--------------~~~~----~---·- Thecbieftft 1[ten thoufand! all the former l'rophets,and fpeaks byhis Mimi- SE~.XV. fters to the end of the world. 'Ilie Angel! ofthe CovenAnt,tbat M'}'~$', tbe word that expre1fethhis ·Fathers brefr, that as hecame from the bofome of hi-s Father, fo layes openhiscounfell to mankind.It washe that fpakebyNoAh,andpreached 1 Pet.3· 19 • byhis Spirit to the {oules that :are now in prifon' (as Pettr fpeaks) fo he is the ehiefe ttmongAll: But efpecially in regard of his Righreoofndfe ; for whichPAnl accountedall dungAtttl droj[e to heformd ~hil.3.s. in (hrift, not h~tvinghil owne Reghteutl[neffe, hut the Righteoufoejfewhich. is inChrijl:which is mbrc_ rhen the Righteoufndfe of anAngelll being the Righttoufndfe of God-Man, andaboveall the Righteoufndfe ofrhe Law. But whAt is this to us or tD theCbtWch ? yes, for kfl his beautyan:d excellency is the Church:s, b~- Th_1;/c:iari– caufe bets die Church~s. ()Uy Bel1ved u whtte tie of ir.tmft ArJti rpdd:J, 4ndmy BelovtJis thechieft Among ten joynedw~th tl:e 1. ,r. d. I · h 1· · fi h h · exceHenere ofi tr;oN1t~n • t ts t , e pecu 1ar totere t at t e chrift u riat Church bath inChrifi that doth relifh her Spi~ which fi ra'IJirir, excellency with propri~ty in him : I Am rNJ ~h~;,;:e Beloveds anJ1IIJ BelfJvedis nnne.The moreexcellent the husband ii, the more' excellent is rhe wife, ilie ondy·fhines in his beames ; therefore it is the itlterefi that we have in Chrift that indeares Chriiho us.But tocome tomore particular application t'5f it, Is Chrifi thus excdlem,fu– per~xceUent, thus trankendeotly excellent, white and ruddy, tht chieftef tenth9afond? This ferves, 'Todr~Cw thofl that dre notyetin chriHuntohim. I. Z 'Io '
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