Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

When Christ asked his Apostles, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? — Simon Peter answered, Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God: Now, if but one Christ, then surely but one Person; and if the Son of man be the Son of the Living God, then surely there are two natures in that one Person: Observe how the Son of man, and the Son of God, very Man and very God, concenter in Christ: as the Soul and the Body make but one man, so the Son of man and the Son of God make but one Christ:¹ Thou art Christ, saith Peter, the Son of the Living God.

1. 1Rom. 1.3, 4.

So Paul, speaking of Jesus the Son of God, he tells us, that he was made of the seed of David according to the Flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit. 1. Made of the Seed of David; of the substance of the Virgin, who was Davids posterity. 2. Declared to be the Son of God: not made the Son of God, as he was made the Son of Man; but declared to be the Son of God: The word in the Original signifies a Declaration by a solemn sentence or definitive judgment. I will declare the Decree; the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son. That which I point at, he is the Son of David, ¹[Greek or Hebrew] in respect of his Manhood; and he is the Son of God [Greek or Hebrew] in respect of his Godhead; here be the two Natures; but i• •he words before, these two natures make but one Son, Jesus Christ our Lord: and […] •••ry words themselves he is declared to be the Son of God; he doth not say, Some […] two; but his Son Jesus Christ, first before, and then after; to show unto us, th•• ••fore his making, so after his making, he is still but one Son, or one person of the […] tinct natures subsisting.