214 THE SCALE OF BLESSEDNESS. [SERM. X7f. His knowledge of God is much more intimate; more extensive, and more perfect, than any other crew- tare can attain: for as he is exalted to the highest sta- tion and dignity that can belong to a creature, so we may be assured . the all -wise God has furnished him with faculties of the noblest capacity, answerable to so exalt- ed a station; and Christ has the highest advantage to fill all those capacities with inconceivable treasures of knowledge, by dwelling so ,near to God, and being so intimately united to Divine Wisdom. Thesublime fur- niture of his understanding is vastly superior to all that we know, or can know ; for our union td God is but a distant copy, his is the bright, but inimitable original. Our nearness to God bears no proportion to that of the man Jesus ; for his union to the godhead is ofa superior kind. He has therefore a vaster comprehension of all truth, and a sweeter relish in the survey of it, than any created spirit; angelic or human; and hereby this part of his blessedness becomes far. superior to theirs. 3, All the outgoings of his holy soul ,towards God, all his desires, his love, and delight, are more noble in their kind, and more intense in their degree, than those of any other creature. He' who dwells so near to god- head, sees vastly more beauty, excellency, and .loveli- ness in the Deity, than men or angels can do at their dis- tance; and therefore his love is, raised to unknown heights and raptures. All his worship of the Father consists of nobler acts, and nearer approaches, than it is possible for any other, creature to perform or partake of. .Jesus, the man, worshipped here on earth, and he worships above in glory: He loves the godhead, as infinitely more amiable than himself; he trusts in it as more powerful ; acknow- ledges God is aboye him in every glory, in every beauty infinitely superior to him ; and this is divine worship; for a creature . is still beneath God, and the acknow- ledgment of it is the worship due from him. Now Christ pays this acknowledgment with greater humility than the `meanest worm of the race of Adam; for the nearer he is to God, the better he knows the true dis- tance of a creature: and becausehe doth it with greater humility, therefore with sweeter delight; for the lower a creature lies before God; the' nearer doth God apr
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