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SEEM.
XII:)
THE
SCALE
OE
BLESSEDNESS.
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proach
it.
The
High
,
and
Holy One,
who
inhaúiteth
eternity,
and
dwelleth
in
the
high
and
holy place, dwell-
eth
also with
the humble soul,
Is.
lvii.
15.
But this
leads
me
to a
farther degree
of
the blessedness
of
the man
Christ
Jesus
;
and
that
is,
4.
He bath
a fuller,
a
richer, and
a
more
transport-
ing
'sense
of
the love
of
God, since
God
makes
nearer
approaches
to.
him,
and
discovers
more
of
his
infinite
goodness,
and
communicates more
of
his love. We may
venture
to
say,
that
God
loves
the human
nature
of
Christ
better than
he does any
other
creature;
and this
,human
nature
has
a
stronger, and more
intimate
consci-
,ousness
of
the divine
love,
and
a
sweeter sensation
of
it,
than saints.or
angels can have, because
of
the
personal
union
.between the son
of
man
and
the.
eternal
God
:
which
union,
.though
we
know
not
precisely
what
it
is,
yet,
we know.
to
be
sufficient
to
give
him the
name
Emmanuel,
God
with
us
;
which distinguishes
it
most
gloriously
from all
our
unions
to
God,
and
raises
his
dignity, his.
character, and
his
advantages, even
as á
man,
to
so
sublime
a
degree above
that of
all
other crea-
tures.
By his
exaltation, and
his
dwelling
so
near
to
God,
his
powers
are inconceivably
enlarged,
and..made
capable
of
taking
in
higher degrees
of
felicity.
Sights.of
God stretch
the faculties
of
the
soul,
and enlarge it
to
receive more
of
God
;
this
eternal
sight has
our Redeemer. We
see
the
glory
of
God
chiefly in
the
face,
of Christ
Jesus
his
Son,
but
he sees
the
glory
of God
in
his,own face
and
brightness,
Christ himself
is
the brightness
of
his
Father's
glory,
Heb
i.,
2,
3.
5. As
Christ
is
the medium
our
nearness
to.
God,
as he
is
the head
of
all those
who:
approach
to
God,
and
the
Mediator
through
whom all
approach,
so his
bless-
edness
is
above
ours;
for
in
some sense;
and
by way
of
eminence, he enjoys and
feels
all
that
we
enjoy
and
feel,
and
vastly
more
_too;
for he
is
the medium
through
which
we
approach, and
we
enjoy,
as
well as
a
person
who himself,
and
for
himself,
approaches and
enjoys
As
when
a stream of
wine
or
living
water
is
conveyed
from the spring
by
a
pipe or channel, the
pipe
has
a
tincture
of
the rich
liquor
as
it
flows;
so,
if it
be lawful
to
illustrate
things heavenly and divine,
by
things
en
r
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