The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

The third thing is, to which nature this Anointing belongs? For answer it belongs to the whole Person, and so to both Natures. Christ is Mediator, and so Anointed in respect of his Person: for, Anointing comprehending especially ordination to the Office and qualification for it, though in respect of the latter, the humane Nature was richly adorned as a sumptuous Palace for the divine nature to dwell in, and the divine Nature could not need any pouring out of gifts, yet in respect of ordination to the work of Mediator, the divine Nature is assigned of God and chosen thereunto aswell as the humane.

The third thing is, to which nature this Anointing belongs? For answer it belongs to the whole Person, and so to both Natures. Christ is Mediator, and so Anointed in respect of his Person: for, Anointing comprehending especially ordination to the Office and qualification for it, though in respect of the latter, the humane Nature was richly adorned as a sumptuous Palace for the diuine nature to dwell in, and the diuine Nature could not need any pouring out of gifts, yet in respect of ordination to the worke of Mediator, the diuine Nature is assigned of God and chosen thereunto aswell as the humane.

The fourth thing is, to what he was Anointed, or to what Office? I answer, he was Anointed to be all that which the Ceremonial Anointing did signify. Now three sorts of men were Anointed, Priests and Kings ordinarily, and the Prophet Elisha extraordinarily; which shadowed out, that the Messiah should be both the Prophet, the Priest, and the King of the Church, and to all these three was he called: and accordingly qualified with three especial gifts, Wisdom, Holiness, and Power: Wisdom fits him for his prophetical Office, and holiness for his Priestly Office, and Power for his regal Office: and so he answers to three things in our misery: The first is our ignorance, the second is the corruptions & disorder of our lives, the third is the guiltiness, by which we are liable to eternal punishment: our ignorance he takes away as a Prophet, our guiltiness as a Priest, and our corruption and disorder as a King bringing us into order.

The fourth thing is, to what he was Anointed, or to what Office? I answer, hee was Anointed to bee all that which the Ceremoniall Anointing did signifie. Now three sorts of men were Anointed, Priests and Kings ordinarily, and the Prophet Elizeus extraordinarily; which shadowed out, that the Messias should be both the Prophet, the Priest, and the King of the Church, and to all these three was he called: and accordingly qualified with three especiall gifts, Wisedome, Holinesse, and Power: Wisedome fits him for his propheticall Office, and holinesse for his Priestly Office, and Power for his regall Office: and so he answers to three things in our misery: The first is our ignorance, the second is the corruptions & disorder of our liues, the third is the guiltinesse, by which we are lyable to eternall punishment: our ignorance hee takes away as a Prophet, our guiltinesse as a Priest, and our corruption and disorder as a King bringing vs into order.