Person hence they co-operate to the same effect 2. It s according to their properties and distinct manner of working when the humane nature was the Sacrifice the divine nature was the Altar which sanctifieth the Sacrifice and as he was God and man he was the Priest and when his body was raised out of the grave this divine nature acted in that work by virtue of its relation to the humane nature Hence what is proper to the Person is attributed to the humane nature by reason of its relation as to be in the beginning and what belongs to one nature is attributed to another as God manifested in the flesh c. And hence the humane nature is to be worshipped not in respect of it self but as united to the divine nature Heb. 1. 6. And yet the distinction of his natures remain that is they remain the same in essence and essential properties 1. In essence his divine nature cannot be a humane nature that cannot change his humane nature cannot be a divine nature for finite cannot become infinite 2. Distinct in their essential properties that although they doe make use of one anothers propertyes yet the essence remaining distinct their essential properties are distinct a divine and an humane understanding will and presence as we said before Thus of the Incarnation next of Christs Vnction Call Furniture 1. His Call his Father called him that is 1. Chose him to this work Isai 42. 1 2. 2. Gave him a Commission Joh. 3. 17. 3. Promised to prosper and reward him Isa 53. 10. 11. And Christ accepted of this work Psal 40. 6 7. Hence a Covenant between the Father and the Son and thus in this respect our Mediator was eternal Heb. 13. 8. 7. 17. 2. His Furniture 1. A fullness of grace Joh. 1. 16. beyond measure Joh. 3. 39. Isa 42. 1 2. Hence all the three Persons have their hand in Redemption 1. In making the humane nature 2. In uniting the humane nature to the divine nature for these belong to the efficiency of God as he is God 3. But the second Person only assumes it he alone is the term of that Relation their act terminates only on and in him Quest Why must Christ be God and Man Ans Christ must be man that he might suffer for man and teach man familiarly and be of the same kind with his body and he was God that he might enable his humane nature to suffer and that he might be a most able Prophet and be able to suâ—â—ly his body and rule as King 1. He was man that he might suffer for man for man had sinned and man must suffer and he was God to enable his humane nature to suffer Heb. 9. 14. 2 He was man that he might teach man familiarly after the manner of man and he was God that he might be an able Prophet 1. Cor. 2. 16. 3. He was man that he might be of the same kind with his body the head and the body must be of the same kind and yet he must be God that he might be able to supply his body and to rule as King Eph. 1. 21 22. Rev. 1. 17 18. Quest What are the parts of Redemption Answ The parts of Redemption are Christs humiliation and his Exaltion 1. His humiliation whereby he satisfied for offences and merited life humbling himself in his life and especially in his death The parts of Redemption are humiliation and Exaltation 1. Christs humiliation whereby he satisfied for offences 1. Man had sinned 2. Hence ought to suffer punishment 3. Christ as a Surety beareth the punishment 4. He satisfied for offences by his passive obedience Gal. 4. 4. 2. Merited life 1. If man had obeyed he should have been rewarded with life 2. Hence no reward without doing well 3. Christ doth perform this 4. Hence Christ merited by his active obedience Rom. 5. 19. passive obedience did only satisfie for the breach and wrong but it was his active obedience which did merit the reward namely life and happiness 3. Humbling himself in his life and especially in his death the consideration of these followeth Quest What was the Humiliation of Christ in his life Answ Christs humiliation in his life was first in respect of his private life his body was born of the Seed of the Virgin Mary and both Soul and body having been made and sanctified by the holy Ghost in his Infancy he was Circumcised and offered and fled into Egypt and become subject to his Mother and afterwards laboured with his hands until he came to his publick life The humiliation of Christ in his life private and publick life 1. Private life his admission into the World commoration in it 1. His admission in which his Conception and Nativity 1. His Conception his body was born of the Seed of the Virgin Mary both Soul and body made and sanctified by the holy Ghost 1. His body was of the Seed of the Virgin Mary as the passive principle Luk. 1. 35. the holy thing born of her 2. Thus he was of the Seed of the woman according to the promise Gen. 3. 15. 3. Mary was of the Seed of David hence Christ was king of the Jews by birth being of the Seed of David Math. 2. 2. 2. Both Soul and body were made and sanctified by the holy Ghost as the active principle Luk. 1. 35. 1. His Soul made immediately out of nothing created by infusing and infused by creating as the Soul of man is 2. His body formed by the holy Ghost hence though of the Seed of the woman yet not of the Seed of man 2. Hence the course of Original sin was stopt and he was called that holy thing Luk. 1. 35. 2. Sanctified by the holy Ghost Soul and body united and raised to the highest perfection 1. In respect of habitual perfection there could be no addition 2. In respect of actual perfection there might be and was a growth Luk. 2. 52. thus in respect of his humane nature he was a Son without a Father in respect of his divine nature a Son without a Mother tipified by Melchizedech Heb. 7. 3. 2. The Nativity of Christ he was born of Mary the wife of Joseph before they came together after she had gone a full time Math. 1. 25. 2. His Commoration in the World 1. His private and publick life and 1. His private life 1. In his Infancy circumcised and offered and thus performed the Ceremonial Law Luk. 2. 21 22. 2. Flight into Egypt he was born to misery and yet was to deliver his people out of Egypt Math 1. 21. 3. His subjection to his Mother thus fulfilled the Moral Law Luk. 2. 51. his dispute with the Doctors when he was about twelve years of Age to shew that he needed not to be taught of man Luk. 2. 42 46 47. and his labouring with his hands and thus did bear the curse of our labours Genesis 3. 19. Quest What was the Humiliation of Christ in his
publick life Answ Christ's Humiliation in his publick life was that whereby he entred into his publick life with baptisme and temptation and his course in it was a going about doing good in poverty and much labour preaching and working of miracles towards the conclusion prepared himself and his Disciples for his death 1. Christ entred into his publick life with Baptism Temptation 1. By Baptisme Mat. 3. 15. shewing himself to be the band of both the Covenants and that the Covenant of works and the covenant of grace were performed in and by him 2. By Temptation Mat. 4. the beginning of that Chap. shewing he was come upon his trial and should overcome and be able to succor the tempted 2. His course in his publick life in going about doing good Act. 10. 38. 1. in poverty 2 Cor. 8. 9. 2. In much labour 1. In preaching Luk. 4. 18. 2. Working Miracles of all sorts which was proper to Christ Mat. 11. 5 6 3. Towards the conclusion prepared himself and his Disciples for his death by his practice and his speech 1. His practice 1. His Example in giving such an excellent pattern of humility and love in washing his Disciples feet Joh. 13. 1. to the 18. 2. More especially in his Transfiguration Mat. 17. 2. And his Celebration of the Passover and abolishing of that thereby shewing he was the lamb to be offered up and appointing his Supper in the place of it Matth. 26. 17. 26. 2. By his speech 1. To God in prayer Joh. 12. 27. his most solemn prayer in Ioh. 17. 2. His speech to his disciples in the 14 15 16. Chapters of John Quest What was the Death of Christ Answ Christ's death was the extream punishment he suffered first before his Crucifixion especially in his agony in the Garden and his being arrested by a band of men with Judas being arraigned he suffered extream ignominy by derision and whipping and the sentence of condemnation but principally his suffering the Crucifixion it self Christs death was the extream punishment he suffered before his Crucifixion especially in his Crucifixion 1. Before his Crucifixion 1. Before his arraignment 1. His Soul trouble especially his Agony in the garden Luk. 22. 44. 2. His being arrested by a band of men with Judas ver 47 and 52. 2. His being arraigned before civil and ecclesiastical Tribunal Luk. 22. 54. Thus Justice pursued our Surety Isai 53. 12. 3. Vpon his arraignment followed 1. His Extream ignominy by derision and scourging Mat. 26. 67. A Sentence of condemnation Mat. 26. 27. He was reproached as a Deceiver a false Prophet a Blasphemer and many other horrible crimes for he suffered for all sorts of sins Isai 53. 5. Quest What was Christs Crucifixion Answ Christs Crucifixion was that whereby he was lifted up and hanged upon a cross and so being made a curse languished to death and suffering both a bodily and spiritual death gave up the Ghost and his body continued in the grave three dayes 1. His Crucifixion is that whereby he was lifted up and hanged upon the cross Matth. 27. 35. 2. And thus was made a curse and languished to death Gal. 3. 13. hence the death he suffered was 1. A cursed death the hanging upon the cross being a Symbolum or sign of the curse 2. A most shamefull death hanged up between the heaven and the earth as if the heaven at present rejected him and as if the earth would not bear him 3. A most tormenting death in pain and languishing especially considering the perfection of his spirits and senses and consequently the pam he felt was the greater being perfectly sensible of pain 3. Suffering both a bodily and a spiritual death 1 A spiritual death wholly deprived â—â— the sense of the sweetness of the love of the Father and possessed with the sense of the contrary bitterness Mat. 27. 46. 2. Bodily death He gave up the Ghost Mat. 27. 50. 1. He was a Surety for sinners 2. Hence he was to suffer death 3. Hence must shed his heart blood 4. Hence wholly deprived of the life of joy and comfort in Soul and body 5. But yet not left to sin for that befals man because he is weak and breaks under the punishment of sin but Christ was able to endure the worst and extremity of the punishment The consequence of his death his body continued in the grave three dayes Luk 24. 7. 1. He had endured the punishment respecting sense when he said it is finished 2. Yet continued in the state of death 1. His body buryed 2. His Soul seperated from it though not suffering pain 3. The union of his Soul and likewise of his body continued unto his divine person that although they were severed one from another yet they remain united to his divine person Acts 2. 31. The second part of Redemption namely Christs Exaltation Quest What is Christs Exaltation Answ The Exaltation of Christ is his Tryumph over his and our Enemies the degrees of which are his Resurrection from the dead his ascension into Heaven his session at the right hand of the Father and at the end of the World his return in glory to be the Judge of the World 1. His Exaltation that is his Tryumph over his and our Enemies Acts 2. 35 36. Phil. 2. 8 9. 2. The degrees of which Exaltation 1. Before the end of the World 2. At the end of the world 1. Before the end of the world 1. His Resurrection his body raised Soul and body reunited and this done by his God-head Rom. 1. 4. and seen by his Disciples forty dayes Acts 1. 3. 2. His Ascension 1. His humane nature ascended into the highest Heavens by the power of his God-head Eph. 4. 10 11. his Disciples being witnesses Acts 1. 10 11 3. His session at the right hand of his Father which holds forth 1. His entertainment by his Father Psal 110. 1. having accepted him and put all things under him 1 Cor. 15. 21 22 27. 2. He well satisfied with his reward Psal 16. 11. 3. Hence his Intercession he presents his merits claimeth the performance of what was promised him respecting his glory and the good of his people Heb. 9. 24 25. 2. At the end of the World his return in glory to be the Judge of the World 1 Thes 4. 16 17. 1. In Christs humiliation the glory of Christs divine nature was hidden but not diminished in his Exaltation it is manifested but not augmented 2. His humane nature was really abased and really exalted enjoying the actings of the glory of his divine nature according to its manner and measure 3. When the day of Judgement is come and finisht he will deliver up his Kingdome to his Father as compleat and so to continue for ever but not so as to put an end to his Head-ship and Mediator-ship 1 Cor. 15. 24 28. 4. The degrees of his Exaltation are according to the degrees of his humiliation 1. Christ dyed and he rose again 2.
was to be for ever happy hence Joy Rom â— 3 4 5. 2. The Perfection 1. Of the soul immediately after its departure out of the body Phil. 1. 23. 2. Of the soul and body both glorified at the day of Judgement Eph. 4 13. Phil. 3. 20. 21. Joh. 17. 23. Hitherto of internal and mystical union to and communion with Christ proper to believers now of external and visible union to and communion with Christ Quest What is visible union to and communion with Christ Answ Visible union to and communion with Christ is that whereby believers doe visibly profess the Faith and subject to the visible government of Christ having visible communion with Christ in his ordinances and thus the Church considered as visible doth in which those who have only and nothing but a visible union to communion with Christ are Hypocrites 1. A visible professing of the faith having and holding forth so much knowledge of Christ as may let Christ into the soul not grosly and sottishly ignorant 2. Doe subject to the visible Government of Chirst in his Ordinances Isai 44. 5. 2 Chron. 30. 8. And thus to the judgement of rational charity are visible Saints they profess this in words and their works do not deny it Tit. 1. 6. And visible Saints may be considered in a segregative or a congregative manner 1. Segregatively as scatter'd sheep by themselves as those certain disciples scatter'd Act. 19. 1. 2. Congregatively as flocking together and thus a Church as a visible body doth But those who have only an external and visible union and communion with Christ but not internally mystically and sincerely these are Hypocrites Luk. 8. 13. 1 Ioh. 2. 19. Ioh. 15. 2. Quest What is a visible Church Answ A visible Church is a company of visible Saints joyned in a visible covenant with Christ and one with another to walk together in the use of Christs Ordinances in a visible Church order 1. That there is a visible Church is manifest otherwise Christ hath no visible Body no visible Officers or they to officiate to them who are not visible 1 Cor. 12. 12. 2. The matter of a visible Church is visible Saints for Christ's visible Church is called his Body 1 Cor. 12. 12. his Temple Ephes 2. 21 22. therefore the matter of this ought not to be visible Rebels and Traitors 3. The form of a visible Church is their covenanting 1. There is such a covenant for the covenant so often mentioned with the Israelites 1. It was not the covenant of works for that was made only with our first Parents and with us in Adam but since mans fall who could engage in that 2. Not the covenant of grace strictly taken for believe and live for many were in the covenant spoken of made with the Church of the Jews who were never in the covenant of grace but were graceless Zach. 11. 10. 3. Yet this belongs to the covenant of grace as an Ordinance appointed by it and an outward means to administer it 2. That this is a form of the visible Church appeareth 1. They are a City and Corporation therefore a covenant to make them such 2. They joyne in holy fellowship either without consent or with consent if without consent then though a Church be unwilling they cannot keep them out then they cannot cast them out though they ought to keep out the unworthy and to cast out the obstinate offender If by consent then it is either manifest or unknown consent if an unknown consent be sufficient to admission then an unknown dissent may be sufficient to keep out or cast out and if a manifest consent be necessary to a joyning in Church fellowship then a covenant for what is a Church covenant but a manifest consent to walk with Christ and one with another according to the rules of the Gospel in visible Church order Quest How may a visible Church be considered Answ A visible Church may be considered in respect of the time in which it lived 1. As it was confined to a Family from Adams time to Moses time and then they had Prophets to be extraordinary Rulers and the Head of the Family was the ordinary Ruler and the rule of Religion was given by Tradition A visible Church may be considered either as totum homogeneum or Integrale 1. As totum homogeneum and thus is distributed into individual Congregations and Churches as mankind into Individual men and thus every individual Church hath the matter and form of a Church and thus we read of the Churches of Christ 1 Cor. 11. 16. 2. Or as totum Integrale or an individual man made up of his members and so every individual Church doth consist of its members and in this sense comes in the consideration of a Church as Organicum totum as fitted for operations for the good of the whole And hence Governours and governed 1. Governours who exercise Authority over the â—hurch having the Ecclesiastical 〈…〉 s doctrinal Judicial 1. Doctrinal dispensation of the Word as Church Officers and of the Sacraments Rom. 11. 17. Eph. 4. 10 11. the administration of these committed to Church-Officers 2. Judicially by the Officers with the consent of the Church 1. In respect of those without 2. And within 1. Without 1. Some to be taken in by opening 2. Some to be kept out by shutting the dore of the Church 2. In respect of those within to bind loosen 1. To bind the first degree of which is admonition the second degree is excommunication Math. 18. 16 17 18. The Ministerial Rulers of the Church who act in the name of Christ the supream Ruler and Head of the Church Col. 1. 18. these are extraordinary ordinary 1. Extraordinary called of God immediately Gal. 1. 1. and had infallible direction and inspiration from God Gal. 1. 1 2. 2 Pet. 1. ult 2. Ordinary Rulers called of God mediately by the Church Acts 3. 5. Acts 14. 23. hence Election and Ordination 1 Tim. 5. 22. and these ought to rule according to the Word given by the extraordinary Rulers 2 Tim. 1. 13. 2. The governed is the Church Heb. 13. 17. and may be considered in respect of the time in which it lived 1. In a Family from Adams time to Moses time some Prophets were Rulers 2 Pet. 2. 5. Jude 14. 2. The Head of the Family was the ordinary Ruler Gen. 18. 19. the eldest Son Exod. 24. 5. Numb 3. 12. 14. And then the Rule of Religion was given by Tradition it was not written until Moses time Quest How was it with the Church in Moses time Answ The Church in Moses time and afterwards was in and confined to the people of Israel who had their great congregation and inferior congregations the Synagogue and their extraordinary Rulers were Prophets some of them wrote the old Testament and their ordinary Rulers were the high Priest inferior Priests and Levites and the Rulers of the Synagogues and of this Church Christ came typed out in