16 An Expofatron of the Ca A P. I. which heexprefly denÿcs, as to the day ofJudgeMent, Mat. 24. 36. Mark 13. 32. but he was furnifhcdwith allthat Wifdom andKnowledge which the humane nature was capable of, both as to principle and exercii, inthe condition wherein it was, without defiroying its finite being, and variety of conditions from the Womb, The Papif}r have made a vain Controverte about the knowledge of the humane fulofChrifi. fhofe whom they charge with error in thismatter affirm" no more than what is ez- prrfly aflerted in the places of Scripture above mentioned; and by their anfwers unto theft plates , it is evident hów little they care what fcorn they expofe theScripture and all Religion unto, fo they may fecure their own miftakes. But this Wif low whatever it were, is not thatwhercby Gad fo revealed his mind unto him, as thereby tobe faid toPak to as inhim. He had it by his Vnion, and therefore immediately from the Perfinof the Son, fandifying that nature by the Holy Ghoft which he took into fubfrjlence with himfelf. But the Revelation, by which God fpake in him unto us, was in a peculiar manner from the Father, Revel. 1.1. and as we have fheweel,it is the Peden ofthe Father that is here peculiarly fpoken of. And hence the enquiry of fome on this place, how the Second Perin revealed himfelf to the humane nature, is not to the:purpofe of it. For it is the Perfon of the Father that is fpokcn of: So that, 2. TheCommlian,Miffion and furoifhing of the Son as incarnateand Mediator with abilities for the declaration of the mind and will of -God unto the Church, werepecu- liarly from the Father. For the whole work of his Mediation héreceived command of the Father, John 10. 18. and what he fhouldpeak, John1a. 4. according to which commandment he wrought and taught, John 14. 31. Whencethat is the commonPe- riphrajis wherebyhe expref ed thePerfon of the Father, he that, feat him, as altohe that fealedand anointed him. And his Doetrine on that account he teftined, was not his, his own, that is primarily oe originari/y as Mediator, but his that font him, John 7. 16. It was from the Father that heheard the word, and learned the Do&ring that hedeclared unto the Church. And this is afferted where ever there is mention made bf the Fathers finding, foaling, anointing, commanding, teaching him ; of bù doing the will, (peaking the words, Peeking the Glory, obeying the commando of him that lent him; See 70/W8. 28, 40. Chap. 14. lo. e. 15. 15. Revel. t. r. And in the Old Telta- ment, Zech. 2.8. Ifa. 48. rs, 16, 17. Chap. '50. 4. That bleffed Tongue of the Learned whereby God fpake in and by him,the refeefhing wordof the Gofpel, unto poor weary (loners, was the gift of the Father. ; 3. As to-the manner of his receivingof the Revelationof the Will ofGod, a double mijtake mull be removed, and then the nature of itmuftbe declared. a. The Socinianoto avoid the force of,thofe Teftimonies which are urged to con- firm the Deityof Chrift, from theaffections in the Gofpel that he who fpake to the Difcipleson earth, was then alto inHeaven, John 3. 13 Chap. 6:35, 51. Chap. 7. 32, 33, 41, 42, 57, 58. Chap_ 8. 29. have broached a Mahumetan fancy, that the Lord C 'before his entrance onhis públick, Miniltry, was locally taken up into Heaven, and there inftruted in the myfìerie of the Gofpel, "andthe mind of G:1d which he Was to reveal ; Catech. Raccov. cap. 3. de Offic. Ch. Prophet. *eft. 4, 5. Smalcius de Divinitat. ChriJti, "cap. 4. Soçin. Refßonf adPar.en. Volpag. 38, 39. But (1.) There was no carafeof any fuch Raptureof the humaneNature of Chrilt, aswe fhalli evidence in manifetting the way whereby he was taught of the Father, efpecially after his Baptifm. ( 2. ) This imaginary Rapture is grounded fololy on their mgäurov. 46.43-, that the Lord Chrifl in his whole Perfon.. was tomore than a meet man: (3.) There is no mention ofany fuch thing. in the Scripture, . where the Fa- thers revealing his mind and will to the Son is treated of, which had it been, ought not tohave been omitted. (4.) Thefancy ofit is expertlycontrary toScripture,.for ( r. )TheHoly Ghoftaffirms, that Chtift entered once into the Holy Place, and that after he had obtainedeternal Redemption, Heb. 9. i2.. which fhould have been. his fecond entrance had he been taken thither before, in his humanenature; fo that coming of bú into theworld which we look forat the laft day, is called hisfecond coming, his coming again becaufe of his frft entrance into it at his incarnation, Heb. 9. 28. (2. ) He was to fir before his entry intoHeaven and his glory therein, Luke 24.26. And (3.)As 'to the time of his Ajenfion which theftmen afítgn, namely, theforty Jaye: after hit bap- tifin, it is faid exprefly that he was all that time in the wildernefl amongft the wildBeall s, Mirks.13. So that thisfigment may have no placem our enquiry into the way of the Fathers fpeaking"in theSal: i, Some
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