each P E x s O N ïiinclly. 343 that they have eaten, the vinegar and tears theyhave drank, the trembling of their fouls like an afpen leaf that is thaken with the wind, whenever they thought of God, what contrivances they have had to hide,. Hie, and efcape ; to be brought now to fettlement and fecurity, muít needs greatly effeeb them. (4. They cordially approve of this rightcoufnefs, becaufe it is a way and means of the exceeding exaltation and honour of the Lord Jeff's, whom their fouls do love. Being once brought to an acquaintalice with Jefü Chrift, their hearts delire nothing more than that he may be honoured and glorified to the utmoft, and in all things have the preheminence. No* what can more tend to the advancing and honouring of him in our hearts, than to know that he Wmade of God unto us, wifdom and righteoufsefs, I Cor. i. 30. Not that he is this or that part ofour acceptation with God, but he is all, he is tiie whole. They know that in the account of his work- ing out their acceptationwith God, He is [1. Honoured of God his father, Phil. ii, 7, 8, q, 10. He made hinaf 1 f ofno reputation, and took Upon him the ferir of afervant, and was made in the likenefs of men. Anil being found in fashion as a man, he bumbled hini- felfand became obedient unto death, even the death of the crofs ; wherefore God alfo bath highly exalted him, andgiven him a name, which is above every name; that at the name of fefzzs every kneefhozaldbow, of things in heaven and things in earth, and things under the earth, and that every tououe fhoulel cónfefs, that 1efas Chrì/i is Lord, to the glory of God the fzther. JWhethef that word Wherefore, denotes a connexion of cafuality, or only a confe- quence, this is evident, that on the account of his fuffering, and as the end of it, he was honoured and exalted ofGod (a); to an unfpeakable prehemi- nence, dignity, and authority; according as God had promifed him, on the fame account, ¡fa. liii. 11, 12. AEI. ii. 36. Ali. v. 3ó, 31. And there- fore it .is fait, that when be had by himfelfÌpurged stirlino, hefat down at the right hand of the maje/iy on high, Heb. t. 3. D. He is on this account honoured of all the angels in heaven, even be- caufe of this great work of bringing finners unto God, for they do not only bow down and delire to look into the mystery of the crofs, 1 Pet. i. 12. but worship and praife him always on this account, Rev. V. 11, 1d, 13, 14: Ibeard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and living creatures, and the elders, and the number of them was ten thoufand times ten thoufand, and thoanfands of thoufazds, Paying with a loird voice, Worthy is the lamb that w s 'lain, to resive parser, and riches, and wifdom, and /lrength, and ho- nour, and glory, and biting. And every creature Which is in heaven and earth, and under the earth, and firth as are in the fea, and all that are in them, beard Íf zyiog, Biding,. honour, glory, andpower, be unto hihn that tea) on the throne, and unto the lambfor ever and ever. And the living crea- turesfail amen, and thefitly and twenty elders fell down andworfhipped hint, that live for ever and ever. The reafon given of this glorious and wonder- ful doxology, this attribution of honour and glory to Jefus Chrift, by the whole hob of heaven, is becaufe he was the lamb that roar flain, that is, becaufe of the work of our redemption, and our bringing unto God. And it is not a little refrehtment and rejoicing to the fouls of the Saints, to know that all the angels of God, the Whole host of heaven, which never finned, do yet continually rejoice, and afcribe praife and honour to the Lord Jefus, .for his bringing theta to peace and favour with God. (a) Pf. ,,. r, 6. P,. ü.8. 9. amh. is. io. Pt. ImOi, 8. Rom. xiv, if' Ira. üiO. z;. Phil. ii..o. [3. He
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