2 94 The Nature of t!Je Perfon of [/;rift, cmd tl;e that we are changed into the lm:zge of Chrij/ from Glory to Glory, and make the nearefi approaches unto the eternal fulnefs of it. -~------~--------~----~ cHAP. XVIII. . The Nature of t!Je Perfon of C/;rift, and tiJe Hypoftatical Union of his ,Natures declared. . . THE Natur~ or Conflitution of the Perfon of Chrifi bath been commonly fpoken unto, and treated of in the Wntings both of the Antient and Modern 'Divines. It is n'ot·my purpofe in this Difcourfe to handle any thing that· bath been fo fully already deClared by others,. Howbeit to fpeakJomething, of it in this place, is nece!fary unto the pre~ fent work; and I fhall do it in anfwer unto a double End 9r Defign. · ·. 1. To help thofe that believe/ in the Regulation of their thoug,hts about this Divine Pcrfon, fo far as the Scripture goeth before us. It is of great Importanc~ unto our iouls, that we have right conceptions concerning him ; not only i.n ge.Qeral, and in oppofition unto the pernicious I:lerejies of thefn by whom his Divine Perfon, or either of his Natures are denied; but alfo in thofe efpecial ~nfiances wherein it is the m0fl: ineffable Effefr ofDivine Wifdom and Grace. For although~ the knowledge of him mentioned in the Gofpel, be not confined meerly unto hi~ Perfon in the confiitt1tion thereof: but extends it felf unto the whole work of his Media .. t ion, 'with the defign ofGods Love apd Grace therein, with. our own Duty thereon ; yet is this knowledge of his Perfon the foundation of all the reil, wherein if we mifiake or fai1) our
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