Thus,1 Christ is God-Man, his nature was sanctified by the Spirit,2 he was a more excellent person, he gives and sends the Spirit, Adam was only a mere man, and therefore his goodness could not be so derived to his posterity: For how ever the Holy Ghost was in Adam, yet the Holy Ghost did not so fill him, he was not so in him as in Christ, the Holy Ghost is in Christ in a more excellent manner, for Christ being equal with God he gave the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost comes from Christ as God, now the second Adam being a more excellent person, we being in Christ the second Adam, we are in a more excellent, and in a more safe estate, we have a better keeper of our happiness then Adam ⟨p. 44⟩he being a mere man, he could not keep his own happiness, but lost himself and all his posterity, though he were created after the Image of God, yet being but a mere man, he showed himself to be a man, that is, a changeable creature: but Christ being God and man, having his nature sanctified by the Spirit, now our happiness is in a better keeping, for our grace hath a better spring, the grace and sanctification we have it is not in our own keeping, it distils into us answerable to our necessities, but the spring is indeficient, it never fails, the spring is in Christ. So the favour that God bears us, it is not first in us, but it is first in Christ, God loves him, and then he loves us, he gives him the Spirit, and us in him. Now Christ is the keeper both of the love of God towards us and the grace of God, & whatsoever is good, he keeps all for us, he receives all for himself and for us, he receives not only the Spirit for himself, but he receives it as Mediator, as Head, for we all of his fullness receive grace for grace, he receives it as a fountain to diffuse it (I say) this shows us our happy and blessed condition in Jesus Christ, that •ow the grace and love of God and our happiness, and the grace whereby we are sanctified and fitted for it, it is not in our own keeping originally, but in our head Christ Jesus.
Thus,1 Christ is God-Man, his nature was sanctified by the Spirit,2 hee was a more excellent person, he gives and sends the Spirit, Adam was onely a meere man, and therefore his goodnesse could not be so derived to his posterity: For how ever the Holy Ghost was in Adam, yet the Holy Ghost did not so fill him, he was not so in him as in Christ, the Holy Ghost is in Christ in a more excellent manner, for Christ being equall with God he gave the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost comes from Christ as God, now the second Adam being a more excellent person, wee being in Christ the second Adam, we are in a more excellent, and in a more safe estate, we have a better keeper of our happinesse then Adam ⟨p. 44⟩he being a meere man, he could not keepe his owne happinesse, but lost himselfe and all his posterity, though he were created after the Image of God, yet being but a meere man, hee shewed himselfe to be a man, that is, a changeable creature: but Christ being God and man, having his nature sanctified by the Spirit, now our happinesse is in a better keeping, for our grace hath a better spring, the grace and sanctification wee have it is not in our owne keeping, it distills into us answerable to our necessities, but the spring is indeficient, it never failes, the spring is in Christ. So the favour that God beares us, it is not first in us, but it is first in Christ, God loves him, and then he loves us, he gives him the Spirit, and us in him. Now Christ is the keeper both of the love of God towards us and the grace of God, & whatsoever is good, he keeps all for us, he receives all for himselfe and for us, he receives not only the Spirit for himselfe, but he receives it as Mediator, as Head, for we all of his fullnesse receive grace for grace, he receives it as a fountaine to diffuse it (I say) this shewes us our happy and blessed condition in Jesus Christ, that •ow the grace and love of God and our happinesse, and the grace whereby we are sanctified and fitted for it, it is not in our owne keeping originally, but in our head Christ Iesus.
- 1Answ.
- 2Whence it is that our state in Christ is better then it was in Adam.
