( '1' •' ', I 291\ -:In Appendix co1icerni11g · · · pau(c, my !oul, upon the fweec tranfcendenr contrivance of Caving loft man : Oh why, wherefore was ir, that the _heart of God was workingfor men, and not for devils ? they · were as near and dear eo God ( when !land· iog ) aad as perfea:.in their natures, ' was it becaufe man had a Tempter, and they had ' none? 110 certainly, though that may be a truth, yet oo rcafon of chufingman, and_lea– ving devils ~ ro ·be referved in chains of dark~ nets to the judgtnent o£ the great Da.y; no, rb,!.Free-grace alone made the difference: Bur, what was.tf1e way of mans R.edempti– om? ·why.furdy, cheSon of God, the fecond Per(on· of the glorious Trinitiemuft becotne man,and put himfelf into the finoers ftead, rq do at1d ·endure,· be:, and bear what manmu!l · ha\te gone through and under-gone: Oh ftu• pendio\.u myfterie "oh tranfceodent Mercy ~ who could have devifed fuch a way ? who durft have defired fuch a thing , th~t God fhould part wi th his .only and ·beloved Son fo.r foch an end? Oh the manrfold wifdomc; of God! Q;1the inconceivable~ove of the Father ~c)'{~nd his Sonj, andot his Son to come up· gn fuch anErrand ! Great is ·che mercie of ' ~od , greAt u the m1/ferie •f godlinef~,Goa 1111111;,.;, feiJ; in thefl~fh,&c.o · [he wonders in the ftrange Hyp-Oftatical union.!' the compleatndle of bis – Per(on, theufefulne(s of his Offices! Oh the b1tternds othis temptacions, travels, trjals, te-' ptoaches; agonies, defer.tions,dcath, iharpto him, fweec to us f 'thefe will be the fubjeCl of Saint~ thoug~ts aJ:ld praifes in Heaven, to.aU ~ernlty. ·· ., : 8, Th•nk
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