in the Soul of Man. 93 fuitab1e objeCts. The eye of his provi– dence i:, always upon us, and he watchcth for our fafety when we are fafl: afleep, neither minding hi1n nor ourfelves. But, left we fhould think thefe tefiin1onies of his·kindnefs lefs confiderable, becaufG they are the eafy ifiues of his omnipotent power, and do not put hitn to any trouble or pain, he hath taken a n1ore wonderful method to endear himfelf to.us; he hath tefiified his affeCtion to i1s by fuffering, as well as by doicg; and, becaufe he .could not fuffer in his bwn .nature, he alfun1ed ours. The eternat4'oi of God .did clothe hin1felf '"ith the infirmities of our ftt.fh, and kft the con•pany of thofe innocent and blelfed fpirits, -who knew well bow to love and adore him, that he might dv. dl · among men, and wrefile with the obfii– nacy of that rebellious race, to reduce thcnl to their allegiance and felicity, and then to offer himfelf up as a farrifice and pro– pitiation for them. I ren1ember one of the poets bath an -ingenious fancy to exprefs the paffion wherewith he found hm1felf overcon1e, after ·a long relifl:ance: that the · god of love had fhot all his golden arrows at 'him, but could never pierce his heart, till at length he put hin1felf into the bow, and darted higlfelf !height into his breafi. Methinks
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