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Two second thing was to shew, That He is a renowned Plant He is renowned in heaven, and he is renowned on earth, and will be so, for ‘His name shall endure for ever,’ Psal. Ixxii.' 17. O he is renowned! For what, say you, is he renowned? I might here enter upon a very large field, but of shall only tell you, That he is renowned in his Person There was never the like of him. The two natures, God and man, are joined together in one, in him! Did you ever see that If you have not seen that, you have not seen the Mystery of Godliness, He is the most renowned Person in heaven, But he is Immanuel, “God manifested in the flesh.” Then, he is renowned for his pedigree; Who can declare his generation?” Considering him as God, his eternal generation from the Father, cannot be told. We can tell you, He is, the only-begotten of the Faith; but we cannot tell you the manner of his generation, it is secret that God has drawn a veil over; and it is dangerous to venture into a search of it: and they that have attempted it have commonly, been boged into Arian, Arminian, and Sabeilian errors. Considering him as man, he is sprung of a race of ancient kings; a famous catalogue of them you read of in Matth. 1st. And who can declare his generation even as man? For he was born of a virgin, and conceived by the over shadowing power of the Highest.—Then He is renowned for his Name: He hath a Name above every name that can be named, whether in this world, or in that which is to come”——
