...not true, that he did not voluntarily enter upon every part of this course of obedience. ' When he was in the form of God. and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ; he took upon himself the form of a servant ;' and ' laid down his own life,' when ' none...

...seemingly incompatible, characters here mentioned, be found united ; who, though he was originally in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, yet condescended to veil his essential glory in the humble robe of Humanity ; 27 and " therefore...

...most peculiar to the Lord Jesus himself, and absolutely imitable in the same kind by us ; that when he was " in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God* [the Father 3 yet he made himself of no reputation, took upon him the form of a servant,...

...most peculiar to the Lord Jesus himself, and absolutely imitable in the same kind by us ; that when he was " in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, [the Father] yet he made himself of no reputation, took upon him the form of a servant, and...

...formally capable of. So God redeemed his church with his own blood ; Acts xx. 28. ' Inasmuch, as he who was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, the death of the cross;' Phil. ii. 6 —...

...Lord of glory, James ii. 1. It is brought in as a noble aggravation of what he endured, that then " he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God; he made himself of no reputation, and being found in fashion as a man, took on him the form...

...unto us, Phil. ii. 5, 6, 8cc. 'Let the same mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus ; who, when 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 became obedient...

...to be a propitiation, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins. And though he was once in the form of God and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ; yet he made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made...

...no reputation, and took on him the form of a servant.' But he eternally and unchangeably continued ' in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal unto him;' Phil. ii. 6, 7. He can no more really and essentially, by any act of condescension or humiliation,...

...blessed Jesus had to endure in order to accomplish the redemption of His people. He who was essentially " in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God"—He who " in the beginning was with God, and was God"—" The Alpha and Omega, the First...