Christ exalted and Dr. Crisp vindicated in several points called antinomian, being cleared from neonomian suggestions alledged, by some remarks on Mr. A-, his rebuke to Mr. Lob shewing from Scripture and most orthodox authors the invalidity of his rebuke in taxing the doctor to be apocryphal, and his doctrine antinomian : with some observations on the Bishop of Worcester's letter concerning the great point of the change of persons between Christ and believers ... : with a table to find the heads insisted on / done by a happy, tho' unworthy branch of the said doctor.

§. XLV.

The twentieth is, That Christ's Incarnation was no part of his Hu∣miliation. This is brought in (I suppose) to insult over the Grave of Mr. Mather, who could doubtless have so explained his meaning, as it needed not have put Mr. Williams on shewing his great Parts and Learning, to go to confute it for an Antinomian Heresie, in in∣terpreting 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 by a new English word, well enough agreeing with the Neonomian Doctrine, calling 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 exaninition, which he might as well call exany-thing, or to make it chime, his next Interpretation of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, exinanition; instead of his calling it exany-nition, it may be exany-wigeon, or any thing else, as his mighty Learning may coyn for it. If Mr. Mather, in that Expression, meant it of meer Incar∣nation, without respect to Mediation for Sinners, how was his Incar∣nation any Humiliation, more than God the Father his dwelling in the Heart of the Humble and Contrite is his Humiliation? May not God the Father, or God the Son, assume what shape they please, as well as the Holy Spirit assumed the shape of a Dove, and yet that no Degradation or Humiliation? It is true, God is said to humble himself to behold things in Heaven, but that is spoken Figuratively, as his Eyes behold, his Eye-lids try the Children of Men; but to say, God is humbled by it, is harsh; and so to say, that Christ's meer In∣carnation was his Humiliation, is to deny him the liberty to assume what form he pleases, or to make it a diminution of his Glory, is what, I suppose, cannot well be maintained. I am sure his Incarna∣tion was a Glorious Exaltation of our Humane Nature; and would it not be harsh to say, he could not exalt our Nature without de∣pressing his own? God is able of Stones to raise up Children to Abraham, much more is Christ able to take our Nature, when made Sinless, and not thereby degrade his own. But let Mr. Williams run away with his Triumphs over Mr. Mather, calling him Blow-flame, and make an exaninition, or an exany-thing of him, when all is done, this Expression, among wise Christians, will hardly pass for an He∣resie to say, Christ's meer Incarnation was not a part of his Humilia∣tion, though his Incarnation, as Mediator, was.