of Jesse and a Branch shall grow out of his Roots and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him This answereth the Text David was the Son of Jesse and Christ the Son of David Isa. 11. 1 2. 4. He is promised under the Title of a King Behold a King shall rule in righteousness and a Man shall be for a hiding-place from the Wind and a covert from the Tempest as Rivers of Waters in a dry place as the shadow of a great Rock in a weary Land Isa. 32. 1 2. 5. He was promised under the name of an Elect Servant Behold my Servant whom I uphold mine Elect in whom my Soul delighteth I have put my Spirit upon him he shall bring forth Judgment to the Gentiles he shall not cry nor lift up nor cause his voice to be heard in the Streets a bruised Reed shall he not break and smoking Flax shall he not quench Isa. 42. 1 2 3. Matt. 12. 18. 6. He was promised to Jeremiah under the name of the Lord our Righteousness Behold the days come saith the Lord that I will raise unto David a Righteous Branch and a King shall reign and prosper he shall execute Judgment in the Earth in his days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is the name wherewith he shall be called The Lord our Righteousness Jer. 23. 5 6. 7. He was promised by the Prophet Ezekiel under the name of David a Shepherd And I will set one Shepherd over them and he shall feed them even my Servant David he shall feed them and he shall be their Shepherd and I the Lord will be their God and my Servant David a Prince among them I the Lord have spoken it Ezek. 34. 24. Joh. 10. 1 2 3. 8. He was promised by the Prophet Daniel under the name of Messias or Christ the most Holy And after threescore and two weeks shall the Messiah be cut off but not for himself Dan. 9. 26. 9. He was promised by the Prophet Micha under the name of the Ruler of Israel But thou Bethlehem Ephratah though thou be little among the thousands of Judah yet out of thee shall be come that is to be Ruler in Israel Mic. 5. 2. Matt. 2. 6. 10. He was promised to Haggai as the desire of all Nations I will shake all Nations and the desire of all Nations shall come and I will fill this house with Glory saith the Lord of Hosts Hag. 2. 7. 11. He was promised by Zechariah under the name of Servant and Branch For behold I will bring forth my Servant the Branch and again Behold the Man whose name is the Branch he shall grow up out of his place and he shall build the Temple of the Lord and he shall bear the Glory Zech. 3. 8. 12. He was promised by Malachi under the name of the Lord and the Messenger of the Covenant Behold I send my Messenger and he shall prepare the way before thee and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his Temple even the Messenger of the Covenant whom ye delight in behold he shall come saith the Lord of Hosts Malachi 3. 12. Indeed the Scriptures of the Old-Testament are filled with Promises of the Messias to come Prophetical Promises Typical Promises For all the Types and shadows of the Saviour are virtually so many Promises Having therefore touched upon the Prophetical I will briefly touch the Typical Promises also for as God spake at sundry times to the Fathers so also in divers manners Prophetically Providentially Typically and all of the Messias Heb. 1. 1. The Types of the Saviour were various 1. Sometimes he was typed out by Men. 2. Sometimes by Beasts 3. Sometimes by Insensible Creatures First He was typed forth sometimes by Men. 1. Adam was his Type in many things especially as he was the Head and Father of the first World He was the Figure of him that was to come Rom. 5. 14. 2. Moses was his Type as Mediator and as Builder of the Tabernacle Heb. 3. 2 3. Aaron was his Type as he was High-Priest and so was Melchisedec before him Heb. 5. 4 5. Chap. 7. 1 21. 4. Sampson was his Type in the effects of his death for as Sampson gave his life for the deliverance of Israel from the Philistins Christ gave his Life to deliver us from Sin and Devils 5. Joshuah was his Type in giving the Land of Canaan to Israel as Jesus will give the Kingdom of Heaven to the Elect Heb. 4. 8. 6. David was his Type in many things especially in his subduing of Israels Enemies and feeding them hence he is sometimes called David their King and David their Shepherd Ezek. 34. 23 24. 7. Solomon was his Type in his building the Temple and in his Peaceable Kingdom Hence it is said he shall build the Temple of the Lord and again Of his Government and Peace there shall be no end Beasts were his Types To instance some First The Paschal-Lamb was his Type Exod. 12. 1. In its Spotlesness Christ was a Lamb without blemish and without spot 1 Pet. 1. 18 19. 2. In its being Roasted It was a Figure of the cursed Death of Christ for to be Roasted bespake one accursed Jer. 29. 22. Gal. 3. 13. 3. In that it was to be eaten He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood saith Christ hath Eternal Life John 6. 57. 4. In that its Blood was to be sprinkled upon the doors of their houses for the destroying Angel to look on The Blood of Christ is sprinkled upon the Elect for the Justice of God to look on Heb. 9. 1 Pet. 1. 1 2. 5. By eating the Paschal-Lamb the People went out of Egypt by feeding upon Christ by Faith we come from under the Egyptian Darkness Tyranny of Satan c. Secondly The Red Cow was his Type Numb 19. 2 c. 1. In that she was to be without blemish 2. In that she was to be slain without the Camp Jesus also that he might sanctifie the People with his own Blood suffered without the Gate Heb. 13. 12. 3. In that her Flesh was to be burnt a Type of the grievous Death of Christ. 4. Her Ashes was to be carried into a clean place without the Camp a Type of the clean Sepulcher where the Body of Jesus was laid John 19. 38 39 40 41. There was also divers other Sacrifices as Bulls Goats and Birds which were Types of him which I here omit Thirdly Insensible Creatures were his Types As first The Mannah in the Wilderness Ex. 16. and that 1. As it came down from Heaven for so did Christ I came down from Heaven saith he and again I am the Living Bread which came down from Heaven John 6. 51. 2. The Mannah was to be eaten so is Christ by Faith If any man eat of this Bread he shall live for ever and the Bread that I will give is my Flesh which I will give for the life of the World John 6.
51. 3. The Mannah was to be gathered daily so is Christ to be daily eaten 4. The Mannah was all the Bread that Israel had in the Wilderness Christ is all the Bread that Believers have in this Life for their Souls 5. The Mannah came not by Moses Law neither comes Christ by our Merits Moses gave you not that Bread from Heaven but my Father giveth you the true Bread from Heaven John 6. 32. Again The Rock that gave them out Water for their Thirst was a Type of him Numb 20. They did all drink of the same Spiritual Drink for they drank of that Spiritual Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ 1 Cor 10. 4. This Rock was his Type in four things 1. It gave Drink to the People in the Wilderness when they were come out of Egypt Christ gives drink to them that forsake the World for him 2. The Rock yielded Water by being smitten by Moses's Rod Christ giveth drink even his Blood by being striken by Moses's Law Numb 20. 11. Isa. 53. 3. The water out of this Rock was given to the Thirsty I will give to him that is a-thirst saith Christ of the Fountain of the water of Life freely Revel 21. 6. 4. The Water of the Rock in the Wilderness ran after the People They drank of that Rock that followed them he opened the Rock and the Waters gushed out they ran in dry places like a River Christ also is said by that Type to follow us They drank of that Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ Psal. 105. 41. 1 Cor. 10. 4. Again The Mount Moriah was his Type 1. That Mount stood in Jerusalem Christ also stands in his Church 2. Upon that Rock was built the Temple And upon this Rock said Christ will I build my Church and the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it 2 Chron. 3. 1. Mat. 16. 18. Other things might be urged but these being virtually of the force of the Promise and also as a Key to open them therefore I thought good to place them here with the Promises because as they are standing with them so they are written to beget Faith in the same Lord Jesus Christ. I come now to the third thing to wit That these Promises were ground for a Believing Remembrance that a Saviour should one day come There is a Remembring and a Believing Remembring or such a Remembring that begetteth and maintaineth Faith in the Heart Jacob had a Believing Remembrance when he said I have waited for thy Salvation O Lord Gen. 49. 18. And so had David when he cried O that the Salvation of Israel was come out of Zion Psalm 53. 6. These with Simeon and Anna had not a Remembrance only but a Believing Remembrance that God would send them a Saviour They had the Promise not in the Book only but in their Hearts This Gospel was mixed in them with Faith therefore they with their Fellows remembred and believed or made the Promise the Ground of their Believing that God would one day send them a Saviour Let me make some use of this Doctrine Here we may see how much the Heart of God was set upon the Salvation of Sinners he studied it contrived it set his Heart on it and promised and promised and promised to compleat it by sending one day his Son for a Saviour Ephes. 1. 3. 2 Sam. 14. 14. Tit. 1. 2. No marvel therefore if when he treateth of the New-Covenant in which the Lord Jesus is wrapped and presented in a Word of Promise to the World that he saith I will do it assuredly with my whole Heart and with my whole Soul Jer. 32. 41. Now this is of singular comfort to sensible Sinners yea what greater ground of consolation to such than to hear that the God against whom they have sinned should himself take care to provide us a Saviour There are some poor Sinners in the World that have given such way to discouragement from the sence of the greatness of their Sins that they dare not think upon God nor the Sins which they have committed But the reason is because they are ignorant that God's Heart was wrapt up in this good work of providing and sending a Saviour Let such hearken now to the Call of God Return unto me for I have redeemed thee Isa. 44. 22. Ho! turn again hearken the Heart of God is much set upon Mercy from the beginning of the World he resolved and promised ay and sware we should have a Saviour 2. Doct. I now proceed to the second Observation That when Jesus was come into the World then was the Promise of God fulfilled namely That he would one day send us a Saviour Take three Texts for the Confirmation of this Point 1. This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the World These words were spoken of them that were present at that Miracle of Jesus when he sed Five Thousand with Five Barly Loaves which a Lad had about him in the Company For these Men when they had seen the Marvel being amazed at it made confession of him to be the Saviour Joh. 6. 2. Lord I believe thou art the Christ the Son of God which should come into the World John 9. 27. 3. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the World to save Sinners 1 Tim. 1. 15. For the explaining of this Observation I will briefly handle three questions 1. How this Jesus is to be distinguished from others of that Name 2. What it was for this Jesus to come into the World 3. What it was for him to come to be a Saviour Quest. 1. For the first The Jesus in the Text is distinguished from all others of that Name 1. By the manner of his Birth he was born of a Virgin a Virgin espoused to a Man whose Name was Joseph but he knew her not till she had brought forth her First-born Son and he called his name Jesus Mat. 1. 25. 2. He is distinguished from others of that Name by the place of his Birth to wit Bethlehem the City of David there he must be Born there he was Born Joh. 7. 42. Mat. 2. 4 5 6. 3. He is distinguished by his Linage He came of the House and Linage of David Luk. 2. 4 5 6. 4. He is distinguished by the time of his Birth to wit the Time that the Prophets prefixed Gal. 4. 4. 5. But his common Distinction is Jesus of Nazareth by this Name he is distinguished one and twenty times in the New-Testament 1. His Enemies called him Jesus of Nazareth Mat. 26. 71. Mark 14. 67. Joh. 18. 5. 2. His Disciples called him Jesus of Nazareth Mat. 21. 11. Luk. 24. 19. Joh. 1. 45. Act. 2. 22 3. The Angels called him Jesus of Nazareth Mar. 16. 6. 4. And he calleth Himself Jesus of Nazareth Acts 22. 8. 5. Yea and he goeth also by the Name of Jesus of Nazareth among the Devils Mar.
Sin but that we could not be were it not that an Atonement is made for us first by the Blood of Christ our Saviour This is true for they that are quickned by the Holy Ghost are quickned by it through the Word of the Gospel which offereth Justification to Sinners through Faith in his Blood yea we are said to be quickned together with him dead and risen with him yet so as by the Spirit of God 2. We are not only quickned by the Holy Ghost but possessed therewith it is given to dwell in our Hearts Because ye are Sons God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your Hearts Gal. 4. 4 5 6. which Spirit is also our earnest for Heaven until the Redemption of the purchased Possession that is until our Body which is the purchased Possession be redeemed also out of the Grave by the Power of the same mighty Spirit of God Ephes. 1. 13 14. 3. By this Holy Spirit we are made to believe Rom. 15. 13. 4. By this Holy Spirit we are helped to pray and call God Father 5. By this Holy Spirit we are helped to understand and apply the Promises 6. By this Holy Spirit the Joy of Heaven and the Love of God is shed abroad in the Heart of the Saved 7. By this Holy Spirit we are made to wait for the hope of Righteousness by Faith that is to stand fast through our Lord Jesus in the day when he shall judg the World And all this is the Fruit of Redemption by Blood of Redemption by the Blood of Christ. This is yet further evident 1. Because the Work of the Spirit is to lead us into the sayings of Christ which as to our Redemption from death are such as these I lay down my Life that you may have Life I give my Life a Ransom for many And the Bread which I will give is my Flesh which I will give for the Life of the World Joh. 6. 2. Because IF the Spirit in the Wisdom of Heaven is not counted a sufficient Testimony on Earth but as joyned with the Blood of Christ. There are three that bear witness on Earth the Spirit the Water and the Blood These are the Witness of God The Spirit because it quickneth the Blood because it hath merited and the Watter to wit the Word because by that we are clean as to life and conversation 1 John 5. 8. Ephes. 5. 26. Rom. 8. 16. Psal. 119. 9. 3. Because as by the Spirit so we are sanctified by Faith in the Blood of Jesus Heb. 13. 12. 4. Because when most full of the Spirit when that doth work most mightly in us we are then most in the belief and admiring apprehensions of our deliverance from death by the Blood of Jesus Revel 15. Chap. 5. 9. 5. The Holy Ghost breaheth no-where so as in the Ministry of this Doctrine this Doctrine is sent WITH the Holy Ghost from Heaven yea as I have hinted one of the Great Works of the Holy Ghost under the Old-Testament was to testifie of the Sufferings of Christ and the Glory that should follow 1 Pet. 1. 11 12. Put all these things together and see if Jesus Christ by what he hath done hath not paid full price to God for Sinners if he hath not obtained Eternal Redemption for them The Fourth Demonstration THat Jesus Christ by what he hath done hath paid full price to God for Sinners and obtained Eternal Redemption for them is evident if you consider how the preaching thereof hath been from that time to this a mighty Conquerer over all kind of Sinners What Nation what People what kind of Sinners have not been subdued by the preaching of a Crucified Christ. He upon the White Horse with his Bow and his Crown hath conquered doth conquer and goeth forth yet conquering and to conquer Revel 6. 2. And I saith he if I be lifted up from the Earth will draw all men unto me but what was it to be lifted up from the Earth Why it may be expounded by that saying As Moses lifted up the Serpent in the Wilderness so must the Son of Man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in him might not perish but have everlasting life Joh. 12. 32. Chap. 3. 14 15. He was then lifted up when he was hanged upon a Tree between the Heavens and the Earth as the Accursed of God for us The Revelation of this it conquers all Nations Tongues and People And they sang a new Song saying thou art worthy to take the Book and to open the Seals thereof for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy Blood out of every Kindred and Tongue and People and Nation Revel 5. 9. Hence the Apostle Paul chose above all Doctrines to preach up a Crucified Christ and resolved so to do For I determined saith he not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified 1 Cor. 2. 2 3. 1. The Doctrine of Forgiveness of Sin conquered his very Murderers They could not withstand the Grace them bloody ones that would kill him what-ever it cost them could stand no longer but received his Doctrine fell into his Bosom and obtained the Salvation which is in Christ Jesus They shall look upon him whom they have pierced and mourn for him as one mourneth for his only Son they shall be in bitterness for him as one is in bitterness for his first-born Zech. 12. 10. Now was this Scripture eminently fulfilled when the Kindness of a Crucified Christ broke to pieces the Hearts of them that had before been his Betrayers and Murderers Now was there a great mourning in Jerusalem now was there wailing and lamentation mixed with joy and rejoycing 2. Though Paul was mad exceeding mad against Jesus Christ of Nazareth yea though he was his avowed Enemy seeking to put out his Name from under Heaven yet the Voice from Heaven I am Jesus c. I am the Saviour how did it conquer him make him throw down his Arms fall down at his Feet and accept of the forgiveness of Sins freely by grace through Redemption by Faith in his Blood 3. They at Samaria though before Philip preached to them worshipped and admired the Devil in Magus yet when they believed Philip's preaching of Christ unto them and forgiveness of sins through Faith in his Name great joy was amongst them and they were baptized both Men and Women Act. 8. He preached saith the Text the things concerning the Kingdom of God and the Name of Jesus Christ that is all the Blessings of Life through the Name of Jesus Christ for he is the Mediator and without his Blood come no spiritual blessings to men 4. How was the sturdy Jailer overcome by a Promise of forgiveness of sins by Faith in Jesus Christ. It stopt his Hand of self-murder it eased him of the gnawings of a guilty Conscience and fears of Hell-Fire and filled his Soul with rejoicing in God Act. 16. 30 31 32 33. 5. How