. OfEleflion. ry and Ho11o11r, and didjl [et hi~ over the Works ofthy ha11ds~ Thou haft f'Ut all ~' thi 11 gs i11 Su6;el1ron under hzs feet:For, l1l that hepr.t all thmgs m Stt6;eflron Chap. s. under him, he left 110thmg that rs tJof P"t tmder hnn. Bu&now we fee notyet all~ things put under him, Btlt we jet Jejus that war made a lrttle lower than the Angels for theJuffering ofde,>th, crow11ed wrthglory f!i honour.-·Yea,& it may well be thought that V aviduttered this, as in the Name and Perfon of the Man Jefus himfelf; for he had the fullefr expenence,.and knew befr wbat thefe high and glorious Vditauons of Grace, or dealings of God, proper and peculiar to himfdf, were; and whtch were fuch as were vouchfafed to none elfe gf the Sons of Men. He therefore had the greatefr caufe to fpeak thefe things himfelf unto his Father; who though a Son, learn'd Obedience, and to know what a Man he was in difran<e from God. And furdy, if 'D11vid fpake thefe things of him by way of wondHmenr, and they therefore being true of him; he therefore did frequently tn hts Soitloqutes With hts Father, utter the fame, or what were equivalent thereto: So as to meditate and fay to God ; 0 what was I and what am I, .the Son of Man , fo forry a Man that thou fhouldfr thus ;ifit me! or, that thou lhouldfr be thus mindful of me! that is, fet thy heart fo on me; To vi~t me in my Incarnation at firfr, when thou tookefr my frail Flelh into Union with thy eternal Word and Son! And that 11l10uld be called The Son of God! ami bear the Name of thy Immamul [God with"' J by virtue of that Union: And that thou lhouldfr then make this Flelh or Manhood of mine, by being through Death made lower than the Angels , the Means and Infrruments of fo great aService to thee, as to fave by my Death thine E1ed of the Sons of Men1 And then, after that work performed, 1 Ihould be crowned with Glory and Honour, far above all Principalities and Powers, and have Dominion over all the Works of thy Hands, and have all things put under my feet? My Brethren, you may extrall much of the Subfiance of this Language out of many Pa!fages in .7ohn '7· and his Prayer in the Garden: As to which latter, the 7th and8thVerfes of the rth Chapter to the Hebrews, ItaketobeaCommemupontt; Whom the days of hu ftejh, .whm he had offired up Prayers and Supplicatio11s, with jlrong cryi11g mid tears utJto him that WM af;/e to [tzve hzm from death; and WM heard i11 that he feared: Though he were a So11, yet leartud he obedience 6y the things which he Juffered, And now when thou hafr feen Solomo11, 'lJavid, and Chrifr himfelf, won– dring at this, then return to thy felf and fall down afore tbis God, and wonder at thy fclf, and the refr of thy Fellow Sinners, That God lhould delign thus to vilit and mind thee and them, and fay, 0 what is man that thou art mindful of him ! That we, fuch Worms and Wretches, Ihould be thus , and in this manner fo highly honoured, as for the high God to dwell in us: And will God indeed dwell in fuch Houfes of Clay, mingled with fin, and makes us his Tem– ple-! Thus, 2 Cor. 6. 16. yot< a~e the Temple of the living God. And Rev. 21. 2, ~· A11dI John Jaw the holy City; New Jerufalem coming down from God 0141 of Heavm, prepared M a Bride adortudfor her H.u6cmd. Behold, I he Tabernacle of God u with men, andhe wiJI dwell with them; and they {hall be hu People, andGodhtmfelf jball beWith Ihem, ami /;e their God. Where the Church is defcribed , '· By her Union with Chrifl, Ver( 2. as being his Bride: And then by their union with God, and his dwelling in them, Ver{. l· And if Solomon wondred God Ihould dwell in that his Tem– ple made of the befr and glorioufefr of inanimate Creatures the World affords, but fuch as never had difpleafed him: And if Vavid and the Man Jefus won– der, that God lhould fo dwell in him, who was the Holy One of God; f.low ~uch more, that he lhould dwell in us, who were once Temples of Satan, and mwhom, at prefent, fin dwells, as Rom. 7· 20 . 0 infinite Grace! And having thus led you along through thefe windings, ond landed youat the- fame Point we began with; let your thoughts thus po[e[ed, return a– gain to our Prophet Ejay, who raifeth this wonder farr higher than Solomon did, and re1leel with your !elves and fay: Oh, that ever that God that bath not the Heaven of Heavens only todwell in, which yet cannot contain him; but that hath had Eternity to dwell in frill, Ihould ever ordain to dwell in
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