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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75732	The legislative povver is Christ's peculiar prerogative. Proved from the 9th of Isaiah, vers. 6.7. / By W.A.	Aspinwall, William, fl. 1648-1662.	1656 (1656)	Wing A4007; Thomason E498_4; ESTC R205981	64,555	56

Childe shall be born unto us a Son shall be given Unto whom shall this childe be born Surely the Prophet here personates the Church of Christ and by Vs he means the Church of the Jews according to what is spoken Isa 42. 6. and 49. 6. I will give thee for a Covenant to the people to wit the Jews and for a Light to the Nations So that his meaning is God will give to the Jews such a Son as shall sit upon the Throne of David to execute Judgement and Justice It is the promise of a blessing then to come And the phrase Vnto us or For us or Of us a Son shall be born implies That the Messiah here promised according to his Humane Nature shall be born and descend of the Jewish race And that in the first place he was given for them they then being the onely Church of Christ in the world And the GOVERNMENT shall be upon his shoulder The conjunction argues That it was already on his shoulder in regard of one of his Natures and shall in Gods appointed time be laid upon his shoulder in regard of his Humane Nature also The word translated a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Government is not elswhere to be found in Scripture and therefore it is more difficult to judge of the proper sense thereof But it hath a near affinity with two other b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 words which signifie Princely Rule and Dominion according to that of Isa 32. 1. Princes rule in Judgement And By me Kings rule Prov. 8. 16. And it is such a power as Princes and Conquerors do put forth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as may appear by the use of that Root Gen. 32. 28. And when the Prophet saith That this Government shall be upon his shoulder it implieth That it is so weighty as none but the shoulder of the MESSIAH was able to bear And his Name shall be called WONDER Counsellor The Everlasting Father The Prince of Peace The word which our Translators render Wonderful is never so translated by them but in this place But it is a Substantive and not an Adjective and properly signifies a WONDER A new and strange thing that a Virgin should conceive Isa 7. 14. And that the Power of the Most High should overshadow a Virgin and that she should conceive without the help of man This is a WONDER indeed Counsellor This word c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is generally spoken of such Counsellors as are about Princes and Civil Magistrates such as were Jonathan and Achitophel in Davids time 1 Chron. 27. 32 33. and such were Azur Peletiah and Benajah in Zedekiahs time whom we commonly call Privy Councellors or Councellors of State And this argueth That the Government here spoken of is to be understood of Civil-Government The Everlasting Father Christ is so called in a double respect 1. Because he begetteth us through the Gospel administred by his Servants 1 Cor. 1. 15. And hence it is that Conversion is called a new birth 2. Christ is the Everlasting Father in regard of Creation He is the God of the spirits of all flesh Numb 16. 22. Moreover Christ is called The Prince of Peace or as the Apostle calls him He is first King of Righteousness typified by Melchisedeck Gen. 14 18. and then King of Peace Heb. 7. 1 2 The extent of this Government is expressed by an unusual form of writing the word Increase which here and nowhere else that I remember is written with Mem finale in a quadrangular form to shew that this Government 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 d should spread it self into all the quarters of Heaven East West North South So extensive should the Government be and so also should be the peace of the same And for durance it should have no end so long as the world indures The Subject or Object of this Government about which it should be conversant it is not said Upon Zion but Vpon the Throne and Kingdom of David to shew that he means not a Government over the Church in an Ecclesiastical way but a Government over the Common-wealth in a Civil way The effects of this Government are these two to order and to support it amplified by the means of this Support Judgement and Justice For by Justice the Throne is established Prov. 16. 12. Thus have you the words briefly opened I shall onely raise one Observation from the same as that which I conceive to be chiefly intended and shall lay down as a firm Position which all the Powers in the world shall not be able to overthrow That the Power of Civil-Government is laid upon the shoulder of Jesus Observ Christ the MESSIAH the Son of David and to him it doth of right belong This I take to be the chief scope of the words and the great Promise here held forth That there should come a time when the MESSIAH should exercise Rule and Dominion as a Prince over all Nations of the world as well in Temporal or Civil things as in Spirituals Now that I may the better clear this Truth consider That there are three kindes of Government and they are all laid upon the shoulder of the MESSIAH 1. There is an Universal Government over all the Creation and Workmanship 1. Vniversal Government of God The parts of which Government that I may so speak are two 1. The Law-giving part which Christ exercised in the Creation giving unto every creature a Law and imprinting the same upon them or putting the same within them And this we commonly call the Law of Nature whereof we can give no reason but the will and pleasure of the Creator Hence springs those secret Virtues in the Magnet and many precious Stones Herbs and Minerals the ebbings and flowings of the Sea which Philosophers ignorantly and absurdly attribute to the Moon putting the Effect before the Cause Hence it is that Fire burneth and Water quencheth and all things act according to their several Natures which is none other but the Law given them by the Lord Jesus in the Creation For we must understand that the worlds were made by him Heb. 1. 2. and without him was not any thing made that was made Joh. 1. 3. And the same day that he created them he gave them a Law To the Heavens he gave their Motions the first day Gen. 1. 1. And on the fourth day he gave the Sun and Moon and Stars their Motions So that as David saith Psal 19. 1 4 5. The Sun like a bridegroom cometh forth of his chamber and rejoyceth as a strong man to run his race And on the fifth day he gave a Law to the Herbs Trees Plants Fowls Fishes Beasts and every creeping thing to produce their like for propagation of their kinde And as Jeremy saith Chap. 8. ver 7. The Stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times and the Turtle and the Crane and the Swallow observe the time of their coming