Propos. 1. Christ is said to be the Son of GOD in a Personal respect. Not His Essence but his Person is begotten of the Father. Christ is said not to be the Son of God in respect of his Humane Nature Its a sure Principle of Truth, Filiation is of the person, not of the Nature. Christ in respect of his humane Nature is styled the son of man. Mat. 16. 13. but not the Son of God; for He was the Son of God before the Assumption of his humane Nature. ⟨p. 23⟩God sent his Son into the world, Joh. 3. 17. Therefore he was the Son of God before his coming into the world. 1. Joh. 3. 8. The son of God was manifested. Now Manifestation is of that which was extant before. So that the Person of Christ did exist before He was manifested in the flesh. Agur lived many Ages before the humane Nature of Christ did actually exist, yet he acknowledges that God had a Son, Prov. 30. 4. Yea, and so did […], Dan. 3. 25. Christ is said to be the son of the Father, 3. Joh. 3. whenas the Humane nature was from the Holy Ghost Matt•. 1. 18. If Christ were the Son of God in respect of His Incarnation, He should be the Son of the Holy Ghost rather than the Son of the Father, whenas the Scripture speaketh otherwise, calling Him only the Son of the Father, Joh. 1. 14. He is the only begotten of the Father. Not begotten of the Holy Ghost. To beget is the Relative property of the Father, to be begotten is the Relative Property of the Son. Christ's being the Son of God, is a proof of His being equal with God, Joh. 5. 18. Whens if he were the Son of God in respect of his humane Nature, or considered as Mediator, that would be no proof of His Equality with God, for on these Accounts he […] to and […] equal with the Father, ⟨p. 24⟩Joh. 10. 28. Nor is Christ said to be the Son or to be begotten in respect of his God-head absolutely considered, for then every Person in the God-head should be so. Christ is not said to be the Son of the God-head, but the Son of God, where God is taken personally for God the Father. The Divine Nature absolutely considered is from It Self, i. e. from none other, but the Son of God is from another i. e. from the Father, He is God of Himself, but not a Son of Himself. He receiveth not his Being from the Father, but only His Personality. The Son of God is a Divine Person begotten of the Father.
Propos. 1. Christ is said to be the Son of GOD in a Personal respect. Not His Essence but his Person is begotten of the Father. Christ is said not to be the Son of God in respect of his Humane Nature Its a sure Principle of Truth, Filiation is of the person, not of the Nature. Christ in respect of his humane Nature is styled the son of man. Mat. 16. 13. but not the Son of God; for He was the Son of God before the Assumption of his humane Nature. ⟨p. 23⟩God sent his Son into the world, Joh. 3. 17. Therefore he was the Son of God before his coming into the world. 1. Joh. 3. 8. The son of God was manifested. Now Manifestation is of that which was extant before. So that the Person of Christ did exist before He was manifested in the flesh. Agur lived many Ages before the humane Nature of Christ did actually exist, yet he acknowledges that God had a Son, Prov. 30. 4. Yea, and so did 〈…〉, Dan. 3. 25. Christ is said to be the son of the Father, 3. Joh. 3. whenas the Humane nature was from the Holy Ghost Matt•. 1. 18. If Christ were the Son of God in respect of His Incarnation, He should be the Son of the Holy Ghost rather than the Son of the Father, whenas the Scripture speaketh otherwise, calling Him only the Son of the Father, Joh. 1. 14. He is the only begotten of the Father. Not begotten of the Holy Ghost. To beget is the Relative property of the Father, to be begotten is the Relative Property of the Son. Christ's being the Son of God, is a proof of His being equal with God, Joh. 5. 18. When•s if he were the Son of God in respect of his humane Nature, or considered as Mediatour, that would be no proof of His Equality with God, for on these Accounts he 〈…〉 to and 〈…〉 equal with the Father, ⟨p. 24⟩
