' in tbe Contri1Jance oft/;e Work of rJ\!demptio7l. 2 69 / in oppofition unto, and above the Will o[ God. But. wha~ was the event hereof? Man by endeavounng to free lumfelt . from ahfolutefuhjeflion and univerfal fervice, to invade abfa– lute dominion, fell intoa/Jfolute a11deternal ruine. F9r our recovery out of this il:ate andcondition,confi~ering how we cafi our felves into it, the way infified on was found out by Di·vineTYifdom, namely, the incarnation oftheSon of God. For he was Lord of all, had abfolute Dominion over a11, owedno Service, no Obedience for himfelf, being in the form of G0d, and equal unto him. Fr.om this frate of abfo– lute Dominion, he defcended into a conditicn of abfolute fer– vice. As Adam finned and fell by Jeaving that fiate ofa/Jfolute– Jervice which was due unto him, proper unto,his Nature, infep~rable from it, to attempt a fiate of a/Jfolute ·Dominion,. which was not his own, not due unto him, not confifient with his Nature; fo the Son of God being made the fecond Adam, relieved us by defcending from aflate of a/Jfolute Dominion, which was his own, due to his Nature, to take on him afl:ate of ahfolute feFvice, which was not his own, nor due unto him.: And this being inconftfient with his own Divine Nature, he performed it, by taking our Nature on him, making it his own. He defcended as muchheneath himfelf in hisfelf-humilia– tion, as Adam defigned to afcend aho·ve himfelf in his· Pride and [elf-exaltation. · .The confideration of the Divine Grace and Wifdom herein the Apofile propofeth unto us, Phil. 2. 6, 7, 8. Who being in the form of God, thoug,ht it not Rohher__y to he equal with God~ But made himfelfofno Reputation, and took upon him the form a Ser·vant,and was made in the liket:tefs of man; and being, found in fajhion as a man, he hum!Jledhimfelf, and became obedient un– to death, e~·en the death of the Crpfs, Adam being in the form, that is, the fl:ate and condition of a Servant, did by Ro!Jhery attempt to take upon him the form of God, or to· make
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