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

5. consider the Union of the two natures of Christ in one and the same Person; as he was the branch of the Lord, and the fruit of the Earth, so these two natures were tied with such a Gordian knot, as sin, hell, and the grave were never able to untie; yea, though in the death of Christ there was a separation of the soul from the body; yet in that separation, the hypostatical Union remained firm, unshaken and indissoluble: in this Meditation thou hast great cause, O my Soul, to admire and adore; wonderful things are spoken of thee, O Christ! he is God in a Person of a God-head, so as neither the Father, nor the Holy Ghost were made flesh; and he is man in the nature of man, not properly the Person, the humane nature of Christ never having any Personal subsistence out of the God-head; this is a mystery, that no Angel, much less man is able to comprehend: we have not another example of such an Union (as you have heard) only the nearest similitude, or resemblance we can find, is that of the Branch and Tree into which it is engrafted; we see one Tree may be set into another, and it groweth in the Stock thereof, and becometh one and the same Tree, though there be two natures or kinds of fruit still remaining therein; so in the Son of God made man, though there be two natures, yet both being united into one Person, there is but one Son of God and one Jesus Christ. If thou wilt consider this great mystery of Godliness any further, review what hath been said in the object propounded, where this union is set forth more largely and particularly; but especially consider the blessed effects of this union in reference to thy self; as our nature in the person of Christ, is united to the God-head, so our persons in and by this Union of Christ, are brought nigh to God. Hence it is that God doth set his Sanctuary and Tabernacle among us; and that he dwells with us; and which is more, that he makes us houses and habitations, wherein he himself is ⟨p. 145⟩pleased to dwell by his holy Spirit. Ye are the Temple of the Living God, as God hath said I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, ¹and they shall be my People, 2. Cor. 6.16. Was not this Christs Prayer in our behalf?

5. consider the Union of the two natures of Christ in one and the same Person; as he was the branch of the Lord, and the fruit of the Earth, so these two natures were tied with such a Gordian knot, as sin, hell, and the grave were never able to untie; yea, though in the death of Christ there was a separation of the soul from the body; yet in that separation, the hypostatical Union remained firm, unshaken and indissoluble: in this Meditation thou hast great cause, O my Soul, to admire and adore; wonderful things are spoken of thee, O Christ! he is God in a Person of a God-head, so as neither the Father, nor the Holy Ghost were made flesh; and he is man in the nature of man, not properly the Person, the humane nature of Christ never having any Personal subsistence out of the God-head; this is a mystery, that no Angel, much less man is able to comprehend: we have not another example of such an Union (as you have heard) only the nearest similitude, or resemblance we can find, is that of the Branch and Tree into which it is ingraffed; we see one Tree may be set into another, and it groweth in the Stock thereof, and becometh one and the same Tree, though there be two natures or kinds of fruit still remaining therein; so in the Son of God made man, though there be two natures, yet both being united into one Person, there is but one Son of God and one Jesus Christ. If thou wilt consider this great mystery of Godliness any further, review what hath been said in the object propounded, where this union is set forth more largely and particularly; but especially consider the blessed effects of this union in reference to thy self; as our nature in the person of Christ, is united to the God-head, so our persons in and by this Union of Christ, are brought nigh to God. Hence it is that God doth set his Sanctuary and Tabernacle among us; and that he dwells with us; and which is more, that he makes us houses and habitations, wherein he himself is