86 Po"Wer communica~ed unto t!Je Office of C!Jrifl for been. And they are fuch as that their Contrivance in the Confritution of one arid the fame Perfon, no created Wifdom could reach unto. Wherefore the Infinite \V!fdom of God is moil: gloriou!ly manifefied therein. , -The firfr of thefe is ,that he fhould have a _nature provided . for him,which Originally was not his own. For in his Divine Naturefinglyconridered, he had no fuch Relation unto them for whom he was to difcharge his Offices, as·was neceffary to communicate the Benefit of them, nor could he difcharge their principal Duties. God could not die, nor rife again, nor be exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour in his Divine Nature. Nor was there that efpecial Alliance between it and ours, as fhould give us an efpetial Intereil: in what was done thereby. It was mankind in whofe behalf he was to exercife thefe Ojjices. He was not to bear them immediately with refpefr , unto the Angels, and theretore he took not their Nature on him,. Heh. 2. I6; '~ y") 8l17l"~ x-yr},!cwv e'7T'!A<XfL(3dvercu, He took not the Nature of Angels unto him, betaufe he was not to be a Mediator for them, a Sav.iour unto them. Thofeof them who had finned were left unto everlafiing Ruine, & thofe who retaineq their Original Righteoufnefs, ,needed no R~dempti- ' on But Godprepareda Bot(y for him; that is, an Humane Nature, Heh. I 6. ). The Promife hereof, namely that he fhonld /;e of the feed of the Tf'oman was the Foundation ofthe Church; that is, he was made fo unto the Church in and by that Promife, Gen. )· I). In the accomplifl1ment thereof he was made ofa Woman, that fo he, might be made under the Law, Gal.4-4And took upon him the feed of Ahraham, Heh. 2. I 6. For hecaufe the Children were p£trtakers of flefh ancl Mood, he alfo himfelf took part ofthe fame, v. I4· for in all things it hhoved him to 6e made like unto hiS Brethren th.lt he might he a merciful and faithful High Priefl in things appertaining unto God, v. I 7· And this was, abfolutely rwceifary '
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