And in his Offices, in his Anointment as he was Christ. Christ signifies the Anointed of God, and is all one with the Messiah; that that was the Messiah in the Old Testament, is Christ in the New. The word signifies Anointed. And Christ is the Anointed of the Father, Anointed to those three great Offices, King, Priest, and Prophet. Great in all these three Offices, never any man in the world had them all before, I say, never man in the world was Anointed to ⟨p. 69⟩these three together, but only Christ. We read in Scripture of a King and Priest, so Melchizedek was; we read in Scripture of a King, and a Prophet, and so David was; we read in Scripture of a Prophet, and a Priest, so Jeremiah was: but of King, Priest, and Prophet together anointed by God, we read of none but Jesus Christ only. Among the Egyptians they were wont out of their Philosophers, their wise men, to choose their Priests, and out of their Priests to choose their Kings; and so whosoever was a King to them, was eminent first in wisdom, being a Philosopher, able to teach, and eminent in his Priestly office, and then eminent in his power, that he might be honoured by all people, as having those threefold eminences that was accounted the greatest eminency in the world, for those were the three great eminences, the eminency of wisdom to teach, and of Priesthood, and of Kingly power: Now Jesus Christ he was wonderful in all these; now that is the thing that I aim at to show in every particular of these Offices of Christ, how wonderful he was, and then (though but briefly) I shall set the beauty and excellency of Christ in his three Offices before you, and that shall be all that I intend to do at this time, and shall but be very brief in them too: For I told you in the opening of the Excellency of God, I did not intend to stand to open every particular Attribute at large, but only to set the Excellency of God before you briefly, so of Christ.
And in his Offices, in his Anointment as hee was Christ. Christ signifies the Anointed of God, and is all one with the Messias; that that was the Messias in the Old Testament, is Christ in the New. The word signifies Anointed. And Christ is the Anointed of the Father, Anointed to those three great Offices, King, Priest, and Prophet. Great in all these three Offices, never any man in the world had them all before, I say, never man in the world was Anointed to ⟨p. 69⟩these three together, but onely Christ. Wee read in Scripture of a King and Priest, so Melchisedeck was; wee read in Scripture of a King, and a Prophet, and so David was; wee read in Scripture of a Prophet, and a Priest, so Jeremiah was: but of King, Priest, and Prophet together anointed by God, wee read of none but Jesus Christ onely. Among the Egyptians they were wont out of their Philosophers, their wise men, to choose their Priests, and out of their Priests to choose their Kings; and so whosoever was a King to them, was eminent first in wisdome, being a Philosopher, able to teach, and eminent in his Priestly office, and then eminent in his power, that hee might bee honoured by all people, as having those threefold eminencies that was accounted the greatest eminency in the world, for those were the three great eminencies, the eminency of wisdome to teach, and of Priesthood, and of Kingly power: Now Jesus Christ hee was wonderful in all these; now that is the thing that I aim at to shew in every particular of these Offices of Christ, how wonderful hee was, and then (though but briefly) I shall set the beauty and excellency of Christ in his three Offices before you, and that shall bee all that I intend to do at this time, and shall but bee very brief in them too: For I told you in the opening of the Excellency of God, I did not intend to stand to open every particular Attribute at large, but onely to set the Excellency of God before you briefly, so of Christ.
