134 His 1nfmite Condefc.enrion in coming into thi$ ~ommrt'nion and C01\junctioh of Nature with us: was before declared : ·Bn't it is nor common like ih~I r bet«i,een air' other met) p~rtakers of the fame Nature. There are 17vo Thini,i wher~it was pe- ,cuiiar and ~minent. ·. · · · ad ' ! •..· ~ny' 1 . THIS Conjuntfion between hi111 and th~ Church, did not ar;{e from a· neceJ!itj ' of Mzture, _ ·but from a ivoluntctr/ act of his \tVill. The Con- )uncti011 that is b~rween all ·orhers is neceffary. Every rt1a,n is evcr·y mans brother whether he will ~r mo, by 'being a tnan. 1 Natural Generation 'communicating to every one his fi1ififtence in the (1me Narur~; :prevents all acts of their own Will and Choice. \iV ith the Lord Chrifl: ir was other: \viie as ' rh~ Text affirms :· For' filCh Reafons as are 'thd·e e~preffed~ he did by an act of his own Wi1i pa rta~e ·of ·.Ftejh and Bloo~, · ?r cam~ it! to this c.onJtmttlon 'o/lth us. ·He d1d lt ·of lus own chmce, becaufe the children did partake of the fame. He woulcl be what the children were. Wherefore the ConjunBion of thrift in hl.linane Nature ~ith the qhur~h, · is inejj?Ibl) d!ftinct from rha~t .:ommon ConJunCtion :which is amongft all others in the fame Natnre. " Ai1d therefore altho it ·fhould not ~e me'et amongft meer men, that one fhould act ~nd fdff~r in the ft'ead of others, becaufe they are ~H thus ~ related to one another as·it were ·whether tpey will or· no ; 'Yet this· could · not .reach the ~ord Chrift; who in a ftrange and wonde'rful man~ her came :into this Conjunction by a meer act of ~1is· ?~11·' 1 ' i l •• ll •i' t• 2. HE ,;. ..
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