Chr0s Careof hi, Church. .-...--*Mmm0.1113111, ble a letvice, there was a leffening and emptyingofhim- (elle; he was contented to be cubic& to hisowne Law, tobe thechilde ofhis ownecreature, to rake upon him- felfe not the limilitude onely, but the infirmities of fin- i full flefh, to defcend from his throne, and to put on rags, in one word, tobecome poorefor at, that we through his povertie might be made rich. Among(} men, many will be willing to thew Co much mercy as will conlift with their (late and greatneffe, and may tend to beget a fur- ther diflance,and tomagnifie their heighth and honour in the mindesofmen; but when it comes to this exigent, that a man mull debate himfelfe to doe good unto ano- ther, that his companionwill be to a miferable manno benefit, except he fuffer ignominie,and undergoe a fer- vile condition for him, and doe,as it were,change habits with the manwhom hepities; what regionof the earth will afford a man whowill freelymake his owne ho- nour to be theprice ofhis brothers redemption ? yet this is the manner of Chrifis Care for us, who though bee were the Lordof Glory, the brightneffeofhisFathers Majeflie, and the expreffe Image ofhis Perfon,did yet humble himfelfe to endure fhame,and thecontradiaion of(inners, that he might be the Author and finifher of our faith. Fifthly, There was notonely an humbling or meta- phorical! emptyingofhimfelkin that he made himfelfe of no reputation; but there was likewifc a real!andpro.. peremptyingof himfelfe, he therein tenified his wonder- full Careof the bufineffes ofman, that for them he put himfelfe to the greatefl cxpence, and to the exhaufling ofa richer treafure,than any either heaven or earthcould afford bcfides ; yee werenot redeemed, faith the Apo- file,withcorruptible things,as flyer and gold from your vaineconverfation l bat with theprecious blondofCbrift, ai of a Lambe without blensiP, and 3vitbontfpot : That which no man will bellow upon himfelfe, and that which 235 YERSE2. Ga1,4, 5. Rom.8.3, 2, CorZgo
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