2, even the death of the croſs h. | 4 To be found is a meer #ebraiſm, not unuſual in the N. T. not importing any queſtion of the thing, but only the thing certainly happening beyond expettation. It notes here not his being ap- prehended of the Soldiers when betray'd by F44as, being before his kumble obedience, but his being and really appearing to be, (as the Greek word is elſewhere uſed, ch. 3. 9g. Gen. 5. 24. 2 Cor. 54.3. Gal. 2. 17: Heb. 11. 5+ With 1 Pet. 1. 7-) as a Man fimply conſidered among Men, which was betors his being ſcourged, ©, Vol. II.
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conſequent upon his apprehenſign, Now beins made Man, tot reſerv'd fora time(like the Angels)from Heaven it ſelf and the view of Angels ; neither from the Privilege of th> firſt Man (which Adam could not keep) did he reſerve himſelf for the inhabiting of Paradiſe only ; but after the manner of Men, he ſtay'd in this Earth, among and convers'd with them, and therefore is ſaid to be in the Faſhion of Men, or as Mar. e Whereby his habit and deportrnent is more eſpecially expre'&d, as his efſence in the foregoing Phraſe. Man here is contidered according, to what is proper unto- humane Nature, not having the Article prefix'd as if it connoted the firſt Man Adam, only Man as Man. The particle as here, not intimating only 1ikene/s without reality of Nature (as the Marcionites conceited) but as a confirming and afſuring particle, noting certainty, Fohn 1. 14. Some indeed take faſhion more ſtrietly as noting oMy the external Figure of Chrift's Body, others more largely and commodiouſly for the whole outward pe-
g| cies of humane Nature; whence the truth of the humane Nature
ſhined out, not only in the figure and matter of the Body with true Fleſh and Bones, the Habit of his Members, Mouth, Eves, &c. that he might be ſeen and touch'd, 1 Fohz 1. 1. as he himſelf alledgeth, Luke 24. 39. Fohn 20. 20, 27. .growing in ftature and wiſdom, Luke 2. 52. but his labouring with Hunger, Thirſt and Wearineſs, Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Watching, Speaking; Geſtures, being moy'd with Pity, Sorrow, Joy, Weeping, in all which his humane Nature was evidenced of God and eaiily found of Men who convers'd with him, Fohn 4. 29. & 9. 11. & 15. 22. What the Socinians urge, that this gainſays his being in- carnate, from Samſon's ſaying, 7 ſhall be weak and as another Man, Judg. 16. 7, 11. There's no ftrength in the Allegation, thac Samſon of Dan's Tribe, Fudg. 13- 2. ſhould be compar'd with Chrift coming from Heaven (as they themſelves do not deny) found in faſhion as a Man: Becauſe Samſon being ftronger than an hundred Men, if he were dealt fo and fo withal would become as other Men (for that's the import of the words) no ftronger than any other Man, t. 17. whereas here, *tis not ſaid as oe; any or every, but ſimply as 2 Man. And from thoſe in power dying 45 other Men, Pſal. 82.6. When they ſcoffingly ask, yoo it evidence theſe 10 be incarnate? *Tis anſwered, though he who was ſtrong as many, became weak as any one Man; they who live in power, dye in weakneſs as other Men do, and are not ſaid to be incar- nate z yet he who being equal with God, took on him the form of a Servant, and was in this World a very Man, may very well be ſaid to be incarnate, 1 Tim. 3. 16. f He doth not ſay he was humbled or depreſs'd by the juſt Judgment of God, but of him- ſelf, voluntarily, on his own accord without any conſtraint. He did really ſubmit himſelf to the Will of his Father unto whom he was a Servant, both in regard of the Divine Nature, which he vail'd, and alſo the humane in his whole Life, Luks 1. 48. both outwardly and inwardly, wv. 5. in thoughts and afflictions, as well
tite to God, by a patient ſubjettion to affetion, not in ſhew- ing humility only, but really undergoing it. For we find this low degree of his Humiliation, oppos'd to his Superexaltation, in the following verſe, and agreeing with what J/#zah propheſy'd of him, a. 53. 7. expounded by Philip, Ads 8. 32. g Without the Copulattve, and in the Greek expreſſing the manner of his Humilia- tion, being of his own free will, and not by any force made obe- dient, 7. e. to God, (n0r my will, but thy will be -done) to others, Parents and Magiſtrates for God, according to the preſcript of his Law, and will, in his life time uo death, and iz death. Unto being taken here, not exchiſfively but inclufively, for the further Amplification of the obedience, Mar. 26. 42. Fobn 4. 34. % $. 29, 46. Heb.10. 9. Had he ftaid in his life for degrees of obedience; his condeſcenſjon had been admirable, but that he ſhould ſubmit to a penal and painful death (taking in his Burials-and abiding in a ſeparate ſtate till the third day) this is ſtupendious; aggravated by the ſhame. þ Of dying on the Croſs, willingly and meekly yielding himſelf though a Soy, to that ignominious curſed death, Deut. 21. 23. Ais5. 30. Gal. 3. 10, 13. Hebe 12. 2. far more re- proachful than by heading, hanging or burning, out of unſpeak- able love, to bring us nigh unto God, Rom. 5. 19. Col: 2. 14. I Pet. 2. 24. & 3. 18» Upon theſe Conſiderations how ſhould Chris ſtians in mutual love, condeſcend to each other ?
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