P cttougs rattb, 361 how much more may it be done Supernatu- rally ? It would be againft reafon to fay, That Chrifl were Secundram'idem, Mortal and Im- mortal, having a Beginning and none; Muta- ble and Immutable; But it is not repugnant to fay, That he is fo in refped of the two Na- tures Humane and Divine. Had not Chrift been Man, he could not have fuffcred ; had he not been God, he could not have fatis ed: The Blood was from the Humane Nature, and the excellent Merit from the Di- vine. He that disbelieves either, mutt call away Scripture w ich afferts both. This Truth Rands firm in $cripture,as might be íhe wed at large ; but for the Point in hand, Faith may experiment it. The Believer may find in himfelf fuck fruits of Chrifis Incarna- tion, as carry a refemblance thereunto, and are a kind of inward Seal thereof. The hu- mane Nature of Chrift was not brought forth of the bleffed Virgin generatione feci ju one,not in an ordinary way by knowing a man, but in an extraordinary, by the power of the higheff and overfhadowing of tlpe Holy Ghoff : Anfwerably in the Believer, the new Creature is not born of blood, nor of the will of the fly lo, nor of the will of man, but of God, john I. 13. He that is filch hath not known man nor his power in this great Work, but bath had the holy Spi- rit and its gracious overfhadowings on the heart. They that d well 1,Vá in his fhadov fhall return, faith the Prophet, HI; 14. 7. Un- lefs the mighty Power of God come upon us we,
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