• Chap.r.Sect.4. Looklngt~mo1efeu. Book. IV. Parr.v. 83r that in efpecial manner .h~ convinceth us of righteoufneffe, becaufe he u gone to hu Father, and we jha/1 fcc him no more. 5. Th.at he might receive his I<ingdome over us in the place appoynted for it ; look as Kings are crowned in the chiefcities of theirKingdomes and keep their relidence in their .Palaces neare unto them, fo it was decent that our Saviour fuould be crowned in heaven , and there Gt down at Gods .right hand ; which immediately follows after his afcenfion to which we . now come. -:---.--~~--------·- . SECT. 4· Of Gods right IMnd, and if {hrifls feffion thm. 2. ~(OrthefeffionofChrift at'Gods right hand, whichisa £ confequent folbwing after his afcenGon into heaven, I f.lfall ex~mine. I. What is Gods right hand ? 2. What is it to lit there? 3. Accor~ing to what nature dor.h Chrifl: fit there? 4· Why is it that he fits at the right hand of God his Father in glory? · • 1. What is this right hand of God? I anfwer, 1. Nega. tively, it is not any corporal right hand of God; if we fpeak properly God hath neiEhet right hand, nor left hand ; for God is not a body,buH Spirit or a fpiritual fubftance. 2. Pofitively, the right hand ofGod is the majefty, dignitie, dominion, power., and glory ofGod. The right handofthe L?rd isexa!ted, the right ~Cai,ItS. 1 r. hand of the Lord doth valiantly. -Thy right hand 0 Lor,d is be- Exod. 1 s. 6. come gloriotu in powtr, thy right hand 0 Lord h,uh dafoed in pieces ffal 8{ 13· the enemy. Thou hall: a mighty arme, ftrontr is thJ hand, and a.-t .lJ. high is thy right hand. -!...Mine hand hath laid the foundations of the earth, and my Zrighe hand hathJPanned the heavms. I know · fome ofour Divines make this right hand of God fomething inferiour to Gods own po1Ver, bur others fpeak of it as every way equal, and I know no abfurditie to follow on it. ' 2. What it is to fir at the right hand of God ? I anfwer, it is not any corporal feffioo at Gods right hand, as fome picture him · with.
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