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A42017	Sermons of Christ, his last discovery of himself of [brace] the spirit and bride, the waters of life, and, his free invitation of sinners of come and drink of them : from Revel. 22. 16,17 / by William Greenhill ...	Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1656 (1656)	Wing G1858; ESTC R40034	141,801	259

Saul was given in wrath and rejected of God and therefore it is not called the Kingdom of Saul and the reckoning is not from Saul but it is called the Kingdom of David and the reckoning is from David so that he was a most eminent and a known person in Israel of great repute in Israel 2 Chron. 13.5 Ought yee not to know That the Lord God of Israel gave the Kingdom over Israel to David our Father for ever even to him and to his Sons by a Covenant of Salt God gave the Kingdom to David and David was the most eminent King and the Founder of the Kingdom of Israel therefore here David is rather mentioned he is the Off-spring of David the Founder of the Kingdom of Israel 2 David was the most lively Type of Jesus Christ of any in the whole Scripture and therefore he is named the Off-spring of David rather than any others David was beloved of God so his name signifies and David you know slew the Bear and the Lion and reserved the Sheep and the Lamb from them David killed Goliah and freed the whole Army of Israel from him David was a gre●t Warrier a great Conqueror and got famous Victories David brought back the Ark of God David was a man indured great afflictions after he was annoynted King for many years together before hee came to the Throne and to the Kingdom David likewise was a Prophet and Psal 22. is a Psalm wherein David is set out fully to be a type of Christ all along that Psalm So Christ he was the beloved of God and Christ he delivered the Lambs from the Bear and the Lion Christ he slew Goliah he led Captivity captive the Lord Christ obtained great Victories over the World Sin and Sathan and all our Spiritual enemies the Lord Christ brought back the Ark the truths of God that were in darkness and hid he brought immortality and Life to light again The Lord indured here in this World a great deal of misery before hee came to glory and therefore he is said to be the Off-spring of David rather than any other 3 But lastly For answer to this The Prophecy was that Messiah should be the Son of David God had promised David That out of his loyns Christ should come 2 Sam. 7.15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee And thine House and thy Kingdom shall be established for ever before thee thy Throne shall be established for ever Mark God promises him a Throne that should be established for ever he must have a seed then and that God swears unto him concerning it Psal 89.35 36. Once have I sworn by my holiness That I will not lie unto David his seed shall indure for ever and his Throne as the Sun before me This is spoken of Christ the Seed and the Scripture saith That of the seed of David Messiah should come Now though the promise were made to Abraham that Christ should come of his seed and he is said to be the Son of Abraham yet David is put first because the Promise was later made to David than to Abraham therefore the eyes of the Jews were upon that promise rather than any other Hence you find that it was ordinary and common in their mouths To look at Christ the Son of David Matth. 15.22 A woman of Canaan came out of the same coast and cryed unto him saying have mercy upon me O Lord thou Son of David and Matth. 20.30 And behold two blind men sitting by the way side when they heard that Jesus passed by cryed out saying have mercy on us O Lord thou Son of David And chap. 21.9 And the multitude that went before and that followed after cried saying Hosanna to the Son of David even all sorts looked at Messiah to be the Son of David and the Off-spring of David Hence is it that rather David is named here than others Object But if Christ be the Son of David It may be said by way of Objection from that in Isa 53.8 And who shall declare his Generation If Christ be the Son of David every one may declare his Generation therefore how do these two Scriptures then correspond Who shall declare his generation saith Isaiah Now Matthew and John tell his Generation that he is the Son of David and the Off-spring of David Answ For answer First of all know That some Expositors and not without cause do refer this in Isaiah to Christs divine Nature and generation of God and who can declare his Ganeration that is who can declare how the Father begot the Son how Christ from all eternity should be a Son let that man arise and set his gifts and graces a work to the uttermost as he can and shew the Generation of Christ his eternal generation it is beyond the comprehension of men or Angels therefore I say some Expositors refer it to that and so who can tell his Geneneration 2 It may be referred to Christs days and years that he was for to live and continue after his Incarnation for he speaks in this Chapter of Christ as man and suffering and saith he here in the verse Who shall declare his Generation for he was cut off out of the land of the living Who shall declare his Generation That is the continuance of his days and time for they thought that when he was cut off there had been an end of his daies but there was not an end of Christs days for though his humane nature were laid in the grave yet there was a root under that the Divine Nature and he was raised again and Christ he lives for ever Heb. 7. and Rev. 1.18 I am he that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Who shall declare his Generation Who shall declare the days and years that Christ now shall live he lives for ever he lives for evermore who shall declare his Generation Or Thirdly And that which I conceive to be more full yet Who shall declare his Generation that is The off-spring that shall come of him for we say this is the Generation of such a man these are his posterity Who shall declare his Generation that is Who shall declare his seed his children those that shall be his for the Lord Christ he hath a seed Heb. 2.13 Behold I and the children which thou hast given me Christ had children he had an Off spring Isa 9.6 he is called the Everlasting Father because he hath children children in all ages and in all Generations and Christs Generation did exceed declaring who shall declare his Generation Act. 21.20 Thou seest brother how many thousands of Jews there are which beleeve How many ten thousands as the word signifies in the original many millions and Rev. 7. There was sealed out of every Tribe twelve thousand an hundred forty and four thousand And in vers 9. After this I beheld and loe a great multitude

fruit is good fruit fruit becoming the Gospel fruit worthy of Grace and worthy of a man that is called justified and sanctified other fruit you bare now you bear such fruit as Christ did those that are translated and cut off from the old Adam and ingrafted into Christ they bear other fruit than before therefore inquire what root you are upon whether you are rooted into Christ yea or no that will yeeld a great deal of comfort unto you if it be so 7 Further If Christ be the Root of Nature the Root of Grace and the Root of Glory and of all then this is great comfort unto every true Christian why he is planted in Christ and hee shall never dry nor wither away in the 1 Psal he speaks there of a Tree planted by the water side that bringeth forth his fruit in his season his leaf also shall not wither why he that is a true Christian that is intrinsically ingrafted into Christ he is in such a root that hath life water of life and vertue and is communicating continually unto the branches I am come in the tenth of John that you may have life and that yee may have it more abundantly If thou be truly in Christ thou shalt have life and have it more abundantly thou art in a River of Water thou art in a root that hath abundance of all Spiritual good and Spiritual Blessings for you therefore look to it that you be in Christ and then you shall have vertue in him your root shall never wither it shall never decay 8 If Christ bee the Root of all then bee exhorted every one to get interest in this Root get interest in him and then your natures will be sanctified get interest in him and then you will have of all the fulness of Christ and you shall have of all his glory Men and Women they labour to be rooted in the World to be rooted in Sin O how are men rooted in sin rooted in wicked practices how are they rooted in worldly things and so intangled and fixt that there is no getting of them off or out from the World what saith the Apostle 2 Colos 7. saith he rooted and built up in Christ O be rooted saith hee but where in Christ it is good to be rooted in Christ O labour to be rooted in him rooted in the love of Christ in the power of Christ in the Merits of Christ in the Intercession of Christ O labour to be rooted in these and then you will grow And the way to bee rooted in these is double there are but two things that I shall name and they are principall things The First is by Faith and the Second by Love Get faith in Christ that unites you to him and the more faith the more rooted in him and get further and further into Christ labour for faith and that will fix you settle and establish you in Christ it is our want of faith that makes us so off and on with God and with Christ and such poor Creatures as we are well labour for faith and that is a drawing Vertue a drawing Grace it will draw from Christ whatsoever is to bee had in him And then love the Lord Jesus where there is love how doth it root a man in the heart of a man or woman so if you love the Lord Jesus more you will be rooted more in him that is the way to be rooted in Christ get faith and get love 9 Lastly If Christ be the root of Reason the root of Grace and Glory the root of all then let us give the glory and praise of all to Jesus Christ and attribute nothing to our selves or others We are wonderful apt when wee see a Tree full of fruit to attribute it to the Tree O it is a very good Tree you look not to the root you attribute nothing to that whereas it is the root you should attribute it to so now we attribute this to our selves our own endeavours labours improvements and diligence but wee look not at the Root we look not at Christ who is the Root of Nature wee look not at Christ who is the Root of Grace we look not at Christ who is the Root of Glory and therefore see the reason why we are so little in thankfulness because wee have so little faith But if we had more faith now to see the root we should be more thankful the root is a hidden thing Christ is in Heaven and Christs Divine Nature was hidden and because we see not Christ as God see not Christ as Mediator look not at Christ as all in all therefore we give not that glory to him but wee look at second Causes Meanes Ordinances Magistrates Parents Friends and the like and so God and Christ lose their Glory and their Honour but if you would look at the root and say O this comes from Christ this comes from God this comes from the Mediator from his Grace yea all comes from him O then your hearts would be carried out to speak of and to glorifie his name Well look at Christ for you have nothing but from him therefore not to me nor to others but unto thee alone O Lord be all the glory Christs Royal Descent REV. 22.16 And the Off spring of David I Now proceed to the next words The Off-spring of David The word for Off-spring is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and it signifies that from whence another thing comes or proceeds Phil. 3.8 Circumcised the eighth day of the stock of Israel or of the off-spring of Israel Paul saith he was of the Israelites he proceeded and came from them hee was of that Race of that Generation and in Isa 44. vers 3. I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and stouds upon dry ground I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thine off-spring upon those that are of thy Loynes and that descend from thee that is the meaning of the word Off-spring your Children are your Off-spring so that the meaning here is That the Lord Jesus Christ is of the Race of David In the Scriptures he is said to be the Seed of the Woman Gen. 3. he is said to be the son of Abraham Mar. 1. and the Off-spring of David here he is of the Race of Man-kinde of the Race of David In Matth. 1.1 The Book of the Generation of Jesus Christ the Son of David and Christ is very frequently in the Gospel called The Son of David Matth. 9.37 Thou Son of David have mercy on us Now to open the words yet a little further a Question may here be Q. Why is Christ said to be the Off-spring of David rather than of any other when as in Matth. 1. he is the Off-spring of all there mentioned Ans There be several Grounds or Reasons for it 1 David was he that founded the Kingdom of Israel there began the foundation of the Kingdom of Israel Saul was the first King but