376 The Imputation o f the obedience of Chri Obedience as a publickperfon, to have been for himfelf, and not for others, bath butlittle lets of impiety in ir. b. It is granted, That the Lord Chrift having an Humane Nature, which was a Creature, it was impoflìble but that it fhould be fubjeû unto the Law of Creation. For there is a Relation that doth neceffarily afire from, and depend upon the Beings of a Creator and a Creature. Every rational Creature is eternally obliged from the Nature of God, and its Relation thereunto, to love him, obey him, depend upon him, fubmit unto him, and to make him its End, Blefiednefs, and Reward. But the Law of Creation thus confidered,doth not refpeft the World, and this life only, but thefuture flate of Heaven, and Eternity alto. And this Law, the Humane Nature of Chrift is fubjeét unto, in Heaven and Glory, and cannot but be fo, whileft it is a Creature, and not God, that is, whileft it bath its own Being. Nor do any Men fancy fuch a transfufon of divine properties into the Humane Nature of Chrift, as that it fhould be felf fubfsfling, and in it felt abfo- lutely immenfe ; for this would openly- deftroy it. Yet none will fay, that he is now 116,(401, under the Law, in the fenfe intended by the Apoftle. But the Law in the fenfe defcribed, the Humane Nature of Chrift was fubjeet unto on its own account, whileft he was in this World. And this is fufficient to anfwer the Objection of socinus,mentioned at the entrance of this Difcourfe ; namely, That if the Lord Chrifi were not obliged unto Obedience for himfelf, then might he, if he would, negleÁ the whole Law, or infringe it. For betides that it is a foolifh imagination concerning that holy thing which was hypoflatically united unto the Son of God, and thereby ren- dered incapable of any deviation from the Divine Will; the eternal indifpentible Law of Love, Adherence, and Depend - ance on God, under which the Humane Nature of Chrift was, and is as a Creature, gives fufficient fecurity againft filch Suppoliitions. But
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=