in this Verſe, Demonſtration of his excel/ing Angels, having a World to come ſubje#- ed to him, which th:y have not ; for ſo none of theſe incorporeal, in- tellettual, Spiritual Subſtances ſo often diminiſhed before, have, be- cauſe thoſe Hebrews were more adicted to eſteem of them, and the Law miniſtred by them, than of God the Son incarnate, and his Go- ſpel. $s This God the Father, Son, and Spirit, the Creator who formed all things, and had right of diſpoſing all things under their proper Lord, hatin not pur under their Ordering or Government ; he never decreed, toretold, or promited that it ſhould be under their Authority. # The World to come, muſt be interpreted by that Scrip- ture, where it is aſſerted and proved that it was ſubjeed to the great Goſpel-Minilter, and that is in P/al. 8. 5, 6, 7,8, Itisa World that muſt con/iſt of Heaven and Earth ; comp. v. 3, 6, 7. It was a World, ot come, when Pau} wrote this Epiſtle to the He- brews, ſee v.8, It is a World diſtin from this preſent World, Epheſ, 1. 21. in which God-man muſt eminently reign. A World, berweer this World and a heavenly one which is to come,in reſpe&t of us, Inke 18, 32, 1 Tim, 4. % A World to come, which the Angels have nothing to do with, as they have with this, which is greatly under their Adminiſtration 3 ſuch as conſiſts of a new Hea- ven, anda new Earth in which dwelleth Righteouſneſs, 2 Per. 3. T3.tcr Peter aiferts, that Paul according to the Revelation given him of ir, had written to theſe Hebrews, andeminencly in this Text. And unto this do the Prophets give Witneſs, 1ſa?, 65. 17, 15.2466. 22, and of this day of Reft and Sabbath in it, as chap, 4+ 7, 9, 10. lo {jz, 65, 23. And for their Reftitution in this Werid ro come do the Creatures groan, A977. 8. 19, to 23. that they may be therein under the happy adminiſtration of the ſecond dam, the Lord trom Heaven. And of this the 8th P/alm doth af- furens; for it is not, a5 ſome have imagined, a Repreſentation of tne State of the firſt 42m, but of God-man, the jecond Adam and iis Worid; for Chrift applieth it to himſelf, and tefiifierh it was written of him, and is not compatible in it ſelf to any other, H:1th.21,16, this World to come isan heavenly World begun by Chrift to he created, when he commenced to preach the Go- {pe!-Corenant, which Angels were not to meddle with, as they did the Law, but was only to be miniſtred by Men, P/al. 8. 2. Through whote Miniftry of the Word by the Spirit, .is ingrafted into the fntul Nature of the EleQ a new Creature, whereby they are deli. vered from this prejent evi] World, Gal.1.4. and fitted for being In- habitants of this zzew oze, 2 Cor. 4. 6. and 5.17, comp. Epheſ. 4.22, Mt 22, 24.which hath been preparing byChriſt's caſting down Zeathen- WIS |! im and F«daiſm by the Gulpe), Luke 10. 18, Zeb, 12, 26. and "Re gringing them into a new Woxld #t Ordinances and Church-Privi-
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Power, The Law was Preached by Angels, the Goirel by Gol the ſve of its Miniſtration by the Head, not of its Authority. m Set-
witncis to it in Heaven, confirm it on Earth by Miracles, $13ns, and Wonders, and mighty. Dceds by Chrift, Fokn 5. 26. by his Apo- fles,2 Cor, 12. 17. and by the Gifts of the Holy Ghoft.in great va- ricty diftridured to his ApoRles and Publiſhers of this Goſpel, which I, 2, }J, COMPArE 1 Cor, 12, 9, to 11, even tothe Apoſtles ant Hebrews, and to all Nor is Paul leſs the Writer of this Epiitte, for that ke joyns himlelFf with tliem, {ince he did hear both the Lord and the Apoſtles, and was confirming thoſe of them with whom he had fellowſhip, and was confirmed by them, Acts g. 17, 19. Gd. 2.9. Chrift's Diſciples and Apoſtles heard this Goſpel from Fimand did witncls it by Preaching, Writing, and ſealing it with their Blood, Philip, 1.12. 2 Pet. 1.16, 19. which Confirmation Þr was inſtrumental, mediate and ſubſervient to tac Miracles and Gifts of the Holy Ghoſt enjoyed of them, and
4+ * God alſo bearing them witneſs #, both with
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2:2, 12vs and wonderso, and with divers miracles p, and Ad. 1-7} gifts of the Holy Gholt according to his own will q. #r,i/1-4- 7 Here isa further Aggravation of the neglett of the Goſpel of £41195, Calvation, from God's teſtifying to it by the Works and Gifts of his
Holy Spirit : Such fin grievoully, and will receive a proportionable Puniſhment z For God the Father, Son,and Holy Spirtt co-reſtifie with all thoſe Infiruments confirming the Goſpel of Salvation, with a reſtimony peculiarly fitted to it 3 yet in this joynt-witnefſing, God ts the hzohejt, and Auzzms © only to be believed for himſelf. o By torks 250ve Natures reach, fignifying God's being in, and appro-
1210s and glorious were theſe than they which confirmed the Law, DA, 2,22,43. and 4. 30. ſuch ſtrarg: works as raiſed Admiration in all that ſaw them, and a-* pro&gi.Þus to thoſe that hear of them, or read them, Rom, 15. 19. p Miraculous Works ſuch as are com- patied only bv a Divine ſupernatural Power, and variety of theſe,as | healing all Dileaies, railing the Dead, cjetting Devils, Mark 16. 17, 18, Work: of as great Mercy, as Wiſdom or Power. q As Gifts 0! tongues, Prophecies,Sc. Rom, 12. 6, tO 9, Compare 1 Cor, 12. 7, 9,9, 10 iuch as Nature could not furniſh any with, but the Re- decmer 0d by his Spirit, communicating them to various Perſons of divers kinds and in different degrees : From, by, and for himſel! he giveth out theſe wonderful Works; his Will the only Rule for Time, Perſons, Manner and Meaſure of their Diſtribution, allot- ting all their Portion, Row, 12. 2. 1 Cor. 7. 17, and 12. 4, 7, 11.
r The Spirit having applied the Dottrine of the great Goſpel-
lent Name ani Office than Angels, in reſpe&@ of his Deity, purſues to ſhew the'e Hebrews, that he is ſo likewiſe, in reſpe& of his Zu- manity, the other Nature in his Perſon This he proves negatively The rational Particle introducing, ſhews it to be a
Chap, ll,