1. As your Prophet: consider how necessary it was that God dwelling in mans nature should set a foot the Gospel: Partly because when ever you come seriously to consider this matter; this thought will arise in you, that this blessed Gospel could not be without repealing the Law of Moses, given with such solemnity by God himself: and it was not fit it should be abrogated by any but him who was far above Moses, to wit, by the Son of God himself, not any fellow servant equal to Moses. The Apostle telleth us that Moses was Faithful in Gods House as a servant, but Christ as a Son over his own House, Heb. 13.5, 6. The servant must give place when the Son, and Lord himself cometh, but rather take it from what Moses foretold himself, Deut. 18.18, 19. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee, and I will put my words into his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I command him, and it shall come to pass, that he that will not hearken to my word which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of •im. Now these words cannot be verified in any other Prophet after Moses until Christ, for that of these Prophets there arose none in Israel like unto Moses, Deut. 34.10. They had no authority to be Lawgivers as Moses had, but ⟨p. 150⟩were all bound to the observation of his Law till Christ should come, whom Moses calleth a Prophet like unto himself, that is a Law-maker, exhorting all men to hear and obey him. None of the Prophets did take upon them that privilege, they must let that alone till the Messiah should come, whose office it is to change the Law given upon Mount Sinai, and instead thereof to propagate or promulgate a new Law to begin at Zion, Isa. 2.3. The Law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And in another place, the Isles shall wait for his Law, Isa. 42.4. Well now this is a mighty confirmation of our Religion, and bindeth both our Faith and Obedience, to consider Christs Authority, that a greater then Moses is here. Partly because it concerneth us to receive the Gospel as an eternal Doctrine that shall never be changed; For 'tis called an everlasting Covenant; and nothing conduceth to that so much, as to consider that it is promulgated by the eternal God himself: by him in whom the fullness of the Godhead dwelleth bodily.
1. As your Prophet: consider how necessary it was that God dwelling in mans nature should set a foot the Gospel: Partly because when ever you come seriously to consider this matter; this thought will arise in you, that this blessed Gospel could not be without repealing the Law of Moses, given with such solemnity by God himself: and it was not fit it should be abrogated by any but him who was far above Moses, to wit, by the Son of God himself, not any fellow servant equal to Moses. The Apostle telleth us that Moses was Faithful in Gods House as a servant, but Christ as a Son over his own House, Heb. 13.5, 6. The servant must give place when the Son, and Lord himself cometh, but rather take it from what Moses foretold himself, Deut. 18.18, 19. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee, and I will put my words into his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I command him, and it shall come to pass, that he that will not hearken to my word which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of •im. Now these words cannot be verified in any other Prophet after Moses untill Christ, for that of these Prophets there arose none in Israel like unto Moses, Deut. 34.10. They had no authority to be Lawgivers as Moses had, but ⟨p. 150⟩were all bound to the observation of his Law till Christ should come, whom Moses calleth a Prophet like unto himself, that is a Law-maker, exhorting all men to hear and obey him. None of the Prophets did take upon them that priviledge, they must let that alone till the Messiah should come, whose office it is to change the Law given upon Mount Sinai, and instead thereof to propagate or promulgate a new Law to begin at Sion, Isa. 2.3. The Law shall go forth of Sion, and the word of the Lord from Ierusalem. And in another place, the Isles shall wait for his Law, Isa. 42.4. Well now this is a mighty confirmation of our Religion, and bindeth both our Faith and Obedience, to consider Christs Authority, that a greater then Moses is here. Partly because it concerneth us to receive the Gospel as an eternal Doctrine that shall never be changed; For 'tis called an everlasting Covenant; and nothing conduceth to that so much, as to consider that it is promulgated by the eternal God himself: by him in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwelleth bodily.
