>t8$ ÈpheJisnf,Chap.lr. VER.2o.2I. as the other : That all the Angelsare in obedience to him is plaine ; the goodarePent forth by him to be miniftring fpirits for our good : Now he¡that hath power to difpofe ofand imploy them,hath power to take account how that he fetteth them about is difcharged ; the evil! Angels are likewifeat his difpofition,for they could notenter the Swine without his leave,they are fubjeet tohis j udgement; When theSaints fhall judge the Angels, whatpower bath Chrift himfelfe this way e Firft, from thisof Chrift prerogative and powerful! authoritie, infi- nuated in this phrafe offttìng of Gods right hard, we fee that the mea- ningof this phrafe is not tobe admitted toequality with thedivine na. ture,for this Chrift ever had as God ; neither tobe admitted into thedi. vine bleffednefí'e fetledly toinjoy it, for Chrift as God ever had,and couldnot but have, that effentiall beatitude and that bleffedneffewhich he receiveth asman is not tohave end, whichthis fitting at Gods right hand is to have; neither is that filling Chrifts humane nature with fu- pernaturall giftsof knowledge, power, &c. theproper thingthis article layeth downe ; for thefe gifts fhall dwellwith himfor ever ; he (hall fit in this manner on the throne of majefty but for a time. Much leffe is theLutherans fenfe tobe approved, who make Chrifts placing at Gods right hand to import thus much, that the humane nature ofChrift is elevated to this honour, that it may freely ufe thedivine attributes; om- nifcience, omniprefence, omnipotencie; foas to become by them om- nifcient, omniprefent, omnipotent no leffe properly then thedivine, though aftera manner farre otherwife ; the divine nature being thus of it felfe by natural! neceffity ; the humane being thus by union with the divine, by gracious Communication ofthefeunto it, with li- berty toufe them for the perfeétingof it felfe: That looke as wecon- ceive afinner juftified or made righteous with Chrifts righteoufneffe, not as inherent fubjeétivelyin him, but in Chrift, yet really communi- catedwithhim, fo as he is made righteous with it; thus doe they fay thehumane natureof Chrift is made omniprefent with the omnipre- fence of thedivine nature, not as a thing fubjeáively inhering in it, but fo really communicated with it that it is made truely omniprefent by it, though the divine attribute never goe forth of the nature ofGod, in which as the properfubjeEt they grant it immoveably inherent : It fhail not beamifle fortheinftruCtionof fome,alittle to open what I thinke to betheir opinion. Theyhold with us, that the unionof thedivine and humane nature ftandeth in this, that they both are united in the fingularitie ofone and the felt-fame perfon ; that the properties of thedivine nature abide im- moveably in it,never goingout ofit; and that the humane naturewhen now itbath thefree libertyofperfeEting it felfe by tireofthe divinepro- perties, that the humane nature then hath and holdeth it finite and pro- per qualities abiding in it;fuch like things asthefe they religioufly affirm with us. Inwhat then will you faydoe theydiffer from use So farreasIcan conceive then, in thefethree things. z. Upon the union ofthefe natures they
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