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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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The divine and humane Nature, are as it were, Parts of the whole Person, (for the divine Nature is not a part properly that would argue imperfection:) Now that which is true of a part absolutely, is true of the whole in a limited sense; i. e. in respect of that part. Thus, that which is true of the soul or body, must needs be granted to be true of the whole man. So we say, such a man studieth, when it is his soul, not his body that studieth; such a man eateth, when it is his body, not his soul that eateth.
The divine and humane Nature, are as it were, Parts of the whole Person, (for the divine Nature is not a part properly that would argue imperfection:) Now that which is true of a part absolutely, is true of the whole in a limited sence; i. e. in respect of thar part. Thus, that which is true of the soul or body, must needs be granted to be true of the whole man. So we say, such a man studieth, when it is his soul, not his body that studieth; such a man eateth, when it is his body, not his soul that eateth.
The Communication of Idioms, or Properties, taketh place when Christ is spoken of in the Concrete, not in the Abstract: that is, when not one Nature only is intended, but the Person with both, or either Nature. For example sake, The Lord of Glory is crucified, 1 Cor. 2.8. though it was only the humane, not the divine Nature that was crucified. God purchased the Church with his own blood, Acts 20.28. Here God is taken in a concrete sense, signifying the Person, together with the divine and humane Nature. The Man Christ Jesus, is Mediator, 1 Tim. 2.5. The Son of man hath power to forgive sin, Matth. 9.6. This Man is God, &c. The word Man is taken in a concrete sense, signifying the person with the humane nature. These speeches then proceeding in the Concrete, the Communication of Properties ⟨p. 49⟩