Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…

4th. Hence you see the reality of the two Natures in the unity of Christs person: The name of God is joined with the Title of Lord; therefore the name of God belongeth to him, no less then the title of Lord: Thomas when he saith my Lord, he seemeth not to have satisfied himself till he had added this other name and title my God: now this importeth the reality of his Divine Nature, for these three reasons.

4th. Hence you see the reality of the two Natures in the unity of Christs person: The name of God is joyned with the Title of Lord; therefore the name of God belongeth to him, no less then the title of Lord: Thomas when he saith my Lord, he seemeth not to have satisfyed himself till he had added this other name and title my God: now this importeth the reality of his Divine Nature, for these three reasons.

1. Those things which are proper to God, cannot, ought not, to be transferred to a mere Creature; but this title of my God is a Covenant title, and so often used in Scripture, and therefore Christ was God.

1. Those things which are proper to God, cannot, ought not, to be transferred to a meer Creature; but this title of my God is a Covenant title, and so often used in Scripture, and therefore Christ was God.

2. To whom truly and properly the Names and Titles of things do belong, to him that which is signified by those Names, and Titles doth belong also: For otherwise this would destroy all certainty of speech, you cannot speak or write, unless words signify what in vulgar use they are applied unto: there could be no reasoning a signo ad rem significatum, from the sign to the thing signified. If I should call a brute a Man, or a creature God, how can we understand what is spoken or written: the argument is the more cogent, because a