A51837:361
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Come we now to the particular offices, by which he performeth the work of a Mediator; and they all show the necessity of both natures: these offices and functions, are those of Prophet, Priest, and King.
2. Come we now to the particular offices, by which he performeth the work of a Mediator; and they all shew the necessity of both natures: these offices and functions, are those of Prophet, Priest, and King.
1. Our Mediator hath a Prophetical office belonging to his Administration, that he may be made Wisdom to us, and therefore he must be both God and Man: God that he may not only teach us outwardly, as an ordinary Messenger or Minister, but inwardly putting his Law into our minds, and writing it upon our hearts, Heb. 8.10. and 2 Cor. 3.3. Ye are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with Ink, but with the spirit of the living God, not in Tables of stone, but in the ⟨p. 142⟩fleshly Tables of the heart. Men may be the instruments, but Christ is the Author of this Grace, and therefore he must be God: To convince mens understandings of their duty, and to incline their hearts to perform it, requireth no less then a divine power. If such an infinite virtue be necessary to cure the blindness of the body; how much more to cure the natural blindness and darkness of the mind! And man he must also be; for the great Prophet of the Church was to be raised up among his brethren, like unto Moses, Deut. 18.15. Till such an one came into the World they were to hear Moses, but then they were to hearken to him: he that was to come, was to be a Lawgiver as Moses was, but of a far more absolute and perfect Law: a Lawgiver that must match and overmatch Moses every way. He was to be a man as Moses was in respect of our infirmities, such an one as Moses was whom the Lord had known face to face, but of a far more divine nature: and approved to the World, by Miracles, Signs, and Wonders as Moses was. Again 'twas prophesied of him, that as the great Prophet of the World he should be anointed, that he might come and Preach the Gospel to the poor,