Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	commit_v	father_n	honour_v	1,702	5	9.8558	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41751	Theophilie, or, A discourse of the saints amitie with God in Christ by Theophilus Gale.	Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.	1671 (1671)	Wing G149; ESTC R27378	246,253	474

savor of the Holocaust or burnt offering mentioned v. 20. but a savor of rest or complacence arising from the Sacrifice of his Son shadowed forth thereby There are no Sacrifices no good works or performances though never so Evangelick and refined that are a sweet-smelling savor unto God farther than they are perfumed by the Satisfaction and Incense of Christ neither would Christ's satisfaction have been a sweet savor unto God had it not been regulated by and commensurate to the Divine constitution By al this it appears How the friends of Christ must eye his Divine constitution and Designation in their election of him of what absolute necessitie it is that the friends of Christ in their election of him for himself have a particular eye and regard unto God the Father's Designation and appointment of him Has God the Father constituted or made Christ a second Adam a publick Representative or commun person Oh then how chearfully should his friends elect him as such Is the world to come the Kingdome of Grace by God the Father put in subjection to his Son and to him alone in opposition to al other Mediators whether Saints or Angels or our own self-sufficiences Shal not his friends then voluntarily and freely resigne up their souls their persons their Al to his trust and Disposement Again has God the Father put so many Seals on Christ to assure his friends that he is the chief corner stone chosen of God and precious as 1 Pet. 2.4 How readily then ought they to set their seal of faith to Christ to embrace and chuse him as thus chosen of God and build their souls upon him Lastly was Christ Heb. 3.2 Act. 2.36 Made i. e. constituted dignified adorned and glorified by God the Father with that glorious Title of Honor and Office of Being Mediator between God and Men Oh then how should the friends of Christ by their solemne consideration and acceptation of him as offered and delivered to them by God the Father exalt and honor him as their constituted Crowned Lord Was not this the very designe of God the Father in committing al judgement and power to the Son that al should honor the Son even as they honor the Father Joh. 5.22 23. Joh. 5.22 23. But hath committed al judgement to the Son That al men should honor the Son even as they honor the Father i.e. Christ by the Designement and Appointment of God the Father has received an absolute Dominion and Soveraintie over al creatures men and Angels c. that al men should honor him with the same honor with which they honor the Father Now Christ is thus honored 1. By chearful acceptation of him as our constituted Mediator 2. By lively and daily Admiration of those Divine excellences that dwel in him The more we admire the incomparable perfections of Christ the more we honor him 3. By raised spiritual Affections towards him We honor them most whom we love best 4. By Divine Adoration of him Al Divine honor implies Adoration and the more we adore Christ the more we honor him 5. By Divine subjection to his wil. Obedience to the wil of our Superiors is a great part of that honor we owe unto them 6. By Divine Satisfaction in Christ as our choicest good Heart-satisfaction in Christ as our best good is the highest honor we can give unto him 7. By Divine Imitation We honor them greatly whose virtues we imitate Thus the friends of Christ must honor him as their constituted Mediator But alas how greatly defective are even the friends of Christ in their election of and honor given to him in regard of this Divine constitution Dignitie and Office vouchsafed to Christ by God the Father Certainly much of the Beautie and Glorie of Christ as Mediator does not only spring from but also consist in God the Father's Commission or Facultie conferred on him As the Dignitie and Glorie of an Ambassador consists more in his Commission and Autoritie vouchsafed by his Prince than in his Pompe and Retinue So a great part of the Dignitie and Glorie of Christ as Mediator consists in the Commission and Autoritie which is vouchsafed him by God the Father and the more the friends of Christ eye and regard this Divine Designement and Appointment of God the Father the more they elect him for himself and the better friends they make Yea by such a clear spiritual deep fixed contemplation and consideration of Christ under this glorious Constitution and Designation of God the Father the friends of Christ not only exalt and honor him most but also most promote their own Interest Grace Libertie Dignitie peace and Joy as we have shewn in the foregoing Chapter SECT 2. Christ's Aptitude for his Office proves him to be most eligible for himself Joh. 1.14 16. 2. ANother Mediatorie excellence of Christ is his Divine Aptitude Christ's Aptitude and Abilitie or fitnes for his Office which is relative to God the Father's Adaptation or qualification x Qui dat sacultatem dat quantum in se est quae ad facultatem sunt necessaria quod in materia moral● intelligendum est morali modo Grotius de Jure Belli l. 3. c. 22. par 2. This Apti●ude is called by the Grecians 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 power or force as the former Facultie is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Autoritie Hence that civil Axiome Vis est ad cogendum Potest as ad imperandum Justin Institut As in Civil Commissions he that gives a Facultie or Autoritie to act gives also so far as he may an Aptitude or Abilitie for the execution of that Facultie and Commission This holds most true here God the Father has given Christ not only a Facultie or Commission but also an Aptitude or Abilitie for the execution of his Commission and Office This Aptitude or fitnes consists in that Divine plenitude or fulnes of Grace and power which is loged in Christ as Mediator Thus z Joh. 1.14 Joh. 1.14 And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his Glorie the Glorie of the only begotten of the Father ful of Grace and truth We have here a ful account of Christ's Qualification and Aptitude as Mediator 1. We have here the immediate spring of Christ's Divine fulnes and that is the Word Incarnate expressed in those first words and the Word was made flesh The Divine Word or second person in the Trinitie by an ineffable inconceivable Hypostatick union espousing the human Nature is the source and spring of al that Grace that is loged therein But 2. God the Father is also brought in as the original head spring and fountain of this Divine Plenitude of Grace loged in Christ for John saith and we beheld his glorie the glorie of the only begotten of the Father Though this glorie of Christ may possibly refer also to his eternal generation as the second person in the Trinitie yet we must not exclude but may safely