Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ

2. THIS is that Glory which God designed unto his only Son incarnate; and it gives us a little View into the Glory of that Mystery, the wonderful eternal Design of God to glorify himself in the Incarnation of Christ. God would have his eternal, his only begotten Son to be incarnate, to take our Nature on him, to be made Man. What is his Design in this incomprehensible Work of his Wisdom, Love and Power? Indeed in the first place, it was for the Redemption of the Church, by the Sacrifice of himself and other Acts of his Mediation. But there is that which is more general and comprehensive, and wherein all the concerns of the Glory of God do centre. And this was that he might gather all things into one in him, that the whole Creation, especially that which was to be eternally blessed, should have a new Head given unto it for its Sustentation, Preservation, Order, Honour and Safety. All Springs are in him, and all Streams are unto him, and in and by him unto God. Who can express the Divine Beauty, Order and Harmony of all things that are in this their Recapitulation in Christ? The Union and Communion between Angels and Men, the Order of the whole Family in Heaven and Earth, the Communication of Life, Grace, Power, Mercy and Consolation to the Church, the Rule and Disposal of all things unto the Glory of God, do all depend hereon. This Glory God designed unto his Son incarnate, and it was the greatest, the highest that could be communicated unto him. For as the Apostle observes, All things are put in subjection unto him, he only excepted ⟨p. 136⟩who doth so make them subject, that is God the Father, 1 Cor. 15.

2. THIS is that Glory which God designed unto his only Son incarnate; and it gives us a little View into the Glory of that Mystery, the wonderful eternal Design of God to glorifie himself in the Incarnation of Christ. God would have his eternal, his only begotten Son to be incarnate, to take our Nature on him, to be made Man. What is his Design in this incomprehensible Work of his Wisdom, Love and Power? Indeed in the first place, it was for the Redemption of the Church, by the Sacrifice of himself and other Acts of his Mediation. But there is that which is more general and comprehensive, and wherein all the conoerns of the Glory of God do center. And this was that he might gather all things into one in him, that the whole Creation, especially that which was to be eternally blessed, should have a new Head given unto it for its Sustentation, Preservation, Order, Honor and Safety. All Springs are in him, and all Streams are unto him, and in and by him unto God. Who can express the Divine Beauty, Order and Harmony of all things that are in this their Recapitulation in Christ? The Union and Communion between Angels and Men, the Order of the whole Family in Heaven and Earth, the Communication of Life, Grace, Power, Mercy and Consolation to the Church, the Rule and Disposal of all things unto the Glory of God, do all depend hereon. This Glory God designed unto his Son incarnate, and it was the greatest, the highest that could be communicated unto him. For as the Apostle observes, All things are put in subjection unto him, he only excepted