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TESTIMONY OF REV. H. B. BROWNING. 7 1

THE DIVINE INCARNATION.

" At the time when the Lord appeared on earth, 'the enemy had come in like a flood;' the powers of hell had risen to such a height that moral freedom was well nigh lost. Life from God, coming to man through false and evil media, was perverted. The hereditary propensities of mankind, entailed through so many sinful generations, were becoming increasingly corrupt and increasingly powerful. To rescue man God needed to bow the heavens and come down*. To encounter the enemies of man. He needed to hide Himself, to veil his Divinity in man's nature, to be * Immanuel, God with us ' ; so that the Everlasting Father might also become the Prince of peace." (P-157.)

WHA T IS IT TO LO VE GOD?

" Love to God, in its highest spiritual significance, is the love of his Divine perfections — the love of what God is. We are to love God, not merely for his benefits toward us, but for his own sake — for the sake of those love-worthy qualities which constitute his Divine character. Hence genuine love to God is the love of goodness and truth; for these in their essence and origin are Himself Whoever loves goodness and truth loves God; and he loves God

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