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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75620	Theanthrōpos; or, God-man: being an exposition upon the first eighteen verses of the first chapter of the Gospel according to St John. Wherein, is most accurately and divinely handled, the divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ; proving him to be God and man, coequall and coeternall with the Father: to the confutation of severall heresies both ancient and modern. By that eminently learned and reverend divine, John Arrowsmith, D.D. late Master of Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge, and Professor of Divinity there.	Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659.	1660 (1660)	Wing A3778; Thomason E1014_1; ESTC R10473	267,525	319

Faith and Love and Zeal The former are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the latter Charites the former gifts the latter graces in a strict sense Thirdly There is grace bestowed upon the whole Person that is Acceptation Ye may call the first Gracefulnesse 3. Upon the whole Person in the body the second Grace in the soul and the third Gracefulnesse in the person As when we say Such a one is gratious at the Court when he partaketh of the grace and favour of the King Now Christ was full of grace in all these senses First If ye speak of active grace giving grace there 1. A fulness of active grace in Christ was a fulnesse of that in Christ a fulnesse of good-will out of which flowed so many accommodations to the sons of men both for soul and body Therefore at his birth the Angels sung Good-will towards men Whether ye look to his words or to his deeds ye shall find him full of grace in this sense If to his words ye know what the Evangelist saith Luk. 4. 42. They all bare witnesse and wondred at the gratious words which proceeded out of his mouth Gratious words It is prophecied of him and accordingly he made it good that he should not cry nor his voice be heard in the streets His cry should not be like that of Jonah in Niniveh Jon. 3. 4. a voice of destruction or of terrour but if he did cry it should be of mercy If any man thirst let him come and Isa 55. 1. drink If his voice be heard it is a voice of grace inviting sinners to come to him Ye that be heavy laden c. Grace Matth. 11. 24. in all his words And so grace in all his Actions He went about as the Scripture telleth us Act. 10. doing good And so ye know the Evangelicall History I do not think ye can give me an instance of any man that Christ sent away in the daies of his flesh that came to him for mercy without mercy He healed them all Luk. 9. 11. And the people when they knew it followed him and he received them and spake unto them of the kingdom of God and healed them that had need of healing So here is active grace in Christ Secondly If ye look to Passive grace to grace given 2. Fulnesse of Passive grace in Christ upon his Body first there was grace given that fell upon his body which certainly was of excellent frame full of beauty Therefore it is said Thou art fairer than the sons of men grace is poured upon thy lips Psal 45. 2. This is not spoken of the Divinity of Christ for in that respect he was fairer than the Angels but of his Humanity and so he was fairer than the children of men There was indeed a time wherein no beauty was to be seen in him but he speaketh of him then as upon the Crosse when the ploughers made long furrowes upon his back and digged deep holes in his sides as he was besmeared with blood so no beauty in him And secondly upon his Soul Secondly Passive grace upon his soul grace given to that Whatsoever Indowment was requisite to fit him for a Mediator that he had some understand by Grace all the perfections of the Will and by Truth all the perfections of the Understanding Surely nothing was wanting either in will or understanding● or affection● that might render the soul of Christ fully gratious It is prophecied in Isaiah 11. 2. The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him He spake before of a rod of Jesse and a branch growing out of his root So now What grace was upon his soul Why The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him and the spirit of Wisdome and Understanding and of Counsell and Might and of Knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord. Thirdly Grace given such as filleth up the whole person 3. Grace given filleth up the whole person grace of Acceptation In that sense it is said Luk. 2. 40. speaking of Christ The Child grew and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisdome and the grace of God was upon him that is the favour of God So he interpreteth it in the last verse of that Chapter Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and favour with God and men We needs must grant it to be so because Quod efficit tale magis est tale That which maketh another so is much more so it selfe Christ is he that procureth acceptation both of our persons and our services and therefore he himselfe is much more acceptable with God Our persons have no acceptation but through him We are said to be accepted through the beloved Ephes 1. 6. Our services have no acceptation but through him In that place of Peter we are a spirituall priest-hood 1 Pet. 2. 5 6. Offer up spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ So as He himselfe is much more accepted Thus you see how he is full of grace Let us see now how Christ is likewise full of Truth Christ in the truth and the truth in Him The truth is said to be in Jesus and Jesus is said to be in the truth Truth is said to be in him Ephes 4. 21. If so be ye have heard him and been taught by him as the truth is in Jesus He is said to be The truth John 14. 6. I am the way the Truth and the Life More distinctly Take truth in what notion you will it will appear Christ was full of truth Truth is sometimes opposed to Hypocrisie sometimes to Error sometimes to Lying sometimes to Shadowes Christ was full of truth in all these senses First If ye take Truth as opposed to Hypocrisie and as 1. Christ is full of Truth as opposed to Hypocrisie equipollent with sincerity not with the levened bread of malice but with the unlevened bread of sincerity and truth saith the Apostle 1 Cor. 5. So Christ was full of Truth sincere in all When he lifted up his eyes he lifted up his heart to God When he bowed his knee he bowed his soul When he opened his mouth he opened his heart to his hearers Therefore he is said to be girt about the loins with faithfulnesse and truth Righteousnesse and truth shall be the girdle of his loins and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reins As the girdle girts a man in so sincerity and truth girt in all the actions and speeches of Jesus Christ Secondly If ye take Truth as it standeth in opposition 2. As opposed to Error to Error thus Christ was full of truth because all Treasures both of wisdome and knowledge being hid in him it was impossible for him to have any misapprehension He conceived rightly of all things and spake truly of all even his enemies being witnesses Hear what they say Matth. 20. 16. They sent out to him their Disciples with the H●rodians saying Master we know thou art true and teachest the way of God in

of it Joh. 16. 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name aske and ye shall receive that your joy may be full They are but empty joyes that the World giveth to its followers Christ promiseth a full joy to them that seek to him Therefore it is that the members of Christ have a full joy because they have Communion with him as their Head He is present with them as in the inward man and In his presence is fulness of joy Joy ariseth from the fruition of some good thing which a man knoweth and knoweth himselfe to have interest in What so good as Christ who is the chiefest Good when a poor believer comes to know Christ and to be able to say My beloved is mine and I am his Hence Cant. 2. 16. ariseth a full joy because it is a joy in Christ who is a good a present good a present known good a present known good which I have interest in besides those good things which are to come that farther fruition of Christ which men shall have in another World In comparison of which Paul accounts himselfe absent from the Lord while he is present with the World Though themselves be absent they are present to the eye of faith which is the evidence of things not seen the substance of things hoped for Therefore Hebr. 11. 1. in these they can rejoyce with a full joy This makes them to be filled with everlasting Consolation and good hope through grace yea with joy unspeakable and full of glory So ye see there is aboundant fulness in Jesus Christ and also what sorts of fulnesse they are I proceed to the Application of this truth If there be Vse such aboundant fulnesse in Jesus Christ Then it holdeth forth First Matter of Consolation to those that are within Secondly Matter of Invitation to them that are without that they would be perswaded to come in upon this ground First Here is that that may comfort them that are 1. Comfort for them that are within within They have a Saviour full of all grace and excellency And if he be full then they are Compleat in him there lieth the Comfort The Apostle joyneth these two together Col. 2. 9 10. In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily and we are compleat in him which is the head of all Principalities and Powers We are compleat if we be in Christ Why because he is full Upon this ground it was that Paul could glory in his Wealth though but a poor man and confessed though he had nothing he wanted nothing 2 Cor. 6. 10. As sorrowfull yet alwayes rejoycing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing and yet possessing all things Why so because he had Christ and all things in him Qui omniahabentem habet habet omnia He that hath him who hath all hath all in him This was Paul's case as it was Moses his case when he was forty daies and nights upon the Mount he had none but God alone with him he had taken up no provision There he was The people thought Moses was dead and that he would never come again therefore they fell upon that ground to make a Calfe If he did return they thought he would come and look like a pined starved Creature Well Moses comes beyond their expectations and never look't so well in his Life So well as they could not indure to behold the shining of his Countenance How came Moses to receive so much vigour upon the Mount where he had no sustenance Why he had God there and in him all This is the great fountain of Consolation It is a pleasant thing for a man to have a full heap to go to where he may take a purse-full a bag-full if need be A believing soul may go to Jesus Christ and take his hands full his heart full as much as ever he standeth in need of It is the condition of many a Christian to be alwaies on the complaining hand though it ought not to be so for Cheerfulness is an honour to Profession But thou are apt to complain Alas for me I abound in Object nothing but want there dwelleth no fulnesse in me It is true enough but thou hast him in whom all fulness Answ dwelleth Therefore what needst thou complain of want I say Thou hast him if thou be'st a believer As many as received him to them that believe in his name to them gave he power to be the sons of God Thine are the wants Of what Why of a finite creature His is the fulnesse Of whom Of an infinite God What are thy wants to his fulnesse Certainly the one is infinitely above the other even as God is far above men Thou art ignorant so are we all by nature of God and of our selves and the way to heaven Thou knowest not what to hold in such and such a point and know'st not what to do in such and such a case Why thou canst never want wisdom If thou receivest of his fulnesse there is wisdom for thee Christ is made to us of God wisdom saith the Apostle Certainly he that partaketh of Christ's wisdom shall be wise enough wise to salvation as the Apostle speaks in another place If Stephen receiveth of the fulnesse of Christ wisdom for wisdom then he speaks with such a spirituall wisdom as all his enemies are not able to resist A poor man in the Councill of Nice that came to encounter with a great Philosopher he was full of the Spirit of Christ and opposed so much power against what the Philosopher said as he professed That while Argument was opposed to Argument and Syllogism to Syllogism I was hard enough for them all But here comes a man that speaks in the power and wisdom of Christ and I am not able to resist him Sometimes a Christian complaineth of his own weaknesse and who hath not cause to complain of that But then consider what a fulnesse of power is in Christ as thy King a power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself to conquer lust and to tread down Satan under thy seet and to make thee more than a conquerour through him that loved thee But the thing lyeth upon thy Conscience and thou canst Object not bear it Look to Christ he is full of righteousness though thou Answ be'st full of guilt What can the Law exact of thee which may not be found in thy Surety Thou complainest of an unholy nature but look to Christ's Nature there is habituall righteousness in him He is a lamb without spot or blemish Thou hast broken all the Commandments of God Look to Christ's life there is a practicall righteousnesse in him Satan came and found nothing in him The Law threatneth a curse and death and hell How shall this be undergone Look to Christ thy Surety there is a passive righteousness in him he hath answered the curse of the Law as well as fulfilled the precepts of the Law