"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 but one impression of the seal. He is altogether
complete; not only in his several parts, but as a gracious
all glorious whole. His character is not a mass of fair colours
mixed confusedly, nor a heap of precious stones laid carelessly
one upon another; he is a picture of beauty and a breastplate of
glory. 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 person attracts attention at the expense
of others; but he is perfectly and altogether 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 Godman, as neither heaven nor earth hath
seen elsewhere. Thy infancy, thy eternity, thy sufferings, thy
triumphs, thy death, and thine immortality, are all woven in one
gorgeous tapestry, without seam or rent. Thou art music without
discord; thou art many, and yet not divided; thou art all
things, and yet not diverse. As all the colours blend into one
resplendent rainbow, so all the glories of heaven and earth meet
in thee, 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, they could not rival thee, thou mirror
of all perfection. Thou hast been anointed with the holy oil of
myrrh and cassia, which thy God hath reserved for thee alone;
and as for thy fragrance, it is as the holy perfume, the like of
which none other can ever mingle, even with the art of the
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!"