in£onticíbíng sl;au riebetnptían. 259 form ofGod, it was impoffible he fhould be advanced, if Chap. i4 he did not voluntarily defcend from his Glory, that fo he might be capable ofexaltation. He was firft made Cui nihil ad a little lower than the Angels, andafter raifed above them. íligiumufuper- a. A dependanceof efficacy. Glory is the reward efi,hicuno alo- ofhis Sufferings. This is exprefly declared by the A. ä },r scfeeipfe poftle ; Cbr f humbledhimfelfand became obedient to the fubmittar, le- Death of the Cro s : wherefore God bath highly exalted torus magni- f f g }' tudiuis fuæ. him, and given him a Name above every name, PlL anegyr that at the Name of yefus every knee fhould bow the 9. markofthat homage that all creatures pay to him.This exaltation is correfpondent to the degrees ofhis abafe- ment. His Body was reftored to Life and Immortali- ty, and afcended on abright Cloud. God's Chariot, being attended with Angels, and the everlafling Gates opened to receive the King ofGlory, He is fet down atthe Hub. s. I: right hand.ofthe Throne ofthe -Welly in Heaven: this fignifies that Divine Dignity to which He is advanced, next tohis Father. For God being an infinite Spirit hath neither right nor left hand in ftrift fenfe. Our Re- deemers Honour is thefame, and His Empire of the fame extent withhis Fathers. Thus the Apoftle inter- prets thewords ofthePfalmilf, that the Mefah:.fhould Pfal. no. I. - fit at the righthandofGod, till he made his Enemies his Cor. I5. 25, Foot/aol, by reigning ;.for he muff reigntill he bathputall his Enemies under hisfeet. . AndSaint Peter tells us, That the Father bath made him Lord andehrifl : that is, by a Sovereign truft hath committed to him the Government of the Church, and the World : not deveflinghimfelf of his effential Do- minion, but exercifing it by Chrift. Theheight of this Dignity is emphatically fet forth by the Apofile.: The E. Father bathfeated him at his.own, right handin the Ilea- 2I: venly places,, far aboveallPrincipalities, and Powers,and Might,. andDominion, (which titles frgnify the feveral L i a degrees
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