"So Christ is now true man and true God. He is man through temporal birth, born of the Virgin Mary. He is God through eternal birth, born of the Father in eternity. According to His humanity He suffered, was forsaken by God, died, arose from the dead, and by His glorification was made Lord over all. According to His deity He is Lord from eternity. According to His humanity He was made Lord temporally and not from eternity. Therefore all the angels of God also worship this Man. For He is one single undivided person with the deity, and also true God, not two persons. He is true, natural man. For He is called אֱנוֹשׁ, that is, a suffering man and son of man. He is true God. For He is made Lord over all that God’s hands have made. This belongs only to God, as Isaiah says (45:3); therefore He is God and Lord over angels, men, and devils. Emperors and kings on earth are like the king of spades12 in comparison with this King, but Christ is the true King and Lord over everything that God has created. Because He is now to be put into the same power, might, and honor as the Father, it must follow that He is true, almighty God."
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