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ÈpheJisnf,Chap.lr.
V
E
R.2o.2I.
as
the other
:
That
all
the Angels
are
in
obedience to him
is
plaine ;
the
good
are
Pent
forth by him to be
miniftring
fpirits
for our good
:
Now
he
¡that
hath power
to
difpofe
of
and
imploy them,hath power
to
take
account
how that he fetteth them about
is
difcharged ;
the
evil!
Angels
are likewife
at his difpofition,for they could not
enter
the
Swine without
his
leave,
they are
fubjeet
to
his
j
udgement;
When
the
Saints
fhall judge
the
Angels,
whatpower bath Chrift
himfelfe this way
e
Firft, from this
of
Chrift
prerogative
and
powerful! authoritie,
infi-
nuated
in
this
phrafe
offttìng
of
Gods
right hard, we
fee
that the
mea-
ning
of
this phrafe
is
not
to
be
admitted toequality with the
divine na.
ture,for
this
Chrift
ever had
as
God
; neither
to
be admitted into
thedi.
vine bleffednefí'e
fetledly
toinjoy
it, for Chrift
as
God
ever
had,and
could
not
but have,
that
effentiall
beatitude
and
that
bleffedneffe
which
he receiveth
as
man
is
not to
have end,
whichthis
fitting at Gods
right
hand
is
to have;
neither
is
that filling Chrifts humane nature with
fu-
pernaturall gifts
of
knowledge, power, &c.
theproper
thing
this
article
layeth downe ; for thefe
gifts
fhall
dwell
with himfor
ever ; he
(hall
fit
in
this manner
on
the throne
of
majefty but
for
a
time. Much
leffe
is
the
Lutherans fenfe
to
be approved,
who
make
Chrifts
placing at
Gods
right hand to import thus much, that the
humane nature
of
Chrift
is
elevated
to
this
honour, that
it
may
freely
ufe
the
divine
attributes;
om-
nifcience, omniprefence,
omnipotencie;
fo
as
to become by them
om-
nifcient, omniprefent,
omnipotent
no
leffe
properly then the
divine,
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
of
thefeunto
it,
with
li-
berty
to
ufe
them for
the
perfeéting
of
it
felfe:
That
looke
as
wecon-
ceive
a
finner juftified
or made righteous with Chrifts
righteoufneffe,
not
as
inherent fubjeétively
in
him, but
in
Chrift, yet
really
communi-
cated
with
him,
fo
as
he
is
made righteous with
it;
thus doe they
fay
the
humane nature
of
Chrift
is
made omniprefent with
the
omnipre-
fence
of
the
divine 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
of
God,
in
which
as
the proper
fubjeEt
they grant
it immoveably inherent
:
It
fhail
not
beamifle
forthe
inftruCtion
of
fome,alittle to open what
I thinke
to
betheir opinion.
They
hold
with
us,
that the
union
of
the
divine and humane
nature
ftandeth
in
this,
that they both
are
united
in
the
fingularitie
of
one
and
the
felt
-fame perfon
;
that
the properties
of
the
divine nature abide
im-
moveably
in
it,never goingout
ofit;
and
that the
humane nature
when
now
it
bath
the
free
liberty
ofperfeEting
it
felfe
by
tire
ofthe
divine
pro-
perties,
that the
humane nature then hath and
holdeth
it
finite and pro-
per qualities
abiding
in
it;fuch
like
things
as
thefe
they
religioufly
affirm
with
us.
In
what then
will you fay
doe they
differ
from
use
So farre
as
I
can
conceive
then,
in
thefe
three things.
z.
Upon the
union
ofthefe
natures
they