Four books on the eleventh of Matthew

And then he was put into the Grave, and there his Humility was seen: and then what his Spirit felt then, was more than all. Certainly, when he cried, If it be possible let this Cup pass, and My God My God why hast thou forsaken me? Oh! the Spirit of Christ was in a low condition at that time: Now that Christ should be content to put himself into this condition, Surely, the heart of Christ was very low. Not to speak of the lowly carriage of Christ in his life, and his tenderness towards those he met withal, that we showed in opening the Meekness of Christ, but all this you have in the Story of his life.

And then he was put into the Grave, and there his Humility was seen: and then what his Spirit felt then, was more than all. Certainly, when he cryed, If it be possible let this Cup pass, and My God My God why hast thou forsaken me? Oh! the Spirit of Christ was in a low condition at that time: Now that Christ should be content to put himself into this condition, Surely, the heart of Christ was very low. Not to speak of the lowly carriage of Christ in his life, and his tenderness towards those he met withall, that we shewed in opening the Meekness of Christ, but all this you have in the Story of his life.

Sixthly: But further consider what kind of lowliness it was, to omit the consideration of his Person, who he was, that was hinted in speaking of his Lowliness, for that is indeed the greatest consideration of all to set forth the Lowliness of Christ that such a Person, that is the Brightness of the Father, the Character and engraven Image of his Person to be in such a low condition, it is ten thousand times more, then if all the Kings, Princes, and Emperors in the world, should have been Dogs and ⟨p. 501⟩Toads, they should not have been so much humbled as Christ was humbled, in being made man for mans sin. But now besides the Person, Consider further this, That his Lowliness in all his carriage was not only towards his Father, but towards men, when he was a man, yet he carries himself as if he were under man; there is many my Brethren will carry themselves lowly unto God, and when they come into Gods presence they will have low thoughts, but towards man they cannot, Christ was lowly towards men: You may observe in the spirits of men, many will be very crouching and submissive to those that are above them, but unto those that are under them, of the most domineering spirits that are. I have observed of others, that when they are to deal with those that are Noble men, and above them, they will crouch, and be very submissive and humble towards them, but when they come to those that are under them, those that are poor Servants, or Children, they will be as Tyrannical as can be. But Now Christ was low towards man, as well as towards God, low towards his Inferiors, as well as towards his Superiors. And that is observable: Christ was low when he was to have Honour and Glory; as when you know they would have come and by force have made him a King, they would have compelled Christ at one time to be a King, and laid hand upon him, but he would by no means regard it, and he continues in this lowliness: And so the Devil showed him all the Glory in the world, and saith, All this will I give thee, but it was nothing to him. And there was another time that is very observable for the lowliness of Christ Person, as observable as any time, that in