V E R. 8, 9. Eplf1le to the HE l3 R. E ws. -top. Filthy, The HabitualFrame of the Heart ofChrifi in his Regal Adminiflrations: He loaeth Righteoufnefßandhateth Iniquity. This [hews the abfolute compleatnefs of the Righteoufnefs ofChrills Kingdom, and of hisRighteoufilefs in his Kingdom. The Laws of his Rule are righteous, and his Admini[ìrations are righteous, and they all proceed from an habitual love toRighteoufnefs, and hatred ofIniquity in his own perfon. Among the Governments of this world, Oft times the veryLaws are eyra nical, uniuft and oppreliive ; andif the Lawsare good and equal , yet oft times their Adminiftration is unlult, partial and wicked ;or whenmen doablain from fuchEx- orbitancies, yet frequently they do fo upon the account' of Come felf-intereft and ad- vantage, like Jehu, and not out of a confiant, equal, unchangeable love of Righteoufnefl and hatred of iniquity ; but all thefe are abfolutcly compleatin the Kingdom ofJe- fas Chrifi. For whereas the exprellion both in the Hebrew and the Greek feems to regard the time pall, thou hag,. loved rigbteoufnefl and bated iniquity, yet the .conlian't prefent frame of the heart of Chilli in his Rule is denoted thereby ; for theGreek Tranflation exaEtly followeth and expreffeth the Hebrew. Now there being no form Of Verbs in that Language exprefhng the prefent time, there is nothing more frequent in it than to denote that which is prefent and abiding, by the Preterperfelt Tenfe, as it doth in this place. Sixthly, The Confèquenceof this Righteous Rule in Chrift is, his Anointing with she Oyle, of Gladnefi; wherein wemay confider, ( 1. ) The Authorof.the Priviledge conferred on him that is, God, bis God. ( z. ) The Priviledge it felf, Unékion with the oyle of gladnefs.. ( 3. ) The Conneäion of the collation of this priviledge unto what went before s wherefore, or for which caufe. I. For the Author of it, it is laid to be God. ó eseç, ó Osòç ae, God thy God. Many both ancient andModern Expoiitorsdo.fuppofè that ó B=4, in the.firfì place, or God, is ufed in the fame fenfe as i A.4, in the Verfe foregoing, and that it ought to be rendered0God, and the words to be read, therefore, OGod, thy God path anointedthee; butas no old Tranflation gives countenance to this Conception, fo that Reduplication of the Name ofGod, by an Application of it in the fecund place, as God myGod, God thy God, God the God of Ifrael, being . frequent in theScripture there is no cogent Rea - fon why we fhould depart in this place from that fenfeof the Expreffion. Thename God, in the firft place, denotes him abJòlutely who conferred this priviledge on the LordChrift, that it God; and in the fecond place, a reafon is intimated of the colla- tion its [elf, by an Appropriation of God to be bit God ina peculiar manner. God is faid to be the God of the Son, upon a threefold account ; t. In refpecrt of his Divine Nature; as he is his'Father, fo his God , whence he is faid to be Godof God ; ashaving his-nature communicated unto himby venue of his Eternal Genera- tion,,John1. 14. 2. in refpeôt of his Humane N,rture,as he Was made ofa Woman:Made under theLaw; fo God alfo was his God ; as he is the God of all creatures: P¡àl. 16.3. Pfal. 22. I. 3. In refpedof his whole perfon, God and Man, ashe was defigned by his Father to the work of Mediation ; In which fenfé he calls him his God and bis Father, John 20.17. And , in this la(t fcnfe is it, that God i; here faid tobe bit God ; that is, his God to efpecial Covenant, as he was defignedand appointed to be the Head and King of his Church.: For therein did God the ï'athet undertake to be withhim, to (land by him, to carry him through with his work,. and in the End to crown him with Glory. See Ifa. 49. 1,,1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, g, 9, 10, 1 1.Chap. 50. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 2. For thePriviledge it felf it is Vncbiion with the Oyle of Gladnefl. There may be a double Allufion in thefe words. t.To the common of of Oyle, and anointing, which was to exhilerate and make thecountenance appear chearful at Fealts and pub- lick Solemnities,Ffal. 104.15. Luke 7. 37. 2. To the efpecial ufi of it in the Unetionof Kings, Priel}s and.Prophets, Exod. 3o. That the Ceremony was typical, is evident from Ifo. 61. 1. and it denoted the collation of the-Gifts of the Holy Ghoft, whereby the Perfnanointedwas enabled for the difcharge of the Office he was called unto. And in this fence there is commonly afgned a threefold Unaion of Chrift. 1. At his Conception,when his Humane Nature was fan6tified by the Holy Spirit, Luke r.35. and radically. endowedwith Wifdomand Grace whichhe grew up in Luke 2.40,52., 2.-At hisBaptifm and entrance into his publick Minifiry, whenhe was in an efpecial manner furnifhedwith thefe Gifts of the Spiritwhich were needful for the difcharge ofhis PropheticalOffice, Matth. 3. 17. John t.. 3. At his Afcenfion, when he received of the Father the Promifeof the Spirit , to pour him forth upon his Difciples, Atäs2.33. Kkkz Now
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