r 8 A V.efi;riptz.on of th.e co;yfirnzed Greatnefs of fuch a Difcovery does· re.: quire; 1nay have fo1ne R.efemblancej to that .Tranfport whieh the Angels had at the firft Creation; when the Morning Stars fung together, and the,Sons of God fhoutecl for Joy; to fee the1nfelv:es thus, · "vho were -brought .out of pure nothing, entred into that ineffable Light of (eeii1g God, "'apd alfq_ their own Bleifednefs in him, jn fo high a Degree. So .that he ac· counts i~ on<:t 9f the higheft Attairim.ents of Religion, for aChriftian indeed to ·be... lieve the Articles of his own ~aith, and · have his Soul, as fully perfuaded h~reof, . as of his .Being ; tqaf fuch a Time ·afiuF– eiHy was, atfd i5 now many Ages fince 1)aft, when the glorious Redeetn.er of the Church, the {econd Perfon .of_the God– head, .catne down f:ronY Heaven, ancl.was / revealed in our Nature; that on hirn,. as .– Surety to divine J uitice. in the Roon1 of - the ele& Church, \vas the whole , Guilt and Sin thereof transferred ; and ir1this . marvellous Way ,did the holy 'G9d.take! , · . • Satisfacti-on to hi1nfeH, by himfelf; that _thus our Nature is exalted, by the·.Incar– nation of Chrift above ·the Natureof An· gels; that the Ti1ne. i~. nea~, \V hen t~e meaneit afihcted Chr1! t1a11 fhall take·. .u1 I - -· no
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