Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…

when you ask your children what Christ was, you teach them that he was both God and man, I, but I appeal to you, when were your hearts taken with this as the greatest wonder in the world, that there should be ever such a thing as God and man in one, and that to be the Saviour of mankind? That man, that is miserable, should look up to God to save him, look up to the mercy of God, this were not so wonderful, but that miserable man must be saved by one that is God-Man, Man and God, this is that that except the Spirit of God that searches the deep things of God (as ⟨p. 58⟩you had it before) reveal it unto a man, it were impossible for man ever to have such a thought as this is; and indeed, the setting out of this so great a mystery, is one great argument, that the Scriptures are Divine: for it is too high a thing to have entered into the thought of a creature; I say, too high a thing that ever a creature should have such a thought, that the saving of man must be by Gods being man, it cannot be imagined how such a thought could have come into a creature, to be verily man (I say) this argues the Scripture to be from God, it is too great a mystery for any creature ever to have imagined or thought of; it is that that is the stumbling-block to the Jews, and foolishness to the Gentiles; but the power and glory of God to those that shall be saved. If God should have put this unto us, and said, Well, I am inclined to do good to you, and willing to save you, but know, your estate is such as you can never be saved, except there be such a Saviour, such a Mediator for you, as must be God and man both; why certainly both Angels and Men would have stood amazed at this, and have concluded, that the estate of Man-kind is desperate then, if so be that the estate of man that is fallen from God, and hath sinned against him, be such as there is no way to deliver one soul from eternal condemnation, and eternal wrath, but by such a Saviour as must be both God and man: I say, All Angels and Men, would have even concluded, then man must perish for ever: but it is God, the Wonder-working God that hath wrought thus for Mankind, which hath sent us such a Saviour as is both God and Man; Surely then his Name may be called Wonderful.

when you ask your children what Christ was, you teach them that hee was both God and man, I, but I appeal to you, when were your hearts taken with this as the geatest wonder in the world, that there should bee ever such a thing as God and man in one, and that to be the Savior of mankinde? That man, that is miserable, should look up to God to save him, look up to the mercy of God, this were not so wonderful, but that miserable man must bee saved by one that is God-Man, Man and God, this is that that except the Spirit of God that searches the deep things of God (as