The Excellency Of Christ - Part 2 of 3 by Johnathan Edwards
http://truthinheart.com/EarlyOberlinCD/CD/Edwards/Sermons/Excellency%5B1%5D.htm The Excellency Of Christ - Part 2 of 3 II. To show how this admirable conjunction of excellencies appears in Christ’s acts . First, it appears in what Christ did in taking on him our nature. In this act, his infinite condescension wonderfully appeared, that he who was God should become man, that the word should be made flesh, and should take on him a nature infinitely below his original nature! And it appears yet more remarkably in the low circumstances of his incarnation: he was conceived in the womb of a poor young woman, whose poverty appeared in this, when she came to offer sacrifices of her purification, she brought what was allowed of in the law only in case of poverty, as Luke 2:24, “According to what is said in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.” This was allowed only in case the person was so poor that she was not able to offer a lamb. Lev. 12:8.