140        The Deity of Jeſus Chriſt        Sect. III

firmed, not leſs of the body, than it is of
the ſoul. Nor is it the body of Jeſus Chriſt
that was manifeſt in the fleſh. Nor was the
whole compound, or the entire man, mani-
feſted in the fleſh; for this compound is on-
ly the body and ſoul united.

If the queſtion were about a quality, it
might be ſaid, That the power, or wiſdom,
or holineſs, or authority of God, was mani-
feſted in the fleſh. But it is about a perſon;
for thoſe words, ' received up into glory,'
can be underſtood of no other. This per-
ſon, therefore, muſt be either human, or
Divine. Not the latter; for, according to
our oppoſers, there is none but the Father.
He muſt, conſequently, be the former. But
a human perſon is a man: a man, therefore,
was manifeſt in the fleſh. But can it be
ſaid, without the greateſt abſurdity, that a
man, conſiſting of a body and ſould united,
is manifeſt in fleſh ? It cannot be denied, if
Chriſt be a mere man, that the ſame na-
ture was thus manifeſted, which was after-
wards received up into glory; for our op-
ponents will not allow that he has two na-
tures. His human nature, conſequently,
muſt have been manifeſted in the fleſh; the
very thought of which is big with aburdity.
But the tenets of our adverſaries not only
militate againſt the myſtery of God's mani-
feſtation in the fleſh; for they deſtroy all the
                                                         myſteries