Secondly, Come we now to the New Testament, in which this mystery is more plainly and fully demonstrated: There often the son of Man is plainly asserted to be also the Son of God. Thomas calleth him his Lord, his God, Joh. 20.28. We are told that the word was made flesh, Joh. 1.14. That God purchased the Church with his own blood, Acts 20.28. which can be understood of no other but Christ; by whose blood we are redeemed, and who being Incarnate, hath blood to shed for us; But God as a pure Spirit, hath not flesh, and blood, and bones as we have. So Rom. 1.3, 4. Jesus Christ was made of the seed of David, according to the flesh, but declared to be the son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness, &c. In respect of his Divine subsistence, he was begotten not made; in regard of his humane Nature, made, not begotten. True Man as David was, and True God as the Spirit and Divine Nature is. Again, Rom. 9.5. Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Than which, nothing can be said more express, as to that nature which is most apt ⟨p. 135⟩to be questioned; for surely he that is God over all, cannot be said to be a mere Creature. The Jews confessed him to be Man, and one of their blood, and Paul asserteth him to be God over all: They accounted him to be accursed, and Paul asserteth him to be blessed for ever: They thought him inferior to the Patriarchs of whom he descended, and Paul over all; so that no word is used in vain: and when he saith according to the flesh, he insinuateth another Nature in him to be considered by us. The next place is, 1 Cor. 2.8. They Crucified the Lord of Glory. He was Crucified, there his humane nature is acknowledged, but in respect of the Divine nature he is called the Lord of Glory, as in the 24th. Psalm, The Lord or King of Glory, is Jehovah Sabaoth, The Lord of Hosts. Go we farther, Phil. 2.6, 7. Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with Gone, but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a Servant, and was made in the likeness of men. By the form of God is meant not only the divine Majesty and Glory, but also the divine essence it self: for without it there can be no true divine Majesty and Glory.
Secondly, Come we now to the New Testament, in which this mystery is more plainly and fully demonstrated: There often the son of Man is plainly asserted to be also the Son of God. Thomas calleth him his Lord, his God, Ioh. 20.28. We are told that the word was made flesh, Ioh. 1.14. That God purchased the Church with his own blood, Acts 20.28. which can be understood of no other but Christ; by whose blood we are redeemed, and who being Incarnate, hath blood to shed for us; But God as a pure Spirit, hath not flesh, and blood, and bones as we have. So Rom. 1.3, 4. Iesus Christ was made of the seed of David, according to the flesh, but declared to be the son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness, &c. In respect of his Divine subsistence, he was begotten not made; in regard of his humane Nature, made, not begotten. True Man as David was, and True God as the Spirit and Divine Nature is. Again, Rom. 9.5. Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Than which, nothing can be said more express, as to that nature which is most apt ⟨p. 135⟩to be questioned; for surely he that is God over all, cannot be said to be a mere Creature. The Jews confessed him to be Man, and one of their blood, and Paul asserteth him to be God over all: They accounted him to be accursed, and Paul asserteth him to be blessed for ever: They thought him inferiour to the Patriarchs of whom he descended, and Paul over all; so that no word is used in vain: and when he saith according to the flesh, he insinuateth another Nature in him to be considered by us. The next place is, 1 Cor. 2.8. They Crucified the Lord of Glory. He was Crucified, there his humane nature is acknowledged, but in respect of the Divine nature he is called the Lord of Glory, as in the 24th. Psalm, The Lord or King of Glory, is Iehovah Sabaoth, The Lord of Hosts. Go we farther, Phil. 2.6, 7. Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with Gon, but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a Servant, and was made in the likeness of men. By the form of God is meant not only the divine Majesty and Glory, but also the divine essence it self: for without it there can be no true divine Majesty and Glory.
