0 R. D IS PAR IT Y. H. The Brazen Serpent retained not always irs Virtue to cure; alfo 1t was not to be worlhippcd, it was grofs Idolatry fa to do; and when in the Days of Hczekiah it came tO II. Chrill, the Anti-type of the Brazen Ser– pent, retains the like Virtue and Efficacy to fave that ever he had, ouaht to be worlhipped is the fame Yejlerday, 'l'o-daY, and for Ever, Heb.' xiii. S. be that way abufed, it was ddhoyecl, and broken in pieces, 2 Kings x·;iii. 4 . N F E R E N C E S. THIS !hews not only the NeceGity of a Savior, but alfo of Faith in him. None were healed, but thnfc that looked up to the Brazen Serpent ; fo no Man fi1all be faved, but he that looks up by Faith to Jefus ChriH. I. Look up timely. 2. Look up daily, for Sin daily wounds thee. 3· Look up with a fixed or fingle Eye. c H R I 8 T IS A L L, AND IN ALL. Where there is neitber Greek, nor Jew, Circumcijion, nor Uncircumcijion, Barbarian, Scy– .· thian, Bond nor Free; but Chrijl is All, and in all, Col. iii. <:. NOW to conclude with this fecond H~ad of J11etaphors, Similes, 'l'ypes,_ Parables, and other borrowed 'l'erms, concermng the Lord Jefus, I may wdl mf~r from the whole of what hath been faid, '!'bat Chrift is All, and in all. The Words are a Propofition, in which you have, I. The Subject, But Chrijl. 2. The Predicate, He is All, and in all. Chrill is All in all Things that are necelfary to Salvation, and that to all Perfons that do believe on him. Chrill is a Believer's All, and he elleems him fa to be: Not to exclude the Perfons of the Father, and of tte Holy Gholt; for what Chrill is as God, 1hey all are, being but one and the fame eternal Being: So that he that ho– noreth the one, honoreth the other alfo; he that honoreth the Son, honoreth the Fa– ther, and the Holy Gholl. I. Chrill is .All in all in thejirjl Creation, (though this I do not fay is directly intended in this Place.) 1. He was before all Things. 2. He is the Original of all Creatures, the Founder, or to ufe the Scripture Phrafe, the Beginning of tbe Creation of God, Rev. iii. 14. He made all 'l'bings, all 'l'hings, were made by him, and witbout him was not any 'l'hing made tbat was made, Heb. i. 2, 3· 3· He upholdetb all 'l'bings by tbe Word of his Power, &c. and by him all 'I'hings do conji.ft, Col. i. I 6. 4· As he was before all, the Original and Fir.ft Former of all Things, and as he up– holdetb them; fa likewife for bim all 'l'hings are and were created. 5· He 1 hath the difpofing of all Things: By him Kings reign, and hinces decre~ Juf– tice, Prov. viii. All Power is given unto him in Heaven and Earth, Matt. xxvllt. 18. He hatb. the Keys of Hell and Death. He Jets up, and pulleth down, kills and makes alive at his Pleajitre. 6. He is Heir of all 'l'hings. Be hath univerfal Lordlhip over Angels, Saints, wicked Men, and Devils. See Chrift tbe Heir. · II. Bu't more directly, Chrijl is All in all in the fecond Creation. · I. He is rhe Subllance of all Shadows: Which are Sbadows of good 'l'bings to come, lmt the Body is of Cbrijl, Col. ii.' I 7· 2. He is the Anti-type of all Types, the All which Mofes and the Prophets pointed to. 3 3• He
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