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CHAP. XIX Containing the second maine Proposition, That Iesus Christ is the Sun of Righ∣teousnesse.
HAving at large shewed, That Jesus Christ is in many respects to his Church what the Sun is to the world. We come now to our second Proposition, to shew how in a more special manner, and by way of Excel∣lency he is the Sun of Righteousnesse. The former sets out his Glory, this his Grace: the former his Person, this his Office: A sin∣gular Elogy this, no where in all the Scrip∣ture again do we meet with the same expres∣sion, though divers like it and to the same effect. He is called, Jesus Christ the Righ∣teous. Our Righteousnesse. The branch of Righteousness. Melchi-zedek the King of Righ∣teousnesse, and Jehovah-tzidkennu, the Lord our Righteousnesse. And to shew that this is Christ his principal Title or proper cognomen or sirname, (as in our common Mariages the wife doth Exuere Parentis, and induere ma∣riti cognomen, changes her owne or fathers name into that of her husband) the Church is called also, Jehovah-tzidkennu. Compare Jer. 23. 5, 6. (Behold the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch, &c. And this is the name whereby [He] shall be called▪ The Lord our Righteous∣nesse.)