336 I The chief_eflamong tentho!Jfond, ·~· ' Sa a. XV. poore womans that came to wafh his feet and Luk. 7 •44 • 1 kiffed them) againfi: the Pharifoe that had invited That cbrift . h him todinner. The Church is a company ofdef– takespartwtt ·rd 1 h fc d fPh ·r·· 11 the a!JMft:d 1 p11e pe?~ e,, t at are corne o ar!1a1ca fide. 1 proud fptrtts, who perhaps have morahcy and . 1 fireAgth of parts to praife them with. Now IChrift takes part with the broken fpirics again1l all proud fpirits, howfoever hebe goneto Hea– ven (wtere he is fullofMajefty)yet he hathnot forgottenhis meekneife, nor changed his nature withchange of honour. He is flowmore honou~ · red then he was ; for 1 he hatha Name ahove alt Names, in Hettven or in Earth, yet he is pitrifull A€(. 9~ ftill.Saul,Saul,why perftcuteJJ thoume? He makes · the Churchescafehis owne fiili, togeth~rwith beamesof glory, there are-bowels of pitty in him, the fame that he had here upon earth : Which makes him fo lovely to the trulybroken hearted beleeving foule, My Beloved is rvbiteand ruddy. • He is fet out likewifebycomparing him with all others whatfoever, he it the chiefi of ten_thofi. · (andp a cerraioe number for an uocertaine, that is,the chiefe among all.ln all things Chrill: hath _thepreheminence ; He is theJirft horru ftom the ~ \dead)he is theJirft borneofevery creature, he is ths eldeft brother, he is the chiefe among all : For all !(ings, Prieftsand Prophets before werebuttypes and {hJdowesQfhim: He the body,thetruth and the fubfiance. And(aswas {hewedbefore)he is ' all three inontt,King,Prieftand Prophet,thegreat _ Dotl~r and Prophet of his Ckurck, thatfpake by · ;:Ill ------~~~·~-~~~~~~===~~~~
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