58 -._- SERM.ONS,upon Serm,6, fefted and made known to all Men. But you will fay,it is Ta ry uTej.pot vrae äv4l7rots, he defireth the Glory he had with Him might be reftored, not the Glory with Men. I Anfwer ; Cï:) The Glory which he had with him, may be more clearly manifefted to the Warht -he had it with the Father, yet beggeth it of the Father. (2.) I Anfwer again ; There is fomewhat more than Manifettation in the World, for he faith, vrae atan -r l'; rtnth ihj''elf The Father was glorified by the SonPrì'siis upon the Earth; but nbw glorify thou .me, vrre oiauza), with thy flf. So, John 13.32. If God be glorified in him, God find( alp glorify him in himfelf, or with himfelf. So tyat-hebeggeth a full -uCe and exercife of the Divine Power, from which he had ab-. flained in the time of his Humiliation and Abafement. Now that Time being finifhed, he prayeth that it may be reftored,that he may be exalted in the full manifeftation and exercife of his Divine Power; that hiswhote Perfn .might be exalted again at the e ght.Hand of- Majefyr, . 3. 'For hisHuntaneNature. ``The Flefh was not yet glorified, and taken up to God's Right Hand, that is, exalted to the fruitionof Eternal Glory, as afterwards it was above all Creatures in Heaven and Earth. The Humane Nature was to have as much Glory 'as it:is capable of, .E.y _being united to the Divine Perron, Immortality, Pgwer,;Çlarity,; Knowledg, Grace ; but not to have the Properties of the Divine I oturoreallytransfuCed, for then-it would no longer be finite, nor remain a Creature. It wasto be raifed to the full fruition of the Glory of the Divine Nature, and freed from thofeInfirmities to which, by_.the exigence of Chrift's Office upon Earth, it was fubjeíted. Thus what this glorifying is; but I (hall (peak more fully to it by and by. efl. 3. Why he feeketh it of the Father ? Could he not glorify himfelf, and exalt his own Perron and Humane Nature ? I Anfwer; He could, but would not. I. The Father is the Fountain of the Divinity 5 He is fir(t in Order, and fo all fuck Actions are afcribed to him; however to thew the Unity of Eflënce, Chrift is laid to do it, as well as the Father. John g', 19. What things faever the Father doth, theft dash the Son lil¿ewife. The Father is laid to fanClify the Son, John to. 36. and the Son is fail. td fanElifÿ hìrrfelf. ' The Father raifèth the Son from the Dead, Ephef. t. to. And ehriftTaith, John 2. 19. Defiroy this Temple, and in three days I will raife it up again. The Father placeth the Son at his right Hind, Ephef. t. 20. And the, Son is laid to fit down at the right Hand of the Father. However, becaufe Chrift came into the World to glorify the Father, and to thew him to be the Original and Fountain of the Divi- nity; therefore he faith, Father, glorify thou me with thy fell.' I .2:. Secaufe the Father is to be look'd upon as Judg and Chief in the Work of Re- demption. Man is the Debtor, Chrift the Surety, and the Father the Judg, before whole Tribunal, Satisfaftion is to b e made. Therefore God the Father, after the Price and.Ranfom was paid, was to give Chrift Power and Leave to rife from the Dead, to akend into Heaven, and to govern and judg the World. And yet he railed himfelf by his own Power. There is Poteflas and Potentia, Ai Votes and E zaía, Authority, Leave, and Power. Chrift had Power in himfelf, but he had Leave from the Father. John lo. t$. I have Power to lay it down, and I have Power to tale it up again. Potentiam refurgendi Chriftus habet i feipfo, fed Poteflatem h Patre. In this whole Bufinefs, Chri(l is to be confidered as the Surety, that took our whole Bufinefs upon himfelf, and rendred himfelf liable to the Judgment of God fo long, till the Father thould declare himfelf tote fatisfied, and fo difmifs Chrift from Puni(hment : After full ratisfaftion, he was to raife him from the Power of Death, and to glorify him. As the Father delivered hint for us, lo the Father difmifï'ed him, railed him again; he was not to break Prifon, hut.honourably to be brought out and rewarded by the Judg. uefl, 4. Why is he lo earnel-1 for his own Glory ? I Anfwer 5 All Chrilt's Mediatory Acts were for our fake, and fo are his Prayers. - t.' To comfort his Difciples againft his Sufferings; they were dejeCted, and there - fore Chri(t in their hearing prayeth for Divine Glory. John 17. 13. And thef things fpeak in the World, that they might have my Joy fulfilled in themfelves. There is not a more excellent way of gaining upon others, than to commend them to God in Prayer for that which they delire. z:' Tö
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