But it may appear as there was a time when it was said of Christ, Phil. 2.7. [Greek or Hebrew], He emptied himself, and took on him the form of a servant. So there is a time opposite to that, v. 9. Therefore God hath highly exalted him: which is not fulfilled in his resurrection, ascension, and sitting only at the right hand of God, 1but when all power, friends, and unfriends, and the Man Christ shall be subject to the Lord, yea even the Son, not as God, for Christ-God is equal with the Father▪ not as man, for so in the days of his flesh as man, he ever was, and is, and shall be subject to God, but the Son shall be subject, as touching the Office of a formal Mediator. 2. Another distinction is here needful, as Augustine and Ambrose:2 he shall render the Kingdom to the Father, not that he shall leave off to reign, but that he then shall declare that he reigns not of himself, but that he hath his power of reigning from the Father, and he shall profess this before men and Angels, and so shall glorify the Father. Its not to be rejected that Hilarius, lib. 1. de Trinit. 11. August. lib. 1. de Trinit. c. 8. he shall render the elect back to God, as now saved▪ and present to the Father his ransomed ones now perfected, so Eph. 5.27. 3. Taking the word of reigning, for this, to excel in eminency of power above all, so Christ shall reign eternally, but taking the word of reigning as it notes the exercise of royal authority, so and so by gathering a Church, by the Preached word, fighting against enemies, and overcoming them, to make them his ⟨p. 364⟩foot-stool, until which time he reigns,3 Ps. 110. And so it may be, and is said by some, he reigns, not after the day of the universal Judgement: but these are but the second acts of a King, and the not exercising of these acts proves not but Christ is a King, actu primo, and essentially, for the exercise of such and such acts are often extrinsical to the office. But the question shall remain whether he be not for ever and ever a Mediatory King, and does retain his headship over the Church; so as the Angel say, Luk. 1.33. He shall reign, [Greek or Hebrew], and of his Kingdom there shal• be no end. And as Dan. 7.14. Cameron, and others say, the meaning of that, that his Kingdom shall have no end:
But it may appear as there was a time when it was said of Christ, Phil. 2.7. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, He emptied himself, and took on him the form of a servant. So there is a time opposite to that, v. 9. Therefore God hath highly exalted him: which is not fulfilled in his resurrection, ascension, and sitting only at the right hand of God, 1but when all power, friends, and unfriends, and the Man Christ shal be subject to the Lord, yea even the Son, not as God, for Christ-God is equall with the Father▪ not as man, for so in the days of his flesh as man, he ever was, and is, and shall be subject to God, but the Son shall be subject, as touching the Office of a formall Mediatour. 2. Another distinction is here needfull, as Augustine and Ambrose:2 he shall render the Kingdom to the Father, not that he shall leave off to raign, but that he then shal declare that he raigns not of himself, but that he hath his power of raigning from the Father, and he shall professe this before men and Angels, and so shall glorifie the Father. Its not to be rejected that Hilarius, lib. 1. de Trinit. 11. August. lib. 1. de Trinit. c. 8. he shall render the elect back to God, as now saved▪ and present to the Father his ransoned ones now perfected, so Eph. 5.27. 3. Taking the word of raigning, for this, to excell in eminency of power above all, so Christ shall raign eternally, but taking the word of raigning as it notes the exercise of royall authority, so and so by gathering a Church, by the Preached word, fighting against enemies, and overcoming them, to make them his ⟨p. 364⟩foot-stool, untill which time he raignes,3 Ps. 110. And so it may be, and is said by some, he raigns, not after the day of the universall Judgement: but these are but the second acts of a King, and the not exercising of these acts proves not but Christ is a King, actu primo, and essentially, for the exercise of such and such acts are often extrinsecall to the office. But the question shall remain whether he be not for ever and ever a Mediatory King, and does retain his headship over the Church; so as the Angel say,
- 1The Son's being subject to the Father how it is to be expounded, 1 Cor. 15
- 2Augustine, & Ambrose their mind touching Christ his being subject to the Father.
- 3Christ his not exercising of some second acts of a Mediatory Head and King after the last Judgement▪ proves not but he is a Mediatory King even then.Christ his not exercising of some second acts of a Mediatory Head and King after the last Judgemēt▪ proves not but he is a Mediatory King even then.
