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A96524	Two treatises concerning I. God's all-sufficiency, and II. Christ's preciousness Being the substance of some sermons long since preached in the University of Oxford. By Henry Wilkinson, D.D. Then principal of Magdalen-Hall, Oxon.	Wilkinson, Henry, 1616-1690.	1681 (1681)	Wing W2240A; ESTC R230884	231,748	498

Take a natural Man in his best Accomplishments of Nature yet he neither receives nor perceives the things of the Spirit of God * Rerum supernaturalium mysterii evangelici non esse cognitionem aliquam naturalem aut naturae viribus acquisibilem c. Vid. Doctorem Reynoldum in conc cui tit Animalis homo 1 Cor. 2. 14. A Beast may as soon understand Reason as a natural Man whilst he remains so the saving things of God Spiritual things are beyond his Ken and beyond his Cognizance But a Spiritual Man judgeth all things v. 15. He hath his Eyes in his Head his Senses exercised an Vnction whereby he knoweth all things 1 John 2. 20. He knoweth all things necessary to Salvation for Christ is his Teacher Christ is that great Prophet who instructeth his Church the great Rabbi and Master that teacheth as never any Man taught He is a Counsellor Isa 6. 9. The Wisdom of the Father Therefore we must go to Christ for Wisdom He teacheth us that divine Wisdom that cometh from above In our Doubts let us go to Christ for Counsel In our Distress let us go to Christ for Comfort He is both a Counsellor and a Comforter And by vertue of Christ's Prophetical Office we have light in our Understandings This is Christ's Gift Eph. 5. 14. This was prophesied Isa 60. 1. Arise shine for thy Light is come and the Glory of the Lord is risen upon thee This Prophecy relates to the glorious Light breaking forth in the days of the Gospel And this was the end of Christ's coming to give light to them that sit in darkness Luk. 1. 79. A light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel Luke 2. 32. Hence we obtain renewed Spirits inlightned Judgments a Spirit of discerning to discern between things that differ These are the Fruits of Christ's prophetical Office All things necessary for Salvation are taught in the Word of Christ and by the Spirit of Christ The Word is a Lamp and the Spirit directs us in the use thereof The Spirit worketh by the ministry of the Word We have no warrant for inward teachings by a Light within us as some strangely fancy Thus we may discern whether that Light which is within them as they say be a true or false Light for if it be true it borrows its Light from the Lamp of the Sanctuary even the written Word of God and accordingly walks Otherwise that inward pretended Light which derives not its Light from God's Word is an Ignis fatuus and will lead the Followers into by-paths and dangerous Ways Wherefore let 's be exhorted to keep close to the Word of God which is the Gospel of Reconciliation and the Gospel of our Salvation and let us be earnest Solicitors unto Christ the great Prophet that he would assist us by his Spirit to understand his Will revealed in his Word Let 's go to God for Wisdom and Illumination James 1. 5. If any of you ●ack Wisdom let him ask it of God who giveth to all Men liberally and upbraideth none Here are two great encouragements 1. God is a most liberal Donor he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Isocrates giveth liberally though Men expect great Rewards for their Counsel yet God most liberally giveth Counsel Men may give good Counsel but cannot compel them to whom it is given to take and follow it But God can open the Eyes and Heart and direct the Feet and order and guide the whole Man and work Obedience 2. God upbraideth none It oft times falls out amongst Men that if they do a Kindness they upbraid them with it who are the Receivers But it is not so with God he doth not exprobrate nor hit us as we say in the Teeth either with present Defects or former Failings And if Men be constant Suitors to great Persons they will soon be weary of their Company But God doth not upbraid his People notwithstanding their frequent addresses to him Here then is singular encouragement to make our Applications frequent and serious to this great Prophet our Lord Jesus Christ that he would take away the Scales of Darkness and Veil of Ignorance from our Understandings and instruct us in his Will and guide us by his Almighty Counsel till at length he bring us unto his Glory CHAP. VI. Of Christs Kingly Office SECT I. Proving that Christ is a King HAving before handled the Priestly and Prophetical Offices of Christ I shall now treat of his Kingly Office And in this method I shall proceed 1. To prove Christ to be a King 2. Lay down Reasons why Christ is a King 3. To represent our Duty to Christ as our King 1. To prove Christ to be a King there 1. Christ is proved to be a King by Scripture Prophecies and the accomplishment of them Praeficerem Regem meum Messiam populo meo Israelitico ut illi nomine meo imperaret Vatablus are many Prophecies extant particularly Psal 2. 6. Yet have I set my King upon my holy Hill of Sion This plainly declares Christ to be King of his Church The Prophet Isaiah calls him the Prince of Peace Isa 6. 8. And to distinguish Christ's Government from all other Kings whatsoever he sets forth the perpetuity of Christ's Government ver 7. Of the increase of his Government and Peace there shall be no end Further I 'le cite the same Evangelical Prophet prophesying of Christ's Regal Government and the great Security we shall obtain thereby Isa 32. Quod si vere dictum fuit de Ezechia multo magis de Christo quem optimum ac potius unicum refugium habemus in his procellis quibus nos agitari necesse est quamdiu in hoc mundo versamur quoties ergo torremur aestu sub ejus umbram nos recipere discamus Calv. 1 2. Behold a King shall reign in Righteousness and Princes shall Rule in Judgment and a Man shall be as a hiding place from the Wind and a cover from the Tempest as Rivers of Water in a dry place as the Shadow of a great Rock in a weary Land This King this Man is Christ who shall judg righteous Judgment who shall abundantly secure protect and preserve his people from the violence of their malicious Adversaries When Herod enquired of the chief Priests and Scribes where Christ should be born they gave their answer out of the Prophet Micah c. 5. 2. But thou Bethlehem Ephratah though thou be little among the thousands of Judah yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be Ruler over Israel whose goings forth have been from of old from everl●sting Upon this Answer given from this Scripture by the chief Priests and Scribes Herod supposed that a King should be born to depose him therefore he barbarously murdered the young Children In that Text two things are principally observable 1. Christ's Incarnation out of these Words Thou Bethlehem i. e. out of thee shall Christ

Strength stability and solidity Two Scriptures I shall fix on and by the Exposition of them clear the Analogy The first Scripture is Gen. 49. v. 24. Jacob giving the Blessing to his beloved Son Joseph saith But his Bow abode in Sub 〈◊〉 typo depicta est nobis imag● Christi qui antequam emergerat Victor m●rtis Author vitae positus 〈◊〉 Calvin Strength and the Arms of his Hands were made strong by the Hands of the mighty God of Jacob from thence is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel By this Shepherd and Stone Jacob endowed with a Prophetick Spirit look'd with the Eye of Faith upon Christ for Joseph was a Type of Christ who is the Shepherd of Israel the Foundation Stone and the Corner Stone of his Church Joseph as a Shepherd fed his Father and Brethren and was a helpful Instrument to save much People alive in the time of Famine So Christ is the Shepherd and Preserver of his People to provide for them and supply them Joseph was as a Rock or Stone for defence as an hiding place in providing for his Father and Brethren in Egypt So Christ is a Rock and Refuge and Shelter unto his People Without question that Prophecy of a King that shall reign in Righteousness is to be applied to Christ Isa 32. 1. Jerome one of the Learnedst of all the Fathers applyeth this Prophecy to Christ and the safety of God's People by Christ mentioned ver 2. And a Man shall be a hiding place from the Wind and a covert from the Tempest as Rivers of Water in a dry place as the Shadow of a great Rock in a weary Land * Quicu●que sub ejus umbraculo fuerit sic tutus ●rit in tribulationibus angustiis in mundi istius tempestate 〈◊〉 qui vent●m turbinem fugiens se tuto abscondit loco Hieron in loc Another Scripture which is more clear I shall mention out of Isa 28. 16. Therefore thus saith the Lord God Behold I lay in Zion for a Foundation a Stone a tried Stone a precious Corner Stone a sure Foundation These are rare excellencies of a Stone and this Stone is laid in Zion i. e. the Church of God Let 's review all these excellencies of a Stone and it will evidently appear that they all meet in Christ in an eminent manner 1. This Stone is laid for a Foundation 1. A Foundation Stone A Foundation Stone must be strong and firm whereon the Superstructure may depend for if the Foundation fail the Building either sinks or falls down Now Christ is the Foundation of our Faith He hath founded and setled his Church and if we rely and hold fast on Christ we cannot miscarry The Doctrine of the Gospel is built on Christ Other Foundation can no Man lay than that that is laid which is Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 3. 11. The Foundation which will hold is neither Gold nor Silver Hay nor Stubble no Merits no devised Will-Worship these are rotten Foundations and will fail But the Foundation which will hold is that of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner Stone Eph. 2. 20. 2. This Stone is a tryed Stone Some 2. A Tried Stone Stones are tryed and they moulder and are unfit for a Building but Christ is every way tried by Buffeting Scourgings Crucifixion and by the highest Malice that Men or Devils could put forth against him Many try their Armour before they venture into Battel whether it be Shot-proof Now Christ is Bullet proof as we say and Armour of Proof the whole Quiver of God's Arrows were shot against him and yet he endured it and came off Conqueror 3. This Stone is a precious Stone So 3. A precious Stone Christ is precious in himself He is the Pearl of Price and Plant of Renown the chiefest of ten thousands Christ is precious in the estimation of the Father he is the beloved Son the brightness of the Father's Glory the express Image of his Heb. 1. 3. Person And he is precious in the account of all true Believers they know how to value him they admire his Beauty and are ravished with his Love They have interest in the Blood of Christ and this is more precious than Millions of Worlds If the Soul be precious as we all acknowledg how much more must he be precious who redeems the Soul and Christ alone is the Redeemer of the Soul 4. This Stone is a Corner Stone Other 4. A Corner Stone Stones are knit and cemented to the Corner Stone so all true Believers are cemented in one Body and knit to Christ their Head He is the Corner Stone and the Head of the Corner 'T is true that the Builders rejected this Stone The Jews reviled persecuted and crucified Christ yet he is the Person of whom the Prophecy Psal 118. 22. was fulfilled And so the Apostle expounds that Prophecy in his Sermon Acts 4. 11. This is the Stone which was set at nought of you Builders which is become the Head of the Corner 5. This is a sure Foundation Stone 5. A sure Foundation Stones may and are oftentimes laid for a Foundation but they are not firm and stable and no ways able to support the Building but Christ is a sure firm and strong Foundation To build on this Foundation there 's Strength and Security I might further add 6. That which 6. A living Stone is beyond humane Sence Christ is a living Stone And yet it is evident from the Word of God 1 Pet. 2. 4 5. To whom coming as unto a living Stone disallowed indeed of Men but chosen of God and precious Ye also as lively Stones are built up a Spiritual House Now Christ is a living Stone and he communicates Life unto his Members and by vertue of his Life they live The Dead were raised by the Voice of Christ and those that are dead in Trespasses and Sins are quickned by Christ Eph. 2. 1. Dry Bones take Flesh and Sinews and become an Army when the Spirit breaths Life into them so the Ezek. 37. dead sleepy drowsy never so unlikely in the Eye of Man may be quickned by the Life of Christ But this comparison I need inlarge no farther SECT II. Shewing that Christ is resembled to a Fountain A Second Resemblance of Christ is to a Fountain There are choise Words spoken by the Church as is conceived resigning all the praise of Beauty and Dignity unto Christ who gave it to her The Words are Cant. 4. 15. * Significat populum hunc habuisse foecunditatem copiam donorum spiritualium Clarius A Fountain of Gardens a Well of Living Waters and Streams from Lebanon Gardens that are of the greatest Note have Fountains to water them Standing Pools are not valued here 's mention made of Streams and Living Waters and these Streams come from Lebanon The Head of the Streams of Jordan riseth from Lebanon and makes the Land