7 2 MeditationJ df!d Difcourfef lT was ti-e mind that was in :fefiH Chrift, which is propofed ' linto our Confiderat1on and Jmi-~. tar.ion. · \Nhat he was enclmed and difpofed" unro fi·om · himfelf and his own mind alm1e~ And that in general which is afcribed unto him is ~l!.~v~,-~~ , Exi1- a'nition 01: Selfempt)'ing; he emptied hi:m(elf. This the Ancient Church called his ttu'}t.xtt?tt'{6tt~l ~, as we do his Condefcention, · an act of which kind in God is called the bumbling ofhiflt- (elf, Pfal.· r r 3· 6. · \tVHEREFORE the Snfception of our Nature ftJr tbe di!ch a r~e of the Office ofMediation there:.!. m, was 8n Inft~ite Concle{cwtion in the Son of God~ wherein he is exceedingly Glorious in tl1e eyes of Believers. · · · · · ,j.~ND I fha11 do thefe three Things. ( r.) Shew in Generalthe Greatm(s of this Condefcemion:, 'L Declare the Ejp:cial ·Nt1ture of it. And ( 3.) ..fake what view we are able of the Glory of Chrift therein. ' 1. SUCH is the Tranfcendem Excellency ofthe pi vine Nature, that it is faid of God; that he dwel• Jtth on high, ancl humb!eth himjelf to beh~ld the things t i:'a t are in heaven arul in the earth, Pfal. 1 I 3: 5, 6~ I e c(1u!e{cmds from the Pre-rogative of his Excellency . to behold, to look upon, to take notice of the moil: glo rious Things in Heaven above,· and r:1e greareH: things in the Earth below. ·All his ref. pect unto theCreatores,the moft glorious of them, is an aCt of I-nfinite Conrlefcention. And it is fo on TwQA ccoums. ! ' :!~ BE~ ,.; ,
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