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A miracle of miracles or Christ in our nature Wherein is contained the wonderful…A miracle of miracles or Christ in our nature Wherein is contained the vvonderfull…
A miracle of miracles or Christ in our nature Wherein is contained the wonderful conception, birth, and life of Christ, who in the fullness of time became man to satisfy divine justice, and to make reconciliation between God and man. Preached to the honourable society of Gray's Inn, by that godly and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Richard Sibbes. D.D.A miracle of miracles or Christ in our nature Wherein is contained the vvonderfull conception, birth, and life of Christ, who in the fulnesse of time became man to satisfie divine iustice, and to make reconciliation betweene God and man. Preached to the honourable society of Grayes Inne, by that godly and faithfull minister of Iesus Christ, Richard Sibbes. D.D.
London: printed by Edward for John Rothwell, 1638London: printed by Edward for Iohn Rothwell, 1638
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But the main thing I desire you to observe,2 is matter of comfort from this Emanuel That now he having taken our nature upon him, that he might take our persons into unity of his mystical body, we might have comfort in all conditions. For he took our nature upon him, (beside his other ends) that he might take our persons to make up mystical Christ: he married our nature, to marry our persons. And therefore if he did it for this end, that we might be near him as our nature is near him, shall not we make it a ground of comfort? that our persons shall be ⟨p. 24⟩near Christ as well as our natures.
But the maine thing I desire you to observe,2 is matter of comfort from this Emanuell That now hee having taken our nature upon him, that he might take our persons into unity of his mysticall body, wee might have comfort in all conditions. For hee tooke our nature upon him, (beside his other ends) that hee might take our persons to make up mysticall Christ: hee married our nature, to marry our persons. And therefore if hee did it for this end, that wee might bee neere him as our nature is neere him, shall not wee make it a ground of comfort? that our persons shall bee ⟨p. 24⟩neere Christ as well as our natures.
- 2Evidence of comfort.
1As CHRIST hath two natures in one person, so many persons make up one mystical CHRIST, so that our persons are wonderfully near to Christ. The wife is not nearer the husband, the members are not nearer the head, the building is not nearer the foundation, then Christ and his Church are. And therefore comfort our selves in this. Christ is Emanuel, God with us in our nature. And will he suffer his Church to want, that he hath taken so near to himself? can the members want influence, when the head hath it? can the wife be poor, when the husband is rich? whatsoever Christ did to his own body, to his humane nature taken into the unity of his person, that he will do in some proportion to his mystical body.