Answ. 1. He is a Saviour to us Men· In this respect, God has showed more love and kindness to Fallen Man, than to Fallen Angels. Tit. 3.4 The Divine Philanthropy, the Love & Kindness of God our Saviour towards man appears, in that Christ did not assume to himself the Nature of Angels. He did not undertake to be their saviour. Hence the Angel said to the ⟨p. 103⟩Shepherd, Luk. 2.11 I bring you Glad Tidings, that unto you is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord ▪ Unto you Men, not unto us Angels. As for the Elect Angels, they never sinned, and therefore did not stand in need o• a saviour; and as for the Fallen Angels, God did not appoint a saviour for them. When they sinned, they were not spared, but were cast down to Hell, and Reserved in Everlasting Chains of Darkness, to the Judgment of the Great Day. When the Son of God did come into the world, it was not for the salvation of Fallen Angels, but for their destruction and confusion. 1 Joh 3.8 For this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil. All that the Devil had been doing for Four Thousand Years together, from the beginning of the world until the coming of Christ into the world, Jesus Christ Destroyed it all in one Day. He has destroyed the Devil and his works too: Heb. 2.14 He through Death has destroyed the Devil. And this was but according to the Ancient Prophesy and Promise, the first that was made to Fallen man, Gen, 3.15 That the Seed of the Woman should bruise the Serpents head. Implying, that the Son of God •hould be born of a Woman, and should bruise the Serpents head, by being Himself bruised on the Cross, and that the Head of the Serpent, the Devil that is, should be broken to pieces ⟨p. 104⟩thereby. Christ indeed is the Lord over the Fallen Angels, but he is not their Saviour. He is their Lord whether they will or no. The Disciples came to Christ, and said, the Devils are subject to us through thy Name; through' thy Power. And unto his Name every Knee shall bow, not only those in Heaven, and on the Earth, but those under the Earth. All the Fiends in Hell shall bow to the Lord Jesus Christ, he has a Dominion over them all, though he be not a saviour to them. He is only a saviour to Men; and in some sense a saviour to all men: not only in respect of the infinite Meritoriousness of his Death.
Answ. 1. He is a Saviour to us Men· In this respect, God has shew'd more love and kindness to Fallen Man, than to Fallen Angels. Tit. 3.4 The Divine Philanthropy, the Love & Kindness of God our Saviour towards man appears, in that Christ did not assume to himself the Nature of Angels. He did not undertake to be their saviour. Hence the Angel said to the ⟨p. 103⟩Shepherd, Luk. 2.11 I bring you Glad Tidings, that unto you is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord ▪ Unto you Men, not unto us Angels. As for the Elect Angels, they never sinned, and therefore did not stand in need o• a saviour; and as for the Fallen Angels, God did not appoint a saviour for them. When they sinned, they were not spared, but were cast down to Hell, and Res•rved in Everlasting Chains of Darkness, to the Judgment of the Great Day. When the Son of God did come into the world, it was not for the salvation of Fallen Angels, but for their destruction and confusion. 1 Joh 3.8 For this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil. All that the Devil had been doing for Four Thousand Years together, from the begining of the world until the coming of Christ into the world, Jesus Christ Destroyed it all in one Day. He has destroyed the Devil and his works too: Heb. 2.14 He through Death has destroyed the Devil. And this was but according to the Ancient Prophesy and Promise, the first that was made to Fallen man, Gen, 3.15 That the Seed of the Woman should bruise the Serpents head. Implying, that the Son of God •hould be born of a Woman, and should bruise the Serpents head, by being Himself bruised on the Cross, and that the Head of the Serpent, the Devil that is, should be broken to pieces ⟨p. 104⟩thereby. Christ indeed is the Lord over the Fallen Angels, but he is not their Saviour. He is their Lord whether they will or no. The Disciples came to Christ, and said, the Devils are subject to us through thy Name; thro' thy Power. And unto his Name every Knee shall bow, not only those in Heaven, and on the Earth, but those under the Earth. All the Fiends in Hell shall bow to the Lord Jesus Christ, he has a Dominion over them all, though he be not a saviour to them. He is only a saviour to Men; and in some sense a saviour to all men: not only in respect of the infinite Meritoriousness of his Death.
