" c - Of thePo'rPer Par'tly this,tha:t there iliould be no fuch difficulty to iliake ~· once to imagine to fetch CHR 1sT from Heaven for the rnnifoo:~f oi.K fimzeJ. · Part_ly.alfo, becaufe C~ R 1 s T ~to w?om alone this Commifsioti vvas ongtnally granted) havmg or?atned htmfelfeabody;Wouldworkby bodily things, and having taken the naturt ofa man upon Him, would ho. nour the nature he had fo taken. For thefe caufes that which was His · and His alone! Hee vouchfafed to imp~rt; and ou~ ofHis_commiftion, t~ grant a (omm1jSzon, and thereby toajfoczate them to 111mftlje (tt is His owne word by die Prophet) and to make them ,,;,lpy.r, that is,CG-operatom wor. kers together with Him (as theApoflle fpc:aketh) to the worke of falvati– on, borh ofthemfelves and of others. - z FromGod, then it is derived : From Godand tomen: · lt.e?nif"''"· Tomen, and not toAngels. And this ltake tobe a fecond preroga; God1 power · f Th A 0 · 11 • d · · derived ro ttve o our nature. at an nge mu,Tg!Veor ertoCornelml',tofendto "'"'·and not Ioppe for one Simon, to!feak.e i!Jords to him,by i!Jhichhe and his h~ufhold fhoull to Ang-''· bee fa'ved; but the Angell mull not be the doer of it. That not to Angels, but tomm, is committed this Office or Embajfage ofreconciliation. And To Jinft~H that which is yet more,tofinfull men, for fo is the truth,and fo chemfdves confeffe it. S.Peter: Goe;(rom me L o It o, for lamaJinfuUtnan.S.Iamesj In many t!Jings i!Je offend all (putting himfelfe in the number :) And (Id\ we lhould thinke it to be but their modefly) Saint Iohn fpeaketh p\ain. ly : If 'll>e fay i!Je l>a'Ve nofin (what then ? not, we areproud, and there is no lmtnility in us,but) 'll>e are lyars and there is no truth in m. And this is that 0 m:n. ·1 1: 1 m.r.r 5. which is wonderfull in this point, that S. Paul, who confeffi:ch hlmfelfe afirmer and a chiefe }inner; quorum primus t;go; The fame concerning ano. thedinner (the inceftuous [orintiJian) I forgi've it him(faith he) <. "'eJ'~-..~,. : Cor:,: ro. X" <;; in the perfon ofChrift: · To the Af•· Now ifwe a>ke, to what men ? theText is plaine. They to whorri fti<~. Cbrijl faid this (}f,_emiferitis, were theApoftles. .. · In theAJioftles(thatwemay come nearer yet)we find three capacities as we may terme them : 1. As Chri.ftians in general!. 1. As Preachm, Pritjts, orMinifters, more fpeciall. 3- As thofetwel)le perfons, whom in firicr propriety offpeech we terme the Apoftles. , Some things, that Chri.ft fpake to them, He fpake to them as teprefcn: Mar. 13 .utt. ting the whole Company ofCbri.ftians : as Hi.i rvigilate. . Some things, to them, not as Cbriftians, but as Preachers or Pr~efts: a~ .Mar.,g.rs. His Ite pr.tdicate EJJangelium, and His Hoc facite; which noman thmketbj J.uke•z,- •9· all ChriStians may doe. . , And fome things, to themfdvespeifonafly : as that He hadappmn~ed ' A" 8 themWitne fTes ol'His miracles and (}f,_efurreHion, which canno.t bea~phedf· • e<S r. . JJ' 'J I' h h but to them, and them in perfon. It remaineth, we: enquire, mV'! tc o. £~e~c .~hree Capacities,~~~~.[! ii_!Ifai_te~h to the~ ~~i~ ~Om!flijlio~~
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