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7. His obedience was constant: He became obedient unto death, ¹even the death of the Cross—He sought not his own will, but the will of him that sent him. There was a command that the Father laid on Christ from all eternity: O my Son, my only begotten Son, thou must go down, and leave Heaven, and empty thy self, and die the death, even the death of the Cross, and go and bring up the fallen sons of Adam out of Hell. Mankind, like a precious Ring Glory, fell off the Finger of Almighty God, and was broken all in pieces; and thereupon was the command of God, that his Son must stoop down, though it pain his back; he must lift up again the broken Jewel, he must restore it, and mend it, and set it as a Seal on the heart of God; all which the Lord Jesus did in time; he was obedient till death, and obedient to death, even to the death of the Cross. Son, thou must die, said God; why Father, I will do it, said Christ: and accordingly he freely made his Soul an Offering for sin.

1. 1Phil. 2.8. John 5.30.

Now in all these Graces we must conform to Christ. Learn of me, ¹for I am meek and lowly.—And, walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us: It is as if Christ had said, mark the steps where I have trod, and follow me in humility, in patience, in love, in mercy, in meekness, in contempt of the world, in obedience unto death; in these, and the like Graces you must conform unto Christ.

Now in all these Graces we must conform to Christ. Learn of me, ¹for I am meek and lowly.—And, walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us: It is as if Christ had said, mark the steps where I have trode, and follow me in humility, in patience, in love, in mercy, in meekness, in contempt of the world, in obedience unto death; in these, and the like Graces you must conform unto Christ.