Book. IV. 34~ hath made his appearance as a m1n, as one ofus, and there is not in this regard the leaft diftance betwixt him and us. Surely tbiJ is fewel for joy to feed upon; 0 why fhould God come down fo fuitably, fo lowl'y as in our nature, if he would. have thy poore foul to be afraid of him? doth not this very defigne intend confolation to thy foul? 0 gather up thy fpi6t, anoint thy heart with the oyle ofgladne!fe; fee,God himfe\fe i~ come down in fldh to live amongU: us, he profe!feth he will have no other life but amongft the fons of men; fee what a fweet way of familiarity and intercourfe is made betwixt God and us, now he is come down in humane frailty. 3. God ha•h took on him our nature as a vaft pipe to his Godhead,- that it may flow out in all manner of fweetnefs upon our hearts· ifGod had come down in fle{h only to have been feen o{ us, ' it had been a wonderful condefcention, and a great mercy: if I hav e found .favour in thy eyes ( faid Mo(rs) foew me Exod.33. 12;' the Wtl} t hat I may kfzow thee; but to come down, and to come down in fleili, and to come down in fle!h not only to be feen, bHt , to difpatch the great bufineffe of our fouls falvation, here's comfort indeed : with what joy fhould we draw water out of this well offalvation? furely the great reafon of the fh1llownefs of our comforts, the !hortneffe ofour hopes, the faintneffe of our fpirits, the lowne!fe ofour graces, is from the not knowing, or the not heeding of this particular; Chrift in fie!h ftands not for aCypher, but it is an Organ of life and grace unto us, it is a fountaine ofcomfort that can never run dry. In this flc!h there is laid in 0111 purpofe fuch a fulneffc of the Godhead, that of his fulne!fe we might receive in our meafure grace for grace. 0 my foul, thou art dayly bufie in eying this and that, but above all know that all the fu\ne!fe ofGod I yes in Chrifl incarnate to be emptied upon thee ~ this was the meaning of Chrift taking on him flefb, that through his fle!h he might convey to rhee whatfoever is in himfelfe as God. As for inftance, God in himfelfe is good, and gracious, and powerfull, and all-fufficient, and merciful, 'and what not? now by his being in fle!h he fuits all ~his, and conveyes all this to thee; obferve this for thy eternal comfort, God in and through the fle!h makes all his attributes and glory ferviceableto thy foul. 4· God in our nature hath laid out the model and draught of Yy what
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