V E K. I, Z. Epi ffle to the Fig s a E W s. st; ofGod is not perfedted, and yet notwithftanding all their miferies, darknefs and di- ftreffes, they dare not pretend that they have beard one wordfrom heaven thefe z000 years ; that is, from thedays ofMalachi : and yet they labour to keep the vail upon their eyes. . IV. We may fee hence the abfolute Perfelfionof the Revelation of the will of God by Ghrifi andhis Apoffler, as to every endandpurpofe what ever, for whichGod ever did, or ever will in this world reveal himfe f or his mindand will. For as this was the loft wayand means that God ever defigneel for the difcovery of himfelf, as to the worfhip and obedience which herequires, fo the ?elfin by whom, he accomplifhed this workmakes it indif¢enfably neceffary,that it be alto abfolutelyperfeif from which nothing canbe taken, to which nothing mullbe added, under thepenalty ofthe extermination threatned to him that will notattend to thevoice of that Prophet. Returnwe now again unto the wordsofour Apofile. Havingdeclared the Son tobe the immediate Reveakrofthe Gofpel ; in purfuit of his defign, he proceeds to declare his Gloryand Excellency, boththat whichhe had in himfelfantecedentto hisfufception of the Office of Mediator, and what hereceived upon his in-veffiture therewith. Twothings in the dole of thisverfe heaffigns unto him ; I. That he appointed heir ofall. z. That by him the worlds weremade. Wherein conffts the fide Amplification ofhis Propofition, concerning the Revealer of the Gofpel, in two parts, both acknow- ledged by the yews, both diredtlyconducing to hispurpofe in hand. °oe enxs o neeoóc,e nuilw. Wince; pofuit, finis, confituit ; Syr.= pofuit ; he *ono. placed, fit, made, appointed. I.'Ov, whom; that is, theSon, in whom the Father fpakeunto ds; and asfucb, as +ov. theRevealer of the Gospel, ©edeSrdaos, God andMan. TheSon as Godhath a natural dominionover all. To this he can be nomore appointed, than he can be tobe God. On what account he hath his Divine Nature, on the fame he hath all the Attributer andPerfections ofit, with all things that neceffaríly on any fuppofrtion attend it as fupreme Dominion loth. NorBoth this denotation ofhim refpee t meetly the Humane Nature : for although the Lord Chrift performedall the Asofhis MediatoryOfce, in, and by the Humane Nature, yet he did them not as Man, but as God andMan in one Perfon, Joh. r. t4. Alit zo. zo. And therefore unto him, asfucb, do the Privi- ledges belong that he is vettedwith on the account of his being Mediator. Nothing indeedcan be addedunto him as God ; but there may be tohimwho it God, in refped ofhis condefcenfion to difcharge an. Office in an other Nature which he did aflame. And thisfa:ver the ParalagifmofFelbinger on this place ; which is that wherewith the Jews and Socinians perpetually intangle themfelves. Deets aftiJfimus non potefffalvâ ma- jeftate fiat ab aliquo hares canjtitutus eJ e. Filius Dei a Deo of hens omnium confiitutus, ergo Filius Dei non eft pouf altif imus. God is called IritiU tlti the High, or molt High God, with reference tohis Sovereign and Supreme exaltation over all his creatures, as the next words in theplace where that Title is given unto himdo declare, G7+1ttt 317p 1L' Pofjr ofheaven and earth, Gen. 14. 19. He is not termed Deus alti[(mur, the molt high God, as though there were another Deus aleas, anhigh God that is not the A gimus, which is the fence of the Socinians. This one Deus altif(mus, moll high God, ábfolutely in ref-peed hof his DivineNature, cannot be appointed an Heir by any other. But he who is fo this High God, as to be the eternal Son of the Father, and madeMan, may in tefpedt oftheOffice, which in the nature ofMan he undertook ro difcharge, by his Father be made Heir ofal!. II. KÀ5povóp,v, the Heir : Knipe; is a lot, and a peculiar portionreceived by lot ; thence, Kanyovót or. an inheritance, which is a mans lot,and portion. Kaipos ierlintes. an inheritanceunder con- troverfe ; xÀneoto,os, an heirto goods dividedby lot, or he that diftributeth an inheritance toothers by lot. Absolutely an Heir. So the Poet ofthe covetous. Hermocrates, it Itraei- Kits ,iarov rÿe id'iso 'sypa,l.s xo,t,,íµoo, He appointedhimfelf his own heir in his lift Will and Tefamine. It hath alto a more large fignification, ó vi n6 u Knnrov;p<es , he is in Plato, whole turn it was toffeaknext. Stridtly, it is the fame withHares, an Heir. And an Heir is he, i fisbentrat jus, locum, & dominium rerum defundi, ac fi eadem perfona effet, Who entreth into theright, place, and title ofhim that is deceafed, as ifhe were thefame terfpn.
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