“Thou art fairer than the children of men.” — Psalm 45:2

The entire person of Jesus is but as one gem, and His life is all along butone impression of the seal. He is altogether complete; not only in Hisseveral parts, but as a gracious all-glorious whole. His character is not amass of fair colours mixed confusedly, nor a heap of precious stones laidcarelessly one upon another; He is a picture of beauty and a breastplate ofglory. In Him, all the “things of good repute” are in their proper places,and assist in adorning each other. Not one feature in His glorious personattracts attention at the expense of others; but He is perfectly andaltogether lovely.

Oh, Jesus! Thy power, Thy grace, Thy justice, Thy tenderness, Thy truth, Thy majesty, and Thine immutability make up such a man, or rather such a God-man, as neither…

heaven nor earth hath seen elsewhere. Thyinfancy, Thy eternity, Thy sufferings, Thy triumphs, Thy death, andThine immortality, are all woven in one gorgeous tapestry, without seamor rent. Thou art music without discord; Thou art many, and yet notdivided; Thou art all things, and yet not diverse. As all the colours blendinto one resplendent rainbow, so all the glories of heaven and earth meet inThee, and unite so wondrously, that there is none like Thee in all things;nay, if all the virtues of the most excellent were bound in one bundle, theycould not rival Thee, Thou mirror of all perfection. Thou hast beenanointed with the holy oil of myrrh and cassia, which Thy God hathreserved for Thee alone; and as for Thy fragrance, it is as the holyperfume, the like of which none other can ever mingle, even with the art ofthe apothecary; each spice is fragrant, but the compound is divine.

“Oh, sacred symmetry! oh, rare connection
Of many perfects, to make one perfection!
Oh, heavenly music, where all parts do meet
In one sweet strain, to make one perfect sweet!”

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