·Tbe Preface. . of the accomplifhment of all thofe Counfels, and the communication of their effeCts unto the eternal Glory of God. ( 3.) As he \Vas in his own Perfon as inc.ar.. nate, the Idrea and exemplar in the tnind of God of ·all that Grace and Glory in the Ch~rch, which was defign– ed unto it, in thofe eternal Counfels. As the caufe of all good unto us he is on this account acknowledged by the Antients. OJT~ yV'v oc /\ay~, dxpf'i@. iJ ~ 11) ,.,.-d/\CJ.A -np;~, ilv y~ ~v G~:w; 'iJ ~ €0 Tb. Nu'v J ~'Pdvn dv::1pw7rot5, duTo\ ffif. o i\o?fl5, <: , '' 0 ' , '' l"'\ , 1 c: N ,, , ,.... 0 f1.9V05 a-p..cpw ~1:05 T€ 'fj. a-v::regJ'7nl5, a-1IUY"TWV nfJ.J.V (;(.,1'1105 a-'Yi-::JCJJ v, f~ith Clemens, Adhort. ad Gentes. He therefore is the TVord, the cauje of old of our 13ei7~, for he wa-s .in God, and the caufe of our U7e//::being. :But nouJ he hatl; appeared unto men, the fame etemal Word, who alone is both God and man, aJ·:d unto us t!Je caufe of all that isgood. As he was in God the caufe ofp~1r Being and Well,being from eternity ; he vvas the foundation of the Divine Counfels in the \Vay explained ; and in his Incarnation, the execution of them all was committed unto him, that through hitn all altual good, all the fruits of thofe Counfels might be conununicated unto us. . ' Chap. 5. l-Ie is alfo declared in the next place, as he is the Image and great R.eprefentative ofGod, even the Father, unto the Church. On what various accounts he is io called , is fully declared in the difcourfe it felf. In his Divine Perfon, as he was the only begotten of the - Father,
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