It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations.
Thomas GoodwinWhat is the cause of all God's purposes towards us? Himself. There is no other cause.
Thomas GoodwinMoreover, as God respects no persons, so He respects no conditions upon which He gives salvation to us.
Thomas GoodwinWhat a wonder is it, that two natures infinitely distant, should be more intimately united than anything in the world; and yet without any confusion! That the same person should have both a glory and a grief; an infinite joy in the Deity, and an inexpressible sorrow in the humanity! That a God upon a throne should be an infant in a cradle; the thundering Creator be a weeping babe and a suffering man, are such expressions of mighty power, as well as condescending love, that they astonish men upon earth, and angels in heaven.
Thomas Goodwin