qo Book IV. JLrolung unto jjefu.s. Chap.x.Sect 5 . x. Becaufe then there could not have heen a perfonal union of [;~h-;~-f,; Chri!l: had not been a perfeCt Medtator. 2. Becaufe then the work of tach of the natures of Chri!l: could not have been count– ed the works of t_he whole pe;fon; whereas_now by this uni~n of both natures in one perfon, the obedtence of Chn!l: performed m the Manhood, " become of infinite me. rit, as being the obedience of God; ant! thereupon God is faid to haveJurch-fcdth: Alb20. ,F. Church with hi< owll blo11d. 3. Becaufe if the perfon of the Son of God had been joined to the perfon of m•n there !hould have been fo~r per~ons in the Trinity. Iris very obfervable, how for the better _preferva"tion of the mtegnry of the bleffed Trinity in the Godhead, the humane na– ture was affurrred into the unity of the fecond perfon . for if the fulnels of tbe Godhead fl10uld have dwelt in any humane perfon; there tlto~ld then have been • fourth perfon neceffarily added unto the Godhead; and if any of the three perfons belides the fe– cond, ]lJ!d beeo born of awoman, there tlwuld then have been two Sons in the Trini– ty; wh~reas now the Son of God, attd the Son of man, being but one perfon, he is con. fequemly but one Son; and fo no alteration at all made in the relotions of the perfons of the Trinity, but they are !\ill one Father, one Son, and one holy Ghofl. Thefe are the deev things of God, and indeed fo exceeding!y myltical, that they can never be perfeCtly declared ~y any '?an. Bernard compares this inetfJble. my!l:ery of the umon of two namres, With that mcomprehenfible my!l:ery of the Trimty in unity. In the Trinity is,hree perfons and one narure ; in Chri!l: is two natures and one perfon . that of the Trinity is indeed the greatefl:; and this of the incJrnation, is like unto it: they both flr exceed mJris capacity ; for h11 way u in the Sea, tmd hi< path in the ffrra; Pfal 77· •9· waters, and hi> foot/ieps are not lwo1vn. "' 2. For the Effects and B~ndits of this hypofiatical union ; they are either in refped of Chri!l:, or in refpeCt of Chrif1ians. · 1. Thofe in refpect of Chrifl:, are, I, An Exemption of all fin. 2. A Collation of all Graces. 3· ACommunication of all the Properties. " I .. We find, that ~!though Chri!l:appeareq as a !inner,. and that he was 11i<mbredamong loa. >J·'.'· thew~ek!d, or.wtth tneTranfi.rcfJurs, Ifa. 13 · !2. Yet m very deed and truth he did 1 Pe .• , . n. no fin, neither was any gkile jo11nd in hi> mouth, I Per. 2. 22. The Apofile tells us, he Heb. 7 .3r.. wa.r holy, harm/if;, ~tndejikd, andfeparatefromjirmerJ: he aflumedthe natureofman, yet by ·reafon of his pure conception , and of this hypof1atical union he was conceived, and born, and lived without fin; he took upon him the feed of man, but not the fin of man,' fave only by imputation: but on this point I lliall not !l:ay. 2. The Graces collated unto the humanity of Chrifl: by teafon of this union, are ve– ry many; I tltall in!tance in fame; As,-- 1. That tbc Manhood bath his fublif!ence in the fecond perfon of the Trinity, whr.reof it felf (as of it felf) is deltitme. . . , 2. That the Manhood is a peculiar Temple for the Deity of Chri!l: to d,well in; tt ts the place wherein the Goelhead tl1e\~S it felf more manife!Uy and more glorioutly than in any other Creature whatfoever; it is true, that by his providence he tJ,ews himfelf in all his Creatures. and by his Grace in his Saints; but he is only mofl gloriouily, eter– nally, according ~o the fulnefs of his Deity, and by an hypoltatical union in the hum~nity of Jefus Chnft; In him dwellethall the fulnefsof the GodhMd b•dtly. Some are of opt· t:cl. ,. 9 • nion, that as now in this life, no man cometh unto G•d but by Chrift ; fo hereafter, m the next life, no man tl1all fee God, but in the face of Jefus Chrilt. 3· That in the Manhood is a nearer familiarity with the Godhead than any other ·crelture, whether men or Angels : as fometimes he faid, My F,llher and I are one: (i.) one effence; fo he may as truly fay, "the Manhood and I are one (•.) one perfon for ever. . · h h d 4· That the Manhood of ~brill:, accordin_g to its mea!ure, 1s a Partner Wit t e. Go • head in the work of redemptton and ~edJatJOn: as he IS lmmanuel m refpeet ~f hts per– fan, fo he is Immanuel in refpeCt of hts office. He mutt needs be man as well as God, !hat he migbt be able to.fend this comfortable meffage to the fons of men; Go to my BreJohn w. Ij• thren, andfay to them, I afcend ltnto my Father and your Father, and to my G_oJ andJ'oHr God, I, as man, am in <he work of redemption, 1nd m the work of medtatton, as well as God; my flefh i5 indeed-the Bread of Life. . 5· Tlm the Manhood of Chri!l:, together with the Godhead,." adored andwor– lliipped with divine honour. as in like cafe, the honour done to the Kmg, redounds to the • ~p
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