2 36 "1n lmmble Enqui;y into tiJe InfiniteWifdont of God concernment of the HrJ!inefs or Righteoufne!S of God in this fin of otir Nature, which we are enquiring after. Unlefs fame Reparation be made for the indignity caft upon it in the re– jefrion of the Image and H.eprelentation of it, t1nlefs there be fame way whereby it may be more eminently exalted in the Nature of Man, than it was debafed and defpifed in the fame Nature; it was- jull, equa1, righteous with God, that which becomes the refritude and purity of his Nature, that Mankind ihouldperijh eternally in that condition where'" into it was cail: by fin. It was not therefore coniifrent with the Glory of God,that Mankind jhoulcl /Je reflored, that this Nature of ours ihould be brought unto the enjoyment of him, unlefs his l:folin~fs be more exalted, be more confpicuoufly reprefented in the./(tme Nature, than ever it was depre{fed or defpifed thereby. The Demonfiration of its Glory in any other Nature, as in ' that ofAngels, would not ferve unto this end, as we ihall fee afterwards. We muil: now a little return unto what we before laid down. Wifdom being the directive Power of all Divine Ope· rations, and the end of all thofe Operations, being the Glory of God himfelt~ or the demonfiration of the Excellencies of the holy Properties of his Nature, it was incumbent thereon to provide for the Honour and G!ory of Vivine Holinejs in an exaltation aufwerable unto the Attempt for its debafe· ment. Without the conftderation hereof we can have no due ProfpeB: of the Afrings of Infinite rflijJom in this great wcrk of our Redemption andRecovery by the Incarnation of the Son of G .= d. ~ A, 5· Sin brought Viforder a1ul 'Difiur/Jance into the whol~ Rule and Government of God. It was neceifary from the , Infinite Wifdom of God, that . all things ihould be made in perfell order and harmony, all in a direct fubordination unto his
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