2 5 2 The Grounds of thelmputation, &c. 2. The Lord Chrift as unto the nature which he was to aíiüme, was hereon predeflinated unto Grace and Glory. He was arepsyv.cthiv©- fore - ordained, predeftinated, before the foundation of the World; t Pet. I. 2o. That is, he was fo as unto his Office, fo unto all the Grace and Glory required thereunto, and confequent thereon. All the Grace and Glory of the Humane Nature of Chrift, was an effe& of free Divine preordination. God chofe it from all Eternity, unto a participation of all which it received in time.Neither can any other caufe of the Glorious Exaltation of that por tion of our nature, be afgned. 3. This Grace and Glory whereunto he was preordained, was twofold. ( ) That which was peculiar unto himfelf; (2 ) That which was to be Communicated, by and through him unto. the Church. Of the firft fort was the A4m tiváoqu t the Grace of Perfonal V pion, that Tingle effe& of - Divine W if dom, ( whereof there is no thadow nor Refemblance in any other works of God, either of Creation, Providence, or Grace ) which his nature was filled withal. Full of Grace. and Truth. And all his perfonal Glory, Power, Authority, and Majefty as Mediator in his Exaltation at the right hand of God, which is expreffive of them all, doth belong here- unto. Thefe thingswere peculiar unto him, and all of them effe &s of his eternal Prede.ilination. But ( 2) He was not thus predellinated abfolutely, but alto with refpe t unto that Grace and Glory which in him and by him, was to be com- municated unto the Church. And he was fo : z. As the Pattern and Exemplary caufe of our Predeftina tion ; For we are predeflinated to be conformed unto- the Image of the Son of God, that he might be thefrfl born among malty Brethren. Rom. 8. 29. Hence he thall eyen change our vile Body, that it may be fafhioned like unto his Glorious Body, Phil. 3. 2r. That when he appears,we may be every way like hint. i Job. 3.. 2._ 2. As
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