A vindication of some passages in a discourse concerning communion with God from the…

To make this appear, I shall consider that account which Dr. Owen gives us of the personal Graces and Excellencies of Christ, which in general consist in three things; First, his Fitness to save, from the Grace of Union, and the proper and necessary Effects thereof. Secondly, his Fullness to save from ⟨p. 160⟩the Grace of Communion, or the free Consequences of the Grace of Union; and Thirdly, his Excellency to endear, from his complete suitableness to all the wants of the Souls of men. First, That he is fit to be a Saviour from the Grace of Union; and if you will understand what this strange Grace of Union is, it is the uniting the Nature of God and Man in one Person, which makes him fit to be a Saviour to the uttermost; He lays his hand upon God, by partaking of his Nature; and he lays his hand on us, by partaking of our Nature; and so becomes a Days-man or Umpire between both. Now though this be a great Truth, that the Union of the Divine and Humane Nature in Christ did excellently qualify him for the Office of a Mediator, yet this is the Unhappiest man in Expressing and proving it, that I have met with; For what an untoward Representation is this of Christs Mediation, That he came to make Peace, by laying his hands on God and Men, as if he came to part a Fray or Scuffle; and he might as well have named Gen. 1.1. or Matth. 1.1. or any other place of Scripture for the proof of it, as those he mentions.

To make this appear, I shall consider that account which Dr. Owen gives us of the personal Graces and Excellencies of Christ, which in general consist in three things; First, his Fitness to save, from the Grace of Vnion, and the proper and necessary Effects thereof. Secondly, his Fulness to save from ⟨p. 160⟩the Grace of Communion, or the free Consequences of the Grace of Vnion; and Thirdly, his Excellency to endear, from his compleat suitableness to all the wants of the Souls of men. First, That he is fit to be a Saviour from the Grace of Vnion; and if you will understand what this strange Grace of Vnion is, it is the uniting the Nature of God and Man in one Person, which makes him fit to be a Saviour to the uttermost; He layes his hand upon God, by partaking of his Nature; and he layes his hand on us, by partaking of our Nature; and so becomes a Dayes-man or Vmpire between both. Now though this be a great Truth, that the Vnion of the Divine and Humane Nature in Christ did excellently qualifie him for the Office of a Mediator, yet this is the Vnhappiest man in Expressing and proving it, that I have met with; For what an untoward Representation is this of Christs Mediation, That he came to make Peace, by laying his hands on God and Men, as if he came to part a Fray or Scuffle; and he might as well have named