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The excellency of a public spirit discoursedThe excellency of a publick spirit discoursed
The excellency of a public spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]The excellency of a publick spirit discoursed: in a sermon, preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the province of the Masachusetts Bay in New England, May 27. 1702. Being the day for election of counsellors in that province. / By Increase Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations]
printed by B. Green for Nicholas Boone, 1702
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We have the like comparison to this in other Scriptures. These words seem to allude to the 24th. of Numbers 17▪ where it is said, A Star shall rise out of Jacob, and shall smite the corners of Moab; which words although' they were partly fulfilled in David, who smote the Corners, that is to say, the Princes of Moab, nevertheless they are chiefly to be understood concerning Christ, and the Spiritual Moab that has been and shall be smitten by him. Again, in Rev. 2.28. Christ says, to him that overcomes I will give the Morning Star; when Christ gives himself with all his benefits to the Believer, than does he give him the Morning Star. For clearing the Doctrine, we shall, (1.) Inquire into the Similitude, & (2.) The Dissimilitude which is in this comparison.
We have the like comparison to this in other Scriptures. These words seem to allude to the 24th. of Numbers 17▪ where it is said, A Star shall rise out of Iacob, and shall smite the corners of Moab; which words altho' they were partly fulfilled in David, who smote the Corners, that is to say, the Princes of Moab, nevertheless they are chiefly to be understood concerning Christ, and the Spiritual Moab that has been and shall be smitten by him. Again, in Rev. 2.28. Christ says, to him that overcomes I will give the Morning Star; when Christ gives himself with all his benefits to the Believer, than does he give him the Morning Star. For clearing the Doctrine, we shall, (1.) Inquire into the Similitude, & (2.) The Dissimilitude which is in this comparison.
1. Then, In what respect is the Lord Jesus Christ compared to a Star, and in special to the Morning Star? For Answer,