of Saluattonand Va»:nattan. 25 man.Firfi-lthlt God mightbe pacified in that nature, whereby he was offen?ed. Secondly, that he might vndergoe pum01mem: d~e. to fin, the which the Godhead could not, b<mg voide and free from all pafsion. Furthermore, Chrilt, as he is man, is like vnto vs in all thin~s, finne oneJy excepted. Heb. ,, I 7· ]nail things it·bec<tmt him to bee made lik< vnto his bmhren. 2 .Cor.I 3+ Chri!l therfore is aperfeC! man, confining ofan dfcntiall and true foule and body,,vher– unto are ioyned f•ch faculties and propcr– ties,as are cffentiall vnto both. In k.is foule,_is vnder(bnding,memorie,will,and fuch like: 10 hisbodie,kngth,breadth,and thickneffe: yea, it is comprehended in one onely pl:Jce, vifi~ ble, fubietl: to feeling, neither is there any thing \\•anting in him which may either a– dorncor make for the beeing of mans na rure. Ag3ine, Chrifl in his humanity, was C~bieti to the infirmities of mans nature, wh1ch >rethefc: I. To be tempted, Mmh. of· I· lef.u was carriedby the jpiritintotlndejim, to bncmpredof the di"e/1. H. To fe;ue. Heb. )·7· who inthed<iesofhisflejlt' did ojfervp pr4ycrs and fitpplir:.ttions withfirong crying and re.trcs 1 vnto him that WIU 4blt to (due himfrom death' and \~.U •lfo he.rd in that which hee frarrd. I I I. To b~e angrie. Marke 3• S· Thm bee lot~k.f.d round abilft tm them Angcr!J, mourwing •lfo fort he hardneffe of their hearts, -Jnd[aid 'Unto the man , Stretch forth thine h<nd. I V. Forgetfulneffe of his office im· pofed vpon him, by reafon of the agonie a. floni!hing hisfenfes. Mmh.26.39· He Went t~lilllcfurther, tmdfeUon h:~ {Ace, ~tndpra_;·ed, {")ing, 0 Father, if it bepolfib/e, lerthis c11ppe p:tjfofrtJmmee: nerttrthclefft;not .u [win, but AJ thou t\1;/t. W<e mufl hold there things concerning Chrifls infirmities: I. They were (och quali– ties, as did onely affect his humane nature, and nor at all coniHtute the fame e and rhere– foremightbe leftof Chrifl. I I. They were (uch as were common to all men: as tothirfi, tobe ••earie,and fublea to die : and nor per– \onall, as are Agues., Confumptions, the Lt>– profie, Blindneffe,&c. I I I. He was fubieC! to rhefc:: infirmities,not by necefsiry ofhis hu– n:an~ nature/ ?ut by his free-:vii and pk:tfnre, p!tymgn1>nKtnd.Therefore 10 hirr. fuch infir– mities were not the pu::1ifument of his o'.l•ne finne,as they arc in vs; but utherpartbfthat his humiliation whi<hhe did willingly vnder– goe for our fakes. C!-LH. XV I. Of theVnionof the two natures inChrijl. NOw followeththeVnion ofrhetwona. t~re~ in Chrifl, <Vftich efpecially concer, ncth Ius Mediation, fotby this vnion it cotn. A meth to paAe, that his humanity did fuffor de>th vpon the croffe in fuch forr, as he could ndtht'r be oucrcome, nor perpetually oucr– whtlrned by ir. Three things belona to this vJJiting ofNatures. t:J I. Conception, by which his humane m. curewas by the wooderfoll power and opera– tion ofGod,both immediatly,that is,witliottt mans hdpe, and miraculou'Oy framed of the fub!hnce of the Virgin MJry.Luk. I •3 5. 'rhe holy GhojlJhallcome vpon thee, and the power•f thtmojl highjlt"ll ouerjh>JD\~ thee. The holy Ghoft cannot be faid tobe the Father of Chrifl, becaufe he did minifler no matter tothe making of the humanitie, but B did oeely falhion and frame it of the Cub– fiance ofthe Virgin Mcie. I I. S<nC!ification, whereby the famehu– marte nature was purified, that is, altog(ther (euered by the power ofthe holy Ghoft,from the leafl: fi.line of finne, to the end that it mightoeholy, and be made fit wdieforo– rhers. Luk.1.3 )·That hot; thing whichJha!lbc borneoftheeJhdl btcalled 1 he Scnneof Cjod. I. Pet.~. I8. Chrijlh4thoncefiiffmdf" jinnts, the i•~for the vniujl. I. Per. 2. 22, Who did notftnne, neither WIU there guile fotmd i11 his m~uth. I I I. Affutnption, whereby the Word, th.at is, the fecond perfon in Trinitie, tooke vpon him fle!h, and the feede of Abraham~ c nam<iy,that his humane Nature: to the end, that itbeing d'flituteof aproper and perfo– nall Cubfiflence, might in the perfon of the Word obtaine it; fubfi!ling, :ndas it were, being fupported ofthe word for euer. loh.r. <4· Th.rwordw.u madcflejlt. Heb. •· I 6. /-le took! not vpcn him the n4tHrc of Ange!JJ bHt thl feedc of.Abrah>m. In the affumprion, we haue three t:tings to confider: I. The difference ofthe two natures in Chrifi.For the diuine nature,as it is Jirnited to the perfon of the Sonne, is perfi:C! and aC!ually fubfi!ling in it felfe: the humane na– ture, which confifleth in wholeofbodie and· foule,doth neither fubfift in it fdfe, nor by it [el(e: I I. The manner()fVnion. The perfon D ofthe Sonne did by aflhming the humane na– ture,creare ir,and by creating, affume it,com .. municating his fubfi!lence vnro it:the like ex– ample ofvnion is rio where robe found. I I I. The product of the Vnion. Whole Chrifi, Gcd and man, was not made ar.ewperfon of the two natures, as of parts compoundin a a new thiAg;but remained flill the fame perf.;'n. Now whereas the auncient Fathers rear– med Chrill a compoundperfon, u·ee mufl vn– derfl~nd them not properly, but by pro– portion. For as the parts are vnited in the whole~ fo thcfe two natures doe concurre together in one perfon, which is the Sonne of God. By this we may !'ee that Chrifl is one one. ly Sonne <>fGod,not two: yet in tWO rerpcas hee is the SooneofGod. As he is the eternall c .. Word,
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