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Show v,.. «.1 m; mmmmv - A Part.3. OF A CHRISTIAN. Chop.36, Luke 24. +9. Chap.36. in the way of Eternall life, but it was not till then put in execution, and aétually incarnate; So that our Saviour is there called the Word , not becaufc he was the promife, but the thing promifed. They that was expedient that one man fhould die for the people, St. john faith [chap.z I . 5 r .] that Ila/fake out the ofhimfe/fe, [mt heiiig High taking occafion from this place,doe commonly call him the Verbe of Priefl ihatyeor, hegophefed that one tom [houla' dye for the notion, Alfo they that in C iitian Congregations taught the people [ I Cor.- God, do but render the text more obfcure. They might as well term him the Nown of God : for as by Noam, f0 alfo by Verhe , men underitand nothing but a part of fpeech, a voice, a found, that neither _14. 3.]are faid to Prophecy. Inthe like fenfe it is, that God faith to Moje: [Exoofl 4.. 16.] concerning Aaron,Heflm/l he thy Spa/ter-mu aflirms, nor denies, not commands, nor promifeth , nor is any fub- iii/led: Gal .- that which here is Spotter-maria": chap.7.t . ] inter- fiance corporeall, or fpirituall; and therefore it cannot be faid to bee either God,0t Man; whereas our Saviour is both. And this VVord which St. Iohn in his Gofpel faith was with God,is[ in his 1 Epif'tle, and Am» thy Brother jho/Z he thy Pr het.' In the fenfe of fpeakin , to the Pea It; and hie/hall he to thee a mouth, and thozo flmlt he to him preted Prophet, See' (faith God) I have made thee 4 God to Pharaoh vcrfe I .] called the VVord of/ife, and [ verfe 2. ] the Eternal! life, which was with the Father: f0 that he can be in rno other fenfe called from man to God , Abraham is calfid a Prophet [ Gehefl 20. 7. % where God in a Dream f aketh to'Abimelech in this manner Non therefore reflore the man it Wife, for he it a Prophet, and/hollprhty for the Word, then in that,wherein he is called Eternall life, that is,he that hath procured u»: Eternal! Ii e,by his comming in the flelh. So alfoEApooazypfe I 9. I 3.] the Apof'tle {peaking of Chrifl,clothed in a garment thee-z whereby may be alfo gathered, that the name ofProphet may be given, n0t_unproperly to them that in Chrifiian Churches have :1 Calling to lay publique prayers for the Congregation. In the fame dipt in bloud,faith~,his name is the Word of G0d3VVhIClI is to be under- fenle, the Prophets that came down from the High place (or Hill of flood,as ifhe had faid his name had been, He that m1: come according to the purfofe ofGoa'from the hegiming,md orcordirig to his Word and promifer deliverea'hy the ProphetrSo that there is nothing here ofthe God) With a Pialtery, and a Tabret,‘ and a Pipe,and a Harp [ I Sam. _XO. 5, 6. and [Vern ro.]'Saul amongft them, are faid to Prophecy oft he Promifc; In like manner as the Holy Ghoi‘t is called the Prom; e. Tliirdl)', for [There are alfo pleas ofthe Scripture,where,by the Word ofG ad, is the Word: of ration and fignified fuch Words as are confonant to reafon, and equity, though equit). COMMON-WEALTH. clare his anfwer to the people. And therefore when Caiphas faid it Incarnation of a Word,but ofthe Incarnation of God the Son, there- fore called the VV0rd, becaufe his Incarnation was the Performance Am r. 4. 21mg. God the'Fathet,to fend God the Son into the world,to enlighten men fpoken fornetimes neither by Prophet, nor by a holy man. For Pha‘ raoh Necho was an Idolater; yet his Words to the good King joliah, in which he advifed him by Meiiengers, not to oppofe him in hi march againil Corohcmzflgare faid to have proceeded from the mouth of God, and that jofiah not hearkning to them,was {lain in the battle; as is to be read 2 Chroh.35.verf. 2 1,22, 23. It is true,that as the fame Hiflory is related in the firft Book ofEfdrasmot Pharaoh,but jeremia ah fpahe thefe words to jofiahfrom the mouth ofthe Lord. But wee are to oive credit to the Canonicall Scripture , whatfoever be written in the fipocrypha. The I'Vord of G od,is then alfo to be taken for the Dic‘tates of reafon, and equity,when the fame is faid in the Scriptures to bee written in mans heart,as Pjitlm 36.31 . Icrc'm.3l .33. Dew. 30.1 1,14. and many other like places. The name of pm, H E -r,fignifieth in Scripture {omerimes Proloeomm of the toy, that is, he that fpeaketh from God to Man, or from man to God: ward Prophet. {\nd fometimes Pma'ifior, or a foreteller of things to Come: And iometimes one that fpeaheth incoherently, as men that are diitrae'ted. It is moit frequently ufed in the fenfe offpeaking from God to thc Divers accep- in that theypraiied God , in that manner publiquely. fenfe, is Miriam[Exod.15.2o.]called a Prophetefl'e. SoInisthe liltd it alfo: to be taken [ 1 Com 1. 4,5. jwhcre St. Paul laith,= Emery mm that frayeth or prophetyeth with ht: headeot/erea',d*o. Md every woman that praycth or propheryeth with her head wavered .- For Pro hec in" that place, fignifieth no more , but praifing God in Pfalmfe's hind Holy Songs:> which women might doe in the Church thou, h it were not lawfull for them to fpeak to the Congt‘eoatioh. Aid this fignihcation it is, that the Poets ofthe Heathcnb that com in ofcd Hymncs and other forts of Poems in the honor ofthéir Gods chre called Voter ( Prophets)as is well enough known by all that ar; yerfcd in the Books ofthe Gentiles, and as is evident[ Tit. r. 12.. ] where St.Paul faith ofthe C retians,that a Prophet of their oWne faid the were Liars ~, not that St. Paul held their Poets for Pro her; but acknowledged) that the word Prophet was commcihl )ufed' to tignihe them that celebrated the honour of Godin Veer When by Prophecy is meant Praediétion, or forete llin ‘ i gontigents,_not only they were Prophets, who were Cogs osf‘pfgiig affix; toen', and foretold thofe thingsto others, which God lpirits , or by fuperfhtious divination of event A s pif't, from 0‘ "he caufes, to foretell the like events in time to come ' of which ' I ha" dC'Clal‘Cd already in the I 2- Chapter of this Difcourfe ii as many kinds, W110 gain in the Opinion ofthe common fort toiit ere 3 Steam rtputation of Prophecy, by one cafuall event that mania" , befiwrsficd [0 their purpole, than can be lofi'again b never f y cc had foretold germ, natalf t_iem-,_bu_t alto all thoie Impoil‘ors, that pretend by the helpe of waiefPTUPb-' " _amihar PCOPIC' 5° U""f"§"""l:E/ii‘l'a [flit‘hak'mfld'i and 0‘lle5 "U" mmSS- ProPhecy is not an Art, nor {when it is takhn for P o titan "OP/"m And in this fenfe the High Priefi was a Propher,tor he only 0" ) a Conflant Vocation; but an extraordinary, 21nd temPOtai‘: 11361:- went into the Sam‘hn Smé‘ommm cn‘luite ofGod; and was to 36‘ Clare ployment from 60d) mofi often OfGOOd men, b"! fometimes alfo' of |