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 Him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren;;" "made of a woman, made under the law." In the manhood thus assumed the Lord fought against the spiritual enemies of our race, and by conquering them has consecrated for us a new and living way, whereby "He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him." As the Captain of our saivation, He was made "perfect through suffering;" and He said, "Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?" The glory into which He entered by these means was the Deification of His Humanity, by which He became the Saviour forevermore. It was the humanity so distinguished which appeared at the Transfiguration, the Resurrection, and the Ascension, and of which the Apostle speaks as the Lord's "glorious body." In this "He ever liveth to make intercession for us," and "is alive for evermore." Now is it reasonable to suppose that this Humanity would have been assumed to accomplish redemption, to become the object of this glory, and to be ever living to make intercession for us, if it had been intended, at any time, to stop the continuance of the human race, and when, of course, there would be no one for whom to intercede? Is it probable that the Divine would have assumed a medium by which to redeem mankind, and to become a Saviour for evermore, if a time is to come when there will be no more men for whom to intercede, and no more people to save? The idea strikes us as being without any foundation in truth, and as incapable of any reasonable defence. Surely God has not made provision to continue for ever a Divine Hu-