Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world

Again, we have yet a further Use here If God be reconciled to us in Christ; it teacheth us to give God the glory of this great work; adore the infinite wisdom, and mercy, and goodness of God in this work of his towards us, reconciling us to himself in Jesus Christ. When Christ was born, the Angels Sang; glory to God on high; peace on earth: and it was upon that ground that they Sang it: as if they should have said. O Lord, what a way is here for thee to make peace upon earth; that thou shouldest send thy Son? here we look upon a poor Infant in a manger, and this Infant is the eternal God the second person in Trinity, that hath thus taken mans nature upon him, and here he lies in the cratch; even the same person that made the world. What a strange work of God is this to bring peace upon Earth; peace after such a way as this! glory be to God on high And this is the thing we should spend our days in; to adore, the infinite wisdom, and goodness of God in this way of his, in reconciling the world to himself in Christ. God expects, that all the children of men to whom Christ comes to be made known to, should even fall upon their faces, and spend their days in adoring and praising, and magnifying this great work of God. God expects that we should have mighty high thoughts of this work; and if our thoughts be not high ⟨p. 136⟩of this work, and be nor lift up above all Creatures, we do but take the name of God in vain. God doth not care for any other glory we give him, except we give him the glory of this work. It is true when we see the works of God in the Earth, and in the Seas, we should glorify Gods power, and Gods wisdom &c. But except your heart be taken with this master piece (as I may so term it) with this great work of God, of Reconciling himself to the world in Christ; God will reject all your other gloryfyings of him. I mean so reject them, as he will not accept of them in comparison: therefore this is the thing that God accepteth above all; and this is the commandment of God, that we should believe in his son, and that we should give the Father the glory due unto him for reconciling himself to the world in his Son. This is the work that shall be done in Heaven to all eternity: This is the thing that God himself delights in above all that ever he hath done; that takes up his heart above all.