Had this been duly considered, persons would not have been so ready to give into an error so dangerous and blasphemous, as that which we are opposing. And we have sufficient ground, from scripture, to distinguish between his divine and human understanding and will, inasmuch as it is said, in one place, speaking of his divine understanding, _Lord, thou knowest all things_, John xxi. 17. and of his human, _Of that day and hour knoweth no man; no, not the Son_, Mark xiii. 32. and so of his will, it is sometimes represented as truly divine, in the same sense as the Father’s, as when it is said, _As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom he will_, John v. 21. and elsewhere, _If we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us_, 1 John v. 14. and, _Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out_, John vi. 37. And, in other places, he is represented as having an human will, essentially distinct from the will of God; as when he says, _Not my will, but thine, be done_, Luke xxii. 42. 4. The nature that was assumed by the Son of God, is farther described, as truly and properly human. It was not an angelic nature; as the apostle says, _He took not on him the nature of angels_, inasmuch as he did not design to redeem the angels that fell, but he _took on him_ the nature _of the seed of Abraham_, Heb. ii. 16. And, this nature is farther described, as consisting of a true body, and a reasonable soul. (1.) Christ is described as having a true body. This is maintained against those who, in an early age of the church,[122] denied that he had a real human nature. These, it is true, do not deny his deity; but they suppose, that it was impossible for God to be united to human flesh, and therefore that he appeared only in the likeness thereof; as some heathen writers represent their gods, as appearing in human forms, that they might converse with men. Thus they suppose, that the Godhead of Christ appeared in an human form, without a real human nature, in which sense they understand that scripture, _He took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men_, Phil. ii. 7. as though, in that place, the similitude of a man were opposed to real humanity; or, at least, they suppose, that he had no other human nature when he dwelt on earth, than what he had, when he appeared to the church, under the Old Testament-dispensation, _viz._ to Abraham, Moses, Joshua, and several others, in which they conclude, that there was only the likeness of a human body, or an aerial one, which, according to some common modes of speaking, is called a spirit. To give countenance to this, they bring some other scriptures, as when it is said, after his resurrection, that _he appeared in another form to two disciples, as they walked into the country_, Mark xvi. 12. so when he appeared to Mary, it was in such a form, as that _she knew not that it was Jesus, but supposed him to be the gardener_, John xx. 14, 15.