I Of.Mr. Henr~ Scougat. 375 of the Father, he liath declared_him. He l1 atlt clothed himfelf with our flefh, and~ becon1e n1ae, and- conve~fed an1ongfl: us like one of ourfelves, and fhewn' us what the Father is, and how we n1ufl: be like him. Would. we know how God would: live amongfl: us, were he clothed with our: nature and· inilrrni"ties, if he dwelt in-our ftdh, and1 were vifible to our eyes? Behold• the Son of God~ confickr his life and Spi- _ rit, and this is the tife of God; for he is the brightnefs of his Father's glory, ond the· exprefr image of his perfln. Would we· · learn how far our nature is capable of be~ i'ng like unto God; how we n1ufi lSe par~ takers of the divine nature, and·be renewed' i"n the fpirit of our mii1ds, puttii1g on the new man, which· after God is created in righteot~jnefs and true holinefi? Confider ·Jefus Chrifl, -rubJeet to the infirmities of our nature, at1d living the life of God·: Be.– hold, he bath given us an exan1pl~, that we fhould · follow his fl-eps. H·e is the light ~ of the w9rld; and they that .follow· him, jlJa!l not ·wtd!t in darknefs. In him was life,· and his lift was the light of men, though'· darknefl comprehended it not. Confider the profound .humility of his foul; the great mee,knefs, of his fpirit; the ·entire refigna1 i 2. t-ion
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