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And at the same Time that Christ was wont to appear in such Meekness, Condescension and Humility, in his familiar Discourses with his Disciples, appearing therein as the Lamb of God, he was also wont to appear as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, with divine Authority and Majesty, in his so sharply rebuking the Scribes and Pharisees, and other Hypocrites.

III. This admirable Conjunction of Excellencies remarkably appears, in his offering up himself a Sacrifice for Sinners in his last Sufferings. As this was the greatest Thing in all the Work of Redemption, the greatest Act of Christ in that Work; so in this Act especially, does th••e appear that admirable Conjunction of Excellencies, ⟨p. 262⟩that has been spoken of. Christ never so much appeared as a Lamb, as when he was s•ain: He came like a Lamb to the Slaughter, Isai. 53. 7. Then he was offered up to God as a Lamb without Blemish, and without Spot: Then especially did he appear to be the Anti-type of the Lamb of the Passover: 1 Cor. 5. 7. Christ our Passover sacrificed for us. And yet in that Act, he did in an especial Manner appear as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah; yea, in this above all other Acts, in many Respects, as may appear in the following Things.

1. Then was Christ in the greatest Degree of his Humiliation, and yet by that, above all other Things, his divine Glory appears Christ's Humiliation was great, in being born in such a low Condition, of a poor Virgin, and in a Stable: His Humiliation was great, in being subject to Joseph the Carpenter, and Mary his Mother, and afterwards in living in Poverty, so as not to have where to lay his Head, and in suffering such manifold and bitter Reproaches as he suffered, while he went about preaching and working Miracles: But his Humiliation was never so great, as it was in his last Sufferings, beginning with his Agony in the Garden, till he expired on the Cross. Never was he subject to such ignominy as then; never did he suffer so much Pain in his Body, or so much Sorrow in his Soul; never was he in so great an Exercise of his Condescension, Humility, Meekness, and Patience, as he was in these last Sufferings; never was his divine Glory and Majesty covered with so thick and dark a Veil; never did he so empty himself, and make himself of no Reputation, as at this—Time: And yet never was his divine Glory so manifested, by any Act of his, as in that Act, of yielding himself up to these Sufferings.—When the Fruit of it came to appear, and the Mystery and Ends of it to be unfolded, in the Issue of it, then did the Glory of it appear; then did it appear, as the most glorious Act of Christ that ever he exercised towards the Creature. This Act of his is celebrated by the Angels and Hosts of Heaven with peculiar Praises, as that which is above all others glorious, as you may see in the Context, Verse 9. &c.