S the Epifllete theG41411an1. Chap.3. 199 in his baptifmc, in which heputvpon himour guilt, as weput offthe fame in ours ; and fccondlyon the croire andpaffion,in which he tooke vnto him the punifliment of our tinne. And thus was he made a curie. It may be obiefted, that he is the Son of God : and therefore no curie. e.einf. Chrift mutt be confr- dered as the Sonne of God, andopine as our pledge and lure- tic. Hcbr.7. 22. Iii the firft refpcfï hewas not accurfed, but in the fecund. The third point is,Tnwhat naturewas Chrift occurred ? tint. 10 Whole Chrift God-man, or Man-god, was accurfed. For the Lordoflsfe(faith Paul)nuce rrucifjed,and confequentlyaccur fed., i. Cor. 2.8. Yet this limitation mutt be added , that the curse was not vpon the Godheadof Chri(t, but candy in his fcfh, or manhood. For he[leered(faith Peter) in theflefh I .Pet.4. i. Moreouer, the fouleof Chrift was themore principali feat of the curie, as it was the principali feat of firme. Therefore the Prophet faith ,. hemade bris fide anofferingfor f :nne, Ira, $ 3. i o. and Chrift laid, cJWyfol ku heateieto the death. The fourthpoint is , How farre forth Chiliwasaccurfed ? 20 Anf. In the firff death there are two degrees ,fep,r.stion of' the bodie and foule,and thepitrifationofthc bodie feparated.And Chrift entredonely intothe fief, anchor into the fccond. For his bodie beeing dead indurcd no corruption. Agains, in the fecond death there are two degrees. The fìrít is , a feparation 15 fromGodin fenteand feeling,: and the fecond, is an abfolute reparation from God. Into this feconel degree of death, Chrift entred not, becaufe he laide in the mid/left ofhis paflion,tAly Gad, ray God. And this abfolute feparatio-n could not be with. out the diffolution ofthe perfonall Vnion. into the fir ft degree ofthe fecond death, he entred: namely, into tl,e apprchenhon and feelingof the wrath and indignation of God due to mans thine. And this appeares by his blondie fweat' of thicke and clottcred blood, by hiscomplaint that he was for(àken : by his fcares and forrowes in the tient ofdeath , inwhich he comes fhort of fundric Martyrs, vnlefle we acknowled7e that he in- (lured further paints ofdeath then euer they did : by his con-. dition, in that he takesvponhim the condition of the fir 11 A- dam, who vpon his fall was to indure the fisfiand fecond death. Here two queflions are to be demanded: thefir fi, How and in what manner.Chrifl tuf cred the wrath of God? 4n1 1 30
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