An Expo}ition fitting at,&c. PhJ! 1 9 in this fcnfe it is ('lid, that to him isgi~ten4nrtme A hand ofhis Father: and as S.Petn- faith, was ' · • that i1abomallnames,thatat then:~.meoflefitJe~ made Lord;partlybecaufe as he was God hee A~1 3e '"'7kit"p,.nbow.Sccondly,it fignifieth his full did then manifcfr himfelfe to bee that ~hich ' and manifcfr ex.tltatit>n into tbe authority & indeed he was beforc,namely,God & Lord of gounnmcnt of his kingdome , which fpreads heauen & earth: and partly,becaufe as he was it fdfe ouer heauen and earth: foDauidfairh, man, he receiued dominion or Lord!hip from P(al.1 1 o. 1. The Lotd (aidvntomy Lord,Sitthou the Farher,whieh he hadn~tbefore & rhere4t m)' 1·igbt hand vmilll mJtk!th"ine enemies thy by was euen in his manhood exal~ed to_ bee foorcj/oole. Which place being allcadgcd by S. kingofheaue & earth:aod in this fenfe Chrifr Paul repeating the words, but changing the faitbofhimfclfe,A/1po1Verugi•enromcinh<Aphrafe, is thus fc:t downe: Hep,.!lrcignctill he nen andearth. The third citcumfrance is con- Ma118, haueput allh1l enemies vnder hufeeu.r.Cor. I 5. cerning the perfon atwhofe right hand Chri!l 19, 25. And to tj,eake in briefe, thefcope ofrhe fits, noted in the words ofrhe article ofG•d words is toOJeW, that Chri!l God and man the Fat~er Almighty;whereby is f~g•ifJed,that after his afcenfion is >duanced t<> llJCh an e• h: re.cemes al the honour,power,andglory of !late io which he hath fulndfe ofglory, powhiS kmgdomcfrom hJS Father : ashe, that is er, maie!lie, and authority in the prefence of B fet at the right hand ofa Prince, receines the his Father and al the Saints and holy Angels. honour & authority which he bath from the Furthermore:in the words three circumprince, Now if it bee alleadged, (hat by this O:iices mull be obferued. The firft, is the place meanes Chrifr lhall bee inferio"r to his where Chri!lts thus aduanced, noted in the Father, becaufe hewhichrecciuethhonourof former artide,Hee afcendedinto heauen,andjits an?ther_, .is inferiour tohim ofwhomhee re- (mmely in hcauen)ar therighthandt{God,The etluethlt:the anl\veris,thatin.Chrifr we mull place then, where ChrilllcfiiS in both his naconfider his pcrfon and his office:in refpec:'t of tures, as he is God and alfo man, cloth rule in his perfon, a•he is rhe eternall Sonne vf God lull glory,power,& maio!lie;isheauen it felfe. he is equallro the Father, and is not here faid To which elfec:'t '7'aul faith, &'ph.r.oo. Godrai _ to fit athis righthand: yetin refpec:'toftheof. jidChrij/from the dead,411d p•t him at hu right fice whtch he beares,namely,as he is a Mediah:wdin_ rl!e hea"enlyplace.1. And in the Epifile to tour,and as he i! man,heis infcriour tothe Fa~ the rlebrewes it i1 f:tid, hefits atthcrigh• hand ther,and receiues his kingdome from him. As Heb.t.?,. t{rhemaieflieinhighcflplaces. Thispoinpvell hets God, hei.s our King and head, andhath r:cor.u conridercd, fcrues to difcouerrheoucrfigh;of no head more then the Father: as bee is Mel· f1mdry Diuines, which hold and teach, tliatto C d~atour,heis alfoour head, yetfo as he lsvnfit at the right hand ofGod, i.i to bee euery der the Father as beeinghis head. And wee where in all places ' and not io heauen on.dy' mua no.t thinke itllrange, that one and the that they might hereby laya foundation for famcthmg lhould be both equal! andinferithe vbiguity of Chri!ls manhood : which neour toanother,diue" re(petls conlidered. uerrheklfe the hea•Jens mull containe till the Now in that Chri!ls placing at the right time that all things be re!lorcd. The fecond hand ofhis Father argues inferiority between circumlhnce , is the rim~ when Chrift: began the Father and him, hence we learne thatthey to lit at the right hand of God the Father, are deceiucd which from this article gather whichistobegatheredbytheorderofthear• that in the glorification of Chri!l there is~ ticles.For firft,Cbri!l died & was buried,then transfufion of the proprieties of the Godhcrofe again & afcendcd into h~auen, & after head,as omnipotency, omniprefence,&c.into his ofccnfion heis fJid to fit at the right hand his manhood.For this is toabolilh allinferioofhis F2ther.This order is alfo notedvnto vs rity, and to make an equality betwecne the by S.Paul: Whojha!l condemne? (faithhe) it u creatnre and the Creator. 1\0'll. 5s. Chnft which if dead, yea or r,uher rifm againe, And whereas againe the word .Almightyis H· whou•!fo at theright hanelofGod.And S.Mark! D repeated, it isdone vpon fpeciallreafon: bef,irh,when Chritt was nfen againc he appeacaufe Chri!l fitting at the right hand of God red ro his difciples,and after he hadJP~""vmo cloth pre1i•ppofe omnipotcncie. For in vaine rbem, he tvtU rtceiseedinro heaur:n, llltdfet at the were all power in heauen and earth giuen ro Mor , 6 , right handofGod. But it may be demiJed,how him, vnlclfe he were omnipotent asthe Fa- '•· this can lland wid1truth, that Chri!l fhould thet to execute the fame. And therefore the nor begin to fit att!Je right hand ofhis Father fong of the Elders was on this manner:Worrhy before the afcc:nfion;c6fideringhe isone God is t be Lambe th.1t )J'tU k:,lled to receiue powerand Wilh the Father,andrherefore·anablcluteand riches,andwiftdome, ttndftrength,andhonoHr,and foULrJigneKing from all eternity. Anfw. As glory,andpraife,Rrn.~ .22. ChrifltS Godorthe Wordot'tbe Father,hee The benefits which redound vnto vs by is coc qual and coetcrnal with him .in the regip Chrifis fitting at the right hand of God are mwt of r.i! hingdomc: and hath neither be~ nvo, one concc:rnes his priefl:hood, the other ginning, middk, nor <.·ndi·1g thereof; yet as h1s kingly office. The bcnefitnfing from his 1 Chrifl: is Ccd incll.rnatc, and in one pcrfon pridl:Rood IS hts lmercrjfio11 for vs: fortflisJS God--man or M:m-god , hce began after his one of the cHds wl·lY Chrift ts now exalted in afct nfton and not betOre, to fit at rhe right glory J and fits at theright handofbis Fa.rher; ~-------- ------- · namely,
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