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On

the

Excellency

of

Chri

fl.

io

that

fhewes<

the

perfonal excellency and endowments

of

thrill

in

general,

that

all

the fulnefs

of the God

-head.

cloth

dwell

bodily

in him, and therefore

thrift

hee is

ogled

the

Ch

araer,

.and the ingraven,form

of

the

Image

;

of God, in

the

fiat of

the

Hebrews.;

it

is

not "laid

fo

of

man;

thoigh

man

be

faid

to

be

made

according

to

Gods

Image,

yet

it

is

never faid

of

him, That

he

is

the brightneffe

of Gods glory,

and the

expreffe

Image of

his

Perlon,

fo as

it

is

faid

of

thrill

;

and

in

the

Colofsians

you have mighty

high.

exprel!'

fions about

the

Perfonal excellency

of

thrill,

C

hap.

a

.1

5,

Who

is

the

Image

of

the invilible God,

the,

firfi

697n

of

every

Creature

;

and

then

he

is

the

beginning_of

all.

tkiings,

ver.18.

He

is the

Image

of the

invifible God, as

God and man,

for

fo

I

mull

fpeak of

him;,

he

is

the Imagecfahe invifible

God

in

another

manner, and

more

fully, than

any

creature is,

or

pollbly

can be, for Jefus

.Chrifl, take him

God

and

Man,

he

hash the

very character and ingraven

form

of

whatfoever

glory

there

is

in

the Father

;

I

fay,

take

him

as

God and

Man,

as

thus,

hee

bath

an

omnipotency in him, therefore

it

is

faid

in

the thirdof

the

Philippians

latter end,

who

fhall

change our

veld belie

that

it

may

be

fafhioned

ltk.p

unto

his

glo-

rious6ody,(how)according

to

the working

whereby he

is able

even

to

fubdue

all

things

unto

himfelf.

Now

this

is a

great

Myflery

of

godlineffe,

that

God

-Man fhould

have an

Omnipotency

in him;

and then likewife

he

bath

the

expreffe Image

of

all

the

knowledge

of God

:

for

as

he is

God man,he

is

made the

Judge

of

all

the

World,

and hee

Will

bee

the Judge,

not

meerly

as

he

is

God, but

as

God andMan

;

now

feeing bee

is the

Judge

of all the

World

bee mull have

an infinite

knowledge,

he

muff

know the hearts

of men,

and

all

the

works

of

men;

and he

mull

have

an

infinite

Holineffe

and

Juflice that

mull judge

all

the

World.

And thus

God

-man

hath an expreffe

Charaler

of

the

Attributes of

God,

which

none

elfe

bath

;

and

then

he, bath

an expreffe chara6ler

of

the

Immenfityof God.

If

you

fpeak

of

his

Body,

it

cannot

be every

where, but

God

-Man

is

in

all

places

;_

thus you

have

it

in the

third of John,

verf.

13.

it

is

á

very

firange

P

expreì-