12 4 Book IV. J.Looiung ttr.to ']h:fu.s. ~------------------- ------- Chap. I .Sect 4 . ICO.j ,li. revealed, it Jo ravi(hed hz! Difciples beam;· t11at:t<tthe firft. Ji!.h;-thmof the)-:Jtft~"fi, and f•llowedhitl!.: andit Jo ajlonijhedhi; enemies, rh~t they jf11mbled and fdl to the ground ?o then be had not our perfonal infirmities, bur only our nliUraJ ; and good reafon, fo; mdeed be took nor upon htm an humane perfon, bur only an hum•ne nature united to the perfon of his Godhead. Bur why was it rcquifite that our Saviour lhould be man? I anfwer, t, Becaufe our Saviour muf1 fuffer and die for our fins, which the Godhead could nor do. 2. Beoufe our Saviour mu£1 perform obedience to the Law, which was nor agreeable ro rhe Law– giver; the Godhead 'Certainly is free from all manner of fubje<'tion. 3. Becaufe our Saviour mu£1 fatisfie the juflice of God in the fame nature wherein it was offended . for fince by man <awe death, by man came alfo ti?e rdjizrreEiion oJ the dead. 4· Becaufe by thu rf!ums we mz.ght have free ttccefs to the Throue of Grace, and rmght find help in oltr neceffities, having fiech an High Pricft a& was in all things tc;r.pted !tk! rtmo ~u, and l.t'VA t!C• quainted with o11r infirmities mhir own perfon, Heb. 4· I 5·-5. z. SECT. IV. Of the diftinE!ion of the two N,meres in Chrift. 4·A Real diftindion of thefe two Natures is evident, I. In regard of elfence, the Godhead cannot be Manhood , nor can the Manbood be the Godhead. 2. In , regard of proprieties. the C!odhead is mo£1 wife, jult, omnipotent, yea wifdom, juf1ice; Lu1e "· 4'·~ ommpotency lt felf, andfo Js nor the Manhood, neaher can tt be. 3. They have di– f1m<'twtlls; Notmywi/l, b~~tthy wdl be done, 0 F.zther! phinly differencing thewill of a Creature from the will of a Creator. 4· The very actions in the work of Re- ]ohn '0 · 18 • demption are indeed infeparable, and yer dilbnguiOJable; I lay do1vre my life, and tak§ it up again: to lay it down was rhe action of man, nor of God; and to take it up, was the action ofGod, not of man; in rhefe refpects we fay each nature remains in it felf emire, without any conv~rfion, compofition·, commixtion or confufion: there is no converfion of one into the other, as when he changed water intO wine; no compofition of both, no abolition of either, no confufion ar all. It is eafle to obferve this real di– !linction of his two natures from fir(! to Ja(l; as, fir£1, He was conceived as others, and fo; he was man ; but he was conceived by the .holy Gho£1, as never man was; a~id fo he is God. 2· He was born as others, and fo he was mail ; but he was born of· a Virgin, as never man was; and this fpeaks him a God. 3. He was crucified, died, and was buried, and fo be was man; bur he rofe again from rhe dead, afcended inr<> Heaven, and from thence !hall come at la£1 to judge the quick and the dead, and fo he is God. -Or if from the Apo!lres Symbole we go ro rhe Gofpel, which [peaks both na– turesat large; we find there, I. He was born of his Mother, and wrappedinfwad– ling-clouts, as being a man; but the Srar lhines over him, and the wife menadore him, as being a God. 2· He was baptized in .,Tordan. as being a man; bur the holy Ghofr from heaveh defcended upon him, a< being a God. 3. He is tempted of Satan; as being a man; but he overcame Satan, and difpoffeffed Dtvils, as being a God.· +· He tra– velled, and wa> rhirf1y, and hungry, and weary, as being a man; bur he refrefl1ed rhe weary, and fed the hungry, and gave drink, even water of lrfe to the rhrrf1y, as being aGod. 5· He llepr in the Ship, and his Difcipks awokeh1m, as being a man; bur he rebuked the winds, and fiilled the raging of rhe.tumultuous Seas, as bemg aGod. 6. He wa> poor and needy, had not an houfe to pot his bead in, as being a man; .but lie was, and is rich and mighty, and cannot be contained in rhe heaven of heavens, as be– ing a God. 7· He wasforrowful and fad, be wept and he prayed, as bemg a n•an; but becomforrs rhe forrowful, and beareth the prayers of all h1s Samrs, as betng a God. 8. .He was whipped, and rent, and rorn, and crucified, as being a man: bur be rent the vail of the Temple, and caufeclthe Sun to lude hts face for fi1ame, when he was cruCI– 'fied, as being a God. 9· He cried our: on the Crofs, Eloi, Eloi, lam,f,•bactham, as bting a man; but he could fay to tbe Tluef, To day Jhalt thozs be wtth me m Paradifc, as being a God. IO. He died and was burted, and Jay. m the g:ave, as bemg aman; bur be over«amedeath, and defrroyed the Devtl, and rarfed up IHmfelf to !tfe aga11~, as be– ing a <;;od. . I r. After .his RefurreCtion beappearedto his Difciples, and ate wrrh them, and talked wtth them, as being a man ; but he provtded meat, and vantlhed out of thetr fight as being a God, 12. He afcended into heaven, and the heavens now comaw!Hm, ' . "'
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