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Light from heaven discovering the fountain opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich poverty. In…Light from heaven discovering the fountaine opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich povertie. In…
Light from heaven discovering the fountain opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich poverty. In four treatises. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs, Doctor in Divinity, Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Gray's-Inn. Published according to the authors own appointment, subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect copies.Light from heaven discovering the fountaine opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich povertie. In foure treatises. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs, Doctor in Divinitie, Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Grayes-Inne. Published according to the authors owne appointment, subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect copies.
London: printed by E. Purslow and Richard Badger for N. Bourne, 1638
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In the third place,3 hence comes the enabling of our nature to the work of salvation, that was wrought in our nature; it came from hence, God was in the flesh: From whence was the humane nature enabled to suffer? Whence was it upheld in suffering, that it did not sink under the wrath of God? God was in the flesh, God upheld our nature; so that both the riches, and dignity, and the ablenesse of our nature to be saving, and meritorious, all came from this, that God was in our nature.
In the third place,3 hence comes the enabling of our nature to the worke of salvation, that was wrought in our nature; it came from hence, God was in the flesh: From whence was the humane nature enabled to suffer? Whence was it upheld in suffering, that it did not sinke under the wrath of God? God was in the flesh, God upheld our nature; so that both the riches, and dignitie, and the ablenesse of our nature to be saving, and meritorious, all came from this, that God was in our nature.
- 3The enabling of it.
And hence comes this likewise,4 that whatsoever Christ did in our nature, God did it; for God appeared in our nature: he took not upon him the person of any man, but the nature: And therefore, our flesh and the second Person being but one person, all that was done, was done by the Person that was God (though not as God.) Therefore, when he dyed, God dyed; when he was crucified, God was crucified. If he had been two persons, he had dyed in one person, and the other had not dyed: Now, being but one person, though two natures, whatsoever was done in the nature, the person did it, according to the other nature. He could not die as God; therefore (because in love he would dye, and be a Sacrifice) he would take upon him such a nature, wherein he might be a Sacrifice.