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The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian…The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian…
The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian catechism in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian catechisme in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy laborer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...
London: printed by T. Mabb for Thomas Davies, 1659
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Reas. 2. When Christ is said to be raised by God, or the Spirit of God, then properly his humane nature is considered, as raised by Father, Son and Holy Spirit, though not always all three expressed; but now one, now another: But when he is said to have raised himself, his divine nature and person is spoken of and considered, as raising his assumed humane nature, together with the Father, and the Spirit.
Reas. 2. When Christ is said to be raised by God, or the Spirit of God, then properly his humane nature is considered, as raised by Father, Son and Holy Spirit, though not alwayes all three expressed; but now one, now another: But when he is said to have raised himself, his divine nature and person is spoken of and considered, as raising his assumed humane nature, together with the Father, and the Spirit.
Reas. 3. Because by the Spirit and glory of God whereby Christ is said to be raised; no other virtue or power can be understood, than that of the divine nature, which was in Christ.
Reas. 3. Because by the Spirit and glory of God whereby Christ is said to be raised; no other vertue or power can be understood, than that of the divine nature, which was in Christ.
Use 1. Of Information to confirm our faith about the person of Christ. For he that by his own power •rose from death, can not be a bare man only; but must of necessity be acknowledged to have been God also. For the raising of a dead body, is no less divine a work, than the creation of a live body. He that raised himself from the dead, at the same time while he was dead in one of his natures, yet had life, and the fountain of life in his other nature; to wit, the divine, at his command, whereby he did so great a work, as to raise his other nature to life again. As Christ therefore by his death proved himself to be true man; so also in and by his resurrection, he proved himself to be the eternal and natural Son of God, and true God especially; not by office only, and that most manifestly.