Parallel with Mo/ex whom he did exceed. form all he was intruſted with, according to the intention and end of his Commiſſion. He did mott taithfully reveal God, John 1. 18 and his whole faving Will to whom God ſent him, 7ohn 3. 31, tc 34. and 5. 34. and 8.28,38. As his great Prophet, 4A&s 3.22. ] He as faithſully diſcharged the Office of his Prieſthood in ſacrificing him- ſelt to atone God for Sinners, and as faithtully intercedes for all with him unto this diy, and will do fo for ever, with all Truth and Fide- lity diſcharging his Truſt, Chap. 7. 24, to 28. and 9g, 1t, x: 14 24,25, He was taithful in fulfilling all his Types, and in chanze and finiſhing all the Ceremonial Conſtitutions, and filling them up with Goſpel ones, according to God's Will revealed to him about it. He was true to his Father, who afp-znted and conſtituted him to theſe Offices, and folcinnly 1nveſted him 1n them n:44ez9fs here not ſ1sni. tying the making of a Creature, but the making of an Officer, the Pe;jon exiſting before ; He pats him 1ato this tpecial Charge and Of- fice by anointIng him fer it, Ads 2.35. f Mifes was the [ewiſh Mediator, and brouzht them the Law Mora!, Judicial, and Ceremo- nial trom God ; as he was highly ctteemed by them, 1o God teſtih- eth of his Fidelity, Cirift was not only hke to him in Fidelity, but as to both the truth and degrec of it exceeding him. 3/9e, kept to his Pattern ſhewn him tn the Ylount, and Chriſt fultilled in- tirely his Fathers Will, 72bn 5.30, and £.32. and is preferred to him, Moſes was 1o in the whole Church of Trav, ft out by this Metaphor ot a F:ſe ; but Chriſt in all God's Howie and Family both in Heaven and in Earth ; not the leaft thing that concerned the Family, but Chriſt fulilled ; not the meaneft perſon in it, but he careth for and faveth it. A :
3 For this man was counted worthy of more giory than Moſes g, inaſmuch as* he who hath builded the houſe hath more honour than the houſe þ.
£ The Spirit proves to the Hebrews, that the Goſpel-Propliet was not only like to, but more excellent than their greateſt Prophet, and who hath familiarity with God beyond others, as God tcſtifieth, Namb. 12.6, 7, 8. This he proves by an undeniable ſuppoſition that God is better than Man, ſuch is Chriſt ; which he demonſtrates by a Work of God, Hu making the Church and all things. If he made the Church, then he is better than the whole Church, and worthy of more Honour than Mo/zs, who 1s but a Member of it. For ths, Man 15 not in the Original : This G5ſpe/-Prophet, who was God as well as Man, the Apoſtle and High-Prieft of Chriſtians, was efteermed and ac- counted by God the Father the beſt Judge of worth, and who ap- pointed him to his Offices : He treated him more honourably thari Moſes, as he deferved it, having real Excellency and Worth in him- ſeit. He was God's Son, Moſes his Servant ; he lay in God's Boſom ſaw his Face, was his Fellow, Zech. 12. 7. Fobn 1. 14, 18, Miſes only heard his Voice, and faw his Back-parts, Exod. 23. 19, 20, 23, and 34. 5, 6,7. Moes's Face only ſhined, but Chriſt's Perfon was intirely glorious, ver'e 29,30. 2 Cor. 3. 7, Compare Matth. 15. 2 to 6. 2 Pet. 1.17. h He is the cauſe Principal, Efficient and Archi- tet of this Building, not a Stone is laid in it without him. By this Metaphor of hoy/e to which it relateth, is meant God's Spiritual Buil- ding and Temple, 1 Cor. 3. 10, 15,17. Stiled God's Houfhold or Kx- mily, Ephef. 2.19, to 22. In ſum, God's Church, built by and on Chriſt, of which 32s was but one living Stone or Member, x Pet 1.4, to 8. Therefore this Builder ought to be eſteemed and honour- ed above the Church, or 39/25 a Member of it.
4 For every houſe is builded by ſome man z, bur * he that builr all things zs God &,
z The excellency ot this Builder is evinced by his [Nature and Pre- ference beyond his Building, as ahy Man is beyond his; for every Earthly Artincial Building, a material Houſe built for Habitation though it may Metaphorically and Ari2logically be underſtood of 2 Common-Wealth, or Political one, whicit 1s contrived, framed, and raiſed by fome Man ; vet an Efe& can't produce it ſelf, nor a Houſc raife it felt; both muſt havea Cauſe, both the Houſe wherein 3/5 was faithful, and Chriſt's Houſe, h But he who built his Church in all Ages, whether the 74/7; or Chriſtian, and all things about it, of which we ſpeak, and a!l things clte, Matth. 16. 18. Fobn I I; 3. Col. 1,20. He # Gd eflentially; and Chriſt doing God's work, and building all things, is not by Name only, but by Nature, GOD. The whole World is his Workmanſhip, but the Church is the moſt rare, curious, and excellent piece of it. Chriſt is not part of the Houſe, as 2oſes is, but the Builder of it ; He is the Creator _ Builder both of the Ehurch and Him, and fo infinitely above
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5 And Moſcs verily was faithful in all his houſe as 2 Servant /, tor a te!timony of thoſe things which were to be ſpoken after x.
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