Puritans on Christ (3)

Cast thine eyes which way thou wilt and thou shalt hardly look upon anything but Christ. Jesus hath taken the name of that thing upon Himself. Is it day? and dost thou behold the sun? He is called the Sun of Righteousness. Or is it night? and dost thou behold the stars? He is called a Star, “There shall come a Star out of Jacob’.’ Or is it morning? …He is called “the bright Morning Star.” Or is it noon? and dost thou behold a clear light all the world over? He is “that light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world’.’ Come nearer; if thou lookest upon the earth, and takest a view of the creatures about thee, dost thou see the sheep? “As a sheep before her shearer is dumb.” Or seest thou a lamb?

“Behold the Lamb of God’.’ Seest thou a shepherd watching over his flock? “I am the Good Shepherd’.’ Or seest thou a fountain, waters, rivers…? Christ is All-in-all. — Isaac Ambrose

Jesus Christ is a threefold King. First, His enemies’ King-, secondly, His saints’ King-, thirdly, His Father’s King…Well may He be our King, when He is God’s King. But you may say, how is Christ the Father’s King? Because He rules forHis Father. — William Dyer

To forsake Christ for the world, is to leave a treasure for a trifle… eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow.

— William Jenkyn

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