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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
REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. › Sermon 7 › USE.REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. › Sermon 7 › VSE.
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3. We may observe again that true believing with the heart, is joined with confession of the mouth, Psal. 116.10. I believed therefore have I spoken.
3. We may observe again that true believing with the heart, is joyned with confession of the mouth, Psal. 116.10. I believed therefore have I spoken.
4. Hence you may take notice of the reality of the two natures in the unity of Christs person, for he is both Deus & Dominus. But how cometh he to acknowledge Christs Godhead, he did not feel the Divinity of Christ in hands, or side, or feet. Videbat, tangebatque hominem, & confitebatur Deum, quem non videbat, neque tangebat, saith Austin. Herein his Faith was beyond sense, he felt the manhood, and acknowledgeth the Deity.
5. Hence we may observe, that those that are rightly conversant about Christ and the mysteries of his Death and Resurrection, should take Christ for their Lord and their God: Thomas saith my Lord and my God, and his confession should be the common confession of all the Faithful. I shall quit the three first, and insist only on the two last. I therefore begin with the fourth observation.