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

¹To the same purpose is that same Text, In him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; by the union of the divine nature with the humane in the unity of his person, the Godhead dwelleth in Christ as the Soul in the Body: it dwelleth in him bodily; not seemingly, but really, truly, and indeed; not figuratively, and in a shadow, as he dwelleth in the Temple; not by power and efficacy, as he dwells in all the Creatures; not by Grace, as in his People; nor by Glory, as in the Saints above; but essentially, substantially, personally, the humane nature being assumed into Union with the person of the Word. Observe the passages; he in whom that fullness dwells, is the Person; that fullness, which doth so dwell in him, is the Nature; now there dwells in him not only the fullness of the Godhead, but the fullness of the Manhood also; for we believe him to be both perfect God, begotten of the substance of his Father before all Worlds; and perfect man, made of the substance of this Mother in this World; only he in whom the fullness of the Godhead dwelleth, is one; and he in whom the fullness of the Manhood dwelleth, is another; but he in whom the fullness of both these natures dwelleth, is one and the same Immanuel, and consequently one and the same person; in him, (i.) in his person dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead, and all the fullness of the Manhood: In him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

¹To the same purpose is that same Text, In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily; by the union of the divine nature with the humane in the unity of his person, the Godhead dwelleth in Christ as the Soul in the Body: it dwelleth in him bodily; not seemingly, but really, truly, and indeed; not figuratively, and in a shadow, as he dwelleth in the Temple; not by power and efficacy, as he dwells in all the Creatures; not by Grace, as in his People; nor by Glory, as in the Saints above; but essentially, substantially, personally, the humane nature being assumed into Union with the person of the Word. Observe the passages; he in whom that fulness dwells, is the Person; that fulness, which doth so dwell in him, is the Nature; now there dwells in him not only the fulness of the Godhead, but the fulness of the Manhood also; for we believe him to be both perfect God, begotten of the substance of his Father before all Worlds; and perfect man, made of the substance of this Mother in this World; only he in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwelleth, is one; and he in whom the fulness of the Manhood dwelleth, is another; but he in whom the fulness of both these natures dwelleth, is one and the same Immanuel, and consequently one and the same person; in him, (i.) in his person dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead, and all the fulness of the Manhood: In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.