in the Co1ytitution of the Perfon of C1.?rifl. 2 59 nor of thedefilement of our Nature thereby, mufl bean effect of'Infinite Wifdom, beyond the conceptions, of any created underfianding. And this, as we know, was done in the Perfon of Chrifi. For his Humane Nature was never in Adam as ., his Reprefentative, nor was he comprized in the Covenant wherem he flood. For he derived it legalb·, only from. and after the jirfl ·F romift, when A dam ceafed to be a common Perfon. Nor did it proceed from him by natural Genera– tion, the only means ofthe derivation ofits depravation and pollution. For it was an holy thing, created in the womb pt the Virgin by the pmver of the moll: High. 0 the depths of the lflijdom andJ{nowledg,e of G{ld! · • It was neceffary therefore onall thefe .confiderations, it was fo unto the Glory of the Holy Properties of the Divine Na~ ture, and the Reparation of the Honour of his Holinefs and Righteoufnefs, that he by whom the work of our recovery was to be wrought, :ihould be aman partaker of the Nature tbat jinned, yet free from all fn, and all the confequents of it. Aod this did 'Dz.vine 11/ijdom contrive and accomplifh in the Humane Nature of Jefus Chriil:. · But yet in the fecond place on all the copfiderations before mentioned it is no lefs evident that this work could not be wrought or effeCled by hirn who was no more than a meer man, who had no Nature but ours, who was an E-lumanePei·– fon and no more. There was no one act which he was to perform in order unto our deliverance, but did require a Di·vine Power to render it efficacious. But · herein lies that great m5/lery ofg,odlinefs, whereunto a continual oppofi.tion hath been made by the Gates of Hell, as \Ve manitef1:ed in the entrance of this difcourfe. But whereas it belongs unto the FoundationofourFaith , wemufi enquire into it, and con– firm the Truth of it with fuch 'Demo.11jlrations, as Divine {} Revelation dot:b. accommodate us withal. And three things li are to be fpoken unto. · L 1 _2 Firfi,
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