An analytical exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustratedAn analyticall exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated

2. Because he made Christ that great Shepherd, that should gather his sheep, that is, the elect into his fold, by effectual calling and regeneration. Heb. 13. 20. John 10. 16.

2. Because he made Christ that great Shepherd, that should gather his sheepe, that is, the elect into his fold, by effectuall calling and regeneration. Heb. 13. 20. Iohn 10. 16.

3. Because through Christ and his name men are called and regenerated by God, 2 Cor. 5. 18, 19, 20.

Use. This may serve to inform us, that in all those things that belong unto our salvation, we ought always to look upon God in Christ, and consequently always to call upon and praise God in Christ. The solemn title, and as it were stile of God, that was used in the celebrating of his name, was not always one and the same from the beginning of the world, but diverse: first, he was called by Melchizedek, the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth, Gen. 14. 19. Afterwards by reason of that singular covenant which he made with Abraham and his posterity, he began to be called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: then again, after that wonderful deliverance of his people out of Egypt, for the memory of that thing there was added to his title, The God which brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage: so also in the Prophet, after his deliverance of them from the Babylonish captivity, he was called