The Lord Christ in the Height of his Glory, condescends to discharge the Office of a public minister in the behalf of the Church. We are not to bound our Faith on Christ, as unto what he did for us on the Earth. The Life and Efficacy of the whole of his Mediation depends on what he did antecedently thereunto, and what he doth consequently unto it. For in these things doth the Glory of his Love and Grace most eminently appear. Antecedently unto what he did on Earth, and to make way for it, there was his infinite condescension in assuming our Nature. He was in the form of God, and in the eternal enjoyment of all the Blessedness which the Divine Nature is essentially accompanied withal. Yet being thus Rich, this was his Grace, that for our sakes he became poor. This ineffable Grace and Love of Christ is the principal object of our Faith and Admiration, as it is declared by the Apostle, Phil. 2. 6, 7, 8, 9. And as he emptied himself and laid aside his Glory for a season, to undertake the Work of Meditation; So now he hath reassumed his Glory as to the manifestation of his Divine Power, and hath the highest Addition of Glory in his Humane Nature, by his exaltation at the right hand of God, yet he continueth his care of, and Love towards the Church, so as yet to discharge the office of a Public Minister in their behalf. As all the shame, reproach, misery with death that he was to undergo on the Earth deterred him not from undertaking this work: So all the Glory which he is environed withal in Heaven, diverts him not from continuing the Discharge of it.
The Lord Christ in the Height of his Glory, condescends to discharge the Office of a publick minister in the behalf of the Church. We are not to bound our Faith on Christ, as unto what he did for us on the Earth. The Life and Efficacy of the whole of his Mediation depends on what he did antecedently thereunto, and what he doth consequently unto it. For in these things doth the Glory of his Love and Grace most eminently appear. Antecedently unto what he did on Earth, and to make way for it, there was his infinite condescension in assuming our Nature. He was in the forme of God, and in the eternal enjoyment of all the Blessedness which the Divine Nature is essentially accompanied withal. Yet being thus Rich, this was his Grace, that for our sakes he became poor. This ineffable Grace and Love of Christ is the principal object of our Faith and Admiration, as it is declared by the Apostle, Phil. 2. 6, 7, 8, 9. And as he emptied himself and laid aside his Glory for a season, to undertake the Work of Meditation; So now he hath reassumed his Glory as to the manifestation of his Divine Power, and hath the highest Addition of Glory in his Humane Nature, by his exaltation at the right hand of God, yet he continueth his care of, and Love towards the Church, so as yet to discharge the office of a Publick Minister in their behalf. As all the shame, reproach, misery with death that he was to undergo on the Earth deterred him not from undertaking this work: So all the Glory which he is environed withal in Heaven, diverts him not from continuing the Discharge of it.
