3r o TJ?e Nature ofthe Perfon ofChrift-; and t!Je And that herein he was a Perfon difiinfr from him,Neflori{jtJ' of Old acknowledged, though it be by ours denied. But they can fancy no difiinchon that fhall bear the Denominatiori' and Relation of Father and Son, but all is inevitably in - · eluded in it, which we plead for under that name. This Perfon took on him the form of a fer·vant; that is, the Nature of man in the condition of a fervant. For it is the fame with · his being made of a \Voman, made under the Law; or taking ·on him the feed ofA!Jraham. And this Perfon became obe– dient. It was in the Humane Nature in the form of a. fervant \Vherein he was obedient. · Wherefore that Humane Nature was the Nature of that Perfon, a Nature which he took on him and made his own, wherein he :vould be obedient. Ancl that the Humane Nature is theNature of the Perfon of him who was in the form of God; is that flypoflatical ?.Inion which we believe and plead for. · · To us a Son is gi'Ven, to us a Child is}orn, and he Jhall be €alled the Mighty God, /fa. 9· 6. TheChild and the·Mighty God are the fame Perfon, or- he that is born a Childcannot be rightly called the Mighty God. And the truth of many other expre.ffions in the Scripture hath its foie foundation in this Hj'poflatical ?.Inion. So the Son of God . took on him . the feed ofA!Jraham, was. made of a Tif7oman, c.didpartake of jlejh and !Jloorl, was manif eft in the jlejh, that he who was born - of the blelTedVirgin, was befoJ:e A!Jraham, that he was made ()f the feed of 'lJa·vid according to the flefh, whereby God purchafed the Church with his own blood, ate all fpoken·of vne and the fame Perfon, and are not true but on·the ac– count of the Union of the two. Natures t:herein. And' all thofe who plead ·tor the accidental Metaphorical Union,con– fi11ing in the Inftances before mentioned, do know well enough that the true Deity of our Lord]efus Chrifi is.oppo.. Jed.by them.. ;. · 3, Co~
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