of his soul" in the salvation of men, " he was satisfied6." This was " the joy that was set before him :" and, for the attainment of it, " he endured the cross, and despised the shame f ;" and rested not till he could say, " It is finished6." Well, therefore, might he, in the near prospect of these events, say, " Now is the Son of man glorified."]
We are next to contemplate the glory accruing, II. To the Father, through the Son —
Now is the Son of Man glorified, and " God is glorified in him." Here, as before, we must contract our observations to the smallest space, lest we detain you too long. The Father was here greatly honoured,
1. In the display of all his perfections —
[There was not an attribute of the Deity which did not here shine forth in its utmost splendour. His wisdom, in having devised such a stupendous plan for the salvation of men : his love, in having given his only-begotten Son to die for them : his justice, in exacting of him the utmost farthing of their debt: his mercy, in receiving all who should come to him in the name of this divine Saviour. His poiver, too, was displayed, in upholding his Son under all his various and complicated trials'1, and in enabling him to finish the work he had begun. His holiness, too, was made known, in that not a human being should ever find acceptance with him, but by acknowledging his own desert of condemnation, and pleading the merits of this vicarious sacrifice. All these perfections were now made to harmonize, and every one of them to reflect a glory on the rest : a glory of which it would never have been susceptible, if this plan had not been devised and executed for the manifestation of it.]
2. In the accomplishment of all his purposes —
[Salvation may be considered as originating with the Father, who sent his Son for the attainment of it. For the fallen angels he prepared no such mercy : but for the sons of men he determined to execute this stupendous plan, that so mercy might be exercised towards them in consistency with the demands of justice, and holiness, and truth. And all was now brought to maturity. Justice was about to be satisfied for the sins of the whole world, and a jubilee was now to be proclaimed to every child of man. Now all the millions of the redeemed stood, as it were by anticipation, around his throne, and gave him glory, such as had not yet been given from the
e Isai. liii. 11. f Heb. xii. 2.
R John xix. 30. *' Isai. xlii. 1.