. . 314 T!Je Exaltation ofC!Jri.fl, ~Vit!J his · Thefe kinds of ·Enuntiations the Antients expreffed by evcc,M.a,~, Alteration, dM.xfwu1s, Permutation, 'lf..9lv6'Tt'5; Com– munion, 'Tehro5 dv'TltbdFws, the manner of mutual- Pofition, '}(9lvwz!/cc, Id!tvf{g~rrwv, the communication of Properties, and other the like expreffions. · . . Thefe things I have only mentioned, becaufe they are commonly handled by others in their 'Didaflicaland Polemi– f al Difcourfes concerning the Perfon of Chrift; and oould not well be here utterly omitted. cHAP. XIX. Tl;e .Exaltation of Chrift; ~Vit!J his preJent State and Co!l~ dition in Glo1y during tl)e continuance of· his Mediatory Office. r . THE Apofile defcrihingthegreat Myfieryof God1inefs; God manifefl in thejlejh; by feveral degrees ofafcent, he tarrieth it within the Vail, and leaves it there in Glory, ctve/l:n<p~ ev J'b~n, I iim. j. I 6. God was manif~ft in the fleflJ, and received up into Glory. This A_[fumptionof our Lord Je– fus Chriftinto Glory, or his Glorious Reception in Heaven, with his ftate and condition therein,is a principal Article of the Faith of the Church, the great Foundation of its Hope and Confolation in this ''-'orld. This alfo we mufi therefore con- . fider in our Meditations on the Perfon of Chrift, and the ufe of it in our Religion: . .' That wh~ch I efp_ecially inten? herei~, is his_prefent State zn Hea7Jen tn the difcharge of.hzs Medtatory Of/ice before the . confummationpf all things. Hereon cloth the Glory of God · and l ·..
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