3. For the Communication of the Properties. It is a kind, of phrase of speech peculiar to the Scriptures, when the properties of either Nature of Christ considered singly and apart, are attributed to the person of Christ, from which soever of the natures they be denominated. For the understanding of this, observe, 1. That words are either abstractive or concretive; the former speaks the Nature of things, the latter speaks the person that hath that nature; as the God-Head and God; the Man Hood and Man; Holiness and Holy. 2. Observe that abstractive Words noting precisely the distinct Natures, cannot be affirmed one of the other; we cannot say, the God head suffered, or the Man-hood created; but we may truly say, that God suffered, and man created; because the person which these concretive words imply, is one: and all actions, passions, and qualities agree really to the person, though in respect sometimes of one nature, and sometimes of another: thus God purchased the Church with his own blood: 1not that the God-head shed blood, but the person which was God: and thus the Son of man talking with Nicodemus, is said to be in Heaven; not that the Man-hood was in Heaven while he was on earth, but the person of the Son of Man. Thus we may say that God was born of a Virgin, and that God suffered, and God was crucified; not simply in respect of his God-head, but in respect of his person; or in respect of the humane nature which God united to himself: because God here is a concrete word, and not an abstract, and signifieth the Person of Christ, and not the divine nature of Christ. And thus we may say, that the Man Christ is Almighty, Omniscient, Omnipresent, yet not simply in respect of its Man-hood, but in respect of the Person which is the same God and Man: or in respect of the divine nature of the man Christ Jesus: for that here also Man is a concrete word, and not an abstract, and signifieth the whole person of Christ, and not the humane nature: but on the contrary, we may not say, that the God-head of Christ was born of a Virgin, or suffered, or was crucified: nor may we say, that the Manhood of Christ is Almighty, Omniscient, Omnipresent; because the Godhead and Manhood are abstract words (i.e.) such words as note to us the two natures of Christ, the one divine, the other humane, and not the person of Christ.
3. For the Communication of the Properties. It is a kind, of phrase of speech peculiar to the Scriptures, when the properties of either Nature of Christ considered singly and apart, are attributed to the person of Christ, from which soever of the natures they be denominated. For the understanding of this, observe, 1. That words are either abstractive or concretive; the former speaks the Nature of things, the latter speaks the person that hath that nature; as the God-Head and God; the Man Hood and Man; Holiness and Holy. 2. Observe that abstractive Words noting precisely the distinct Natures, cannot be affirmed one of the other; we cannot say, the God head suffered, or the Man-hood created; but we may truly say, that God suffered, and man created; because the person which these concretive words imply, is one: and all actions, passions, and qualities agree really to the person, though in respect somtimes of one nature, and sometimes of another: thus God purchased the Church with his own blood: 1not that the God-head shed blood, but the person which was God: and thus the Son of man talking with Nicodemus, is said to be in Heaven; not that the Man-hood was in Heaven while he was on earth, but the person of the Son of Man. Thus we may say that God was born of a Virgin, and that God suffered, and God was crucified; not simply in respect of his God-head, but in respect of his person; or in respect of the humane nature which God united to himself: because God here is a concrete word, and not an abstract, and signifieth the Person of Christ, and not the divine nature of Christ. And thus we may say, that the Man Christ is Almighty, Omniscient, Omnipresent, yet not simply in respect of its Man-hood, but in respect of the Person which is the same God and Man: or in respect of the divine nature of the man Christ Jesus: for that here also Man is a concrete word, and not an abstract, and signifieth the whole person of Christ, and not the humane nature: but on the contrary, we may not say, that the God-head of Christ was born of a Virgin, or suffered, or was crucified: nor may we say, that the Manhood of Christ is Almighty, Omniscient, Omnipresent; because the Godhead and Manhood are abstract words (i.e.) such words as note to us the two natures of Christ, the one divine, the other humane, and not the person of Christ.
- 1Acts. 20.28 John. 3.13.
