Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

5. In bestowing this Gift on us, Divine Goodness gives whole God to us. Whatsoever is great and excellent in the Godhead, the Father gives us, by giving us his Son: The Creator gives himself to us in his Son Christ. In giving Creatures to us, he gives the Riches of Earth; In giving himself to us, he gives the Riches of Heaven, which surmount all understanding: 'Tis in this Gift he becomes our God, and passeth over the Title of all that he is for our use and benefit, that every Attribute in the Divine Nature may be claimed by us; not to be imparted to us whereby we may be deified; but employed for our welfare, whereby we may be blessed. He gave himself in Creation to us in the Image of his Holiness; but in Redemption he gave himself in the Image of his Person: He would not only communicate the Goodness without him, but bestow upon us the infinite Goodness of his own Nature; That that which was his own End and Happiness, might be our End and Happiness, viz. Himself.

5. In bestowing this Gift on us, Divine Goodness gives whole God to us. Whatsoever is great and excellent in the Godhead, the Father gives us, by giving us his Son: The Creator gives himself to us in his Son Christ. In giving Creatures to us, he gives the Riches of Earth; In giving himself to us, he gives the Riches of Heaven, which surmount all understanding: 'Tis in this Gift he becomes our God, and passeth over the Title of all that he is for our use and benefit, that every Attribute in the Divine Nature may be claim'd by us; not to be imparted to us whereby we may be deified; but employ'd for our welfare, whereby we may be blessed. He gave himself in Creation to us in the Image of his Holiness; but in Redemption he gave himself in the Image of his Person: He would not only communicate the Goodness without him, but bestow upon us the infinite Goodness of his own Nature; That that which was his own End and Happiness, might be our End and Happiness, viz. Himself.

By giving his Son, he hath given himself; and in both Gifts he hath given all things to us: The Creator of all things is eminently all things: He hath given all things into the hands of his Son, ^*