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Show 1‘.1rt.3. OF A CHRISTIAN 04,940. COMMON-PVEALTH. the King of Ii‘rael againfl the Syrians; and Hezekiah, by Ifaiah, for ihewing his treal‘ure's to the AmlxtiTadors of Babylon. By all which it appearethahat though the power borh of State and Religion were in the Kings-,yet none of them were uncontrolled in the tile or it,biit fuch as were gracious for their own naturall abilities, or felicities. So that CHAP. XLI. from the praétife ofthoie times, there can no argument be drawn, that the Right ofSupremacy in Religion was not in the Kings, un- 0f the O F FIC a of our BLESSED leITe we place it in the Prophetss and conclude , that became Hezekiah praying to the Lord before the Cherubins , was not anfwered from thence,nor then, but afterwards by the Prophet Ifaiah , therefore Ifaiah was iiipreme Head ofthe Church; or becauie Ioiiah con- fulted Hulda the Prophetefl‘efioncerning the Book of the Law, that therefore neither he, nor the High Prieit, but Hulda the Prophetefle had the Supreme authority in matter ofReligion; which I tllli‘ih‘C is not the opinion ofany Doctor. {Maths Ca;During the Captivity, the Iews had no Common-wealth at all : "1‘1'3""‘"‘»1" And after their return, though they renewed their Covenant with hm! 7:0 ft 21': J God, yet there was no promiie made of'obediencemeither to Eidras, Comm:- mali'h. nor to any other: And prei‘ently after they became lubjefts to the Greeks ( from whofe Cul‘tomes, and Dzemonology , and 1mm the doftrinc ofthe Cabaliiis, their Religion became much corrupted ): In fuch fort as nothing can be gathered from their confufion, both iii State and Religion, concerning the SupreinaCy in CltllCl‘.AlRl there‘ fore {0 far forth as concerneth the Old Teltament, we may conclude, SAVIO‘UR. - E find in Holy Scripture three parts of the 0 In of the Tbree pdm 0f V s; xfltmab::l'he firft of a Redeemer, or Stat/i012; : The the Office of lecond of a I'd/Ear, Came/ally)", or Tucker , that is, of a Cbrzfl. Prophet (em from God,to convert fuch as God hath eleé‘ted to Salvation : The third ofa King, an eternal! King, but under his Father as Moles and the High Pl'lflls were in their feverall times. And)to there three parts are correi‘pondent three times. For our Redemp- tion he wrought at his tirft coming , b the Sacrifice, wherei he wrought partly then in his own Perfon, and partly worketh now n he ofltred up liiIflhlefOl‘ our finnes upon the Crofle : our Converfion thatii'lioioevcr had the Soveraignty o't‘the C0111EHOl‘i-WC'lilli amongii by his Miniilers; and Will continue to work till his comino again. And atter his coming again,ihall begin that his glorious Reign over his eleCl,wh1ch is to Lift eternally. To the Offer of a theemct,tliat is,ofone that payeth the Ranfo me of Hi; Office M I .. \ e ‘ ‘ s .‘ t ' ' the Jews, the lame had alto the Sllpl'ti'fl-‘C A utlteriiyin matter of heed, Sin, t\\l-lLlll\Ilnl01Hle Deatl],):ltappert;lln€tl‘1,tlmtlic was Sacri"Redeem"and thereby bare upon his own head, and carry ed Gods externall worfliip-7 and repreiented Gods herion -, that is the perfon ofGod the Father; though he were not called by the tame of Father, till l‘uch time as he iflent into the world liis- Son Jen‘s Chuil. to redecmmanltind from their fins, and bring them into his EH‘I' lafling Kingd0me,to be aved for cvermore. ()l‘ which he are to away from us ouriniquities, in {rich fort as God had required. Not that the death ot one man, though without linney can iiitisfi e for the 0ffenees {peak in the Chapter following. the Lord required, that there ihouldet'ery‘year onCe , bee made ‘in Amnei of all Il‘icn, iii the rigour of jufiice, but in the Mercy of God, thatoidained iiicli Sacrifices for iin,as he was pleafed in his mug to accethn the 01d Law (as we may read, Lea/mm: the 16.) nent tor the Sins ofall Ifrael, both Priefls, and others - for the doing "lei-tot, Aaron alone was to {acrifice for hiinl'elt~ dnd the l'rieilsa yoaiig Bullock; and for the ref} oftlie peopl he was to rettii e trointhenitwo young Goates, ofwhich he was etofhc rifice one- biit as tor the other, which was the Smpe Goat, he was tolay his hands) ontht head tlitreol,and by a conteihon ofthe iniquities toiai' them all on that head, and then by tome oppor ofthe people tune man to (Little the Goat to be led intothe wildernefl‘e, and there to rfmpe )and carryaiiay w;th him theiniquitiesot‘tlie people. As the Sacrifice or ti e one (3"th was a iizfiiCient tbecauie an acceptable C H A l'. )price for the liani‘ome (it all lirael; {o the death ofthe Meihah, is a liiflicient price :orvtne in: or all inankiiid,becauie there was no more required. Oui3 ..1tL'. . ' tli- (iiiu;§élili':fi‘é'§i§ 17.21 _ 151} . 'ftvli , réhiiiiicil: ail: 6531" " as 7"- t Tcfil intra: Hewas both the i‘acrificed Goat, and the Scape Goat- He: nut; affvrrqfezz', dial/1:11)"! tgflrfied (Efay 5 3. 7. )3 be opened hat m7; raver/:3 1;: u brzmgbt a; .4 lamb to the (laughter, 4711145 4/7)"; bull/7116! Ll before |