E1Jide11ces of J)i1Jine Wifdom ' lation_of Sons unto him py vertue of our Creation, the..Communication of his Image and Likenefs,with'the preparation of an Inheritanccforus. On the fame accounts the Angels are frequently called the Sons of God. This Title, this ,Rela– tion unto God, we utterly lofi by fin, becomingAliens from him, and Enemies unto him. Without a recovery into this efl:ate we cannot be_ reilored, nor brought unto the enjoy– ment ofGod. And thlscannotbedonebut by Adoption. Now if feems convenient unto Divine Wifdom, that he ihould reeo. ver our Son-jhip by, Adoption, who was himfelf the ~[Jential and eternal Sort of God. . · 3· The fumm of what we can comprehend in this great myflery arifeth from the confideration of. the Order of the Holy Perfons of the Ble!fed Trinity in their operations. For their Order hereindoth follow that oftheirfubfiflence. · unto this great work there are peculiarly required, Authority, Love and Power,. alldirefred by Infinite T;flijJom. Thefe ori– ginally rdide in the Perfon of the Father, and the aCting of them in this matter is confrantly afcribed unto him. He {ent the Son, as hegives the Spirit, by an afr ofSoveraign Autho– rity. And he ient the Son from his eternal Love; he loved the World, ,and fent his Son to die. This is con11antlyailig– ned to ,be the effefr of the Love and Grace of the Father. And he wrought in Chrifr, and he works in us, \vith refpefr .· unto the End of this Mytlery, with the exceeding) greatnefs . ofhis Power, Ephef. r. . I 8. The Son-who is the fecond Per- · fon in theOrder ofJuhfiflence, in the Order of operation puts the whole Authority, Love·and Power of the F~ther in execu· tion. ·This Order of fubfifrence and operation thereon, is exprefly declared by the Apofile, I Cor. 8: 6. Vnto us there is huJ une Gotl the Father, of whom are all tJ;in[!,S, and we in him; and one [orcl Jefus Cbrifl /Jy ivhom areall things, ancl we hy him. The Father is the Original Fountain and Spring,~!~ B, ·from
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