idn Expo/"ition of the CH A P. I Ä: of theWords, we thallafterwards declare. Three things are hereexpreffed. (i.) Tha. Ate ofGod, in makingOf him low,or lefningofhim. (z.)The.meafure of that Depreffionil than the Angels. (3.) His duration in that State and Condition, a little while. Firlt, iort,the Word ufed by thePfalmift, is rendered by the Apoftle ia.a76d,and that propetlÿ ; They both liignifie a DiminutionofState and Condition ; a depreffion of any one fromwhat hebefore enjoyed. And this in the place belongs untoGods Vititation. And the actingof the Will of Chrifl in this matter, tùitably unto the Willof theFather, is expreffed by words of the fame importance. d,oiraaev ie riv, he emptied himfilf; and r. v ute i1074, he humbled himfelf, Phil. x. 7, 8. denoting a vo- luntarydepreffion from the glory of a former State and Condition. In this Humili- ation ofChrist inour nature, how muchof that Care, and it:PROaÁg, InfpcEtion and Viftation of Godwas contained is known. Secondly,The meafure of this Humiliation and Depreffion is expreffed in reference ùätóAngels, with whom he is now compared by the Apc lee ; he was made left than the Angels. This the Hebrews had feen and knew ; and might from his Humition raife an Objection againfi what theApofile alferted abouthis Preference above em. Whereforehe acknowledgeth, that hewas made lets than they, thews- that it was foretoldthat fo he ffhould he, and in his following Difeourfe, gives the Reafons why it was fo to be. And he fpeaks not of the Humiliation of Chrilt abfolutely ,. which was jar greater than here it is exprefdby him, as he afterwards declares,. but only with respect untoAngels, withwhom he compares him ; and it is therefore fuffictent to his purpofe at prefent to thew that hewas made lower than they. t=1714H0, sear' my- ÿAns. Hierom renders the word in the Pfalm, à Deo, then God ; and Faber Stapulenfis had a longcontell with Erasmus to prove that they Ihould be fn rendered in this place ; which is plainly to contradiét theApoftle, and toaccufe himofcorrupting the word of God. Befides the feat Contended torby him and others, isahfurd and foolilh ; namely, that the Humane Nature ofChrift was made little h f than G.,d,' and bumbled that it might be fo ; when it was infinitely left than the DivineNature, as being cre- ated. The LXX. and all old GreeJaTranflationsread Angels ; That Elohim isoften ufed todenote themwe have proved before. The Targum hath N17N517, Angels. And the fecope of the place neceffarily requires that feet of the word.. God then in his Vifitationof the nature of man, in the Perlon ofhis Son, put it, and thereinhiín that was invejled in it, into aconditionof wants and fireights, and humbled him beneath the conditionofAngels, for the bleffed Ends afterwards declared. For although from his Incarnation and Birth, theAngels adoredhis Perfon as their Lord; yet in the out -. ward conditionof his Humane Nature, hewas Made exceedingly beneath that (fate of Glory and Excellency, which the Angels are in a constant Enjoyment of. Thirdly, There is aJ)ace of time, a Duration intended for this condition. He made him lower, MC, ataxi 7e, for a little while, or afhòrt feafon. That toys, is often ufed in that fink, and that, that is the propernotation of (past 71, we have (hewed before. But that which renders that fenfe of the words here unquestionable, is the Apoilles precife rettraining them thereunto in v. y. as we shall fee. It was but for a little while, that thePerson of Chrift in the Nature of man was brought into a con- dition more indigent than the Bate ofAngels is expofed unto: Neither was he for that feafon 'made a little, but very machlower than the Angels. And had this been the *hole ofhis tee it couldnot have been an Effeteof that inexpreffible Love and Care which thePfalmift fo admires. But being it is but for a little continuance,and that for the blotted Ends whichtheApoftle declares, nothingcanmore commend them unto us. Secondly,There is another Efeiï of Gods Vititation of man in his Exaltation; ex- preffed, r. Inthe Dignity whereunto headvanced him : and z. In theRule andDomi- on that he gave unto him. For the firft, Hecrownedhimwith Glory and .Honour, nitoy ; is infigne regium; the badge and token ofSupream and Kingly Power. Hence when David complains of the flraightningandDiminntion of his Power or Rule, he fays, his Crown was pro- fanedunto thegroutid, Pfal. 89. 39. That is, made contemptible, and trampled on. To be crowned then, is to be invefted with Soveraign Power, or with Rightand Title there- unto ; as it was withSolomon, who was crownedduring the lifeof his Father. Not is it an ordinary Crown that is intended, but one accompanied with Glory and Honour. To becrownedwith Glory and Honour, is to have a glorious and honourableCrówn, orRule and Soveraignty. -1111 7177.:The fir(( denotes the Weight of this Crown ; 103, a weight of glory, from 137, to be heavy pap19 1íg'1, a weight of glory the as
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