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on
the Excellency
of Chrift.
Ghofl;
we fhould never
have
dared to
haveveistured
upon
ir,
Çsl.'2.
3.
!'n.
whom
,itrehidall
:-he
,treafaris
of
rerfdomet
and
knowledge ;
and then
in
erf.
9.
For
ììr
hint- dweleth
41
the fulnejfe
of
the Godhead
bodily
;
what
an
high
ex-
preliion
is
here?
All the
fulnefle of the
God
-head
Both
dwell
bodily in
Jefus Chrift
;
furely he
bath
excellent endowments
then,
he is
filled
with glorious
things,
his
Human
Nature
is
elevated
and inlarged
to
the higheif
capacity
that
a
Crea-
ture can
have
t6 receive
excellency. And.
God
bath
,raifed
up the Humane
Nature
of Chrift
to
Phew
how high
he
is
a-
ble to elevate
a
Creature,
and make
it
capable for
the
re-
ceiving
of
Glory, that
he might
declare
it
to
Angels and
Sainrs
to
all
eternity
;
I
fay,
mans
nature,
is
raifed
to
that
height, that God
might
to
all eternity make known
to
the
Angels
and
Saints
this
thing,
and
fay, Behold
to
what
a
height
is
mine
infinite
power able
to
raife
a
Creature,
to
be capable of
happinefle?
Therefore Chrii
s
Human
Na-
ture
is
fo
raifed,
and our
nature
in
him,
which
fhould
be
a
wonderful comfort
to
us,
that
our
nature.
fnould
be raifed
to
fo
much
glory
in
Chrift.
And
a
great argument
to
us,
to
take heed
of the
abufe
of
Humane
Nature, of
thy Body,
and
of
thy
Soul
;
oh
that
ever
any one
fhould
bee given up
to
that
fortifhneffe, that
is,
a
man
that
hath Humane
nature
in
him, that
should
look
after
no greater good
than
meerl
y
to eat,
and
drink,
and play,
and fatisfie
his
lull;
.doll
thou
know
oh
Creature
that
thy
nature
is
raifed
to
fuch
an
height of
excellency,
that
God might declare to
,Angels
and men
'what his power
was
able
to
doe
?
and
fh.alt
thou
that
halo
the farce
Mature,
that
art
a
kin (
as
it
were
)
co
Chrift,
fhalt:
thou
bee
fo
bale and
vile,
to
mind thy
filthy and bafe
lulls,
and
mind
no
higher good
than
this?
the very thought of the rail
ng
yur
Nature inChrifl,-
it
is
a
mighty
argument
to
raife, up
the
thoughts
of
one,
that
is a
man,
to
a
higher
pitch than
ever
they
bave
beeia;
.
birík thus,
certainly
my
nature
is capable
of
fome
highher gtiticl
than meetly to
ear and
drink,
-
mad
p'
ay, and
to
have
alittle
Moray
here
fora
while
;
why
now
that