2. His love was the cause of all: his love to the Father, and his love to the saints. [1.] His love to the Father, to see him fully glorified. When Christ came into the world, it was sung by the angels: Luke 2:14, ‘Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good-will towards men;’ John 13:31, ‘Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.’ Our comfort is not only concerned in the salvation of the elect, but God’s glory. He would have been but half discovered to the world if we had
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