282 Chap.4. c.4Comment#rievpon The fecond point, namely , the Incarnation attic fonne, is expref}ed in there words,tMade of I ortsan r that is,made man, or made fl (h ofa woman.TheWord 'rimmade f ejh. loh. Here three quefltions are to be handled. Thefill rs , why the Sonne was made Relit?Ant Therebe two fpeciall caufes here f of. Ftrff , theorder ofdiuine iuflice requires that Gods wrath fhould be appeafed,and a fatisfaionmade, in the fame nature in which his maiefbewas offended. Now the offence was in mans nature : and therefore in it mull fatisfabion to God be performed. Secondly, the Mediatour betweeneGod andman tie mull be both for natureand condition in the meant bctwcene God and_ttraat,°that is, both Godand man : and thus thefonnc' ofGodis aperfe Mediatour. The fecond queflion is, how farte forth the fonne ofGod, was madefteih ? I anfwer three things. The firfl,thathe tooke t$. untohim thewhole andperfet natureofman in re(pe 1 ofof fence,namely,the inure fubffanceofa reafonable foule,and hu- mane bodie. Here remember,that quantitie, that is , length, breadth,and thicknes , is not an accident which maypafTeand repafTe,but it is of thefubflance ofeucry bodie,& thereforeof zQ the bodieofChrifl. Andfor this caufe it is itatpo(íìble that the bodie of Chrif} in hisquantitic , becing foute or flue footc in length, fhould be included in thecompaffc of a perceof bread that is but two or three inches in quantitie. The fecond is, that the fonne of God tooke vnto him theproperties of mans na- 25 turc, the powers of life, fente , motion , the facu?tieof reafon, will,andafeelion. The third is, that he tooke to him the infir- mities; and miferies of mans nature. Here two caucats muff be remembred. The firfl , that he tooke to him onely fuch infir- mities as are metre infirmities, and no finnes.Forexample,vp- 30 on the words ofChrill,L-tzh cuppepaffe,Matih.26.fomefay, that theirwas obliuion in Chrifl, but this maynot be laid. For obliuion is a finne , namely, a forgettingof that which a man ought to remember: &there may be inChriff or other men,a I fufpending of the M.emorie, by fame externatl and violent ! 35 caufe , without obliuion. The fecond caueat is , that the fonne ofGod tooke to him the infirmities whichpertaine to thena. turc ofman, and not fuchaspertaine to the perlons of men, as dropfies, gouts, confumptions,and fuch Iike.For he tookenot theperron ofanyman , but thenatureofall tan; With all the appur-
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