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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42520	Exochē tou Christou, Christ's preeminence in a question propounded, discussed, & resolved, that Christ was the first, that with flesh and blood entred into the kingdome of heaven / by Nicholas Gawen.	Gawen, Nicholas.	1668 (1668)	Wing G395; ESTC R23944	29,971	56

is Concerning the fabrick of man's body and it's aspect the Heathen Poët tells Ovid Metamorph lib 1. Os homini sublime dedit Coelumque videre Jussit erectos ad sidera tollere vultus In which Distich the Poët intimates unto us not only the head 's perspicacitie but also it 's sublimitie not only that it of all the members looks up to Heaven but that it of all the members likewise is highest and nighest unto Heaven So the Apostle St Paul teacheth and assureth us likewise that the head is the most honourable of all the members of the body 1 Cor 11.4 and 1 Cor 12.23 And being the most honourable of all the members of the body according to our Saviours own Doctrine Therefore it both deserveth and possesseth the highest place Luk. 14.8 9. And for this cause as it hath the priority of all the other members in the birth so hath it the preeminence and prority in progressive motion without doubt it hath in an ascendent motion wherein the head being the highest member must of necessity possesse and occupie each place ●●rst and before all other members of the body and Dato sed non concesso that Elias was coached by Angels up into Heaven yet can I never be perswaded that he was carried up thither with his heels upward Christ therefore being the head of the Church as the Apostle teacheth must of necessity as the head in the body natural have the preeminence in All things Colos 1.18 And therefore the priority and precedency of all his members in respect of ingress or entrance into Heaven otherwise he could not he should not have the preeminence in all things nor could the Apostle Heb 6.20 rightly and properly terme him our forerunner into Heaven if any other man did outrun him thither or run before him for is est primus ante quem nullus He is properly the first of all other before whom there is no other saith Tertul lib de carne Christi Arg. 6 The sixth and last Argument that I shall raise for the positive or affirmative part is drawn and taken from the Dominion and roialtie of our Saviour Jesus Christ Christ not only as God but also as man and Mediator Is alone the Lord of Glory 1 Cor 2.8 The Prince of the Kings of the earth Apoc 1.5 He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords Apoc 10.16 and chap. 17.14 The Son of the Eternal God whom the Father hath appointed heir of all things Heb 1.2 According to that witness and testimony of the Prophet David cited by Christ himself Math 22.44 The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstoole Psal 110.1 And all this I say is Christ not only as he is true God 1 Joh 5.20 but also as he is man and Mediator Math 28.18 For as he ceased not to be the true and eternal God when he was a dead man hanging on the Crosse Act 20.28 So ceased he not to be King of Kings and Lord of Lords even at the lowest step of Humiliation when he had taken upon him the form of a servant Philip 2.7 For which cause the Apostle Saint John in his Revelation chap. 19.16 ascribeth and affixeth this badge and title of Honour to Christ's Humane nature saying That he had on his vesture and on his thigh a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords And Christ himself in the daies of his flesh and humiliation standing before Pilate to be examined upon intergatories to Pilate's demand Art thou a King Denies it not but answered Affirmatively and by way of concession and grant thou saist that I am a King to this end was I borne and for this cause came I into the world that I should bear witness unto the truth every one that is of the truth heareth my voyce Job 18.37 c This was the end of Christ's coming into the world to preach the truth to gather his Saints together Psal 50.5 to raise his Church and Kingdome to summon his Subjects and to gather together in one the Children of God that were scattered abroad Ephes 1.10 Joh 11.52 Christ having finished the great worke of Redemption here on earth which his Father sent him to do Joh 17.4 returned then again to his Heavenly Father from whom he came Joh 16.28 In the name of all his elect to appear in the sight of God and to take possession of that Kingdome which it pleased the Heavenly Father to confer and bestow upon them Luk 10.32 And which he prepared for them from the foundation of the world Math 25.24 This very thing Christ himselfe testifies and intimates to his Disciples saying Joh 14.2 3. In my Father's house are many mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto my self that where I am there ye may be also In which words our Saviour comforts the hearts of his Desciples at his departure from them telling them that he was even going to Heaven nevertheless that it was expedient for them that he went away John 16.7 because he went to heaven to take possession of that place and Kingdome not only in his own behalfe that he might raign there himself alone but also as their Captain Leader and Fore-runner that he might take possession of it likewise in their behalf that where he is they might be also The very self same thing doth Christ Symbolize and shaddow unto us under the Type and Figure of a certain Noble man that went into a far country to recive for himself a Kingdome and to return Luk 19.12 There is no doubt to be made but by this certaine Noble man is ment the Lord Jesus Christ by the far country Heaven by the Kingdome the glorious Kingdome of Heaven by the receiving of this Kingdome Christ's bodily Investiture into it when having by himself purged our sins he rose triumphantly over death ascended up into Heaven and as Lord and Heir of all things Sate down on the right hand of the Majestie on High Heb 1.3 far above all Principalitie and Power Might and Dominion and every name that is named not only in this world but also in that which is to come Eph 1.21 who is gone into Heaven saith St Peter of Christ And is on the right hand of God Angels and Authorities and Powers being made subject unto him 1 Pet 3.22 This is the sixth and last Argument for the positive part Christ as man and Mediator being heir of all things as a son and heir of his own house took Frst possession of the Kingdome of Heaven therefore as man he made the first entrance into it Ob If any here except and say Though it be granted that some men in their body and in their flesh entred into Heaven before Christ yet this is no disparagement or derogation from

covenant was the very voice it selfe of the Gospel it being a true Testimony of Jesus Christ as the Apostle beareth witness saying Gal 3. The Scripture foreseeing that God would Justifie the Gentiles through Faith preached before the Gospel unto Abraham saying In thee or in thy seed shall all nations be blessed That this promised seed was meant of Christ and of him alone the Apostle puts us out of all doubt Gal 3.16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made he saith not and to seeds as of many but as of one and to thy seed which is Christ Now this Covenant thus made and confirmed with Abraham was renewed with Isaak Gen 26.4 and made knowne unto Jacob by Jesus Christ himself for that man which wrastled with Jacob was none other but the man Christ Jesus for himself said That Jacob should be called Israel a wrestler and prevailer with God and Jacob called the name of the place Peniel because he had seen God face to face Gen 32.28 30. Anon upon the death of these holy Patriarchs God raised up his faithfull servant Moses who by God's command committed that to writing which was derived by tradition and word of mouth from Adam to Seth Henoch and the other Patriarches successively to his owne time to wit the creation of the world the fall of man the promise of a Redeemer the Genealogie of Christ from Adam the propagation progress and protection of the Church the fearfull destruction and confusion of God's enemies the which Moses receiving from God a forme of ecclesiasticall government upon the top of mount Sinai consisting in divers and sundry sacrifices of beasts and other religious rites and ceremonies shaddowed out unto the people the sole expiatorie and propitiatory sacrifice of that true Pascal Lamb the Lord Jesus Christ which was to come the same Moses also being himself a Type and Figure of Christ yeelded forth and uttered a most excellent and perspicuous Phophesie of Christ Deut 18.15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto mee unto him yee shall hearken and it shall come to passe that ●hosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him v. 19. The which glorious prophesie of Moses the Apostle St Peter in that excellent Sermon of his which he had to the people at the beautifull gate of the Temple concerning the lame man restored to his feet applieth home to our Lord Jesus Christ and to him only Act 3.12 13. After Moses succeeded Joshua the Captain and Leader of the Lord's people into the Land of Canaan who likewise was a Type of Christ the true Michael Prince and Captain of the Hosts of the Lord. Joshua 5.14 After Joshua followed the Judges whose rescue and deliverance of the Lord's people from the tyranny of their temporal enemies was the undoubted type and figure of the eternal redemption of the Church by Christ Jesus the Judge both of quick and dead from the Captivitie of their spiritual and everlasting enemies sin satan and condemnation Yea and all the Prophets from Samuel and those that followed after as many as have spoken have likewise foretold of these daies Act 3.24 For David a man chosen of God after his own heart being both a wise King and a great Prophet foresaw the coming of Christ in the flesh foretold that he should be borne of his own loynes 132.11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David he will not turn from it of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy Throne which words though litterally meant of Solomon yet typically and mystically are they fulfilled in Christ as may be gathered and concluded easily by applying and comparing them with what he saith all along thorough out the 72. Psalm moreover he foresaw and foretold both the natures of Christ First his humane nature Psal 45.2 Thou art fairer then the children of men Secondly his Divine v. 8. Thy Throne O God is for ever and ever the Scepter of thy Kingdome is a right Scepter thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oile of gladness above thy fellows Likewise he foresaw and foretold both the states and conditions of Christ both his state of disgrace and his state of glory his state of humiliation and his state of exaltation his state of humiliation he intimates in those words of his Psal 22.6 I am a worm and no man a reproach of men and despised of the people His false accusation crucifixion bitter death and blooddy passion with the concomitant circumstances thereof He intimates in those words of his Psal 22.16 17 18. For dogs have compassed mee the assemblies of the wicked have enclosed mee they pierced my hands and my feet I may tell all my bones they look and stare upon mee they part my garments and cast lots upon my vesture Math 27.34 That bitter potion that they offered him either in pitty and compassion to stupifie him that he might become sensless or at leastwise lesse sensible of his tortures as say some or else in scorne and derision as say others David intimates in those words of his Psal 69.21 They gave mee also gall for my meat and in my thirst they gave mee vineger to drinke His death buriall and resurrection he intimates in those words Psal 16.8 9 10. I have set the Lord alwayes before mee because he is at my right hand I shall not be moved therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoyceth my flesh also shall rest in hope for thou wilt not leave my soule in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption All which words of the Prophet David the Apostle Saint Peter applies to Christ and to him alone Act 2.25 26 27. verses His ascention he intimates in these words Psal 68.18 Thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivitie captive His glorious evection and exaltation to the right hand of his holy and heavenly Father He pointeth at in these words Psal 110.1 The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstoole which words of David our Saviour applies to himself Math 22.44 and what should I more say but that from the first issuing forth of the promise from God in the garden of Eden that a Messias should come God never ceased in all ages and generations of his Church either by visions or express Revelations and Types to the Fathers before the Law and Types and Figures under the Law and plain and manifest predictions by Moses David and other succeeding Prophets to point out unto the world the promised Messias and to give his people assurance of his coming who prophesied the time place and manner of his birth the affliction of his life the kind of his death the glory of his resurrection the deliverance of his people the