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Part 11.
Redimftion And Jujffficatiin cleered.
yldAmaadEvej HE (haU break^thj heddi Gen. }. 15. who ellc
can HE be that (hall bf(.ak the Divcls head plot, bur tnac HE that
is rhc Son of God And thusthr Apoftle John doth expound that
HE, faying, Forthu canfe \^HE~\ the Son of God wm made ma- * '>*
nifefiy that HE might deltrty thevtrl^ofthe'Dive/, or that he 1 J
might breakjhe Divels head- plot in pieces : i lohn 3
. 8 . He
called , The Son of God that Jhall Jhortlj
bntife Satban under ottr
fett, /J#i». 16. 20. Fromallthefe places c »mpared together, it is
cridcnc that Jcfus Chrirt in his Divine Nature is a Priefi for ever
after the order of Melchifedeck.,
But yet withal take notice, that the term HE in Gen. 5.15. doth
comprehend under it his Human Nature as well as his Divine ;
yea
it doth alfo comprehend under it the perfbnal union of both his
Natures. Firll, The term HE describes him to be true man, bccaufe
he is called the feed of the fVoman. S . condly, the term HE
defcribes him to be true God, bicaule he mufl breaks the Divels
head-plot. Thirdly, the term HE is a Noun fiiigular, and fo i:
dcfcnbes the Perfon of the M;.dijtor to be individual, after that his
two Natures were united by ^\\ Hypoftatical union ; and fo the
is al(b \ W
Apoftlc cals tliis feed of the woman,or thufctd
fAbraham Towr]
which is ChriU, Gal. j
. 1 6. ,
Secondly, CoiiliJcr what was his Prieftly a