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Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…
Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition to the doctrine of the Socinians : in several sermons on Col. I, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 verses / by the Reverend Tho. Manton.
London printed : s.n., 1685
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2. The other Honour is, that Christ is Lord of the new creation, as well as the founder and builder of it; for the World to come is put in subjection to him, not to the Angels, Heb. 2.7. By the World to come is not meant the state of Glory, but the state of the Church under the times of the Gospel. It is made subject to God, the Redeemer, it is solely and immediately in his Power, and under his Authority, and cast into a dependence upon him.
2. The other Honour is, that Christ is Lord of the new creation, as well as the founder and builder of it; for the World to come is put in subjection to him, not to the Angels, Heb. 2.7. By the World to come is not meant the state of Glory, but the state of the Church under the times of the Gospel. It is made subject to God, the Redeemer, it is solely and immediately in his Power, and under his Authority, and cast into a dependance upon him.
II. In a way of Causality. So he is the beginning, either as a Moral, or efficient cause.
1. As a moral Meritorious cause: We are renewed by Gods creating power, but through the intervening Mediation of Christ: Or Gods creating power is put forth with respect to his Merit. The life of Grace, is purchased by his death: 1 Joh. 4.9. God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we might live by him. Here ⟨p. 138⟩