Thomas McCrie on the love of Christ and the hypostatic union

[Reformed Covenanter]

It is the love of a Divine Person in human nature. The body which was prepared for him was animated, not by his divine nature, but by a human soul, and in this body he was to make his love effectual by means of all the inward affections, as well as external actions which were peculiar and proper to it. His human nature was furnished immeasurably with all grace, and especially with love, pity, and compassion to fallen and lost men. ...

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[py3ak]

The body which was prepared for him was animated, not by his divine nature, but by a human soul

That's a tremendously important point.