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who_o need_v such_o a_o mediator_n job_n 4._o 10._o angel_n be_v mutable_a creature_n till_o confirm_v by_o christ_n for_o which_o they_o be_v no_o doubt_n very_o thankful_a unto_o god_n we_o ought_v to_o be_v thankful_a not_o only_o for_o deliverance_n out_o of_o evil_n already_o come_v upon_o we_o but_o also_o for_o be_v keep_v from_o many_o evil_n that_o may_v have_v befall_v we_o as_o psal_n 86._o 12_o 13_o psal._n 144._o 9_o 10_o 11._o upon_o this_o account_n christ_n be_v to_o be_v worship_v not_o only_o by_o man_n but_o by_o angel_n heb._n 1_o 6._o and_o angel_n be_v sensible_a of_o so_o great_a a_o benefit_n by_o christ_n their_o head_n they_o do_v willing_o minister_v to_o his_o member_n mat._n 18._o 10._o heb._n 1._o 14._o they_o rejoice_v at_o the_o conversion_n of_o sinner_n luke_n 15._o 10._o they_o gain_v more_o knowledge_n in_o gospel_n mystery_n by_o the_o church_n eph._n 3._o 10._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 12._o they_o have_v all_o prophetic_a revelation_n from_o christ_n 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the_o same_o will_n with_o the_o father_n john_n 10._o 30._o because_o christ_n be_v well_o belove_v his_o person_n be_v accept_v and_o we_o in_o he_o ephes._n 1._o 6._o and_o his_o prayer_n be_v offer_v on_o the_o altar_n of_o his_o godhead_n heb._n 9_o 14._o 6._o answer_v some_o popish_a objection_n and_o open_v some_o scripture_n very_o much_o pervert_v by_o they_o 1._o obj._n christ_n be_v mediator_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o humane_a nature_n only_o as_o man_n from_o 1_o tim._n 2._o 5._o there_o be_v one_o god_n and_o one_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n tbe_n man_n christ_n jesus_n answ._n man_n here_o be_v take_v in_o the_o concrete_a for_o the_o whole_a person_n of_o the_o mediator_n not_o in_o the_o abstract_n for_o his_o humane_a nature_n only_o in_o say_v the_o man_n christ_n we_o do_v exclude_v his_o divinity_n quia_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la ambros._n the_o man_n christ_n and_o christ_n as_o a_o man_n differ_v very_o much_o the_o first_o signify_v 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than_o he_o possess_v the_o kingdom_n in_o peace_n with_o his_o father_n reign_v with_o he_o as_o god_n to_o eternity_n triumph_v in_o the_o final_a overthrow_n of_o all_o his_o enemy_n though_o he_o then_o cease_v from_o those_o mediatory_a act_n which_o the_o present_a necessity_n of_o his_o suffer_a church_n and_o people_n call_v for_o yet_o he_o continue_v a_o mediator_n still_o he_o do_v not_o finish_v that_o office_n in_o the_o garden_n or_o upon_o the_o cross_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o a_o mediator_n when_o it_o be_v say_v christ_n shall_v deliver_v up_o the_o kingdom_n to_o the_o father_n this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v so_o take_v as_o if_o the_o father_n do_v not_o now_o reign_v or_o that_o the_o son_n shall_v not_o reign_v afterward_o but_o because_o while_o the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n reign_v and_o the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o the_o world_n go_v after_o he_o god_n seem_v not_o to_o reign_v while_o they_o will_v own_v he_o for_o their_o king_n but_o when_o 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