, :l6 Book IV. JL.oollmg unto 'Jjcfu!). Chap. I.Sect. 5 . it was more convenient that the perfon of the Son flwuld alf~;;hu~;:;-;~.-;;~;;any other of the perfons in the Godhead1---12. Whether rhe hum1ne noru~e was more alfulllptible by the Son of God than any other nature ?- - 13. Whether the Son of God did not alfume ~he pe_rfon o! _man?--14. Whether the Son of God alfumcd the hum1ne nature tn all Its IndiVIduals, or as abflraded from all individuals? --I5. Whether the Son of God allumed a true Body, Soul, and all its Intel– lects ? - - I 6. Whether the Son of God in refpect of nature, thouoh nor of rime -did firft alfume the Soul, and then <he Body of man 1--17. Whe~her the Son of God in humane nature affumed all the defects of the Body?-- I 8. Whether rhe So.n of God alfum~d all th~ defects of rhe Soul of m•n ? --19. Whether by virtue of rhts umon rhofe thtngs whtch are agreeable to the Son of man may be predicated of rhe Son of God, and econverfo ?--20. WherherChriflbeone or twoi and whether in Chrifl: be one. or two wi!ls? ~ne or more operations ? Thefe and many other like quefl:tons are ratfed, that m rhetr dtfcuffions make up large Volumes ; but llhall leave them all to the Schools. In the explic~tion ?f this union, that ~hich I f11all inlift on (as the mofl necelfary for our unden'landmg) ts, I. The Unton tt felf. 2 . The Effects, or Benefits of ir. I. For the Union it felf we fltall difcufs, 1. Of the forts of Union, and of what fort this is. 2. Of the very th!ng it felf, wherein thi~ union conlifls. 3. Of the Scrip– tural Texts that confirm thts umon. 4· Of the !imtlttudes that hold forth rhis u.1ion. 5· Of the perfon aiTuming; and of the nature alfumed ; and ofrhe reafonof this way. And ofthefeas bdelly as 1 may: I would rather fay much in a little than a litt!e'in much. ' 1. Union is of divers forts, as natural and myll:ical, accidental and fubflamial, ef– femial and integral. But Ilhall pafs rhefe by; andfpeak only of thefe fons . 1. When one of the things united is turned into the other; as when a drop of water is poured in– to a velfelof Wine. 2 . When both the things united are changed in nature and elfence ; as when theEiememsare united, to makemixt or compounded bodies. 3· Whentbere is no change of things united, but the confiitution of a third nature out of them both, as is the union of the foul and body. 4· When there is neither a change of natures u– nited, nor conflitution of a third our of them both ; but only thdouilding, ferling an~ !laying of the one of the things united in rhe other, and the drawing ofic into the uni– ry ofthe perfonal being, or fubftflence of the other: fo the branch of a Tree being put upon the frock of another Tree, it it drawn into the unity of the fub!iftence of that Tree into which it is put : and whereas if it had been fer in the ground, it would have grown as afeparate Tree in it felf , now ir growerb in the Tree into which it is graffed, and perraineth to the unity of it: and this kind of union dorh, of all others, mofl perfe:'Hy refemble the perfonal union of the two Natures of God and man in Chrifl:; wherein the nature of man, that would have been a perfon in it felf, if it lud been kfr to it felf, is drawn into the unityofthedivineperfon, and fubliflerh in ir, being prevented fromfubfifling in it felf by this perfonal union and alfumption. , . 2. For rhe thing wherein this union of two natures con!ifls ; we fay that rlus unwn conlills in that dependance of the humane nature on rhe perfon of the Word, and in that communicating of the perfoo or fub!ifience of the Word with the humane nature that ts alfumed; fo that it is an hypofl:arical or perfonal union ; that is, fuch an u?ion as that both natures do make bur one perfon of Chrifl : for rhr better underftandmg of rhts, wemufl:con!ider what the difference is betwixt Natnre andPerfon, and what makes an individual NaturetobeaPerfon: briefly thus; Toberhi.arthat, we fay, i< an indivi' dual nature; 11 be thu •r that in or for it [elf. u a perfon IY fxbftjlence; to be thu •r that in orfor another, u t•pm.-in rothe per(on •r fubji{fence of ~/Jother. Now am?ngfr th~fe created things which are naturally apt to make a perfonal betng, or ro fublifl: tn and tor tbemfelves, rhereis a very great difference : for,-- . . I. Some things of this kind may become pans of another more enure thmg ofthe fame kind : as we fee in all thofe things wherein ever¥ part hat~ rhe fa'!': aatur~ that t~e whole bath; as every drop of water is water, _and bemg_lefc to trfel~. !tlsa~ubhflence m tt felf, and hath it• quality, nature, and beingm and for ufelf; buuf ttbe Joyned ro a~rearer quamiry of water, it bath now no being, quanrtty, noroperauon, bur m and tor rbar greater quamity of water imo which it is poured. . . z. Other things of rhis kind eannor naturally put themfelves mto the umty of any other thing ,· and ycr-by the hdpof fome forreign caufe they may be united; as th~ · brancu
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