in CAníribíng ileDeuiptíon. 157 mer condition. Thefullnefr ofthe Godhead dwelt inhim Chap. IX. bodily, yet in his humble (tate he was voluntarily de- prived ofthofe admirable effeecs which fhould proceed from that union. Strange feparation between the De- ity, and the Glory that refults from it! God is light, and the Son is the brightnefs of his Fathers Glory, yet in his Pilgrimage upon the Earth he was alwayes under a cloud. Aftoni{hing Miracle ! tranfcending all thofe in the Compafs ofNature, yet the power ofLove effected it. He was made not only lower than the An- Heb. 2. gels, but lefi than allMen, joyning (Oh amazing abate- Prat. 22. ment ! ) the Majefty of God, with themeannefs of a Worm. TheHighandLofty-One, whom the Prophets faw Efay 6. Exalted on a HighThrone, and all the Powers ofHea- ven in a Pofture of Reverence about Him, was defjiif- Efay 53. ed and rejectedofMen: they turned their eyes from him, not for the luftre of his Countenance, but for shame. If the Lord had affumed our Nature in its molt honourable Condition, and appeared in its Beauty, the condefcenfion were infinite: For although Men are diftingui{h'd among themfelves by Titles of Honour, yet as two Gloworms that thine with an unequal bright - nefs in the Night, are equally obfcured by the light of the sun; So all men, thofe that are advanc'd to the molt eminent degree, as well as the molt abject and wretched, are in the fame diftance from God. But He emptied himfelfofall his Glory; hegrew up as a ten- Phil. 2. der Plant, and as a Root out ofa dry ground, there was Eta 53.2° no Form or Comelinefs in him. From his Birth to the time of his Preaching he lived fo privately, as only known under thequalityofthe CarpentersSon. There was a continual repre(lìon ofthat inconceivableGlory,, that was due to him the firit moment ofhis appearing among Men. In fnort, His defpifed Conditionwas an abafement not only ofhis Divinity, but his Humanity. And
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