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A35949 A brief exposition of the evangel of Jesus Christ according to Matthew by David Dickson ... Dickson, David, 1583?-1663. 1651 (1651) Wing D1400; ESTC R13881 307,666 370

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of Moses and the Prophets as they are now revealed in the Writings of the Evangelists and Apostles Therfore the Books of Scripture written before Christ came in the flesh are called the Old Covenant or the Old Testament and these which are written since he came are called the New Covenant or the New Testament of our Lord Jesus The speciall Title prefixed to this Evangel is THE GOSPEL By or According to MATTHEW THis Book is called the Gospel or glad Tidings because the doctrine contained in it concerning our redemption from sin and misery by Christ the Son of God is the most joyfull news that ever the world did hear especially after that the Law and Covenant of works have discovered unto us the vilenesse of sin and the unsupportable burden of Gods wrath due to our sin It is called The GOSPEL by or according to Matthew who also was called Levi because God in a speciall providence did make choice of him to write this Evangel to the world as of one who had found in a speciall manner by experience in his own person the power of life and riches of grace is Christ making him not onely of a sinner a Saint but also of 〈◊〉 Publican an Apostle CHAP. I. In this Chapter is contained the Genealogy of JESUS CHRIST as he is Man unto vers 18. And five evidences of his holy and wonderfull incarnation from vers 18. to the end Vers. 1. THe Book of the generation of JESUS CHRIST the son of David the son of Abraham IN this Title of the Genealogie Or Roll of the Pedigree of Christ the Evangelist holdeth forth unto us these things The person of whom we have to take notice here is not a meer man but the Saviour of men for the inscription calleth this Ro●l The book of the generation of IESUS CHRIST such a man as is true God also and worthy to be called in the most proper ond strict sense IESUS the true SALVATOR and DELIVERER of men from sin and wrath which still properly taken belongeth only to him who is almighty God and IESUS in effect 2. This person IESUS is throughly able and fully furnished for accomplishing the work of mans salvation and one who is anointed unto the offices of Prophet Priest and King to bring about and perfect the salvation of his own for this IESUS is that CHRIST the eminently anointed SAVIOUR 3. He is the Saviour of Jew and Gentile who in his Hebrew name IESUS and his Greek name CHRIST doth lift up a Banner of love unto both That the Hebrews and Grecians the Jews and Gentiles may come to him for salvation the one no lesse then the other 4. As the Lord did promise in Paradise in the assumed seed of the woman to tread down the head of the serpent and did renew his promise in Abrahams seed to blesse all the nations of the earth and in Davids seed to reign and rule over the true Israel of God for ever so hath he performed yea he hath carefully provided not only to make his promise good but also that the degrees of his lineall descent according to his human● nature should be marked partly in the holy Scripture from Abraham unto the Jews captivity in Babylon and partly in the publick registers of the family and posterity of David from the captivity unto his birth Th●rfore he is called the Son of Abraham ●he Son of David and mention is made of a Book or Roll drawn forth of the records This Register was from age to age so punctually filled up in every family and made notour to all men Ezra 2.62 that not only Davids posterity was known thereby and according to it was taxed by Caesar in Beth-lehem but also all the rest of the families of the Hebrews then in Judea could reckon their genealogie by the publick records and were taxed in their severall places accordingly Luke 2.3 4 5. Verse 2 Abraham begat Isaac and Isaac begat Iacob and Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren 3 And Iudas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar and Phares begat Esrom and Esrom begat Aram. 4 And Aram begat Aminadab and Aminadab begat Naasson and Naasson begat Salmon 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab and Booz begat Obed of Ruth and Obed begat Iesse 6 And Iesse begat David the king and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias 7 And Solomon begat Roboam an● Roboam begat Abi● and Abi● begat Asa. 8 And Asa begat Iosaphat and Iosaphat begat Ioram and Ioram begat Ozias 9 And Ozias begat Ioatham and Ioatham begat Achaz and Achaz beg●● Ezekias 10 A Ezekias begat Manasses and Manasses begat Amon and Amon begat Iosias 11. And Iosias begat Iechonias and his brethren about the time they were carried away to Babylon 12 And after they were brought to Babylon Iechonias begat Salathiel and Salathiel begat Zorobabel 13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud and Abiud begat Elia●im and Eliakim begat Azor. 14. And Azor begat Sadoc and Sadoc begat Achim and Achim begat Eliud 15. And Eliud begat Eleazear and Eleazear begat Matthan and Matthan begat Iacob 16 And Iacob begat Ioseph the husband of Mary of whom was born Iesus who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations and from David untill the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations This Catalogue of the posterity of David being so notourly known from the publick Registers and records of the families of David that no doubt nor question was made of Christs descent from David no not by his enemies Therefore the Evangelist doth not scrupulously name here every one of his Ancestors but only draweth the line along so far as it might suffice for the churches edification and by so much as is here set down he doth teach us these things 1. Jesus Christ is the very true Messias promised to the fathers who now in the fulness of time hath assumed humane nature of the seed of Abraham and David whose Son he is called according to the flesh and this he pointeth at when he saith Abraham begat Isaac c. 2. For our confirmation in the faith of Jesus Christ we should acquaint our selves with the prophesies which went before of him and with the history of his Ancestors here recorded from the Scripture of the Old Testament and in speciall from Abraham to the captivity of Babylon 3. Seeing it is a hard matter to beleeve that God should so empty himselfe for us and become a man like unto us we should receive so many impressions of the verity of his humane nature as there are severall names of his Ancestors according to the flesh named in this Catalogue for to this end we are led from one to another by he begat and he begat 4. No man should be astrayed to offer himselfe to be ingrafted as a branch in Christ because Christ hath been pleased