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

(1.) In respect of his Eternal Generation. So, Christ is the express Image of his 'Person: not substance, but subsistence: We do not say that Milk is like Milk, nor one Egg like another, because they are of the same substance; so Christ is not said to be of the same substance, but of the same subsistence. He is indeed of the same substance with him whom he doth resemble, but the Image is with respect to the subsistence; so he resembleth the father fully and perfectly. ⟨p. 33⟩there is no perfection in the Father, but the same is in the Son also; he is Eternal, Omnipotent, Infinite, in Wisdom, Goodness and Power.

(2.) As God Incarnate, or manifested in our flesh: so the perfections of the Godhead shine forth in the Man Christ Jesus, in his Person, Word and Works.

1. In his person: They that had a discerning eye might see something divine in Christ, John 1.14. We beheld his glory, as the glory of the only begotten of the Father. There is the as of similitude, and the as of congruity, as if a mean man taketh state upon him, we say he behaveth himself as a King, but if we say the same of a King indeed, we mean he behaveth himself Kinglike, that is becoming the Majesty of his High calling. So we beheld his glory as, &c. that is such a glory as was suitable and becoming Gods only Son: So Christ was angry with his Disciples because they were too importunate to see the Father, though they saw him ordinarily, conversing with him: John 14.7. If ye had known me ye should have known my Father also, and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. The Fther is no otherwise to be known, but as he hath revealed himself in Christ,