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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Christ's Humiliation consisted in his Incarnation, his taking Flesh and being Born. It was real Flesh Christ took. Not the Image of a Body, (as the Manichees erroneously held) but a true Body; therefore Christ is said to be made of a woman, Gal. 4.4. As the Bread is made of the Wheat, and the Wine is made of the Grape; so Christ was made of a Woman; his Body was part of the Flesh and Substance of the Virgin. This is a glorious Mystery, God manifest in the flesh. In the Creation Man was made in God's Image; in the Incarnation God was made in Man's Image.
Christ's Humiliation consisted in his Incarnation, his taking Flesh and being Born. It was real Flesh Christ took. Not the Image of a Body, (as the Manichees erroniously held) but a true Body; therefore Christ is said to be made of a woman, Gal. 4.4. As the Bread is made of the Wheat, and the Wine is made of the Grape; so Christ was made of a Woman; his Body was part of the Flesh and Substance of the Virgin. This is a glorious Mystery, God manifest in the flesh. In the Creation Man was made in God's Image; in the Incarnation God was made in Man's Image.
Quest. How it came about that Christ was made flesh?
Resp. It was by his Fathers special designation, Gal. 4.4. God sent forth his Son made of a Woman. God the Father did in a special manner appoint Christ to be Incarnate; which shows us how needful a Call is to any business of weight and importance: to act without a Call, is to act without a Blessing. Christ himself would not be Incarnate, and take upon him the work of a Mediator, till he had a Call. God sent forth his Son made of a Woman.