Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons /

2. By the Properties of his Office; he hath 3 things to qualify him for this high Office.

2. By the Properties of his Office; he hath 3 things to qualifie him for this high Office.

1. Absolute supreme Authority; and therefore we must hear him and hearken to him. This is usually made the ground and reason of the Gospel invitation, to invite sinners to submit themselves to seek after God in this way. As Matth. 11. 27, 28. All things are delivered unto me of my father, and no man knoweth the son but the father, neither knoweth any man the father save the son, and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him. Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, &c. There is no true knowing of God but by Christ, and the Gospel Revelation which he hath established; therefore here must we seek rest for our souls. So Joh. 3. 35, 36. The father loveth the son, and hath put all things into his hands. He that believeth on the son hath everlasting life, and he that believeth not the son hath not seen life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. First his Mediatorial Authority is acknowledged, and then Faith and Obedience to the Gospel is called for; for to the sentence of the Son of God we must stand or fall. So when Christ instituted and sent abroad his Messengers, to invite the World to the Obedience of the Gospel, Matth. 28. 18, 19, 20. All power is given to me both in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, ⟨p. 161⟩and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. He hath absolute and supreme Authority to gather his Church, to appoint Ministers and Ordinances, to bestow the Spirit, to open and close Heaven and Hell as he pleaseth, to dispose of all affairs in the World for the furtherance of the Gospel, and to enjoin the whole World obedience to his Commands, and to embrace this Doctrine,