The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

The other nature is his Humanity,^{1 2}in that he was perfect man, of the very flesh of Mary. So we read, Rom. 1. 3 Made of the Seed of DAVID according to the flesh: that is, his humane nature: and Heb. 2. 16. He took not to (his Godhead) the nature of Angels, but the Seed of ABRAHAM. Again, Galat. 4. 4. he is said to be made of a woman: the Preposition (of) noting her very substance and flesh. And this is it that was prophesied long before, that ⁱthe seed of the woman should tread down the head of the Serpent. And that ^kof the fruit of DAVIDS Loins God would raise up Christ, as touching the flesh. Wherefore to make this more manifest, he is called Shiloh, that is, the After-birth of JUDAH, Gen. 49. 10. and is said to have opened the Virgins womb, Luke 2. 23. He was therefore made of the Seed of David, and was a Plant of the Root of Jesse, a perfect man (consisting as all other men do) of a body and soul, endued with the faculties of understanding and will. That he had a body, it is plain, Heb. 10. 5. A body thou hast fitted for me. That it ⟨p. 271⟩was a true body, flesh and bones, appeareth, Luke 24. 39 even after his Resurrection. See mine hands and my feet: for it is I my self, handle me and see: for a Spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me to have.