And Beloved, if Jesus Christ were not the great Lord-Keeper of His Fathers wardrobe; why should those Names, and Titles be given to Him, which you find so frequently in Scripture? Cast your eyes where you will, you shall hardly look upon any thing, but Jesus Christ hath taken the Name of that upon Himself. If you cast your eyes up to Heaven in the day, and behold the Sun: He is called,1 The Sun of righteousness. If you cast your eyes in the night upon the Stars, or in the morning upon the morning star: He is called, The bright morning star. If you behold your own Body: He is called the Head, and the Church the Body. If you look upon your own Clothes: He is called your Raiment; Put ye on the Lord Jesus. If you behold your Meat: He is called Bread, The Bread of life. If you look upon your Houses; He is called a Door. If you look abroad into the fields, and behold the Cattle of the fields: He is called, The good Shepherd; He is called, The Lamb; He is called, The fatted Calf. If you look upon the Waters: He is called, A Fountain, The Blood of Christ a Fountain. If you look upon the Stones: He is called, A corner Stone. If you look upon the Trees: He is called, A Tree of life. What is the reason of this? Surely, not only to way-lay your thoughts, that wheresoever you look, still you should think of Christ: But to show, that in a Spiritual way, and sense, He is all this unto the soul. And you may observe, that these Titles, and Names, they are not barely, and nakedly given to Him; but still with some speciality, some mark or other. He is not barely called the Shepherd; but the good Shepherd. He is not only called a Lamb; but the Lamb slain from the beginning of the world. He is not barely called the Light; but, The true ⟨p. 96⟩Light, the Light of the world. He is not barely called Bread; but, The Bread of life. Now you know why Adam at the first gave Names unto the Creatures: according to their names was their Natures, was their conditions, and Adam, our first father Adam, was not mistaken when he gave the names. And do you think, Christ the Second Adam, when he gives these names unto himself, that he is mistaken? Certainly, he is not mistaken, he is all this. And therefore as the Apostle speaks in the 3. Col. 11. you read it, Christ is all in all: but better, He is all things, in all persons: or all things, 2in all things: He is all things.
And Beloved, if Jesus Christ were not the great Lord-Keeper of His Fathers wardrobe; why should those Names, and Titles be given to Him, which you find so frequently in Scripture? Cast your eyes where you wil, you shal hardly look upon any thing, but Jesus Christ hath taken the Name of that upon Himself. If you cast your eyes up to Heaven in the day, and behold the Sun: He is called,1 The Sun of righteousness. If you cast your eyes in the night upon the Stars, or in the morning upon the morning star: He is called, The bright morning star. If you behold your own Body: He is called the Head, and the Church the Body. If you look upon your own Clothes: He is called your Rayment; Put ye on the Lord Jesus. If you behold your Meat: He is called Bread, The Bread of life. If you look upon your Houses; He is called a Door. If you look abroad into the fields, and behold the Cattel of the fields: He is called, The good Shepherd; He is called, The Lamb; He is called, The fatted Calf. If you look upon the Waters: He is called, A Fountain, The Blood of Christ a Fountain. If you look upon the Stones: He is called, A corner Stone. If you look upon the Trees: He is called, A Tree of life. What is the reason of this? Surely, not only to way-lay your thoughts, that wheresoever you look, still you should think of Christ: But to shew, that in a Spiritual way, and sence, He is all this unto the soul. And you may observe, that these Titles, and Names, they are not barely, and nakedly given to Him; but still with some speciality, some mark or other. He is not barely called the Shepheard; but the good Shepheard. He is not onely called a Lamb; but the Lamb slain from the begining of the world. He is not barely called the Light; but, The true ⟨p. 96⟩Light, the Light of the world. He is not barely called Bread; but, The Bread of life. Now you know why Adam at the first gave Names unto the Creatures: according to their names was their Natures, was their conditions, and Adam, our first father Adam, was not mistaken when he gave the names. And do you think, Christ the Second Adam, when he gives these names unto himself, that he is mistaken? Certainly, he is not mistaken, he is all this. And therfore as the Apostle speaks in the 3. Col. 11. you reade it, Christ is all in all: but better, He is all things, in all persons: or all things, 2in all things: He is all things.
- 1Mal. 4.2 Rev. 22.16. Col. 1.18 Rom. 13.14. Joh. 6.35 Joh. 10.9 Joh. 10.11 Joh. 1.29 Luk. 15.23. Zac. 13.1 Isa. 28.16. Pro. 3.18.Mal. 4.2 Rev. 22.16. Col. 1.18 Rom. 13.14. Ioh. 6.35 Ioh. 10.9 Ioh. 10.11 Ioh. 1.29 Luk. 15.23. Zac. 13.1 Isa. 28.16. Pro. 3.18.
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