Chap.x.Seet.8 Loo.king tlnto Jejtu. Book V. 1o8r none ; but Chri!l: as man andMediatour is fub jed: to his Father togrthcr wi~h us. . ~ orne would have it, that Chrill is fubject to his Father Ill relpect of hts mylhcal body, the (burch; and that this only fhonld be the meaning of the A pofile , then foal/ the Church befubj efl to the Father; but I cannot affent to this expofi tion. r. Becaufe the A pofile fpeaks expreffely ofChrifi and of his Kingdome. 2. Becaufe though Chrifl be fometimes in Scripture reade for the Church, or for the body of Chrifi. yec the S on as oppofed to the Father is never fo read or underfiood. 3 . Becaufe we reade that he that is to be fubject, mnfi firfl: have all things fubject to himfelfe. Now the Father doth not properly fubj cct J r fubdue all things to the Church of Chrifi, but o ly unto Chrill:, and therefore rhe A pofile [peaks o( Chrifis fub jedion to the Father ; In the fame-way as Chrifi delivers up t he Kingdome to the Father, is Chriil: alfo to be fubject to hi» Father , but Chrifi delivers up his Kingdome as man, and as Med1atour be twixt God and man; in thefe refpects Chrifl: (as we have heard) mufr reigne no more, at that day his Mediatourfhip (hall ccafe; and by confequence in refpe<'l: of his Mediatonrfhi p, orin refpeCl: of his humanity, he [hall that day be fubjed: to hisFather. ,You will fa\', is not, and was not Chrifi alwayes fubject to his Father as man, or as Mediatour betwixt God and man ? how then do we limit this fubjeCl:ion to that day? thm (faith the Apofrle) /hall the S on be fubjeEJ. I anfwer, this fubjeCl:ion will be thm, or ·at that day more clearly manifefred than ever it was before; then he muft furrender his Kingdome to his Father in the fight ofmen and A agels ; then he fhall lay afide all his offices in the view of all; fo that thenceforth God fhall not reigne by the humanitie of C hrifi , but by himfelfe; nor ilia II we thencefor,h be fubjeCl: to God through aMediatour Chrirt, but immediately to God himfelfe ; nor fhall Chrifi himfelfe reigne over us as Mediatour any more, for the very glory of his Majelly iliall br.come fo illufl:ri. ous, that all eyes fh all fee how tranfcendemly C"minent the Deitie of Chrifr i5 above all creatures, even ahove the hum:; nitie of Chriil: himfelfe. That a ti.;l ler view or' C'hrifis fubjdl:ion fhall be at tt1at day than evei- b~forc, WI'! may uinli:race rhus: by night the Sun r.:ignes or rules t· V" r ns, "·'J t by tb; Moune ; f-:>r the y y y : y y ligh c
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