Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

First, It appears in putting himself into our nature. What admirable love and condescension was this? as we were Creatures there was an infinite distance between us and Christ: much more as we are sinners, but this infinite ⟨p. 196⟩condescension was nothing to the love of Christ. He stepped from the Court of his angels, to the reproaches of men at one step. O what a step was this! for Christ to take our nature upon him, is more than for an Emperor to become a beggar. Yea there is no comparison that can express it. This was love indeed; surpassing love, that the Lord Jesus Christ should have such a love to man: that he should become of […] to sinners: flesh of our flesh, and bone of our bone; here is matchless unparalleled love.

First, It appears in putting himself into our nature. What admirable love and condescention was this? as we were Creatures there was an infinite distance between us and Christ: much more as we are sinners, but this infinite ⟨p. 196⟩condescention was nothing to the love of Christ. He stept from the Court of his angels, to the reproaches of men at one step. O what a step was this! for Christ to take our nature upon him, is more than for an Emperour to become a beggar. Yea there is no comparison that can express it. This was love indeed; surpassing love, that the Lord Jesus Christ should have such a love to man: that he should become of 〈…〉 to sinners: flesh of our flesh, and bone of our bone; here is matchless unparallel'd love.

Secondly, It appears in putting himself in our room. Christ did not only become man with us, he doth not only take the rags of our Nature upon him, but our condition upon him, the pain, shame, curse that was due to us upon him. He was content to be in our stead: to su•er, die for us: herein is love, Christ knew, before hand, what it would cost him if he would become surety for us: he knew the death we had deserved, the wrath that was our portion; and yet he was content to put himself into our room, that we might be exempted and excused, Christ hath put in himself for us, not to be bound for us for a time: but did engage himself, resolving to pay for us that we might be excused. It was much that Christ did become man for us: but now that he should not only take our nature upon him, but our curse upon him too, and become sin for us, and a curse for us, this makes it more wonderful. It is strange that Christ should take our nature upon him; but if you consider the end why he