A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…

Fifthly, If God be an incomparable God, it informeth us of his infinite grace and condescension, to take so much notice of, and do so much for man. The height of the Person that bestoweth a favour, and the meanness and unworthiness of the object on whom it is bestowed, doth exceedingly advance and heighten the grace and goodness of him that doth it. O what grace is it then for the most high, the God of heaven, the God whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, to manifest such respect to vile sinful dust and ashes, yea, to them that are rebels and Traitors against his Majesty, and thereby worthy of Hell. David admireth it, and is amazed at it, Psal. 8.1. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent ⟨p. 229⟩is thy name in all the earth! and thy glory is above the heavens. What followeth? What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou visitest him? That God, the excellent God, the God famous in all the earth, the God glorious above the heavens, should mind man, poor silly simple man, weak frail dying man, sinful filthy polluted man, lost wretched miserable man, could not but affect the heart of David with admiration and astonishment. What is man that thou art mindful of him? He is altogether below thy thoughts, and unworthy to be a moment in thy mind: Or the Son of man that thou visitest him? he doth not deserve to be visited by the beasts of the earth, much less to be visited by the Angels of Heaven, and least of all by the God of heaven; He may well say as the Centurion, Lord I am unworthy that thou shouldst come under my roof, neither thought I my self worthy to come unto thee, Mat. 8.8. David wonders that God should mind man so much as to make the heavens, and those glorious Lamps there, for his use and comfort: When I consider the heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast made; what is ⟨p. 230⟩man that thou art mindful of him? But how much more cause had he to wonder, that the heaven of heavens, the God of heaven, the Sun of righteousness, the light of lights, should do so much, and be so much himself for the good and comfort of man?

Fifthly, If God be an incomparable God, it informeth us of his infinite grace and condescention, to take so much notice of, and do so much for man. The height of the Person that bestoweth a favour, and the meanness and unworthiness of the object on whom it is bestowed, doth exceedingly advance and heighten the grace and goodness of him that doth it. O what grace is it then for the most high, the God of heaven, the God whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, to manifest such respect to vile sinful dust and ashes, yea, to them that are rebels and Traytors against his Majesty, and thereby worthy of Hell. David admireth it, and is amazed at it,