The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

7. And to these may be added, the Power which was given over all the creatures, to Christ our Mediator. All power in Heaven and Earth was given him, Joh. 17.2. & 13.3. Mat. 28.19. Rom. 14.9. Ephes. 1.22, 23. He was made Head over all things to the Church, and all principalities and powers were put under him! And this was not barely asserted by him, but demonstrated. He showed his power over the Devils in casting them out: and his power over Angels by their attendance: and his power of life and death, by raising the dead: and his power over all diseases, by healing them: and his power over the winds and waters, by appeasing them: and his power over our food and natures, by turning water into wine, and by feeding many thousands miraculously: yea and his power over them into whose hands he was resolved to yield himself, by restraining them till his hour was come, and by making them all fall to the ground at his name: and his power over Sun, and Heaven, and Earth, by the darkening of the Sun, and the trembling of the Earth, and the rending of the Rocks, and of the Veil of the Temple, Mat. 27.45, 51. And his power over the dead, by the rising of the bodies of many, Mat. 27.52. And his power over the Saints in Heaven, by the attendance of Moses and Elijah: and his power to forgive sins, by taking away the penal maladies; ⟨p. 119⟩and his power to change hearts, and save souls, by causing his Disciples to leave all and follow him at a word; and Zacheus to receive him, and believe; and the thief on the cross to be converted, and to enter that day into Paradise.

7. And to these may be added, the Power which was given over all the creatures, to Christ our Mediatour. All power in Heaven and Earth was given him,