Joh.). 1%, Book.IV. Part.V. ~ookingunto Jefus. Cbap.1.Sect.5 reigns immediately by the Son, but by rhe holy Ghoft the Father doth tlOt reign immediately, but through the Son; the fame order is to be kept in their power , which is in the perfons; the Father !leignes not by himfelfe, but of himfelfe, becaufe he is of none; the Son reigneth by himfelfe, not of himfclfe, becaufe he is begotten of the Father; the holfGhoft reigneth by hirnfelfe, but from the Father and the Son, from whom he doth proceed. And as in the natural, fo in the difpenfatory Kingdome, the Father reignes immediately by the Son as Mediatour; and hence it is that the Son as Media tour is only faid to fit at Gods right hand, becaufe the right of ad:ual adminiftration, or immediate execution of the foveraigne power is appropriate and peculiar to the Son, as Mediatour betwixt God and man. And this made Chrift to fay, th~ FBther judgetb no man, lmt hath committed all judgement unto the Son, as Meaiatour. You may objed:, Chrift wasMediatour immediately after his incarnation, but he did not ad:ually adminiftct his Kingdome then. I anfwer, it is true; Chrift fora time did by a voluntary difpenfation empty himfelfe, and layd aGde the right ofad:ual adminiftration ofhis Kingdome; but immediately after his afcenfion, the Father by voluntary difpenfation reGgned ic to the Son againe; come now {ttith the F lither, and tr.k§ thou power over every creature , till the time thdt 11/l things fbal/ be (ttbdued under·thce. This right the one relinquilhed in the time of that humiliation of himfelfe; and this right tile other conferred at the time of the exaltation of his Sonne. ------------------- ·----- SEcT. 5· Of the two n11turu wherein {hri.ft jitJ 111 Gods right hand. 3. A Ccord1ng to what nature is Chrift faid to !it at the right hand ofGod ? I anfwer; according to both natures; lirll he fits at Gods right hand as God; hereby his divinity was declared, and his Kingdome i; fuch, that none that is a pure creaPfa!.a o, z. ture can poffibly execute; the Lord [did to my _Lord, faith David, ji_t thou ::t my right hand, the Lord faid co my Lord] (i.) God faid to
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