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
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
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
power of its own will accept the offer of grace nor is united to the divine nature and cease to abuse the goodness of God without that farther work of the Spirit XXIV a Though perfection of grace be not attainable in this life yet none who are really become Christs by regeneration b shall ever be otherwise to their final destruction Perfect union is so c compleat a good that the soul is clothed with Christs righteousness to eternity d This is no way to excuse or cause presumption in any XXV a Desperation is of the tempter for the death of Christ and his love therein manifested in being made a curse for man extends to all and though abused yet may be applied whensoever God shall please to open the hearts and eyes which no b way excuseth procrastination of repentance whilst it is yet to day harden not your hearts c Knowing therefore the terrors of the Lord we beseech you to be reconciled to God and to press toward the work of perfection in Christ XXVI Neither the a old Testament nor the b New doth declare eternal misery to appertaine to those who live not to think speak or do any thing contrary to the will of God such it seemeth are those that dye in infancy to be accounted XXVII a The heathen living without the written law and Gospel of God do in some sort sin against both Against the law written in their hearts b and against the Gospel written on the whole creation manifested by Gods patience and forbearance in the protraction of their outward being and continuance of the good things they enjoy being the effects of Christs death c against which love they transgress by not answering in their actions the conviction of their consciences XXVIII a Christ shall be the resurrection of all b and the Judge of all according to what they have done in the flesh calling those that are his c members to himself in just Judgement clearing the â—â—ne value of his righteousness imputed to them d Of the unregenerate their condemning Judge because he was humbled to the death for them in their nature thereby evidencing the Love of God and they not so affected therewith as to be united thereunto and live therein XXIX From the foregoing discourse the two natures of Christ are cleared by Gods twofold choice of a people under two Testaments distinct in a form of administration and order of time in two succeeding ages in force onely after the death of the respective testators b The first cal'd the administration of condemnation c the other the administration of righteousness that is to convince of both And is further distinguish'd by two buildings or houses of God d the first the material Temple of the Jews e the other the spiritual which is the believers f in whom Christ dwelleth by the his spirit XXX a The old testament and the new discover two Jerusalems or cities of God b First the temporal that being the city of the Church of Israel chosen by Generation viz. c the seed of Abraham after the flesh in d the promised Land of Canaan e Ruled sometime by judges other times by Kings as the people round about them And as their nation and Government were outward such was their Jerusalem such their peace riches and Glory such also was their warfare weapons and armies 1. a As a Church they were typical and to pass away b and so their temple was holy as well the stones and materials of which it was built as c the altar instruments o sacrifice flesh bread vestures c. Such was the d Priesthood and tribe of Levi having no inheritance as had the other tribes 2. a As whole Israel was the chosen of God the holy nation so were they b circumcised the eighth day c offered for in sacrifice purified d with outward washings e must keep pure their bodies from touching any dead carcase f their cloathes g also their houses yea the very face h of their Land from the filthiness of their own dung And as members of that temporal church i must all keep Sabbaths to rest together in which their very k beasts had rest Their l Land also rested every seventh year and so cal'd Gods rest or the land of rest m They did worship at one place at one time every year n And because they were brethren they might not in civil things deny free use to each other being commanded to lend And lend money without taking a garment to pawne and having lent might take no o usury Having bought a servant or land must in the year p of Jubilee set free and restore it The Judges kings Priests and Prophets were q impowered to punish transgressors against that law of God in that land r And the people were a holy nation Gods chosen and a s worldly sanctuary All for these peculiar ends viz. 1. To shew Christ to come of that nation and that Christ and his doctrine should be manifested in that nation 2. To publish the righteous law of God thereby to convince man of sin in the breach thereof 3. To declare that Christ was to do what was required of man and to suffer in that nature what Justice required for sin 4. a That Christ might be clearly typified as King Priest Prophet in the hearts of his people And also as King of the Kings of the world for mans outward peace and mutual good inasmuch as he was of the humane nature Most especially in the fifth kingdome signified by the stone cut out without hands spoken of in Dan. 2. XXXI a The second Jerusalem is wholy spiritual the b regenerate Church of Christ and his seed after the spirit to c whom are promised all spiritual blessings and d outward things as their heavenly Father sees best e They are ruled also by Christ their King Priest and Prophet And as their new birth and f obedience is spiritual such is their g Jerusalem such their h peace i Riches and glory preserved k by weapons of the same kind which no l carnal weapons can either preserve or destroy and m guided by that wisdome which is from above which worldly wisdome n cannot resist 1. This Gospel-Church is the antitype of that of the a Jewes and cannot be shaken but remaineth the new and living Temple b having Christ for its foundation his members being built upon him do make up a holy habitation of God Which shall have the perfection of grace and peace in Gods time Christ being their altar sacrifice food and covering the eternal Priest after c the order of Melchizedeck the members of this Church being a d nation of Priests have all an e inheritance in the riches of Christ f who is their Land of rest 2. a The true Israelites are so onely by faith manifested members by profession and Baptisme may have no communion with b dead workes their body being the Temple of the c holy spirit must be kept pure and also their d cloathes