2. Christ is an head in respect of his spiritual influence and powerful communication of his grace and strength to those that are his members, Col. 2.19. The Apostle there and in other places doth much dwell on this; That as the head is the Fountain of all life and motion (for the Scripture seemeth to go with them that make the head, not the heart, the Fountain of all life and motion,) From that every part hath its proper nourishment, so it is with the Church of God, so that this similitude affordeth many precious Meditations: for is the godly man fearful his sins will overcome, this lust or that lust will be too strong for him, he shall not have grace enough to conquer it? Let him consider the Fullness of his head; is there such a sin that Christ himself is not able to subdue? Again, do the godly complain they cannot grow, they continue dwarfs, They do not find any progress, Oh let them consider, that Christ is the head, and he will have his members grow up to their due proportion. Further, Is there any one sin, any passion, or lust that is apt to prevail over them, to captivate them? here also they may have strong confidence in prayer, saying, O Lord, how unseemly is such a member to so glorious a head, such an ulcerous noisome part to such an eminent head, if not out of love to me, yet for thy own honour cure me; What head is there that would suffer a leprous, noisome part in the body, if it could help it? Again, Do the godly say, they cannot perform their relative graces, their general calling they are able to discharge comfortably, but as a Minister, as a Husband, as a Wife, herein they fail; O the weakness and imperfections there, Consider this head gives nourishment to every part suitably; The hand hath a nourishment of the hand, the eye of the eye, and thus there is in Christ a particular suitable ability for thy proper wants; And if you are not enabled in these things, it's not because there is not fullness enough in Christ, but thy faith is weak; There is Oil enough but thou hast no cruse.
2. Christ is an head in respect of his spirituall influence and powerfull communication of his grace and strength to those that are his members, Col. 2.19. The Apostle there and in other places doth much dwell on this; That as the head is the Fountain of all life and motion (for the Scripture seemeth to go with them that make the head, not the heart, the Fountain of all life and motion,) From that every part hath its proper nourishment, so it is with the Church of God, so that this similitude affordeth many precious Meditations: for is the godly man fearfull his sins will overcome, this lust or that lust will be too strong for him, he shall not have grace enough to conquer it? Let him consider the Fulnesse of his head; is there such a sinne that Christ himself is not able to subdue? Again, do the godly complain they cannot grow, they continue dwarfs, They do not finde any progresse, Oh let them consider, that Christ is the head, and he will have his members grow up to their due proportion. Further, Is there any one sinne, any passion, or lust that is apt to prevail over them, to captivate them? here also they may have strong confidence in praier, saying, O Lord, how unseemly is such a member to so glorious a head, such an ulcerous noisome part to such an eminent head, if not out of love to me, yet for thy own honour cure me; What head is there that would suffer a leprous, noisome part in the body, if it could help it? Again, Do the godly say, they cannot perform their relative graces, their general calling they are able to discharge comfortably, but as a Minister, as a Husband, as a Wife, herein they fail; O the weaknesse and imperfections there, Consider this head gives nourishment to every part sutably; The hand hath a nourishment of the hand, the eye of the eye, and thus there is in Christ a particular sutable ability for thy proper wants; And if you are not enabled in these things, it's not because there is not fulnesse enough in Christ, but thy faith is weak; There is Oil enough but thou hast no cruse.
