Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

God is therefore called the head of Christ, 1 Cor. 11.3. As Christ is superior to all men, and the man superior to the woman, so is God superior to Christ, and of a more eminent dignity; in regard of the constituting him mediator, Christ is Subject to God, as the Body to the Head. Head is a Title of Government and Sovereignty, and Magistrates were called the heads of the People. As Christ is the head of Man, so is God the head of Christ, and as man is subject to Christ, so is Christ subject to God; not in regard of the Divine Nature, wherein there is an equality, and consequently no Dominion of jurisdiction; nor only in his humane nature, but in the Economy of a Redeemer, considered as one designed, and consenting to be incarnate, and take our flesh, so that after this agreement, God had a sovereign right to dispose of him according to the Articles consented to. In regard of his undertaking, and the advantage he was to bring to the Elect of God upon the Earth, he calls God by the solemn Title of his Lord, in that prophetic ⟨p. 749⟩Psalm of him. Psal. 16.2. Oh my Soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, thou art my Lord, my Goodness extends not unto thee, but unto the Saints that are in the Earth. It seems to be the speech of Christ in Heaven, mentioning the Saints on Earth as at a distance from him. I can add nothing to the glory of thy Majesty, but the whole fruit of my Mediation and Sufferings will redound to the Saints on Earth; and it may be observed, that God is called the Lord of Hosts in the Evangelical Prophets Isaiah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, more in reference to this affair of Redemption, and the deliverance of the Church, than for any other works of his Providence in the World.

God is therefore called the head of Christ, 1 Cor. 11.3. As Christ is superior to all men, and the man superior to the woman, so is God superior to Christ, and of a more eminent dignity; in regard of the constituting him mediator, Christ is Subject to God, as the Body to the Head. Head is a Title of Government and Soveraignty, and Magistrates were called the heads of the People. As Christ is the head of Man, so is God the head of Christ, and as man is subject to Christ, so is Christ subject to God; not in regard of the Divine Nature, wherein there is an equality, and consequently no Dominion of jurisdiction; nor only in his humane nature, but in the Oeconomy of a Redeemer, considered as one design'd, and consenting to be incarnate, and take our flesh, so that after this agreement, God had a soveraign right to dispose of him according to the Articles consented to. In regard of his undertaking, and the advantage he was to bring to the Elect of God upon the Earth, he calls God by the solemn Title of his Lord, in that prophetick