Wow: | i eM andPromiſes therein contained, concerning Chriſt and his Kingdom 3 chiefly to Gen. 3. 15. and 49. 8. 10. Dent. 18: 18. 1/a. 6 and 7. 14- and 53. per rotum, and 63. 1, 2, 3, - Pſal. 40. per. mum, Þſal. 22. Pſal. 110. 1. and 16. 10. Dan. 9. 24, 25, 25. Micah > Zech. 9. 9. Mat. 3. 1. &c. he hereby intimates, That- there is — \ oreat Harmony and Conſent berwixt the Prophets and Apoſtles, the Bo&rine of the Old Teſtament and the New, wid, Luke- 24. John 12. 16, A#s 19. 43. Our Modern Tranſlators include 44 Verſe ina Parenthells, _— O—_ = not. NE . » Concerning his Son Jeſus Chriſt & our Lord, * which tare "6. _ made ! of the ſeed of David according to the fleſh. J's | 7 This Phraſe either reſpe&s the Holy Scriptures, mentioned im- / ” 28, 'rediarely before "in the ſecond Verſe ; the ſum and ſubſtance of at al, | them, is concerning the Meſhah, the Son of God: Or elle it re- favay ſne&s the Goſpel, that was ſpoken of in the firſt Verſe ; the 1e- , Ad; cond Verſe being only a Parenthelis, as was before hinted ; then alled « the meaning is, That the Apoſtle Pau! was ſeparated to the Goſpel of God, which only or mainly concerns.his Son Jeſus Chriſt. And | | this ſeems toſhew the Excellency of the Goſpe], that it doth not es to tie | rear of vulgar and ordinary matters, as of the Gods of the Gen- s placed | tiles, or the Aftions of Alexander, Ceſar, the Scipio's, or ſuch like at ther Heroes ; bur of the Son of God himſelf, 1 z. e. As he afterwards * al] " expreſſeth :t, according to the Fleih or his Humane Nature ; in ; regard of his Divine Subliſtence, he was begotten and not made ; me hang in regard of his Manhood, he was made and not begotten. When m tit he ſays the Son of God was made, &c. it is undeniably imply'd, 0 {evil That he did Exiſt before his Incarnation, and was the Son of God 2 (pol before he was the Son of Man. This place proves clearly theſe two 5a j Truths: 1. That in the Perſon of Jeſus Chriſt there are two Na- | tures. 2, That there is betwixt theſe a Communication of Pro- Enifl pertics ; here the Son of God is ſaid to be made of the Seed of Oring David : and elſewherethe Son of Man is ſaid to have come down ti0n © from Heaven, wid. John. 13. compare John 6. 62. Afs 20. 28. Wn 1 Cor. 2.8, 21 4. e. of the Virgin Mary, which was of David's h Privee Lineage and Poſterity z the Promiſe was expreſly, That the Meſhah Juſtifl ſhould be of the ad ag his Loins, oy” «7 Ke es _ Nteou'nel Iſs. 11. 1. Jer. 23. 5. Exek. 34. 24. Yea; this Promiſe was ſo ful- Ke. Iv known to the Jews, that when they ſpake of the Meſſiah, fron s Soo -cathad him the Son of Daw, ew! þ K 9% 22. 42. and 21. 9. Ty: Mer. 10. 47, 48, John 7, 42. Hence 'tis that the Evangeliſts, Mat Nnaer thy and Luke, are fo careful and induſtrious to prove, that the ' Agam, Virgin Mary, and Joſeph to whom fhe was Eſponſed, did come of 1hcation David's Line and Race. | ; . 6. per ' 4 And * declared ro be the Son of God » with power, d in tix | recording tothe {pirit of holinefs p, by the reſurrection the In- + from the dead 4q | , n Not made the Son of God, as he was ſaid before to be made Yegethe of the Seed of David, but declar'd or demonſtrated to be the Son of v0 As God o This refers either to the word declar'd, and then the mean- , n {0 ingis, He was arty a” miraculouſly — ro | ag ed 1; it, God, The Greek Word ordinarily ſignifies a Miracle in the New 1 1 th T:fament ; or elſe it refers to the Ia Words; the Son of God ; and ben the then the Sence is, He was declar'd to be the powerful and omnipo- DT tent Son of God, of the ſame Power and Majeſty with the Father. The Pra } By the Spiritof Holineſs, ſome would underſtand the Third-Perſon » 12 (|, inthe Blejted Trinity, which 1s often call'd the Holy Spirit, .and how thy here the Spirit of Holineſs ; bur others, and they, more rightly, do ling men underſtand the Deity and Divine Nature of Chriſt ; this is call'd WF the Spirit, 3 Tim. 3.15. 2 Pct. 3. 18. and the Eternal Spirit, Heb. g. Govert- 14, 2nd here *tis called thz Spirit of Holineſs,or the moſt Holy Spi- F to their tit; and thar probably, becauſe of its Efe#s ; for thereby he San-
Gihed his Naturai Body. and ſtil] SanQtihes his Myſtical Body, the Church, That this is the meaning, 1s Evident, by the Oppolition between the I'icſh and the Spirit: As according to the Fleſh, in the former Verſe, did ſignifie his Humane Nature : So according to the $i, in this Verſe. doth ſignitic his Divine Nature. See the like Amitheſis in 1 Tim. 3. 16. 1 Pet. 3.18, q Becaule it is ſaid, The
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- Aſtonil- RefurreQtion of the Dead, not from the Dead ; ſome would under. rtle befare ſtand the words of Lazarus, and others, who by the Power of Chriſt >, APV, were raiſed from the Dead; and others would underſtand the c Eitit words of thoſe who were raiſed with Chriſt, when he himſelf Aroſe, vid. Gal. 1, vid. Mat. 27, 53. Bur in Scripture. the ReſurreCtion of the Dead, ve reſpect 15 put for the Reſurre&ion from the Dead, id. 1 Cor. 15. 42. Heb. order he 6. 2. ind hereby is meant the ReturreCtion of Chriſt himſelf : He him, Thi Roſe again from the Dead, and thereby Declar'd or Manifeſted t may It timſelf to be the Son of God with Power, vid. 7ohn 2. 19. 21. and 'hriſt him 10,18, and 5. 26. 1 Cor, 15 4. And though it be faid in Scrip- he alludes te, That the Father rais'd him from the Dead, wid. Affs 2. 24. 1en he was and 1.3 . 33 yet that doth nor hinder, but by his own Power he 10w being Rid himſelf: Seeing the Father and He were One; and the Works . =_ & we Three Perſons in one and the ſame Eflence are undivided, lis a
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r Or, of whom ; by whom, as Mediator ; or, of whom, as Author, indGiver. 5s Some make theſe two diſtin& Gifts; the ene Ccm- NN, which is Grace; the other Special, which is Apoſilethip : Ithers think that by an Hrndjadys, he means the Grace of Apoſtle- lip ; which he ſo calls, becauſe it was conferr'd upon him, not for My detert of his, but by the meer Favour, and free Grace of God, US b1S manner to call his Apoſtleſhip by the name or {tyle of Grace, ud. chap. 15.15. Gal. 2. 9. Eph. 3.2.8. t You have the Game
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