212 Cl:tiijl the fupernalura! Stock. State lit . 1-vhereof- believers are the branches. As the fap comes from the eanh into the root ~nd Hock, and from thence is diffufed iilto the bra!'lches; fo by Chrift as Media~or, .eH– vine lite is conveytd from the fountain, unto thefe who are . _ united to .him by 'faith; Jo'hn vi ., 57. As the living fathef bath fent me, and !live by t.he Father: Jo 'he that eateth i11e,. /hat/live by me. Now Chrift is iVlediator, not as God on– ly, as fome have alferte'd; nor yet as man only, as the J?a– pifis generally hold: but he is Mediator as God m<H'l, AB.; :xx. 28.-'lhe church of God which ht' hat/1 purchafed with· his hlo!Jd, Heb ix . 1 4· Chrij}. rwho through the eternal Spi– rit o.fj'ered himfeif rwitl out [pot to God. , The divine and human natures have their diftintt a.Cl:ings, yet a joint opera-· tion, in his difch~rging the office of i\Tediator. This is il· Jufhated by the fi miLtude of a fiery fword , which at once cuts and burns: cuui.ng it bnrneth, and burning it cutteth; the lleel cuts, and the fire burns. \Vherefore Cbrifi God– man. is the ftock, wb,ereof believers are the branch'es : and t-hey are llnit~d to whole Chri£L Th(·y are united to him in his human nature, 'as being members ofhit body , of his _llejh,. and ~l his bl)nes , Eph , v. 30 . and they are united to hirn. in h1~ divine natur~; fo r' fo the apofUe fpe<lks of this uni– on, Col .i 27. Chrifl in ;•ott tiJe hope cf glory. · And by hi ;;.' they are .united 1 o th e Fathe; , and to th(:: Holy Ghoft; l _7ohn iv . 15 f:Vho(oever (hall confe(J that Jejus is the SorJ ' ofGod. Cod dwelie1h in him , and ·he in God. I<'ai tn the bond of this umon, receives whole Cbrift God-man; and fo··· unites us to hirn as fuch. Behpld here, 0 believers your hi gh priviledge. Ye were once branches of a cle[[enerate {tock, e\l'en as oth.ers : bu t ye . ar~, by grace become br~r: ches of the true vinel John xv. J.. Ye are c:ut out of a d(ad an d killing !lock ~ and ingraft.,. -e-d in the lajl .Adam, ewho was · made a q-uick'ning fpirit; . 1 Col ·. XV. 45. Your l,of· by the fidl: .Adam i" made ur, with .-great advantage', by you• un1on with the 'fecPnd. Ad_am, at his ·beG ell-ate, was bur a fhrub , in comparifon wi.th Chrift · .the tree of life. . He was bQ~ a fernr.t , Chri!1 i~ the Son, the Heir , -and U:nd of all things . the Lordfro-m heave11_ f·t '· ·c-annot b.e ct enied . thatgrac:e was fhown tn thefitjlcove:n ... nt; .. -but it is ~~ far exceeded, . by the grace- of th fecond tov~ ·- nant, ,a·s the. t wihghtis ·by_theJ1g.~.l oLth~ ~id~daj. ' - ' uu.
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