3o6 The Nature of the Pe~(on ofC!Jrifl, and t!)e Divine Nature which they ackdowledged, into th,eHumane. But thefe Irm.ginations infread ofprofeiling Chrift to be God and man, would leave him indeed neither God nor man; and . - have been fufficiently confuted. Wherefore the Vnicn we treat ofhath no firnilitude unto any fuch Natural Vnion as is the effeCt of compofition or mutation. , 4- There is an artificial Vnion wherewith fome have il– lufrrated this Myfrery ; as that ofFire and Iron in the fame Sword.TheSword is one; the Nature of Fire and tl:at of Iron different; and the acts of them difrinfr ; the Iron cuts~ tl1e Fire burns ; and the effects difrinfr; cutting and burning; · yet is the Agent or Infl:rument but one Sw~rd. Something of this Nature may be allow~d to be fpoken m way of allu!ion; but it is a weak and imperfect-·Reprefentation ofthis Myflery on many a-ccounts . For the heat in Iron is rather an accident than a fubihnce, is feparable from it; and in fundry other things diverts the mind from due ~pprehenfions ofthis Myfiery. , 5. There is ·afPiritual Vnion, namely, of Chrifl: and Be– lievers; or of God in Chrifl: and Believers, which is excel– lent and Myfrerious, fuch as all other ?J,lions in Nature are made ufe of in the Scripture to illufrrate and reprefent This fome among us do judge to be of the fame kind with that of the Son of God and the man Chrifl: Jefus. Only they fay they differ in degrees. The eternal word was fo uni~ed unto t3e man Chrifr Jefus, as tllattluereby he was exalted inconceivea– bly above all other men, though never fo holy; and had grea– ter communications from God than any of them. Wherefore he was on many accounts the Son _ofGodin a peculiar manner, and by a communication ofnames is called God alfo This be· ing the opinion of Nejlori.ur revived again in the days where– in we live, Ifhall declare wherein he placed theConjimflionor ·(Jnion ef the two Natures of Chrifl, whereby he confl:ituted - two ' -
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