Fifthly, consider how this eminent preservation of his People from dangers in the midst of dangers is effected and brought about, and that is by the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, the great Angel of the Covenant; for Moses saith expressly of this Vision, that the Lord appeared unto Moses, and God calleth unto him out of the midst of the ⟨p. 41⟩Bush, & said Moses, Moses, &c. This calling of Moses by his 1name, & the doubling of his name, in such a familiar & loving manner, was a sign of Gods singular favour to Moses. Choice Favourites God frequently called by name, as 2you may see in those instances of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, &c. and so our Lord Jesus Christ called Peter by his name, & Nathanael by his name, & Mary by her name, &c.) The same presence of the Son of God, that preserved the three Children (or rather Champions) in that furious furnace of Nebuchadnezzar from burning or singeing, preserved the Bush, though not from burning, yet from consuming, by restraining the natural force of the fire, and strengthening the Bush against it. The Bush, the Church in the fire, came forth of the hottest Furnace that ever was kindled, not blacker nor worser, but brighter and better, & more glorious than the Sun in his strength; and all this from the presence of the Angel of the Covenant that dwelt in the Bush. Divine presence can preserve a flaming Bush from being consumed. Witness our preservation to this day, though we have been as a burning Bush. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be 3moved, God shall help her, and that right early. Heb. When the morning appeareth; that is, in the nick of time, when help shall be most seasonable and best welcome. The presence of the Lord in the midst of his Church, will secure her from being greatly moved in the midst of all those great dreadful confusions, that are abroad in the world. Hence the Church is called, Jehovah shammah, The Lord is 4there. His presence in Heaven, makes it heaven, & his presence in the Church, makes it happy and safe; Nothing shall disturb or harm them, that have the presence of God in the midst of them. The Church is built upon 5a rock, she is invincible. Jer. 1. 8. Be not afraid of their faces, for I am with thee, to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 6Verse 17.
Fifthly, consider how this eminent preservation of his People from dangers in the midst of dangers is effected and brought about, and that is by the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, the great Angel of the Covenant; for Moses saith expresly of this Vision, that the Lord appeared unto Moses, and God calleth unto him out of the midst of the ⟨p. 41⟩Bush, & said Moses, Moses, &c. This calling of Moses by his 1name, & the doubling of his name, in such a familiar & loving manner, was a sign of Gods singular favour to Moses. Choice Favorits God frequently called by name, as 2you may see in those instances of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, &c. and so our Lord Jesus Christ called Peter by his name, & Nathanael by his name, & Mary by her name, &c.) The same presence of the Son of God, that preserved the three Children (or rather Champions) in that furious furnace of Nebuchadnezzar from burning or singeing, preserved the Bush, though not from burning, yet from consuming, by restraining the natural force of the fire, and strengthning the Bush against it. The Bush, the Church in the fire, came forth of the hottest Furnace that ever was kindled, not blacker nor worser, but brighter and better, & more glorious than the Sun in his strength; and all this from the presence of the Angel of the Covevenant that dwelt in the Bush. Divine presence can preserve a flaming Bush from being consumed. Witness our preservation to this day, though we have been as a burning Bush. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be 3moved, God shall help her, and that right early. Heb. When the morning appeareth; that is, in the nick of time, when help shall be most feasonable and best welcom. The presence of the Lord in the midst of his Church, will secure her from being greatly moved in the midst of all those great dreadful confusions, that are abroad in the world. Hence the Church is called, Jehovah shammah, The Lord is 4there. His presence in Heaven, makes it heaven, & his presence in the Church, makes it happy and safe; Nothing shall disturb or harm them, that have the presence of God in the midst of them. The Church is built upon 5a rock, she is invincible. Jer. 1. 8. Be not afraid of their faces, for I am with thee, to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
- 1Verse 4.
- 2Scipio by way of favour call'd the Citizens by their names, and so Cyrus upon the same ground called his Soldiers by their names.Scipio by way of favour call'd the Citizens by their names, and so Cyrus upon the same ground called his Souldiers by their names.
- 3Psalm 46. 5.
- 4Ezek. 48. 35.
- 5Mat. 16. 18.
- 6Opposition is as Calvin writes to the French King Evangelii genius, the black Angel, that dogs the Gospel at the heels.
