,. ··I·' · .i\tfy Lo'l'e. , \ Sut. VII. man, to hide his Majefty for a while, not to be I knowne tobe God, and to hide fo farre in this nature, as to die for us. ·what an Almighty po· wer was this, that could goe fo low,and yet pre– ferve himfelfe God frill ~ yet this we fee in this our bldfed Saviour, the greatefi Majefiy met with the greatefl: 3bafement that ever was, and,all6ut of love to our poore foules. There was no fiooping, no abafement that was ever fo low as Chrifi wasabafed umous 1 to wantfor ·a time even the comfort of the prefence of his Fa- _ ther.There was an union ofGrace,bm the ooion offolace and comfort that he had from him,was fufpended for atime,out of love to us ,for h'e had · a right in his owne perfon to be in Heaven pre- ,.. femly. Now for him to live fo long out of Hea- . ven, and oft times, efpecially towards hisfuffe- 1 ring to be without that folace (that he might be a facrifice for our fiones)to have it fufpended for a time, whatacondefcending was this~Itisfaid, P(al.ri3.6. that Godfioops to !Jeholdthe things done here hclow. It is indeedawondrous czondefcen– ding that God willlooke upon things below; but that he would become man, and out of love to f.we us, fuffer as he did here, this is wondrous humility to afi:onifhment. We thinke humility is not a proper grace becomming the Majefiy · of God : So it is not indeed;but there is fome re– femblance of that grace in God, efpedally in' Chrifl:, that he fhould ro reveale himfe1fe, vaile himfelfe with fleili,and all out of love to us. The coofideration of thefe things is wondrous effc- ( · C!uall ,\
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