The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, William ... - Adkinshorton.net

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1 The dMerittritm Frice of our Part I.
of this Text muft be fetched trom chap. 52. 13. as Tremelius doth
well obferve : There the Prophet fpeaks of the moft excellent fcrvice
of the Mediator, which he (h«juld moft wifely and prudently
accompliih for our Redemption: then in chap. 5^. he begins to
tell us,that the knowledge thereof (hall be publilhed abroad in the
world, bythc report of the Go(pel: bu: in vcrf. 1. tne Prophet
breaks ou: into admiration, at tuc iVange unbeleet of moft of the
Jews that would no: imbrace the report ot thi glad t5'di^g^ : and
diertupon the Prophet doth enquire into the reaibn of their unbe-
Jcef : and the firft reafbn was, bccaufe they held the perlon of the
mediator to be but baely defcendcd, X'erfex.z. they held him to
be no better than a bare and bafc man ;
without any fuch form or
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beauty as they expected (hould be in ihcir Meffiah f.>r they expeded
that their M^fliah Ihould come among them , like a gloiious
conquering King • and therefore became his birth, breeding,
and parentage, wa lo poor and obfcure, they dcfpifed him as a poor
fhuot from a dry decayed (lock ; aud in this reipecfi the Jews faid
mkoxn^Is nttthis the Carferter LMdrk^6. 5. and // /jct this
tkeCarpinters Son Mat. 15. f;^. and in (corn they faid, that
they knew not whence he wasj Uhn 9. 24. and in fcorn they asked
him where he had his Learning John 7.1^. Inthcfeandfuch like
rcfpCi^s, ihcy were a(hamed to acknowledge him to be their Mcfliah
; and therefore they refufed to beleeve on him, Uhn.\z. 7, 7.
But the truth is, if ih.ir cys had been in their heads , they might
have feen that he was defcended of the right Kingly line of Ddvid,
and tliat he was the next apparent heir to the Crown, if Tyrants
had given him his right,according to the common Law of Nations,
as it is evident by his Genealogy trom Jofefh his reputed Father, in
AfAt. I. and by his mother Mnries Gcnealogie, in Luks I
• But at
this time his parents durft not openly
for fear of Tyrants,
manifeft their Kingly right,
they kept their defccnt only in private records,
for the latter part of their (7cncalogie, in C^fatth. 1. and in L$fl^ 3
is notdtcd from the publick Scripture Records, as the firft part is
and in this regard Chrifts parents might well fay to their
faithful
friends and kindreds, as it is faid in £/ai ;. 7. Mdkc me »# Prince
»fthe P eophjftr there is no Oresd nor clothing in mj houfe :
the Tabernacle or Family oiDavui was fallen into decay .as jimos
foretold it (hould (Jmos y. 11.) Therefore feeing there was no
outward
for now