September 18

On God: Condescension of

“Sinners, when God stoops, will you not stoop? When from the highest heaven he seeks you, will you not seek him?” (665.704)

“O think, that he who was master of all heaven’s majesty came down to be the victim of all man’s misery!” (1239.345)

“Our degrees and ranks are only shades of littleness; that is all. When the Lord communes with the greatest of men, he must become little to speak with him.” (2001.10)

“How can we, therefore, measure the descent of Christ, when our highest thoughts cannot comprehend the height from which he came?” (2281.530)

“The Creator is also a creature. The Son of God is the Son of man. Strange combination! Could condescension go father than for the Infinite to be joined to the infant, and the Omnipotent to the feebleness of a new-born babe?” (2281.530)