2.46 Chrifts - "' E 'h ,r., · Ar fi . . . . 'Vl n x,O;TttOn JCen Ion.! Thisdid thepnell:s 111 the old Teftament: and A Ife_rued. The firft,that thclifting vp ofhis bo– thus ll1t/chifidcck£ when hec met .Abraham .J d1e was principally by the mighty power of G'"• r4, bleffcd him, faymgBleffidartthou .Abrahamof hts Godhead , and partly by the ft1 ~ercarurall '9• God, th~mof/ htghpoffiffiurofhcaumandeanh. property of a glorified body, which is to And this wa~ the ordmane duty of the moueaswellvpwardasdowneward,without pnefts,prefctibed by God h1mfdfe: & thereconftraint or violence.The !i:cond that Chrift ~ore thevery forrne~fwords whichthe~vfed did goe from.earth to heaucn ready and aCluNom 6. IS fetdowne after th1s manner,The Lorableffi ally, and notm appearance onely. The third, >1,15,%6 thee& k£epc thee, the Lordmak£ hufacetojhme that he went vifibly in the fight of his Difcivpon thee,&c. The tlura kmde of blefsmgts, pies. The fourth, that h<ewcnt locally by when a man doth not ondy pray to God and changing his place and going from ear;h to pronounce blefsi•g, Lut by the fpirit ofproheauen,l'o as he is r.o moreon earth bodilv as phecie doth foretcl a partlcnlar blefsingvpon we are now on earth. It may be obieCleci';hat Gen , 7 any. Thu> lfaacbldfcd lacob andEfttt, partiChrijl madca promife th-. h• wouldbnvi;h hi< ~hrh.,l. l.s. · · cularly foretelling both thLir e!tates.And laChurch to the endofth•world. .dnfw. That pro. 1o. Gcn <9, . ~;,~;t~~t:~~n~~h~'::: ~~::to~~kl:~~;~;~ B ~:~~::~~~~d~~~d~0n°o~~~~~~t~~~~~~~~~\~ I many hundred yearesafter. Now our Sauiour manhood. Againe, it may be further allead1 Chrift did not ble!!t: his difciples any ofthefe ged , that if tile Godheadbe on earth, then. three waies: and therefore there remainetha muft the manhood be there alfo, becaufe they fourth kind of blefsingwhich he vfed,& that arc bothvnited together. .Anf Itisnottrue was after this manner; Chri!t in blefsing his thatoftwo things conioyned, where the on; difciples did not onely pronounce or foretell is,there mull: the other be alfo: For the Sunne a blefsing that lbould come to his difciples, it felfe, and the Sun-beam~s~reboth ioyned but did couferrc and giuethe fame vnto them. together,yet they are not both in all placesto· For he is the fountaine and author ofall bief. gether. Forthe bodie ofthe Sunne isondy'in Bph,t·l• fiogs. And therefore Paul htith, that Godthe the heauens, but the Sunne-beames are alfo Father hath biej]id vs inallJPiritua/1 b!e!fings in vpon tho earth. The argument therefore foiChrijl. !owes not : Chrifts manhood fubfifts in that Hence wee learne,firfi, that all thofcwhich perfon which is euery where: ergohis manv;dcTh. denie thernfelues and !lie to Chrift, and put hoodiseuerywhero. And the reafonis, betiteir atfiance in him, !ball bee freed from the caufe the Sonr.e of God fubfifts not onely in curfeoftbelaw, and from the wrath of God c hisdtuine nature, butalfoby it: whereas hec due vnto them for thcit finnes, whatfoeu<r doth not fubfift at all by the manhood, but they are. Secondly, that the curfes of men onely in it: for he fubfifted btfore all eternimufl:notdilcouragc vsfromdoir;,gwell. For tie,whcnthemanhood was not. Nayrather though mtn curfe,yet Chri!tblcffeth: and tor becau.fe the manhood doth fubfifi by the per. L , 6 ~ 6 this c,mfe t-e f:tith,Woebe -rmtoyou,wheuaOmen fon ot the Sonne,rhc:refore theperfonextends "'· •• JPeakf.•vellofJ'OH .. -.sifhce lhould fay,then you it felfe further then tl1e manhood, which is want the blefsing ofGod. And wee muft reaffumed and fttllamed by1t; and hath his ex. member, that wnen men !hall cutfe vs for doilliRg thence.For that ve'y thingwhereby any ing our duty, cuen then the blefsmg of Gad other thing either dfen.ially or accidontally lb.tll bee vpon vs; and the curfe cat1lleffe lhall is,extends it felfe fimher then the thing whernot hurt.l\nd God faith to Abraham,heewill by jt is. As the humane naturewlrerebyTeter Gen·''·l curfc them that curie him: TI.•rdly, wclearne is a man,extends it felfe further then toPeter. that no witchcraft, nor forcery, (which often namely,to all other men: and the whirenefio are done with curfing)lball beabl~to hurtvs. whereby the !now is white, extends it fell\: For looke where Chrift will blefie; thereall further t!ten to that fimw which a man holds thediucls in hell can neuer faftcn acurfe. This D in his hand. comu. GeRC.lib, .f•C•49• 1 is found true by experience.For whenBalaam The third point is , that in the afcenfion a All·•· '· 1the wizzatd 010uld hauc ourfed thepeople of cloHd took! Chrijl from the fight uf hts difttplu. Nom.>;. • Ifrael, & hadafiaied to doeit manywaies,but And whereas bee caufed acloud to come be- 'l· I could not; at lcpgth he faid, There i<noforcerie tweenc their fight and hu>tfelfe,ttfigmfied ~n· :The I *againft Jacob,,orfooth(aying againf/lfrael.This to the, that they mull: now be contented IV!th ~~If~~ dsa nouble comfort to the people <>f God, that whic.h theyhad feene,and not to fefke to tlan be~ 1 that witches andforccrers~doewhat theycan, know furtherw_hat ~ecamcofh1m afterward; rng o. fhall nener bee able to hurt them. It lllay be, and the fame thmg ts taug~tvntovs a~fo : we rilerwife 1 rhat their bad prattif~s may annoy mens bo~ rnufl: content ~ur ~dues Wlth that wh1chGod ncre 1 dies and goods yet the Lordwill turnealltoa hathreuealed m hJS word, and feeke no fur- ~~;,~esto blefsingvpon his fernants,either inthis life,or ther, fpec1ally in!hings ":V~ich concerne ~o~. in the lite to come. For the likeendmthe gwmgofthe law ms,... E:r:od,lg. The kcond point is, thatChrifl went apart n4i,God a~pearedi~acloud:and wh~n he did ~·King, from his difCtplc ;, and tljcmdcd vpward toward tT)anifdllus gl?ry mthe temple wh1ch Salo~ s. Jo,rJ, heaJten in their fight. For the right vnd~rfranmort m•:dc, a tlu_ckc cloud fil~ed the ~.tme. ,ling oftnis, lt;.,dry fpccial poinrs mull beo~--- The fourth pomt_to be conhdcred, IS concer- .~---·- ----------~---n_I__,ng_
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