I 66 1 Vnion with Gc,l mans excellency. raSam.x4.3 z s Pfa.61.4. grace and holineffe ; fo (halt thou maintaine that honour to which Chrift hath exalted thy nature, CHAP. XII. Shewin,z that mans choyceft excellencie tonfi ffeth in uni- on with God. THis fheweth us wherein the choyceft excellency of man confiiteth, even in being united unto God, in having God dwelling in his h -a't. Wherein ftands the excellency of Chrift as Man, but in having the God -head dwelling in his flefh, in being affumed into the unity of the fecond per - Con ? And wherein ftands tile excellency, the gl.ory,and the happineffe of man,but in being reconciled and - brought nigh to God, in being entred into a fweet and gracious commu- nion with God ? Is it not the excellency of the branches to be united to the Viue ? of the members to be united to the head ? of the wife to- have communion with the husband and of the children to have communion with the parent ? And what is the excellency, the joy and comfortofthe foul, but fweet and gracious communion with God in Chrift? Jerufalem, though the joy of the whole earth, pleated not Bbd glom unleffe he mtt ht r fee the face ofbis Father .David : The Paradife of the world is but a wilderneffe to the childe -of God, vnleffe he fee the face, enjoy the comfortable prefence of God his Father. Whom doth the Pfalmilt pronounce bleffed ? Him that hath communion with Princes in their Courts, with Nobles in -their honours, with valiant men in their vi &oriel, with rich men in their wealth, voluptuous men in their pleafures, or him that hath communion with his God in his ordinances, in his fpirituall comforts ? f Blef- fed (faith he) is the man whom thou chuje ff, and camp eft to approach unto thee : whom thou chufeft;embracing him with thy love, . adopting him fbr thy fonne, and making him a member of thy Church, . and caufeft him- to approach unto thee, as a Scholler to thy Schoole, as a friend to thy houfe,as a childe to.
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