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An antidote against that poysonous and fundamental error of the Quakers denying the same numerical true and real manhood of Jesus Christ in heaven, a place remote from the earth : in two sermons preached at Hartford / by W.H. Christophilus.
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Haworth, William.
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High Priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our Infirmities but was in all points tempted as we are He that was in all points tempted as we are and so can be touched with the feeling of our Infirmities that same is our High Priest now passed into the Heavens and that must needs be as to his Manhood for his Godhead was not capable of such temptations Phil. 3. From whence that is from Heaven we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile Body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious Body We see plainly from this Scripture that Christ hath a Body and that it is now in Heaven from thence it shall come when the time is according to the Faith and Expectation of the Saints Here followeth the Properties of this Manhood of Christ from what hath been spoken and what may be spoke 1. IT is a real and true Body as any man on earth hath It is not as some have thought an Aerial Body or so a Spiritual that it remains not still a humane Body it is that very Flesh and Bons that Thomas felt and the Disciples felt and handled 2. It hath the same Form and Figure that it had when here upon Earth else how could the Disciples know him after the Resurrection which is a glorious state of the Body 3. It is now since the Ascension the Object of Sense It is visible hath been seen with the bodily Eye and may be seen Stephen its evident saw the Body of Christ and Paul saw him with his bodily Eye 1 Chr. 15.18 Last of all I saw him and at length Every eye shall see him coming in the Clouds of Heaven Rev. 1.7 4. It is a smite body if it were infinite it would be God and not Man so then there would be another God in time that was not before because another infinite being and that must needs be God Moreover if Infinity can be attributed to it why not Omnisciency Incorporiety Simplicity and so all of Gods Attributes for where any one of Gods Incommunicable Properties is ascribed there all the rest may be 5. It is then circumscribed it must be still in some one certain Place or other not limited or confined to any one Place or corner as it were of Heaven but still in one place or other in the highest Heavens If Bodies are not some where circumscribed they cease to be Bodies and so are no where and so not at all 6. It is an immortal an incorruptible impatable Body Such thoughts we ought to have of it not that it can suffer any thing now but that it did suffer and so Christ knows how to pitty us and doth pitty us neither Death nor Corruption can come upon this Body it saw Death before but no Corruption 7. It is a very glorious Body Phil. 3. Like unto his glorious Body How gloriously it is represented and painted out to us by Daniel and John in the Revelations more bright than a thousand Suns 8. The Saints may do and ought to worship the Humane Nature of Christ in union with the Deity we do not worship it by it self apart nor for it self but as in union with the Deity this is the last term of our Worship with one and the same Worship we worship him that is God and Man but the cause and foundation of that Worship is the Deity He received worship from several when he was here on the Earth in the Flesh John worshiped him in the Visions he had as appears in the Book of the Revelations and there we read likewise that the Angels and Elders round about the Throne fell down and worshipped the Lamb that was Christ 9. This Flesh of Christ this Humane Nature is such as giveth Life to our Souls in quickening of us to Righteousness to our Bodies in the Resurrection State to Souls and Bodies Eternal Life at last in Heaven Except you eat my Flesh and drink my Blood saith Christ John 6.53 you have no Life in you Likewise the Scripture saith Our Life is hid with Christ in God Now how is the Flesh of Christ a Life procuring Flesh 1. As the material Cause of Life Sin the Cause of temporal spiritual and eternal Death was expiated in the Flesh of Christ Rom. 8.3 And for sin condemned sin in the Flesh By the offering of the Flesh of Christ sin was taken away so that Righteousness and Eternal Life we may say was and is in the flesh of Christ i. e. in a way of merit it is quickning Flesh 2. It is quickning Flesh as it is secondarily an efficient Cause of Life Christ as Man doth concur to the quickning of his Members us he is a Man he giveth forth of his Treasures and spiritual Riches and this Life is a great part of these Traasures and Riches But now there is a different Action in this efficiency of the Flesh of Christ and a different way of working then when we are said to be quickned by the Deity Christ as Man now he is in Heaven quickneth efficiently First by his Intercession the virtue of his Sacrifice pleads for this and obtains this Life for us Secondly Because he hath a Will as he is Man that we should be quickned Thirdly As he obtaines the Spirit by which we are Regenerated and Faith by which we are united to that Fesh of his Fourthly When we are thus 〈…〉 to us his Flesh and what is in that Flesh 〈…〉 and Eternal Life Thus we are quickned by the Flesh of Christ it is the Organ of the Deity but so as it is an understanding living Organ of the Eternal Word in 〈…〉 ther◠and it hath or proper actions of own 〈…〉 Actions of the Deity Yet it is the Actions of the Deity that perfects all good for us and in us The Actions of the Humanity compleat nothing without this There must be Blood and there was Blood there is the Humanity but then this Blood is the Blood of God Act. 20.28 that gives the virtue and energy to it thus the Flesh in John 6.63 profiteth nothing i.e. alone but in Conjunction with the Deity we have all Life from it Objections against this Truth Answered 1. Object The Apostle faith Ephes 4.10 That be ascended far about all Heavens Therefore Christ is not in Heaven in his Manhood Answ Therefore Christ as to his Manhood is not in any of these Visible Heavens for he passed through these and went into that invisible most supream Heaven the Heaven of Heavens as it is called far above the other Heavens Psal 68. It is said He ascended on high which interprets this place or far above all Heavens i. e. all heavenly Powers all Angelical Nature and Perfection he is above them all 2. Object It 's said in Ephes 4.10 That he might fill all things How then is he contained in Heaven if so he then is every where and as some Jay in every man Answer This filling all
things is either his giving gifts to his Church He is speaking of this in the 8th verse When he ascended be gave gifts to men it is spoke so generally here and universally all things because the Gentiles as well as Jews were now of the Church and all filled with gifts from Christ in Heaven Otherwise I answer thus fulfilled all things for so the word will bear he fulfilled all things that were written of him and that were required of him to do 3. Object Christ said to his Disciples Matth. 28.20 I am with you alway 〈◊〉 the end of the World How then can he be in Heaven Answ This he speaks in reference to the presence of the Spirit in the hearts of his People working in their Souls and giving gifts to his Minister by this Spirit and succeeding them in their Labours with his blessing but it cannot be spoke of his humanity for of that he had said Me you have not alwayes And in another place Do this till I come which implyes his bodily absence 4. Object It 's said 1 Cor. 15. Flesh and Blood cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Therefore Christ is not there as to his Manbood Answ Flesh and Flood unchanged and so mortal corruptible cannot but changed and so immortal incorruptible may and can and so was Christs Flesh upon his Resurrection and so he entred into Glory The Qualities are changed but the very same Substance remains 5. Object It is said by Christ when here on Earth John 3.13 The Son of Man which is in Heaven By this it appears that Christ was in Heaven when on Earth and so every where when on Earth and so now Answ This is spoken by a communication of Properties that which is only proper to one Nature is spoken of the other Nature He was not in Heaven as to his Body it is only true as to his Deity but he attributes Omnipresence to his whole Person by this figurative way of speech as that Acts 20. The Church of God which he hath purchased with his own Blood How can Blood be attributed to God but by this way of speaking So likewise 1 Cor. 2.8 Crucified the Lord of Glory is spoken in the same way Reasons of this viz. Christ being now a Man in Heaven Reason 1. If Christ be not now a Man in Heaven then there is no Intercession for us and so there is no Mediator Christ is Mediator and Intercessor according to his Humane Nature as well as his Divine Nature take away the Humane Nature and he ceases to be an Intercessor Under the Law they had an High-Priest that was a Man like themselves who when he had offered the Sacrifice for the Sins of the People went into the Holy Place with the Blood to appear there in their behalf this was a Figure of Christ's Priesthood therefore the Apostle speaks thus in Heb. 9.24 For Christ is not entered into the Holy Places made with hands which are the Figures of the true but into Heaven it self now to appear in the presence of God for us Now as I said this Intercession is quite nulled if no Humanity remain'd so that all the Saints remain still full of Wants Weallnesses Fallings Infirmities and there is none to Advocate for them but they must Plead for themselves and how can we of our selves draw near to such an Infinitely Glorious Majesty and have not a Mid 〈…〉 all our Prayers would be lost and we should be utterly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 up Let it then be 〈◊〉 how sad a thing it would be to the Highest Ground of a Christians Triumph which is this viz. That Christ rather fits on the right hand of God That there is none now to bear our Names before the Father as the High-Priest under the Law bare all the Names of the Tribes upon his Breast The Faith of this hath been and is daily sweet unto the Saints and therefore the Church is brought in Praying Set me as a Seal upon thy Heart as a Seal upon thine Arm Cant. 8.6 Reason 2. If Christ be not a Man now in Heaven then is there no entring into Glory and Heaven for any as there was upon the Fall of Man a Church placed with a Flaming Sword at the Gate of Paradise so that there was no entring any more for Man Why so by reason of the Sin of Man there was no entring into Glory because of God's Flaming Justice had not the Man Christ entred in and made way for us all that ever entred into Glory entred by Virtue of Christ's entring as Man John 14.2 I go to prepare a Place for you his going thither did prepare the Place for us Heb. 10.19 Having therefore Brethren boldness to enter into the Holiest by the Blood of Jesus Ver. 20. By a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us through the Vail of his Flesh The People under the Law were not to enter into the Holiest only the High-Priests alone by the Blood Christ our High-Priest hath now entred into Heaven by his Blood and hath thereby made us a Royal Priesthood so that now we may enter into Glory therefore are we said Ephes 2. to be set down with him in Heavenly Places He being our Head and having entered we being united are entered also In him we have a pledge and first Fruits of Glory but if he be not entered as Man we have no hopes of Glory Reason 3. If Christ be not a Man in Heaven then is not the Spirit not any Gifts thereof upon any What ever is of the Spirit upon any it is by virtue of Christ as Man entering into Glory That pouring out of the Spirit that we read of in the second of the Acts was by virtue of Christs Ascending into Heaven in his Manhood Verse 33. Therefore being at the Right hand of God exalted and having received of the Father the Promise of the Holy Ghost he hath shed forth this which ye now see and hear As Christ is Man and so Mediator all things come first into his haâ—â—◠〈…〉 from him to us therefore he hath received and shed forth this The Prophets and Saints had the Spirit before his Ascension but they had it by Virtue of this his Ascension therefore when it is said The Spirit was not yet given because he was not yet glorified John 7.39 It speaks of a more plentiful beffosion of the Spirit this plentiful effusion was reserved till this time of his Ascension to seal up the fruits of his Death and Resurrection All the Gifts for the Instruction and Edification of the Church comes this way viz. by virtue of Christ's Ascension as Man into Heaven Ephes 4.8 Wherefore he saith when he ascended up on high he led Captivity Captive and gave Gifts unto men Which is taken from Psal 68.18 There it is he received Gifts He received them not for himself but on purpose to give them to his Church as Kings on their Coronation dayes bestow gifts upon their Subjects