660 THE GLORY OF CHRIST AS GOD-MAN. enough to take in all the most important affairs of this lower world, and perhaps every person that is under- his govern- ment, though his knowledge should not reach all lesser cir- cumstances ? Why may not the human soul of Christ be as well ap- pointed to govern the world as the soul of man is appointed to govern his body, when it is evident that the soul of man does not know one thousandth part of the finebrancltings of the muscles and nerves, and the more refined vapour or animal spirits, which are parts of this body? When the soul of man gives order to the grosser limbs to move ; all these minute and subtil parts and powers exert their regular operations by an original divine influence and appointment, though the soul has not a particular consciousness of these minute parts of their subtil operations. So our blessed Saviour'shumanity maybe vested with the proper title and real powers of a governor of the world, without an expli- cit knowledge of every single atom of it ; all which infinite number of atoms, may only be under the eye and influence of godhead. The human soul of Christ is the brightest imageor copy of the divinenature that is found among mere creatures ; and though it may not receive all the infinite variety of particular ideas of human affairs, which are in the divine mind, yet it may receiveas a transcript from the divine mind, so many of the largest and strongest of those ideas which relate to human affairs, as may be súfficient to qualify him for thejudgeof all, under the immediate influence of indwellingdeity. So a man may transcribe a copy of the hebrew bible, viz. all the letters or consonants of it, suf- ficient for himself to read and understand it, though he leave out every point, vowel and accent, which sometimes may be more in number than the letters themselves. It will be objected further, that every thought, word and action of human life may some way or other have influence on the particularitiesof the final judgment to diversify, enlarge or diminish the rewards and punishments of men in the future state ; and if Christ as man knows not the minutest turns of thought in every heart, he cannot be a sufficient judge, nor award proper recompences to every one according to their works. 1 answer, 1f this be so, yet since the human soul of Christ can do so much as I have mentioned toward the cognizance and judgment of mankind, he may justlyhave this work assigned to him, considering its union to godhead ; and where the faculties of the human soul of Christ are exerted to their utmost, 4änd yet fall short, the divine nature which is always present, abundantly supplies all that defect by a constant, immediate and unknown monition and influence. "God has ordained a man to judge the world ;" Acts xvii. 31, and yet God is judgehimself. Sel ah. P.I. 6.
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