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As Christ is glorious and excellent, so he doth ex∣cell all others, all creatures whatsoever, even men and Angells, and therefore she saith, He is the chiefe of ten thousand: Or, as the words are in the Hebrew, Having the banner of above ten thousand. Christ is the Standard-bearer of ten thousand, that excells all other creatures in the world. The Spouse useth a meta∣phor
taken from the war, as also putteth a number certaine for an uncertaine, to expresse the commen∣dations of her beloved. Now the Banner or Ensigne is a warlike instrument, and commonly the bearer thereof, one of the chiefest, and tallest, and mightiest men: and among ten thousand men a man may find many goodly countenances, but yet saith she, for found and naturall moysture, and for a most tempe∣rate and beautifull colour: Looke among infinite numbers of people, yea, among all the Sons of Adam, you shall not find one or any, any way matchable with my beloved. The Standard or Ensigne is that, under which the whole Army doe encamp, as appears, Num. 2. Here Christ is set forth above all, to be Gods Stan∣dard-bearer, to be set up for an Ensigne of the Nations, Isa. 11. 10. And all the Armies in Heaven and Earth fol∣low him, Rev. 19. 10. The Saints worship him, An∣gells they adore him, for he is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah; the first borne of God, set above all the Kings of the Earth, as the Psalmist speaketh.
Now in that Christ is set forth comparatively, to be more excellent then ten thousand.
Hence Observe.
That as Christ is glorious and beautifull: so he is incom∣parable beyond all others.
Take the very quintessence and perfection of all creatures, and extract all the glorie out of them, and it will be nothing in comparison to Christs glorie. A∣dam in innocency in his first created glorie, and morall righteousnes, was but a type, a figure of the son of God. Indeed Adam had the perfection of all creatures; but Christ had all the perfections of God himselfe, his wis∣dome, power, goodnesse, and glorie, Christ is that
second Adam, the Lord from heaven, the Lord of glo∣rie, the brightnesse of Gods face and glory, the expresse image of his person, the invisible God, the life manife∣sted, the word of God, the Alpha and Omega, this is he that is Immanuel, or God with us. Thus much for the generall discription of Christ. Now followeth that which is more particular.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Vexillavit, Ʋnde. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Vexillatus.