CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

2. There may be a giving to another by way of intrinsical perfection, or by way of extrinsical declaration and manifestation of this, when God gave Angels and men holiness this was to give internal perfection to them, but now when Angels and men declare the wisdom, power, and goodness of God praising and magnifying him for it; This addeth no inward perfection to him, only it outwardly declareth it, and thus it was with Christ as God, many things are said to be given him, which yet he had with the Father before the world, only it's said to be given him because it was then declared and manifested what he had; Indeed if we speak of Christs humane nature, so it had many things given to it, which were an inward perfection to him in that respect, but in respect of his divine nature, so he was not capable of any new perfection, which he had not always:

2. There may be a giving to another by way of intrinsecall perfection, or by way of extrinsecall declaration and manifestation of this, when God gave Angels and men holinesse this was to give internall perfection to them, but now when Angels and men declare the wisedom, power, and goodnesse of God praising and magnifying him for it; This addeth no inward perfection to him, only it outwardly declareth it, and thus it was with Christ as God, many things are said to be given him, which yet he had with the Father before the world, only it's said to be given him because it was then declared and manifested what he had; Indeed if we speak of Christs humane nature, so it had many things given to it, which were an inward perfection to him in that respect, but in respect of his divine nature, so he was not capable of any new perfection, which he had not alwaies:

These things premised,¹ Let us now consider what was given him of the Father, And

1. 1What things were given Christ of the Father.