EpflieofS. Parrlte Tittrs. CxAp.z.II. onlywith it felfe,but all that doéìrin alto which was formerly deliucred 447 in all ages to theChurch of God: and this latter moll full and cleately explaned in the former. This light in this regard is growne ( like that cloud ) froman handbreadthw couer thewhole heauens; and is indeed the water runningvnder the thretholdof the Sandluarie, which is rifen from the ankles to a riuer, yea a tea couering the earth. 4. The exhibi- Thefp;4 eo tíng ofChrifl in fulneffeoftitne,who carne trornhis fathers bofome to the old belee reueale things there fecretly referued from the beginningofthe world; «ácápoppe and the - plentiful) powring out of the fpirit longbefore promifed, and bydropp .bat 5o. dales after Chrif}s afcenfion accomplifhed to the Church of the new fiancé °ab °" Teflament,doth certainly (Cale vp this fame truth;belides thofeeapreffe places of Scripture, which might be alleadged to this purpofe. In 2. Cor. 3. Paul afftrmech, that the minifiratton of the fpirit is farremore glorious , then that of the law , which he calie t h the minioration of death: of which he affirmeth, that yet it was fo glorious , that it madeMofes couer his face with availe, without the which the children of Ilrael were not able tobeholdhim;Gönifying vnto vs, that they were not able to comprehend chafemanifold obscure types of the Law till the valle was remooued ; which, faith the Apotlle, vet. 14. In Chrifl is nowput a- way. In this refpea our Sauiour af}irmeth, that although among them that were borne of women, there was not agreater then Ioba, (whoyet in regard of his perfon, was infcriour to fund) ie of theProphets) becaufe of them all he was nearell vntoChrifl,and in his minitlerie pointed at him with the finger now exhibited into theworld ; yet the leaf '. rninitier, in the kingdome of heaven, that is , ofthe new Tetiamenc , isgreater then he. FJr he can preach that the tonne of man is lifted vp dead , railed, afcended , which Iohn could not doe , as neere as be was , and much letia Abraham, Druid, and the other Prophets who fawe his dale fur- ther off. Obiefl. But hereby it feemeth that before Chrifls appearing, the do- &rine oft he Gofpel appearednor. Anfw. Wee tout} confider the Go- pet in a double refpel; t. As it is a do.lrine conteyning a protnife of ;race, freely fer the Mefilah, whowas to be the 1.0011C of Abraham, and Druid; and thus was it euer in the Church,. ieliuered by God immedi- ately toAdam after the fall; Olrofis writ alfoof him, and to him glut all Aa.ra4;, the Prophets witneffe. t. As a dobtrinepropounding tree grace in Chrifl Eo,n;elium exhibited,dead, railed, &c. and thus it appeared nor before his townie prom,Qum. appearing, before which cime it was onely a Gofpel fore-promifed,Rom. Y..,. Vfe. 1. In that the doultineoftheGofpel is fuch a (hining light, we may tee the miferable casteof fuch as want theFneanesofit , who abide hlatiF.,ta.aY. in
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