In the second is Gods chusing Christ and his seed according to the Spirit by regeneration g to glorifie his Name in the world h Christ being in this Dispensation or Testament the root and his people the branches VII a In the first Testament or Dispensation God gave Circumcision for a signe of the Messias to come of that line b to fulfil the whole Law of God in doing and suffering whatsoever was required of man c The which Circumcision and all the Mosaical sacrifices did imply d And though called the Testament of the Law yet was under the Covenant of Grace e and onely a Schoolmaster VIII a Christ was as man onely capable of suffering and by his passion did redeem every man that is the whole nature of man from the guilt c of Adams sin d which was imputed to him being found in our nature e So that by his suffering he satisfied the justice of God in bearing the curse due to man f for Adams breach of the Law of works and not otherwise IX Christ could not suffer for the actual transgressions of any individual man since Adam's fall as may farther appear 1. a Because himself could not transgress b but bare the curse due for the breach of the Law committed by Adam c and thereby impressed on man's nature d of which Christ himself was 2. a Because man was not under the Law of works for life after Christ was promised b any otherwise then as a Testament shewing c what was to be performed by Christ By d which it appeareth that man could transgress onely against the Covenant of Grace since Adam e which Christ fulfill'd actually for believers onely f and so his suffering was onely for the Law of Works broken by Adam's transgression as hath been proved Object 1. Whereas it is asserted that Christ could not suffer for the actual transgression of any man since Adam's fall 't is contradictory to the Scripture and therefore to be rejected Answ 1. For answer the Scripture contradicteth it not as may appear for that of Isa 53.6 and 1 Pet. 2.24 say Christ bare the iniquities of us all which is done for first a the disobedience of Adam was the disobedience or iniquities whereof all mankinde was thenceforth guilty b because they in him thereby brake the whole Law of God c Secondly this Christ bare and so bare the inquities of us all that being ours but d because he was the Lambe without spot it must be onely imputatively And was made a curse because he was e found in the nature whereon the curse lay Answ 2. The other Scriptures say The blood of Christ cleanseth us from all sin By which words recited and the cohaerence of them is demonstrated the a application of Christ's death unto his by faith and that two wayes first b by perswading the soul of the c sufficiency and reality of his death in satisfaction of Gods justice so the guilt of sin is done away from the conscience and it reconciled to God thereby Secondly d the efficiency of his blood applied by faith doth unite them to Christ thereby cleansing their consciences e from the filth pollution and power of sin by the power of Christ in the Covenant of Grace made in him who is made unto his f wisdom righteousness sanctification and redemption who by g beholding him as in a glass are transformed into the same image from glory to glory Object 2. Whereas in the ighth Section 't is averred that Christ died for all 't is objected That Christ * prayed not for the world and consequently 't is not imaginable he would spill his blood or theâ—â— for whom he would not spend his breath Answ 1. 'T is answered that Christ's prayer in this chapter consisteth of four parts or branches 1. For Himself 2. For the Apostles and for them by way of eminency and so not for any other as to their present great work 3. For them that should believe on him through their words 4. For the world and for them that they might have a faith and b knowledge that God sent Christ And for them he prayeth twice and also teacheth that this knowledge c is life eternal d And for all that the world may know he prayeth that they may know the truth of which assuredly they e shall know if not whilst it is yet to day yet when the Son of Man cometh with his Angels In the m an time this knowledge f is to be taught them Answ 2. a Whatsoever was written aforetime was written for our learning whence it follows b that 't is the declared will of God that his people should pray for all Unto which duty are urged in one place five motives 1. Because 't is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour 2. Because God our Saviour would have all men to be saved 3. Because there is one God and one Mediator who are one 4. Because they were all purchased by him 5. Because the justice of God may be cleered by his seasonable testifying his love though all men abuse it X. a In the second Dispensation or Testament God gave baptism to discover Christ and to be b the sign of the choice of his seed c by regeneration through faith They being the branches d of that root which was e the fulfiller of all righteousness who were made righteous onely by f imputation of that righteousness which he fulfilled in himself through his union with the Father And so Baptism is the sign and Regeneration the substance of the New Testament XI So that Circumcision is not a Type of Baptism as generally hath been taught but a sign of God's choice of Abraham and his Seed after the flesh to bear his Name in the World and Baptism also a sign of Christ and of Gods choice of his Seed by Regeneration to honour him in this Testament The blood in the first dispensation signifying Christ's humanity the water in the later his divinity XII The two natures of Christ are farther manifested by his three-fold Office First as King he is King as man or in his humane Nature a over the kingdomes of the World in b Righteousness typified by c David was also called the d King of the Jews and so is said to rule the Nations with a e rod of iron Secondly He is King as God or in his divine Nature a King of Saints King b of Peace typified by c Melchisedeck ruling in the d hearts of his people by his Spirit and so his e kingdom is not of this World and therefore not govern'd by f Worldly force or power XIII Secondly as Priest he is a Priest as man or in his humane Nature wherein he suffered typified in the sacrifices under the Priest-hood of Aaron 2. In his divine Nature so he is a living Priest ever making intercession for his typified by the Priesthood of Melchisedech by interposing his righteousness Which is farther evident for that the Spirit of God maketh intercession
to be performed by him viz. to fulfill the whole law of God given to them and be a Satisfactory sacrifice so by Christs fulfilling the Covenant of works intended in the above-said sections the Covenant of grace is established Wherever in this discourse it is said that Christ did somethings as God others as man it may not be understood that the two natures were divided but were in union still the acts peculiar to each had their particular effects through all Generations on man according as they had an union with one or both natures This Discourse treateth of man what 1. By Creation and so 1. Perfect and under the Covenant of Works 2. Fallen and under the Covenant of Grace 2. By Redemption that 1. Promised The instrument or person by whom 1. His names 1. Son of God 2. Son of man Emmanuel 2. His offices King Priest and Prophet 2. Performed in the fulness of time By two natures united 3. Manifested by two Signes viz. the water and blood The two natures were 1. Humane to suffer wherein are 1. For what viz. For the transgressions against the first Testament onely Whence it is that Mans eternal state is but his eternal happiness is not from the suffering and passive part of the death of Christ 2. For whom For the whole nature in which he suffered The Reasons Objections answered 3. Why and yet himself righteous By imputation because found in the nature 2. Divine to fulfil all righteousness 1. In what In the actual fulfilling the whole Law of God by the power of the divine nature Whence it is that the actual righteousness of the Saints is not in the suffering of Christ but in his righteousness 2. For whom For those onely who are united by faith to the divine nature The Reasons Against the Reasons is one Objection made and answered 3. Why for them onely and they unrighteous even as others By Imputation because made partakers of the divine nature All which is manifested by the knowledge of 1. Gods threefold discovery of himself in relation to man viz. 1. Father i. e. Creator 2. Son as Redeemer 1. As God working righteousness 2. As Man sufferer for the whole Nature 3. Holy Spirit Regenerator working faith where God pleaseth and not promised to all 2. By the two Testaments 3. By Similies in both They having 1. Different Testators 2. Different People 3. Different Ends. 4. Different Signes 5. Different Effects Law 1. Moses 2. People or seed of Abraham 3. To shew Gods choice of that people and Christ to come of them 4. Circumcision 1. To shew the choice 2. What is required 1. One of that Seed i. e. Messiah should satisfie justice as a Sacrifice 2. Should fulfil all righteousness 5. To convince of sin Gospel 1. Christ 2. All Believers 3. To shew a chosen people viz. the Seed after the Spirit 4. Baptism 1. To shew the choice 2. What was required 1. Faith in what Christ hath done suffered 2. Living in and walking according to the power of his love 5. To convince of Righteousness On the right distinct understanding of the former Fundamentals are built these Truths In Doctrine 1. Man was created good and fell 2. Was redeemed and abused it 3. Whoso were saved in all ages it was by union with Christ wrought by the Spirit not promised to all 4. No Free-will 5. No Falling away 6. No Desperation 7. No judging Infants 8. Heathen sinners against Law and Gospel 9. All shall rise 10. Christ to judge all 1. Why. 2. For what In Discipline 1. Gods choice the ground of practice 2. God hath two distinct choices succeeding each other 3. The Signes of each concern not the other 4. The Law given by each Testator required obedience from those onely who were under the choice 5. Antichrist consists more in Principles then in Professions And contrariwise expressed or implied Errors in Doctrine 1. No extent of the vertue of Christs death to the whole nature 2. No resurrection of the unjust 3. That Christ shall not be their Judge 4. That the most of men sin not against the Gospel offered With other errors contradictions discussed Errors in Discipline confound the choice 1. In the Signes 2. The Interest 3. The Testators 4. The Testaments 5. The Ends. 6. The Effects 7. Witnesses of Christ 1. The Spirit 2. Water 3. Blood and Antichrist 1. Earthly power 2. Riches 3. Pomp. ERRATA Sect. 6. l. 11. dele and. Sect. 17. l. 6. for above r. alone Sect. 25. l. ult for work r. marke Sect. 30. l. 17 from the end adde first Sect. 37. l. 8. for 1 Cor. r. 1. 2 Cor. Sect. 40. l. 2. for 1 John 12. r. 1 John 2. In Epist Reader P. 5. l. 5. for town r. tower Emmanuel manifested I. GEn 2.16 Of every tree c. Vers 17. In the day thou eatest thou shalt die II. Gen. 3.6 She took c. and gave to her husband c. III. a Gen. 3.15 compared with Gal. 3.16 which is Christ b 1 Joh. 3.5 He was manifest to take away sin c. Vers 8. to destroy the work of the devil c Joh. 1.17 Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ IV. a 1 Joh. 5.6 But by water and blood b Matth. 1.23 c Heb. 2.16 17. and d Vers 9. Matth. 3. ult Vers 15. Joh. 14.10 Vers 11. e 2 Tim. 2.15 Shew thy self a faithful c. rightly dividing the word c. V. a Gal. 3.10 13. was made a curse for us b Matth. 3.17 This is my beloved Son in whom c. Vers 15. Thus it becometh us to fulfil all c. c 1 Joh. 5.12 He that c. hath life Joh. 17.2 4 22. I have finished the c. d 1 Joh. 5.6 by water and blood e Vers 8. three the spirit the water and the blood VI. a Heb. 9. the whole Chapter Gal. 4.24 25 27. b Gen. 17.7 8 9 10. thou and thy seed after thee Deut. 10.12 And now Israel what doth the c. Vers 15. Lord had a delight in your fathers to love them and he chose their seed after them even you c. e Heb. 2.16 17. d Acts 2.29 30 31. Isai 11.1 2. A rod out of the stem of Jesse Zech. 3.8 e Gen. 12.3 Chap. 18.18 22.18 Acts 3.25 Gal. 3.8 In thee shall all c. f Isa 53.10 He shall see his seed c. Gal. 3.16 19. If ye be Christs then c. Rom. 9.8 g Joh. 15.16 That ye should bring forth much c. Matth. 5.16 Let your light so shine before c. h Joh. 15.5 I am the vine ye are the branches VII a Gen. 17.10 11. It shall be a token of the covenant Acts 7.8 b Gal. 5.3 compare with chap. 4.4 Heb. 10.7 9. To do thy will O God Vers 10. and 14. Through the offering of the body of Jesus c Heb. 10.1 For the law having a shadow of good c. d Gal. 3.16 17 18. The law which was four
c. v. 20. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the c. Exod. 8.18 19. And the magitians did so ch 9.11 could not stand before Moses compared with 2 Tim. 3.8 Now as Jannes c. so do these c. vers 9. But they shall proceed c. their folly c. 3. 1 John 2.16 Lust of the flesh c. is of the c. James 3.11 12. Can a fountain c. or tree c. vers 15. Is earthly sensual and devilish c. Rev. 18.7 I sit as a Queen and am â—o c. chap. 17.15 Mystery Babylon the whore v. 18. Ruleth over the Kings of the earth chap. 18. Last And in her was found the blood c. John 16.2 They that kill you shall think c. Rev. 17.2 Have been made drunken with the c. vers 4. Deckt with Gold and pretious stones and Pearle vers 6. I saw the Woman drunken with the blood c. Rev. 2.20 Because thou sufferest the Woman Jezabel to teach and seduce c. vers 21. Compar'd chap. 18.7 I sit as a Queene 1 Kings 21.7 Dost thou not govern Israel arise let thy heart be merry I will give thee the Vineyard 8 vers She wrote letters in Ahabs name vers 9. Proclaime a fast c. vers 10. Let two men witness c. Thou did'st blaspheme c. XXXVIII a 1 John 5.8 Three that be are record on earth c. b chap. 2.16 Lust of the eye of the flesh and pride c. Rev. 18.12 13. Great merchandize slaves and soules of men vers 15 16 17 18. What city is like unto this great c. v 2. Is become the Habitation of devils 1 Tim. 4.1 2 3. Giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils speaking lys in hypocrisie forbidding to marry and commanding to abstaine from meates chap. 6.3 2 Thes 2.9 10. With all deceivableness of unrighteousness 2 Pet. 2.1 2 3. Through covetousness shall they with feigned words make c. 1 Cor. 14.7 8. For if the trumpet give an uncertain c. 1 Cor. 14 33. God is not the author of confusion but c. c Ezek. 16.28 48. compar'd with Rev. 11.8 Spiritually is called Sodom c. compared with chap. 17.1 3 4. With whom the Kings c. And the inhabitants c. With the wine of her fornication d chap. 11.8 Call'd Aegypt e chap. 9.2 And there arose a smoke out of the c. chap. 8.12 Third part of them was darkened chap. latter part 2 vers And the Sun and the ayre were darkened by reason of the smoke of the Pit vers 17. Mouths issued smoke fire and brimstone chap. 16 10. Beast and his kingdome c. of darkness c. Exod. 10.22 23. f See the 4 branch of 34 Section g Hab. 2.11 12 13. T is not of the Lord that the people should labour in the fire c. and weary themselves c. compared with Exod. 5.7 h Exod. 8.25 sacrifice to your God in the land i vers 26. Moses answer we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Aegyptians c. Lo shall we c. before their eyes and will they not stone us k v. 28. Go c. Onely you shall not go far away l chap. 10.14 Let your flocks and your herds be stayed XXXIX Rev. 16.19 Great City was divided into three parts chap. 9.14 15 16 17 18. compared with chap. 17.15 The waters are people nations c. chap. 16.12 Six Angels c. Euphrates dryed up vers 13. Three unclean spirits like frogs vers 14. To gather the Kings of the earth to battle of that c. Latter part 12 vers That the way of the Kings of c. vers 19. To give her the cup of the fierceness c. chap. 18.6 7 8. For strong is the Lord who Judgeth c. vers 21. Milstone c. Thus with violence shall the great city Babylon be thrown down and shal be found no more vers 23. For by thy sorceries were c. 24. vers chap. 19.1 2 3. And her smoak rose up c. Isa 52.11 Depart ye touch no unclean thing compar'd with Rev. 18.4 Come out of her my people c. 2 Cor. 6.17 Zech. 2.7 Deliver thy self O Sion c. Micah 4.10 Isa 24.3 4 5 6. XL. a Titus 1.16 They profess c. But in works they deny him John 12.4 saith I know and keepeth not c. is a liar b 1 John 2.18 Have heard that Antichrist shall come 2 Pet. 2.3 Through covetousness c. make merchandize 2 Thes 2.11 Strong delusions that they may believe a ly 1 John 2.15 Love not the world nor the things c. if c. vers 22. Who is a liar he that c. Is the Antichrist c 2 Pet. 2.1 Who privily shall bring in damnable c. Denying the Lord that bought them d 2 Thes 2.7 The mystery of iniquity doth c. vers 9. Whose coming is with signes and lying wonders e vers 10. With all deceivableness of unrighteousness c. f Matth. 15.9 In vaine do they worship me teaching c. 1 John 2.23 He that denyeth the Son denyeth c. g 2 Tim. 3.5 Having a form of godlyness but c. h chap. 3.8 Who as Jannes and Jambres withstood c. vers 9. But they shall proceed no further for c. Rev. 17.18 Reigneth over the Kings of the c. vers 6. Drunk with the blood of c. chap. 13.15 and caused that as many as would not worship should be killed vers 16 17. No man might buy or sell c. i 2 Thes 2.3 4. He as God sitteth in the Temple of God shewing himself that he is God Emmanuel manifested I. MAn being created was under a perfect Law or Covenant of works for life II. Man brake this Law of Works III. a God promised the seed of the woman b should break the Serpents head or power c which is the Covenant of Grace IV a Christ the promised seed consisting of two natures was b manifested in the name Emmanuel c which natures are distinct in their acts and d effects conducing to the restoration of man e and must so be declared in preaching the Gospel V. a Christ as man or son of man was made passive to bear the curse on fallen man and as God b or son of God was the fulfiller of the Fathers will in compleating actual righteousness c made effectual to all his members d and were both signified the one by the blood the other by the water which coming out of his side e are called two witnesses VI. a These two natures are further distinguished in two dispensations by two Testaments b In the first God chose a people to bear his name in the world viz. Abraham and his seed after the flesh by generation c In which choice Christ was manifested to be the son of Abraham d and a branch of the root of Jesse e in whom all the nations of the earth should be blessed f
c Heb. 7.1 2. King of Salem i. e. King of peace d Rom. 8.1 2. For the Law of the Spirit of life c. e Joh. 18.36 My Kingdom is not of this world f 2 Cor. 10.4 The weapons of our warfare Zach. 4.6 7. Not by might nor by power but by c Eph. 6.11 to the 17. Take unto you the whole armour c. XIII Heb. 5.4 5. But he that was called of God as c. Chap. 7.26 27. and Chap. 10.12 and Chap. 9.8 9 10. 2. Heb. 7.25 Ever liveth to make intercession for c. 1 John 2.1 We have an advocate with c. Heb. 8.1 Sitteth on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens Vers 2 3 4. Chap. 7.1 3 and so to the 18. Rom. 8.26 27. The spirit it self maketh intercession for us with c. XIV Deut. 18.15 compared with Act. 7.37 A Prophet shall the Lord your God c. like unto me Heb. 3.2 to the 6. Moses as a servant Christ as c. John 1.17 The Law was given by Moses c. 2. a Mat. 11.9 More then a Prophet V. 10. The messenger V. 11. Not risen a greater Prophet then John c. 12 13. V. 14. This Elias which was V. 15. V. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Father but the Son and c. John 6.14 This is he c. John 1.17 But grace and truth came c. Mat. 17.2 3. And behold there appeared unto them Moses and Elias a Luke 3. ult Which was the Son of Adam John 17.5 With the glory which I had c. b Heb. 2.16 Tooke on him the seed of Abraham John 8.58 With my Father c Luke 3.31 Which was the Son of David Mar. 12.37 David calleth him Lord. d Isa 11.1 A Branch of the Root of Jesse Rev. 5.5 Jer. 33.15 Rom. 11.20 John 15.5 I am the Vine ye are the Branches c. e Mat. 24.34 Luke 3.22 38. Mat. 1.24 John 9.35 36 37. f Act. 8.32 As a Lambe dumbe before the c. Rev. 5.5 Behold the Lion of the Tribe c. g Heb. 10.20 By a new and living way c. Heb. 9.3 4 8 11 24. Heb. 6.19 20. h Exod. 33.22 I will put thee in the cleft c. compared with Deut. 32.31 Their Rock i Act. 17.26 Hath made of one blood all c. 1 John 5.8 There are three c. the water and the blood k Heb. 2.17 18. It behoveth him to be made like c. John 17.5 With the glory which I had c. l Deut. 27.12 13. comp with 2 Cor. 5.21 He was made sin for us c. Gal. 4.22 25. and Chap. 3.13 14 16. From the curse that the blessing c. m Mat. 5.17 But to fulfil it James 4.12 One Law-giver who is able c. comp with 28. Mat. 18. All power is given V. 20 c. John 15.14 John 14.21 Rom. 3.27 Where is boasting c. by the Law of works by the Law of faith Isaiah 33.22 XVI a Zach. 14.4 comp with Cant. 2.1 b Levit. 16.10 comp Act. 7.26 Heb. 9.20 and Chap. 10.4 to the 6. and v. 11. comp with Numb 17.26 c Psal 46.4 Ezek. 47.1 to the 9. Phil. 1.29 d Rev. 22.2 comp with John 6.49 to the 56. Mal. 4. 〈…〉 â—n of righteousness e Zach. 4. throughout Rev. 11.17.24 compared with Mat. 25.3.9 Psal 119.105 f Isa 12.3 compared with Joh. 4.14 1 John 4.8 9 10. Gal. 3.14 g Mat. 11.29 30. Phil. 1.29 1 John 4.18 h Isa 28.16 compared with Gal. 4.22 c. Eph. 2.14 i John 14.6 Gen. 28.12 k 1 John 2.2 A propitiatory Sacrifice c. compared with the v. 1. of the same Chapter An Advocate l Deut. 14.6 XVII a John 14.10 The Father that is in me he doth c. John 5.19 The Son can do nothing of himself but c. b John 3.5 Except a man be born of water c. John 1.12 As many as received him to them c. 1 John 5.12 He hat hath the Son hath c later part of 12 verse he that hath not the Son c. d Heb. 2.9 Lower then the Angles for the suffering c. V. 10. To make the captain of c. perfect through suffering 1 John 4.10 sent his Son to be a propitiation for our c. Rom. 8.32 spared not his own Son but delivered c. e Joh. 6.36 That of all which he hath given me c. V. 44. can come c. except the Father draw him Joh. 17.2 To as many as thou hast given him V. 6. to the c. gavest v. 9 10 11 24. f Joh. 6.35 that believeth on me shall never thirst v. 45 47 57. g Isaiah 53.10 He shall see his seed 1 Cor. 12.12 27. hath many members c. h John 15.5 i Isa 12.2 The Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song he is become my salvation XVIII a Joh. 10.17 I lay it down that I might take it up c. v. 18. No man taketh it c. I have power to lay it down c. b v. 15. I lay down my life for the sheep c. v. 30. I and my Father are one c 1 Pet. 4.1 Christ suffered for us in the flesh c. d Mat. 26.39 42 44. Let this cup pass c. not my c. Heb. 5.7 He prayed with strong crying and tears c. and was heard in that he feared XIX a 1 Peter 4.1 Suffered for us in the flesh Phil. 2.8 Heb. 9.15 For Redemption of the sins against the first Testament Chap. 2.14 Chap. 10.5 9 10. b Rom. 9.22 Rom. 2.4 5 6. Forbearance long-suffering c. 2 Pet. 3.9 Long-suffering to us-ward p. 15. 1 Pet. 3.20 Which sometimes were disobedient when c. c 1 Cor. 15.13 16. Then are not the dead raised and verse 22. For as in Adam all die even so in Christ c. d Matth. 25.41 Into everlasting fire and verse 46. Gal. 3.13 Being made a curse for us as it is c. e 1 John 11.12 But as many as received him to them c. Rom. 5.8 10. 1 John 4.19 Because he loved us first XX. a Mat. 3.16 17. In whom I am well c. 1 Pet. 3.18 Suffered c. the just for the unjust b Heb. 10.9 Lo I come to do thy will O God c. c 1 Joh. 5.11 compared with Joh. 3.5 Except a man be born of water c. d 1 Joh. 5. ult part vers 12. He that hath not the Son hath not life Joh. 3.39 hath not life but the wrath of c. Joh. 5.29 done evil to the resurrection of condemnation XXI a Gen. 1.1 God created the heaven and the earth b 2 Pet. 1.17 From the excellent glory this is c. 1 Tim. 2.5 6. Who gave himself c. c Joh. 16.13 Guide you into all truth Vers 14 15. Joh. 16.8 9 10 11. Reprove c. of sin c. Joh. 3.5 8. So is every one that is born of the Spirit d Rom. 3.12 Gen.
in the prayers of the Saints XIV 3. As Prophet he is a Prophet as Man or in his humane nature typified by Moses who was the Prophet of the legal administration under circumcision 2. In his divine nature typified by a John the Baptist id est Elias who was the Prophet of the Evangelical under Baptism In which respect John is said to be the greatest Prophet and both were present at Christs transfiguration on the Mount XV. The two natures of Christ are farther declared by divers similes in Scripture as followeth a He is called the Son of Adam as Man Before the World was as God b He is called the Son of Abraham as Man Before Abraham was as God c He is called the Son of David as Man and Davids Lord as God d He is called a Branch of the Root of Jesse as Man the Root or Vine of Regeneration as God e He is called the Son of Man the Son of God and Emmanuel f He is said to be a Lambe slain as Man the Lion of the Tribe of Judah as God g Expressed by the Vail which is his flesh i. e. humanity within the Vail i. e. his divinity h The Rock parted in which Moses was put i. e. Humanity and Divinity i Exprest by two Witnesses on Earth Water and Blood coming forth of his side the Water-Divinity the Blood his Humanity k In all things made like unto us sin onely excepted signifying humanity Glorified with the Father before the world was divinity l Expressed by two Mountains one of cursing the other of blessing on each of which were six stones for the twelve Tribes of Israel m He is said to be the fulfiller of the Law id est of works humanity The Law-giver id est the Law of Grace divinity XVI It is farther manifest in divers other Scripture viz. a By the parting of the Mount of Olives where the people shall be saved in the later day b By the sacrifices and scape-Goat By the sin-Offering and meat-Offering c By the banks of a River the streams whereof make glad the City of God d By the two Olive-trees on each side of the banks of the River for food and medicine e By the two Olive-Trees emptying Oyl into the Lamps f By the Wells of Consolation g By a yoke of two Dispensations Humiliation and Exaltation h By a Corner-stone supporting two walls God 's chosen people under the Law and the Gospel i By a Way and Jacobs Ladder conveying God's love to man and raising man's heart to God k By the Office of the Mediatorship a propitiatory Sacrifice and an Advocate with the Father And is abundantly illustrated with many of the like kinde as the l chewing of the cud and cleaving of the hoof of the clean beast c. XVII From the cloud of Witnesses afore recited necessarily followeth a That Christ perfected actual Righteousness only in the power of the Divine Nature b which is savingly effectual to those above who are made one with that Nature through Regeneration c and not otherwise Furthermore it is to be known that by all those Scriptures which say the Father gave his Son for or unto the world is meant most especially d as he was man and so to suffer And those Scriptures which say e God gave a people in a peculiar way to Christ it is f by their being united unto and made partakers of the divine nature by Regeneration through faith And thus they are his g seed and members really and called his h branches metaphorically and in him they are eternally happy who is their head glory i strength and song XVIII a In some respects the death of Christ may be said to be the free act of his own will I lay down my life c. and so is part of his actual righteousness before spoken of and effected onely by the power of the divine nature effectual b to none but his sheep and is no c part of his suffering as man for so d he saith Father I will that this cup pass from me c. By this the Objection of laying c. for his sheep onely is prevented XIX Man is not made eternally happie by the passion of Christ that being the act of his a humane nature but b thereby he hath a forbearance from the curse which was In the day thou eatest c. c Hath also a resurrection and d eternal subsistence And indeed the redemption from that curse on man for Adam's sin Christ being made a curse in his suffering But the happiness of that eternal state is made ours e by the union of the soul to the divine nature by the new birth through faith in the love of God first manifested in Christ's sufferings XX. So that it appears that God's declaring Christ to be his Son a in whom he is well pleased was as Christ was the bearer of the curse as man and fulfiller of b perfect righteousness as God as hath been said c and is therefore well pleased with those alone who are so partakers of both natures that whole Christ is imputed theirs Whence 't is also evident that unregenerate man living and dying so hath no union with the divine nature nor is imputatively righteous but the wrath of God abideth on him bearing his own actual iniquity XXI a As creation attributed to the Father is distinct from b redemption peculiar to the Son and that of redemption distinct from the work of c inspiration application and regeneration proper to the holy Spirit so is it distinctly apprehended that d man having lost the beauty of creation and so without power of recovery e hath the benefit of redemption and f abuseth what g strength light and oportunity he hath h given to improve the same i captivateth himself through actual pollution k But onely those whom God hath predestinated to be conformable to the image of Christ are made so to be by the power of the spirit of regeneration and by its operation are united to divine love l the manifestation of which themselves also abused XXII Though Christ came in the flesh onely a in the fulness of time and that after his ascension b the Spirit was eminently poured forth for the manifestation and confirmation of the truth yet in all precedent c ages salvation came by that one sacrifice which is Christ applied by the Spirit of God through faith Whence 't is manifest that d where the Spirit regenerateth not or e where the sin against that holy Spirit is there never was nor is any other way for salvation of man since Adam's fall but that of the declaration of God's love which all do abuse XXIII Though often in the Scripture Christ be said to suffer for all as hath been proved yet a the regenerating spirit of God is nowhere promised to all but compared to the b wind blowing where it listeth Whence it follows c that the spirit of man having captivated it self d doth not by the