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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Obj. To be a Mediator, implieth inferiority.
Obj. To be a Mediatour, implyeth inferiority.
But Christ is God, being then God (that is the Divine Nature subsisting in the relation of the Son) and man in one person: God is not inferior unto any: the Persons are equal.
But Christ is God, being then God (that is the Divine Nature subsisting in the relation of the Son) and man in one person: God is not inferiour unto any: the Persons are equal.
Ans. Christ in respect of the Divine Nature considered in it self, is equal with God, Philip. 2.6. But in respect of his office, and the humane nature, both which the word Christ (precisely taken) holdeth us unto; he is inferior to the Father: My Father is greater then I, John 14.28.
Ans. Christ in respect of the Divine Nature considered in it self, is equal with God, Philip. 2.6. But in respect of his office, and the humane nature, both which the word Christ (precisely taken) holdeth us unto; he is inferiour to the Father: My Father is greater then I, John 14.28.