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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29348	The mighty Christ the saints help, or, A cleer discovery of the mightinesse and excellency of Christ in all things of and concerning him from the first promise of him, to his last appearing and kingdome : with application thereof to the severall states and conditions of men : being the substance of severall sermons preached at Northwalsham in Norfolk, upon Psal. 89, 19, I have laid help on one that is mighty / by Richard Breviter.	Breviter, Richard.	1662 (1662)	Wing B4424A; ESTC R25944	132,959	309

he shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David and he shall reigne over the house of Jacob for ever and of his kingdome there shall be no end To the Shepheards Luke 2.10 11. The Angel said unto them feare not for behold I bring you good tydings of Great joy which shall be to all people for unto you is borne this day in the City of David A Saviour which is Christ the Lord. Sixthly The testimony of Enemies and the testimony of Adversaries is of greatest validity The Jews themselves testified that he was a Mighty One Joh. 11.47 48. The chiefe Priests and the Pharisees gathered a Councel and said What do we for this man doth many miracles If we let him thus alone all men will beleeve on him so likewise John 12.19 The Pharisees said among themselves Perceive ye how ye prevaile nothing behold the world is gone after him Josephus the Jew who was borne not long after Christ writeth There was at this time One Jesus a wise man if it be lawfull to call him a Man a worker of most wonderfull miracles and a Master and Teacher of all such men as are willingly content to embrace the truth Yea the Jews do grant and record Christs miracles and make mention of many wonderfull workes which Jesus did that are not written by our Evangelists As the Authour of the book call'd Proofes of Christianity observeth The very Turkes give this testimony of him That he was a great Prophet Mighty in word and deed and that the Jews did evill in crucifying of him Yea the Devils themselves confessed and acknowledg'd him to be a Mighty One For they came out of many crying out saying Thou art Christ the Son of God Luk. 4.41 So vers 33 34. A man which had a spirit of an uncleane Devil cryed out with a lowd voice saying Let us alone what have we to do with thee Thou Jesus of Nazareth art thou come to destroy us I know thee who thou art The holy One of God Sixteenthly Mighty in same he is of Great fame In the dayes of his flesh as soone as ever he began to preach and work miracles his fame went thorowout all Syria In what Land or Country soever he was his fame spread abroad in all that Country his fame was not onely spread thorowout all the Land of Israel but also into many other Nations of the world by the Preaching of the Apostles for he sent them into all Nations into all the world Math. 28.19 Mark 16.15 Repentance and remssion of sin being to be preached in his Name among all Nations beginning at Jerusalem and they accordingly went and made him knowne where ever they came and the word of the Lord mightily prevailed and his fame hath spread abroad ever since It hath of late spread in New-England and other parts so that his Name is Great in the world his fame is gone into all Lands even the fame of him as of a Saviour a deliverer a Mighty One Seventeenthly Mighty in his Attendance Not onely men Disciples but the Angels also ministred unto him The Angels declared his Conception and birth and attended him when borne an Angel appeared to direct Joseph for his preservation Math. 2.13 Saying arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt c. When he had been tempted of the Devil Angels came and ministred unto him Math. 4.11 When he was in his sufferings there appeared an Angel unto him from heaven strengthening him Luk. 22.43 At his Resurrection an Angel from heaven came and rolled back the stone from the doore of the Sepulchre and sate upon it and declared his Resurrection to the Women Math. 28.2 5 6. Yea two Angels in white sate the one at the head and the other at the feet where the body of Jesus had layen John 20.12 When he ascended two Angels attended him Act. 1.10 When he shall come againe he shall come attended with his Mighty Angels 2 Thes 1.7 For he shall come in his Glory and all the holy Angels with him Math. 25.31 And when he shall sit upon the throne of his glory thousand thousands shall minister unto him and ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands stand before him Dan. 7.10 Rev. 5.11 Eighteenthly A Mighty One in holiness and righteousness so holy as he is called by way of eminency The holy One Act. 3.14 The holy one of God Luke 4.34 None so holy as he so righteous as he is called also the righteous 1 Joh. 2.1 The just Act. 3.14 Righteous before God The Lord calls him his Righteous servant Isa 53.11 Righteous also before men even Enemies Pilate who condemned him did a little before pronounce him a Just person Math. 27.24 he took water and washed his hands before the multitude saying I am innocent of the blood of this Just person And Judas who betrayed him cleared Christ and accused himselfe saying I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood Math. 27.4 His mightiness and eminency in holiness and righteousness doth appeare First Generally in his obedience to the will of God he said he came downe from heaven not to do his own will but the will of him that sent him Joh. 6.38 and accordingly he made that his great business and designe while he was on earth his mightiness therein may be seene First In the universality of it he did whatsoever his Father required and left nothing of his will undone he kept the whole Law and offended not in One point he did not onely the easiest and pleasant but also the hardest and most grievous part of his fathers will when his soul was exceeding sorrowfull even unto death he prayed not so much for the removing of that Cup as that his fathers will might be done Math. 26.39 42. Hence that of the Apostle Phil. 2.8 He became obedient unto death even the death of the Crosse Secondly In the exactness and perfection of it he kept the whole Law exactly as he was not wanting in the matter so he did not faile in the manner of performing his fathers will there was no defects nothing lacking in his obedience he did all things well what we are pressing towards and reaching forth unto he attained he was perfect in every good worke and stood compleate in the whole will of his father and hence it is that it is recorded of him that he was without sin knew no sin did no sin which could not be if he had failed in any thing Thirdly In the Constancy of it Christ did not obey by fits but constantly though we cannot he continued in all things which are written in the book of the Law to do them This righteous one held on his way he did not faile nor was he discouraged yea when persecution and tribulation did arise against him because of his doing the will of his father he

his teaching was and is with power and authority upon the consciences of men wonderfully convincing of sin and righteousnesse he is a teacher that openeth both the Scriptures and understandings too Luke 24.32 45. He doth not only propound truth to men as others do but he makes them stoop to it which none else can do his Ministration is with such power and efficacy as that he puts the Law of God into the minds of his people and write it in their hearts and this is the sole prerogative of him who is both King Priest and Prophet as hath been shewn Fifthly In the Command of God concerning him viz. to heare him God at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the Fathers by the Prophets and his Command to the people was to heare them but God hath in these last dayes spoken unto us by his Son that Great Prophet who is greater than all the Prophets which were before him he being the substance of all their Testimony and he hath commanded that we should heare him This the Voice out of the cloud uttered saying This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Heare ye him yea this is the speciall and strict command of God Act. 3.22 A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me Him shall ye heare in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you and not onely so but the severity of God is and will be towards all those that reject and despise his words for every soule that will not heare that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the people Act. 3.23 Therefore he saith See that ye refused not him that speaketh for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on Earth much more shall not we escape if we turne away from him that speaketh from heaven Heb. 12.25 This is his commandement that we should beleeve on the Name of his Son Jesus Christ 1 Joh. 3.23 Surely he is a mighty Prophet whom the Lord doth so strictly charge the people to heare I thought to have enlarged upon this subject by inserting some of the speciall predictions precepts ptomises and instructions of this Prophet but what hath been already mentioned is sufficient for the present designe viz. to demonstrate his mightiness in th●s office also Twenty-secondly In the Carriage of others towards him First In the carriage of the generality of the people as First Their recourse to him we reade not that any of the Patriarchs Judges Kings Prophets or Apostles were so followed and flockt to as he was As soone as he was borne we reade of wise men who came a great journey from the East to Jerusalem to worship him and as soone as he began to teach and worke miracles such multitudes followed him that he was fain to goe up into a Mountaine to teach his Disciples Math. 5.1 and as soone as he was come downe Great multitudes followed him Math. 8.1 He was seldome without multitudes who attended to see his miracles and to heare his wisdome and the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth sometimes there was such an innumerable multitude of people gathered together that they trod one upon another Luk. 12.1 When he was in Capernaum in Simons house healing all the City was gathered together at the doore And rising up early a great while before day he went into a solitary place Simon having found him said unto him All men seek for thee Mark 1.33 37. Sometimes he was so thong'd that they could not bring the sicke nigh unto him in an ordinary way that neither his mother nor brethren could come at him Luke 8.19 When the Apostles gathered themselves together unto him to give him an account of some matters he called them into a desart place to rest a while for there were many coming and going and they had no leisure so much as to eate And though they departed into a desart place by Ship privately the people saw them departing and many knew him and ran a foot thither out of all Cities and out-went them and came together unto him And when he came into the Land of Genesareth came out of the Ship straightway they knew him and ran through that whole Region round about and began to carry about in beds those that were sick where they heard he was and whither soever he entred into Villages or Cities or Countries they laid the sick in the streets and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment Mark 6.30 31 32 33 53 54 55 56. This carriage of the people speak him forth to be o●e from whom they expected great things Secondly Their marvelling and wondring at his Doctrine and Workes and that not seldome once or twice onely but often they often marvelled they often wondred they were often amazed they were often astonished as might be shewne and as it was often in respect of time so it was much and great in respect of measure It is said Mark 6.51 when Christ went up unto his Disciples into the Ship the winde ceased and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure and wondred when the Damsel which was dead arose and walked they which beheld it were astonished with a great astonishment Mark 5.42 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they were in an extasie in a great extasie they were not themselves for the time so when he healed the man which was deafe and dumbe they that saw it were beyond measure astonished Thirdly Their Rejoycings and Acclamations As he did ride into Jerusalem a very great multitude spread their garments in the way others cut downe branches from the trees and strawed them in the way and the multitudes that went before and that followed cryed saying Hosanna to the Son of David blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest Math. 21.8 9. So likewise when he had answered the Ruler of the Synagogue cavilling at him for healing on the Sabbath day it is said All the people Rejoyced for all the Glorious things that were done by him Luke 13.17 Fourthly Their beseechings the great and mighty ones besought him Jairus one of the Rulers of the Synagogue fell at his feet and besought him greatly to come and lay his hands on his little daughter Mark 5.22 23. The Centurion came beseeching him on behalfe of his servant Math. 8.5 6. Yea a certaine Noble man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Joh. 4.46 47. Some Princely mighty one went unto him and besought him that he would heale his Son for he was at the point of death yea this was the carriage of the very Devils towards him Math. 8.31 Mark 5.12 Fifthly Their worshipping Many of those that came to him fell downe at his feet and worshipped him the Ruler of the Synagogue and others both good and bad worshipped him all along In his Infancy Math. 2.11 In his Man-age oft After his Resurtection Math. 28.9