·I eAn Expojition vpon do~t_inc onciy, bu~ hctcin ditferit1g, that tlJ,c . A Gn~~~ly~cpted. : for .. ~bc Ji.mher d~~~~~ --- j ~a\\' tS more darkc,thc Go!pclmorc.plaine,thc , ll ofwhich, cOiider thc.fc foure.cp.nclutions: firii, :. fo~nler ITIO'>:C hard .to fi1 lfiJI, the tatter more l. The \Sonne of G od n1adc m::w is nor !WO t'lcr- l c:afic; th:a is as rbc reotc of a tree, this as the ; 1 (on!i dillinEt, bur mic aloilt . Ou~fl. How"c;:an Q!.!.~fiion. bodic;md bt~anchts ~by which prc_mil~s they ' 1 this be? for1 asho~ is-tbc Som1~f God hec is a :voLtlJ conclude Chnfl to be. no S:nuour:bu.r an perfon; and as he 1s a m:m I,.~ is;~. panicuJar per. ! Jnfirumcm rather for vs to laoe our felues• bn fon,as cucry feucralj m<~n is, a~1d thc~eforc hcc he gluing vs gr.aCC to kecpc the l.>aw: for a fin 7 is.two pctfc>)ns;, Anf Eucry p~nicubr mo.n is a Anf¥>·cr. ncr tnu,flneeds be f~ucd by wQr\t.es, , if then: pcrfl!ln,b,t:caM~.· he fub(tlfc.t:h·of himftltt··; but b..c_'no difference between the Law and the Gothe t'halihood ofChrift fubt1!1cth not in it fclfe fpdl,and if the Li.w whid> rcqttireth warkcs but in the·f«Q9Prl perfoo Qnply, fo that·<:;hrifi wc.rchoc.modcrJ.tcd by the Gofpcll, which reGod and man is but oneperfon;for cucn as ~oqum;th not ~ .....·orkas but faith. 1 • ~ l die and loulC t'nakoc:onc man, fo Godhe~d .and , 1J\e I 2. gr~u.nd is, !h" ~ordw,-u "!ad~ ft4h, Manhood m~ke but one Chrifl. Sccon5ily, ~his j !a h. r. r4· Th!SJS a,mau1c ground,as 111 1. Ioh. one pcrfoncofifictho(two di.{lintt nat.u_t.eS·;the 1 l 4·. •J•' Euerl fptrit. that doth nol confeff' that B Godhead, and the Manl)ood llanding of body Chri.ft u_ com~ m t/Kjkjh, dtat IS, euery doCI:nm: and foule. Th1rdly,thcfe two.naturcs are vn,iccd I _in \\'!li~h Chrit1: is denie-d to be come: in the I· and ioyncd imp one perfon, for the Godhead fic(h, u not of.Gpd, hut of Ar.tichrift. Now by doth take the Manhood and fuppon it.Fou.nh- (~qrdj I vnder~and. the e.tc_n~al fonne oJGod, l~,t~efe two ~atures after coniunClion rcmainc the ~ecend pcr.iqn Jll Trtnltlc, :He very fub.. , ddhnll,the Godhead is not the M::mho.9cJ,neilhnuall word of.tbe Father. It ts added [ "'"' ' thcr on rhc eontraric: but llill difiinouilhcd: mat/.< Jnot as tbough the fomre ofGod was mrfirll in regard ofrhcmfei'ucs: Sccond!y~~fthci; Jled into fl.c.lli,and etafed to be gods fonne,but properties.;_for thc ·properties ofthe on~ a.re ~.s Heb. •· 16. jn rkat hce took! notthe foede •f notthc proptnics ofthe orher:Thiqlly,ofrhcir 4~,telis, hut of .dbr,bam, The meaning then is, aC\ion'' for-the actions of rhc Godhqd arc t;''•~~ ~,;.. ·th~tt1h-c forJne of(iod ·abiding fHil the \1'otd, not comrnunicarcd -to t'hc· ManhooC., neither ·HI'ttO~&ir• I,IOOk, ( th3~ is) i:Ceti•UCd intO hisperfon OUr fla.. is theWQrkc Of OfiC nature thC WOtke of 3ll0-, ..turc:Phi\. 2.7. Hectookt vponhimthe forme of I thct.~ ' r! cot fm.ant, The word , [flefb ].lignifieth firft . , . ~roiln-..s n~tUl'C wJ1ich Chrifl- tookc vnro him, · Adn(rfi!r.iubertofare; dl~tnely a true nature of man, not phantafiicaJl C ~rapparantp.ndy. Secondly, the whole nature <>f:IP;nconulling oftrue and perfect foulc and ..badic, with .,J.lthjng>Jhilt belong to the em.irt oatyre of 1)1::tn; for if hf had taken mans natux:e o~ely ·in p3rt, he~ had redeemed it but in part. ,-.b.irdly, the pr0.porriesofman in foule,minde, ~ <Will.,-affc6lions; inbodic, breadth, length, cir– 'urofcription,&c. Foun~ly, the infirmities and -fr~iltics of m~ns!)"lature without !i.nnc.; where Firfi, Hcretikes inn.umerabJe '"hieh a~e not knowne to all; but knO\\'.ne enemi~s ax:e; firfi, !ewes,who deny Cht-i!l tope comei.n the fie(h. Secondly, fo~11c Iewifh 'Arrians ·c.omp;Qundcd heretiks, whoh'aue withilood Chr'iil.si(tcar:nation; fome of which haue fulfereda.nipngll vs. Thirdly,the PapiAs,the fubllancc pf whofe do– Chine robb.cth Chrift of his humane tl3ture, though they confeffc him incarnate; for,ftncc his death (they teach)his bodic is become in– uifible, and in innumerable pbces i\J _once; fo they abolifh the Manhoodc of ChriA, .and Popilhdo.. B;nn.edt i'IV• ing Ch~i!f~. hum2n1Ue1s ofAntichri{L 1 ·mufi be noted, that Chri.!l tp_oke not 31llnfir– ,Ulities of mans naturc,as finne and corruption, neither ~ucry perfonall infirmiti~. of cucrypcr– fon, 35 blindnctTe, gowtc, or this and that par– ·•icular .difeafe.Herc by the way it may be asked l 'wh.ether Chrifi had obliuion .in his agonie, as · : {Omc hauctho'ught? To Which may be anfwc- D ,l r.t.d: That c.uc:n wbc:1~ hec vt~crcd thofc_ :-''ords ,. turnc it into the Godhead, fccing it is become infinite :mdvncircmnfcribcd. Obicfl. They alobie&. !cadge, 9od can make it to be in many pi aces at once. Anfw. Vv'c mu{l not difpute what Anfwcr. God can doe, bur what he will doe; fofarreas [FAther,jf,it f,nhr wt/1i<tthu cup &c. l 1t ts not fit to a~trib\lt.c obliuion vnto him, which profp'e~ly is .a forgedulndfc of thofe things which Y.·e,a-re bound to rem<:mber, for1thus we fhould draw finneNponbm: but rather ro afcribe it to f.itfpcnding of ~he mrmorit: which is, when a r.np.n neither fO.rgcncth norrcmcmb:-cth.Foras )iJltbc will be rhreethings,r. willing,z.nilling, 1 3· (l)fpcnding of the will, which .is nei.thcr of thG former; fo :~.l(o is it in mc.monc,which re– membrerh,forgcttcth ,and fufpcndeth memory i for a tin1c.Now the (wnmc ofthe who! ground IJ is; Tha~ the fonnc ofGod, the fccond pcrfo11, 1f and fo :1biding, tool~c vnto him the pcrfcana– .'/ tu~~c of man, ~u 31! things bccing like vnto vs, hce harh reuealed. Sccondly,it llaodsoar with the poV\·cr of God to doe Come things, as -thofe which imply co~ltradiCtions to be true at the fame time. Of.\\lh.ich nature_ this is,to make a true bodicto be in manyplaces ar once, yea to be in hcaucn, and aJfo eucry where on earth. ; ... , But his body is glorifi«l, & therfore may be obl,a. in many places at onc;e. :Anf The words[ this Anfwc:-. iJ ~r b;die] were lilokd11 befOre· his' glorification. Socondly, glorification takCnli away the corruprionr; but not the true properties of his bodie, a~ l~ngth, br_~<l~th, thic_kndl~e, and \obicfi. circumfcnptiOn. 06tcEr. But thiJlgs wyned together nmfi bee in the fame p!acc ~and cannot
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