The Fountain of Life Opened

Secondly, As it was produced miraculously, so it was assumed integrally. That is to say Christ took a complete and perfect humane soul and body, with all and every faculty and member pertaining to it. And this was necessary (as both Austin and Fulgentius have well observed) that hereby he might heal the whole nature,¹ of that Leprosy of sin; which had seized and infected every member and faculty. [Greek or Hebrew]. He assumed all, to sanctify all; as Damascene expresseth it. He designed a perfect recovery by sanctifying us wholly in Soul, Body, and Spirit. And therefore assumed the whole in order to it.

Secondly, As it was produced miraculously, so it was assumed integrally. That is to say Christ took a compleat and perfect humane soul and body, with all and every faculty and member pertaining to it. And this was necessary (as both Austin and Fulgentius have well observed) that hereby he might heal the whole nature,¹ of that Leprosie of sin; which had seiz'd and infected every member and faculty. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. He assumed all, to sanctifie all; as Damascen expresseth it. He design'd a perfect recovery by sanctifying us wholly in Soul, Body, and Spirit. And therefore assumed the whole in order to it.

1. 1Aug. de civitate dei l•b. 10. cap. 27. p. 586. Fugen. ad Tra. lib. 1. p. 251. Damasc. lib. 3. cap. 20.

Thirdly, He assumed our nature as with all its integral parts, so with all its Sinless infirmities. ¹And therefore its said of him,