The Preface. caro, IJerbum eft JrtBum; fed cum ejfet Verbum, caro fa~ Bum eft. We do not confound the di<V frfity ·of the ·Na:: tures, howbeit we belieiJe not --what you affirm, that Chrifl: "'WM made - God, but we belie<Ve tlJat God w.u . made Chri.ft. For he' wa-s not made rich tvhen· he was poor; but being riclJ, he lvM made poor, that he might make us ricl:,. He did not take tlJe form of God, tvl:;en he· "'WM in the form of · aJerr-vant ; but being in the form of God, he took on him · the form of a· fer1Jant. In like manner, lJe was not made tl:e vVord when he was flejh; but being the Word; he was made Jlejh. And Hierom fpeaking. of the effe& of this Myftery,' Comment. in EZ!kiel, ~ap. 46. Ne miretur LeEtor fi idem tb'"" principes eft & Sacerdos, & rvitulus, & aries, & ·ag:: nus ; cum in Scripturis SanRis pro r-varietate cartfarum lega::: mus eum 'Dominum, & Deum, & hominem, & Propbetam, & •virgam, & radicem, (::-- ftorem, & principem,_ & ~" gem juflum, 6..... Juflitiam, Apoftolum, & Epijcopum, (Bra::: ciJi.um, Ser1nan, .Angelum, Paflorem, Filium, & Unigenitum, 6'"" Primogenitum, Oftium,, Viam, Sagittam, .Sapientiam, & ' multaalia. Let not t];e·~ader 1vonder if he find one and · the fame· to be the·-Prince and Priejl', the (Bullock, (J{_amb and Lamb; for in the Scripture on r-variety of caufes, ~Ve find .him called Lord, God, and Man, the Prophet,' a (](od, and the rf\9ot, the Flo1ver; .Prince, Judge, aud (]\!gl:Jteous l(jng; 1Qg1Jteoufoefs, ·the Apoftle and (Btjhop, the Arm and Ser·-vant of God,_the Angel, the Shepherd, tbe Son-, the only _, begotten,
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