So ÌßeparinOnW ofMc Zibíne%tttíbute0, Chap. V. The Redeemer is made to him Wifdom, Righteouf= rL nefs, sanaification and Redemption. Thefe Benefits are difpens'd by Him in his threefoldOffice ; As a Prief he expiates Sin, as a Prophet he infiru&s the Church, as a King he regulates the lives of his Subje&s, deli- vers them from their. Enemies, and makes them happy. Now the Divine and Humane Nature are requifite for theperformance of all thefe. For nothing is effe&ual to an end, but what is proportionable and commenfs- rate thereunto, and to proportion exceffes as well as de- fe isare oppofite. This will appear by taking a diflinfl viewofthe feveral Offices of our Mediator. a. The Prieftly Office hash two parts. i. To make expiation for Sin. 2. Intercefon for Sinners. tie J.-2, II. Now for the making expiation of Sin, there was a necetfary concurrence of the two Natures in our Re- deemer. He muff be man ; for the Deity was not ca- pable of thofe Submiffions and Sufferings which were requifite to expiateSin. And hemuff beMan, that the (inning nature might fuffer, and thereby acquire a title to the Satisfa&ion that is made. The meritorious im- putation ofChrifls Sufferings fo Man is grounded on the union between them, which is as well natural in his partaking of Fleth and Blood, as moral in the confent of their Wills. As the Apofile obferves, That he who fandifes, and they that are fanïlifaed are all one; So he that fuffers, and they for whom he fuffers mutt have communion in the fame nature. For this reafon, God having refolved never to difpenfe Mercy to the fallen Angels, the Redeemer did not afIüme the Angelical nature, but the feed ofAbraham. And
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