IMMANVEL,
0%_TH E
MYSTERY
OF THE
INCARNATION
0 F TH E
SON OF GOD.
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THE
MYSTERIE
INCARNATION
of the Son of God.
He holy Prophet,in the Book of
thea Provcrbsjpofeth all fuch as aPro
hxve not learned wifedme , nor
known the knowledge of the 1
with this queftionPJffo
cendedupinto heaven, or defcen-
dediwbo bath gathered the wind in hithath
boundthe waters in a garment? who hath
att the ends ofthe earthiWhat u his Name,and what
is his Sons namejftbou canfl tell?T o helpushere-
in> the Son Hiralelfe did tell us, when he was
A 2 here
t The Incarnation
iiioh.3.13. hereupon earth, thatb afcended
to heaven, hut he that from heaven, even
the Son of man which is in heaven. And that we
might not be ignorant of his the prophet
cEtu ,9.6. Efay did not long before foretell, thatc Fnto us a
child is hornet and unto us a Son is given; whofe
name Jhould he called , Counfellour,
The mighty God, The Everlafling Father,The
Trince of peace.
Where if it be demanded, how thefe things
can ftand together ? that the Son of man fpea-
kingupon^r^fhouldyet atthe fame inftant
he in heaven} that the Father of Eternity fhould
be horn in time I and that the mighty God
fhould become a Cbilde; which is the weakeft
flateof Man himfelfe? we muftcallto minde,
that thefirft letter of this great Nameds Won¬
derful, When he appeared of old to
noah, his name was Wonder fallow A he did won-
deroufly , Judge 15.18,19. But that , and all
the wonders that ever were, muft give place to
the great myftery of his Jncarnation, and in
refpc&thereofceafetobe wonderfull. For of
fhis work, that may be verified, which is fpo-
ken of thofe wonderfull judgements, that God
of the Son of
3
brought upon Egypt j when he wouldd fhewdBxod'
his power > and have his name declared
throughout all the earth.
no fucb-y neither after them Jhall be the like. Ifcu!*,0
Neither the creation of allthingsout of no¬
thing, which was the beginning of the works
ofGod ( thofe fix working dayesputting as
it were an end to that long Sabbath that ne¬
ver had beginning., wherein the Father, Sonne
and Holy Ghoft did infinitely 1 glorifie them-/ioim ir.r.
felvesand8rejoyce in the fruition one of ano-^p':ov, 8'301
ther,without communicating the notice there¬
of unto any creature) nor the refurre&ion from
the dead , and the reftauration of all things,
thelaft workes that fhall goe before that ever-
lafting Sabbath ( which fhall have a begin¬
ning, but never fhall have end: J neither that
firft, I fay, nor thefe laft, though molt admi¬
rable pecces of worke, may be compared with
this; wherein the Lord was pleafed to fhew
thehigheft pitch (if any thing may be faidto
bee higheft in that which is infinite and ex¬
empt from all meafure and dimenfions ) of his
Wifedome,Goodnefre,Power and glory.
The Heathen Chaldeans, to a queftion pro-
A 3 pounded
*The Incarnation
pounded by the King of Babel, make an! werj
& Dan. 1. ii. ^ chat ic was a rare thing which hee required
and that none other could fhew it, except the
Qods; whofe dwelling net with flejh. But the ra-
ritie of this lyeth in the contrary to that which
i Rom. 9, j. they imagined to be fo plaine: that hee 1 who
is oyer all, God blejfed , fhould take our
flefh and dwell, or* pitch his >
with us. That ask the glory of God filled the
mi ii Tabernacle ( which was1 a figure of the hu-
mane nature of the Lord) with fuch akinde
of fullnelle, that Mo/^rhimfelfewasnotable
toaproachunto.it; (therein comming fhortj
MHeb 6t masin. all things, of the Lordofthehou!e)and
filled the Temple of Salomon (a Type likewife
•\chroif'5" of the body ofourrPr/«c£ of °fuch
«,*. t0"'7' fortthatthe Priefts could not enter therein : fo
f color, i. 9. p in him all thefulnejfe of the Godhead fhould dwell
bodily.
And therefore if of that temple, built with
hands, Salomon could fay with admirationj
fiChro.G.iS. iTutwifl God in yery deed dwell with men on the
earth i ^Beholdheayen and the he ay en of,heayens
cannot containe thee ; how much leffe this
which I haye built ? of the true temple , that
is
____ of the Son of (jod. 5
'Wtl is not of this building, we may with greater
^'tC, wonderment fay with the Apoftle s *
f ' out contr oyer fie ^ great is the my fiery of Religion'.
' plJ' God was manifested in theflejb. Yea, was made
f of a Woman,andborneofaVirgine. A thing
f 9,1 fo f wonderfull, that it was given for a fignc/rEfai,7,M'4*
*cour unto unbeleevers 740. yeeres before it was ae-
complifhedj even a figneofGod's ownchu-
' fing , among all the wonders in the depth, or
' in the height above. Therefore the
™c JhaUgiyeyou a fgne: Behold a VirginJhall concent
0£ Jb'e and be are a Son, and/ball cad his name Immamtel.
)™' Efai.7.14.
i!W A notable wonder indeed, and great be-
wilc yond all comparifon , That the Son of God
u Ihouldbc 1 made of a Woman: even made of/Gaf
that Woman which was "made by himfelfe. 44
liW That her Wmbe then, and now,
fhould contain him,whomy^tf
iltpi -pens cannot containe. Than he who had both
irititM Father and Mother , whofe pedigree is upon
record, even up unto ^Adawhointheful-
e®m nefle of time was brought forth in Beth-
kvfh lehcm? and when hehadfinilhed his courle,
that was twr off oat of\the land of the Hying at Jerufa-
------ lem;;
6 The Incarnation
lemj fhouldyet notwithfhndingbein truth,
that which his fhadow was
onely in the conceit of the men of his time
z without Father, without , without
r.&Mia.s!Sz! gtee, haying neither beginning ofdayes, nor end of
tioh"W*' bfe' Thathis Father fliould be^ratferthan he,
Piohandyet he his Fathers b^w<?//.Thathee/> > be-
' fore Abraham was ,• and yet ^Abrahams birth
preceded his> well nigh the fpace of two thou-
fand yeares. And finally, that he who was
dMatthn. J » - • . ,
41,43,&c. Davids Sonne, fhould yet be Davids Lord: a
cafe which plunged the greateft Rahbies a-
mong the Pharefies; who had not yet lear¬
ned this Wife dome tnor known this knowledge of the
holy.
The untying of this knot dependeth upon
the right underftanding of the wonderful!
conjunction of the Divine and humane Nature
in the unity of the Perlon of our Redeemer.
For by reafonof the ftriCtneffe ofthis Perfonali
union, whatfoever may be verified of either
of thofe Natures, the fame may betruelyfpo-
ken of the Whole Perfon; from whether fo-
ever of the Natures it be denominated. For
the clearer conceiving whereof, we may call
to
of the Son of (jod. 7
troth, to minde that which the Apoftle hath taught
'{ wis ys touching our Saviour:6 In him dwelleth all the Coi, 1.
•time •, fulneffe of the Godhead bodily, that is to fay, by
1 hit- fuch aperfonall and rcallunion» as doth unle-
wtiiif parably & everlaftingly conjoyn that infinite
think, Godhead with his finite Manhood in the u.
'is,be- nityofthelelfe-famc individuall Perfon.
•tbitth He in whom that fulneffe dwelleth, is the
lothoii- Person: that fulneffe which fo doth dwell
k wis in him,is the Nature. Now there dwelleth
ird.'a in him not onely the fulneffe of the
fc a- but the fulneffe of the Manhood alfo.for we be«
:t lur- leeve him to be both perfect God, begotten of
i cftit the (ubftance of his Father before all worlds j
and perfect Man,made of thefubllanceofhis
up Mother in the fullneffe of time. And therefore
itrful! wemuft hold,thattherearetwodifl:in<Sl:Na-
jb® ***** in him: and two fo diftind,that they doe
items. not make one compounded nature; but ftill
remaine uncompounded and unconfounded
feiihet together. But Hee in whom the fulneffe of the
jyfp0. Manhood dwelleth> is not one, and hee in
[jjtfo. whom the fulneffe of the Godhead another:
por but he in whom the fulneffe of both thofe na-
ca][ tures dwelleth, is one and the fame ,
to B and
8 The Incarnation
and confequently it muftbe belceved as firm¬
ly, that he is but one Per/on.
And here wee muftconfider, that the Di¬
vine Nature did not affume an humane Per-
lon, but the divine Perfon did affume anhu-
mane Nature: and that of the three Divine
Perfons, it was neither the firft nor the third
that did affume this Nature j but it was the
middle Perfon, who wastobee the middle
one 3 thatmufl: undertake this mediation be¬
twixt God and us. which was other wife alio
moftrequifite,afwellforthe better preferva-
tionofthe integrity ol the bleffed Trinity in
the Godheads as for the higher advancement
of Mand-kinde by meanes of that relation
which the fecond Perfon the Mediatour did
beareunto his Father. For if the fulneffe of the
Godhead fihould have thus dwelt in any hu ¬
mane perlon>there fihould then a fourth Per¬
fon neceffarily have been added unto the God¬
head. And if any of the three Perfons, be-
fidc the fecond 5 had been borne of a Wo.
man j there fhould have been two Sonnes in
the Trinity: whereas Jnow the Sonne of God
and the Sonne of the bleffed Virgin , be-
inS
of the Son of (foL
9
ing but one Perlbn , is confequently but
one Sonne »and fo noalteration at all made
in the relations of the Perfons of the Trini-
■tie.
Againe,in refpeft of us, the Apoftle fhew-
eth, that for this very end
son made of a woman j that we might receive
the Adoption ofSons." and thereupon maketh
this inference. IF herefore thou art no mor
yant, but a Sow; andifa Soxtthenan
of God through Qbrift: intimating thereby,that
what relation Chrill hath unto God by Na¬
ture, we being found in him have the fame
by Grace. By Nature heeis s
ten Sonne of the Father • but this is the high 3,1 *•
Grace he hath purchafed for us} that
ny (U received him> to them he gave power or pri«
viledge, to become the Sonnes ofQedjtvm, to them
thatbeleeve on his Name. For although he re-
fervetohimfelfe the preeminence, which is
due unto him in a*peculiar manner, of being Propter
lthefir ft borne ammg many brethren: yet in
him,and for him,thereft likewile by the gr
of adoption are all ofthem accounted as fir ft-«Kom.'s.zp.
bornes.
Bi So
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iq The Incarnation
So God biddech to fay unto T^rr<i-
tExod. 4lli, oh ; 1 Ifrael it my Sonne, even my firfl-borne.
*Jjf^Ietcra' ^And I fay Vnto thee j Let my , that he
may ferve me : and if thou refufe to let him goe,
behold I will flay thy even thy borne.
And the whole Ifraellof God , confiding of
Jew and Gentile, is in the fame fort defcribed
i Hct>, 11.13. % the Apoftlc to be 1 the ajflemblyand
Church of the fir(Iborne
the fame reafon that maketh them to be ,
to wit, their incorporation intoChrift, the
felfe-fame alfo maketh them to be
fo as (how ever it fall out by the grounds of
our common Law ) by the rule of the Gof-
wRom.j.!? pell this confcquence will dill holdtrue; m
&i. 4- 7. children,then heiresjieires ofQod
with Chrift. And fo much for the Son, the
Terfon afluming.
The Nature affumed, is the feed of Abra¬
ham , Hebr. x. i 6.Thefeed , Rom. 1.5.
The feed of the Woman, Qen. 15.
ar.Iohn $.7*
"the fecond Perfon oftheTrinity)being°made
FLESH, that is to fay, p Qods own Sonne be¬
ing made of a Woman, and fobecommingtru-
9i«^e 1.41, ly and really q The fruit of her Nei¬
ther
of the Son of God. u
thcr did he take the lubftance of our nature
only, but all the properties alfo and the qua¬
lities thereof; fo as it might be laid of him, as
it wasol' Elids and ther Apoftles} that he
was a man fubjett to like as we are. Yea,
hefubjedted himlelfe1 ofbu flefb to ffuf
the lame" weahcjfewhich we finde in our *• 17.
own fraile nature, and was compalfed with
,. r .. . "s "i"1*
like infirmities-, and in a word ^naatbtngswcu v/J,
made like unto bis brethren> linne only excepted. ,f
Wherein yet we mull confider, that as he took £fbCot-
upon him not an humane Ter/o#, hut an hu- \s,&
mane Nature : fo it was not rcquilite he*
fhould take upon him any Tinfirmi¬
ties, fuch as are, madneire,blindneire,lame-
nelfe, and particular kinds of difeafes which
are incident to lome only, and not to all men
inoenerall; but thofe alone which doaccom-
ZJ 1 '
pany the whole Nature of mankinde,luch as
i re hungringjthirftingjwearineflejgricfe, paine
and mortality.
We are further here alio toobfervein this
our *Meli hifedeck, that as he had no * Hcb, 7.5.
regard of one of his natures,(o he was to have
no Father in regard of th e Cithers but mull: be
B 5 borne
12
The Incarnation
borne of a pure and immaculate Virgin, with-
outthe helpe of any man. And this alio was
mod requifite , as for other refpects > fo
for the exemption of the affirmed nature from
the imputation and pollution finne.
For y linne having by thatonemanentred
intothe world; every Father becommethan
jidam unto his child , and conveyeth the
corruption of his Nature untoall chofe whom
heedothbeger. Therefore our Saviour af¬
firming the lubflance of our Nature , but not
by the ordinary way of naturall generation,
is thereby freed from all the touch and taint
of the corruption of our flefli ; which by
thatmeanes only is propagated from the firft
man unto his pofterity. Whereupon, he be¬
ing made of man , butnot^yman , andfo,
becomming the immediate fruit of the
and not of the Loynes ; mud ofneceffity be
i Luk, i. 3 5 • acknowledged to bez that Holy Thing,
which fo was borne of fo blefled a Mother,
who although fliee were but the palsive and
materiall principle of which that precious
flefh was made, and the holy Ghoftthe agent
and efficient; yet cannot the man Chrift Jefus
of the Son of (jod.
thereby be made the Son of his3 owne Spirit, iGal'4,<J"
7 , .. , . i • , 1 . Rom. 8.ji.
Became Fathers do beget their {children out of
their owne fubftance: the holy Ghoftdid not
io, but framed the flefh of him, from whom
himfclf proceeded, out of the creature of them
both f tbe hand-maid of the Lord- whom from ALuk.i.jj,
then cc all generations floaUc alible f 4*'
That blefled wombc of hers was the
bride-chamber, wherein the Holy Ghoftdid
knit [that indiffoluble knot betwixt our hu¬
mane nature and his Deity : the Son of God
afliiming into the unity of his Perlon that
which before he was not; and jyet without
change(forfomuftGodftill be) remaining
that which he was. Whereby it came to pafle,
that0 this holy thing which wtiz borneofher was cLuk.i. 35\
indeed and in truth to be called the S ONtiE of
GOD. Which wondei full connexion of two
fo infinitely differing natures inthe unity of
one perfon, how it was there effected • is an
inquificion fitter for an Angelical intelligence,
than for our fhallow capacity to look after.
To which purpoleallo we [may obferve, that
inthe fabrick of the ^Arhe of the Covenant,
dthepofture of the faces of the Qberubims to'dEtoi-37 *
ward
14 The Incarnation
ward the Mercy-feat (the type ofour Saviour)
wasfuch , as would poynt unto us> thatthefe
*me9.tx-U'< are the things which
i.Pet.tr*!. anc[ mt0
And therefore let thatlatisfa&ion, which
the Angell gave unto the Mother Virgin
( whom it did more fpecially concerne to
«iuk.i.j4. movc thequeftion, e may this he ?) con-
/ibid.ver.35. tent us, f The power of the (ball oyer.
Jhadow thee. For as the former part of that
£ibid.Y«.37. fpcech may informe us, that S nothing
isunpofiihle: fo the latter may put us inminde,
that the fame God having this
myftery with his own veile, we fihould not
prefume with the men of h Bethlhemefhto
looke into this lArkeof his; leaft for our curio-
fity we be fmitten, as they were. Only this
we may fafely lay , and mull firmly hold :
that as the diftindtion of the Perfons in the
holy Trinity hindret'n not the Unity of the
Nature ofthe God- head, although every per-
fon entirely holdeth his own incommunica¬
ble property fo neither doth the diftin&i-
on ofthe two Natures in our Mediatourany
way crofle the unity of his Perfon, although
each
of the Son of (foci.
I?
*Tfnr7w{ xj
cad
each nature remaineth intire in ic felfe> and
retaineth the properties agreeing thereunto>
^without any converfion, compo(ition,com-
mixtion or confufion. .. ,
When * Mofes beheld the bufh burning i Exod.2tz,j,
with fire, and yetno whit confumed,he won-
dred at the fight,and faidi I will now
and fee this greatfight, why the buf is not .
But when God thereupon called unto him
out of the midfl: of the bufh,and laid, Draw not
nigh hither, and told him who he was; Mofes
trembled, hid his face, and durft not behold
God. Yet,aithough being thus warned, we
dare not draw fo nigh ; what doth hinder
but we may ftand aloofe off, and wonder
at this great fight ? k Our Q is a confuming ^Heb.,2.i9;
fire; laith the Apoftle : and a qutftion wee
finde propounded in the prophet , 1 Who /fifty 33.14;
mng us fall dwell with the devouring fire ? who
amongft us fall dwell with the bur¬
nings ? Mofes was not like other Prophets,
but m God fpake unto him face to face , as MNum.12.6i
a man fpeaketh unto his friend : and yet for
all that, when hee bef ought the Lord that
he would fhew him his glory • he re-
C ccived
I 6 The Incarnation
«Exoj.35, ceived thisanfwer 3n my
12 >10- face : for there /hall no man fee mee, and
oEuy4i.8. Abraham before him,though a fpeciall0friend
iof God,and the p of the faithfull, the
^Rom. 4.1 {> Children of God j yet held it a great matter
Gai. 3.7. that he fhould take upon him fo much as to
2Gen. 13.17. q fpeak unto God , being .
r».Pet. 1.11. Yeathevery Angells themfelves (r are
fECxy 6.2. greater in power and might) are fain tof cover
their faces, when they ftand before him s as
not being able to behold the brightneffe of his
With what aftonifhment then may we be¬
hold our duft and aflhes afTumed into the un¬
divided unitie of Gods owneperlonj andad-
mitted to dwell here, as an inmate, under the
fameroofe? and yet in the midft of thofe e-
verlaftingburnings j the bufh to remain un-
confumed, and to continue frefh and green
for evermore. Yea,how fhould not we with
Abrahamrejoyceto fee this day, wherein not
only our nature in theperfon of our Lord Jefus
is found to dwell for ever in thole everlafting
burnings; but,in and by him, our owne per-
fons alfo are brought fo nigh thereunto, that
I"... " ~ "• : God
glory
of the Son of (fod. 17
5 God cloth fct his San&uarie and Tabernacle 'Levit-ltf n.
among us» and dwell with RS,and (which is;Ezlch.j7.i«,
much more) maketh us our feives to be the Rcvei.it. 5.
"boufeand th ^habitation,wherein he is plea-^^-,^
led to dwell by his Spirit^ according to that of
theApoftle, y Tee are the Temple of the li~pwgtyiCe>t&'<>'
God , as God hath faid; I will dwell in them
walkein them, and I will be their , and they
fbatl be my people. And that mod: admirable
Prayer, which our Saviour himfelfe made un¬
to his father in our behalfe/ipwy not for thefe t i0hn ,7M,
alone, butfor them alfo which Jhall beleiye on me
through their Word', that they all maybe one, as
thou Father art in mee and I in they alfo
may be one in us • that the world may .
thou baft fentme. J intbem> and thou in me: that
they may be made perfect inone-,and that the world
may know that thou haft fent and baft
them as thou haft lo~r>edme.
To compafle this conjunction betwixt
God and us, he that was to bee our a
or Saviour, rauft of necefsity alio bee Jm-
manuel, which being interpreted is, GOD
with us j and therefore in his Perfon to bee See Anfclws
J mmanuel. that is , God dwelling with our c«rDeM
C z flefli; Hw"
18 The Incarnation
flefli •, bccauie he was by his Office co be lm-
manuel, that is, he who muft make God to be
at one with us. For this being his proper office,
i Tim. i.f. to be b Mediatour between God and he muft
pattakewith both: and being before ail eter-
nicy confubftantiali with his Father,he muft at
the appoynted time become likewifcconlub-
Hcb, 114. ftantiallwith his children.c
the children are partakers fiefh and bloody he
alfo himfelfe likewifetookepart of the fame: faith
the Apoftle. We read in the Romane hiftory,
that the Sabines and the Romans joyning bat-
tell together,upon fiich an occafion as is men¬
tioned in the laft Chapter of the booke of
Judges ofthc children of catching
every man a wife of the daughters of Shilo'-
;f £ &the women> being daughters to the one fide
ptrcujfutn: and Wives to the other, interpofed themfelves
mTaTafut and tooke up the quarrell. io that by the me-
diation of thefe > who had a peculiar intereft
fuunov&n in F
vtbm bofies in either fide, and by whole meanes this new
f cumg alliance was contra&ed betwixt the two ad-
Tpctprodm verie parties ; they who before ftood upoa
higheft termes of hoftility, * did not only
Rom.lib, 1. cntertaine Peace > but alio joyned them-
£a?'H felves
of the Son of Qod. \ p
(elves together into one body and one ftate.
God and we were w enemie; before wee ^Rom.5,to.
were reconciled to him by bis He that
is to be c our Teace , and to reconcile us unto r , ,
> • . n f e EP"e'« zt
God ,and to fay this enmity , mult have >4.
an interefl: in both the parties that are at
variance , and have fuch a reference unto
either of them ; that he may be able to lend
this comfortable meffage unto the fonnes of
men. f Goeto my brethrenj and ^IohI7-
them: I afcend unto my Father, and your Fa¬
ther ; and to my God, and your Qod.For as
long as S beets not ajhamed to call us brethren
b GOD is not ajbamed to be called our GOD. iHcb-"a«.
Andhisentringofourapparance, in his own
name and ours , after this manner, 1 "Tie- j Htb
hold, I, and the children which God bath given
tnee i is a motive ftrong enough to appeafe his
Father , and to turnc his favourable counte¬
nance towards us. as on the other fide, when
we become unruly , and prove Rebellious
children, no reproofe can be more forci¬
ble, nor inducementfoprevalent (ifthere re«
maine any (parke of grace in in us^) to make
us caft downs our weapons and yeeld,than
C 3 thisj i
2o The Incarnation
kv>ta.ii,6. £)ge ye thus requite the Lord, 0 pea-
pie and unwife ? Is not he thy Father that hath
i8Ptt''7' bought thee ? and bought thee,1 corrupti¬
ble things, <u f her and gold, but with
^flw^ofhis ovvne Son.
How dangerous a matter it is to be at ods
with God, old Ely fheweth by this maine
MiSam 1,15-argument: m If one ,
the Judge /hall judge him: but if a man fin againfi
the Lord,who /ball plead or for him ? and
8^9.31,35.y^^beforehim;n He is not a man as I am,that J
Jhouldanfwer him, and we fijould come together in
judgement: neither is there any or
Vmpire betwixt us,that might lay his hand, upon us
both. Ifthisgenerall fhould admit no manner
of exception, then were we in a wofull caie3
and had caulcto weeo much more than Saint
l
»Rtvei 5 - * did in the Revelation; when0 none was
found in heav en mr in earth,,nor under
that was abletoopen the which he (aw in
the right hand of him that fate upon the
T\\xor\t ,neithtr to look thereon. But as S.
was wifhed there, to refraine his weeping;
pmvcrf.s.becaufeP the Lion of the tribe of Iuda,tberootof
David,had prevailed to open the
the
7'<
OOjt
tk
of the Son of Cjod, 21
I. 2,1,2
thefevenfealestbercof.lohc himfeif eUe where
givcth the like comfort unto ail of us in this
particular. <\lf any manfn}weh an Advocate iilok
with the Father, lefus Chrifl the and be
u apropitiation jor our fins-, and not for ours
but aljofor the fins of the whole world.
For asr there is one God, fo is there
diatour between Qod and men, the man Chrifl le-
fiity who gave himfelfe a ranfom for and in
diichargeofthis his office of Mediation, as
the only fit Umpire to take upthis controver-
fie, was to lay his hand as well upon GOD,the
party fo highly offended, as upon Man , the
patty fo bafely offending. In things concer¬
ning God, the Trieflhoodof our Mediatouris
exercifed. { For every bighTricfl /Hcb.j.i.s
among men,and ordainedfor men in 17*
ning to God. The parts of his Prieftly Functi¬
on are two; Satisfaction and jnterceflion: the
former whereof giveth contentment to Gods
Juflice- the latter folliciteth his for the
application of this benefit to the children of
God in particular. Whereby it commech to
pafle, that God in 1 (hewing mercy upon
whom he will (hew mercy, is yet for his ju¬
flice
11 The Incarnation
wRom.3.16. ftjcc no ioofer.bcing bothuj«j?, and
of him that b elegy eth in Iefus.
By vertue of his our Mediatour
*Hcb. ?.24.x appcareth in the prefence of God for us,
>Rom.8.34.and ymakethrequeftforus. Tothis purpofe,
Hebr. 7<»5-the ApofHe noteth in the fourth to the He-
brewes, 1. That^ a great high Trie ft,
that is puffed into the
Cjod. (verf. 14. j 2.that we haye not an high Priest
which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities j but was in ail things tempted as wee
are} yet withoutfinne.(verf.t5.)Betwixtthe^r-
ying ofluch, and t
tercefTor, betwixt the of him in regard
of the one, and the in regard of his
other nature , ftandeth the comfort of the
poore finner. Hemuftbefuch a fuitour as ta-
xHeb.i.i7.kethourcauieto heart: and therefore *inall
things it behoyed him to be made like unto his
brethren; that he might be a merciful), and «
full high Triefi. In which refpeCt as it was
needfuil hee fhould partake with our flefh
andbloud , that he might be tenderly affe¬
cted Hnto his brethren : fo likewife for the
obtaining of fo great a fuit , it behoved he
fhould
of the Son of (25
fhould be moftdeare to God theFacher, and
havefogreatan intereft in him, as he might
alwayes be fure to be a heard in his requelts; a Iohn n<4i.
who cherefore could be no other, but he of
whom the Father certified from heaven,1 hTbistMatth.5.17.
is my beloDed Sonne, in whom I am
It was fit our interceffor fhould be man > like
unto our felves, that we mightc boldly come Hcb 4.
to him, and finde grace to help in time of need'.
it was fit he fhould be God > that he might
boldly goe to the Father, without any way di-
fparaginghim j as being his , and
K equal}. ePfoU.s.
But fuch was Gods loT>etojuftice, an
tred co finne; that he would not have his j«-
flice(wallowed up with mercy , nor
pardoned without the making of fit reparati¬
on. And therefore our Mediatour muft not
looke to procure forus a limple pardon with- Rom- J-1*-
L , . n i f • • • / 'lohn 2il,&
out more adoej but mult be a propitiation for 4.1°.
our finnes , and redeem us by fine ands «r
Jorne: and fo not only be the matter of our re- M.m. lo. is.
quefls, tointreat the Lord for us;but alio take
upon him t he part of an ^ Jl dvocatt&o plead ■ T,fn
fullJdtisfattion made by hinalelfe , as our l^ohnlAt
D furetiei
<-B.eb.7.i>. i furetie,unto all the debt wherewith wc any
way flood chargeable. Now the Satufattion
which our furety bound himlelfe to performe
in ourbehalfe, was ofa double the prin-
cipall,and theacceflory. The principal! debt
is obedience to Godsmoftholy Law- which
man was bound to pay as a perpetuall tribute
to his Creator, although he had never finned;
but, being now by his owne default become
bankrupt, is not able to difcharge in the leafl
meafure. His furety therefore being to latisfie
in his ftead - none will be found fit to under¬
take fuch a payment, but he who is both God
and Man.
Manitisfit helfhould be : becaufc Man
was the party that by the Articles of the firft
Covenant was tied to this obedience- and it
IRom.j.ij). was rcquifitc that, chfobedi¬
ence many were madefinners, the obedience
of one Man likemfe, many jhould be made righ¬
teous. Againe > if our Mediatour were only
God, he could have performed no obedience
C the Godhead being free from all manner
of fubjection: ) and if heNwere a bare Man,
although he had beene asperfc& as *Adam3
in
of the Son of (f oL
in his integrity, or the Angels themfelvesj yet
being left unto himfelfe amidft all the tempta •
tions of Satan & this wicked world,he fhould
be fubjed: to Fall,as they werej or if he fhould
holu out, as1 the eletl iAngels did ; that mull / ,Tim. i.*i.
have been afcribed to the grace and favour of
another: whereas the giving offtri<5t fatisfa'
& ion to Gods jufiice was the thing required in
this behalfe. But now being God, as well as
Man, hebyhisowne m eternall Spirit prefer-mu<b, 9.n.
ved himfelfe without fpot: prefenting afarre
more fatisfa&ory obedience unto God than
could have pofFibly been performed by
in his integrity.
Forbefide the infinite difference that was
betwixt both their Terfons, which maketh
thea&ions of the one beyond all companion
to exceed the worth and value of the other: we
know that ^Adam was not able to make him¬
felfe holy j but what holinefle he had, he re¬
ceived from him who created him according
to his owne Image: fo that whatfoever obe¬
dience yAdamhad performed , God fhould n \ Cor. 9.7:
have n eaten but ofthe fruit of the Vineyard
which himfelfe had planted, and 0
D1 would m'-
7tt <m iff, 7&p
2& The Incarnation
would all that have been, which could be
given unto him. But Chriftdid himfelfe fan?
stifle that humane nature which heaflumed,
according to his ownc faying, 17. 19.
For their fakes I fanclifie : and loout
ofhis owne peculiar ftore did he bring forth
thole precious treafures of holy obedience ,
which for the fatisfa£tion of our debt he was
pleafed to tender unto his Father. Again , if
j,Luke 17.to, Adam had p done all things which were com¬
manded him, he mull for all that have laid.
I am an unprofitable ; I haye done that
which was my duty to doe. Whereas in the vo¬
luntary obedience, which Chrift fubje&ed
himfelfe unto , the cafe flood fatre other-
wile.
True it is that if we refpeft him in his hu-
atoh. 14.18. mane nature,'^ A Father
rEfayj?-1 *• heishis Fathers "fer:yet in thathelaid,
Mat.ii.t8- an(j mofl. truly (aid, that God was his s
yiohn 5.18, fthe Jewes did rightly inferre from thence,
thathe thereby made himfelfe equaH with j
7Z?«h. 1 J.?, and'the Lord of hofts himfelfe hath proclai¬
med him to be the man that is fellow. Being
fuch a man therefore , and lo highly borne-
by
of the Son of Cjod. 27
by the privilege of his birth-right, he might
have claimed an exemption from the ordina¬
ry fervice whereunto all other men are tied:
andby being M the Kings Sonne , have freed aMat6th l7-
himfclfe from the payment of that tribute '
which was to be exabted at the hands of Stran¬
gers. When "the'Fatherbroughtthishis firft-*Heb. i.«„
begotten into the world , he laid; the
Angells of God worfiip him: and at the very in-
ftant wherein the Sonne advanced our nature
into t he highefl pitch of dignity, by admitting
it into the unity of his facrcd perlon, that
nature lo affirmed was worthy to be crown¬
ed with all glory and honour: and he in that
nature might then have fet himfelfe downe
y at the right hand of the throne of Godj ty-y Heb. n.j,
ed tonoother iubjebtion than now he is,or
hereafter fhall be , when after the end of
this world he fhall have delivered up the king-
dome to God the Father. Forthenalfo, inre*
gard of his affumed nature, he xJhaR cor.jf.17.
jeB unto him that put all other things under
him.
Thus the Sonne ofGod, if he had min¬
ded only his owne things , might at the
very
28 The Incarnation
very firft have attained untothejoy that was
«phiiip.». v. let before him; buta looking things of
4'5,T,g' others , he chofe rather to come by a tedious
way,and wearilome journey unto it; not chab
lengtng thepriviledgeofa Sonne, but taking
upon him theformeofa Where¬
upon in the day.es-of his flefh, he did not (erve
as an honourable Commander in the Lords
hoft, but as an ordinary fouldier ; he made
himfelfeof no reputation, for the time as it were
* emptying himfelfc of his high ftate and dig-
,an. nity • he humbled himfelfe > and became obedient
rhii.7. untill his death, being content all his life long
iGai. 4.4. to be b made under the Law: yea fo farre, that
as he was fent cintbelfleJh,{.o
hedifdained not to fubjett himfelfe unto that
Lawj which properly did concerne
flefh. And therefore howfoever Qrcumcifion
was by right appliable only untofuch as were
vcoioff.i, d dead in their finnes ■>and the uncircumcifion of
*»»' t- theirfief}-,yet he, in whom there was#*
of the finnes of the fief to be put off, fubmitted
himfelfe notwithftanding thereunto:not only
to teftifie his communion with the Fathers
of the old T eftamentj but alfo by this meanes
to
of the Son of (fod.
ip
was
to tender unto his Father a bond,iigned with
his owne bloud , whereby he nude himfelfe
in our behalfe a debtour untothe whole Law.
For ltefiifie{ faith 'the Apoftle) Gal.*.,.
that is circumcifed, that he is a debtour to the whole
Law.
in like manner IB aptifmeappertained pro¬
perly unto inch as were defiled, and had need
to have their f finnes wafhed away ; and/Aa.
therefore when all the land of Judea, and they
ofjerufalem went out unto John,they
all baptised of him in the riyer Jo, " *'5'
their finnes. Among the reft came our Saviour
alfo ; buttheBaptift confidering thathehad
need to be baptized by Chrift, and Chrift no
need at all to be baptized by him , refufed to
give way unto that adion} as altogether un»
befitting the ftate of that immaculat Lamb of
God, whowastotake awaythefinneof the
World. Yetdidour Mediatour fubmit him¬
felfe to that ordinance of God alfo: not only
toteftifie his communion with the Chriflians
of the new T eftament; but efpecially (which
is the reafon yeeldcd by himfelfe ) becaufe
11 itbeeamehim that to fulfill all righteoufnefie. »
And
T"be Incarnation
And lo having Fulfilled all righteoulnefle,
whereunto the meaneft man was tied, in the
dayes of his pilgrimage( which was moiethan
he needed to have undergone> if he hadrefpe-
<5ted onlyhimfeife:Jthe workes which he per¬
formed were truly works of
which might be put upon the account of them
whole debt he undertook to difcharge • and
being performed by the perfonoFthe Sonne of
God,muft in that refpedl not only be equiva¬
lent, but infinitely overvalue the obedience of
Adam and all his poflerity, although they had
remained in their integrity,& continued untill
this houreinftantly fervingGod day & night.
And thus for our maineand principalldebtof
Obedience,hath our Mediator given fatisfadti-
iLHk.6.38. on unto thefufticeof his Father.with
fure^reffeddown.fiakcn running oyer.
But befide this, we were liable unto ano -
4Luk.17.1e. ther debt j which we have incurred by our
gTh'.'1 default, and drawn upon our felves byway
iUMh.611.0f forfeiture, and nomine pxn<e. For askObedi-
compared m x
with Luk. ence is a due debti and Gods fervants in regard
mlthereof are truly debters fo likewife is finne
Luk. 14 4- a 1 debti an4finnersm</e^(?rj5 in regard ofthe
penalcjr
of the San of (fod.
penalty due for the default. And as the pay¬
ment of the debt which commeth
»<«,dilchargeth not the tenant afterwards from
paying his yearly rent; which of it felfe would
have been due, although no default had been
committed fothe due payment of the yearly
rentsafter the default hath been made,is no fuf-
ficient fatisfa&ion for the penalty already in¬
curred. Therefore our (urety, whoftandeth
chargeable with all our debts, as he maketh
paiment for the one by his mull he
make amends for the other by his Paflivc obe-
dience:hc muft firftnfufFer,& the enter into his T. t - -
J # LUK.14,2#
glory.10 For it became him for whom are all Heb.»•,
and by whom are all things,in bringing many ftns
unto glory yto make the captain of their
perfect (that is} a perfeCt accomplifherof the
work wch he had underta.ke)throughf xfierings.
The Godhead is ofthat infinit perfection,
thatit cannot poffibly bejfubjcCt to any pafsi-
on. He therefore that had no other nature but
the Godheadjcould not pay fuch a debt as this-
thedilcharge whereof confided in differing
and dying. It was alfo fit, that Gods juftice
fliould have bin fatisfied in that nature which
E had
Tfi The Incarnation
hadtranfgrefled } and that the fame nature
fhouldfufferthe punifhment, that had com-
mitted the offence, P
15« dren were partakers of fle/b and , -
felfe likewifetookepart the fame: that through
death he might deftroy him that had the power
of death* that 0, the and deliver them
who through feare of death were all their life
time fubjeilto bondage. Such and fo great was
the love of God the Father towards us , that
£Rom..8.u. i Hee Jparednot huow but delivered
bim up for wall: and lotranfcendent was the
love of the Sonne ofGodjtowardsthefonncs
of men, that he defired not to be (pared; but
rather than they fhould lye under the power
©f death, wasofhimfelfc mod willing to fuf~
fer death for them, which feeing in that infi¬
nite nature , which by eternalfgeneration he
received from his Father, he could not doe;he
refolved in the, appoynted time to take unto
himfelfe a Motherland out of her fubftance to
have aJaody framed unto himfelfe, wherein
♦Phil.*.*, he mightr become obedient unto death^ even the
, death of the crofefot our redemption. And
thereforef when he commeth into the world.
of the Sort of (jod.
35
he faith unto his Father, A bafl thou fit¬
ted tne-, Lot Icometodoethy will, 0 God. By the
which will (laith the * Apoftlc) we are -1 mc.9i
fiedyhroughthe offering oft be body ofjefm QbrM l0-
oncefor all.
Thus we fee it was neceffary for the fatif-
fa&ion of this debt,that our Mediator fhould
beMantbuthethathad no more in him than
a Man , could never be able to goe thorow
with io great a worke. For if there fhould be
found a Manas righteous as Adam was at his
firft creation, who would be content to fuffer
for the offence of others: his luffering pofsi-
bly might ferve for the redemption of one
foule ; it could be no fufficient ranfome for
thofe 0 innumerable multitudes that were »Revci.7.>.
to be x redeemed to GOD out of et>ery Revel.*.?.
dred, and tongue, and people, and nation. Nei¬
ther could any Man or Angellbe able to hold
out, if apunifhment equivalent to the end-
leffe fufferings of all the linnets in the world
fhould at once be laid upon him. Yea the
very powers of Chrift himlelfe, upon whom
y the Spirit of might did refit were lo fha-j,^
ken in this fharp encounter ; that he, who
£ z was
34- 77^ Incarnation
was the moftaccomplifhtpatterneof allforti-
tM«fei4 33- tudejftood 2 fire amazed and *witb flrong
54.47. i"g andteare'sprayed thatjb//i* were
*m«.i4-3 5> hour might paffe from him.
tHeKio.ii. « This man therefore being to offer onela-
crifice for fins for ever; to the burning of that
ic.antic.«.<5. facrificehe muftnot only bringthe d coals of
his love as ftrongas death,and as ardent as the
fire which hath a moft vehement flame, but
«Efay33.'4- he muft adde thereunto thofeeverlaftingbur¬
nings alfo> even the flames of his moft glori-
/Heb.P. 14. ous Deity: and therefore' through the
Spirit muft he offer without Jpot unto
£ibidver,i2. Qod-, that hereby he might s obtaine for us an
eternallredemption.Thebloud whereby the
»a& 2* it. Church is purchaled* muft be h I
aiCor.2.?. blood : and to that end muft 5
i5. be crucified-y k the Tand author of life be
jEfay 53-*• killed^he 'whole eternall generation no man can
declare , be cut off out of the land of the lining ■
and the man that is Gods owne fellow be thus
fmitten ; accordingtothat which God him-
felfe foretold by his Prophet. in Awake, 0
J,3i. (word, againfl my jhepherdy andman
that is my fellow faith the Lord of bofls:finite the
- 1 Jbeff
of the Son of (fof
(hepberd,and theJbeepJ, ball be fe^.The peo¬
ple oflfraell, we reade,did fo value the life of
D^i^cheirKing, thac they counted him to be
worth n tenthoufand of them (elves; how fhall „ lSam., 8.3;
we then value the life of ° D Pwho0 Matth-"•
* 4jj 44.
is thebleffed izf only Potentate,the Km ,/>
J T J Si J 91 "12 L Revel.IJ.lS.
and Lord of lords; It was indeed our nature that
fuflfered; but he that fuflfered in that nature,*!# ? Rom. 9 ?.
oyer all, God blejfedfor eyer: andforfuch a per-
lon tohave fuflfered butone houre, was more
than ifall other perfons had fuflfered ten thou-
fand millions ofyears.
But put cafe alfo, that the life of any other
lingular man might be equivalent to all the
lives ofwhole mankindetyet the laying down
of that life would not be fufficientto doe the
deed,unleflfe he that had power to lay it down,
had power likewile to take it up again. For to
be detained alwayes in that
wbencetbere is no comming out Jo
of the uttermofifarthing- istoliealwaies under
execution, and lo todifanullquite the plea of
that fullpaymet of the debt wherein our furety
flood engaged for us. And therefore the Apoftle
upon that ground doth rightly conclude; that
The Incarnation
fifi<x.i3.i7.s Chritt benotraifed, wears
yet in our finnes} and consequently, that as he
eR<m«.4.i;. muq bt^delberedto death our offencesfo he
muft be raifed again for our jufiification.
Yea, our Saviour himfelfe, knowing full
well what he was to undergoe for our lakes,
told us before hand, that the Comforter whom
atah.i6.io. he would fenduntous, fhould u convince the
world, that is, fully fatisfie the eonfciences of
*Dan,9.i4.tiiefonnesofmcnconcernjngthat,'eVerlafting
righteoufnejfe which was to be brought in by
him, upon this very ground :
my Father yandyefee me no more. For if he had
broken prilon, and madeanelcape» the pay¬
ment of the debt, which as our furety he took
upon himfelfe, being not yet latisfied , he
fhould have been leene here againe: Heaven
would not have held him, more then Para-
dife did Adam, after he had fallen into Gods
debt and danger. But our Saviour railing
himfelfe from the dead, prefenting himfelfe
in Heaven before him unto whom the debt
was owing , and maintaining his ftanding
there, hath herebygiven good proofe, that he
is now a free-man, and hath fully dilcharged
that
of the Son of God.
that debt of ours for which he flood com¬
mitted. And this is the evidence we have to
fhew of that righteoufnejje> whereby we ftand
juftifiedin Gods fight: according to that of
theApoftle. y Who jhall lay anything to the y Rorn 8 j,
charge of Gods eleft ?It is God that J 4. ' '
who is he thatcondemneth ? It is Qhrifl that >
yea rather that is rifen again • who is even at the
right hand of God, who alfo maketh "mtercefion
for us.
Now although an ordinary man mayeafi-
lypart with his life ; yet doth it not lye in
his power to rcfumc it againe at his own will
and plcafure. But he that [mud doe the turne
for us, mud be able to lay as our JESUS did.
z I lay down my life,that I may take it again. No tiofi.10.17,
tnantaketh it from met but I lay it downe of my ,8°
fdfe: I baye power to lay it dewn, and I
to take it againe. and in another place: 1Deftroy
this Temple, and in three dayes I will raife it up;
laich he unto the Jewes, Jpeaking of the Temple
of his body . An humane nature then he mull
have had,which might be lubjeft to dilfoluti-
on: but being once diflolvedj he could not by
his owne ftrength (which was the thing here
that
38 The Incarnaion
ncceflarily required) raile it up againej unleffe
brom.i,4. he had b declared himfelfe to be the Son of God
with power, by the refttrrettifrom the The
Manhood could luffer, but not overcome the
lharpnefle of death: the could luffer
nothing, but overcome any thing. He there- /
forethat was both to luffer and to overcome '
death for us,muff be partaker of both natures; I1
that c being put to death in the flejh, he-might '■
be able alfo to quicken himfelfe by his owne t
Spirit. a
And now are wee come to that part of (
Chrifts mediation>whieh concerneththecom 1
dEpkef.1,14. veiance oiAtbe redemption of th'xsp
fefiion unto the fons of men. A deare purchale
indeed, which was to be redeemed with no 1
leflepricethenthe bloud of the Sonne ofGod.
butwhat fhould the purchale of a ftranger
have been to us ? or what Ihould we have
beene the better for ail this; ifwe could not
derive ourdelcentfrom the purchaler,or raife
fome good title whereby we might eftate our (
felves in his purchale?Now this was the man. ,
ner in former time in Ifraell, concerning re¬
demptions, that unto him who was the*next
of
of the Son of (f Oct.
19
ofkinne belonged the right of being6 or ?RuthJ.11
the Redeemer. And lob had before that left 4.7 Vrf'J'
this glorious profelsion of his faith unto the
perpetuall memory of all pofterity.
that my Qoel or Redeemer livet, and at the lafl l6'17'
(ball arife upon the dufl( or, ft and upon the earth:)
And after this my skinne is jpent; yet in myftefh
J,hall Ifee God. Whom I/hallfee for myJeife^and
mine eyes J,hall behold, and not another for me.
Whereby we may eafily underftand, that his
and our Redeemer was to be the invifible
God,andyetinhis affirmed ftelh madevifible
even to the bodily eyes of thole whom he re¬
deemed. For if he had not thus affumed our
fie(b; how fhould we have been of his bloud, -
or claimed any kindred to hintfandunleffethc
Godhead had by a perlonall union beene unfe-
parably conjoyned unto that fiefh; how could
he therein have beene accounted our of¬
kinne?
For the better clearing of which laftrea-
fon j we may call to mind that fentenceof
the Apoftle. sThefrfl man is of the earth earthy: gl-CocI
thefecond man is the Lordfrom hear en. Where
notwithstanding there were many millions
F of
4°
Tfhe Incarnation
of men in the world betwixt chefe two}yet we
lee our Redeemer reckoned
why I butbecaufe thefe two were the only
men who could be accounted the prime foun¬
tains} from whence all the reft ofmankinde
did derive their exiftence and being. For as all
men in the world by meanedefcentsdo draw
their Rsftotigma.Ufromthe ftrft : foin re-
fpe<5tofamore immediate influence ofcffici-
encie and operation do they owe their being
unto the fecondman, as he is the
ven. This is Gods own language unto
i jercm. i. j. * He fore 1 formed tbec in the belly , I knew
and this is Davids acknowledgement, for his
»Kai.n<*.7 3- PaIt* * Thy hands have made me and
k pfi.1j9.13* me j k thou hafi covered me in my mothers :
j pfai.71. «■ Ubou art he that took me out ofmy mothers
mjobao.8, and Jobs5for his alfo. m Thy hands have made
me and fajhioned me together roundabout: thou
hafl clothed me with skin and ,and haft -
#Aa 1717 Ce^ me with bones and /wfsw.and thenApoftless
%8,i9. ' ' for us all: In him we live^ and move, andhave
our being.who inferreth alfo thereupon, both
that we are the oft-faring or generation of Qod-
and that he u not farrefrom every one of w. this
being
of the Son of (jod.
being to be admitted for a moftcertaine truth
(notwithftanding the oppofition of all gain-
fayers.) that * God doth 'more immediately 'secBrai-
concurreto the generation and all other mo-^p^,^
tions of the creature, then any naturall agent I caP- J»&
doth or can doe. And therefore, if" by one mans oRom.5.17.
ojfedce»death raigned by one s muth more they
which receive abundance of grace & ofthe gift of
righteoufnesfoaU raign in life by one, J ejus ,
confidering that this fecondman is not only as
univerlall a principle ol all our beings, as was
tha tfirft, and fo may luftaine the common
perfon of us all, as well as he^ but is a far more
immediate agent in the production thereof:
not, as the firtl) fo many generations removed
from us, but more near unto us then our very
next progenitours ; and in that regard juftly
to be accounted our next of kinne,even before
themalfo.
Yet is not this fufiicient neither: but there
is another kindeof generation required , for
which we muft be beholding unto the fecond
man,the Lord from heaven-, before we can have
intereft in this purchaled Redemption. For as
the guilt of the firftmans tranfgreffion is deri-
Fi ved
4-1 The Incarnation
ved unco us by the meanes of car nail generati¬
on. fomuftthe benefic ofthe obe¬
dience be conveyed unto us by fpirituall rege¬
neration. And this muftbe layd downe as a
p iohn j. j. moft undoubted verity ; that,except a
be born againdbe cannot fee the King dome of Gods
j iohn 1.13. andthatevery luch muftbe <3 ,
nor of the wi II of the flefb nor of the will of
of God. Now, as our Mediatour in relpetft of
the Adoption of Sons,which he hath procured
*Heb. 1.11. for us,r is notafhamed to call us 13 (o
inrelpeftof this new birth , whereby he be-
gettethusto a fpirituall 5c everlaftinglite, he
difdaineth not to owne us as his
/Efiyjs.io.f if hen thou fhalt make his foul an offering for pn}
hee /ball fee his feed: faith the Prophet Elaias.
tpfci. 1130.1 Afeedjballfer'vehim.Jt /hall be accounted to the
Lor dfor a generation:faith his Father
likewifeofhim. and he himfelfe,of himfelfer
uH=b. 1.13. vBehold Land the children which God hath giDen
me. Whence the Apoftlededuceththis con-
* ibid.ver.M« clufion : 51 Forafmucb then as the children are
partakers of flefb and bloud» he alfo himfelfe -
wife tookepart of the fame. He himlelfe,that is,
he who was God eqtiall to the Father , for
who
of the Son of (f od.43
who elfe was able to make this
but the fame2God that is the Creator of all Gai.<s.Vj°'
things? (no leffe power beingrequifite to the
effe&ing of this, then was at the firft to the J s*
producingof all things out of nothing:) and
thelenew a babes being to beb borne of the Sp
rit-} who could have power to lend the Spirit} with 1.13!
thus to beget them , but the Father and the bf,6%3'"**
Sonne from whom he proceeded ? the fame
bletTed Spirit, who framed the naturall body
of our Lord in the wombe of the Virgin 5 be¬
ing to new mould and fafh/on every member
of his myfticall body unto his fimilitude and
likeneffe.
Forthe further openingof which myfiery
( which went beyond the apprehenfion of
c Vfjcodemw, though a mafler of Jfrael) we are abid.verf.4,
toconfidei j that in every perfeft generation, 9'1°'
the creature produced receiveth two things
from him that doth beget it: Life and .
A curious limmer draweth his own foftnes
portraiture to the life ( as we fay ) yet, be-
caufethere is no true life in it, butalikeneffe
only 3 he cannot be faid to be the begetter of
hispi£ture,as he is of his Son. And fome crca-
Fj tures
4-4* ' The Incarnation
tures there be that are bred out ofmudde or
other putrid matter : which although they
have life,yet becaufe they have no correfpon-
dencein likeneffe unto the principle from
whence they were derived, are therefore ac»
countedto have but an improper and equi-
vocall generation, whereas in therightand
proper courfe of generation ( others being
efteemed but monftrous births that fwarvc
from that rule ) every creature begetteth his
like; — neci
Trogenerant
Now touching our fpirituall death & life,,
thele layings of the Apoftle would be thought
diCor.5.14. upon. d Wee thus judge} that if one dyed for
then were all dead: and that be dyed for , that
they which life, fhmld not he live unto
themffives but unto him which djed for them and
cEphef.1.4,5 rofe againe. e Qod who u rich in mercy, for his
great love wherewith he loved w, even when we
were dead in fn> hath quickened us together with
' /CoioUij. Qhriji. ( And you being dead in your fins yand the
uncircumcifion of yourfl ejh t hathhee quickened
together with him} havingforgivenyou trejpaf.
iGai,i.io, fesy ZIm crucifiedwtthQbrift.NevertbelejfeI
live.
of the Son of Cjod.
torn,
lhtJ
liye,yet net I, but Cht ifl liveth in : and the
life which J now liye in the flefh,
of the Son of God, who loyed
feifeforme. From all which wc may eafily ga¬
ther jthat if by the obedience and fufferingsof
a bare man, though never fo perfect, the moll
foveraigne medicine that could be thought up¬
on fhould have beene prepared for the curing
of our wounds:yet all would be to no purpofe,
we being found dead, when the medicine
did cometobeapplyed.
Our Phyiitian therefore muft not only be
able to reftore us unto health, but unto life it
felfe: which none can do but the Father,Son
and holy Ghoftj oneGod,blefled for ever, to
whichpurpole, thelepaflagesofour Saviour
alfo are to be confidered. V?x the father hath b iohn s.
lifeinhimfelfe: fo bath begiyentotheSon
life in himjelfe. »*As the liying Father hath fent < i°hn 6. i7,
me,and J live by the Father: fo he that eateth me,
eyenbe JbaUlife by me. k J am the Hying bread, * Ibld«vcr' J*•
which came downe from heayen}if any man eat of
this bread,he /hall liyefor eyer : and the bread
that J willgiye-, is my flefh, which J willgiye for
the life of the world, thelubftance whereof is
briefly
4 6 The Incarnaion
briefly comprehended in this laying of the A-
iiCoc.if.4;,poftle: 1 Thelaft Ad quickening
Jpirit. An ^Adamtherefore and perfedt Man
mull he have been; that his flefh, given for us
upon the Crofle, might be made the conduit
to convey life unto the world : and a
ning jpirit he could not have been, unleffe he
were Godj able to make that flefh an effc<5tuall
inftrumentoflife by the operation of his blef-
wiohn 6^ fpirit- F°r» as himfelfe hath declared," It
istheSpiritthat quickenetb} withoutit, the flefh
would profit not hing.
As forthepoyntofilmiUtudeand likenefle:
we reade of fhdam, after his fall, that he»begat
»G.n 5. j. afon in his owne liknejfe, after his and ge¬
nerally , as well touching the carnall as the
fpirituall generation s our Savioar hath taught
oiohr.36. us this lc lion. "That w
flefh', andthat which is
Whereupon the Apoftle maketh this compari«
fon betwixt thofe whoare borne of that firlt
man> who is of the earth earthy,and of the le-
1 Cor 1 cond man, who is the Lord from heaven.
4«>49- ' is the earthy,f icb are they that are and as
is the he ay en ly,• fuchare they alfothat are
of the Son of(fad. 47
Kjfejiyi
ly : and cu we have borne the image of the earthy,
we (hall alfo beare the image of the heavenly. We
fhall indeed hereafter bear it in full perfect ion:
when 1 the Lord Jefus Qhrift (ball change our{m.}.».
bafe body yt hat it may befafhione like unto hi) glo¬
rious body-t according to the , whereby hee
is able even to fubdue all things unto Yet
in the mean time alio, luch a conformity is
required in us unto that heavenly man that
r our convsrfation mufl be in , a.fer<M:
look for this Saviour'-and that we muff sput off u
• 1 r • I i/lyEpn.4.21,
concerning the former converjationfbat old , *3- :<»-
©/lie/)« corrupt according to the lufist
•and be renewed in the Jpirit of our mind ,and put
en the new man > which after God is created in
rigbteoufnefe and trueholineffe. For as in one
particular point of domefticall authority}tf^d.Cor. u.
Man is (aid to be the image and glo
theWoman the glory of the Man: fo in a more« i.Cor.4.4.
univerfall maner is Qhrift laidto be" the image (^.'3,%.
of God, even *thebrigbtneffe of his
rr ' n • j. r J V So where the
exprejje imageofhts perfon; and we y Hebrew hath
formed to his image,that he might be the fir ft. born
Im among thofe many brethren,'who in that re(pe<5t £e Greek'
are accounted x the glory cf Cbrift, ' «ndreth.tJhii
k g -
48 The Incarnation
a Mum.11.7> we read in the holy ftory, that God
of the Jpirit which was
tothefeventy Elders } that they might bear the
burdcnofthe People with him> and that he
might not beare it ,as before he had done^im.
felfe alone. It may be,his burden being thus
lightened, the abilities that were left him for
government were not altogether fo great, as
the necefsity of his former employment requi¬
red them to have beene; and in that regard^
what was given to his afsrftants, might per¬
haps be faid to be taken from him. But we
are fure the cale was otherwife in him of
jiohn j. 54. whom now we fpeake : unto whom b §od
did not thus give the fpirit by meaAnd there¬
fore although (o many millions of beleivers
tPhiiip.i.t?. do continually receive this Spi¬
rit of Iefw Qhrifi. yet neither is thatfountaine
any way exhaufted > nor the plenitude of that
well-fpring of grace any whit empayred or
acoior.1.19. diminifhed: it being Gods pleafure in
t iohn.i.t<5- him should alifullnejje dwell, and thate of hisful-
neffe all we should receive grace forgrace.thzt as
in the naturall generation there is fuch a cor-
lefpondence in all parts betwixt the begetter
1 and
of the Son of Cjod. 49
and the infant begotten,that there is no mem¬
ber tobefecn in the Father, but there is the
hkeanlwerablytobefoundin the Child, al¬
though inafariefle proportion ; lo it falleth
out in this fpiritualhthat for every grace which
in a moft eminent manner is found in Chrift,
alike grace will appearein Godschilde, al¬
though in a far inferiour degreejfimilitudes &
likenefles being defined by the Logicians to
be comparifons made in quality, and not in
quantity.
We are yet further to take it into our con-
fideration, that by thus cnliving and fafhio-
ning us according to his owne Image, Chrifts
purpofewasnottoraile a feed unto himfelfc
difperfedly and diftra&edly , but to „Ighn u
together in one the children of God that were
tered abroad: yea and to g bring all unto one Ephef. i.
byhimfelfe,boththemwhich are in heaven and
them which are on the earth, that as in the Ta¬
bernacle, hthe <vaile divided between the
place and the moft holy-t but the curtains which
covered them both were (o coupled together
with the taches, that it might ftill 1 be one . Ibid
bernacle: fo the Church militant and trium- *'"•
G a chant
*o The Incarnation
phant,typified thereby, though diftant as far
the one from the other as Heaven is from
Earth.yetismadebutone Tabernacle in Jcfus
fcEpiuf. i, a.Chriftj k in whom all the building fitly framed to~
gethergrowethunto an holy temple in the ,
andnz whom all of ut are together for an
habitation of God tbrougbtbe Spirit.
The bond of this myfticall union betwixt
I Sermon to Chrift and us (as1 elfewhere hath more fully
kS" been declared, is on his partthat m quickening
^ent'inn- Spirit, which being in him as the Head, is
miohn 6.6..from thence diffufed to the fpirituall anima.
i,Ccr,6,i7. & . riii' i i
,*.45. tion or all his members ; and on our parr
K.om!s!'9. n Faith,which is the prime a£t of life wrought
actij M inthofe who are capable ofunderftandingby
a Gai.i.io,& that fame fpirit. Both whereof muft be ac«
Ephef.ja/i knowledged to be of fo high a naturer that
none could poffibly by fuch ligatures knit up
fo admirable a body, but he that was God
Almighty.And therefore although we did lup-
pole fuch a man might be found who fhoulct
perform the Law for us, fuflfer the death that
was due to our offence and overcome it • yea
and whofe obedience and fufferings fhould
be of fuch valve, that it were for the
redemption
of the Son of Cjod. 51
redemption of the whole world: yet could it
not be efficient to make us live by faich^nleflc
that Man had been able to lend Gods fpirit to
apply the fame unto us.
VVhich as no bare Man or any other Crea¬
ture whatfocver can doe-, lo for Faith we are
taught by S. orPaul, thatit is the operation oior.t.u.'
God,and a wrkeofhis p<jwr?evenofthatfame 1'Thefwl'
power,wherewith Chrifthimfelfewasra/^
from the dead. Which is the ground of that
prayer of his sthat the p eyes of our underllan- Ephef.,.i9,
ding being enlightened , we might know
what it the exceeding greatneffe of his power to
niS'ward who beleeye, according tt the working of
his mighty power, which he wrought in Chrifl when
he raifed him from the deadend him at his own
righthand inthe heayenly places, far re aboyeall ,
principalityt and power, and might,andeyery
Name that is named not only in this world but alfo
in that to come: and hath put all things under his
feetyand gaye hirnto behead oyer all things to the
Churchy which is his body 3 thefulnejfe of him that
fillethall in all.
Yet was it fit alfo, that the Head fhould be
ofthe lame nature with the f which is
G 2 knit
5* The Incarna
knit unto it; and therefore that he fhould fo be
God , as that he might partake of our Flefh
^Ephef.5.jo. likewife. i For we are members cfhis bodjh faith
the fame Apoftlej of , andof his bones.
ri*hn«.jj. Andr except ye eat theof the Sonne of
faith our Saviourhimfelfe, and drink his
/itnd.verf. jif.jye haDe no life in you. {He that eateth my flefh,
anddrinkethmy bloud>dw in me,iff I in .
declaring thereby, fithat by this myfticall
and fupernaturall union we are as truly con-
joyned with him, as the meat and drink we
take is with us; when by the ordinary worke
of nature it is converted into out owne fub-
ffance.fecondly,thatthis conjunction is imme¬
diately made with his humane nature. >
tRevel, s it, that the *Lamb flaine,t is,u Chrifl ,
a l.Cor.i.ij. hath by that death of his made his flefh bro-
81 z'1' ken and his bloud poured out for us upon the
croflfe to be fit food for the fpirituall nourifh *
roentof our foules; and the very well fpring
from whence>by the power of his God-head,
all life and grace is derived unto us.
Upon'this ground it is, that the Apoftle
x Hcb.io.! ;j, telleth us, that we *hat>e boldneffe toenter into
the Holieft by the blmdof Jefut-} by a new and -
-ring
of the Son o/Cjod.
t>ingway which he hath conjecratedfor
theDaiki that it to fay > his flefh. Thatasin'the
Tabernacle 5 there was no parting from the
Holy to the mod Holy place, but by the vaile:
lo now there is no paffage to be looked for
from the Church Militant to the Church Tri¬
umphant, butbythey?<?/£ofhim, who hath
laid ofhimfelfe; y I am the way, the truth y and y iohn'.4.
the lifeyio man commetb unto the father but by me.
Jacob in his dreame beheld2 a ladderfet upon tGen.is.
the earth, the top whereof reachedtoand J'
the ^Angels of^od afcending and defcendingon
/Vithe Lord\\\mit\filanding aboDetf.Of which
vifion none can give a better interpretation
then he, who was prefigured therein, gave
untoNathdnael. a HereafteryouJhafee heayen rfj0hni.
opened, and the Angels of God afcending and de¬
fending upon the Son of man. Whence we may
well collet, that the only meanes whereby
God Handing above, and his Ilracl lying here
below are conjoyned together, and the only
ladder whereby Heaven may be Icaled by us,
isth eSonofman.Thetypeof whofeflefli, the
vaile,was therefore commanded to beb made Exo<u*.51
with Cherubims» to (hew that we come
to
54 ' The Incarnation
cHeb.it. it. ctoaninnumerable company of Angels,when we
come to Ief us the Mediatour of the New
ment\ who as the Head of the Church hath
i Heb. 1.14 power to A fend forth all thof mini firing Jpirits,
to ministerfor them who be heirs off fixation.
Laftly,weare to take into our confidera-
tion» that as in things concerning God, the
maine execution of our Sauiours
doth confift; fo in things concerning Man he
exercifeth both h\sPropheticallofhce}whexehy
heopeneth the will of: his Father unto us} and
his Kingly,whereby he ruleth and protedfeth
cDeut.j3.10. us. It was indeed a partofe the office
Maf8i?7'intheoldTeftament to inftrudithe people in
/Efai.18.7, the Law of God, and yet were f they diftin-
guifhed from Prophets; like as in the newTe-
ftament alfo,g Prophets as well as are
£Eph.4.n- made a different degree from ordinary Pa-
flours and Teachers who received nottheir
dodtrineby immediate infpiration from hea-
ht.Pet.i.i'- yen; as thofe other h holy men of God did, who
Jpake as they were moused by the holy Qhofl.
Whence Saint Paul putteth the Hebrewesin
i mind, that <fod who
dry manners ffake in timepafl unto the fa
Hcb i.i' the
of the Son of(yod.
55
the Prophets, hath in the/9 la ft jpoken unto
j«^MS0»ChriftJefus: whom therefore he
ftylcthk theApoStle, as well as the \ Hd>.s
our profefion twbo was faithfuU to him that appoin¬
ted bim, even as Mfeswas in all bis boufe.
Now Moles,we know , had a lingular
preeminence above all the reft of the Pro¬
phets : according to that ample teftimony
which God himlelfgiveth of him.1 n® n.<,
knowne unto bim in a Vifion , and will jpeake unto
bim in a dream. My fervant Motes is not (otwbo is
faitbfull in all mine houfevwith bim fpeake
moutbto mouth, even apparently, andnotindark
fpeeches, and thefimilitude ofthe Lord he
behold.And therefore we finde,that our Medi-
atourin the execution of his Prophecicall of¬
fice is in a more peculiar manner likened unto
Mofes; which he hiasfelfallo did thus foretell,
m fbe Lordtby God wiOraife up untotbee a T10- »Dm.is.
pbet/rom the midftof thee 3 tftby
unto me, umto himye /ball hearken. According to
all that thou defired/l of the Lord thy God in Ho -
reb, in the day of the ajjembly faying, Let me not
heare againethe voyceqftbe Lord my tydpteitber
~ H ' ~
- y6 The Incarnation
let ruefee thU great fire any , I " .
And the Lord faid unto me, They have wellfpoken,
that which they havefpoken. J will raife them up a
Prophetfrom among their brethren fike unto ,
and will put my words into mouth, and hefhaU
jfeak unto them all that] Jhall command him. And
it/ball cmetopafie>that whofoeverwill not hearken
unto my words , which hin
twill requireitofhim.
Our Prophet therefore muft be a man railed
*Rom,9,5. from among his brethren the Ifraelites (n of
whom,as concerning thefle(b} he came,) who was
to performe untous that which the fathers re-
0Exod.1c.19 qucfted of Mofes;0 Speak thou to ustandwe will
Dem.5.15. butlet notGoifpeak with , leflwedye.
And yet (that in this al(o we may fee, how
l»E*od. vr our Mediatour had the preeminence) Pwhen
jo, j»,j j. Aaron and all the children of Iff ael were to re¬
ceive from the mouth of Mofes all that the
i Lord had fpoken with him in mount Sinai,
v; they were afratdto come nigh him , by reafon of
the glory of his (hining countenance: fo that
he was faine to put a over his face, while
he fpake unto them that which he was com¬
manded. But that which for a time was thus
of the Son of (foci.
57
<j made glorious jb ad no glory wof the glory
that excelleth; and both the glo thereof, and
th tvailewhich covered it,are now aboli/bedin
Chrift: the vaile of whofe fleflh doth fo over-
fhadow 'the brigbtneffe of his glory,that yet un- rHcb., s,
derit we may (behold his glory, cu the glory ofrio<ani.>u.
the only begotten ofthe Father 5 yea and 5;»*.
with open face, beholding as in a glajje the glory of
the Lord, are changed intotbefa image
glory to glory,even as by thefair it of the L ord.
And this is daily effected by the power of
the miniftery oftheGofpell, inftituted by the
authority, and feconded by the power,ofthis
our great Prophet; whofe tranfeendent excel¬
lency beyond Mofes (unto whom > in the exe¬
cution of that function , he was otherwife
likened is thus fet forth by the Apoftle. u He" J*
is counted worthy of more glory then Mofes,in as
much as he who bath builded
honour then the houfe. For every boufe is builded
by fome one: but he that built all things is (fod.And
Mofes verily wasfaithfull in all his , as aftr*
vanu for a teflimony of thoft: things which were to
be fpokenafter :butCbriflasthe Son,over his owne
houfe. * This houfe of God is no other then xlTia, .,r
i H t the ' ~ !
58 The Incarnation
the Church of the living whereof as he is the
only Lord y fo is he properly the only Builder,
ynu.i6.t9. Chrift therefore being both the Lord and the y
^Builder of his Church, muftbe God as well as
Man: which is the caute, why we findc all
X the feverall ma nitons of this to
»«.Cot.u.i6« carry the title indifferently ofa Churches of
ijRoni.i6.rf. God and b the Churches of Chrift.
True it is, that there are other minifteriall
builders, w hom Chrift employed in that fer-
vice : this being not the leaftoi thofe gifts
which he bellowed upon men at his trium-
e Eph^ u.n. phant Afcenfion into heaven , that'hegavs
not only ordinary Paftours and Teachers, buc
-i4/w/?^xlikewile,and Prophets, & Evznge lifts-
for th e perfecting of the Saints > for the worke of
1 the minifterjfortbe edifying of the body of Chrift.
Which what great power itrecjuiredjhe him-
felf doth fully expreiTe in pafting the grant of
*8, this high Commiifion unto his Apoftles.
1 ?»10' power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go
ye therefore and teach all , baptising them
in the name ofthe Father,and ofthe Sonjlsf ofthe
holy Ghoft j teaching them to obferVe
wbatfoever l hOVecommandedyou: and lo) I am
j. with
of the Son of
S9
pit
ks
with you alway, even untoth ,
uimen,
S.Paul profefleth of himfelfrthathcc e
red more abundantly then a 11 the reft of the Apo*
files; jet not /, faith he, but the grace of God
which was with me. And therefore although W-/i.cor.j.^«;
cording to that grace of God which
him, he denicth not but that, as
builder, he had laid the foundation; yet he ac¬
knowledged! that they upon whom he had
wrought > were Gods building aswellasgWf
husbandry. For whotfaith8 hedand who is |W<t»eC >>
Apollo fut miniflers by whomyou even 7
as the Lord gave to every man?
Apollo watered:but Godgavetbe So then
neither is he that planteth any tbingyneitber he that
watereth: but God thatgtVetbthe increafe.
Two things therefore we finde in our great
Prophet.which do fat exceed the ability of any
bare Man j and fo do difference him from all
the h holy Trophets y which have 41^1.70.
world began.Vox fir ft we are taught • that >
matt knowetb the Father Jave the Son, an bee to
whomjoever the Son will reveale him: and that
knoman bathfeenGod at anytimej but *«**•
6o
begotten Son, which u intbe bofome the
he bath declared him. Being in his , he is
become confcious of his fecrets, and fo out of
his own immediate knowledge enabled to
difcover the whole will of his Father unto us.
whereas all other Prophets and Apoftlcs re¬
ceive their revelations at thejlecond hand, and
according to the grace given unto them by
the Spirit ofChrift. Witnctfe that place of S.
Teter for the Prophets: 1 Of which
the Prophets haye enquired and fearcbed diligent¬
ly , who prophefiedofthe grace that (bould come
unto you-, fe arching what or what manner of time
THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST WHICH
WAS IN THEM didfignifte ,when it tefli.
fed before,, hand the of Qhrift and the
glory that floould follow, and for the Apoftlcs,
thofe heavenly words which our Saviour
himfelfe uttered unto them, whilft he was a-
raiohni«.i3,mongthem. m When the Spirit of truth it come,
he winguideyou into all truth: for he not jpeak
ofhimfelfe, but whatfoey he h ear e,that Jhall
he j (freake.and he will fhewyou things to come. He
JbaHglorifie me forhefhall mine,&/hew
it unto you. All things that the Father bath, are
mine
of the Son of Qod. £ I
mine: therefore faid I, that he shall take of mine,
and shall shew it unto you.
Secondly, all other Prophets and Apoftles
ean do no more fas hath been faid) but plant
and water;only God can givethe inereale.they
may teach indeed and .baptize ; but unlefle
Chrift were with them by the powerfull pre-
fencc of his Spirit, they would not be able to
lave one foule by that miniftery of theirs. We,
° at lively fiones, are built up a Jpirituall houfe:
bu tf except the Lord doe build this they -0pfai ,Z7.,
hour in vaine that build it. For who is able to
breath the fpirit of life into thole dead ftones,
but he, of whom it is written? P />iohnf.trj
camming,and now is,when the
Voyce of the Son of Qod-,and they that hear it-, shall
live, and again:11 Awake thou thatfleepeU, and a- 3Ephcf. 5.14.
rife from the dead-,and Cbritt shall give tbee light.
Who can awake us out of this dead fleep, and
givelightuntotheleblindeeyesofoursjbutthe
Lord our Godjunto whom we pray, that he
wouldr lighten our eyesjleaft we Jleep the deep of r pf, x
death?
And as a blinde man is not able to conceive
the diftinftion of colours? although the skii-
5- - ' fulleil f
d2 The
fullefi: man alive fliould ule all the art he had
toteach him • becaufe he wanteth the fenfe
/*.Cer,ii4. whereby that object is dilcernable: fo na-
tnrallmanperce'tveih the things of the Spirit
of God (for they areunto }neither
canbeknmihemfecaufetbey are fpiritually
cernei. Whereupon the Apoftle concludeth,
concerning himlelfe and all his fellowdabou-
#a.c«*^,6,7.rersi that1 God who commanded the light
out of darknejfefathjbinedin our to give
the light of the knowledge cf the glory af(jodt in
the face ofleftu Qbrifl: but toe have this treafure
in earthen yefels, that the excellency of the power
may be of God, and not of ut. Our Mejiatour
BHcb. 7.1*. therefore( who muft " be able to faye them to
the utter mofl that come unto God by him ) may
, not want the excellency of the power whereby
he may make us capable of this high know¬
ledge of the things of God, propounded unto
us by the miniftery of h is lervants: and confe-
quently>in this rcfpeft alfo^muft be God, as
well as Man.
There remaineth the of our Re¬
deemer; defcribed thus by the Prophet Efay.
* Of the increafe of and peace
there
of tt eSonof Cjod.
*1
[ f
*
there {hall be us end, upon the thronfof David
and upon his k ingdome-po order j and - efiablifh
it with,judgement and with jufiice , from hence-
forth even forever>z&'d by Daniel? y :8Wolty^x* v,n>
one like the Son of man came with tbedouds of
heaven,and came to the Ancient of and they
brought him n ear befor e him. And there was given
him dominion and glory and a that
people, nations, & languagesJhonldhim'his
dominion is an ever lafling dominion which /had
not pa/fe away, and his kingdome ihs,t whi
not bede/lroyecL and by the angel Gaby (chin hrs
ambafl'age to the bleffed Virgin. * Heboid thou t Luk.i;Si>'
/halt conceive in thy womb, and bring f 3*'J5i
and/halt call his name Tcfut. He/hall - he great,
and/hall be called the Son of the Highefi: and the
Lord Qod /hall give him thethrdne of his father
David. Andhejhallreigne over
for ever- andofhis kingdome there/ballUe ndehd'.
This iuhat new1 David our Kintewh6nS<iier.jo.>.
Godhatk raifedupunto his b owne Hrael; E«Ch.''
who was in truth, ehac which he was called; ,T&, ]7' f
«r " . ' " OaJ.6. 16#
the Son oiManptid the Sonfreof thcHigbeft.
that ia tlieone refped, * weliiay fay unto«EPh,f.jo.
him, as the Ifraelites of old-Mrd unto theh
I David
<54 *77^ Incarnation
t i.Sam. f. i. Davidjd Behold, »>o tfro thy bone and thy
andintheother,fingofhim as David himfelf
tPiai.no. i. did;e The Lord [aid unto my Lord.Sit thouat my
JM1tm.za.43 > . * .■' , » . , r
44. right band untill 1 make thine
as.z.34,3 >• fioole.Sothat the promife made unto our firft
/Gen.3. ij. parents, thatf 0/ rta Woman
bruife the Serpents he, may well ftand with
£Rom.i<s.zo. that other laying of S. thatS the God of
b 1. John 3.8. peacefhal bruife Satan under our/^r.leeing ''for
this verypurpofe the Sow of God was
jj.Tim.j.ie iintheflefh? thathe the works of
the DtVel.ind ftill that foundation of God will
tE&i43. u. remaineunfhaken: k I, even I am the ,
/Hof.13.4. and befdemee there is no 1 Thou {bait
know no (fod but me'.fothere is no Saviour befide
me.
Two fpeciall branches there bee of this
Kingdome of our Lord and Saviour: the one
of Grace^whereby that part of the Church is
governed which is militant upon earth; the
other of G/or^belonging to that part which is
triumphant in Heaven. Here upon earth,as by
his Propheticall office heworkethupon our
Mind and Underftanding, fo by his Kingly
4jH.cotjo.si be ruleth our Will and Affeftionsj m cafting
1 a i down
m
of the Son of Cjod. 4$
down imaginations and every high thing that ex¬
alt elk itjelfe again ft the knowledge of , and
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedi¬
ence of Chri ft. Where, as we muft needs ac¬
knowledge, that n it is GOD which worketh «PHiu,ij:
in us both to will and to doe, and that it is 0 hee«2. Then j.
which fanftifieth us wholly: Co are wee taughtl}'
like wife to believe,that P both he who , f H«b. 2.11
and they who arefanttified^are all of namely
of one and the leife lame nature; thatthe fan-
difier might notbeajhamedto c<«//thole, who
are far dified by him,his brethren, that as their
nature was corrupted and their bloud tainted
inthefirft^itfffj, lo itmightbereftored again
in thefecondc/4<&>»;and that as from the one
a corrupt ,fo from the other a pure and undefi-
led nature might be tranlmittedu.nto the heirs
offalvation.
The lame q God that £wet\\ g is he alio j Pfai.S4.11.
thatgiveth glory: yet lo, that the ftreams of
both of them muft runne to us through the
golden pipe ofour Saviours humanity. ".Cowjai.
fince by man came death i it was fit that by man
alfo fhould come the refurrettionof the dead.
even by that man, who hath faid,Jofl°ba<-s*-
11 eateth
The Incarnation
eateth my flefh,and drinketh my blouL hath eter-
nalllife- and I will r up at tbe iafl day .
fj;Tiuf.i. Yfhoj then 1 Jfoall come in his
Saints }and to be made marvellous in all them that
h *'• beleeve\z.x\du ih'A\ change this bafe body of ours}
that it may be fafbioned like unto his oxen glorious
body, according to the working whereby he is able
eventofubdue all things unto himfelfe U nto .hint
aEeveUfi*. therefore that hath thUS * and
us from ourfinnes in bit own hath made
us Kings and Pr lefts unto; God and his ;
to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
AMEN.
P H I I I P. J. -8.
I COUNT ALL THINGS BUT
LOSSE FOR THE EXCELLEN¬
CY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF
CHRIST JESUS MY LORD.
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