of the PERSON of CHRIST. 165 3.) Sometimes his perfon being denominated from one nature, the pro- perties and ads of the other are aligned unto it. So they crucified the Lord ofglory. He is the Lord of glory on the account of his divine nature only; thence is his perfon denominated, when he is Paid to be crucified, which was in thehumane nature only. So Godpurcbafedhis church with his omn blood, Ads xx. a8. Thedenominationof theperfon is from the divine nature only ; he is God; but thead afcribed unto it, or what hedid by his own blood, was ofthe humane nature only. But the purchafe that was made thereby, was the work of the perfon, as both God and man. So on the other fide; The Son of man who is in heaven, John iii. 13 The denomi- nation of the perfon is from thehumane nature only ; the Son of man. That afcribed unto it was with refpe& unto the divine nature only ; who is in heaven. 4.) Sometimes the perfon being denominated from one nature, that is afcribed unto it which is common unto both; or elfe being denominated from both, that which is proper unto one only is afcribed untohim. See Rom. ix. 4. Matto. xx. 42. Thefe kinds of enuntiations the ancients expreffed by isnNucy, alteration, ri immç permutation, nnaebcnc, communion, rpÿ7m6 ávndáassc, the manner of mutual pofition, $çi,u,a Acapzirrn, the communication ofproperties, and other the like exprefions. Thefe things I have only mentioned, becaufe they are commonly hand- led by others in their didadical and polemical difcourfes concerning the perfon ofChrift; and could not well be hereutterly omitted. VVVVVVVVV,VVVV,V,tWWTTIP 4#4s44444,4`y4#444444444444#4V44444444444!44y444,T4#kT{ Ay'y4j4^}..uyya}eA' 4bT T#i4iyiA-M+4Trr folaltdëJFokftpalWa'1toWtftOnNfA+9i6YWN`MfO.IOJVW Vt%to#Atot^totol CHAP. XIX. The Exaltation-of CH R1sT ; with his prefent State and Condition in Glory, during the continuation of his Mediatory Office. HE apoftle defcribing the great myftery of godlinefs, God manife i in the flefh; by feveral degrees of afcent, he car- rieth it within the vail, and leaves it there in glory, diexip,9a l irdti%n, t Tim. iii. O. God was manifel in the flelh, and received up into glory. This affumption of our Lord Jefus Chrift into glory,or his glorious reception in heaven, withhis date and con- dition therein, is a principal article of the faith of ate church, the great foundation of its hope and confolation in this world. This alto we muff therefore confider in our meditations on theperfon ofChrift, and theufe of it in our religion. That which I efpecially intend herein, is his prefent ftate in heaven in the difcharge of his mediatory office before the confummation of all things. Hereon doth the glory of God and the efpecial concernment of the thatch at prefent depend. For at the end of this difpenfation he Sf (hall
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