J%2 THE GLORY OF CHRIST AS GOD-MAN. strumènt of his godhead therein. It was Jesus of Nazareth who healed those who were oppressed ofthe devil, for God was with 1titu ; Acts x, 38. Yet we should take notice that in thedays of his humilia- thin on earth, his power was limited ; for he had not the know- ledge of all God's counsels, he knew not the day ofjudgment, and therefore could not govern the world till his resurrection and aséension, when the Father delivered all things into his hands ; Mat. xxviii. 18. and gave him the book of his decrees ; Rev. v. 7 -9. We may observe also that when he raised La- zarus, he prayed to the Father for that miracle; John xi. 41. as`acknowledging publicly a particular dependence for each mi- raculous operation ; I know that thou Nearest me always, and I thank thee thou hast nowheard me. But perhaps it is otherwise in his glorified state. Imagine our Saviour in heaven, ashaving receivedfull andabsolute powersover all things in heavenandearth; Mat. xxviii. 18. suppose himnow residing in the upper world, and by his own most extensive ca- p:icity of mind and by the indwelling deity, suppose himconstant- ly acquainted with the various counsels of God for the government of the world and the church, as particularlyas he was acquainted with each single occasion of working a miracle here on earth ; supposealso his commission in his exalted state to be so general and extensive, and that according to every emergency, he gives commands to the angels or devils, to the earth, air and seas, to perform such peculiar services for his people, and to bring dis- tress upon his adversaries : Now if all the infinite variety of effects presently appear and answer his command, though really performed by divine power, he may properly be said to have " all power in heaven and in earth put into his hands," and to govern all things in the upper and lower regions ; for as much as the indwelling godhead makes use of the human nature as its glorious and conscious medium, to exert its sovereign authority and divine power : and the man Jesus considered in union with godhead gives forth the commands, sees them all executed, and receivesthe honours and adorations of saints and angels, as their Governor and their Judge. Thus if the exalted powers of the man Jesus in glory are nbt conceived tp be sufficient in themselves for the complete exe- cution of those great offices to which he is advanced, yet his luhw n soul being united to his godhead, and always under the infallible influence of divine wisdom and counsel, and having such' a most extensive acquaintance with the affairs of the upper and lower worlds, the man Christ may give forth all the com- inands of God whereby the world is governed, and every knee rrraa/ bow tó hint, and every tongue confess that Christ is Lord to the glory of the Father; Phil. ii. 10, 11.
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