J SERMON on Perfons diflinll:. And this mutual Uni?~ofthe Perfons one in another, is the highefl, and noarefl: that can be ; and IS mdeed f?unded on the Identity of the Goa-head. But then S~ondly, come to that l:lmon which the Perfons ofthe Fa. ther and Spirit have, with the human Nature m the Son; which is founded n upon an e!fential O~enefs with the Son, but_is meerly Perfonal: that is, in ?t~ being One Pcrfon wtth the Son. .And fo Thtrdly,_ ~rom thefe two cloth fpring f6rth a rtght to that Human Nature, by way of Pnvtledg; he being one Perfon with one ofthem; namely the Son: tha~ the:Perfons bo~h ofthe Father, and the Spirit, !hould dwell therem,accordmg to us utmofl: capactty ofhaving Union with them ; which is not Perfonal. And this is a necelfary Confequent of the two former Affertions. But fl:ill it rifeth not up, that they !hould be perfonaUy united unto that Man, who i~ thus perfonally united to this one difl:inll: Perfon, the Son: And but fo united to htm alone. From whence two things follow; Firfl:, That for the kind oftheir Union, it is the Cime that is in us; for it ;, lower than that ofa Perfonal Union, with that Man. Secondly, There is a right due to that Human Nature, fuppofing its Perfonal Union with the Son, that they lhould dwell in that Nature; which right is not to be found in us to our Union. Aqd this right is ofthat Manhood, founded up, on a double account ; · 1.For elfe the Man who islnow one and the fame Perfon with the fecond Perfon lhould be deprived ofa Perfonal Priviledg,appertaining neceff'arily to him; w.hicb is to participate in the mofl: near and intimate Communion with thofe other two Perfons, Father, and Spirit; into Fellowiliif> with w~om he is now fo highly ad– mitted, unto the utmofl:, that as a Man fo umted he IS capable of. And there– fore as of thefe three Perfons it is faid to be, (confidered as they are Perfons) that the Father is in the Son, and the Son in the Father; fo thisPriviledg mufl ofril(tt defcend unto the Man, to enjoy the mofl intimate in-dwelling ofthem in Himlelf, whtch a Creature now made a Perfon with them, can be capable of: And furely above what all other Creatures have a fitne!s, or right to receive. Yea, 2. The Divine Perfon of the Son would be di!honoured, if they did not fo dwell in this Human Na~ure, according to his utmofl receptivity of having them to dwell in him : it is the natural Effiux, or overflow of their dwelling in the Perfon of the Son, limply confidered, trat breaks forth into an Union with the Man; that when the Man is united once, they having their ~ivine In-being in that fecond Perfon, (whtch IS effenttally ;) lhould break forth mto an In-dwelling, and Poffe!Iion ofthat Man-hood : (AndGod forbtd I !hould make any compari– lon at all, between the In-dwelling of them in us we fpeak of, and That their In– dwelling in Chrifl:'s Human Nature, in thefe refpell:s, thus !lated ;) But as for that · other refpeB:, the kind ofit, mentioned therein, the likenefs and fimilitude may and doth hold; (the infinitely diflant Proportions for Degrees, O'c. being ob– fcrved :) And we are as capable to have the Perfon ofthe Spirit to dwell in us for the kind ofln.dwelling, as the Human Nature ofChrifl: is: But our right to the Spirits In-dwelling in us, is wholly derived, and but by Chrifl:"s right for us; and . by our R.elarion to Chrifl, and alfo by his purchafe of the Spirit for us; which are all· fecondary, and wholly precarious, and borrowed. Thefe things being forelaid, as to the Pointsforementioned, which have been given in the An!\ver to the foregoneQyeries; I come to confirm them byinflances, lfom the example or !imilitude ofthe Spirits dwelling in Chrifi's Humanity; to be in that kind that in us : My Affertion being this,
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