1 1 2 Honour due to tl;e Perfon of Chrifl; · . \ cHAP. IX. Honour due to the Perfon of Chrifl ; tl;e Nature'andCaufes of it. MAny other Confiderations ofthe fame nature with thoie foregoing re~ating unto the Glory and Honour '– of the Perjon ofChrijl, may be taken from all the Fundamen– tal Principles of Religion·. And our Duty it is in them all, to confider the Apoflle and High Priefl ofour P rofej/ion theAuthor and Finifher of our Faith. I fl1all not infifl: on more, but ·proceed unto thofe Principles ofTruthwhich are immediately direCtive of our 'Duty towards him ; without diligent atten- . dance whereunto, we do but in vain bear the name of.Chri– flians. And the fubflance of what is defigned may be inch.}.>' ded in the following Afiertion. . · The Glory, Life and Power of Chrijlian Religion, as Chrifli– an Religion, and as feated in thefouls ofmen, with all the Affs andDuties which properly /Jelong thereunto, and are therefore peculiarly Chriflian, and all the Benefits and Priviledges we receive /:;y it, or 0' vertue ofit, with the whole of the Honour and Glory that arije unto God thereb)', have all of them their f,rmal nature and reafon, from their Ref}eff and Relation unto , the ·Perfon of Chrift; nor is he a Chriflian who is otherwife minded. In the confirmation hereof it will appear what Judgment . ought to be paffed on that enquiry, which after the uninter– rupted Profeilion of the Catholick Church for fo many Ages of a Faith unto the contrary, is begun to be made by fome a· . mongfi us; namely, of what uJe is the Perfon of Chrifl in Re– lirz,ion. For it proceeds on this fuppofition, and is determined accordingly, that there is fomething in Religion wherein the Perfon
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