3 1 &-' T/;e ExaltatiOJ.l of C!Jrijl, ·-rvith ·his rnation ofall things. And in the due confideration hereof confif.ls a great part of the exercife of that Faith, which i~· . tpe evidence of things not feen, and which by making them. prefent unto ,us, fupplies the room of fight. This is the ground whereon our Hope doth anchor; namely, the things witb· . in tlo~ v_ail, .~eh.. 6. 19. w~1i"ch direfrs u~ unt? the Ten-:pte Admmiflratzon of the Mediatory Office ot Chrifr. And 1t is. for the fl:rengthening of our Faith and Hope in God through ·him ; that we do, and that we ought to, enquire into th~fe ~~~. . Tlle con!ideration of theprefen.t Sta.f~ of Chrifl in Heaven,.· . may be reduced unto three Heads. 1. The Glorification ofhis Humane Nature; what it hath in common with, ~nd wherein it differs in ~ k~nd from the Glory of all Saints whatever. 2 . His Mediatory Exaltati(}n; or the efpeeial Glory ofhis. Perfon as Mediator. · 3-· The Exerci[e andDifcharge of his Ojjice in this State o£ things ; which is what at prefent I fhall principally enquire into. I 1hall not fpeak at all oftheNatureofGlorifiedBodies,. nor of any thing that is common unto theHumane Nature of Chrifi, and the fame Nature in glorified Saints; but only what is peculiarunto himfelf. And hereunto I !hall premife · {)De general Obfervation. · All perfecrions whereofHumane Natu-re is capable, abiding_ .what it was in both the efTentia1 parts of it, Soul and Body, do. belong unto the·Lord Chrifr in his glorified fiate. To af– cribe unto it what is inconfiflent with its Ej{ence, is not aa .A.j!ignation6fGloryunto its fiate and conqition-, but a deflru · Elion of its B-eing,. To _affix unto· the Humane Nature Di-- 7.Jine Properties, as V.!Jiquity or l'mmenjity, is-to deprive it of i,ts own~ The Effence of his ~ody,- is no more changed, ~han that ofhis.Soul. · ItisafundamentalArticle of Faith, that he l,S. '
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