bap. ag ÁbPNt Cbrif#, 271 c Bather brought thishis firft begotten into the world, he faid, Let all the Angels of Goo( wor(hip him, Heb. i.6. and at thatvery inttant wherein the Son advanced j pur nature into the higheft pitch of dignity, by admitting it into the unity of his facredperfon , that nature fo affirmed, wasworthy to be crowned with all glory and honour, and he in that naturemight then have fet himfelf down at the right hand of the th.one ofCod, He& tz. z. eyed to no other fubjeelion then notehe is , or hereafter flail be , when he ¡hall have delivered up the Kingdom to God the Father : For then alfo in regard ofhis affùmed Nature, he (hail be fubjeè} tohim that bath put all things under him, r C'or. I 5. 27. But he looking on the 1 the things of others, Phil.z.4,5,7,8.. he chofe rather to come by a tedious way, and wearifome journey to it , not challenging thepriviledgeofa Son, but taking upon him the formof a mean fervant : not iervrng as an honourableCommander in the Lords Holt , but as a common Souldier , making himfelf of no reputation, and emptying himfelf of his highdignity, he humbled himfelf, and became obe- dient unto death, Phil. z . 7. being content all his life long to be made under the Law, Gal.4.4. Yea,fo far that as he was fent in the liken& offinful fle(], , 3.3. fo he difdained not to fubjeót himfelf unto that Law which properly dici con- cern finful flefh,and therefore thou,;hCircumcilïonwas by right applicable only to fuch as were dead in their fins, and the uncircuincifion of their flefh, Col. a. r r, I 3. yet he in vv hom therewas no fin to be put off , notwithilanding fubmitted iaimfelf thereunto : not only to teflifie his communion with the Fathers of the Old Tefiament : but alfo hereby to tender to his Father a bond figned with his own blood, whereby he made himfelf in ourbehalf a debtor to the whole Law, Gal. 5.3. Baptifme alto pertained properly to fuch as were defiled , and had need to have their fins wattled away, effcî.zz. t 6. hence c./11atsh.3.6. Mara .5. when many came to John Bapti.§1, Chrifl alfo carne amongfl the ref} : but the Baptifi confidertng that he hadneed to be baptifedof Chrift, and not Chrifl by Win , as altogether unfitting for that imaculate Lamb ofGod : Yet did he, as our Media- tour , fubmit himfelf to that Ordinance of God alto : not only to teflifie his communionwith the Chrifliansof the NewTefiament : but efpecially , becaufe it became him thusto fulfill all righteoufneffe, Matt. 3.15. and fo having fulfil- led 'all righteoufneffewhich the meaneft manwas tyed to, in thedayes of his pil- grimage ( which he needed not to havedone , ifhe had refpeëted himfelf onely ) the works which he performedwere truly fuperogatory, whichmight be put up- on theaccount of them whole debt he undertook to difcharge,and beingperform- ed by the perfdn of the Son of God, mutt in that refpeet , not only be equiva- Ient, but infinitely overvalue the obedience of sAdam, and all his poflerity, though they hadcontinued in their integrity , and remained inflantly ferving God day andni-aht till this hour : And thus for our main and principal debt of our o- bedience, our Mediatour bath givenfatisfa&ion to the juttiçe of his Father with good meafure, pre¡ed down, &c. Luk. 6. 38. nett. What other debt were we liable to,which Chrift mstJ14lifcharge ? Anfw. Betides obedience, fin isallo a debt , c 1 fact. 6. t z. and linnets debt- tocs,tAket3.4. ci1(latt.r3.t6. in regardof the penalty due for the default: and as chepaytiäent ofthe debt which comes nominepone, difchargethnot the Tenant frernpaying his yearly rent afterwards, which ofit felf Would have been due, though no fault had been committed : fo. the duepaiment oftheyearly rent after the fault had. been committed, is no fufFcient fatisfadtion for the penaltyalready ìnçurred : thereforeour furety; who ¡lands chargeable with all our debts, as he malted) paitnent of theone by his aaive,, fo be mull make amends for the other by his pa1ìye obedience, He mußt firli finer, and then enter into his glory , ß,,4k, ;:6. Fob f-leb.a.tó. it becamehim, fer whomareall things,(&. inbring- ine mk v fan?' tc+glm,, to,make the Captain oftheirfalvatiom perfea, i. e. a perfea accompliJhgr of taus; work he hadundertaken, throughfufferings. New
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