Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

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1. If God be unchangeable in his Nature, and Immutability be a Property of God, Then Christ hath a Divine Nature. This in the Psalm is applied to Christ in the Hebrews, Heb. 1.11. where he joins the citation out of this Psalm with that out of Psalm 45.6, 7. Thy Throne O God is for ever and ever; thou hast loved Righteousness and hated Iniquity, therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the Oil of Gladness above thy Fellows; and thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the Foundation of the Earth, &c. As the first must necessarily be meant of Christ the Mediator, and therein he his distinguished from God, as one anointed by him; so the other must be meant of Christ, whereby he is made one with God in regard of the Creation and Dissolution of the World, in regard of Eternity and Immutability. Both the Testimonies are linked together by the Copulative [and] and thou Lord, declaring thereby that they are both to be understood of the same Person the Son of God: The design of the Chapter is to prove Christ to be God; and such things are spoken of him as could not belong to any Creature, no, not to the most excellent of the Angels: The same Person that is said to be anointed above his Fellows, and is said to lay the Foundation of the Earth and Heavens, is said to be the same, that is, the same in himself: The Prerogative of sameness belongs to that Person as well as Creation of Heaven and Earth.

1. If God be unchangeable in his Nature, and Immutability be a Property of God, Then Christ hath a Divine Nature. This in the Psalm is applyed to Christ in the Hebrews, Heb. 1.11. where he joyns the citation out of this Psalm with that out of Psalm 45.6, 7. Thy Throne O God is for ever and ever; thou hast loved Righteousness and hated Iniquity, therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the Oyl of Gladness above thy Fellows; and thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the Foundation of the Earth, &c. As the first must necessarily be meant of Christ the Mediator, and therein he his distinguish'd from God, as one anointed by him; so the other must be meant of Christ, whereby he is made one with God in regard of the Creation and Dissolution of the World, in regard of Eternity and Immutability. Both the Testimonies are linkt together by the Copulative [and] and thou Lord, declaring thereby that they are both to be understood of the same Person the Son of God: The design of the Chapter is to prove Christ to be God; and such things are spoken of him as could not belong to any Creature, no, not to the most excellent of the Angels: The same Person that is said to be anointed above his Fellows, and is said to lay the Foundation of the Earth and Heavens, is said to be the same, that is, the same in himself: The Prerogative of sameness belongs to that Person as well as Creation of Heaven and Earth.