1. We have here a great blessing promised unto the church; and that is none other than Christ, under the notion of a Prince, and _A Plant of Renown_. 2. We have the Party by whom this promise is made, in the pronoun _I_,--I JEHOVAH, the Eternal GOD, _I will raise up for them a Plant of Renown_. 3. We have the way how this _Plant of Renown_ is raised; _And I will raise him up_. I that am the great Husbandman of the vineyard, _I will raise up for them_, &c. Then, 4. I noticed the persons to whom the promise is made, _I will raise up for them_; that is, for his Church, for his people that are brought into a very low condition; as you will see by reading the preceding part of the chapter. The flock of Christ were scattered by the shepherds of Israel; they were torn, they were devoured, and under manifold trials; Well, what will the Lord do for his flock in that condition? He says, _I will raise up for them a Plant of Renown, and they shall hunger no more_. The observation is much the same with the words themselves, namely, “that our Lord Jesus Christ is a Plant of Renown of his Father’s upbringing:” _I will raise up for them a Plant of Renown_. In prosecution of this doctrine, I proposed to observe the order and method following. _First_, To premise a few things concerning this blessed Plant. _Secondly_, To shew that indeed he is a _Plant of Renown_. And then, _Thirdly_, To speak a little concerning the raising up of this Plant. _Fourthly_, For whom he is raised up. _Fifthly_, For what good, or for what benefit and advantage he is raised up. And, _Lastly_, To apply the whole. As to the first, I spoke to it, and premised a few things concerning this blessed Plant; therefore I shall not stay to resume what was said on that Head. I likewise entered upon the second, and shewed that Christ is _A Plant of Renown_ in several respects: I mentioned eleven or twelve particulars wherein Christ is renowned, but I shall not resume these neither: I shall only tell you a few things wherein this blessed Plant is renowned. 1. In the first place, this blessed Plant, he is renowned for his antiquity. There are many other plants in God’s garden, as angels, seraphims, cherubims, saints militant and triumphant, they are all but upstarts in comparison of him; for he was set up before ever the earth was. You will see that one name of this Plant of Renown is, _The Everlasting Father_, or, “The Father of Eternity,” as it may be rendered.