is not merely fpeculative, but, as it brings the SPIRIT, lays at the bottom of all our practice.

When the title then has juftly this precedency, the others in SS being only expreffive of the characters that form it, when this glorious NAME was thus the refuge of believers in the old world, Gen. iv. 26, and of patriarchs, xlix. 17, in the new, when it was thus the defire of MoSES, Ex. iv. 13, of kings and righteous men, and is the confufion though the fcorn of the wisdom of the flesh, Num. xiv. 10. -the wretched's confolation, as in Zec. and the fhield of martyrs, the joy of raptured spirits and the wonder and confirmation of tranfported angels; heaven's worship and the wifh of nations, death's terror and the dread of trembling hell; who is not difpofed to adore this JESUS as truly GoD, and to offer himfeif, his all to be built up in CHRIST a palace or habitation thus not for man but GOD, faying, Now therefore we thank THEE and praife HY glorious NAME, (a) 1 C. xxix. 11? Who not, whilt countlets angels found HIS MERIT of glory, to join the choral univerfe and with ravifhed foul cry out, (for less than this is formal deadness all) Bleffing and honour and glory and power be unto Him that fitteth upon the throne, and unto the LAMB for ever and ever. Rev. v. 12, 13 Pix. 2.

Alas! how many ferve the creatures, falje Chrifts, their lufts, and deny the ONLY LORD

GOD

(a) Thus by JESUS's being "GOD dwelling in CHRIST," as Broughton calls HIM, p. 219, Zec. xiii. 9, is fulfilled in His day, Jeнovan fhall be ONE and the NAME of HIM X NITED ONE; as He is with man.

GOD and our LORD JESUS CHRIST, Jud. iv. 2 P. ii. 1, though this name implies them, who love HIM not, I Cor. xvi. 22, accurfed, as the enemies of the type, Deut. xxx. 7, and when, to refuse HIM revealed in natural ideas (a) is to war against common fenfe. O! may this SALVATION, I. xlvi, 13, xlix. 6, be known to the former, as it must be, to fee how they will receive it, before the END come, Mat. xxiv. 14; and thefe latter repent. For though fcoffers may fay 2 P. iii. 4, Where is the promise of His coming? &c. trying to fuck out of His goodness an objection against His truth, because judgment is not executed speedily, Ecc. viii. 11; yet is HE not flack concerning His promife, but long-fuffering, fending in the mean time fword, famine, &c. in the world, in our bodies infirmities, troubles, ficknees to roufe men, that they may enter into this ROCK, &c. before He arifeth to shake terribly the earth, If. ii, 2, before this great day of the battle

(a) See the proof of this from the natural images in SS stated in Sophron, printed for E. Dilly. To which I fhall beg to fubjoin that Broughton faw and urged this p. 207, where speaking of the fall of man in autumn Sept, he fays, "Let us bring "the use of this to Divinity; for there can be nothing sweeter "to the mind than to fee the counfels of GoD agree with the "whole courfe of nature, &c." The whole paffage is well worth perufal. Mede, p. 178, 179, speaking of “the seven

lamps, fignifying the feven planets, &c." as Jofephus, in Antiq. L. iii. c. 7, fays and "the lamps standing flopingwife as "it were to exprefs the obliquity of the Zodiac," adds, "If "the invifible things of GOD may be learned, as St. Paul fays, "from the creation of the world; why may not the invifible "intelligible word be learned from the fabrick of the vifible? "the one (it may be) being the pattern of the other." p. 73. So Patrick in his preface to Aqu. Gen. "All this world below is but "the image of the world above manifeft images of heavenly things." p. 5. So to ridicule this truth is to laugh at the greatest men as well as $5.

tle of the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, Rev. xvi. 14, xix. 15. that they may believe in this NAME JE, THE SAVIOR (a) thus precious in time, more precious to the faints in eternity, Mal. iii. 16, and as the people of. xxiii. 14, know in their [then CeL] whole perfected hearts and their whole perfected frames that not one thing has failed of all the good things, which the LORD your GOD Spake, &c. For what weight can His interceffion want who is [JE] THE ESSENCE? what foe, fa. xvii. cannot He deliver the believer from?

It may contribute to the clearer manifestation of HIM, if the reader of the SS will remember always first to pray to GOD for the SPIRIT of wisdom and revelation for the knowledge of HIM, Eph. i. 17, in the SS, and then to underftand Lord in small letters, the GOD of JACOB, MIGHTY ONE, (b) NAME, GLORY, LIGHT, ANGEL of the LORD, WORD, covenant, MAN of GOD, ROCK, tower, Horn, &c. of the DIVINITY of JESUS; day of His; ark, fanctuary, house, city, tent, tabernacle, temple, holy place, palace, courts, heritage, camp, fhadow, covert, branch, land, of the human nature; a prophet, priest, ruler, governor, captain, prince, leader, chief, head, king, &c. of His offices ;-enemies, fufferings, death, deliverance, conqueft, peace, anointing or exaltation, or kingdom of His, fins of 002

any,

(a) It is no wonder the beathens even amidst their apoftacy had their Juno (foteira) " the favior," as He was to be manifeft in the flesh of a woman, -and the Romans their [ falus dea] goddess health or falvation," and [porta falutaris] "the "falutary" or "falvation-gate."

(b) This is fo fed in many collects,

any, of ours He bore; their obedience, offerings, lamb, &c. of His; battles, vengeance, fire or wrath or floods, &c. of that wrath HE had; fleb, &c. of His; valley of His lowly, and hill or mountain of His mounted up or exalted, human nature and church in HIM; mufical inftruments of HIM, or foul and body fricken for us; redemption, faivation, of His as man and curs; the meek, poor, afflicted, humble, righteous, juft, boy, fervant, &c. in the Pfalms, of JESUS; the promifes as made to HIM, (though many in the letter to the Jews) and in HIM to us; the judgments as thofe He bore for you; wells of Him as the well of falvation; freams, &c. of those from His fide, and as well as cloud or wind, of the HoLY GHOST;-one as denoting His united nature, two or fecond, renewed, three or third as ONE of the TRINITY. EL in the proper names as this INTERPOSING GOD, JaH in them as this ESSENCE, ADONI as this LORD or DIRECTOR: the parables confider as figures, and miracles and circumftances as figns of like cures and circumftances of fouls, the rites as fhadows, women as the efpoufed human nature; or put the words like, true or fpiritual to every circumftance, always remembering not to give loofe to fancies that deftroy, but follow the letter as the picture to lead you to the things pictured: and you will then by the bleffing of GOD, find JESUS looking thro' the SS to draw you to HIM fhewing your fin and His love, ftrengthening your faith, raifing your hopes, calling forth your defires to run in prayers after Him, waking your circumfpection, comforting you in affliction, marking out the way to the crown, pledging His communion and

your

your refurrection in Hrs, rehearfing your victory, as well as premonifhing you of the judgment to come, and in all affording you fuch demonftrations of His truth as must confound the adverfaries.

Having then fuch an omnipotent LEADER to fight against our enemies, let us use the words of faith, Jer. xvii. 13, Save me and I shall be faved, We are thy fervants, Jo. ix. 8, 25, in nothing terrified on account of our weakness or adverfaries; because tho' our life be a continual fight, yet this Captain of our falvation one with us will fuccor us with HIS HOLY SPIRIT to ftand, if we pray to HIM recover us, relieve our wants, and make us fo to get daily victories over our lufts that we may fit down with HIM on HIS throne and enter into His reft. For if (the typic) JESUS had given them reft, then would he not afterward have spoken of another DAY: therefore there remaineth a reft unto the people of GOD.-Let us labour then to enter into that reft, left any Man fall after the Jews example of unbelief, Heb. iv. I, 9, 18. And having boldness to enter into the holieft by the blood of JESUS [THE ESSENCE THE SAVIOR] by a new and living way, which He bath confecrated for us through the veil, that is to fay, his flesh, and having an HIGH-PRIEST (as the typic JESUS) over the boufe of GOD let us draw near with a true heart in full affurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled with pure water: Let us hold faft the profeffion of our faith without wavering. For He is faithful that promifed. And let us confider one another to provoke unto love and to good works, not forfaking the affembling of ourselves together, (as the congregation affembled in one body under the types) as the manner of fome is,

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