Did this most excellent Person, who thus appears in the brightness of his Fathers glory, and is now come down from his glorious habitation, with such a glorious train of Angels, once vouchsafe to dwell with men, and veil his glory in the flesh! Did this eternal Son of God stoop so low, as to take upon him our nature, yea to take upon him the form of a Servant! Did he live in such meanness and obscurity; and endure, such hardship, contradiction, reproach and injury, when he was upon the earth! O infinite condescension! Did this Lord of life and glory, in the days of his flesh so weep, and pray, and cry; sweat, and bleed, and die, though with such pain, anguish, and disgrace; yet with such willingness and patience, in our steads, that he might redeem us from sin, and death, and wrath to come; that we might not perish, but have everlasting life? O wonderful, unconceivable love! What, so glorious a Person to be made man! to be made sin! to be made a curse! to do such things! to suffer such things! for such mean, vile cursed •inners as we, that we might be blessed and happy with him; O surpassing superlative kindness! Is this he who made choice of us, when he chose so few, that called us when the most were passed by, that pitched his love upon us, when there was no attractive in us, nothing to move him, but his own bowels, that revealed his secrets to us, when he hid them from the wise and prudent, that brought us nigh when we were afar off▪ and made us fellow-Citizens, and fellow-heirs with the ⟨p. 38⟩Saints, and of the household of God, who were by nature children of wrath, even as others? O astonishing free grace! Is this he who clothed us when we were naked, even with the robes of his own righteousness? that washed us when we were defiled, even in the fountain of his own blood? that cheered us when we were troubled, even with the comforts of his own Spirit? that strengthened us when we were weak, even with his might and glorious power in our inner man? was it from this Person that we received our pardon, our peace, our supports, our graces, our encouragements, and all the sweet refreshments we have found in Ordinances?
Did this most excellent Person, who thus appears in the brightness of his Fathers glory, and is now come down from his glorious habitation, with such a glorious train of Angels, once vouchsafe to dwell with men, and vaile his glory in the flesh! Did this eternal Son of God stoop so low, as to take upon him our nature, yea to take upon him the forme of a Servant! Did he live in such meanness and obscurity; and indure, such hardship, contradiction, reproach and injury, when he was upon the earth! O infinite condescention! Did this Lord of life and glory, in the dayes of his flesh so weep, and pray, and cry; sweat, and bleed, and die, though with such pain, anguish, and disgrace; yet with such willingness and patience, in our steads, that he might redeem us from sin, and death, and wrath to come; that we might not perish, but have overlasting life? O wonderful, uncon•eivable love! What, so glorious a Person to be made man! to be made sin! to be made a curse! to do such things! to suffer such things! for such mean, vile cursed •inners as we, that we might be blessed and happy with him; O surpassing superlative kindness! Is this he who made choice of us, when he chose so few, that called us when the most were passed by, that pitcht his love upon us, when there was no attractive in us, nothing to move him, but his own bowels, that revealed his secrets to us, when he hid them from the wise and prudent, that brought us nigh when we were afar off▪ and made us fellow-Citizens, and fellow-heirs with the ⟨p. 38⟩Saints, and of the houshold of God, who were by nature children of wrath, even as others? O astonishing free grace! Is this he who cloathed us when we were naked, even with the robes of his own righteousness? that washed us when we were defiled, even in the fountain of his own blood? that cheared us when we were troubled, even with the comforts of his own Spirit? that strengthned us when we were weak, even with his might and glorious power in our inner man? was it from this Person that we received our pardon, our peace, our supports, our graces, our encouragements, and all the sweet refreshments we have found in Ordinances?
