Ch. r. Chrift preferred. Hebt of thine hands. r i. They (hall perish, but thou remaineft ; and they all (hall wax old, as Both a garment. 12. And as a vetture (halt thou fold them up, and they drall be changed : but thou art the fame, and thy years (hall not fail. lo, t t, 12. He is laid to be the Lord who made Earthand Heaven; and who will remain when they perish, and be the fame when they are changed. 13. But towhich of the angels faid he at any time, fit onmy right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot- stool ? 13. He never Paid to any Angel, what he laid to Christ of his Kingdom, and the fubdu- leg ofhis Enemies, be. 14. Are they not all miniftring fpi- ruts, fent forth to minider for them who (hall he heirs of Salvation ? 14. All chofe Spirits that are properly call'd :Ave(' orMelfengers, are Spirits appointed and lent forth by God, to miniher for them who Shall be Heirs of Salvation, underjefus Chrift. Annotation. THE great difficulty here is, to under- Stand how this description belongethto the Perlon of Chrift. Whether it be the Divine Nature that is faid to be (appointed Heir, &c. the BrightnessofGod's Glory, the Cha- railer of his Subfifknee or Perlin, made better than .Angels, begotten th4 day, fen on God's the band in power, &c.l or theHumane : Or whe- ther it be fpoken of the Perron of Christ as in bathNatures; and we muff not enquire accor- ding to which Nature the words are fpoken of aria? I have before laid, on Col, t. 15, 16. howmany Opinions about the Perlon and Na- tures ofChrist have been pleaded for. r. That of the Orthodox, who affert but one Perlonof Christ, and two Natures ; though the word [Perieen) was long refuted bymany, as not mea- ning the fame with Hypoftafu. And fubtil Phi- lofophers fay, that the Humane Nature can be no part ofChrist's Perfon, but an Adjunct; be- caufe his Perfon was compleat from Eternity, and the Deity cannot be a Part. But ifit were not that the Hereticators will quarrel with it, it may be faid, that the word Perlon is equivo- cal ; and that asHypa/tafir is a pertn, the Di- vine Nature is tlae wholePerfon ; but notas it is oasower@v ora Relative Perfon. .2. That ofthe wretched Socinianr,whofeign; Chrift te be meet Man advanced. 3. That of the .iirrians, whomake him on ews. Obedience toChrifb. Ch. 29 ly the first Creature, or Emanation of God in- carnate, toper-angelical, Light ofLights, Very God of very God, begotten by Emanation ; not mude, as other Creatures, but making them all, but yet not of the fame Eflence or Sub- stance with the Father, but from thefame, as a Beam or light from the Sun. This the Church bath condemned there thirteen hundred years, and more. 4. That of fome.of lare,who fay that Chrift bath three Natures ; I. The Divine. 2. The aforesaid Super -angelical, shamed by the Di- vine to nearest Union. 3. The Humane, affu- med by Both. And they think that this Text f>eaketh chiefly of the fecund, as afL,rning the third. As it is dargerous to err about any .ne.. cefl'ary Point concerning Christ's Perfon, lo it is dangerous to he rash in ta, ing up any unne- cefläry Opinion about fo incomprehen ble a Myftcry, and worfe to urge it with Pride and Fury, to the dividing of the Church, and the damning of Diffenters. To fay about many Cafes that have torn the Churches [ b kow not( is more pardonable than turbulent Error. C H A P. II. 1. -rHerefore we ouh;ht to give the 1 more earned heed to the things which we haveheard, left at any time we should let them flip. I. Therefore we that have heard the Gospel. of Christ, and efpecially who have profcffed to receive it, Should with great earneftnefs let our Minds and Hearts unto it, left byNegligence or Unbelief we should lofe what we have heard, and be as leaking Veffels, and be loft our (elves. 2. For if the word fpoken by angels was dedfad, and every tranfgreflìon and difobedience received a jut re- compence ofreward : 2. For if the lawwhich God deliver'd fo' Moles, by the mimicryof the Voice and appea- ranceof Angels, was yet firm and lure, and every fin agahrft it, and threatned by it, was. punithed. 3. How (hall we efcape, ifwe neg Iea fo great falvation, which at the firit began to be fpoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him, 4. God alto bearing them witnefs, both with signs and wonders, and withdivers miracles,and gifts ofthe Holy Ghod, according to his own will ? 3.4. Much lets Shall we escape, ifwe negle&. this far greater Salvation, and more excellent M m 4 mani.
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