...persuasive, benevolent, uusecular religion of the New Testament ; the religion of Him, who though " he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant ; " and whose total disconnexion...

...Jesus.' He was originally above the ' angels,' — far above them, immeasurably above them : ' he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God;'1 but ' when the fulness of the time was come,' he was lowered beneath God — ' he emptied himself,...

...highest blessedness and dignity. Because " He made himself of no reputation, but took upon himself the form of a servant, and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross." " God hath highly exalted him," &c. (Phil. ii. 6—11.) Fourthly: He tcstiJies of man's restoration....

...shining in the brightness of His glory through the express image of His person. He who was anciently in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, took on Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man, and this to accomplish a work...

...as the apostle Panl speaking of Him, says. " Who loved me, and gave Himself foi me." He who was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, made Himself of no repntatiou — He came to this world of sin, and sorrow, and suffering, and being...

...by created intelligence; but its marvellous peculiarity lies in the. fact, that though Christ was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, yet he took upon Him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men ; and being found in fashion as a man He humbled Himself...

...this doctrine ; but the mist is gone when I find that this just One is none other than He who was " in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God," but who took on Himself our nature for this express puqjose. True, when this first dawned upon me as...

...not make this best robe by being made flesh only ; to make it He had to die on the cross; He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God; but He made of Himself no reputation, but took upon Him the form of a servant, and being found in fashion...

...such a question. We content ourselves with the apostle's statement (Phil, ii.y), that though He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, He "made himself of no reputation [literally, emptied himself, eavrw e/eewuo-e], and took upon him...

...begotten from everlasting before all creatures (Micab v. 2 ; Prov. viii. 24 ; Luke xi. 49) ; Ho was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ; yet He took to Him tho shape of a servant, the Word became flesh (John i. 14), wonderfully by the power of God...