Psalms 113:4-6

A most sublime thought is awakened by these verses, in the contemplation of God. To behold things in heaven, in the upper and brighter world, is wonderful condescension in him that inhabiteth the praises of eternity! And how much more so to behold things on earth, amidst the universal corruption induced by the fall! And to behold, and regard, a poor sinful worm of the earth, such as man, and the best of men, in his highest estate, is still going down in the scale of condescension. But what shall we say or think of that wonder of wonders, that He whose name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, should come down and tabernacle with men, in the person of his dear Son? What an act of grace and condescension is here! Solomon, struck with the thoughts of God's presence in the temple which he had built, cried out, under the solemn apprehension, But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house that I have builded! But what would he have said, had he lived in gospel days, and beheld the word made flesh, dwelling among us; he, who was in the form of God, and with whom it was no robbery to be equal with God, making himself of no reputation, taking upon him the form of a servant, made in the likeness of men, found in fashion as a man, humbling himself, and becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross? Oh! thou unequalled pattern of all that is fair, and lovely, and excellent! In all things thou hast the pre-eminence! See those scriptures: Isaiah 57:15; 1 Kings 8:28; Philippians 2:6; Colossians 1:18.