QUESTION VII. 467 2. And if it be further considered that this glorious man Jesus Christ even in his pre-existent, as well asin his incarnate state, is intimately united to his divine nature, that is, to the seine godhead that belongs to the Father, or to the eternal Word or wisdom, of God ; then the very perfections of God himself shine through the human nature of Christ, in a most resplendent manner : Christ as God -man is indeed the brightness of his Fa-. ther's glory, and the most express image of his..person : and in this sense it may be granted that Christ is such an image of God as to be also God himself, God manifest in the flesh; -1 Tim. iii. 16.. God Over allblessed for ever ; Wm. ix. 5. Thus far we have seen in what sense Christ may be called the image of God the Father, in the ,very constitution of his person : Let us also now consider him, 3. In his character of Mediator ; and so he becomes the image of the invisible God in yet a farther sense. , Deis the Fa- ther's ambasador to us, and in that sense the is the image of God, since he represents God among men. He is also King ofkings and Lord of lords, vested with a sovereign dominion over all things by the appointment of the Father ;.and therefore he may be collect the express image of his Father's person, as is ap- pointed heir and Lord of all things:, And as Adam was the image of God, in his dominion over creatures in this world, so Christ is a much more glorious image of God thé Father in his dominion over the upper and lower worlds. Thus, though our blessed Saviour considered in his pure godhead or divine nature cannot be so properly called the image of the invisible God, or, the express image of the Father, yet considered, 1. as man, 2. as God -man, or 3. asMediator, those ascriptions may veryproperly belong to him: Note, In another treatise which will be published in a few . months, concerning the glory of Christ as God-man* and the pre-existence of his human soul, there will be an abridgment of a larger discourse of the Rev. Dr. Goodwin's, concerning ".the, Glories and Royalties of Jesus Christconsidered as God-man, and of his being the express Image of the Father." gerSr. VII.Are the Worship of God and his Son Jesus Christ consistent with one another ? 1.. GOD is a Spirit, that is, a being who has understanding and will, infinite in knowledge, and in power, and in every per- fection. 2. There is but only living and true God, that is, one infinite Spirit, And I express myself thus, lest if we suppose more 1, This was published 1746. . rfiFi
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