theEpiftle to thegAlatims. Chapel. 279 ictlion to the law;thc feurthsour redemption from the lawe, the fift,the fruitionofOw adoption,v.4.5. The firft,the fending ofthe forme is in theft words, In the folnefre oftime,Godfentforthhisfonne. That we may attaint to s the fenfeof this great Myficrie, fixe queftions arc tobe pro- pounded. The firfl is,what is meantby God? E,Infw. The father, the firft perfon.Eph. i .3 .73leffed 6e God theFather eau,- Lord¡e/iii Chregez.Cor.t .3.and Ich.20.I 7. And he is called God, not be- o caufe he partakes more of the godhead then the fonne,or the h.G bolt:but becaufehe is thefiat in order ,of the three diuine perfonsiend he is thebeginning ofthe fonne,and theHghoft; and hath nobeginningof his own perfon:becaufe he cloth not recciue the godhead by communication from any other . es this tefpeet heis called god more commonly then the fonne, or the holyGhoft. The fecond queftion is , How the father fends the fonne? Anfo.By his counfell and etetnall decree , whereby the fonne was dcfignedto theoffice ofa Mediatour,and confequently to te become man.A41.2.23. And thus is he faid to befealte I ofthe fatherjoh. 6 . 27.end tobe (anSified,andfent into the nforld,loh, 10.36. And therefore this fending implies noalteration er change ofplace. The third queflion is,whether the fonne was fent with his owne confent or no?Anf.Yeanhe decreeofthe father isthe de- cree of the fonne , and the holyGhoft: bemire amtiley areal! one in nature,fo are theyall one inwill; All the: perfons then' hence Choke in this fending , y-et forerders fake, the father is feid to fend,becaufehe is firft. o The fourth queflion is,how the father can fend the fonne, confidering they are both one ? In the doelrine touching theTrinitie,Neoure,andperfaernuft be diftingeufhed. Nature, is a fubflance common to many , as theGodheact, Aperfee is- that which fubfifteth of it felfe,and bath a proper manner of 3 5- fubfitlmg,as the father begetting,the forme begotten, the H.I Ghoft proceeding. Now the father and the forme are one in. deed for nature,or godheaci,but they are not one for person. Nay thus they arereallycliftiat. The father is not the fonne, nor theforme the father.And thuedothebe father fend the fon. The fift queftion is,whythefonneisfocalledLeinf.Becaufe
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