Ofibé. Xicbes of Christ. ii carnation to his refurreétion, all the [lateof his humiliation, it goes under the name of his po- verty the refurreetionwas the fir(t ftep or de- gree of his exaltation, he wrought our falvati- on, in the flare ofhumiliation, but he applies it in the (tate of exaltation. The in carnation of Christ it was anexaltation to our nature,. to be unitedto God, to the fecond. Perron in Trinity ; It was a humiliation of God, for the divine na- ture fo floopc fo low as to bevayled tinder our poore nature, fo that God could itoope no lower then to become rnan, and man could bee advanced no higher then to bee united toGod, fo that in regard ofGod , the very raking upon hirn of ournature, it was the fitfl degreeand pot- tageaids humiliation. But whendid he rake upon him our nature He woke it upon him after it was fallen, when it was paflible, obnoxious toCatering , not astir was in innocency free from all mi ery, and ca- lamity ; but when it was at the wort. And he not onely woke our nature, but our condition, bee tooke upon him the forme ofa fervant hoe was not onely a fervant in regard of God , but in re ird of us ; for bee carne into the world not to be rinißeredunto, but to mi iffier, he woke upon him our nature when it was molt beggerly , and Wl' our nature he wokeour bale condition. i1ay that is not all he tooke upon him our mileries, all thatare naturall, not perfonall, he woke not the Leprofe, and the Gout, &c. but lace tooke all the infirmities that are common to thenaturr of t fie tookc our natu:e. z air nzture fal!<n. 3 OW condi. Clon. 4 Our miCcry.
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