·2 7o Evidences ofDivine Wtjdom 1 J ' make himfelf equal unto him. The Lord Chrifi being in the form of God, that is, his f:[{entia!form of the fame Nature with him, accounted it no Ro/.;/Jery to be in the fiate and con– dition ofGod, to be equal to him. But being made in the fajhion ofa man, taking on him our Nature, he alfo fubmitted unto the form or theflate and cDndition of a fervant therein. ' He had Dominion over all, owed fervice and obedience unto none, being in the form of God, and equal unto him, the condition which Adam afpired unto. But he condefcen· ded unto a fiate of a!Jfblutefubjeflion andfer-vice for our reco– very. This did no more belong unto him on his own account, than it belonged unto Adam to be like unto God, or equal to him. Wherefore it is fa1d that he humbled himfelf unto it, . .as Adam would have exalted himfelf unto a fi"ate of Dighity which was not his due. This fubh1iilion of the Son of God unto an efiate of abfo– lute and univerfalfer-vtce, is declared by the Apofile, He!J. 1 0 . 5· For thofe words of the Pfalmifl, Mine ears haft thou digged or bored. Pfal. 40. 6. he renders, a Body haft thou pre'– paredme. There is an allufion in the words of the Prophecy unto him under the Law, who gave up himfelf in .abfolute and perpetual fervice ; in fign whereof his ears were bored · with an Awl. So the Body ofChrifl: was prepared for him, . that therein he might be in a :fl:ate of abjolute Jer·vice unto God. So he became to have nothing ofhis own, the original il:ate that A dam would have forfaken, no not his life, he was obedient unto the death. This way did Divine Wifdom find out and contrive, whereby more Glory did arife unto the Holinefs and Righ– teoufnefs of God from his condefcenfion unto univerfal fer– vice and obedience, who was over all God bleffed for ever; than difhonour was cail: upon them by the felf.exaltation of him, who being in all things a fervant,defigned to be like un– to God. · · 2. Aclam
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