xJohn i.14. yGen.396. tlerfe 3 8: Three !groan cis of Chrüts ruins t 113f ítlti n*t F- M bei; %"d non tslis h ft uc eli; hie enim er nevus Qf9" po o- trims fil us eft, oigne non ad? cia7te, veritate tsonnunCupatib one: Dignity of Chr* fi.r per fon. Majeity, as King of his chafen. This was likewife figured by the Temple, that was a ftately and glorious edifice, full of light ; in it was theArke, there God 'appeared, and tilled it xith his glory ; fo is the fabrick of Chrifts humain nature, immacul ate and, fpotle %,,full of heavenly knowledge, the irll treafitre of true wifdome, grace and knowledge being hidden in him,the God' head'perfonally there x dwelling, and tilling hi!n with all-grace and glory. This was alto fignified in Y Jo; epo : jo;eph was a beautifuü'perfon ; Chriff is fairer then the <'ot,s c f men. There was none like yorep in underß'anding .j and widome, in whonrthe Spirit of God was, as in him : there is none comparable to Chritt in wifdume ; Men and Angels are his 'Schollers. Jofeph was let over the whole land in general!, over the Kings houle in fpeciall : Chritt is Lord of the whole earth, but chiefly over Gods Church., '7o f cph had the cuttody of the Kings garner, and therewith fed all Egipt and other Nations : Chritt hath all the fulnetíe of God and therewith feedeth Jew and Gentile, the beleevers of all Nations ; and fuch fulneffe of Chrift was requifite. In regard "of the dignity of his perfon : As the fecond per- Pon he was the Son of God by eternal] generation ; as Man, he was the Sonne of God by grace of hypot}aticall union. Chrilt is nearer unto God then Saints or Angels and by how much -he commeth nearer to God then all creatures, by fo much he participates more of Gods falncífe. Chrii't is the Son of God "after a more high and eminent way then others; he is -the Son of God by ettraall generation, others are the Sons of God by regeneration : Chri t is -the Son of God by natural] generation, we are the Sons of God by voluntary difpenfatión -: Chritt is the Sin ofGod-begotten of the ef- fence of the Father, very God of very God we are the Pons of God begotten not of his eifence, but by the operation of his Spirit : Chritt is the proper and onely begotten Son of the Father; we are the adopted Sonnes of God, not borne Sons by nature, but made f ms by grace. Many of us, faith z Hilary, are Sons of God, but this Son is not fuch : for this Son is a true and proper Son, by original], not by adopti- on; by truth, not by nuncupation ; by birth, not by creati- on;;
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