Rom.~. t8o The rvfnExpojitirm Incarnation. Secondly, ChrittwasaSauiourashcis both A Godandman: nowthenbeeing man, ifhee had beei1e finfull himfdfe, he could not haue faued others,but 010uld baue ftood in need of a Sauiou< himfelfe. This fanchficationhath two parts: the firfl, andpreparedvnto euery good ~orke, Chrilt could not haue beene a fit Sauiour for vs vo– lelfe he had firft of all bin fanctilied , n:ither can we bee fit membersvnto him,vnle{fe wee be purgedofour finnes, and in fome meafure truely fancti/ied. is the ftay and !toppage ofthe propagation oforiginall finne, and ofthe guilt of .AdAms finne; which was on this manner : God inthe beginning fetdown this order touching man, that what euill or defect focuer hee brought vpon himfelfe, hee fhould deriue the fame to euery one of his pofterity begotten of him : and hereupon when any father begets his childe, he is in the roome ofAdam, and con– ueves vnto it befide the nature ofman,theve– ry"guiltand corruption of nature. Now for the preuenring ofthis euillin Chrifl, God in great wifedome appoiuted,',that he fhould be conceiued by the holy Ghoft without any mannerof generation by man. And by this meanes bee takes fubftance from the Virgin without the gnilt and corruption of thefub– ftance. But it may fi~rther be obiectedthus: Al that bee in .Ad•m haue finned in him ; but Chrifl wasinAdam ashe is man:therefore he finned in him. .An[. The propolition is falfe, vnleffe it be expounded on this manner: All that were in .Adamhaue finned in him,fo be it theycome ofhim by generation. P•ul faith not,out ofone man,bnt, h1 onemAn{inN tntred into thewDrld,to fbew~thacmanpropagates his corruption to no more thenhe begets. Again, C Chrift is in Ad•m not limply as other men are,butin f<>me part:namely,in refpe<t offub– ftance which he tooke from him, and not in refpe<t ofthe propagation ofthe fubftaoce by ordinary generation:other menare both from Ad•m& by AdanJ, But Chrifl is from him a– lone and not by him as abegetter or procre– ant caufe. The fecond part offancHfication is the infalion ofall pureneffe and holineffe in· The comfort which Gods people may reape of the fan~Hficatio0 of Chrifts man– hood isgreat.For why washe fanmfied?fure– ly ifwe marke it well, we !hall find it was for the good and benefit of his elect. For A dAm and Chrift be two rootes, as hath been!hew– ed, .Adam by creation firft receiucd Gods image, and after loftthe fame for himfelfand his pofteritie. Now Chrifl: to remooue the finne ofman ismade the fc:cond Ad•m, and B the roote and veryhead ofall the elect. His manhood was filled with holines aboue mea– Cure: that from thence as from a !tore-houfe it might be deriued to all his members, And therefore by his moft holy conception, our f~full ?irth and conceptioa is fanctilied and hu hohneffeferues as a couer to hide our~manifold corruptions from the eyes ofGod.Yea lt ferues as • bucklertoawardthetemptations ofrhediuell: forwhenheefhallfay to our heartson this manner; novncleane thing can enterintothe kingdomeofheauen; butthou by reafon ofthe remnantsoforiginall fin art vncleane, thereforcthoucanfi: notect.er into the kingdomeofheauen : we returne our anfwer,fqing,that Chrifts righteoutneffe is our righteoutneffe,feruing to makevslland with– outblame or fpot before God. Andas l•rob to the manhood of Chrift, fo far forih as was meete for the nature ofaredeemer. The duties to bee learned hence are thefe: Fir/1, whereas Chrift was fanctified in the womb ofthe Virgi11 Mar!, we likewifemHft labourto be fanctitied in our fclues,following the commandcmentofGod,I.Pet 1.16. Bey< holy .u lam hoiy.S.lohn[aith, thathewhichh•th hopeto be with Chtiftin glory inbeau~n,pHrifi– etb himftlfe eum 46 he UpHrt: no doubt fetting before hlmfelfthe example ofChriflasa pat– terne to follow in all his waies. And becaufe our harts arc as it were feas ofcorruptiOs, we mull daily clcanfe out felues of them by little and little, following the practife ofthe poore beggerthatis alwaies piecing and mending, and day by day puis away fome ragsand puts better cloatb in the roome. And ifwee fhall continually endeauour our fclues to caft off the remnants of corrnption th:u hang fo fait on, & make afl1pply therofby fome new por– tionsofGods heaucnly grace;we !hall be vef.. fds of honor fu1ctified & meet for the Lord, putoneft•sgormentsthathoemight get his fathers blefsing:fo ifby faith we do putonthe white gumentofrighteoufneffe ofour elder brother Chritl: Ielils, and prefenrour feluesin it vntoour heauenly Father, we fhallobtaine his blefsing.which is eternall happineffe. Now remaincs the third and Iaft part ofthe conception, which istheVnion ofthe God– head& the manhood: concerningwhich,ma. ny points are particularly to be handled. The firft is, whatkindeofVnion this is? An[. In the Trinity there be two forts ofvnions: vni– on in nature, and vnion in perfon. Vnion in nature, is when two or morethingsare ioined D and vnited into onenature, as the Father, the Sonne,the holy Ghoft, being and remaining three dittinct perfons, are one & the L1me in nature or Godhead. Vnion in periOn,is when two things are in thatmaner vnited,that they make but oneperfonor 1l1bftance: as abody created by God,andareafonable foule ioyned both together make one particular man, as Peter,P~,./Jnhn,&c. And this fecond, is the v– nion wherofwe intrear in this place:by which the fecond perfon in Trinity the Son of God did vnite vnto himfelfe the humane nature, that is, the body and foule of man: fo as the Godhead of the Son and the manhood con– curring together,made but one perfon. The fecond point is, In what thing this v. nion doth confi/1? Anf. It confifls in this, that -the
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